Actor: My Entertainment Era

Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei met when they entered university in 02, fell in love in 07, and got married in 12. To put it bluntly, they are really an "old couple".

But Liu Yifei dragged Zhang Yuanjun to talk. Zhang Yuanjun said he didn't want to, but still stayed with his wife.

There is no theme, just elephants and ants all over the world, chatting about everything.

The two of them didn't feel monotonous. They kept talking and talking. At about two o'clock, Liu Yifei finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep in her husband's arms.

Liu Yifei had to arrive at the set at 8 o'clock in the morning, but she didn't get up until 8 o'clock.

Although Liu Yifei is a big name and no one will say anything if she is late, over the years, Liu Yifei has rarely been late on set.

So much so that Liu Yifei was late today and was teased by her colleagues on the set.

My husband is leaving and you are late again today. You really can’t blame your colleagues for embarrassing Liu Yifei.

"There's nothing shy about this," director Xue Xiaolu said with a smile, "Yifei and Yuanjun are a loving couple, but they are jealous of you."

After being embarrassed for a while, Liu Yifei went to prepare to start work.

After Zhang Yuanjun got up, he did not come to the set of "Miss Bai", but left directly for the airport.

Zhang Yuanjun returned to the crew of "John Wick" in New York and started filming without jet lag.

At the same time, North America has entered the awards season. The first Oscar-winning film "Dallas Buyers Club" produced by Z Studio has been released on a small scale in North America, and the public relations process has also been launched.

However, due to the size of the company, Z Studio cannot independently complete the public relations process for the Olympics. The public relations for "Dallas Buyers Club" will be completed jointly by Z Studio and Universal Pictures, the film's global distributor. Z Studio will bear 75% of the public relations costs. , Universal provides the remaining 25%.

Zhang Yuanjun is very optimistic about the performance of "Dallas Buyers Club". Generally speaking, marginal characters and marginal subjects are more likely to win the favor of judges - this is the case for film award judges around the world.

However, Zhang Yuanjun does not want the company to focus on public relations for the best film, as long as it can get a nomination. Zhang Yuanjun suggested that the public relations team focus on the performance awards.

Of course, the PR team is also very professional and has seen Matthew McConaughey's outstanding performance in the film, and Matthew's process of preparing for the role of Ron Woodruff is perfect for telling a PR story.

In order to prepare for Ron Woodruff, Matthew went on a diet and lost weight under the guidance of a nutritionist six months in advance. He finally lost more than 30 pounds and met the requirements of the role.

Supporting actor Jared Leto has a similar story, not to mention he plays a transvestite, which is even more true.

This simple and crude trick of selling people off is used all over the world.

Another film of the company, "The Hunger Games 2", has also been released in theaters and has achieved very good results.

"The Hunger Games" is not considered an A-level production in Hollywood, but for Z Studio, the financial pressure to produce such a film is very high.

Not to mention that all the material for "The Hunger Games 3" has been filmed in advance, and the third part will be released in two parts.

This has led to a result that does not look good. Except for "The Hunger Games", the production cost of all Z Studio's other films does not exceed US$1000 million.

The company's plans for next year are all low-budget, with "Split" at $900 million and "Happy Death Day" at $480 million.

After getting "The Maze Runner", due to the high production costs, we had to seek outside investment.

However, according to Eddie's report, due to the good performance of "The Hunger Games", the company has attracted the attention of investors in Hollywood, and financing is relatively simple.

However, a worrying issue is that investors are not so confident in a Chinese-controlled Hollywood film company. However, as long as Z Studio can continue to prove its business prospects, the company's vision of financing and listing should not be difficult to achieve.

It's actually quite dangerous to shoot an action movie, especially a movie like "John Wick" that has both gunplay and action.

Should I say Zhang Yuanjun is lucky or not?

Unfortunately for him, he has only made two action films so far, John Wick and John Wick, both of which he suffered injuries during filming.

But luckily, he was not seriously injured in either film. Compared to Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, and Nicholas Tse who had broken arms, legs, and bones, Zhang Yuanjun's injuries were just scratches at most.

Many injuries don't need to go to the hospital. The medical team on the set can take care of them, and then resume filming after a short break.

Zhang Yuanjun joked with his assistant: "God bless me. He knows that I have just been married for a year and have not given birth to a child yet, so he is reluctant to let me get hurt."

Xiao Zhao spat at him: "Bah, bah, bah, you are saying such depressing things. You are not seriously injured. If you send those tidbits of yours to Yifei, see if she will scold you."

"No, how could she be so stingy?"

"Zhang, turn on the camera." The director called him from a distance.

Today is the 26th, and the crew has just returned from a three-day Christmas break. It's so damn good that filming is wrapping up today.

As an actor, Zhang Yuanjun likes the way Hollywood crews work 8 hours a day and have holidays off, and can get a lot of overtime pay for exceeding working hours.

However, "John Wick" is a company drama, and he is also the boss. He hates this filming system like crazy!

If the crew takes a day off, staff fees do not need to be paid, but equipment and venues do not count as rent just because the crew takes a day off, which is very expensive!

This kind of system is simply unreasonable in China.

Zhang Yuanjun also filmed a lot of movies in the United States, but every time he came to the United States to film a domestic movie, he had to spend some energy to readjust to the working methods of Hollywood.

Today's final scene is a simple literary scene. John buried his wife and met his old friend Marcus in the cemetery. The two parties had a simple exchange.

Director David Leitch said: "This scene is not difficult for you. Let's try to get through it. When it's done, I'll treat you to a drink."

"David, the cost of the final party is also charged to the crew. It's still my money. I should be the one to invite you."

"Zhang, you are such a shrewd businessman." David smiled.

Zhang Yuanjun walked into the set holding an umbrella. It started to rain on the set. It should rain for a while, otherwise the whole set would look too fake.

Zhang Yuanjun stood with the extras attending the funeral for about two minutes before the director called to turn on the camera.

John watched his wife's coffin slowly sinking into the cemetery, his eyes full of sadness and loss. The two directors behind the monitor exchanged words: "Such literary acting skills are really enough for an action movie."

Zhang Yuanjun slowly walked away holding an umbrella and met the actor Willem Dafoe, who played Marcus, on the cemetery path.

"It's been a while, sorry. How are you?"

Zhang Yuanjun said: "I keep asking myself, why her."

"Everything in the world is unpredictable, and there are always a few days like this in a person's life."

"Are you sure?"

"Don't blame yourself too much."

John began to doubt the purpose of his old friend's visit, so he said slightly questioningly: "What on earth are you here for, Marcus?"

"Just came to see an old friend." Marcus looked hesitant to speak.

Of course John didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions at the moment.

"Goodbye, John." Marcus held out his hand.

Zhang Yuanjun shook hands with him, watched him leave, turned sideways, and looked towards the dark cloud-covered sky.

"Click!" the director shouted, "Perfect! Finished!" (End of this chapter)