China Entertainment special effects started in 1997

The cameo appearance of the four beauties was just a small episode. After they left, the crew entered the intense filming process again.

During this period, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping came to visit the set.

Because "Hero" made a lot of money, Xinhuamian Company started filming the blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers", which was completed at the beginning of the year.

The special effects shots in the film were all completed by the Good Time Special Effects Company under Jiang Heng's name.

For this reason, Zhang Yimou often ran to Jiang Heng, not to mention that he agreed to play a cameo role in the film.

In the rest area, Zhang Yimou talked about the filming plan for the next film, saying that he wanted to shoot a historical masterpiece with an astonishing investment of 400 million.

Jiang Heng thought about it for a while and thought it should be "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Originally in history, Zhang Yimou also filmed "A Thousand Miles Alone" during this period.

But looking at this posture, it should be Zhang Weiping who was eager to make money, so the art film was put on the back burner.

Unfortunately, this film not only did not make money, but also lost a lot.

There are many reasons.

Many messy things were exposed, such as Zhou Runfa's big shot.

This play spent 40 million yuan in salary to invite Zhou Runfa to star.

The price was not a problem, after all, Zhou's fame and status were there.

But when the official contract was signed, Zhou Runfa made an additional request, that is, a luxury RV must be provided to facilitate his family to visit.

This request was immediately strongly opposed by the producer Zhang Weiping, who believed that the studio already provided a lounge and the hotel was arranged properly, and providing an RV was completely redundant.

The two argued endlessly about this, Zhou Runfa insisted that this was his necessary condition, and Zhang Weiping repeatedly emphasized that the budget was limited.

In the end, under the mediation of Zhang Yimou, the crew still provided the RV.

However, what annoyed Zhang Weiping was that Zhou Runfa's family almost never used the RV during the filming, which was too infuriating.

I won't talk about changing the script and threatening to quit at any time, but during the release of the film, Zhou Runfa refused to participate in the promotional activities arranged by the crew, which was a bit unkind.

If you think that Zhou Runfa just didn't get along with Zhang Weiping, you are wrong.

A few years later, his old friend Wu Yusen planned to shoot "Red Cliff" and wanted Zhou Runfa to play the male lead Zhou Yu. As a result, Zhou raised more than 100 opinions according to Hollywood standards, and the crew naturally could not satisfy them. In the end, Zhou Runfa resigned, which made Wu Yusen very passive.

After all, mainland filmmakers and audiences had filters when watching Hong Kong stars in the early years, but later they found out that it was not the case.

But at this moment, Zhang Weiping was determined to invite Zhou Runfa to play the leading role, and also wanted to invite Jiang Heng to play the second prince in the film, which was the role of Zhou Jielun in the original film.

Jiang Heng sneered, "What did you say?"

Zhang Weiping was stunned and said, "We are co-stars, and the pay can be negotiated!"

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief and didn't curse out the word "get out". He wanted to remind you, but he was too lazy to say it now.

"Well, I'm busy here, I'll entertain you two another day!"

After saying that, he got up and left, leaving the two Zhangs looking at each other.

Zhang Weiping didn't understand why Jiang Heng was angry.

"What's wrong, for no reason?"

Zhang Yimou thought, "Maybe it's related to Zhou!"

"Really? They are both from Hong Kong, and they have always had a good relationship?" Zhang Weiping said.

In his impression, Jiang Heng and Zhou Runfa should have a good relationship.

When "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was being prepared, it was Jiang Heng who suggested Li An to invite Zhou Runfa. Zhou Runfa later made a free guest appearance in Jiang Heng's "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother". No matter how you look at it, they have a good relationship!

Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly, "Who knows? Maybe Director Jiang doesn't want to play someone else's son?"

"This...!"

Zhang Weiping thought, can this be considered a reason?

As a professional actor, the role...

He thought about it for a while before realizing that Jiang Heng was a minor actor in his early years, and later switched to being a director. Apart from starring in "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" and guest-starring in "Hero" and "SPL", he has never played any other roles.

So from the perspective of professional identity, he is definitely not a professional actor, and his mentality is naturally not that of a professional actor.

From this perspective, this may really be the reason.

Zhang Weiping thought of this and smiled bitterly, "This is what happened. The thing didn't get done, and it seems that I offended someone!"

Zhang Yimou said, "Let's make up for it later!"

Zhang Weiping nodded, "That's the only way!"

At this moment, he still didn't dare to offend Jiang Heng.

First, Jiang Heng was more famous and prestigious, and it would not be good for him to be enemies.

Besides, Jiang Heng is a shareholder of China Film Red, the largest cinema chain in China. If he really offends him, it will affect the cinema chain's film scheduling.

But he feels that he is also a big boss in the film and television industry. Jiang Heng's ruthlessness makes him a little angry.

He secretly said in his heart: "Without Zhang the butcher, we won't eat hairy pigs. Young people's idols are not the only one. I will spend more money to find Zhou Jielun. If this movie makes a lot of money, hehe!"

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping left without mentioning it, but said that after a period of time, directors came to visit the crew one after another.

They said they were visiting the crew, but in fact they were all for the filming of new films. Some wanted to invite Jiang Heng to make a guest appearance, and some wanted to discuss special effects production.

For example, Feng Xiaogang had already completed the script of "Night Banquet", but he was still a little unsure, so he came here just to talk nonsense.

Zhou Xingxing's "CJ7" has entered the preparation stage, and he came to ask Jiang Heng if he was willing to participate in the investment.

Zhou Xingxing is really afraid of being bitten once. After losing money once in "Journey to the West", almost all of his subsequent films were profitable, but he just didn't dare to invest independently and insisted on capital participation. .

In his opinion, Jiang Heng, who was well-funded and very famous and well-established, was simply the best partner.

As for Zhou Xingxing's proposal, Jiang Heng naturally agreed without saying a word.

There is no reason not to agree to such a good thing of making money.

Zhou Xingxing expressed his gratitude, and then said sadly: "After this movie is finished, I will no longer appear on the big screen!"

Although Jiang Heng had known this for a long time, he still showed a "surprised" look.

"Why?"

Zhou Xingxing smiled, "Because, as you get older, you no longer have a handsome face, so why do you still need to take pictures? Just grow old decently and leave opportunities to young people!"

Hearing this, Jiang Heng couldn't help but extend his right thumb.

To be honest, some people in the industry forcefully pretend to be young, which is quite disgusting.

"It's amazing. It's amazing to have such an awareness!"

Zhou Xingxing laughed, "What's the point! By the way, do you need me to guest star in your film? I won't act in it again in the future!"

Jiang Heng understood what he meant, which was to say ugly words first, and not to mention the guest appearance after "Yangtze River No. 7". He would not agree to it, and it was not a loss of face.

"Okay, so in order to support your last starring movie, I will also make a cameo in your film."

Zhou Xingxing heard this and solemnly said, "Thank you!"