Actor: My Entertainment Era

The Film Industry Promotion Law was implemented before the conference, which clearly allowed the committee members to discuss and express their opinions.

Every year, representatives from the literary and art circles attract much attention, and their proposals are also the subject of heated discussion.

The topics that have been talked about frequently in the past two years are naturally market chaos such as sky-high film pay, the problem of young and handsome actors, box office fraud, and the moral and artistic issues of artists.

During this year's meeting, star members such as Chen Daoming and Song Baiyun mentioned such issues.

It's nothing more than criticizing the young actors' unprofessional attitude.

But there is one strange thing about the trend of criticizing young handsome guys: no one has been named.

You scolded them for being unprofessional and even threatened to ban them, suggesting that producers should not use these actors. But who do you think they are?

Now it's a bit like shooting in the air, with a target of "fresh meat" there, anyone can go up and spit on it, but no one knows who is being scolded specifically.

Zhang Yuanjun's proposal is in the education sector. He believes that the construction of academic style in colleges and universities should be further strictly regulated.

"Nowadays, newcomers go out to take acting jobs, shoot commercials, and become models in their freshman year," Zhang Yuanjun doesn't understand fine arts and music. He talks about the performance education he is familiar with, "If you act from freshman to senior year, then why do you go to school! From what I have seen myself and what many of my friends have told me, they all say that the basic skills of newcomers in the past two years are very poor. I don't expect you to become an artist when you graduate, but at least you have to look like one."

"If this continues, it will damage the school's reputation and our industry environment will become even worse."

Zhang Yuanjun said, "It was said that students in the Central Academy of Drama were not allowed to go out to film before their sophomore year, but now this rule seems to have been abolished."

Why don’t you mention your alma mater?
Zhang Yuanjun felt bad because the Film Academy did not do well in this regard.

Regarding the construction of academic style of the performance major, Zhang Yuanjun put forward several suggestions. From enrollment to teaching to graduation examination, Zhang Yuanjun has something to say.

He didn't want to be too strict with the freshmen, he just wanted to be a little more regular so that they wouldn't be laughed at after graduation: "You said you graduated from a professional school, but this is it?"

In addition to proposing proposals, Zhang Yuanjun also had a task at this year's meeting. Xin Yukun asked him to deal with Jackie Chan.

"The Piano Tuner" is confirmed to start filming in Thailand in the second half of this year, and the actors are currently being selected.

For the role of the out-of-date star Lü Yong in the movie, Xin Yukun made a huge request and wanted to invite Jackie Chan to make a cameo appearance, and the task was given to Zhang Yuanjun.

It is difficult to invite Jackie Chan to act because he is too busy; it is also easy because he likes to cooperate with newcomers in the past two years and often goes to help others by making guest appearances.

It is easier for the two to meet when representatives from the literary and art circles hold a meeting.

Jackie Chan admires Zhang Yuanjun very much. He obviously watched Zhang Yuanjun's interview on the dilemma of action movies last month and agreed with Zhang Yuanjun's point of view.

During the chat, he also said that he wanted to work with Zhang Yuanjun in the future, and took the opportunity to ask Zhang Yuanjun for scripts: "I am very good at literary dramas, you can find me if you have a script."

Zhang Yuanjun is famous as an actor, but the circle values ​​his identity as a screenwriter no less than his identity as an actor.

There is no other reason. In terms of literary genre, Zhang Yuanjun can write three levels of scripts such as "Transcendence", "Her" and "Fragments of a Woman"; in terms of commercial genre, his early work "Famous" is still praised today, and "The Invisible Guest" has earned 8 million yuan at the box office with a small cost. One of the main reasons is that Zhang Yuanjun's scripts are solid enough.

Zhang Yuanjun climbed up the ladder and brought up "The Tuner": "I'd like to invite you to play a guest role."

Xin Yukun became famous in the circle because of "The Invisible Guest". Jackie Chan had of course heard of him, and he also wanted to cooperate with such a promising new director.

