Chapter 194 Xia Yu and Wu Zhenyu
No one seemed to have any objections to the role. Only Ning Hao said with some worry: "In the play, Xiao Wei and Pei Rong have many roles opposite each other. Pei Rong is Mr. Zhou, and Fan Binbin took the role. Can you live there?"
Zhang Chen shrugged: "This is what I'm worried about, but this lineup is just a preliminary idea of mine. I'll see when the time comes..."
Ning Hao nodded. , continued to give ideas: "The actors have been decided, but what about the behind-the-scenes lineup? The most important thing for this kind of film is probably the art director. Who are you going to hire?"
Zhang Chen shook his head: "This script was just thought of. Yes, I never thought about the lineup behind the scenes.”
"Then let me recommend someone to you. His name is Li Miao. He just graduated from Central Communication University, but he is very good."
Zhang Chen happens to know this person. The art director of "Moon" has won many awards and is considered a relatively high achiever, but he is still unknown now.
Ning Hao’s vision is indeed poisonous.
But Dong Jianqiang said from the side: "I recommend Zhang Shuping."
He obviously felt that the newcomer recommended by Ning Hao was not reliable, so he named the best art director at the Academy Awards. .
"You can use Hu Weili for the soundtrack."
Dong Jianqiang continued to recommend. What he recommended was the best, but the price was definitely the most expensive.
The discussion continued, and Chen Xi’s phone suddenly rang.
"Oh, okay, you are here, we will come right away."
Everyone stopped discussing, Chen Xi's tone was obviously troubled.
Sure enough, after hanging up the phone, he said: "Wang Jinghua and Xia Yu are here~"
Everyone then remembered that they had made an appointment with Xia Yu to audition today.
“You go ahead, leave the script to me, I will just take it to the screenwriter team to expand it...”
Dong Jianqiang came to the screenwriter team with the piece of paper with the outline of the story written on it. The group members were excited.
They are paid to expand the script, and if the movie does well at the box office after it is released, there will be additional bonuses.
On the other side, Zhang Chen and Ning Hao followed Chen Xi to the reception room and saw Wang Jinghua and Xia Yu as soon as they entered the door.
"You two have been waiting for a long time~" Zhang Chen hurriedly said hello as soon as he entered the door.
"Director Zhang~" Xia Yu was very polite.
Although he is young, he is already the winner of the three Best Actors of Venice, Golden Horse and Golden Rooster. He is a very capable actor.
"Sister Hua, Xia Yu, I'm really sorry for keeping you two waiting for so long. Let me introduce to you, this is director Ning Hao, who is also the director of "Stone" this time..."
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Xia Yu immediately greeted Ning Hao again. After a while of greetings, Zhang Chen said: "I have read the audition script sent to you, so let's give it a try~"
Auditions generally do not send out For complete scripts, some script snippets of audition roles are sent to the actors to prepare in advance.
"Well, I've seen it, then I'll start~"
After that, Xia Yu took two steps back and started directly without asking anyone to help him with the scene.
Xia Yu, who had been very polite just now, suddenly changed his temperament.
He hurriedly ran from a distance, bent down to check the non-existent car accident scene, and then faced the other side and sprayed: "Good boy, high technology, driverless, if you see it, don't touch me~~"
< br>Xia Yu performed the scene where the car was hit. His Chongqing dialect was very standard, and he was arrogant with a hint of humor.
Ning Hao nodded with satisfaction. Xia Yu had obviously practiced his Chongqing dialect and seemed to have made a lot of preparations.
“Are you prepared for the meeting with the curator later?”
“Yes.”
"Then give it a try~"
Ning Hao is now interested in Xia Yu. Xia Yu's performance this time is completely different from the stereotype, but the role of 'Four Eyes' has two sides, and he wants to confirm it again.
"Okay."
Xia Yu returned to the original place again, stopped, and adjusted his condition.
Then he pretended to get out of the car, holding a non-existent briefcase in his hand, and strode over.
Zhang Chen spontaneously acted as the curator for him.
When Xia Yu saw him, he came over with a smile and pulled Zhang Chen aside.
"Director, your money must not be enough. Our Director Feng said that if you sign this contract, the account between us will be written off..."
"Okay, okay. ~" Ning Hao was very satisfied with Xia Yu, "The role of 'Four Eyes' is yours, I hope we can have a happy cooperation."
Xia Yu also stopped his performance, shook hands with Ning Hao, and thanked him repeatedly. Wang Jinghua also laughed very happily when she saw this scene.
"Chen Xi, take them to sign the contract."
As soon as Zhang Chen finished giving instructions, Wang Jinghua suddenly said: "Wait a minute~"
Then he took two steps and whispered: "Director Zhang, recently I We are in the process of cutting it off with Huayi. Can we sign this contract in two days?"
When Zhang Chen heard this, he immediately understood what was going on.
How could I forget this?
It seems that Wang Jinghua left Huayi in March and joined Chengtian.
For this reason Huayi and Chengtian became mortal enemies.
"Oh, congratulations in advance to Sister Hua."
Wang Jinghua waved her hand: "In the future, Director Zhang will take care of you and enjoy the food." "Sister Hua, you are too polite. Everyone helps each other.”
Zhang Chen suddenly remembered Fan Jiuyi. It turned out that Fan Jiuyi did not follow Wang Jinghua, thinking that if he stayed in Huayi, he could become the first sister. Unexpectedly, Li Lianhua also stayed, and the first sister never got her wish.
