Chapter 266 Feng Dapao

Ning Hao's new script "The Gold Robbery" was successfully passed the review less than a week after it was submitted. After all, this movie is politically correct, and compared with "No Man's Land", it is a positive movie in the eyes of the General Administration.

"Director Ning Hao's new script has passed review, and Xing Aina will serve as the film's producer."

Well, as soon as the General Administration approved it, the reporters over there released the specific information.

Director: Ning Hao.

Producer: Xing Aina.

Starring: Tentative.

Seeing that the leading actor had not been confirmed, other people in the circle became more active in inquiring about the role.

After all, according to Ning Hao's previous habits, he likes to use actors he has worked with before in most of his movies.

"Director, my crew is almost done with the filming. I'm free anytime, you see..."

Huang Bo, who was busy filming, called first. He and Ning Hao had collaborated the most times and they had a good relationship.

But as an actor, Huang Bo deeply understands that roles still need to be sought. If you don't take the initiative, you won't get any opportunities.

"Uh, forget it this time. We need to find a male lead with a better image."

Before the script started, Ning Hao had thought about continuing to use Huang Bo, but after hesitating for a long time, he decided to use a newcomer.

"Director, you are scolding me, saying that I am ugly.

I tell you, although my image is a little bit bad, my acting skills are good, and…"

"Isn't it ugly or not? You have no idea."

Hearing Huang Bo chattering on the phone, Ning Hao couldn't help but retort.

The two of them were used to it, and they started to expose each other's secrets while chatting on the phone.

"Lao Ning, is there really no chance?"

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Huang Bo suddenly asked in a serious tone.

"Next time, the male lead has already been decided this time."

Ning Hao didn't hide it from him and told him directly.

"Who?"

Huang Bo on the other side asked curiously.

"Xu Zheng recommended a student from a theatre company. She has good acting skills. Her name is Lei Jiayin."

“Tsk, tsk, I haven’t heard of it, but this is really good luck.

Let me tell you, back then I had to work very hard to get a few supporting roles…"

Huang Bo knew very well how difficult it was to be an actor, and he felt a little envious and jealous of this lucky guy.

After hanging up the phone, Ning Hao did not delay and announced the candidate for the male lead as soon as possible.

"Director Ning Hao broke the habit of directors from Beijing Film Academy and actually chose the male lead from Shanghai Theatre Academy."

"Lei Jiayin, graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, was admitted to Shanghai Drama Center with first place in 06, and starred in the movie College Entrance Examination 1977 last year..."

"Haha, Huang Bo has fallen out of favor. He didn't even get the role this time."

As soon as Ning Hao was announced, the resourceful netizens dug out the detailed information about the male lead candidate.

"He has performed in a play, so he must have good acting skills, otherwise Director Ning Hao wouldn't have taken a fancy to him."

"Let's not talk about his acting skills first. He just looks a bit old. He doesn't look like someone in his twenties."

"Haha, it's true. The head is a bit big too."

Netizens were discussing it heatedly online, but other male actors in the circle were a little confused.

How come it was suddenly decided without any announcement? Many people have submitted their resumes and are waiting for the audition.

Well, there is no chance now. The key point is that many of the male actors who are preparing to audition are of high status. If they can't get the leading role, they will not lower their status to play a supporting role for a newcomer.

Although he has acted in a movie and a TV series, he is almost unknown in the circle and is considered a pure newcomer.

"The male lead has been decided, but what about the female lead? What's going on?"

"I heard that there are many people who submitted resumes for auditions, including Su Chang, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan..."

"What about the four Dans and two Bings? No one is interested."

"Director Ning's movie doesn't have many female lead roles, I guess the four leading ladies and the two Bings won't come for an audition."

"What's the matter? You don't like Director Ning Hao. Director Ning, please get Yifei here and show them."

"You bastard, when did I ever say I looked down on Director Ning? You are looking for trouble, right?

If you have the guts, leave your address and we can arrange a date."

"Afraid of you?"

Not to mention that netizens have switched from online to offline friendly matches.

...

XZ, crew of "2012".

The scenes currently being filmed are of soldiers evacuating civilians and blasting mountains.

The soldiers played by Qin Hao and Wu Jing are carrying out the plan in an orderly manner. Many of the extras on the scene were filmed by China Film Group, and most of them are native aborigines.

With a daily salary of a few dozen yuan, many people were willing to participate, and some even asked if they could shoot for a longer period of time.

"Pay attention to the position of the camera and the lighting. Don't make it too bright."

