Chapter 91 File Raising
Chang Jihong is a gold medal agent. Of course, his achievements are behind Wang Jinghua and he is considered the second best agent in the country.
The reason why he is not as good as Wang Jinghua is probably because he does not have many big-name artists.
In fact, as long as she has a big name under her, she can be called a 'gold medal agent', and the big name under her is Jiang Wenli.
Jiang Wenli is very awesome and is currently recognized as the queen of ratings in the industry.
In 1999, the movie "Hand in Hand" directly became a god, with a ratings of 9.2%, and directly won the Feitian Award, and also won the Golden Eagle Award.
Three TV Awards: Feitian, Golden Eagle, and Magnolia.
"Holding Hands" I took two at once and achieved supreme godhood.
A few years later Jiang Wenli will win Magnolia with "Golden Wedding", becoming the first actress to win a Grand Slam in mainland film history.
The reason why I say she is an actress is because the real number one is Wang Zhiwen, who is a monster, the kind who is fed by God.
Especially the line skills.
There are so many outstanding actors at the same time, and no one dares to say that they are better than him in terms of line skills.
Listen to him speaking his lines, and you will know what he is playing without looking at the subtitles or even looking at the screen.
Compared with Wang Zhiwen, Jiang Wenli is inferior. Her status is similar to Zhang Guoli among actors, and she belongs to the "evergreen tree in film and television".
He also has a good taste. "Black Ice", "Chinese Divorce", "Golden Wedding", "Happiness Comes to Knock on the Door" and "The Little Woman from the Zhengyang Gate" are all hits.
Let's put it this way, how popular "Hand" is. Before it, only "Beijingers in New York" had the same popularity. Of course, "Desire" does not count. It was a divine drama and had something to do with the social environment at that time.
It’s just that no one expected that the virtuous Liu Huifang would become what she is now.
At this stage, Jiang Wenli is on the front line, one is her and the other is Zhao Yanzi. As long as there are two of them in any TV series, the ratings will definitely be good.
In addition to Jiang Wenli, Chang Jihong also has three or two kittens under his command, Sun Li, She Nan, Wang Luodan, Liu Ye, Yu Na...
Although Sun Li achieved considerable achievements in later generations , but she is still a newcomer. "Jade Guanyin", which aired last year, was her debut work.
Liu Ye's current fame is only known to a small circle within the circle. He will not really become famous until "Blood Romance" is aired in November this year, and then he will really become famous all over the world.
However, he is well-known in Japan. As the leading actor, "Nashan Na Ren Na Dog" not only won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film, but also received 600 million yen in box office in Japan, creating a Record.
As for Wang Luodan, he was an amateur before he starred in "Mi Lai". Chang Jihong brought Wang Luodan today just to make him look good.
"Director Zhang, I heard that preparations for the new film "Dark Invasion 2" directed by you have begun. I brought Luo Dan here today just to get to know you. If there is a suitable role, I hope Director Zhang will give it to you. Opportunity."
Probably the information was corrected last night. Chang Jihong no longer said that Zhang Chen was the director of "Dark Invasion 2", only that he was in charge.
Wang Luodan next to him was also very sensible when he heard this and immediately raised his glass to toast.
“I also hope that Director Zhang will have the opportunity to think about me in the future. I am very cost-effective. I am good at acting and cheap.”
Wang Luodan has given himself an advertisement, whether he is big or small. , she is a grade 01 student in Nortel's acting class. She is one level older than Zhang Chen and can be considered a senior sister.
"Senior sister, you're welcome."
Of course Zhang Chen didn't know how to win, so he toasted and drank together, everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very good.
However, he didn't think Wang Luodan was suitable because he was too thin.
But he wouldn’t tease Chang Jihong in person.
"Sister Chang, I'm not refusing, but I promised that Ning Hao will be the one to make the final decision on this play. I can recommend people to it, but it's up to the director to decide whether it's suitable or not."
This is indeed Zhang Chen’s plan. He is also a director and knows what directors care about most, casting rights.
If you can’t even decide the role yourself, then what’s the point of being a director?
He would recommend it, but whether Ning Hao uses it or not is up to him, and the same goes for Yang Xiaomi.
"Thank you very much. All we need is an opportunity. Whether we can win or not depends on our individual ability." Chang Jihong acted very confidently, without any displeasure.
“But I want to explain in advance that the heroine has already been chosen, which is Juno in the previous play. This is determined by the plot of the story. Even if Rodin is finally chosen, the role can only be a supporting role. "
"It's okay, the role doesn't matter, we don't choose. "
The main purpose of this contact is to establish a relationship with Zhang Chen. If you have a relationship, there will be a basis for future cooperation. .
