Chapter 6
"You said, you want me to use my connections to send "Buried Alive" to the film selectors at the Berlin Film Festival?" Zhang Hanyu looked weird, thinking to himself, aren't you a student at the University of Southern California?
Just look for the University of Southern California.
Wang Shen guessed what Zhang Hanyu was thinking and said without changing his face: "This is a film I shot in China. I want to send the film to the selector from China."
" You also know that I don’t know anyone in the domestic entertainment industry except you, and I have no such relationship.”
After hearing this, Zhang Hanyu felt that it made sense but felt that it was wrong. However, when he thought about whether he was starring in "Buried Alive" or the male protagonist, especially during the filming process, he was surprised to find that the script of "Buried Alive" was far more excellent than he originally expected.
He was greatly surprised!
Although it is different from the traditional award-winning films in China, perhaps this is something ahead of its time in the United States.
In addition, he has seen Wang Shu’s directing skills and has considerable confidence in the film.
If you go to Berlin, you really have a great chance of winning a prize!
Even if you don't win an award, it would be great to get a nomination.
After thinking for a moment, he agreed to Wang Shu's request.
Finally, he has starred in such an award-winning movie that even he is very optimistic about. Whether he can turn around is now, and he doesn't want to work in vain.
"I'll contact the good people first, and when the film selection team comes over, you can ask me to hand over the film." Zhang Hanyu said this instead of asking Wang Shu to hand over the film to him now.
Wang Shu nodded and responded without objection: "That's it."
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October, and the film selection team for the Berlin International Film Festival arrived as scheduled.
Through Hua Yi’s relationship, Zhang Hanyu successfully delivered “Buried Alive” to the film selector.
Although he is just a small artist in Huayili now, he has some relationship with Feng Xiaogang. In addition, he comes from a compound and has paid small bills, so he also has some connections.
Furthermore, his agent had seen Wang Shu's directing skills. As the film was being shot, he saw some scenes in the film with his own eyes, and slowly retracted his contempt in his heart.
Now, I wish Zhang Hanyu could go to the Berlin International Film Festival with the crew of "Buried Alive".
Therefore, "Buried Alive" was successfully sent over.
The next step is to wait for news from the film festival.
Wang Shu was rushing to film "Buried Alive" in such a hurry, mainly because he was worried that he would not be able to send the film to the film festival in a short time without the connections.
In other words, you can only take the road of independent registration.
Signing up independently requires a lot of hard work. If you are lucky, it will be faster. If you are not lucky, it will take half a year to solve the problem.
In order to prevent the situation from continuing without enough error tolerance, he could only finish the film earlier to leave more time.
Now, with Zhang Hanyu’s help, everything is much smoother.
As November approaches, the capital has become colder. Wang Shu has a headache when he thinks about the 40,000 yuan left in his hand.
At the beginning, I had nearly 300,000 yuan, but after "Buried Alive" was completed, I only had about 40,000 yuan left.
During this period, he lived in a single room with a few square meters of air leakage and lived frugally. From time to time he went to the construction site to do odd jobs for 30 yuan a day.
It is now almost difficult for him to find a temporary job in the capital, so he does not waste time and energy anymore. It is better to go to the construction site and move bricks.
I moved bricks on the construction site during the day and came back to polish the script at night.
“I hope I can go to Berlin, otherwise I will have another headache.”
There has been no work at the construction site these days, and I lay dead in the room until I couldn’t lie down anymore.
Wang Shu picked up his cell phone and called a few friends he knew, intending to invite them out for a get-together.
There were not many people in total. After calling, everyone except Yang Wei said they had something to do and declined his invitation.
At night, roadside food stalls.
Wang Shu and Yang Wei were sitting at the table eating supper.
After taking a sip of white wine, Yang Wei said angrily: "Luo Xiang, Hu Duo and the others have not been alive in the past two days. They know that you are at the construction site now. They"
Wang Shu heard this and shot He patted him on the shoulder, interrupted his words, and said with a smile: "Drinking wine and eating meat, what do you care about that?"
"They can come if they want, but forget it if they don't come."
The Luo Xiang, Hu Duo and others mentioned by Yang Wei are the friends Wang Shu called to invite during the day. Now it seems that those people didn't come because they had something to do, but they didn't want to interact with him.
Those people are not wrong, they are all walk-ons, and they have to have a good relationship with Acupoint. There is no need to offend Acupoint because of him.
Society is such a reality.
On the contrary, Wang Shu was somewhat relieved that Yang Wei could come over.
Yang Wei sighed, then stopped talking.
"Liang Shan, I also know that you are at the construction site."
The implication of his words was to tell Wang Shu that there is no chance for the two of you, so don't run and humiliate yourself.
Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Don't worry, I am self-aware."
"Now she has accepted a drama, and she plays a small supporting role with lines in it, which is much better than a side role." Seeing that Wang Shu seemed to have really given up, Yang Wei said leisurely.
"That's good, I wish her a bright future." Wang Shu said a polite word, not wanting to talk about this woman, and changed the subject at the right time, "What about you? How are you doing now?"
< br>Yang Wei took a sip of white wine and said dejectedly: "Still playing a small role, nothing has changed."
Wang Shu guessed that it was roughly the case, so he could only comfort him in a low voice: "Take your time, nothing can be solved overnight."< br>
“Just playing a small role now does not mean that you will play a small role in the future. Sooner or later, there will be a day when the clouds clear and the sun shines through.”
When he was filming "Buried Alive", he thought about asking a few of his friends who were playing small roles to join the cast, but after some thought he gave up the idea.
He was worried that exposing his identity would cause unnecessary trouble, so it was better to keep it a secret.
Just wait until the dust settles and mention these friends again.
Before he went back to 2004, he never called his old friends to come out for dinner, thinking that they were alienated because of the passage of time and no contact for a long time, including Yang Wei.
At the moment
At the very least, Yang Wei regarded him as a friend.
The two of them sat in front of the food stall, blowing the cold wind and drinking white wine, and went home until late at night.
In the blink of an eye, December is here, "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" are about to be released, and the capital is full of corresponding publicity.
Wang Baoqiang became an instant celebrity after this. Coming from the countryside, he had no repayment for Feng Xiaogang, so he carried a bag of home-grown millet from his hometown to express his gratitude.
His popularity is like a shot in the arm, filling countless walk-ons with fighting spirit.
Including Yang Wei.
It’s just that dreams are skinny, but reality is cruel.
"A World Without Thieves" was a hit, reaffirming Feng Xiaogang's status in the industry.
The actors, big and small, all bowed to him and flattered him to the extreme.
At the end of December, "Kung Fu" was released, and Wang Shu bought a ticket and walked into the theater.
Now, I no longer owe Mr. Xing movie tickets.
During this period, Feng Xiaogang has been paying attention to the box office of "Kung Fu" every day.
When Zhou Xingxing was filming "Kung Fu", he was invited to play a guest role in it. When his "A World Without Thieves" Zhou Xingxing was unwilling to make a guest appearance in it.
This made him very angry!
Both films are in December, which means they are competing in a ring.
Seeing the box office surge of "Kung Fu", Feng Xiaogang wanted to make a fool of himself and curse it.
Perhaps because there is no magic curse, the box office of "Kung Fu" exceeded that of "A World Without Thieves".
Feng Xiaogang, who had been so arrogant for half a month, was embarrassed.
At the end of January 2005, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was released, and Liu Yifei's Zhao Ling'er amazed many people.
In February, Wang Shu did not go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, but went to Berlin with Zhang Hanyu.
(End of this chapter)