New Age Artists

Chapter 218: Clearing the Field (13)

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

Relax and sharpen your knife before going into the big game.

Recalling the joy of childhood, playing in the mud.

Watching the fireworks with Yanni again.

Yan Ni felt the splendor of the fireworks, took out ten yuan from his bag and threw it to Shen Santong: "Here you go, the money you earned from your labor."

Shen Santong was stunned: "Why are you giving me money? You've become rich after becoming famous, right?"

At the beginning of this year, "Wulin Waijia" became extremely popular on CCTV-8.

When it was first broadcast, the ratings continued to rise. It was only 1% at the beginning, but suddenly rose to 4.26% on the second day, exceeding the ratings of last year's hit drama "Moment in Peking" during the same period.

It also became the most watched drama at the beginning of the year that aired at the same time.

Some wonderful lines in the play became classic phrases that were popular among the audience.

Like "When you are in the arena, who can avoid being hurt?" "White Camel Mountain Bone Strengthening Powder, the powder of youth, the powder of friendship, the designated nutritional supplement for the Huashan Sword Contest." "Everyone go back to their own home, each find their own mother!".
CCTV made a huge profit of 5000 million yuan from this drama!

The main creators are working hard to increase their national popularity.

Yan Ni became famous because of this, and she was the undisputed protagonist in this play.

The second-round broadcasting rights were particularly popular, so Sichuan TV took the initiative and bought the second-round broadcasting rights.

As she cleaned up, she explained, "I don't think we can eat and drink for free. We should at least give some compensation."

Shen Santong refused, treating him as something he was: "I don't want it."

Seeing that he thought it was too little, Yan Ni took out another ten yuan and said, "Twenty yuan, no more, take it quickly. If you don't take it, I won't play with you anymore."

Changing the subject, he said, “I heard a rumor that The Promise made it difficult for Feng Xiaogang and Director Zhang to sell the copyright for their new film. You should be careful and don’t let it affect you.”

In fact, she was a little worried. When Shen Santong and her were watching the fireworks, they talked about the operation of clearing the venue.

Scary.

I can only say that the little brother in front of me is really brave.

Shen Santong put the money away and said, "I don't have any problems here, what's going on between you and Yao Chen?"

When talking about Yao Chen, Yan Ni was unhappy: "She is competing with me for the leading role. Isn't it obvious? I am the leading role."

After He Sheng became famous, the conflict between Li Bingbing and Zhang Jingchu was the same.

After Wulin became popular, Yao Chen started marketing the protagonist and had a chat with Yan Ni.

Shen Santong suggested, "I'll have someone send out some press releases. Don't respond directly. Let Director Shang Jing respond."

It is unlikely to subdue Yao Chen. Even though he says he will make concessions, he won't do so in private.

It is impossible to give in when it comes to a conflict of interests, even if your parents try to persuade you.

After parting with Yan Ni, Shen Santong went to Kunming to visit the set of "Soldier Assault".

Soldiers Assault started filming ten days ago in Yunnan.

The lineup is pretty much the same as the original.

Wang Baoqiang's Xu Sanduo, Chen Sicheng's Chengcai, Zhang Yi's squad leader Shi Jin, Duan Yihong's Yuan Lang
Only Wu Jing replaced Li Chen and played Wu Zhe, a member of Squadron A, a major, a double master's degree, nicknamed Hoe.

Shen Santong came to visit the set to bring attention to "Soldier Assault".

He is just a nominal producer, but just a nominal one.

Except for the producer who is from Shen Santong's side, and the financial supervision, everything else is basically under the responsibility of Director Kang Honglei.

Shen Santong punched Wang Baoqiang and said, "So, you want to act in a kung fu movie? I asked you to come here. Do you have any ideas?"

Wang Baoqiang said embarrassedly: "Director, I can act in this play."

He did say that he wanted to act in a kung fu movie, but "Soldier Assault" is a leading role movie, only a fool would not want to act in it.