With Gu Wei's loud roar, all the actors quickly got ready.

You have to speak loudly. There are hundreds of people in the crew and the scene is chaotic. If you speak softly, others can't hear you.

"action!"

At the command, today's shooting began again. After the crew officially started filming, the daily expenses would be hundreds or even millions, and it could not be delayed for too long.

Although the Shanghai Film Festival and other international film festivals are both Class A film festivals, in terms of scale, the Shanghai Film Festival is not very large.

But even if it’s not big in scale, it’s a good place for other domestic directors to promote their films.

After all, during the annual film festival, film producers from all over the world come back to purchase some of the copyrights, which is a good sales opportunity for many art films.

Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, who had already finished filming, went to the scene with "The Orphan of Zhao" and "Aftershock".

Jiang Wen also promoted "Let the Bullets Fly" at the Shanghai Film Festival.

Xue Xiaolu also came with "Ocean Paradise".

"The entire domestic market is watching the box office, so I have to come. If the movie loses money at the box office, it will be difficult to find investment in the future."

This Beijing Film Academy teacher also rarely put aside his airs and took the initiative to reach out to the market instead of just focusing on awards.

The official publicity for the film festival invited many international stars, but only a few were able to come. The only relatively famous one was Weinstein.

As a result, Feng Xiaogang started to criticize during the film festival.

In front of many Hollywood companies, he cursed the other party as a liar, which made others present a little embarrassed.

"This guy's reputation in Hollywood is so bad that many companies refuse to work with him."

A company executive came out to speak. The media reporters were just looking for trouble and misinterpreted Feng Xiaogang's meaning.

They say things like we are unfriendly to our international friends, but after all, there are many people who are willing to lick their boots.

But Weinstein doesn't care. In his eyes, money is the most important thing.

This guy came to buy movies. As a person who has been active in various film festivals for many years, Weinstein does not have a good reputation in the circle. The reason is that he often offers a high price to purchase copyrights, but when it comes to actually signing the contract, he temporarily changes the price and offers a very low price. Many producers have suffered losses, especially several domestic directors.

The Noah's Ark in "2012" is a makeshift model, much smaller than the one in the movie, but it is large enough for filming.

"Director, how's the effect?"

Wu Jing, wearing a military uniform, came to Gu Wei and asked as he stared at the monitor.

Ever since his last movie lost money, Wu Jing temporarily gave up the idea of ​​directing a movie. The financiers all suffered huge losses, and his reputation in the circle spread. Who would be willing to invest?

Being chosen by Gu Wei to act in this Hollywood movie, he put his heart and soul into it.

"It still doesn't work. It's always been too messy, and the photos don't turn out well. This is the image of a soldier representing the country, so it must be perfect."

Issues such as the positioning of the indigenous people in the camera are indeed different from those of the extras from China Film Group, as the latter have never been involved in filming a movie.

As soon as the explosion sounded here, there was chaos over there.

"Director, how about we shoot them separately? First shoot the evacuation scene, then the explosion scene."

Wu Jing, who has been in the Hong Kong film industry for more than ten years, is very experienced in filming. After thinking for a while, he made a suggestion.

"No, this shot must be taken from far to near, simultaneously. If it is shot separately, the shocking effect will not be achieved."

Gu Wei decisively rejected this suggestion, and then said: "Let's try it a few more times. I guess everyone will have experience after a few more times."

"Row."

Hearing this, Wu Jing did not say anything. The director has the highest authority in the crew, especially a big director like Gu Wei. If he says to shoot it a hundred times, no one else would dare to object.

"Hurry up and prepare, and do it again."

After shouting to the assistant, the latter immediately went to deal with the matter.

...

At the end of May, "Despicable Me 2", which had been released for a month, was officially withdrawn from theaters.

Only the box office data of 4.2 million is left. To be honest, this data is already very good, but it is still far behind "Avatar".

"It's OK. It has exceeded our initial expectations."

After learning the news, Gu Wei said that the global box office of this movie has exceeded 6 million US dollars, of course, the domestic box office should also be included.

After the release of "Despicable Me 2", other companies in the industry also breathed a sigh of relief. In addition, with the summer vacation approaching, many companies have concentrated their film releases in early June and early July.

In late July, Feng Xiaogang's "Aftershock" will be released. This movie is equally scary. I heard that the relevant departments are planning to organize people to go to the cinema to watch it, a bit like the treatment given to "The Founding of a Republic".

"Director, I have a bad feeling. I hope there won't be any problems with the schedule."

Lu Yang, who was promoting the film with the main creative team, called Gu Wei and felt a little worried.

