Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 568 Promotion Ambassador

On paper, "The Great Wall" is definitely an A-level blockbuster, tempting enough.

Anyone else who had been invited by Zhang Yimou in advance would definitely agree to star in the film without hesitation, but Zhang Yuanjun obviously wouldn't. This film is a big trap.

Unless China Film and LeTV dare to kick Legend and make their own version.

Zhang Yuanjun has always felt that the types of domestic films are not rich enough, such as the lack of monster movies. The monsters of The Great Wall + "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" are definitely promising, but this theme should not be left to Hollywood.

They cannot understand the significance of the Great Wall to Chinese civilization. They only regard the Great Wall as a "castle that monsters need to breach."

Zhang Yuanjun is very interested in this subject, but he might as well forget about the legendary "The Great Wall".

Zhang Yuanjun returned to the room and Liu Yifei had already lied down, but was not asleep yet.

"What did the director ask you to do?" my wife asked casually.

"It's nothing," Zhang Yuanjun said as he changed into his pajamas. "He accepted a co-production film and asked me to help with reference."

"What film?" Liu Yifei was very interested after hearing this. The co-production film that was handed to Zhang Yimou was definitely not an ordinary one.

"A few days ago, Teacher He Saifei finished scolding me for everything I wanted to scold the director." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile, "Anyway, thank you everyone. I had a hard time filming this movie, but I was also very happy. Everyone, keep up the good work, and I will leave first. Already." Zhang Yuanjun waved his hand, turned and left the set.

"Why is this kind of plot again?" The more Liu Yifei listened, the more familiar she felt. It was the same as the "Legend of White Ghost" she had been asked to watch before, but with a monster special effect skin. "What did you tell the director?" Liu Yifei I'm worried that my husband will talk nonsense.

"Aren't you excited?" Liu Yifei smiled.

In that childbirth scene, Liu Yifei failed 105 times, and she did the same as a rival actor.

On the red carpet, Zhang Yuanjun said: "I have been fascinated by FIRST for a long time. This is my first time coming here this year. It is my first time to serve as a promotion ambassador. I feel very honored."

On Sunday, the 20th, Zhang Yuanjun finished filming.

"You pressed my hair, it hurts." Liu Yifei pushed Zhang Yuanjun's arm away, lay down, put on a blindfold, and fell asleep.

"I have been filming movies for decades, and there has never been a scene that failed so many times. I doubted for a few days that I could not act anymore." He Saifei burst into tears and laughed, "But thank you everyone for your help. .I’m done.”

On the 15th, He Saifei finished filming from the crew of "Pieces of a Woman".

"The one who talked about the Great Wall..." Zhang Yuanjun told Liu Yifei about "The Great Wall", "It was still done by Thomas Tull."

"He has already accepted it, and more than half of the money has been received. What else can I say." Zhang Yuanjun lay on the bed and pulled the quilt, "Actually, this film is quite attractive. It has a budget of 1.5 million US dollars and is distributed worldwide. Zhang Yimou can't help it." It’s strange to have a heartbeat.”

On the afternoon of the 21st, the th FIRST Youth Film Festival opened. Zhang Yuanjun walked on the red carpet as the annual promotion ambassador of the film festival.

She hugged the flowers and cried like a tearful person. During the filming scene, she kept complaining to Zhang Yimou: "It was too difficult to film this movie."

He can no longer stay on the set of "Pieces of a Woman". The FIRST Youth Film Festival is about to open. As the annual promotion ambassador of the film festival, he must fly there quickly to attend the opening ceremony and various activities of the film festival.

Everyone applauded her, and He Saifei hugged the director and the two protagonists: "Thank you everyone, I'm leaving."

"Fortunately, I'm too tired from filming this kind of film. I don't want to wade into this muddy water. Go to sleep." Zhang Yuanjun reached out to take his wife into his arms.

"As a promotion ambassador, I hope to contribute to the film festival."

"I hope that after the first time there will be a second and third time, and I will come to FIRST more often in the future to help and witness the power of young filmmakers."

"The new drama just finished shooting yesterday. I rushed to XN as soon as it was finished." The host didn't ask, and Zhang Yuanjun didn't say why the other promotion ambassador didn't come.

Liu Yifei herself regretted that as a promotion ambassador, she could not attend the event in person.

The opening film of this year's film festival is "Colorful Arrows" directed by Wanma Tseden.

During the film festival, in addition to the screening of competitive films, there are five major screening sessions. After the film festival ends, the award-winning films will be screened for three days in the open air on the People's Stage to meet the audience's movie-watching needs.

Zhang Yuanjun thinks the open-air screening is very good.

Award-winning films may be too literary and avant-garde for ordinary audiences, but they are better than nothing. This is also a major means of cultivating the audience's interest in watching movies.

What FIRST does best is the youth film venture capital market. Many young filmmakers will bring their projects to the market, and many domestic film companies will also come to the venture capital market to look for outstanding projects.

As a promotion ambassador, Zhang Yuanjun participated in the opening ceremony of the venture capital market on the second day of the film festival.

His speech was very brief: "I believe everyone has heard of film ideals. Let me say something different. I am a decent film investor. I came here with money. Good projects on the market , I will definitely help everyone shoot it, please trust me and hope you can give me such an opportunity."

The venture capital market likes to hear this.

And Zhang Yuanjun is really fulfilling his promise. During the film festival, he visited major theaters and venture capital markets to look for outstanding projects and outstanding filmmakers.

Today, he watched a 12-minute short film called "Requiem" in the theater. The film was shortlisted for the student film section of the main competition.

Coincidentally, this film is a joint graduation project for the 14th class of the Film Academy. The director is Wen Muye, and this is his master's graduation film.

The short film tells the story of a male protagonist whose wife and daughter were involved in a car accident. His wife passed away and his daughter was seriously injured and was hospitalized. The daughter urgently needed money for surgery. In desperation, the male protagonist had no choice but to sell his wife’s body to a farmer’s house for 10 yuan for a ghost marriage.

The story is very sad, but the director's technique is very mature and has a strong academic style.

The theme of ghost marriage is rare, but it is not new to professional filmmakers.

What Zhang Yuanjun saw in "Requiem" was Wen Muye's creative restraint. Many new directors would shoot short films in a stream-of-consciousness direction, for fear that others would not know about his superb skills and advanced consciousness.

But Wen Muye didn't do that. He didn't show off his skills. He told the story according to the timeline and action line. Two or three frames of slow motion were also used just right, so that ordinary audiences could understand the director in these slow motions. Express.

The short film ends with the scene of the burned rice stalks being buried in the fields. The meaning is very clear - they turn into spring mud to protect the flowers.

Even after the mother dies, she still protects her children.

There are better short films than "Requiem" in the student section, but what Zhang Yuanjun likes is Wen Muye's restraint.

After watching the short film, he asked his assistant Xiao Zhao to ask for Makino's contact information: "Make an appointment to chat with him tomorrow morning."

"Really investing?" Xiao Zhao always thought that his boss was just talking.

"Otherwise!" Zhang Yuanjun smiled, "Let's chat first, and then we'll see if we vote or not. You go get the phone number first, and I'll go to another movie. You can come find me later."

"What are you looking at?"

"'Funeral Coffin' is a film in the main competition." Zhang Yuanjun finished speaking and left.

(End of this chapter)