Chapter 168 Xu Qing and Jiang Wenli are on the same page
This symposium held by the Film Bureau was divided into two sessions, with experience sharing in the morning and internal discussion in the afternoon.
Of course you have to take care of the food at noon, but with more than a hundred people, the film bureau shouldn't be too extravagant and wasteful.
There is no grand banquet, just a buffet. The dishes are very rich and everyone can mix and match freely.
However, Zhang Chen and Feng Xiaogang did not participate, and they went to the restaurant by themselves.
In a private room
"Xiaochen, you are like this, uncle obeys you, those grandsons, I have long wanted to criticize them, you did what uncle wanted to do but couldn't do..."
As soon as the food was served, Feng Xiaogang raised his glass.
What Zhang Chen did today was particularly to his liking. He has always known that he is an outlier among directors. Although his box office results are okay, he has never been recognized by the mainstream.
As time passed, he became tired.
But there is always a fire in my heart.
Everything Zhang Chen said today was what he wanted to say, which was a relief for him.
From today on, Zhang Chen is his little brother.
In his opinion, Zhang Chen and he are the same type of people, talented but unable to conform to the system.
"Uncle Feng, stop laughing at me. I was just impulsive. At that time, I just felt why they looked down on people. I don’t know how much I regret it now."
"Hey, how can you be called a young man if you are not impulsive?" Feng Xiaogang didn't care. When he was young, he didn't care about flattering others, but he was an angry young man at heart.
I am still a middle-aged angry youth now, and I will become an old angry youth in the future.
The ultimate skill of angry youth is to spray.
Spray all the things they don't like.
The two of them exchanged glasses and drank a lot. Today's symposium brought the two of them much closer.
...
Elsewhere, Gu Changwei was calling Jiang Wenli with a dark face.
"That Zhang Chen doesn't understand movies at all. Why do you want to cooperate with him? You are lowering yourself..."
He dislikes Zhang Chen very much. Before When he was quarreling with the writers circle, he didn't like the other party's flamboyant personality, as if he wanted to beat him ten times for labor and management, but this matter had nothing to do with him, and he was too lazy to get involved.
But the disrespect shown by the other party towards literary and artistic films today made him very unhappy. He just remembered that his wife and the other party were going to collaborate on a movie. How could this be allowed? He had to mess with it.
Jiang Wenli on the opposite side was confused: "Zhang Chen? What's wrong with him?"
"It doesn't matter to me, but he was talking nonsense at the symposium today, and his words were full of praise for commercial films and literary films. Dismissive, I think there is something wrong with this person's thinking."
"What's the matter? Don't you usually dismiss commercial movies?"
Jiang Wenli knows her own way too well. Man now.
Behind his potato-like and simple face, there is a heart yearning for art.
There is nothing wrong with yearning for art, but you can't see the situation clearly. Even Zhang Yimou has changed, and you are still focused on art.
"Uh, why are you talking to him?" Seeing his wife's attitude, Gu Changwei became even more angry.
"Who do you mean you are talking to? I am seeking truth from facts."
"I don't care, you can't act in his movie anyway!" Gu Changwei's attitude was very firm.
After being accused by her husband, Jiang Wenli lost her temper: "Okay, I will quit "Manslaughter", and you will kick out Zhang Jingchu from "Peacock"..."
Gu Changwei choked: "What does this have to do with Xiao Zhang?"
Jiang Wenli glared: "I don't care, you have to kick her out anyway~"
"You Can you please stop making trouble here?"
"Why am I making trouble without reason? Didn't you ask me to quit "Manslaughter"? I promise you, why can't you kick that Zhang Jingchu out?"
Originally, Jiang Wenli was very upset when she saw the gossip about Zhang Jingchu and Gu Changwei in the past two days. She didn't know what to say, but Gu Changwei came to find her. Well, everyone should take a step back.
The opportunity to cooperate with Zhang Chen is important, but her family is more important. Jiang Wenli doesn't want the peach trees she has cultivated for a long time to be picked by others halfway.
"This is different, Jingchu..."
"We call you Jingchu, we have a good relationship, so what does she call you, Chang Wei? Or brother Chang Wei?" ”
Jiang Wenli became more and more certain in her heart. When the project of "Peacock" was established, in order to support her husband's career, she was willing to play the heroine in it herself, but Gu Changwei rejected her on the grounds that it was not suitable for her. The image in his mind didn't match.
Jiang Wenli agreed, thinking what kind of actor he would find, but unexpectedly she turned around and found Zhang Jingchu.
This woman's graduation project was arranged by Gu Changwei, and now she has been chosen as the heroine of the new movie.
The more Jiang Wenli thought about it, the angrier she became.
"You, you are so unreasonable..." Gu Changwei was also very angry.
All women will probably go crazy when they hear their husbands commenting on themselves in this way, and the same is true for Jiang Wenli.
"Gu Changwei, it seems that you really have something, otherwise why would she have to do it? When the project of "Peacock" was approved, I said, let me act. If you don't agree, you have to find that one. What Zhang Jingchu, tell me, why do you have to choose her?”
Jiang Wenli's voice was hoarse, and Gu Changwei also felt his heart getting angry.
I was originally talking about Zhang Chen, but somehow it turned into asking him to change the heroine.
"We've already shot half of "Peacock", what heroine should we change now? Can you please stop being unreasonable?"
"Is it because we're halfway through filming, or because you don't want to at all? Change?" Jiang Wenli pressed forward step by step.
