Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 463 Pacific Rim Audition

According to the process of the Golden Eagle Festival, there will be a singing and dancing performance at the beginning, followed by an awards ceremony, and after the awards ceremony there will be an industry forum.

Now it's called a seminar.

It mainly brings together some experts, scholars and practitioners in the television industry to discuss some opportunities and problems arising in China's television industry and to offer suggestions for the development of the television industry.

It is also an opportunity for internal communication. Some film and television projects and script transactions will be concluded at this seminar.

It can be considered as a function of some markets.

However, Zhang Chen was not interested in this. He was not the same kind of person as these people. He left directly after the award ceremony.

In fact, most people are like this.

The Golden Eagle Festival ended successfully, and the next day was of course filled with overwhelming reports about the festival.

But it is very strange that not many people paid attention to the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at this year's Golden Eagle Awards. Most of the reports were about Liu Tianxian, who won the first Golden Eagle Goddess award and also sang a song.

The song she sang is called "Heart Palpitations", a song title that only Tianxian fans know.

The media praised Liu Tianxian, saying that she was dazzling, had a steady stage presence, and had excellent singing skills.

Is it dazzling?
Dazzling indeed.

Liu Tianxian's foundation is indeed good, and she can handle any kind of dress. The golden Golden Eagle Goddess costume is something that most people can't handle at all, but it complements Liu Tianxian very well.

This is Liu Tianxian, who is not so fond of hype.

If it was Fan Xiaopang, the report the next day would definitely be "Fan Binbin dominates the Golden Eagle Festival"...

The 'outshining trend' in China was started by Fan Xiaopang. No matter what event he attends, if you read media articles, you will always see the words 'Fan Binbin outshines so-and-so~'.

Anyway, no matter who the other party is, just outshine him first.

Continuing with Liu Tianxian, she is well-deserved of her dazzling brilliance, and her steady stage presence is also barely acceptable, but my opinion on her singing is really poor.

“Palpitations” is a fast song. What kind of singing skills are required?
Moreover, the tone and breath are quite average, at best at KTV level.

But people just flatter, shamelessly flatter.

Even after 20 years on Tik Tok, if you look at the comments, people are still madly in love with it.

Our goddess is the best, she is ten streets ahead of other artists!

The music style and costumes of the MV are obviously exactly like those of Jolin Tsai from Taiwan, so how come she is so much better than other artists?

In later generations, we often say that appearance is justice, and we think this is a very trendy joke. In fact, it is just what others have played with. In 06, Tianxian fans had already done this.

Zhang Chen looked at this girl from the perspective of a person from later generations and was actually quite confused.

Liu Tianxian is a very contradictory person:
On the one hand, she is very traditional. She takes her mother with her wherever she goes, and she has no opinion of her own. Whatever her mother says is what she does.

This is often criticized.

At the same time, Liu Tianxian has a very strong personality.

The reason why she performed a dance song at the awards ceremony, singing and dancing, was to break people's inherent perception of her.

Most actors are more or less bound by their roles.

In fact, it cannot be said to be a constraint.

The audience's perception of an actor entirely comes from his role.

The character is gentle and kind, so the audience thinks that the actor himself has such a personality.

Therefore, actors who become famous for their roles will generally maintain their character, because if they break their character, it means losing fans.

But Liu Tianxian is not afraid.

The three roles of Xiaolongnu, Zhao Linger and Wang Yuyan made her a popular queen. People thought she was well-behaved and quiet, but she just wanted to show her different side and tell people that the role is the role, and I am me~
That’s how Palpitations came about.

Zhang Chen also saw these comments, but his focus was different from others.

Others are paying attention to the news itself, such as how Liu Tianxian is~
What Zhang Chen saw was the phenomenon reflected behind the news.

In his opinion, this year's Golden Eagle Awards was a complete failure.

Liu Tianxian almost stole the limelight.

Everyone only remembers "Palpitation" and the Golden Eagle Goddess in her gorgeous dress.

Who remembers who the Best Actor and Best Actress were?
Who remembers Best Picture?
If Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin had not revealed their love history, they would probably have been forgotten by people.

……

When I returned to the company, I saw a bunch of familiar faces: Lu Yang, Zhang Jin, Lu Yian...

"Senior brother~"

"Has the filming of The Man from Nowhere wrapped?"

"It's finished~"

"how do you feel?"

“It’s good, but the pressure is a bit high~”

puff~
Zhang Jin next to him couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhang Chen asked with a smile: "Why? It seems that the pressure is unusual?"

