I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

After spending a day shopping with Chen Yumo in Nortel and staying at home for a few days, Wan Qingshan was ready to work on the post-production of the film.

But at this time, Ren Zhonglun suddenly called and invited him to attend the launch conference of "Operation Sword".

"Operation Sword" is the script that Ren Zhonglun asked someone to change. It was revised in early June.

At that time, Ren Zhonglun was still worried about the inconvenience of telephone communication, so he flew to Malaysia with the script and asked Wan Qingshan what he thought of the script.

The plot of "Operation Sword" is very simple.

Several scholars and experts went to Siam to participate in scholar seminars.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Siam, he was intercepted by a group of masked robbers armed with weapons and kidnapped an expert!
The expert was arrested, and the country immediately sent people to investigate.

Because only one expert was kidnapped, but the others were fine.

So Xiang Yifeng, a member of the investigation team, investigated in reverse.

Finally, it was discovered that this expert was a chemist, and he had invented a new drug some time ago.

This drug is targeted at cardiovascular disease. It seems to have little effect and is of little help in saving patients with cardiovascular disease.

But someone here in Siam discovered that according to the published theory, with a little adjustment, it should be able to become a brand new...
Because this medicine is not very effective, no manufacturer is willing to make a factory, so the formula only exists in the chemist's mind.

So the chemist was targeted by traffickers spanning three countries.

The chemist came to attend the seminar because the salesman bribed Siamese government officials and specially invited him here.

After a clear investigation, it was also found that the expert had been taken by the robbers to his lair - the Golden Triangle.

The situation in the Golden Triangle is complicated and cannot be entered openly. We can only send a special team to rescue Xiang Yifeng.

After tank bombings, fierce gun battles, and the death of half of the team, the chemist was rescued.

This plot can almost be said to have no plot, but Wan Qingshan thinks it is good. It is a military movie. Why should it be so complicated and profound? It is not for the sake of winning awards.

As long as the special team enters the Golden Triangle and the battle scenes are filmed well, the box office should be good.

There was no problem with the script. Ren Zhonglun then named the director candidate - Lin Chaoxian!

Previously, Ren Zhonglun felt that Lin Chaoxian was not suitable because of the blood loss in "Reverse War".

But after searching around, he found that except for great directors like Feng Xiaogang, no one seemed to be able to film war scenes well.

Ren Zhonglun is not an outsider. He knows how difficult it is to film a war scene. Even if he is a well-known director, he will definitely be able to do it well.

When he couldn't find anyone, he thought of Lin Chaoxian mentioned by Wan Qingshan.

He had never seen "Reverse War" before. After going to see it this time, he found that the movie was lacking in blood because the writing and drama were too messy. The war scenes were actually pretty good, so he decided to use Lin Chaoxian as the director of "Operation Sword".

When the time comes, find a few more people on the set to keep an eye on Lin Chaoxian and film according to the script without adding drama, and it should be fine.

Afterwards, he was still a little worried, so he hired an experienced assistant director. If Lin Chaoxian couldn't even shoot the literary scenes in "Operation Sword", then let the assistant director shoot the literary scenes, and Lin Chaoxian would do it exclusively. War drama.

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Launch conference!

In the later stage of "Fairness, Justice", Wan Qingshan is not in a hurry at all!
He told Han Sanping before that he would participate in the Cannes Film Festival. He was not joking. He was really planning to send the film to the Cannes Film Festival.

Although this movie is a bit commercial, and its ideological approach does not feel like a literary film, the theme of the movie is good, and the contradictions and trade-offs between the law between individuals and society as a whole are very suitable for Western tastes.

It’s still early for next year’s Cannes Film Festival, almost a year away.

There was no rush, so Wan Qingshan agreed to attend the press conference of "Operation Sword". After all, Qingshan Media also accounted for 30% of the investment share!

Two days later, Wanqingshan flew to Magic City!

When I came to Shanghai Film Studio and met Ren Zhonglun, there was a middle-aged woman in his office.

"Director Wan, let me introduce to you, this is Director Gong of the Art Center!"

"Hello, Director Gong!"

Wan Qingshan was very polite and had to be polite. Director Gong was from the army.

"Operation Sword" has a lot of war scenes, and it would definitely not be possible to film without involving troops, so Ren Zhonglun approached the Army Art Center to cooperate.

With the art center, it will be easier to film movies. The firearms and tank props required for filming can be provided, and the troops can also cooperate with the film shooting.

There is no need to worry about the censorship side. Even if the film is shot with blood and flesh and blood on the army, it is not allowed to pass!

