China Entertainment started in 2004

Chapter 6

"You said, you want me to use my connections to send "Buried Alive" to the film selectors at the Berlin Film Festival?" Zhang Hanyu looked strange, thinking to himself, aren't you a student at the University of Southern California?
  Just look for the University of Southern California.

Wang Shen guessed what Zhang Hanyu was thinking and said without changing his face: "This is a film I shot in China. I want to send the film to the selector from China."

"You also know that I don't know anyone in the domestic entertainment industry except you, and I have no such relationship."

After hearing this, Zhang Hanyu felt that it made sense but felt that it was wrong. However, when he thought about whether he was starring in "Buried Alive" or the male protagonist, especially during the filming process, he was surprised to find that the script of "Buried Alive" was far more excellent than he originally expected.

Much to his surprise!

Although it is different from traditional domestic award-winning films, it may be something ahead of its time in the United States.

In addition, he has seen Wang Shu's directing skills and has considerable confidence in the film.

If you go to Berlin, you really have a great chance of winning a prize!
  Even if you don't win an award, it would be great to get a nomination.

After thinking for a moment, he agreed to Wang Shu's request.

After finally starring in such an award-winning movie that even he was extremely optimistic about, whether he could turn around or not was about to happen, and he didn't want to work in vain.

"I'll contact the good people first, and when the film selection team comes over, you can ask me to hand over the film." Zhang Hanyu said this instead of asking Wang Shu to hand over the film to him now.

Wang Shu nodded and responded without objection: "That's it."

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October, and the film selection team for the Berlin International Film Festival arrived as scheduled.

Through Huayi's connections, Zhang Hanyu successfully delivered "Buried Alive" to the film selector.

Although he is just a small artist in Huayili now, he has some relationship with Feng Xiaogang. In addition, he comes from a compound and has paid small bills, so he also has some personal connections.

Furthermore, his agent had seen Wang Shu's directing skills and saw some scenes in the film with his own eyes as the film was being shot, and slowly retracted his contempt in his heart.

Now, I wish Zhang Hanyu could go to the Berlin International Film Festival with the crew of "Buried Alive".

Therefore, "Buried Alive" was successfully sent over.

Next, we are waiting for news from the film festival.

The reason why Wang Shu was so hasty and slow in filming "Buried Alive" was mainly because he was worried that he would not be able to send the film to the film festival in a short time without connections.

In other words, you can only take the path of independent registration.

Signing up independently requires a lot of hard work. If you are lucky, it will be faster. If you are not lucky, it will take half a year to solve the problem.

In order to prevent the situation from continuing to have insufficient error tolerance, he could only finish the film earlier to leave more time.

Now, with Zhang Hanyu's help, everything is much smoother.

It was getting colder in the capital as November approached, and Wang Shu had a headache when he thought about the 4 yuan left in his hand.

At the beginning, I had nearly 30 yuan, but after "Buried Alive" was completed, I only had about 4 yuan left.

During this time, he lived in a single room with a few square meters of air leakage and lived frugally. From time to time he went to the construction site to do odd jobs for 30 yuan a day.

It is now almost difficult for him to find a temporary job in the capital, so he does not waste time and energy anymore. It is better to go to the construction site and move bricks.

During the day, I moved bricks at the construction site, and at night I came back to polish the script.

"I hope I can go to Berlin, otherwise I'll have another headache."

There was no work at the construction site these days, and I lay dead in the room until I couldn't lie down anymore.

Wang Shu picked up his cell phone and called a few friends he knew, planning to invite them out for a get-together.

There were not many people in total. After calling, everyone except Yang Wei said they had something to do and declined his invitation.

At night, roadside food stalls.

Wang Shu and Yang Wei were sitting at the table eating supper.

After taking a sip of white wine, Yang Wei said angrily: "Luo Xiang and Hu Duo have not been alive for the past two days. They know that you are at the construction site now. They..."

When Wang Shu heard this, he patted him on the shoulder, interrupted his words, and said with a smile: "Drinking wine and eating meat, what do you care about that?"

"They can come if they want to, and forget it if they don't."

The Luo Xiang, Hu Duo and others mentioned by Yang Wei were the friends Wang Shu called and invited during the day. Now it seems that those people did not come because they had something to do, but they did not want to interact with him.

Those people were right, they were all walk-ons, and they had to have a good relationship with the acupuncture point, so there was no need to offend the acupoint because of him.

Society is such a reality.

On the contrary, Wang Shu was somewhat relieved that Yang Wei could come over.

Yang Wei sighed, then stopped talking.

"Liang Shan, I also know that you are at the construction site."

What he meant was to tell Wang Shu that there is no chance for the two of you, so don't go and humiliate yourself.

Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Don't worry, I am self-aware."

"Now she has accepted a drama, and she plays a small supporting role with lines in it, which is much better than a side role." Seeing that Wang Shu seemed to have really given up, Yang Wei said leisurely.

"That's good. I wish her a bright future." Wang Shu said a polite word, not wanting to talk about this woman, and changed the subject at the right time, "What about you? How are you doing now?"

Yang Wei took a sip of white wine and said dejectedly: "Still playing a small role, nothing has changed."

Wang Shu guessed that this was the case, so he could only comfort him in a low voice: "Take your time, nothing can be solved overnight."

"Just because you are playing a small role now does not mean that you will play a small role in the future. Sooner or later, there will be a day when the clouds clear and the sun comes out."

When he was filming "Buried Alive", he thought about asking a few of his friends who were playing small roles to join the cast, but after some thought he gave up the idea.

He was worried that exposing his identity would cause unnecessary trouble, so it was better to keep it a secret.

Just wait until the dust settles to mention these friends again.

Before going back to 2004, he never called his former friends to come out for dinner, thinking that they had become estranged due to the passage of time and no contact for a long time, including Yang Wei.

It seems at present
  At the very least, Yang Wei regarded him as a friend.

The two of them sat in front of the food stall, blowing in the cold wind and drinking white wine, and went home until late at night.

In the blink of an eye, December is here, "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" are about to be released, and the capital is full of corresponding publicity.

Wang Baoqiang became an instant celebrity after this. Coming from the countryside, he had no repayment for Feng Xiaogang, so he carried a bag of home-grown millet from his hometown to express his gratitude.

His popularity was like a shot in the arm, filling countless walk-ons with fighting spirit.

Including Yang Wei.

However, the dream is very skinny, but the reality is cruel.

"A World Without Thieves" was a hit, reaffirming Feng Xiaogang's status in the industry.

Actors big and small bowed to him and flattered him to the extreme.

At the end of December, "Kung Fu" was released, and Wang Shu bought a ticket and walked into the theater.

Now, I no longer owe Mr. Xing movie tickets.

During this period, Feng Xiaogang paid attention to the box office of "Kung Fu" every day.

When Zhou Xingxing was filming "Kung Fu", he was invited to play a guest role in it. When his "A World Without Thieves" was released, Zhou Xingxing was unwilling to play a guest role in it.

This made him very angry!

Both films are in December, so they have the meaning of fighting in the ring.

Seeing the box office surge of "Kung Fu", Feng Xiaogang wanted to make a fool of himself and curse it.

Perhaps because there is no magic curse, the box office of "Kung Fu" exceeded that of "A World Without Thieves".

Feng Xiaogang, who had been so arrogant for half a month, was stunned.

At the end of January 2005, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was released, and Liu Yifei's Zhao Ling'er surprised many people.

In February, Wang Shu did not go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, but went to Berlin with Zhang Hanyu.

(End of this chapter)