Lu Yang scratched his head embarrassedly. "Nothing. It's just that during the filming process, fans of "Hurricane" have been sending things to the crew. Sometimes they are snacks, sometimes small gifts, and sometimes razor blades~"

"blade?"

"Ah."

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's just a prank."

Zhang Chen nodded: "That's possible. People who like "Taken" are generally violent people..."

Lu Yang nodded with a wry smile: "These guys are watching my filming progress every day, urging me to release it as soon as possible~"

Zhang Jin also added: "Since the start of filming, mysterious people have often appeared around the crew. When we asked later, we found out that they were all fans of Hurricane.

These people came to the scene and did not hinder the filming. They just posted the filming progress to the Taken forum regularly, just like a live broadcast~"

This was also the first time Zhang Chen knew about this situation and he couldn't help laughing out loud. He could imagine the pressure Lu Yang was under.

"and then?"

"Then they complained that I was filming too slowly. When I went online at night, they scolded me online, saying, 'You still have time to go online? Why don't you just go back to filming?'
Today, the filming was finished, and some people asked me if it can be released this year. "

"how is this possible?"

Zhang Chen subconsciously looked at the calendar: "It's already November. There's no time for post-production, review, film scheduling, and publicity..."

"Well, that's what I replied to them. Then they asked me when the movie would be released. I said I had to ask the company first."

At this point, Zhang Chen finally understood what this guy meant by waiting here pitifully. It turned out that he was waiting for him to schedule an appointment.

"Let's get the full version out first so I can take a look. The earliest it can be released is in February, but I think the best time is May Day."

As he was talking, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that there was something different in the room, it was a little girl.

Zhang Chen looked over and saw that the little girl was as delicate as a piece of jade.

Before, the little girl had been sitting quietly on the sofa. She was too young to notice.

"This is?"

"Oh, her name is Song Zuer, she's the little actress in The Man from Nowhere, she plays Zheng Xiaomi, call me brother~"

Song Zuer called out "brother" very obediently~
"Not bad~"

Zhang Chen explained: "The young actress is well chosen. Such a cute little girl, if it were me, I would also be willing to go to the dragon's den alone~"

In the play "The Man from Nowhere", the only two important actors are the male lead and Zheng Xiaomi.

If the male protagonist is not handsome in fighting, the show will be meaningless; if Zheng Xiaomi is not cute, the logic of the plot will not hold.

Now it seems that Lu Yang has a good grasp of the situation.

"But why is he in the company? Aren't his family members here?"

"Oh, her sister will come to pick her up in a while. Her sister is also in our circle, her name is Shu Chang, the one who played the role of Tianshan Tonglao in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. She was the one who brought Song Zuer to the audition~"

Oh, Zhang Chen remembered now. It seems that the two of them are still as close as sisters. I hope that this Tianshan Child-Fairy will not regret it in the future.

Among Golden Harvest's three films, "Extreme Job" was completed the earliest and is scheduled to be released in November.

"The Man from Nowhere" has also wrapped up filming, and Zhang Chen has scheduled it for the May release date.

"Ip Man" is still in the process of filming. If Wilson Yip knew that he was the slowest among the three films, he would probably be under a lot of pressure.

"From the sound of the voice, why does it sound like Lu Yang?"

Outside the door, the voice arrived before the person arrived. It was Ning Hao, and Dong Jianqiang was with him.

The two entered the room and saw that it was indeed Lu Yang and the others. They happily hugged each other and asked, "Is the shooting finished?"

"It's done!"

Dong Jianqiang went straight to Zhang Chen after entering the room and said, "I was just looking for you. I received two premiere invitations. One is for Miami Vice, starring Gong Li, and the distributor is China Film.

The other one is for "The Warring States", Huayi has invited a lot of stars to attend, and you are also among them, do you want to attend?" Zhang Chen waved his hand tiredly: "Forget it, I won't go, whoever wants to go can go~"

He participated in the Golden Eagle Awards these two days and was really exhausted.

If you talk about people in the film and television industry, apart from their regular work, they have to deal with a lot of these messy things in a year.

Today there is this premiere, tomorrow there is that premiere, and there are also the fixed Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, Huading, Feitian, Golden Eagle, Magnolia...

From time to time there is an official seminar, and occasionally there are commercial performances.

After removing all the mess, there isn't much time left for serious work in a year.

"Miami Vice" is a foreign film. He and Gong Li don't have much friendship, so it doesn't matter whether he goes or not.

