Chapter 277: Worrying about Gains and Loss
As one of the three major domestic TV festivals, the Magnolia Award of the Magic City TV Festival has been controversial far more than this time.
In 2012, the 18th Magic City TV Festival Magnolia Award was held.
Nominated for best actress are Jiang Wenli in "Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door", Liu Shishi in "Jingbu Bu Jingxin", Xiao Songjia in "The Cliff", Sun Li in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and Xi Meijuan in "The Love of Children" .
The winner of this Magnolia Award for Best Actress is Xiao Song Jia in "Cliff".
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" premiered at the end of 2011 and quickly became popular all over the country, becoming the most popular phenomenon-level TV series at that time.
Sun Li didn’t get the visual back.
As one of the favorites, Jiang Wenli also did not get the queen.
On the contrary, it was Xiao Song Jia who got the vision.
From these series of operations, it is not difficult to see that the so-called TV festival in China is basically a game where a small group of people divide the pork.
If you rely on connections and benefits, you can win prizes.
If you don’t get it, even if people all over the country think that this actor should win the award, he won’t get it.
Film festival. The same is true.
Of course, the three major European companies also have many off-site operations.
It can only be said that compared to the obvious operation of dividing pork, which is not installed in domestic film and television festivals, the three major European ones will at least install it.
"Did you choose Mei Ting?" Sun Li paused while rinsing Wang Shu's mutton and asked subconsciously.
Mei Ting knows it. She has been honing her acting skills even after being dropped out of the Beijing Theater Academy after more than ten years of debut.
The Beijing Academy of Drama has regulations that prohibit students from taking on dramas before their junior year.
Mei Ting was admitted to the Beijing Theater Academy in 1996 and dropped out of school in 1997 to take over the filming of the TV series "Northern Story".
It was precisely because of the drama "Northern Story" that she won the feature film "Red Lover" co-starring with Zhang Guorong, and won the Best Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival.
Although the Cairo International Film Festival is not as good as the three major European film festivals, it is also an international Class A film festival.
Not only was she able to work with Leslie Cheung during her debut, but she also won the Best Actress Award at the International Class A Film Festival. Even Zhang Ziyi openly expressed envy that year.
This wave of dropouts is not a loss.
In fact, Mei Ting had the confidence to drop out of school.
Before she was admitted to the Beijing Theater Academy in 1996, she was already a platoon-level cadre of the Jinling Song and Dance Ensemble.
She gave up these and went to Beijing Drama Academy.
After being admitted to the Beijing Drama Academy, he was a classmate with Zhang Ziyi, Qin Hailu, Hu Jing, Zeng Ni, Fu Jin, and Yuan Quan, and was known as the "Seven Golden Flowers".
However, she dropped out of school.
"Yes." Wang Shu responded, and then said, "We have worked together before when filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and her acting skills are good."
"And the salary is 100,000."
"Ah?" Sun Li opened her mouth in surprise when she heard that Mei Ting's salary was only 10W.
While surprised, he also understood why Wang Shu settled on Mei Tiao.
We know each other well after working together, plus the acting is good and the salary is cheap, the price/performance ratio is very high.
"What? Are you surprised?" Wang Shu made her some food.
When Sun Li heard this, she pretended to give Wang Shu a roll of her eyes and snorted: "Stingy!"
"Mei Ting is also a first-line actor no matter what. She needs to have acting skills and be well-known. Her film salary can be in the millions at least, but she was only given 100,000 yuan. How stingy!"
"Ha." Wang Shu took a bite of the mutton and said slowly: "I'm going to play this movie at the top three universities in Europe. Not only across the country, but here in the Beijing area, there are many actors who are willing to star in it for free."
"To tell you the truth, Mei Ting said she would get zero pay at the time. I felt it was a bit bad not to pay a penny, so I gave her 100,000 yuan."
"." Sun Li heard Wang Shu say If Mei Ting is willing to star in the film for free, I understand why this role was given to Mei Ting.
At the same time, she also knew that as an accomplished and capable director, there would indeed be many actors willing to star in the art films directed by Wang Shu for free.
Art films are different from commercial films.
Artistic films can win awards, and awards are closely related to an actor’s career development and status in the industry. In comparison, film remuneration is secondary.
Commercial films cannot win awards, so they pay more attention to film remuneration.
"So, Mei Ting has to thank you for your generosity?" Sun Li couldn't help but complain.
"Haha, thank you. We are both very satisfied with the cooperation." Wang Shu laughed.
When Sun Li heard this, she gave him a blank look.
