Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 570 Bole’s trip

When we get together at the film festival, no one dislikes movies.

The entire forum lasted for nearly 2 hours, with various opinions bursting out. Among them, director Huo Jianqi's words were the most contagious. He directly complained on the forum, saying: "Many investors now don't understand drama at all, and they don't know how to act." I know nothing about casting, but I only know how to blindly chase stars, saying that someone must play, but this person can’t act at all. There are many bad movies on the market now, and an important reason is that many of our crews have lost me when facing investors. Stick to it! I think our industry and the policy level must find ways to curb this unhealthy trend. Actors' pay is getting higher and higher, but there are fewer and fewer people who can act!"

"Okay!" Someone in the audience shouted "Okay!" and there was warm applause.

The guests attending the forum lacked the bosses of production companies, otherwise they could have had a good chat with Huo Jianqi.

Scholar Yin Hong believes that the film academic community must always adhere to the correct view of film art: "Let the market belong to the market and art belong to art. The judges of our major film festivals must adhere to the film values ​​​​of the review and cannot say that this film If it achieves high box office, I will give him an award... Of course, we have to work hard to find that balance between business and art. I think this is what our academic community, or more narrowly, the major film awards, should insist on."

After the forum ended, it was almost noon, and the scheduled time with Wen Muye had been missed.

But he didn't expect Wen Muye to be in the audience of the forum. After the forum exchange ended, he took the initiative to find Zhang Yuanjun.

"It's almost noon. Let's find a place to have something to eat and chat while we eat." Zhang Yuanjun put his arm around Wen Muye's shoulders affectionately, "How many of you are there? Call all of you."

"Not many. Including me, there are four main creators of "Requiem"."

"Ask them all to come over. You are all my juniors. I'll treat you to dinner." After all, Wen Muye was a few days older than Zhang Yuanjun. He said to his assistant, "Let's postpone the interview to the afternoon. Let's have dinner." Let’s talk about it after dinner.” This forum brought out many sharp opinions, so naturally some reporters asked Zhang Yuanjun to discuss it in detail.

Wen Muye was a graduate student of Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang. Zhang Yuanjun asked about Teacher Tian's current situation. Wen Muye said that Teacher Tian was doing well and was very passionate about teaching students at school.

"It's my first time to come to casual.

"You went to school late when you were a child, and I entered school early. It would be two years apart."

"Who is the youngest?"

The group of people found a random restaurant, asked for a small private room, and started eating and drinking.

The group of people chatted all over the world, and soon the topic of conversation came to the subject.

They are all from film schools, so of course we started building relationships at school.

"We are generally older in this class. The oldest in our class is 78, and I am the second youngest."

"Yifei, she was born in 87 and was 15 years old when she entered school."

Which place was renovated, what happened to which teacher, and what gossip was going on in the major colleges. Within a few minutes of chatting, everyone got closer.

"Are you born in 85?" Wen Muye didn't believe that Zhang Yuanjun was born in 85. "Why are you two years ahead of me in 85? I graduated with an undergraduate degree in 04."

Not only them, many people inside and outside the circle see Zhang Yuanjun this way. He has won so many awards and filmed so many movies. He feels that he should be an old-timer and old artist. However, it turns out that he was born in 85 and is only 29 years old this year.

"Why do I feel that you are born in the 70s?" Wen Muye's companion laughed, "I have watched many of your plays, but it turns out you are younger than us."

Wen Muye said that he had been making short films before and had won some short film awards: "I won't starve to death, but that's it." Directorship is a very difficult path, and Wen Muye was far ahead of others in winning short film awards.

Zhang Yuanjun asked him: "Is there any work in the future?"

"There is a co-directed film, which is a project of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, called "City in Love". It has five units and five directors. I filmed one of the units." Zhang Yuanjun knew about this film and recommended it in the master class of the Shanghai International Film Festival. This project allows each of the five outstanding young directors from the master class to shoot a unit. The producers are Guan Jinpeng, Shunji Iwai and Wei Desheng. The actors have not yet been decided. This project is a very good opportunity for young directors to practice their skills.

Zhang Yuanjun asked him again if he had any stories he wanted to shoot. Wen Muye was very honest and said: "There are many ideas, but they are not stories. They are all at the idea stage."

Zhang Yuanjun laughed after hearing this. It seemed that Wen Muye didn't intend to defraud money. If he were someone who knew how to cheat, even if he only had an idea, he would be able to make it so exciting that he wanted Zhang Yuanjun to pay for it.

After everyone had dinner, they exchanged contact information and then dispersed.

Zhang Yuanjun was fond of Wen Muye, so he didn't directly pay for him to make a movie, nor did he take out the script and give it to him to make.

Make a friend first, build a good relationship, and when a suitable project comes along, the two of you will naturally collaborate.

For a newcomer like Wen Muye, who has not accumulated enough experience and hastily launched a theatrical feature film, he will die very ugly.

However, Zhang Yuanjun's attitude towards Xin Yukun is different.

In addition to being limited by funds and having a relatively low production level, "The Funeral Coffin" is already very mature in other aspects. The success of "The Funeral Coffin" at this film festival is enough to show that he has an excellent grasp of the subject matter. ability.

However, Zhang Yuanjun is still worried about him. "Funeral Coffin" is limited by funds and has become what it is now. If Xin Yukun is given enough funds and a professional crew, can he run it? What will the finished film look like?

Zhang Yuanjun would put a question mark on Xin Yukun's ability in his heart.

Xin Yukun was different from Wen Muye. He had his own job in the capital, received filming for commercials and promotional videos, and had connections with some TV stations. Even if the movie didn't go to theaters, he wouldn't starve to death.

However, he still put down the bait: "I am also very interested in crime suspense. I have a notebook in hand that I am working on. Let's take a look at it when we return to the capital."

Xin Yukun showed no particular interest on the spot and said, "I still want to finish working on "The Funeral Coffin"."

"What are we going to do after "Funeral Coffin"?" Zhang Yuanjun asked casually.

"First go to a few film festivals, sell the copyrights, and see if you can get some money back." Xin Yukun thought of this for the time being.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said, "Have you never thought about going to a theater?"

Xin Yukun smiled awkwardly: "I haven't thought that far yet." The production of "Funeral Coffin" was too rough, and he was not particularly confident that it would be released in theaters.

Finally, when the two broke up, Zhang Yuanjun said: "You are busy with "Funeral Coffin" first. If you need my help when you return to the capital, you can come to me at any time."

"Okay, thank you."

"It's okay." Zhang Yuanjun said politely.

Zhang Yuanjun was sincere when he said he was helping Xin Yukun, but only he knew if Xin Yukun didn't listen to the truth.

(End of this chapter)