It is said that Gong Li contributed one and a half minutes of passionate scenes in this film, but when the film was released in China, all of them were cut out with a pair of scissors.

No wonder the box office was bad!
As for "The Warring States", he would not go there. What's the point for him to go to a Huayi movie?

"Okay, if you don't want to go, then we won't go either. Last time you went to "Baby Project", I thought you wanted to repair your relationship with Huayi..."

"I took the initiative to repair the relationship with them? You think too much.

The last time I went there, it was purely to repay Cheng Long’s favor.”

The status of the Wang brothers is not enough to make Zhang Chen bow his head voluntarily. If it were Han Sanping, it would still be possible.

At this moment, the trailer of "The Warring States" was playing on the TV on the wall. King Liu, dressed in black, appeared outside the city and walked slowly. Opposite him was a heavily guarded city.

The soldiers on the city wall were also dressed in black and armor, and their appearance was solemn and murderous.

"Just watching the trailer, it seems okay~"

Ning Hao muttered something in a low voice, but everyone at the scene heard it.

Lu Yang immediately retorted: "But there are already too many costume blockbusters. I'm almost sick of watching them in the past two years~"

In the past two years, there have indeed been a large number of costume blockbusters, especially the three consecutive hits of "House of Flying Daggers", "The Promise" and "The Banquet", which completely destroyed people's expectations for costume blockbusters.

Zhang Chen did not have any deep impression of "The Warring States", he just remembered that it was a story about the Mohist school.

In Zhang Chen's opinion, the subject matter of this movie is very problematic.

Not many people understand what the Mohist school does.

The few people who know about Mohism do so because of "A Step into the Past".

This subject is too niche.

Moreover, he had the impression that the film was average, without any major flaws, but also without any highlights.

It's the kind of thing you can't remember even after watching it.

Otherwise he wouldn't have been without impression.

Moreover, the luck of "The Warring States" is really not very good, as it was released in November.

The producers' original idea may have been to attract a wave of traffic before the Lunar New Year holiday, but they didn't expect that too many things happened in November, which distracted from its popularity.

What happened in November:
The hits of "Racing" and "Baby Project" are still lingering~
Officials praised the 4 million box office during the National Day holiday~
There are also the Hundred Flowers Awards and the Golden Eagle TV Awards. These two award ceremonies are held on the same day and stole the limelight.

During the two days of the awards ceremony, the news that "Zhang Guoli won the Best Actor Award at the Golden Eagle Awards today and will be the host of the Hundred Flowers Awards tomorrow" was more popular than "The Warring States"~
In addition, there is also the breakup of celebrity Liu Huohua and his girlfriend Xie Na. The two met at a humble age and fell in love for 5 years. They were once thought to be only one step away from getting married, but they eventually broke up.
If it were just these, it would be fine, but some of the blockbusters also have action.

Chen Kexin revealed that she is planning to invite Jing Tian to play the leading role in "The Warlords"~
Orange Sky's Wu Kebo, who had been silent for a while, suddenly announced that the "Red Cliff" project had been approved, most of the actors had been selected, and filming was about to start.

Zhang Chen was away for those two days, so Dong Jianqiang specially asked someone to investigate and found out that it was not fake news.

Wu Kebo seems to have attracted investment from South Korea and Japan, both of which are very fond of the Three Kingdoms culture.

In addition, some more money was brought in from Hong Kong Island and Taiwan, and the production costs were finally gathered together. We were full of confidence and were ready to give it a big go.

At the same time, some media also broke the news that Ang Lee's new film "Lust, Caution" suddenly started shooting secretly.

They were apparently still selecting a female lead a while ago, but suddenly a newcomer named Tang Wei was chosen.

Zhang Chen felt that an unlucky guy named Tian Yu might be about to suffer a broken heart.

In addition, there is another piece of news that the media took photos of Lu Chuan meeting with the famous French director Luc Besson, and it is said that the two are interested in collaborating on a movie.

After "Looking for the Gun" and "Kekexili", this guy is finally going to make a new movie. Could it be "Nanjing Nanjing"?
……

The next day, Zhang Chen boarded a plane to Hengdian.

Guo Fan informed him that the three-seat mecha cockpits for Pacific Rim were already completed and wanted him to come and take a look.

During the previous simulation shooting, the crew discovered a problem: the heaviness that the actors felt when positioning themselves in the mecha could not be performed no matter what.