He started to wash some food and put it into Wang Shu's bowl. He asked curiously: "Besides Mei Tiao, who else has been settled?"
"At the moment, we have only settled. Mei Ting is alone." Wang Shu saw Sun Li's surprise and said, "I told you just now that there is only one important female character in this drama."
"So I took this one. The actors for the roles are selected first, and the rest are male roles. "The male roles will be selected through auditions in two days."
Sun Li was stunned when she heard this. She thought of Deng Chao and couldn't help but ask, "Is there anyone you like?" As for my favorite candidate, it would be Zhang Hanyu. "
"When I was filming "Buried Alive", he helped me a lot in order to go to the Berlin Film Festival. "
"So, if his audition is good, there will be a role for him."
Sun Li listened to Wang Shu talking about Zhang Hanyu, and also knew that Zhang Hanyu had a different weight in Wang Shu's heart, so she didn't look surprised. He opened his mouth and asked: "Apart from Zhang Hanyu, is there no one you like?"
"No." Wang Shu answered directly.
Actually, he has it in his heart, and he has spoken out.
Zhang Hanyu's age and image are quite suitable for the protagonist Tie Boss in "The Crowd".
The way is to repay the kindness of a drop of water with a spring of water.
He has decided to give the role of Boss Tie to Zhang Hanyu.
When Sun Li heard this, she looked at Wang Shu, blinked, and asked with a smile: "What do you think of Deng Chao?"
"Didn't I say that I would send an audition invitation to Deng Chao? ?" Wang Shu was stunned for a moment.
Hearing this, Sun Li gave him another look.
She did not force Wang Shu to cast Deng Chao, but used this method to leave an impression on Wang Shu.
In the future, Wang Shu may think of giving Deng Chao a role when filming again.
Seeing that Wang Shu was silent, Sun Li thought of Deng Chao's instructions in her mind, and pursed her lips and said resentfully: "Deng Chao also graduated from the Beijing Drama Academy, and his acting skills are very good."
Wang Shu heard this He felt happy when he said this, and said that it doesn’t matter whether Deng Chao’s acting skills are good or not, you will definitely say yes anyway. He smiled and responded: “I know, it is indeed good.”
Deng Chao’s acting skills cannot be said. Good, can't say bad, just average.
Especially Deng Chao has now participated in the movie "Assembly", playing a supporting role in it.
Before, Deng Chao was a TV drama actor.
The acting style of TV drama actors is very different from that of movie actors.
Although Mei Ting is also an actress in TV series now, she has also made movies before.
In addition, when I was helping director Yan, I also served as a producer and so on.
The business ability is not bad.
What is missing is opportunity.
But at this time, he definitely couldn't express what was in his heart. When Sun Li heard what Wang Shu said, she looked at him with faint eyes.
Wang Shu pretended not to understand and asked in confusion: "What are you looking at me for?"
"Can't you look at me?" Sun Li didn't hear it. I want to hear the answer, hum.
“Haha.” Wang Shu laughed twice and rinsed the mutton for her.
Sun Li watched Wang Shu put the cooked mutton into her bowl, and sighed in her heart. She knew that Wang Shu cared about her.
If you ask for too much, or ask for things that you shouldn't ask for, it will be harmful to Wang Shu.
A very hurtful injury.
She understood this and continued the topic of Deng Chao.
After finishing the hot pot meal, the two returned to the car and sat down.
Wang Shu turned his head and asked, "Are you going to my house?"
"Why are you going to your house?" Sun Li asked angrily.
"It's still early, you can go to my place to sit and have a drink of tea." Wang Shu said with a smile.
After hearing this, Sun Li was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "I want to go home."
Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, and responded: "Okay."
In fact, from the moment he received Sun Li, Wang Shu felt Sun Li's alienation intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Sun Li sometimes acted very close to her during this process, she always kept it to herself.
Closeness only means that the relationship is excellent, not...
He also understood what was going on about Sun Li's change.
After the two collaborated on "Secret Garden", Sun Li joined the team to film "Sweet Honey" with Deng Chao.
Although he and Sun Li exchanged text messages from time to time, today was the first time they met.
During this period, Sun Li and Deng Chao were on the same crew.
The relationship between the two is male and female, so it is normal for their relationship to heat up.
Under the ebb and flow of one thing and another, Sun Li's guilt took over, and she took the initiative to keep a distance from Wang Shu.
Seeing Wang Shu agree so decisively, Sun Li looked stunned for a moment, her heart suddenly felt empty, and she began to worry about gains and losses.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
She turned her head and no longer looked at Wang Shu, but looked forward, silently.
