During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 356 Another new project
"Thieves" strongly exceeded 10 billion, creating a huge whirlwind in the film industry.

All major Internet media and official media are vying to report on it.

The entire film industry seems to have made an appointment, with major state-owned enterprises and private companies congratulating each other.

Whether it is sincere or fake, it is undeniable that this is indeed a major event in the industry.

Actors and entertainers also behaved extremely crazy, each and every one of them spontaneously posted on Weibo and liked Wei Jin.

Wei Jin's phone calls almost never stopped from morning to night, either congratulatory text messages or blessing calls.

Even his mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang called.

"Wei Jin, you made the right choice. You have to focus on both literary and artistic business and awards and box office. You will go a long way.

But you must remember that the more the outside world praises you, the more you have to keep a low profile, and remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

"Teacher, don't worry, I understand."

Even though they were on the phone, the instructor's teachings still made Wei Jin feel warm in his heart.

To be honest, the entertainment industry is really a big mess, especially with Wei Jin's wealth and status in the industry. Even with four empresses as anchors, he is still afraid that one day he will be lost.

But the mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang seemed to be a guiding light. Although he could not help Wei Jin in his career, his rich life experience and philosophy of dealing with things gave Wei Jin a deep peace of mind.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Wei Jin felt a little embarrassed.

"Teacher Xue, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

"No way, many teachers in our school are envious of your relationship with Director Tian."

Xue Xiaolu smiled and said he didn't care, with a hint of envy in his eyes. Tianzhuangzhuang was really lucky to have students like Wei Jin.

"hehe."

Wei Jin smiled, saying this was not easy to answer.

"By the way, Teacher Xue, are you here today?"

"It's like this. I have classes at school for the promotion of "33 Days of Love", so I may not be able to participate in so many road shows."

Wei Jin nodded and expressed his understanding. As a teacher in the literature department, Xue Xiaolu had a lot of courses. It was impossible for him to follow the crew everywhere like full-time directors like Lu Yang and Ning Hao.

"It's okay, Teacher Xue. The promotion plan for this time has been finalized. The main thing is for the actors to perform in variety shows. As for the subsequent road shows, it depends on the situation. As a director, you don't need to attend too many occasions."

Wei Jin had almost no involvement in the promotion this time. Firstly, it was a low-cost film. Secondly, the company's publicity department was very mature, and he was quite satisfied with the submitted promotion plan.

"That's good"

Xue Xiaolu felt relieved and immediately took out a stack of information from his bag and handed it to Wei Jin.

"Wei Jin, you are more professional when it comes to market control. I have a notebook here. Can you help me read it?"

Wei Jin was a little surprised when he took over the script. Is Xue Xiaolu so efficient?

"Teacher Xue wrote it himself?"

"Well, I wrote it during my free time as a lecturer. It's still a semi-finished product at the moment."

"Okay, let me take a look first."

Wei Jin didn't say much, just took the script and read it.

After about ten minutes, Wei Jin closed the script and felt a little emotional.

Although it is a semi-finished product, it still has a complete outline and framework, and the literature department teacher still has two brushes.

"How's it going? Do you think there's a market for it?"

There was a bit of expectation in Xue Xiaolu's eyes. As a new director who has yet to prove herself, she very much hopes that her script will be recognized by the big names in the industry.

"This book is very good, at least female audiences will definitely love to read it."

Wei Jin's words are by no means a compliment. Xue Xiaolu's book is a purely commercial film, telling the story of a gold-worshiping girl who lost her way and found true love.

In Wei Jin's view, although this plot is relatively old-fashioned, movies telling stories from the female protagonist's perspective are still new these days and there is definitely a market.

"That's good, that's good"

Women's emotions always have to be more exposed. Hearing Wei Jin's comments, Xue Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief. Her hard work over the past few months was finally not in vain.

Wei Jin smiled. He naturally understood the purpose of Teacher Xue's visit and expressed his attitude directly.

"Teacher Xue, I have submitted this script. We will discuss the details after the script is finished."

"it is good"

Wei Jin was a little surprised when he received Wang Baoqiang's call. After a routine congratulation, he explained his purpose.

"Director Wei, my movie "Hello! Mr. Tree" will be released on the 4th next month. The premiere is scheduled for the 1st. If you are free then, please feel free to correct me."

