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Chapter 356 Trip to Taipei

In 2007, many mainland filmmakers still highly praised Hong Kong Island's film and television industry, believing that the reputation of Hong Kong Island's film and television industry was better than that of the mainland.

Especially for mainland actors who want to go international, the Hong Kong film and television industry is the springboard.

Therefore, these days, Zhang Jingchu, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin and others are all rushing into Hong Kong Island, and they think that the resources on Hong Kong Island are better and more impressive than those on the mainland, and they all have a sense of superiority.

Little did they know that the Hong Kong film and television industry had begun to decline long ago and was already a thing of the past.

However, many mainland filmmakers in this era did not realize this and still blindly worshiped the Hong Kong scene.

After Tang Yan signed with Chengtian, her agent suggested that she go to Hong Kong Island to develop.

Then, Tang Yan's agent introduced her to Wang Jin, a well-known director in Hong Kong.

Wang Jin was indeed very kind to Tang Yan. She became Wang Jin's favorite "Jing Princess" and almost became the "Jing Girl".

Under Wang Jin's guidance, Tang Yan followed a fashionable path.

Therefore, when Zeng Zhiwei acted opposite Tang Yan, he relied on the intimate scenes between the two to touch Tang Yan unscrupulously.

With this relationship, as a newcomer, Tang Yan was recommended by Wang Jin to play the second female lead in the crew of "Bangzi Tiger Chicken", playing the couple with Zeng Zhiwei.

It was precisely because of this drama that Tang Yan met Gao Yunxiang.

By 2008, Zeng Zhiwei was involved in multiple rollover incidents.

Movies in mainland China are well paid, so Qiu Ze believed that Tang Yan, a mainlander and well-known, would be helpful to his career, so he chose to be with Tang Yan.

It can be said that in Tang Yan's eyes, Ji Rujing is like a savior.

Then his affair with Baodao Li Yufen was exposed, and Qiu Ze dumped Tang Yan.

And then no then.

When Tang Yan heard the agent's question, he asked with doubtful eyes: "Aren't I going to develop in Hong Kong Island now? Is there any chance?"

Tang Yan, who was still a newcomer, had never seen such a scene before, so he ran away and quickly returned to the mainland. From then on, he broke with the Hong Kong circle and broke up with Wang Jin.

In Ji Rujing's heart, Tang Yan was more like a weapon he used to be arrogant.

The two of them got together.

Tang Yan flies to Taipei to accompany Qiu Ze during filming breaks. When she is busy with filming, she takes time off to fly to Taipei to celebrate Qiu Ze's birthday. She does housework for Qiu Ze, cleaning the room and living room, and cleaning the toilet.
Tang Yan bought Qiu Ze couple's clothes and the most advanced Apple mobile phone.
In addition, the total value of resources from LaPon's endorsement and "Pretty Woman" is more than NT$30 million.

Ji Rujing had different views with Wang Jin, and she had long been dissatisfied with Wang Jin's style of leading newcomers.

Zeng Zhiwei is a bad person, and Hong Kong actors usually look at mainland actors with their nostrils, especially actors like Tang Yan who came to Hong Kong from the mainland to develop their careers, and they are even more looked down upon.

Ji Rujing frantically speculated on the two's CP in order to increase Tang Yan's popularity and increase her popularity and celebrity status.

A new film landed in theaters, and in conjunction with the promotion function, it achieved the highest attendance rate on New Year's Day.

Tang Yan and Zeng Zhiwei had filmed a movie, and the intimate interaction was once again revealed by netizens, and Tang Yan was blamed.

Because "Tiger, Bang, Chicken" is a movie that will hit theaters on December 12, and it will be New Year's Day on January 28 in two days.

But unexpectedly, Tang Yan actually fell into it and got involved with Gao Yunxiang.

However, even though she endured it, and even though the movie "Bang Zi Tiger Chicken" had the highest attendance during the New Year's Day holiday after its release, the response was still mediocre.

In 2010, Tang Yan was filming "The Three Daughters of the Xia Family" and met Baodao actor Qiu Ze.

Qiu Ze fell in love with Tang Yan not because he really liked Tang Yan, but because he wanted to film in mainland China.

She was even vaguely worried. She was talking about an artist from the Mainland who went to join the Hong Kong scene, especially a newcomer. If she turned around and competed with her colleagues in the company for resources from the Mainland, would she offend people?
It's not that she doesn't want to compete, but she is worried that a newcomer who has gone to work in Hong Kong will come back to compete for mainland resources. Regardless of whether the competition is successful or not, she will offend many artists from the company.