Wang Shu didn't say anything, started the car and drove towards Sun Li's residence.
Seeing that Wang Shu remained silent, Sun Li took the initiative to find a topic and said, "Today's hot pot was delicious, what do you think?"
"Yes." Wang Shu responded, concentrating. drive.
As he said "hmm" and stopped talking, the atmosphere became silent again.
Sun Li opened her mouth and said: "I think the most delicious thing is boiled mutton. You also know that we actresses rarely eat meat in order to stay in shape."
" Hmm." Before he finished speaking, Wang Shu hummed again.
"." Sun Li could hear the perfunctory tone, opened her mouth, and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
As Sun Li shut up and Wang Shu stopped talking, the atmosphere between the two turned to silence again.
After a while, Sun Li spoke again: "Today is already over March, and the heating will stop in a few days, but the weather is still a bit cold."
"Yes." Wang Shu Another "Hmm" in response.
Seeing this, Sun Li looked embarrassed, and then stopped talking.
The two of them just sat in the car in silence. Wang Shu was silent and concentrated on driving, and Sun Li was silently looking at the scenery outside the window, wondering what she was thinking.
Not long after, Wang Shu sent Sun Li to the intersection near her home.
Sun Li originally wanted to ask Wang Shu to go to her home for a sip of tea, but suppressed the idea.
She felt that if Wang Shu went to her home, something might happen.
If something happens, I will be sorry for Deng Chao.
She didn’t want to be sorry to Deng Chao.
Just
She bit her lip, unbuckled her seat belt, opened the door and walked out. After getting off the car, she leaned over and faced Wang Shu through the window and said, "Be careful on the road, I'm going back first."
"Well, Goodbye." Wang Shu smiled back.
Sun Li looked at Wang Shu's smile, and she was worried about gain and loss. She opened her mouth and suddenly swallowed back the words that came to her lips. She then smiled back and said, "Goodbye."
After finishing speaking, he took a few steps back and kept a distance from the car to facilitate Wang Shu's start.
Wang Shu didn’t stop for long. When he saw Sun Li retreating, he started the Audi and drove away.
When Sun Li saw Wang Shu driving away like this, her worries about gain and loss became even stronger.
I feel like this is good, but at the same time I feel like I have lost something and it is very uncomfortable.
At the same time, I am also worried in my heart.
She was looking for Wang Shu to do something today, but she had this attitude.
Is this still possible?
"Wang Shu shouldn't be so cautious, right?" Sun Li murmured to herself.
She returned home, took a shower and was about to rest, when she received a call from Deng Chao.
"What are you doing?" Deng Chao asked.
"Get ready to sleep." Sun Li responded.
“How are things going?” Deng Chao got straight to the point.
"I had dinner with Director Wang and told him about your audition. He said he would send you an audition notice tomorrow," Sun Li said.
"What then?" Deng Chao asked subconsciously.
"Then I came back." Sun Li said speechlessly.
"No, I'm asking if Director Wang said anything else later?" Deng Chao asked.
Sun Li knew what Deng Chao wanted to ask, and she replied: "I didn't say anything special. I just said that the ownership of the role would depend on the audition effect."
"That's it." Deng Chao originally thought that Sun Li would take advantage of him, but he didn't expect that in the end he would only look at the results of the audition.
As for the art films directed by Wang Shu, competition will inevitably be huge, and it is very likely that they will not be able to compete with others.
Sun Li heard the disappointment in Deng Chao's tone, opened her mouth to say something, then closed her mouth and swallowed it.
"What about you? Have you asked about the female characters?" Deng Chao asked.
"Asked." Sun Li answered truthfully, "Director Wang said that the script is a man's drama, and there is only one female character in it. Mei Ting has already been cast through the audition, and the contract has been signed. Okay.”
"Mei Ting?" Deng Chao was a little surprised when he heard this. This was a candidate he had not expected.
But soon, he felt that it was unexpected and reasonable.
Wang Shu collaborated with Mei Ting when filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan", so it makes sense to collaborate again.
Sun Li heard Deng Chao's doubts and immediately said: "Mei Ting was willing to star in the film for zero pay. Director Wang felt that it was not good not to pay for the film, so he gave her 100,000 yuan for the film."
"That's it. ." Hearing Sun Li's words, Deng Chao was even more stunned.
With Mei Ting's ability and position, she is willing to star for zero pay, so she will definitely be favored.
(End of this chapter)