"Okay, stop making trouble. Zhang Jingchu can't be replaced anyway, and I can't be replaced no matter how much trouble you make..." Gu Changwei also lost his good temper. He didn't coax Jiang Wenli very much. , because it took no effort at all to chase.
"Okay, let me also tell you, I have decided to act "Manslaughter", and it is useless for anyone to stop it. I, Jiang Wenli, said it~"
Jiang Wenli hung up the phone angrily, thinking in her heart Wuzi is indignant.
But he is a grown-up woman, and when she is angry, she must be angry, and she cannot do anything wrong.
After stabilizing his emotions a little, he immediately called Zhang Chen.
"Director Zhang, I heard that you and Chang Wei had some conflicts at the symposium?"
Zhang Chen, who was heading to the venue with Feng Xiaogang over there, was stunned when he heard this: "Conflict? There is no conflict. Oh, it’s not really a conflict, it’s just that we have some contradictory views on film concepts, so it’s not really a conflict~”
“Oh, that’s good, Lao Gu is a straight person and just believes in art movies. , your temper is still bad, I thought you..."
Seeing Zhang Chen say this, Jiang Wenli also felt relieved.
She is different from Gu Changwei. Gu Changwei can't care about the connections in the circle, but she can't. She has always maintained these things.
"It's nothing. Sister Wen Li, don't worry. Even if Director Gu gets excited, I won't be on the same level as him..."
Zhang Chen really didn't think anything of it. His rant at that time was mainly aimed at the attack "Shark" Beach guy.
Gu Changwei was probably a little angry at the time when it was mostly a dispute over the concept of the movie, but he forgot about it later and he would not hold a grudge.
After hanging up the phone, the two of them walked to the gate of the venue and bumped into Zhang Yimou, who was also returning from dinner.
Zhang Chen was stunned and was considering whether to say hello. Zhang Yimou smiled and nodded to them first.
"Director Zhang Chen, Director Xiaogang~"
"Hello, Director Yimou."
Seeing that Zhang Yimou didn't seem to have any grudge against them, Zhang Chen hurriedly said hello.
"Director Zhang Chen, I watched your "Dark Invasion" and it was really well shot, especially the scene where two girls turn against each other. I heard that the script was written by Director Zhang Chen himself~"
Zhang Chen did not expect that Zhang Yimou would actually praise his movie. From the looks of it, it was not just a polite comment.
"Thank you, Director Zhang. I did write the script myself. When I have nothing to do, I like to think about it..."
"Okay, the meeting is about to start, let's go in quickly."
Seeing that people were entering the venue one after another, and they were the latest group, Zhang Yimou took two steps forward.
Zhang Yimou is in front, Zhang Chen and Feng Xiaogang are a few steps behind.
Zhang Chen looked at Feng Xiaogang with a questioning look. The meaning was very clear: What's going on?
The latter snickered: "Are you a little surprised?"
Zhang Chen nodded, still a little surprised.
Ordinarily, it is impossible that Lao Mouzi did not know about the verbal quarrel between him and Zhang Weiping for such a long time.
But looking at Lao Mouzi, he didn’t seem to care at all.
Feng Xiaogang looked like he had known you would be like this for a long time: "Don't think so much, just remember that Zhang Yimou is Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping is Zhang Weiping.
Zhang Weiping is arrogant, domineering and arrogant, but Zhang Yimou is still good and can be regarded as a very pure filmmaker. "
Feng Xiaogang's evaluation of Zhang Yimou was quite high, and Zhang Chen suddenly realized.
"Okay, let's go in quickly. "
At the entrance of the venue, the two of them were about to walk in as they spoke. It happened that at this time, the mobile phone in Zhang Chen's trouser pocket vibrated again at an inappropriate time.
I didn't intend to answer it, but when I saw Caller ID.
"Uncle Feng, you go in first, I'll answer the phone."
After speaking to Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Chen took the phone and walked to a place where no one was around, and then answered the call.
"Director Zhang, when will you come over?"
As soon as the call was connected, the assistant director's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding a little anxious.
"What's wrong with my flight the day after tomorrow? Didn't I ask you to lead everyone around to read the script first? How can I listen to your voice..."
The assistant director is his senior brother who came with him from "Dark Invasion".
Just listen to the voice on the other end: "The two aunts in our drama, Miss Xu Qing and Miss Jiang Wenli, seem to be a bit weird~"
"To be more specific, what's going on? "
"Actually, it's not them, it's their assistants. One moment they ask for this, and the next they ask for that. The one who has this one also demands it, and the other one has it, so this one demands better..."
The assistant director's tone was full of helplessness.
"How could this happen? Where's Chen Xi? Didn't you care about them?"
"Chen Xi went out to confirm the venue with the external producer. She talked with their assistants once, but they only took care of it for a long time, and then they It's like that again..."
Zhang Chen put his hand on his forehead, was he trying to be a big deal?
You shouldn’t.
Both of them don't seem to be busy people. Neither Jiang Wenli nor Xu Qing have ever heard of the experience of dumping big names in their previous lives. If it happened, they would definitely not be able to cover it up.
His heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Is there anyone else? For example, Liu Tianxian?"
The other person answered quickly this time: "Liu Tianxian? That's not true. Since joining the group, She has always been very cooperative and did whatever she was asked to do, but her mother, on the other hand, guarded against Lin Shen every day as much as she guarded against thieves..."
(End of Chapter)