As for whether you can get the role, that's all incidental.
She has analyzed Zhang Chen. Although Zhang Chen has only directed two works so far, among which "Shark Beach" has not been released yet, Zhang Chen has a characteristic. The protagonists in his movies are all women.
In "Dark Invasion" there is only the heroine and no male protagonist. "Shark Beach" is even more powerful. Even the supporting role is gone, so it is the heroine's one-man show.
This characteristic of Zhang Chen has not been mentioned by anyone in the circle yet, but she is keenly aware of it, so she is eager to establish a relationship with Zhang Chen.
If her analysis is correct, Zhang Chen's next movie may be a movie with a female protagonist, which is great news for her artists.
Although Jiang Wenli is invincible in the field of TV dramas, she has few works in the field of movies. If she can cooperate with Zhang Chen, she may become a good story.
The atmosphere in the private room was good, and several people were joking, especially Wang Luodan and Zhang Chen, both of whom worked at Nortel, and were only one year apart, so they had many common topics.
However, while they were chatting and joking, the cell phone suddenly rang at an inappropriate time.
Zhang Chen glanced at the caller ID, said sorry, and answered the call.
The call was from Director Chen of the Special Effects Production Center. As soon as the call was connected, he heard the call: "Director Zhang, something has happened. Come to the production center quickly."
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"What's going on? What happened?" Zhang Chen's heart suddenly tightened, especially if there was something wrong with the special effects production.
“I can’t explain a sentence or two, please come here.”
“Okay, wait for me, I’ll be there right away.”
Hang up the phone: “Sorry, Sister Chang , Luo Dan, something urgent happened here, we need to deal with it immediately~"
"If Director Zhang has something to do, just go and get busy first. You can hear that he is very anxious. We are already acquainted. For other things, you don’t need to stay with us.”
"Okay, then I'll leave first."
Zhang Chen apologized and hurried out, wanting to take a taxi and go straight to the Huairou Digital Film and Television Base.
Unfortunately, everything went counterproductive. The more anxious we were, the more things went wrong.
Usually the streets are full of taxis, but at this time there were not even any empty ones.
Zhang Chen waved anxiously, but no one stopped.
Just when he was anxious, a Jetta suddenly stopped in front of him, and the window rolled down, revealing Zhang Xiaobei's face inside.
"Where are you going in a hurry? Get in the car and I will take you there."
Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment and then got in the car, "Huairou, China Film Digital Base."
Zhang Xiao Bei started the car and drove out. Only then did Zhang Chen have the time to ask: "What a coincidence that I happened to meet you here."
Zhang Xiaobei said cheerfully, "It's not a coincidence, I was following and filming. You are here, but it seems that you are in an emergency, so you just showed up."
Zhang Chenxin said that it was indeed the case, but he wondered how such a coincidence could happen.
“Did you get it?”
“I got it.” Zhang Xiaobei excitedly patted the camera hanging around his neck, “Yesterday it was Li Xiaowan, today it’s Chang Jihong, What are you trying to do?”
Zhang Chenxin said that you are quite shameless, so he asked casually, and the secret filming turned into an interview.
But after all, they have helped. You have to rely on others to go to Huairou, so there is nothing wrong with providing some materials. "It's nothing. They heard that "Dark Invasion 2" is being prepared and want to audition."
“Ah, preparations for “Dark Invasion 2” have begun? Why haven’t I heard about it?”
“Well, preparations have just started, and not many people know about it.”
Many movies will be announced to the public from the preparation stage in order to create topics and arouse popularity.
The best player in this aspect is Zhang Dabeard.
However, Zhang Chen doesn't like to do this. He feels that hype must be limited.
“How was the result of the audition?” Zhang Xiaobei was still not satisfied.
Zhang Chen glanced at him: "I'm not the director. It's the director's right to decide the role. The most I can recommend is to give her a chance to audition."
"Ah, "Dark Invasion" 2》You are not the director, then who is the director?”
“Ning Hao is the cameraman of the first film. He is originally the director and has won the Most Popular Director Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival.”
Zhang Xiaobei was excited, but he didn't expect to get another piece of breaking news after just a few words of conversation.
"Can you tell me what "Dark Invasion 2" is about?"
"This is not acceptable." This time Zhang Chen refused without hesitation.
The plot of the movie is top secret. Not to mention him as a reporter, even many actors can only get fragments of the script before signing the contract.
Zhang Xiaobei didn't get more information, but he wasn't disappointed, it was enough.