"Okay, let's see the schedule then. By the way, Baoqiang, I haven't congratulated you for winning the Best Actor Award yet, haha."

"Thank you, Director Wei."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin felt a little emotional.

"Hello! The movie "Mr. Tree" can be regarded as the pinnacle of Wang Baoqiang's acting skills.

It's just a pity that the Shanghai Film Festival in June failed to help Bao Qiang win the Best Actor.

However, what is lost is gained in the east. At the recent Vladivostok International Film Festival, this film was a hit, helping Bao Qiang win the Best Actor in one fell swoop.

This news caused quite a stir in the circle at the time.

No one expected that such an extra in an ensemble cast could actually win the Best Actor award at an international film festival.

Wang Baoqiang can be called an inspirational example of a grassroots actor!
To be honest, Wei Jin admires Wang Baoqiang very much. This man always knows his position. No matter how popular he is, he always puts himself very low and never forgets his original intention.

At this point, I don't know how many actors, such as Zhen Tan, are beaten.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Wei Jin picked up the resume that Chen Xi had screened and started to read it.

There are not many roles in "Bottom Girl". Apart from the heroine, the ones who stand out are the male lead, the tutor, and the second female lead, the mother.

However, Wei and Jin's films are naturally popular in the industry, and there are quite a lot of resumes submitted.

Even after being screened by Chen Xi and the crew, there are still dozens of them on Wei Jin's desk.

After careful selection, Wei Jin selected some of them.

"Mengying, give these resumes to Chen Xi and arrange an audition in three days."

"Okay, boss."

Looking away from the assistant's twitching hips, Wei Jin watched the fun online.

Sometimes, people are really different.

Wei Jin still remembered that he almost became classmates with Zhao Yanzi, but he had already graduated three years ago, and Zhao Yanzi was still preparing for his graduation drama.

However, the graduation ceremony of a repeater actually held a media conference, which seemed very nonsense. Key schools also joined in the fun and set the venue of the press conference at the Nortel Auditorium.

There were many celebrities and artists in the industry who came to show off their bad feet, and many teachers from the acting and directing departments also attended as guests.

Not surprisingly, as a graduate student in the same class as Wei Jin, Zhao Yanzi was frequently asked about related topics by media reporters at the press conference.

"Director Wei Jin, who is in the same class as you, is already a top director in the industry. His graduation drama that year even won the Golden Bear Award and the Berlin Best Actor. Do you think your work can compare with Director Wei's "Hunting" ?”

As soon as the reporter said this, Wei Jin could feel the embarrassment of Zhao Yanzi and her mentor through the video.

Asking this kind of question on this occasion, is this reporter probably suffering from some serious illness? How do you answer this?

But in front of media reporters, Zhao Yanzi had to answer, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

"To be honest, there is no comparison between me and Director Wei Jin. After all, before "The Hunt", he had already won the Palme d'Or, the Berlin Silver Bear, and the Oscar. I am still self-aware in this regard."

The answers seemed to be watertight, and the reporter was obviously not satisfied.

"Not to mention awards and honors, do you think it is possible to catch up with director Wei Jin in terms of commercial box office?"

The reporter's words seemed to be a slap in the face to Zhao Yanzi. The domestic box office record alone for Wei Jin has reached 11 billion. Isn't this embarrassing?
Sure enough, Zhao Yanzi's face had turned gloomy at this time, but she still forced to keep a smile.

"I don't think any director in China can catch up to Director Wei's commercial achievements, and I am certainly no exception, but I will learn from him."

What was a good media meeting was suddenly turned into a press conference to compare and admit defeat by reporters who wanted to cause trouble. Wei Jin felt sorry for both the teacher and the student Zhao Yanzi.

However, Wei Jin also disliked the manipulation of the media. What qualifications did Zhao Yanzi have to be compared with him?
This is nonsense!
Thanks to the support brought by previous science fiction films, Wei Jin's science fiction scripts are really smooth all the way.

The efficiency of the review was unexpected. In less than ten days, "Ex Machina" passed the review.

"Ex Machina, a science fiction suspense thriller, directed by Guo Fan, screenwriter: Wei Jin!"

Screenwriter Wei Jin, these four words are very powerful as soon as they come out.

After years of accumulation, Wei Jin's script has set up a golden brand in the industry. Although the director is a newcomer, there are many people in the industry who are optimistic about this film.