What this means is that Chengtian has many signed artists, and her positioning in Chengtian is mainly from Hong Kong circles, so she cannot compete with artists mainly from the mainland.

Then, what Tang Yan didn't expect was that Gao Yunxiang and Dong Xuan actually looked at each other and had constant ambiguities in private.

After Ji Rujing returned to the mainland with Tang Yan to develop, she immediately set about Tang Yan rejecting the fashion imprint that Wang Jin had left on her and choosing to establish a new persona.

After Gao Yunxiang insisted on choosing to be with Dong Xuan, Tang Yan and Dong Xuan broke up.

Tang Yan fell in love with a humble love but was abandoned miserably, and cut off her hands to death. Tang Yan's assistant Dingdang was so angry that she exposed Qiu Tang's love affair to accuse Qiu Ze of lying.

Because he had no real feelings for Tang Yan, and looked down on Mainland China and Mainland actors, he despised Tang Yan in his heart, so he never admitted or made his relationship with Tang Yan public.

After all, anyone would be unhappy if he could take away a key training target from the hands of someone he hated.

Qiu Ze is a man who likes Japan but dislikes and looks down upon the mainland.

The person who took her away was another manager of the company, the early Hong Kong singer Ji Rujing.

Tang Yan is also very "dependent" on Wang Jin and calls Wang Jin "daddy" many times.

As a newcomer, Tang Yan could only force a smile and endure it again and again for the rare opportunity and role.

After that, Ji Rujing's first drama for Tang Yan was "Born in the 80s", in which she played Zhang Yishan's stepmother.

Qiu Ze wanted to enjoy Tang Yan's kindness and resources, but he also refused to reveal his love affair and was unwilling to take responsibility. He also treated Tang Yan coldly and violently, cheated on Li Yufen with ambiguous visits to the class, and looked down on Tang Yan.

Of course, these are things that happened later. It is still 2007 and nothing has happened yet.

During the relationship between Qiu Ze and Tang Yan, Tang Yan loved Qiu Ze very much.

Of course, the fact that "Tiger, Stick, Chicken" has the highest attendance rate on New Year's Day is not because of the quality of the movie, but because the publicity has worked.

During this period, Tang Yan also introduced Gao Yunxiang to her best friend Dong Xuan.

If you succeed, you will be punished if you offend. Compared with getting a role in Wang Shu's new film, offending colleagues in the company is nothing.

But if you don't get the role, the situation will be embarrassing.

"What's not from Hong Kong Island? Although you focus on Hong Kong Island now, in the final analysis you are a mainland actor."

"How could you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

The agent answered immediately.

"Does Jiang Wenli know? She auditioned for a role in director Wang's film and immediately became the Best Actress at Cannes."

"Does Yan Danchen know? She starred in "My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox" with Director Wang, and became famous all over the country."

"And there's Liu Yan, a newcomer who became instantly famous just because he played a supporting role in "Space Traveler"."

"As for other actors who have participated in director Wang's film and television works, not to mention, they all benefited greatly."

The agent paused for a moment before saying, "If there is no chance, forget it."

"But now Director Wang will select actors through auditions, and you are a graduate of the Beijing Theater Academy, so there is no chance."

"As long as you can get a role, it's considered a supporting role."

“It can also take your career development a big step forward.”

"So, only a fool would miss this opportunity."

Tang Yan was already very excited, but became even more excited after hearing the manager's words. Crystal girls are good, but tree girls are even more attractive.

"But I haven't heard that Director Wang will hold open auditions now?" Tang Yan opened her mouth and expressed her worries.

What this means is the casting of "Horror Cruise" and "Crowd of Crowds".

For these two films, casting was conducted in the form of audition invitations.

If this new drama were cast in this way, only a few actors would get a chance.

As for a new actor like her, the chance of getting a chance is very small.

The agent smiled and said: "There is internal news that there will be an open casting this time."

"As long as actors meet the basic requirements, they will have the opportunity to audition."

"Basic requirements?" Tang Yan was surprised when he heard this, "Isn't this no different from an audition invitation?"

"No, no, you are mistaken." The agent explained, "This basic requirement is not that you can go to the audition only after receiving an invitation, but that as long as you are a professional actor or an actor with acting experience, you can go for the preliminary audition. ”

"Really?" Tang Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this. If so, she did have a chance.

"If it's not true, why am I telling you these things?" the agent said angrily.

"Wow, then I have to prepare well and try to pass the preliminary exam." Tang Yan said excitedly.

She previously thought that Chengtian only had some audition quotas. If she occupied the quota but failed to audition, it would offend other artists in the company, and she felt uneasy.

Now that she heard what her agent said, she felt relieved.