"Hello, Director Wan."

Director Gong stood up and shook Wan Qingshan's hand gently before praising him.

"The military film you and Mr. Ren came up with, Director Wan, is great. It can not only promote our country's prestige, but also promote our troops. If there are such films in the future, we can definitely continue to cooperate."

Director Gong smiled broadly. This kind of movie, for the art center, the more the merrier.

Once the movie is shot and publicized, it is also a political achievement!

"Definitely, definitely. President Ren discussed with me before and decided to make military films deeply rooted in the country. There will definitely be many places that will trouble you, Director Gong, in the future."

"Haha, our art center is happy to see this kind of trouble."

After Wan Qingshan, Director Gong and Ren Zhonglun chatted for a few words in the office, they went to have dinner together.

The next day, "Operation Sword" held a press conference, and Wan Qingshan also met the actor Ren Zhonglun was looking for!
Well, none of these actors are famous. The most famous one is Zhang Yi!

Zhang Yi is still working in the TV industry. In movies, he can only play small supporting roles. He is completely a TV star.

This group of people can be said to be newcomers to the film industry.

"Director Wan, as for the actors, I really have no choice. Although I don't really need to go to the Golden Triangle to shoot, I still have to go to the deep mountains and lush forests to shoot.

In addition to the preliminary preparations, the actors had to go to the army to train for a month.

It's too painful. No one is willing to take it, so we can only find these people. "

Ren Zhonglun was worried about Wan Qingshan and was not satisfied with the actor he found, so he explained in a low voice.

"Mr. Ren, Mr. Ren, I have no objection to actors.

Mr. Ren, don’t forget, in the first few years when I was making commercial films, the actors I used were almost all TV actors.

I've always believed that an actor's fame is just the icing on the cake for a movie. "

Ren Zhonglun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I forgot at this moment that Director Wan, your previous style of selecting actors was unique!"

"Director Wan, Mr. Ren!"

"Mr. Ren, Director Wan!"

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At this time, a group of actors came forward to say hello.

After dealing with these actors, Ren Zhonglun and Wan Qingshan walked out of the lounge.

The two of them were in the lounge, and all the actors were very nervous. After saying hello, they looked like a piece of wood.

When they saw this, they decided to come out to avoid making everyone uncomfortable.

After entering the small room at the side, Ren Zhonglun suddenly thought of something.

"Director Wan, this actor is not well-known enough, and Lin Chaoxian is not well-known in China. It will be difficult to promote it when the time comes. Why don't you name him as a producer?"

"No problem, Mr. Ren, this is all a trivial matter!"

He also has a share in the movie and is the producer. With his reputation, Wan Qingshan has no problem with it.

Ren Zhonglun's eyes were filled with joy, and he stood up quickly, "Director Wan, you sit down for a while, and I'll have someone change the poster quickly and put you on the list as the producer."

"Mr. Ren, you are busy, so don't worry about me."

Fortunately, there is still a little time before the press conference. We seize the time and the posters are changed a few minutes before the press conference.

When the reporters arrived, they were stunned when they saw the words 'Producer Wan Qingshan' written in huge fonts in the middle of the poster.

Although we have known for a long time that Tsingshan Media has invested in "Operation Sword", Tsingshan Media has participated in many movies in recent years. The cast of this movie is so small, who would have thought that Wan Qingshan would participate as a producer.

There was no news before that Wan Qingshan would be the producer of this movie!
The reporter was caught off guard, so when Wan Qingshan and Ren Zhonglun came out with the actors, all the reporters' flashlights were directed at Wan Qingshan, and they also asked questions later.

"Director Wan, what is it about "Operation Sword" that attracts you to be the producer?"

"For "Operation Sword", Mr. Ren felt that although there are many domestic film types, there are too few male-oriented films, so he wanted to promote military films.

I think Mr. Ren’s proposal is a good one. It can not only enrich domestic film genres, but also allow the audience to experience male-blooded films and boost their masculinity, so I’d like to join in.

I have been involved in "Operation Sword" from the very beginning. There is no point in saying what attracted me to the movie, so I served as the producer. "Director Wan, are you criticizing today's feminine films?" "

“I’m not criticizing movies for being feminine, there should be movies that are feminine, but if they are all about blood and blood, what will female audiences watch?
I think the criticism is that movies nowadays are not diverse enough.

When I say diversity, I don’t mean spy movies where actors act cool and change into flashy costumes to fool the audience.

It’s not that you love me, she loves him, and then the female characters are torn apart, it’s called a love movie.