"No problem!" Jackie Chan agreed without even asking what role he played, how much he would be paid, or how many days he was scheduled.

"Aren't you afraid that I will give you a bad role?" Zhang Yuanjun asked Jackie Chan.

"Don't worry, I believe you know what I can act." Jackie Chan said with a smile. Zhang Yuanjun still gave Jackie Chan a general idea of ​​the story of "The Tuner" and the character of Lü Yong.

"…For the role of Lü Yong, the crew still wanted to find an older actor. They didn't want to find someone in his 40s or 50s who would be made up to look like he was 60."

Jackie Chan laughed and said, "I am 63 years old, which means I am an old man." Jackie Chan's words showed that he accepted Lu Yong.

Another advantage of hiring Jackie Chan is that he can take care of the action direction.

Jackie Chan doesn't charge much for his guest appearance, but "The Piano Tuner" uses the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, so the crew has no need to save money and just pay according to the market price.

Jackie Chan said that he has already booked two movies this year, both in the second half of the year, and asked the crew of "The Piano Tuner" to quickly arrange the schedule so that he can cooperate.

Zhang Yuanjun agreed readily. He didn't expect that inviting Jackie Chan would be so easy.

After the meeting, Zhang Yuanjun brought the good news to the crew of "The Piano Tuner" and asked them to discuss the schedule details with Jackie Chan themselves.

By the way, I took a look at the current progress of the actors of "The Tuner".

The first person the crew confirmed was Guan Xiaotong, who would play the second female lead, Wang Linlin, and then Jackie Chan's cameo.

"We have invited many actors to play the male lead role, both young and middle-aged, and we are still in the process of discussing it."

"The Piano Tuner" is a good pie now, and many actors are willing to play it, but there are no more than 20 actors in the industry who can play the leading role in a commercial movie.

Even Lin Gengxin and Yang Yang, who have been very popular in recent years, were not considered by the crew - in Xin Yukun's opinion, neither of them is in the film industry.

"Didn't Li Bingbing say before that he was very interested in "The Piano Tuner"? " Zhang Yuanjun asked casually.

"She is interested in this story, but her team thinks she is a Hollywood international star and is a bit arrogant. But they are still discussing it."

It doesn't mean that the crew will replace an actor if he or she gets cocky. A play, from preparation to release and even to settlement and profit sharing, involves negotiation and compromise from beginning to end.

"Hesong's gang has no skills, they will only cause trouble."

"We have plenty of time. Let's see if we can come to an agreement. Li Bingbing is a good actress with a lot of experience. Having her on the crew is like having a big sister to keep things in check." Zhang Yuanjun didn't have much to say about this. "Besides Li Bingbing, are there any other candidates for the female lead?"

"Fan Bingbing, Wang Likun, Wan Qian, Jiang Xin and Zhang Yuqi have all contacted us. If Li Bingbing really can't play the role, I plan to let Zhang Yuqi try. She would be more experienced in playing this kind of femme fatale. It's just that her voice, well, it's difficult to deal with." Xin Yukun and his casting director made many plans.

“What if they say they want to invest?”

Zhang Yuanjun smiled: "I wish someone would come in and share the risk with us."

The three main producers of "The Piano Tuner" are China Film, Wanda and Zhang Yuanjun Studio, and Xin Yukun's company serves as a co-producer and film producer.

The total investment in "The Piano Tuner" is not large, but we are willing to share the profits, one is to make friends in the circle, and the other is to share the risks.

Xin Yukun has the power to share the cake, just like Guo Fan can ask Zhang Yuanjun for money without going through China Film Group and BJ Culture.

If it can bring in money, why would the crew object?

"One or two million is not too little, and five or six million is not too much. You dare to invest, but are you afraid that I won't accept it?" Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.

After staying with Xin Yukun for an hour, Zhang Yuanjun left. (End of this chapter)