Especially after seeing the name of the script, it is not difficult for the industry to guess that this is a story about a female robot, and suddenly more agencies and female artists are interested in it.

Although the casting work has not yet started, many people have already taken action, but Wei Jin did not expect that even Yang Mi, who was in "Tongque Terrace", also had ideas.

"What do you think? Your acting skills will not improve at all if you play one drama after another. Is it necessary to be so anxious?"

Sensing Wei Jin's unkind tone, Yang Mi instantly remembered the sentence the man had left when the schedule conflicts between "Sword and Sword III" and "Red Mansions" had happened, and he quickly explained.

"Brother, I'm just asking. I think the female lead in this drama will have a lot of roles, so..."

Listening to the woman's cooing voice, Wei Jin shook his head, Yang Mi's ambition was really strong.

"Don't even think about this drama. The schedule is not suitable."

Wei Jin is not perfunctory. Although Guo Fan is a newbie, with the help of the company team, the filming will start at the end of next month at most. That is the busiest time for Yang Mi, with filming and road shows, how can he wait for her?

"Oh, okay, then, senior brother, do you want to come to visit the class recently? Zhuozhou is very close to the capital."

How could the Wei and Jin Dynasties not know what Yang Mi was thinking? They were probably still greedy for his body. Unfortunately, there were several empresses in the palace waiting for food in the capital, so how could he leave his nest and go out to play in the wild?
"Forget it, I won't come over. No one on the set will bully you, right?"

"No, the director and several Hong Kong and Taiwan actors were quite polite to me."

Yang Mi's tone was a little sighing, it's really nice to have a big tree with your back. I saw those Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities at cocktail parties before, they looked aloof and could barely look at people with their nostrils.

"Okay, just keep filming and don't worry about anything else. I will arrange it."

"Well, thank you, senior brother."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin sent a text message to Guo Fan.

"A qualified director must not only be able to direct a play, but also be good at casting. This is your first play. I won't interfere. You can take charge of it yourself."

With a theme like "Ex Machina", there should be many people who want to audition. Wei Jin does not intend to interfere, leaving it all to Guo Fan to decide on his own.

As for the company's artists, if they can't get a role even if they have a script, it means they really don't meet the requirements. Naturally, Wei Jin won't be a nanny and take care of so much.

After finishing the day's work, Wei Jin came to Dongshan Villa.

As soon as he entered the garden, he saw Jing Tian holding a notebook with pink Hello Kitty on the cover and writing and drawing.

"Tiantian, what are you busy with?"

"Brother, you are here."

Hearing the familiar voice, the little girl raised her head in surprise, and then handed over the notebook on the table as if offering a treasure.

"Brother, this is the biography of the characters in "Bottom Girl" that I made. Please help me read it."

"You also write biographies?"

After taking the notebook, Wei Jin was a little surprised.

"Hmph, of course."

The little girl raised her pretty face, which was still a little bright red, with a hint of arrogance in her tone. She appeared in Wei Jin's movie again after three years, so of course she had to be well prepared.

"Okay, let me see Tiantian's level."

Ignoring the girl's thoughts, Wei Jin took the notebook, sat down on the bench, held Jing Tian in his arms, and opened it.

It can be seen that the little girl has really done a lot of homework.

She wrote down all the relevant details such as the heroine's origin, behavior, and family, including her own understanding of the script and characters.

"Did you do all this yourself?"

"Well, I asked Teacher Liu and Teacher Zhang for advice, and they also taught me a lot."

Wei Jin nodded when he heard this. Teacher Zhang was naturally Zhang Songwen, and Jing Tian had troubled this person a lot over the years.

As for Teacher Liu, he is Liu Tianchi, the acting teacher of China National Opera, who has a rich theoretical background.

In order to train the company's artists, Wei Jin invited him to be an acting teacher in the artist training class opened by Shanhe Media, and occasionally let him appear in the company's dramas.

"Brother, how did I do?"

The little girl raised her head, with a look of expectation on her beautiful face.

"not bad."

"Really?" The little girl looked surprised.

"Of course it's true. Tiantian has performed so well, I want to reward you well."

Wei Jin put down his notebook, put one hand into the girl's large T-shirt, and began to play with her perfect drop-shaped t-shirt.

"Brother, I haven't had dinner yet."

"You're so pretty, I want to eat you first."

"Then, let's go back to the house."

(End of this chapter)