So he simply asked the physical effects team to build a real cockpit.

The entire cockpit is a huge hydraulic system with huge connecting rods connecting the actor's hands and legs.

The cockpit is full of cyberpunk feeling, filled with various machines and pipes.

After the driver's exoskeleton is connected to the cockpit, every movement he makes is equivalent to doing work on the hydraulic system where the cockpit is located.

Zhang Chen tried it, took two random steps, and did a few movements. He felt it was right, but a little tiring.

"Can this be made any easier?"

Zhang Chen asked the designer, who nodded: "In order to make the effect more realistic, we deliberately controlled the power conversion ratio to 50%, which is what you have now.

If it continues to increase, it can be done, but only up to 20%. In other words, the hydraulic device can use 20% of the real force to lift an object of the same weight..."

Zhang Chen asked them to adjust the threshold to 20%, but it seemed a bit too easy. After trying again and again, they determined that 30% was the most ideal value.

In this state, the actor's movements can be coherent while still expressing that sense of heaviness.

"OK, that's 30%, Guo Fan, remember this number, it will be the one you use from now on~"

Zhang Chen came out of the cockpit, already sweating profusely from exhaustion.

But he knew at least one thing: the actors they were going to recruit next had to be strong enough physically, otherwise they would be exhausted after just a few shots.

"Guo Fan, prepare for the other party to release the news. Pacific Rim has officially started auditions for roles other than the female lead. Please specify the requirements. The filming time is four months, and the first month will be a high-intensity physical training~"

There's no other way, this is necessary for acting.

Just like some martial arts films, the actors have to receive martial arts training a month in advance, all for the purpose of ensuring that filming can proceed smoothly after the start of filming.

As you can imagine, even after training, the actual shooting will still be very tiring.

Wearing such a heavy exoskeleton plus hydraulic device, you will sweat just by doing anything.

This is inevitable.

It’s just like the filming of "The Wandering Earth" in later generations, where everyone was wearing heavy spacesuits and they couldn’t take them off even when resting, so they could only stand.

Later, a special method of rest was invented. They used a crane to hang them on a gantry and sit on it, which was somewhat of a form of rest.

During these two days, Zhang Chen stayed in Hengdian because the news had been released and "Pacific Rim" began to recruit actors other than the female lead.

The entertainment industry exploded in an instant.

"Pacific Rim", the largest film and television project in China so far, cost 8 million yuan.

When the project was announced, various companies tried every means to find out about it, but apart from a concept map, there was nothing else, and we only knew that the female lead had been confirmed to be Fan Binbin.

At that time, countless domestic female celebrities became Fan Xiaopang’s figurines, being pricked with needles and beaten with shoe horns every night.

It doesn't help~
Even if you don't want to admit it, you have to admit that there are many "Chen girls", but the best resources are basically with Fan Binbin.

Some people wanted to settle for second best, but Pacific Rim refused to accept the offer. No matter who asked, they were told that it was still in preparation and the actors would be chosen separately.

Now, the news has finally come out that the casting will begin.

I wonder how many people will suffer from insomnia tonight.

Many celebrities are trying their best, either by using their own connections or by asking their agents to use their connections, to get a role in "Pacific Rim," even if it's a small supporting role.

Zhang Chen meant the same thing.

Of course I can't use amateurs for such an awesome project.

It would be best if it was like “Founding of a Republic”, where any small supporting role is a star.

But rest assured, the pay will never be normal.

It's great that we have you participating in such a big project. How dare you ask me for money?

Of course, Zhang Chen won’t say this, he will let the stars bring it up themselves.

But even so, he still underestimated the appeal of this matter to celebrities.

Not only the supporting roles, but even the prospects are scrambled for.

Then, Zhang Chen’s phone started ringing non-stop.

People he knew, such as the boss, Brother Cheng Long, Huang Xiaoming, and Zhang Guoli, all recommended candidates to him.

The boss recommended Xie Tingfeng, and Huang Xiaoming recommended himself and his girlfriend Qin Lan.

In addition, Jing Tian, ​​Yang Xiaomi, and Li Binbin also showed their talents~
Either find connections or recommend yourself.

The words are very nice: I don't pick roles, you can give me any role, even a small role is fine, I just want to participate~
But how could he really just be a supporting role? He should at least show his face.

Directly arranged to be brothers, a pair of students in a mecha driving school.

They look a bit alike. There is a joke on Zhihu about this:
I can't tell jokes, forget it~
(End of this chapter)