China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 256 Come on, give the actress eye drops (please subscribe!)
Just because Chen Dong doesn't care about a gold medal agent doesn't mean that others do the same.

For example, during this period, many film and television companies extended an olive branch to Chang Jihong.

Among them are giants such as Huayi, Bona, Guangguang, and Chengtian.

But she couldn't accept Chang Jihong's request to sign the artist under her name.

Chang Jihong was not willing to compromise, so she had to settle for the next best thing and choose Xingmei who could accept her conditions.

"The Founding of the Party" is about to start filming. As one of the directors, Chen Dong must get familiar with it first, so these days he works not at his own company, but at China Film's Huairou base.

The film begins with the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911 in 1921 and narrates a series of major historical events that occurred in China in the 10 years until the First Congress in .

It can be roughly divided into three parts, the early turbulence of the Republic of China, the May Fourth Movement and the final establishment of the party.

The chief director is Han Shanping, and other directors include Huang Jianxing, Chen Dong, Li Shaohong, and Lu Chuan.

Chen Dong never thought that one day he would be colleagues with Lu Chuan, but fortunately they were responsible for different content. The other was responsible for filming the May 4th Movement, and Chen Dong was responsible for filming war scenes. In fact, there was not much overlap.

Like "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", Han Shanping also invited a large number of stars to assist in the starring role, but last time it was a friendly appearance, this time China Film paid a low salary.

A few days later, the opening ceremony of "The Great Cause of Party Building" was held.

It was a grand event as always.

The role Yang Ying got was Xiao Fengxian.

She is Cai E's confidante.

Cai E is played by Liu Dehua.

It's like saying that she and Andy Lau have a rivalry.

No one knows how happy Yang Ying was when she first got this role.

But as the movie started, she suddenly felt like she was a little too happy.

Because her acting skills were so bad, she was always suppressed in scenes opposite Andy Lau. A scene would often have to be rejected dozens of times before it could pass.

According to the plan, Yang Ying's scene was supposed to be completed in three days, but due to her poor performance, it was delayed until the fifth day.

Starting from today, the battle scenes will also be filmed simultaneously, so Chen Dong, who disappeared after appearing at the opening ceremony, also appeared on the set again.

At this time, Yang Ying still had her last scene left, which was placed among the battle scenes that Chen Dong was responsible for.

Under the camera, Yang Ying and Cai E parted, and they burst into tears when they should have been sad.

As a result, after filming several times, this woman didn't hold back a single tear or say anything, and she was still laughing while acting.

"Crack!"

Chen Dong resisted the urge to curse and said to the staff: "Give the actress eye drops."

Yang Ying and Liu Dehua were both stunned.

Then one was ashamed and the other shook his head helplessly.

Even though Andy Lau has a good temper, after filming his last scene with Yang Ying, he couldn't help but complain that he didn't want to work with her again in the future.

On the day Andy Lau and Yang Ying wrapped up filming, the Venice Film Festival announced the shortlist.

Xu Ke's "Di Renjie: The Heavenly Empire" was shortlisted for the main competition.

But the chances of winning are slim.

After all, this is a commercial movie.

The contracts of Hexun, Huang Xiaoming and Li Binbin with Huayi are about to expire.

However, there has been no news of contract renewal.

For a time, many film and television companies were ready to make a move.

Including Zhong Lifang had some ideas, and even called Chen Dong to ask for his opinion.

"Huayi is still on the rise and is not declining. A few of them are unwilling to renew their contracts. I think they probably have other ideas."

Although Chen Dong didn't have any hope, Zhong Lifang didn't object if she wanted to get in touch with him.

Because what if she really gets fooled... Ahem, how about pulling someone over?

A few days later, Chen Dong received a call from Zhong Lifang again.

Those who didn't show up just in case refused.

At the same time, Zhong Lifang also found out the reason why they did not renew their contract with Huayi.

"Director Chen, they do have other ideas. They all want to follow Fan Binbin's example, set up a personal studio and be their own boss."

"Haha, as expected."

In fact, many celebrities have reached the end of their career after reaching the front-line status.

If you think about it further, the resources and rewards will become lower and lower.

And the company's goal is to make profits. The resources invested in a first-line star to help him further are often enough to create another first-line star.

Therefore, it is not that the super first-line model is worthless, but that the two first-line models are more cost-effective.

Of course, except for those with very dark backgrounds.

Take Liu Yifei for example. If the resources she consumes are allocated, it will be more than enough to create four or five first-tier companies.

As the news spread that Wei Xun, Huang Xiaoming and Li Binbin no longer renewed their contracts with Huayi, and also rejected the olive branches of all film and television companies, and were preparing to set up personal studios, it immediately caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

At the same time, it has also created a path to capital for many first- and second-tier stars.

Yang Mi signed a contract with Dongcheng Pictures in 04.