Not to mention Zhang Chen’s awesomeness, you can indeed make money by filming him.
The group soon arrived at the China Film Digital Production Base. Zhang Chen got off the car and Zhang Xiaobei asked without giving up: "Do you want to wait for you? You have to go back to the city."
< br>Zhang Chen thought for a while: "That's okay, then you just wait for me."
"Okay." Zhang Xiaobei was cheerful and wanted to follow him in, but Zhang Chen stopped him : "Just wait for me in the car. This is China Film Group, you can't get in."
After saying that, Zhang Chen entered the China Film Building, leaving the latter with a disappointed look on his face.
Entering the China Film Building, Zhang Chen went straight to the floor of the Digital Production Center. As soon as he entered the door, he hurriedly asked: "Director Chen, what happened, I didn't tell you even if I asked you on the phone..."
Chen Chen in the room The director was sitting in the middle with a sad look on his face, and other people in charge of special effects production were also there.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Director Chen raised his head. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly burst into laughter.
As he laughed, everyone else also laughed, and the sound of hahaha could not be heard for a while.
Zhang Chen was a little confused by this scene.
Director Chen waved his hands mockingly: "I blame me, I really can't hold it back, my acting skills are still not up to par."
Seeing Zhang Chen look over in confusion, Director Chen smiled and said: "Director Zhang, it's okay. , just to give you a surprise."
"Surprise?"
"Well, I have good news for you, we have finished the special effects of "Shark Beach".
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Zhang Chen has a black line on his forehead, is he finished? When I came two days ago, didn’t I say that it wouldn’t be completed until the end of November?
Why was it done so quickly?
Seeing Zhang Chen like this, Director Chen continued to explain: "Recently, Hollywood has released a special effects software, specifically for skin. It matches ours very well, so I bought it. We have made some changes to the software. With some upgrades, the difficulty of creating shark special effects can be reduced by 70%, so the production time that originally took more than a month has been shortened to one week."
"Is it really finished?"
“It’s done, you can see the effect.”
Zhang Chen sat in front of the computer dubiously, and then the staff began to show him the results of his work.
Half an hour later, Zhang Chen let out a long sigh.
It’s actually done.
Immediately, he thought of a question. Now that the special effects were completed, could he file it?
Originally, the release time span in February is quite large, but the special effects production has always been slow and meticulous, so there is no way.
Now suddenly all the special effects are completed at the end of September, so should I pick up the file?
The Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 22nd, and the Spring Festival season starts in December, but two major movies have already been released in December, namely "A World Without Thieves" on December 9th and "Kung Fu" on December 23rd.
Both of these two movies are blockbusters with over 100 million box office, so Zhang Chen doesn’t have to work hard to make money during the Spring Festival.
That would only be worth the loss. The number of screens in China is still too small at present, less than 3,000 yuan, which is simply unable to support three movies competing on the same scene.
Then you can only advance or postpone it.
October and November are not good months, as you can tell by watching movies.
However, there is a National Day holiday in October, and the seven-day holiday will have a certain boost to the box office.
"Kekexili" will be released on October 1st.
Although "2046" and "New Police Story" are released in September, they will also span the National Day holiday.
Unfortunately, "Shark Beach" cannot catch up with this window.
There are only two days left before the National Day holiday. Not to mention applying for the Dragon Award, just preheating the film is not enough.
Postponed to January.
That's even colder.
According to ordinary people's habits, they probably won't watch movies for a long time after the Spring Festival.
Forget it, just November.
The main issue was money. Zhang Chen had no money.
He is waiting for "Shark Beach" to give him back his blood. It will be released as soon as possible and get the money back early, so that he can prepare for his third film.
Of course he can also use other people's money, but that would be equivalent to giving his own money to others.
As for the loan? Impossible, loans for film projects are different from loans in other industries.
Movies are just a few rolls of film. Unlike products produced on an assembly line, there are physical objects that can be used as collateral.
Before the film is made, no one can predict how it will fare at the box office.
As for a movie, it has no value as long as it is not finished. Even if it is finished, it is hard to say how much it is worth. The same movie will have different box office at different release dates.
If you fail to apply for the dragon label or are banned, your application will become blank in a moment.
So usually banks don’t lend money to film projects unless they are well-known big companies or directors in the industry.
Huayi Brothers took out a loan of RMB 50 million for "Assembly" and a loan of RMB 150 million for "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", but those were Tsui Hark and Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Chen only made one movie. For a new director, the devil will lend him money.
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The company works overtime, that’s all today
(End of this chapter)