Liu Tianyi is very picky about literary films.
Commercial films lose their word-of-mouth reputation, at least they still have a box office, but literary films become worthless once they have no awards.
Of course, you can also say that making a literary film is an art and a hobby, but for these actors in the entertainment industry, popularity and time are their capital.
Today's literary and artistic films seem to have been synonymous with compulsion. No matter how bad the acting skills are, if they take on one or two literary films, it seems that their acting skills will immediately rise to a higher level.
But for a film that can really be called a literary film, I am afraid that most literary films will not be released in two or three years, and they are just talking about some incomprehensible and hypocritical things.
When Liu Tianyi was still following Li Ruo, he was fascinated by the halo of literary films. It took them two years to make a total of three literary films. Not only did they not get a single nomination, but they also wasted the opportunity in vain.
After Mei Zihan's popularity soared, many so-called literary and artistic scripts came to him, but Liu Tianyi felt very boring after reading it.
Dog blood, ethics, or ordinary daily life, these are almost essential elements of literary films. Literary films are like prose in an article, the form is scattered but the spirit is not scattered. A movie should always tell a core, a story, even if the story is boring.
But it's a pity that many literary and artistic films can't tell the basic story clearly.
Guan Yue is only half of the directors of literary and artistic films that Liu Tian can see, and her films have to look at the script, cast, and timing. And Guan Yue's teacher, Li Wei, is a master of literary films that Liu Tianyi admires endlessly.
Mr. Li Wei is almost 70 years old this year, even if he is director Zhou Guojian, he has to obediently call him a teacher. He has experienced those special years, and his rich life experience is far beyond the reach of other directors, so his films always contain something that is particularly touching.
The films directed by this old man have won almost all awards, and he is also the closest person to Oscar. Before the entertainment circle in Rabbit Country had yet to take shape, this old man's works had already started to win awards abroad.
However, it is a pity that it has been almost ten years since Mr. Li Wei's last movie came out.
As soon as Liu Tian received the news that Mr. Li might plan to prepare his own work to close the mountain in the past two years, his mind became active.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Mei Zihan has already been nominated for Best Actor, even for "Big Devil", he can only get one more nomination at most, if he wants to win Best Actor, he still needs the right time, place and people.
But Mr. Li's out-of-the-circle work is not necessarily the case.
With this old man's level of director and his reputation in the entertainment circle, as long as his persistent work is not earth-shattering, he will definitely win numerous awards and let him retire in style.
Of course, judging by the level of this old gentleman, this movie cannot be bad.
Liu Tianyi's original expectation for Mei Zihan was to win a grand slam actor within 20 years, and even win high-value international awards.
But now, Levi's film has the potential to turn those two decades into just a decade.
But old Mr. Li doesn't follow the tricks of the entertainment industry, even if Liu Tianyi's methods are as good as the sky, there is no way to bring Mei Zihan to this old gentleman.
But now that he has an intersection with Guan Yue, maybe he can attack her.
"But I don't know how to please people." Mei Zihan said innocently.
"Are you really guilty of saying this? When you try to please Jiang Ying, you have a lot of tricks. Even if you only need to use a little bit on Guan Yue, things will be done."
"How can this be the same?" Mei Zihan shook his head hastily, "I flatter Jiang Ying because of love, and that's what I love. You asked me to flatter another person by flattering Jiang Ying, but you still killed him." me."
"You're just a log, can't you turn?" Liu Tianyi almost vomited blood from Mei Zihan's confident tone.
"Okay, okay, you don't know how to please people, so I'll teach you. If you have nothing to do, go to the director to discuss the script, and talk about your thoughts on literary films by the way. It's just an ordinary chat, as a friend It's okay."
"It's simple, if you didn't say that earlier." Mei Zihan looked at Liu Tianyi with disdain, "Keep it simple, the way of speaking is simpler."
"roll!"
Liu Tianyi didn't want to talk to Mei Zihan any more.
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Jiang Ying received a call from her old classmate Will, just after two o'clock at night.
It seems that the other party has already returned to China, and has not considered the time difference issue.
Last time, after Mei Zihan's interview, Will specially called to thank him, saying that the actor Jiang Ying recommended to him was really great, and he was full of inspiration.
What is it for this time
"Give you two minutes. If you can't give me a convincing reason, I'll block you immediately." Jiang Ying suppressed her anger.
Being woken up by a mobile phone in the middle of the night, even the Buddha would lose his temper.
"I'm sorry, sorry, I thought I was still in China. That's it, can you get Mei Zihan to come to my set in a month or two, and take another audition seriously? I promise, I will do my best I will do my best to make him my phoenix." Will quickly finished his purpose of coming.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ying couldn't help frowning. He took over most of the investment for this show, wasn't it just to let Mei Zihan get the role with certainty
"The photographer and I went to several other countries to see the actors who are going to adapt. They are not as good as Mei Zihan. But the trouble is that the son of a wealthy Chinese businessman in our country plans to enter the entertainment industry. This wealthy businessman The relationship with the TV station is very good. I am also under great pressure. I can only let Mei Zihan, several other Japanese and Korean actors, and this young son of Chinese descent participate in the audition. I will call a few professional judges, Guaranteed that Mei Zihan will definitely get this role."