I wonder if she will still be like this this time?
"Where's Binbin, is she with Sister Hua? Or is she staying in Huayi?"
Zhang Chen said something casually, but Wang Jinghua looked at him in surprise.
“Doesn’t Director Zhang know?”
"What do you know?"
"Binbin neither left with me nor stayed in Huayi. She planned to set up her own studio. Didn't she tell you?"
"Uh... ..."
After seeing off Wang Jinghua and Xia Yu, Zhang Chen immediately dialed Fan Jiuyi's number.
“You want to set up a studio?”
"Yes, didn't you suggest me to do this?"
"Yes, but I said, I have conditions..."
"I know, I have been They were not happy when I talked to Huayi about paying taxes, but whatever, I just informed them anyway..."
"Aren't you afraid of offending people?"
"Afraid, Why aren't you afraid? But isn't it because of you? You said that if I set up a personal studio, you would become a shareholder and take care of me..."
Zhang Chen suddenly smiled. Sister Jiuyi said she was relaxed, but in fact she must have been worried to death.
He could feel that Sister Jiuyi was betting that Zhang Chen would not die without saving his life.
This woman is really willing to give up~
"Of course what I said is true. As long as you take care of everything, I will invest 30% of your personal studio... …”
Zhang Chen had a hunch that Xingchen Entertainment, which claims not to engage in artist management business, may have its first artist.
Well, strictly speaking, it is cooperation.
Zhang Chen doesn’t like to be in the artist management business because artist management is inherently contrary to production.
From the perspective of the producer, the most suitable actors must be selected, and the pay cannot be too high.
But the artist management business is just the opposite. What they pursue is high remuneration, and the higher the artist remuneration, the better.
Zhang Chen always believes that if Xingchen Entertainment also engages in artist management business, the final result will be that he will be kidnapped by himself. When selecting roles, he will no longer choose the most suitable ones, but can only choose from his own artists. Pick inside.
In fact, thinking about Sister Jiuyi, she is really courageous.
In her previous life, she was the first person in China to have a personal studio.
In this life, in order to be able to be bound to myself early, I would rather offend Hua Yi but also have to cut it off. This kind of courage is not something ordinary people can have.
You know, Huayi still holds the title of the largest private film and television company in China.
The price of turning against Huayi is not easy.
As soon as Zhang Chen hung up the phone, he saw Chen Xi coming up to him with a happy face.
“What are you so happy about?”
“Jiahe contacted Wu Zhenyu, and Wu Zhenyu agreed to play the role of Mike. We are on a flight tomorrow afternoon. Now, the actors of "Stone" are finally here. ..."
The last two roles were decided in one day, which is indeed good news.
The next day, Chen Xi and Ning Hao went to the airport to pick up Wu Zhenyu in person.
By the way, Liu Tianwang didn't take the role of Mike because he didn't want to offend anyone.
Isn’t Wu Zhenyu afraid of offending others?
The answer is: Not afraid!
Because he has already offended Guang.
In 2002, "Infernal Affairs" came out. Under the attack of the mainland blockbuster "Heroes" and the European and American blockbuster "Harry Potter", it was released for two weeks and took in a box office of 30 million Hong Kong dollars.
At that time, every Hong Kong person said that "Infernal Affairs" was Hong Kong's salvation;
At that time, every Hong Kong person believed that after "Infernal Affairs", Hong Kong films would once again usher in glory .
At the end of October 2003, "Infernal Affairs II" was released with great anticipation. There was no Andy Lau, no Tony Leung, only two young people who were still in their infancy.
Unfortunately, "Infernal Affairs II" failed to save the future of Hong Kong movies.
On the contrary, Wu Zhenyu saved "Infernal Affairs II".
Many professional film critics pointed out that if it were not for Wu Zhenyu, "Infernal Affairs II" would be just a continuation of the film.
In the film, Ng Chun-yu plays Ni Yongxiao, who is calm, restrained, polite, and vicious in his methods. He is different from the past image of the gangsters who were powerful and violent. With a few phone calls, he was able to clean up the gangsters who wanted to rebel. You have to be submissive;
Playing hard and acting cool, of course, cannot be called a palace-level performance. Wu Zhenyu’s Ni Yongxiao still has a "helpless" energy about him, which is the "fate of the Jianghu people" in Gu Long's novels ", his father was killed and his brothers and sisters were useless. Ni Yongxiao was ordered to fight against the four major families alone to save his father's property. In the end, he was killed by Han Chen. The whole family died, and his success failed.
In 2004, at the 23rd Academy Awards, Francis Ng, Andy Lau, Simon Yam, Jacky Cheung, and Lau Ching-wan competed for the Best Actor.
In that year, everyone felt that the best actor must be Wu Zhenyu, because his role as Ni Yongxiao was so amazing that even professional actors had to admire him.
Unexpectedly, the final result was that Wu Zhenyu lost to Andy Lau.
Afterwards, Wu Zhenyu said reluctantly in an interview: "Hong Kong's entertainment industry is about luck, connections, and audience popularity, but it is not about strength. Strength is placed very low."
Then, because of this sentence, he offended the entire entertainment industry and had almost no scenes to film.
So as soon as "Stone" sent out the invitation, he agreed.
(End of this chapter)