The closer it got to the release date, the more pressure Lu Yang felt. Although he only received director's salary, the success or failure of the film would determine his future. He was exhausted during the road show and couldn't sleep well at night. He was completely exhausted.

"Despicable Me 2" was a huge success during the May Day holiday, forcing many movies to move their release dates to June. This also means that this time of year, when competition is usually not fierce, will become a battlefield for many movies this year.

But as can be seen from the recent premieres, the movies confirmed for June include "Dragon Force", "Ocean Heaven", and the 3D animated film "Toy Story 3" which is also introduced into China. None of them is weak.

"Well, it's not a big problem. The movie cost is small, so there's no pressure to make a profit. You should worry about other people. If Love Is Not Blind becomes a big hit at the box office, you'll be able to rise to fame overnight."

After hearing what Gu Wei said, Lu Yang reacted and thought about it. That’s right, as a new director, what do I have to be afraid of? If anything goes wrong, the company will back me up.

When it comes to movie promotion, we’re not afraid of flaws; we’re just afraid of a lack of excitement.

Whether it is a Hollywood blockbuster or a domestic film, the same principle applies.

Because movie fans and viewers have so many choices. For example, the online literature market updates over 100 million words every day, which is vast.

As for movies and TV, there are Chinese and foreign works to choose from. There are so many of them that a person can watch them from birth to death.

Life is limited, but there are endless works to read. In comparison, human time is more precious.

For example, if you watch a bad movie in the cinema, you often feel like, damn, I should do something else with these two hours.

But when a movie's trailer, poster, and synopsis cannot attract you, then it doesn't matter who made it, no matter how high the artistic level is, how meaningful the story is, or how profound the philosophy it expounds.

Because it fails to meet a very basic need of the audience - to be interesting.

This requirement sounds simple, but I often find that finding an interesting movie that I can watch has become a very difficult thing today. I can no longer find the feeling of staying up all night in bed with a flashlight to read a movie when I was young.

"Love Is Not Blind" is positioned and promoted as an urban-themed emotional film. The plot is very cliché, but it also reflects social issues.

As soon as the latest version of the trailer came out, netizens started discussing it on Weibo, Tieba and other forums.

Of course, some people are also discussing the appearance of the heroine Su Chang.

There is no shortage of beauties in the entertainment industry, but only those who can be recognized by the audience can be called "beauties".

As Liu Yifei's best friend, Su Chang's appearance is naturally one of the reasons why this movie attracts audiences.

After all, Su Chang has grown up in front of many people, so it goes without saying whether he is good-looking or not.

...

Huayi Film Group quickly responded to Feng Xiaogang's angry criticism of Westinghouse at the Shanghai Film Festival.

"This is Director Feng's personal issue and has nothing to do with the company."

Wow, the movie "The Simpsons" co-produced by Huayi Company and Weinstein is about to be released, starring Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li.

As a result, the two sides started quarreling before the movie was released. If this is not handled properly, something bad will happen.

"Let Xiaogang make a statement to explain that this is his personal issue and not to involve the company's stock price."

In Huayi Company, Wang Zhongjun rubbed his forehead and said to Wang Zhonglei who was sitting on the sofa.

“Okay, I guess Xiaogang was also very angry, otherwise he wouldn’t have cursed in public.

Otherwise, the company's public relations department should make an effort to say that it is to promote the new movie, so as not to really affect the stock price."

Wang Zhonglei, who is well versed in publicity and promotion, immediately thought of a solution, which could also help to speed up the popularity of "Aftershock".

In his opinion, no matter whether it is good or bad, it can always attract a group of people's attention.

"Okay, let's do it right away."

Wang Zhongjun waved his hand to indicate.

The next day, Feng Xiaogang posted a statement saying that scolding Weinstein was his personal matter and had nothing to do with the company.

However, Huayi Company's stock price still inevitably fell a little.

Seeing this situation, Feng Xiaogang was also dumbfounded. After all, he held a lot of stocks and suffered a lot of losses in this wave.

"You, use your brain before you do anything next time, don't always criticize everyone you see."

After the incident, Wang Zhonglei suppressed his anger and said, "But I dare not say too much. After all, Feng Xiaogang is the trump card of Huayi Company, and the company is counting on him to make money by making movies."

"Fuck, I didn't do anything and I lost millions for nothing."

"Von Cannon of the Trench."

Gu Wei, who was far away in the XZ crew, couldn't help but complain a few words after learning that Huayi Company's stock price had fallen.

(End of this chapter)