The contract was signed for eight years.

There are now less than two years left. Last time, her agent Zeng Jia asked her about her plans after her contract with the company expired.

At that time, Yang Mi said there was still more than a year and there was no rush.

Now that she saw what Wei Xun, Huang Xiaoming and Li Binbin were doing, it made her think brighter.

Zeng Jia and Yang Mi happened to have the same idea.

Zhong Lifang is in charge of the artist management department of Dongcheng Pictures. She naturally knows that Yang Mi's contract with the company only has more than a year left.

Regarding the issue of contract renewal, the company can actually talk to the artists during this period.

It happened that Zhong Lifang heard that the crew of "Gong Lock Heart Jade" had a three-day holiday and Yang Mi also returned to the capital, so she called her to the company to listen to her thoughts.

"Manager Zhong, I...I haven't decided yet."

Seeing Yang Mi's erratic eyes, Zhong Lifang directly revealed her thoughts: "Are you influenced by Chi Xun and others and are you planning to set up a personal studio in the future?"

Yang Mi was stunned for a moment, and when she met Zhong Lifang's gaze, she nodded guiltily.

"If you go to higher places, the company will naturally respect your decision, but do you know the ownership structure of Huang Xiaoming's studio?"

Seeing that Yang Mi was a little confused.

Zhong Lifang made it clear: "Their studios actually all have shares in Huayi."

Of course Yang Mi knew what it meant by such straightforward words.

To be honest, she does not object to the company taking shares.

But he didn't agree on the spot.

Afterwards, he told Zeng Jia about this conversation, and after discussing with him, they reached a consensus - that is, the company can accept the company's shareholding, but the right to speak cannot be handed over.

Zhong Lifang also reported Yang Mi's ideas to Chen Dong.

After hearing this, Chen Dong didn't care much.

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This edition of the Venice Film Festival has come to an end.

American director Sawyer's "Somewhere" won the Golden Lion Award... Xu Ke's "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" was, as expected, reduced to a supporting role.

The war scenes in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" are not too numerous compared to the entire film. Chen Dong concentrated on filming and took more than half a month to complete the filming.

Then I rested for three days.

At the end of the month, he returned with his wife from the premiere of "Hawthorn Tree" and officially started working on the later stage of "Hearing Girl".

In the shadow of the famous tree, Lao Mouzi is still the same Lao Mouzi. Even if it is a literary film, it can still get 1700 million at the box office on the first day, beating a number of commercial films released at the same time.

This movie also restored a lot of reputation for his previous film "Three Guns".

Some old artists who are unwilling to be left alone declare their presence on the Internet, saying: Zhang Yimou should make this kind of literary film!

Lu Yang's "Cinema for the Blind" was released on National Day.

Because it was a film competing for awards, there was no premiere for the film.

The box office is certainly not high either.

Only 70 on the first day.

But the film was shortlisted for the Busan Film Festival.

Although the influence of this film festival is mainly in Asia, if it can win awards, in the words of Jia Zhangke some time ago, it means that making money does not need to rely on box office.

On October 10th, the National Day holiday ended, and "Cinema for the Blind" only achieved a box office of 7 million.

It is no longer realistic to rely on box office to make back the money. On this day, the Busan Film Festival held its opening ceremony. Lu Yang and Zhang Yimou attended its opening red carpet together.

At the same time, Lao Mouzi's "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" is also the opening film of this Busan Film Festival.

Since BJ held the Olympic Games in 08, this year the city also applied for the 41st World Expo.

The organizers are planning to hold an East Asia concert to cheer for this World Expo.

Many well-known singers have received invitations. Chen Dong heard through the grapevine that Teacher Edison was planning to make a comeback through this concert.

Ning Hao took him deep into the Gobi Desert to shoot "No Man's Land" for more than half a year and returned.

Including him, the director, everyone on the crew not only looked darker, but also lost weight.

You can tell at a glance that they really suffered a lot during this filming.

"Oh, Director Chen, you don't know, I almost lost my life there..."

At Ning Hao's house, Chen Dong listened to Huang Bo talk about their personal experience in filming this time, especially when he talked about the several accidents, which made them sweat.

However, everyone was very satisfied with the film they made and felt it could win an award.

Only Chen Dong knew in his heart that "No Man's Land" couldn't even pass the review...

But seeing that everyone was in high spirits at this time, he was too embarrassed to tell the truth to hurt everyone.

Domestic media were naturally more optimistic about the two Chinese-language films shortlisted for the Busan Film Festival, Lao Mouzi's "The Hawthorn Tree", but it was Lu Yang's "Cinema for the Blind" that won the prize.

Won the most popular audience award.

Although it sounds like this award should be awarded to "Hawthorn Tree Love"...

But, who knows.

Anyway, "Cinema for the Blind" cannot lose money because of this award.

(End of this chapter)