Entertainment 1998

Chapter 513 512, The Great Director Starts a Struggle

Although Zhang Manyu is not a professional actor, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in her first year of debut.

The reason for such an honor is not because of her high acting talent, but because every time she acts, she completely immerses herself in the role and expresses real emotions in front of the camera.

Remember, it’s about experience, not performance!
I remember one time, during the filming of the movie "As Tears Go By", she broke her front teeth due to kissing Andy Lau, which shows how much emotion she put into acting.

This time, when she came to the mainland to star in the movie "Hero", Zhang Manyu initially wanted to get by with the job, because like most filmmakers in Hong Kong, she also looked down on mainland filmmakers in her bones. [Note: In addition to two or three relatively famous directors, Zhang Yimou's movie "Raise the Red Lantern" is her favorite movie. ]

But ever since she was ordered to date "Jiang Feng", Zhang Manyu fell in love with this young man: he was smart, talented, and handsome. His height of over 1 meters made him a perfect match for her.

However, even though they liked each other, they never took the final step.

One reason was that Zhang Manyu felt that there was a psychological barrier between them as Jiang Feng was too young, more than 10 years younger than her; the other reason was that Jiang Feng himself was also restrained, and sometimes they would just kiss and touch each other before they separated.

But when the crew arrived in Dunhuang on the first day, Zhang Manyu felt that she should not wait any longer and had to tear down the barrier in her heart. Because if the two of them did not make any substantial progress, she would not be able to capture the feeling of separation between life and death by waiting until tomorrow in the desolate Gobi Desert.

So, after coming out of Room 666, Zhang Manyu pushed Jiang Feng into her own room.

Entering the room, it was very direct.

The door closed and they began to kiss.

Aren't you not going to take the initiative? Then let your sister take the initiative.

My sister has had seven relationships before. She loved deeply every time and was hurt deeply every time. But after experiencing the pain seven times, this one is not a big deal.

But when she actually took off Jiang Feng's clothes, she immediately regretted it.

Oh my god, what did I see?
.........

According to the reception standards set by the producers of "Hero", executive agent Li Xing had her own room in the hotel where the crew was staying, but she did not return to her room.

Instead, he sat on the balcony of Jiang Feng's room, busy with his own things. Next year, Jiang Feng Film Studio will release 3 movies. As the general manager and producer of the film studio, Li Xing has a lot of things to do.

Actors need to be confirmed, investment budgets need to be drawn up, and the filming location needs to be contacted in advance to find out when we can go there...

All of these require Li Xing to do personally.

When she heard the door open, she turned around and saw Jiang Feng coming in, then she raised her wrist and looked at her watch.

"It's only three and a half hours. It looks like the director didn't spend much time discussing the scenes. You know, there are rumors that Director Zhang Yimou's meetings can last a whole day."

Ok…

Faced with such emotion, Jiang Feng didn't know what to say.

I couldn't tell her that I was only in the director's room for about an hour.

So Jiang Feng smiled, took the towel from the bedroom, and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower. However, just as he took off his clothes and turned on the water, Li Xing, who was sitting on the balcony just now, sat at the bathroom door with a laptop in his arms and opened the glass door of the bathroom.

"Well, this doesn't seem good, does it?"

"What's wrong with it? It's not like I haven't seen it before." Li Xing chuckled, then immediately focused his attention on the computer screen.

"Brother Feng, our time is too tight. Let me first talk to you about the preparations for the movie "Nobody". According to your request, the crew has signed a performance agreement with Teacher Yu Feihong. The salary in the agreement is 150 million RMB, which is a very high price."

Jiang Feng felt a little embarrassed at first when a woman watched him take a bath, because there was a lipstick mark on his neck and he didn't know whether it had been washed off.

But as Li Xing reported his work seriously, Jiang Feng gradually returned to normal. He now listened to Li Xing while washing his hair.

"Brother Feng, according to your request, regarding the film's leading actor Ma Xianyong, I contacted Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen read the script and told me that this security guard was too cowardly and it was not fun to play him.

If you really want him to take over the film, you must change the script according to his requirements." "No way, next one!"

Jiang Feng flatly refused Jiang Wen's request.

There is only one soul figure in a crew. If you want to usurp the throne, I have to give up.

“The next one, there will be no one next one.

Brother Feng, look, you gave me 10 names in total. Excluding Jiang Wen, there are 9 more. Let's talk about them one by one. Like you, Mr. Chen Daoming, who is also an artist under Sister Hua, has signed the TV series "The Emperor of Han Dynasty", so he will not have time in February or March next year.

Li Youbin said he wants to get married next year, Chen Baoguo said the film pay we gave him is too little, He Bing said he wants to act in a big-name role with director Feng Xiaogang…”

Sitting at the bathroom door, Li Xing was still talking, and Jiang Feng felt something was not right.

"and many more.

Sister Qi, is it possible that the incident a while ago has not yet passed?"

"Brother Feng, you just found out about this?"

At this time, Li Xing finally stopped.

“It is said that a respected director in the industry has said that we have no right to interfere with some young people making movies abroad, but if they want to make movies in China, they must follow the rules.

An apology should be made, and a meeting should be organized to make things clear regarding the nationwide netizens’ mockery of domestic directors.

If he doesn’t follow the rules, he might not even be able to find actors.”

"Old Chen?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Probably." Li Xing replied.

But at this time, she hurriedly added: "According to Sister Hua's idea, we can go to Xiao Rizi to shoot "Departures" first, and then return to China in May or June, so that Mr. Chen Daoming can shoot the movie "Nobody"?"

"Hmm..." Jiang Feng thought for a moment and said with a smile: "How about this, you can contact two more people about this role. One is the director Jia Zhangke, the guy who filmed the movie "Xiao Wu", and the other is Fan Wei, the guy who sold crutches in "Sketch" with Zhao Laonian."

"scope…"

Hearing this name, Li Xing frowned.

"Brother Feng, is he okay?"

"Okay, go find them and see which one of them is willing to take on our job. Oh, by the way, don't forget to tell all the actors to learn the Sichuan dialect in advance."

"Well, I see."

Speaking of this, Li Xing put his laptop on the shoe cabinet and smiled embarrassedly.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

"I beg you to do me a favor. My sister won't have much work to do next year. I see there's an important role in 'Nobody'. How about letting her try?"

"Zhao Hongxia or Liu Wenhong?"

"Zhao Hongxia, a practitioner in a special industry, has more room for acting."

As she spoke, Li Xing, who was dressed in a women's suit and looked like a queen, walked into the bathroom without even taking off her clothes, and closed the glass sliding door.

(End of this chapter)