It’s not just a random piece of stuff and a spoof that can be called a Kung Fu movie!

Diversification means making good movies and focusing on themes in each genre, rather than using the cast to attract fans.

Having said this, I feel a little bit uncomfortable.

I advise actors, when accepting a movie, don’t just consider the salary. The production company is not doing charity and giving you a super high salary, it wants to earn back from your fans.

After all, you are making money from fans!
Since you are making money from fans, you must work hard to be worthy of the movie tickets paid by fans. You must know that everything you have is given by fans.

If you accept some bad movies and use some bad movies to fool the fans, sooner or later they will be backlashed, and the audience also has the ability to distinguish.

Don't use repaying a favor as an excuse to act in a bad movie. That would be irresponsible to the fans. If you use fans' money to repay a favor, what do you think of the fans?
Don’t use poor film selection as an excuse. An actor doesn’t even have the ability to distinguish between good and bad scripts. Is this possible?
In short, I advise actors to keep their fans in mind. If you can't act in a bad movie, just come out and apologize, and then continue to act in bad movies. Fans will see what you do, so don't let your fans be disappointed in you. . "

The reporters’ eyes were filled with embarrassment. Wan Qingshan was firing up the map to deliver news to them!

The three movies Wan Qingshan mentioned were obviously "Tianji Fuchun Mountain Residence", "Tiny Times" and "Fu Er Detective" which were released some time ago.

As for the actor's apology, he specifically mentioned Andy Lau by name. Andy Lau apologized for "Tianji Fuchun Mountain Residence" some time ago.

Lin Chaoxian, Zhang Yi and the other actors looked at Wanqingshan in shock. Dare I say it, Andy Lau was criticized!
Even Ren Zhonglun, who had been mentally prepared before, was also surprised!
Wanqingshan did not fire the map cannon for no reason. If he had no purpose, why would he do it? He had nothing to do when he was full!
Before taking the stage, Ren Zhonglun asked him if there was any way to make the launch conference of "Operation Sword" more popular!

Nowadays, there are too many hot searches in the entertainment industry, and news topics change too quickly. If you want to keep "Operation Sword" exposed, relying solely on the gimmick of Wan Qingshan's production will not last long.

Faced with Ren Zhonglun's request, Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said with certainty, "Yes, but Mr. Ren, you have to be mentally prepared. The heat may be very high."

It was very high, and Ren Zhonglun was happier, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, Director Wan, you can do whatever you want!"

"Okay, Mr. Ren, I hope you can find someone to record the entire launch conference and upload it to the Internet. I don't want it to be blindly reported by the media."

"no problem!"

You can do it casually, but Ren Zhonglun never expected that Wanqingshan would use map cannons to gain popularity.

"Director Wan, when you said that actors continue to act in bad movies after apologizing, are you referring to Andy Lau?" a reporter wearing glasses asked excitedly.

"Ah! Liu Dehua apologized? I didn't know about this.

What I just said was not directed at anyone, I was just admonishing the actors.

Don't tell me that I was just referring to Andy Lau. If this has caused you to misunderstand, I would like to apologize here. "

Wan Qingshan is not stupid. He can imply it, but he cannot actually mean it.

Andy Lau has so many fans. If he really pointed it out, many people would definitely say that he disrespects his predecessors.

But if it's an allusion, even if you know he's talking about Andy Lau, it's hard to say he doesn't respect his senior.

Having said that, he just took the lead and admitted that Andy Lau was just like Wan Qingshan said, acting in bad movies to deceive fans, and then apologized and continued to make money.

All the reporters rolled their eyes inwardly. You made it so obvious and pretended that we didn't know.

However, Wan Qingshan insisted on pretending, and the reporter had no choice.

"Director Wan, are the movies you were referring to just now, "Tianji Fuchun Mountain Residence", "Tiny Times", and "Fuji Detective"?"

"No, no, I have been very busy during this period. I have never seen these three movies. I have never seen them and have no say. How could I say this about these three movies.

What I just said is the current situation of many movies now.

Of course, don't ask me which movies I specifically think are bad. I won't say it explicitly, and I won't do anything sinful.

But it's definitely not the three movies "Tianji Fuchun Mountain Residence", "Tiny Times" and "Fuji Detective", because I have never seen these three movies. "

"Director Wan, what do you think is the reason why there are so many bad movies in the movie market now?"

“The main reason is definitely the producer, because whether a movie is good or not is largely determined by the producer.

As an actor, I can only say that you can refuse ridiculously bad movies, but you certainly can't avoid all bad movies.