Will stammered a little, looking very embarrassed, "Don't worry, when Mei Zihan passes, I will sign the contract with him for the next few films in one go, and the price is negotiable."
"Will, this is not your style." Jiang Ying was not infected by his panic, "Could it be that the other party really wants this role? You can create another good role for him to choose before the TV series starts filming."
"The son of this rich Chinese businessman is our junior. It was the teacher who led the line for him. You know I can't refuse my teacher." Will said dejectedly, "Sorry, Jiang Ying, I can't just It is impossible to offend so many people by filming this TV series, I can only do my best to create relatively favorable conditions for Mei Zihan. I believe that with his strength, there is no need to worry about this audition."
"Even if the contract is signed, it can be broken. Can you guarantee that your promise will be fulfilled? Can the person you recruited really be able to correctly evaluate Mei Zihan's acting skills?"
"If it really doesn't work, I will create another character set for Mei Zihan who is better than Feng." Will knew that Jiang Ying was getting angry, "I'm very confident that my TV series can't be finished with one episode. I can even let Mei Zihan play the vampire prince, let him appear as the biggest villain. In the early stage, I will also let him appear in the protagonist group as a wise man."
Will's sincerity is indeed enough.
The foreign entertainment industry is also very complicated, especially in the United States. Because they bear more capital, more attention, and stricter divisions of academic factions and races.
Jiang Ying himself had studied there, and he knew that the relationship there would affect his whole body. If not, he would not have taken the initiative to ask for most of the investment in this drama from the beginning.
But I didn't expect that even so, I still couldn't hide what I should hide.
"Okay." Jiang Ying agreed to the request.
He has no way to refuse.
Because Mei Zihan embarked on the international road, the first step is bound to be full of thorns. In order for Mei Zihan to have a high starting point and high popularity, Will's help is indispensable.
Jiang Ying's other classmates or teachers can help Mei Zihan get the role, or it is too bad, or it is something that Mei Zihan can't get through hard work now.
How easy is it to find a suitable role
Will's promise can be regarded as reassuring Jiang Ying.
He liked the role of Feng, an oriental businessman, very much. In comparison, the Vampire Prince seemed to be a fly in the ointment.
Although the other party's personality may be very good, after all, there are too many movie stars who have played the role of the Vampire Prince in major Western film and television dramas.
In contrast, the role of the oriental businessman Feng is almost unique, able to fully excavate the oriental charm of Mei Zihan.
The role of the Vampire Prince can be replaced by others, but the Eastern Merchant Feng cannot.
"Thank you very much, and I'm really sorry." Will was also a little dejected. The copyright of the TV series he filmed before was taken away by the TV station and the investor, and even he, the director, was kicked out. Now he wants to start anew and make a TV series that belongs only to him, but he can't even decide on his own starring role.
It's too bad to be mixed up to his level.
"What time?" Jiang Ying asked next.
"April 30." Will replied, "By that time, there will probably be four actors from Japan and South Korea, and one or two native Chinese in our country will also come."
"I understand, I will tell him in time." Jiang Ying nodded, then hung up the phone.
At this moment, Jiang Ying was not the only one who was woken up by the phone in the middle of the night.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, we met at the last international film festival."
Chen Juntao picked up his phone, but it showed an incoming call from abroad
After the other party disclosed his name, Chen Juntao remembered that this person seemed to be a rich Chinese American businessman he had met when he attended the Venice Film Festival. Because the other party wanted to return to the Rabbit Country to invest in movies, they chatted pretty well at that time, and Phones were exchanged.
It's just that since that time, they have hardly had any intersection.
Why did you call him suddenly in the middle of the night
"Mr. Chen, I wonder if you are interested in coming to the United States to film a TV series about the Middle Ages?"
"TV drama?" Chen Juntao couldn't help asking curiously, "Why did you suddenly ask me to make a TV drama?"
"My youngest son also wants to enter the entertainment industry recently. He also graduated from a major in film and television. But because he is a pure rookie, the director doesn't really want to use him, and he has to be informed to attend an audition. Among the audition staff , there is one named Mei Zihan."
Hearing Mei Zihan's name, Chen Juntao's breathing paused.
After Mei Zihan was nominated for Best Actor, this person became even more threatening to him.
They were about the same age, such a rising star was about to smack their seniors to death on the beach. I heard that director Zhou Guojian wanted Mei Zihan to play a very high role as a male supporting role in his movie.
Unexpectedly, before he knew it, Mei Zihan had already hooked up with a foreign film crew, ready to join the filming crew
The author has something to say: I just want to write that Mei Zihan has won several high-value awards in China, as well as an award in a foreign TV series. As for movies and other high-value films, I may talk a little bit in the form of extra episodes.
Mei Zihan is now 29 years old (29 before he turned 30). If he wants to win an Oscar, he has to wait until he is 40 years old, but it is impossible for me to write this article until he is 40 years old. And if you go abroad, it may repeat the domestic storyline, which will be boring, and the battle line will be too long (the point is that I don’t know Meiyu, and I can’t write it well, so let’s use my strengths and avoid weaknesses.) . As an article in the entertainment circle, I have written 850,000 words, and I don't know how I can write such a long QAQ.