Zhao Rang had a complicated expression. Jiang Se had already stood up when he shouted "Cut". She smoothed her messy hair and sat up straight. She was different from the crazy woman who looked lifeless because of losing hope.
"Director Zhao, Brother Liu, Brother Yang."
Jiang Se smiled and stretched out her hand to Zhao Rang. Her words woke Zhao Rang up, and he became a little excited:
"Sese, you did a great job just now." He pinched Jiang Se's fingertips, and then watched Jiang Se shake hands with Liu Ye:
“It’s just amazing!”
After a few people exchanged greetings, they sat down. Yang Boxi and the staff of Liu Ye's studio looked at Jiang Se with some curiosity. Jiang Se calmly adjusted the collar and corners of her clothes, pulled up her skirt, and sat down, smiling and saying:
"Recently, I have been studying with several teachers at the Grand Theatre, watching crime movies for a month, and lost six kilograms for the role of Zhang Yuqin."
So whether in appearance, tone or demeanor, she performed very well, and her acting skills improved rapidly.
When Liu Ye heard Jiang Se say this, he actually looked at her in a different light.
After she lost weight, her beauty was greatly reduced. Compared with the image of the peerless beauty in "Beijing Event" whose every move was full of indescribable charm, she was completely incomparable. However, this kind of Jiang Se made Liu Ye value her more.
An actress of Jiang Se's age is beautiful, accomplished, well-connected and promising. Not long after her debut, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the film festival for her role in "Beijing Events". This can be considered a very important honor in her acting career, enough to ensure that she will not have to worry about food and drink for the next few years. With Century Galaxy behind her and an agent like Xia Chaoqun by her side, she should have a lot of endorsements and movie contracts as she has trophies in her hands and is beautiful.
The film "Beijing Events" in which she starred did well at the box office. It received rave reviews in China after it was released in January. Even major cinemas postponed the release of "Beijing Events" to early March after seeing that the film was profitable. The total domestic box office reached 2.3 billion, which is not much different from the final box office of 2.6 billion for "Rescue Operation".
You should know that before the filming of these two films, the status of the two directors Zhang Jing'an and Lin Xiwen was completely different. People in the industry were not optimistic about Lin Xiwen's new film at the beginning.
His works have received mixed reviews. Among the films he made earlier, there were few masterpieces. The filming of "Beijing Grand Event" was not smooth at the beginning. When he hired newcomer Jiang Se as an important female supporting role, many people thought that Lin Xiwen was destroying his own foundation. However, "Beijing Grand Event" sold well in the end, which made Huatou, which had withdrawn its investment, lose face.
Most importantly, "Beijing Great Event" was not only widely acclaimed in China, but also achieved good results abroad.
After its release in North America on January 2, the film received rave reviews and was praised by several well-known media outlets. The box office reached over 5 million US dollars on the first day. In the first week, the total box office of "Peking Events" reached 21 million US dollars, instantly dominating the North American box office list.
This is a shocking result for domestic films.
The performance of "Peking Great Event" continued to soar, and finally ended up with 97 million US dollars in North America. This figure made the distribution and investment companies earn a lot of money.
Even the total North American box office of "The Great Peking Incident" exceeded that of "The Rescue" by as much as 10 million. Although "The Great Peking Incident" was slightly inferior to "The Rescue" in China, it made a great comeback abroad.
Jiang Se has also gone from being a controversial newcomer to the ranks of well-deserved actresses with powerful acting skills.
There was a lot of praise for her in the news, saying that her looks and acting skills were both on point. The character Doukou she played in the drama surpassed the film's heroine Fan Zhiyun in terms of the fullness of the character, her acting skills, her temperament, and her beauty.
Several foreign film critics have also praised her unceasingly, believing that her beauty and demeanor fully represent foreigners' fantasies about classical beauties in China, a country with an ancient heritage.
Under such circumstances, her name was all over newspapers, magazines and news, and the number of followers of her social media accounts on the Internet increased to 30 million. She was at the peak of her popularity, but she was so low-key that it was difficult for people to get a glimpse into her private life.
During the promotion of "Beijing Events", she did not appear many times. Most of the time, it was Lin Xiwen who brought Fan Zhiyun to attend events. The popularity of the movie made the male and female protagonists Fan Zhiyun and Song Xian frequently active in the entertainment industry, but she remained silent.
While other stars were taking advantage of their popularity to get advertising endorsements, attend commercial events, and accept various types of remuneration in an attempt to increase their exposure, she chose to hide in the theater to rehearse.
Liu Ye didn't know whether to say she was stupid or far-sighted.
In order to play the role in "Devil", she did not hesitate to destroy her image and lost so much weight that she was almost skin and bones, and her beauty was no longer visible. This was an incredible move for a young actress who should pay attention to her image, but it also showed her seriousness and determination about this film.
She clearly has Century Galaxy and an agent like Xia Chaoqun behind her, and people in the circle even say that she has a boyfriend of extraordinary status. She should be like a fish in water in this industry and should not need to work as hard as others to get more. However, she is just the opposite. She works harder than others and pays more than other actresses.
"Brother Liu, I take the movie 'Devil' very seriously, so I was already preparing for it when I got the script."
Liu Ye did not miss the scene where Jiang Se adjusted her clothes and skirt after Zhao Rang shouted "cut". She is also a girl who cares about her image, but it is precisely because of these details that her efforts for the movie are even more moving.
She looked directly at Liu Ye with a calm expression:
"I know I'm still a newcomer and I'm not a professional actor. I still have a lot of room for improvement in my acting skills, but I will study hard and will never hold you back."
She did not boast, nor was she reluctant to show her weaknesses to Liu Ye, but she expressed to Liu Ye her determination to work hard to improve herself:
"Director Zhao asked me to talk to you from the beginning. The reason why I delayed this meeting until now is not because I am nervous about this meeting, but because I want to show my best condition."
Jiang Se knew Liu Ye's concerns. He was just trying to protect his reputation and was afraid of ruining the movie by working with newcomers.
"I hope you can seriously consider it, and I also hope I can have the opportunity to learn from you." She said this and lowered her head: "Please." (To be continued)