Because this method of auditioning if she meets the basic requirements means that many people in the industry are qualified. Even if she goes to audition, it does not count as occupying the opportunity assigned by the company, nor does she offend anyone.

The agent smiled and said: "This is a rare opportunity. As long as you grasp it, you can hope to go international in the future."

Tang Yan nodded, indicating that he understood.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Wang Shu's roles are now so popular among domestic actors.

Not only because Wang Shu is a great director, but also because Wang Shu’s acting contracts can bring people to the international stage.

Although it is illusory to go international, Wang Shu's drama is indeed possible. He is one of the few directors in China who can take actors to the international level.

January 2008, 1, New Year’s Day arrived.

It was impossible for Wang Shu's cell phone to be turned off all the time, and it was impossible for him not to reply to text messages.

In fact, he had already turned on his phone yesterday afternoon and then answered a lot of calls.

There were calls from Zhou Xun, some from Mei Ting, and some from Sun Li, Liu Yan, Yang Mi and others.

They all asked him if he had time on New Year's Day to have a casual meal together, which suddenly made him busy.

After the New Year's Day holiday, Wang Shu took the script to China Film Studio.

He put the script on Han Sanping's desk and gestured, "Take a look."

Han Sanping's eyes were confused. Wang Shu used to see the script after he submitted it for review, but now it was placed in front of him before it was submitted for review.

There is a problem, a huge problem!

Han Sanping opened the script on his desk with surprise in his heart.

The first thing that catches the eye are the three characters "Travel to Taipei".

"Taipei." Han Sanping chewed on these two words, thinking that no wonder Wang Shu would throw the script here. The two words Taipei do have weight.

Just when he thought that the content of the script was a bit sensitive in some aspects, he read the content for a while and immediately looked up at Wang Shu with a look like why do you want to make this kind of movie.

Wang Shu laughed and said: "There is a description at the end of the script. The mother and daughter who had escaped from death walked to the culvert and met officers and soldiers wearing Continental Army uniforms."

"This is a hint that the officers and soldiers on Baodao have been defeated, and it was ultimately the officers and soldiers from the mainland who came to save them regardless of the danger."

When Han Sanping heard this, he suddenly turned the script to the end. He really saw this description and couldn't help but feel happy.

He looked at Wang Shu and couldn't help but joke: "You were worried that you wouldn't be able to pass the trial, so you added this paragraph on purpose, right?"

Wang Shu shrugged upon hearing this, neither admitting nor denying.

Han Sanping laughed and said: "You added such a paragraph. If the movie lands on the treasure island, it will inevitably be scolded."

"Just scold me." Wang Shu responded.

When Han Sanping heard what Wang Shu said, he looked at him and asked, "Do you have to make this movie?"

Wang Shu answered: "Director Han, you also said that our mainland film and television industry should catch up with Hollywood."

"To catch up with Hollywood, we must want a hundred flowers to bloom."

"If you can't even do this, what's the point of catching up?"

"Furthermore, this is our country's first zombie film."

"Just for this gimmick, it's worth trying to shoot."

This "Train to Taipei" is a zombie movie born out of "Train to Busan".

Although "Train to Busan" is an adaptation of "Seoul Station", an animation about the virus outbreak that was started in 2006, there are a lot of zombie movies of various types these days, and "Seoul Station" is not based on other zombie works. animation created.

Therefore, Wang Shu is not worried that the original author of "Seoul Station" will come to him for "Taipei Trip".

As for Wang Shu's sudden desire to make a zombie movie, there are many aspects to consider.

In 2008, although the mainland's review system was also very strict, it was not as strict as it was after 2010.

This year, not only "Pawn Shop No. 8" was repeatedly popular on An H TV, but a movie called "The Desert Inn" was also released in mainland theaters.

"Desolate Village Inn", there are real ghosts in it, it's not just a ghost.

In 2009, a movie called "Midnight Taxi" was released in mainland theaters.

There are also ghosts in this movie.

By 2010, censorship was tightened and horror films no longer contained ghosts.

And on the same day, November 2010, 11, "Resident Evil 16" landed in mainland theaters.

These are enough to show that as long as Wang Shu's zombie films meet the review standards, they can be released in theaters.

For example, in the zombie movie "Train to Busan", most of the shots focus on the train, rather than sensitive areas such as cities. Not only is the scope limited, but compared to other zombie movies, it is not bloody, violent, and Wang Shu's manipulations are not too bloody. The knife can also reduce this part of the shot as much as possible.

Coupled with the help of Han Sanping and China Film.

"Travel to Taipei" is feasible.

(End of this chapter)