It’s just that Shen Santong does respect him more and takes his feelings into consideration.

Wang Baoqiang was very touched. He had never seen anyone like Shen Santong since he entered the industry. Chen Sicheng was jealous and came over to say, "Director Shen, Baoqiang's performance was so good. He is really suitable for Xu Sanduo."

Shen Santong saw him coming over and said with a smile: "I heard that you want to act too."

Both Zhang Yi and Chen Sicheng want to play the role of Xu Sanduo.

However, Kang Honglei chose Wang Baoqiang, and he felt that Chen Sicheng was more suitable for success.

Chen Sicheng smiled awkwardly, but admitted openly: "As an actor, every actor wants to be the protagonist."

Shen Santong praised: "How can a person not have some ambition? I am optimistic about you. Here, this is my personal business card. I will contact you when there is a chance."

Chen Sicheng was flattered: "Hey, thank you, Director Shen."

Shen Santong admires Chen Sicheng very much. He should be the only commercial film director in China.

It does not have the flavor of European art films, nor is it an island auteur film or a master film. There is no excessive self-expression. It is a pure commercial film director.

Of course, Chen Sicheng is still just an actor now.

You may have some ideas, but they need time to develop.

People need experience, and Shen Santong understands this very well.

Shen Santong had dinner with everyone. The atmosphere was very good. The soldiers were just men and there wasn't much to do.

Shen Santong looked at Wu Jing carefully and said with satisfaction: "Your temperament has emerged. Keep practicing well. You will have to practice for another half a year after the filming."

He was not so polite to Wu Jing and Shen Santong, as they were his soldiers and important characters in Red Cliff.

Shen Santong also hesitated about whether Wu Jing could play Zhao Yun.

According to historical facts, military generals must have been big and strong, with big bellies and thick necks.

After repeated consideration, I decided to choose Wu Jing.

Movies certainly can't be completely realistic. Liu Dehua can act, and Wu Jing is such a good fighter, and even better at acting.

It still depends on his ability as a director.

Take Wu Jing's temperament. He is already in his thirties and has enough experience in all aspects to develop 70% to 80% of the tough guy flavor of later generations.

The remaining one or two points depend on the screen role.

Wu Jing naturally understood the importance of this opportunity. His friends knew that he was going to play the role of Shen Santong, and they were so jealous that they promised, "I will train hard."

3 month 12 day.

Seeing that the time was right, Shen Santong accepted an exclusive interview with Beijing Youth Daily reporter Jiang Wei.

Let’s first talk about the preparation period for “Red Cliff”.

After warming up the atmosphere, Jiang Wei asked about Mantou and Chen Kaige’s lawsuit a month ago.

Shen Santong started to curse, pointing at Chen Kaige's nose and cursing: "Fuck you, Chen Kaige, are you a director who is obsessed with money? Are you a movie businessman?"

"I read online that Seven Swords has no logic, and The Monkey King is a scam marketing, the protagonist is not Sun Wukong, and it is not as good as A Chinese Odyssey."

"It's one thing for others to shoot bad movies, you can just use a lower standard to measure them, but can you do the same?"

"We treat you, Chen Kaige, as an artist and a world-famous director. We have found many problems with you. You should admit them!"

"Bad logic, isn't it true?"

"Everyone goes to the cinema after work, saves money to buy tickets, and comes to support you, Chen Kaige. You should at least say thank you."

The reporter asked whether "The Promise" would affect the copyright sales of costume blockbusters and whether it would affect "Red Cliff".

Shen Santong said: "The film distributor of Wuji is Harvey Weinstein. Don't treat him as a simple film businessman."

"He is the spokesperson for the Donkey Party in Hollywood. This is pulling out the ladder, understand?"

"They guided us to develop period films, marketed them to us, and when we invested heavily and climbed onto the roof, they took the ladder away."

"You can neither go up nor down."

(End of this chapter)