Of course, when I say this is bad, it’s just that the movie’s graphics or plot are too broken.

But if you look closely at the main plot, although some parts may make people confused, the main plot twists are quite logical.

That means the script itself is probably pretty good.

The scenes or plot of the movie are too broken, but the actors are not very interesting in the movie, so I think the actors cannot be blamed for the movie being bad.

The script he received was a good one, and he acted responsibly, but other aspects made the movie bad.

There are many secondary reasons, which I won’t go into. "

"Director Wan, what do you think of "The Legend of White Snake" from the year before last? Is it a bad movie?"

"Sorry, I haven't seen "The Legend of White Snake". I have been filming in Hollywood in the past few years and rarely watch movies. I haven't seen it, so I won't comment!"

"Director Wan, which movies do you think are bad?"

"I just said that I won't say it clearly. What I just said is just to remind the film producers and actors to be responsible for the film and the fans, and I don't mean to criticize anything."

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After asking a few questions, seeing that Wan Qingshan still didn't get caught, the reporter had no choice but to give up and turn to asking other people about "Operation Sword".

Although with other people's reputations, as long as their answers are not outrageous, they won't be popular, and reporters don't want to interview them at all.

But there is no way, this is the launch conference held by Shanghai Film Studio, even if it is just a pretense, everyone has to be interviewed.

After the launch conference was over and backstage, Ren Zhonglun smiled softly towards Wan Qingshan, "Director Wan, the heat you have created is really great!"

"Mr. Ren, I already said that the popularity of "Operation Sword" will be very high. I guarantee that within this half month, the popularity of "Operation Sword" will not decrease. It has also found a good promotion point for the movie."

"Haha, let alone half a month, if I find someone to hype it up, I'm afraid the popularity will continue.

But Director Wan, what you just said, be careful of Andy Lau, Li Lianjie and the others who are scolding you. "

"It's okay. I'm not an actor now. As a director, it doesn't matter what I say."

Wan Qingshan really thought it was okay, so what if the director fired off the map cannon?

As long as he doesn't offend the audience, as long as his movies can still be sold, and as long as Qingshan Media doesn't collapse, everything will be fine.

Ren Zhonglun smiled and didn't care. With Wan Qingshan's current status and capital, even if people in the circle were criticized, even seniors would not be able to say anything. What he said just now was just a joke.

Ren Zhonglun looked around and asked in a low voice, "Director Wan, do you really think that there are so many bad movies now, and some even have high box office, is it because of the producers?"

Wan Qingshan looked stunned, hesitated, and replied in a low voice, "The main reason must be the producers, but some of them are fans of the stars.

It's not like before. In the past, when the economy was not good, fans' pursuit of stars would be restricted by their living conditions. At that time, a movie ticket was not cheap compared to the price of daily necessities.

Nowadays, fans are crazy about stars and have money in their pockets. No matter whether it is a bad movie or not, as long as their idols star in it, they will watch it. Movie tickets worth dozens of yuan are nothing to fans.

This kind of movie is just a thorn in the side of fans, just like the movie peripherals they made before.

If this trend of star-chasing remains unchanged, bad movies will continue to fail at the box office in the future.

Only when there are too many cuts later and fans are no longer fooled will the producers focus on the quality of the movie. "

Wan Qingshan also knows that there are many bad movies like this, and there is a big reason why celebrities are fans of them.

No matter how powerful the power of capital is, the audience cannot be forced to buy tickets!
In short, without the market, there would be no product, and without the mindless support of these fans, there would be no movie like this.

Just now, he didn't say that to reporters because his fans are crazy about celebrities. If he had said that to the media, there would have been a lot of scolding on the Internet afterwards, and many fans of celebrities would have chased him and scolded him.

He can't be as tough as Feng Xiaogang. I dare say that there are so many rubbish movies just because of the rubbish audience.

To make money from the audience, you can privately not care about the audience, and you can even scold the audience privately, but on the surface, never offend the audience.

Even if you are an audience who will never watch your movie, you can’t offend them on the surface, otherwise it will ruin your popularity with passers-by!

Ren Zhonglun frowned and said nothing more!
He couldn't say anything. He couldn't tell the outside world that if there were rubbish audiences, there would be rubbish movies!
He cannot say this kind of criticism to the audience in private.

He is a member of Shanghai Film Academy and represents the entire Shanghai Film Academy!

Once this kind of criticism of the audience spreads and public opinion stirs up, he will probably lose his position in Shanghai Film Academy. (End of chapter)