New Age Artists

Chapter 522 Become a good brother to Yang Mi

Shen Santong flew back to China with the crew.

"Lost in Thailand" only has domestic scenes, and very few compared to the foreign scenes. The company scenes were filmed in the Santong Building.

Fan Bingbing came over to make a guest appearance.

Talk about topics in the circle.

She exclaimed in amazement: “The producers of Nanjing and John Rabe’s Diary are really strong.”

Shen Santong opened his eyes again: "It was the same period, the subject matter was the same, and Rabe was also produced by Huayi. It is normal for him to spread negative articles."

Colonel Lu Chuan is making relatively good progress at the moment!

When being interviewed by reporters, Colonel Lu Chuan gave sharp comments on the play "Rabe" and this person.

In "Nanjing", Rabe's secretary was designed to play a negative role, which is rare.

Lu Chuan said in an interview, "The only people who entered Dongda's field of vision were the people of Dezi who saved Dongda. This is not a good thing for us. Should we pray for a savior to appear next time?"

He also said, "In Rabe's diary, there is a book about a man looking for a prostitute, and there is only one sentence."

"I suddenly realized that people have their own standpoints. No matter how much he helps us, he is still a Dezi man and will not stand on our side."

"If we only remember that Dezi people saved people, it would be unfair to the people who died."

"Schindler came to save them as the opposite of Judah, but Rabe was not like that. He was a Nazi, a third party, not a party involved. Two weeks after the Holocaust, he traveled with 20 boxes of cultural relics, read diaries carefully, and even ate turkey on holidays. He can't be compared with Schindler."

"Rabe is the main theme of the film that the German people made for themselves. In the midst of the economic crisis, they are rebuilding the image of the German people in Europe. I think this is an infringement on the public memory of the Chinese people."

Lu Chuan argued with the reporter about Rabe's contribution, "Rabe saved 20 Chinese people. Which eye did you see that? The Japanese felt that there was no need to kill more after killing 30 people, so they let 20 people survive."

"The Holocaust was ultimately the work of Todai and Honko. Rabe was involved, but he died halfway through. And the Chinese nation has experienced ups and downs over the years. When was it ever a foreigner who saved us?"

"Now, Rabe wants to establish Dezi as the savior and let us be protected under the Nacui banner. In the end, you have to pay for your gratitude. Half of your 60-yuan ticket price will go to Dezi, so I won't watch it in the Dongda Cinema. I might buy a disc."

The last sentence shows that Colonel Lu Chuan disparaged "Rabe" mainly because of the box office battle.

"Do you want to comment on these two films?" Fan Bingbing asked. Shen Santong was very active in such topics.

Shen Santong shook his head: "They are all monsters and demons, I have no right to comment on them."

“The original prototype of the play ‘Rabe’ may have some merits, but it is really as Lu Chuan said, that it is meant to make us grateful.”

"As for Lu Chuan, she is not much better, using the comfort women as a pretext for publicity."

Fan Bingbing: "Why do you have to choose one?"

Shen Santong: "Why do I have to choose? They are all not good. Can't I just not choose?"

Fan Bingbing: "Audiences have to make choices when they enter a cinema. Why can't you make a choice?"

Shen Santong: "This is the tragedy. The audience has to choose the second worst one among the worst ones. It's so pitiful."

"And there are various forces behind this drama. Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War is probably someone's hook, trying to create some kind of public opinion and speak for some forces."

Each of the opponents is an anthropomorphic creature.

It’s hard to imagine that Shen Santong’s plays won’t be popular.

To be honest, Lu Chuan's "Nanjing" is pretty good.

He's just a vegetable, not bad.

In the play "Nanjing", Lu Chuan was not deeply connected with the script. He just couldn't grasp it and copied "Schindler's List", making a soldier in the script repent like Schindler.

Of course, the book will definitely have an impact, not only now, but also in the future.

This is a problem of the overall atmosphere, this is the atmosphere.

Later, in Lu Chuan's "The Banquet of Kings", it was also said that Dongda could not find ancient weapons and armor, so he had to look for them in the books.

Subconsciously, he looked down on his own nation, as if he himself was not a member of the University of Tokyo.

But in general, Lu Chuan is still a director from the perspective of Dongda University.

It’s just that Lu Chuan has nothing of his own, he is just a container.

When I was filming "Looking for the Gun", I loaded it with Jiang Wen's stuff;
"Kekexili" contains the contents of another documentary "Tibetan Antelope and Me";

"Nanjing" is a movie set of "Schindler's List".

The same will be true for all future movies. Lu Chuan will pretend to be what he is influenced by.

In other words, whatever you copy is what it is.

He is also quite extrovert. Lu Chuan looks down on "Ghost Blows Out the Light", a novel that is far better than his own. He has no respect for the original work and won't even plagiarize it.

After the release of "Nine-story Demon Tower", Zhang Muye (pen name "Tianxia Bachang") directly filed a lawsuit, alleging copyright infringement.

The infringement here is not about not purchasing the copyright, but about making a very bad change.

Tianxia Bachang believes that the plot, character setting and story background of the movie "Nine-story Demon Tower" are very different from the original work.

It exceeds the necessary scope of changes permitted by law, has extremely low social evaluation, and constitutes a distortion and tampering of the original work.

It caused him great mental damage.

The defendants violated his right to protect the integrity of his works, so he requested the court to order the two defendants to immediately stop the infringement, make a public apology, eliminate the impact, and compensate for the loss of RMB 100 million.

The key is winning.

The court ruled in the final instance that the act of China Film, Dreamer Company, and Leshi Company in adapting the novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" into the movie "Nine-story Demon Tower" infringed the author Zhang Muye's right to protect the integrity of the novel, and ordered the three defendants to compensate the author 5 yuan.

So, what can Shen Santong say?
It's really tiring in this circle, there are few normal people.

Fan Bingbing suggested: "Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War" has also been approved. The theme of massacre is very popular. It is easy to win awards outside. Aren't you afraid of one?"

"The script is still being revised. It has been rejected several times during review." Shen Santong will not give up the opportunity to fight for the right to speak and has already submitted a film for review.

When he turned his attention to some marginalized mainstream directors, Shen Santong found that he was not short of tools.

If it is a film about the Holocaust, Kang Honglei can direct it.

The script outline is ready, it was "Nanjing" that Shen Santong wanted to revise before.

You can suffer, but you must have an unyielding will to fight.

You have to believe that "flowers will hang on the branches", which is generally a more commercial approach.

Fan Bingbing's true intentions were exposed: "What about the female lead?"

"Let's talk about it after it's approved. If I want to shoot it, the perspective will be all on our side. It's not easy to pass. I've already revised it twice."

Ultimately, entertainment must be subject to the overall situation.

Although many discerning people can see that the Todai and Honshi free trade zones cannot be established, we are still working towards making them happen.

Continue filming "Lost in Thailand".

Fan Bingbing made a real guest appearance and fulfilled Wang Bao's wish.

Organize materials at night.

Chen Chexi said sourly: "You have a lot of women, and they all follow the rules. How do you do it?"

"No, Producer Chen, please stop slandering me." Shen Santong was speechless: "I have been a monk for more than a month, what do you think of me?"

Chen Chexi felt that he had spoken out of turn, mainly because he had worked with Shen Santong for a long time and had some ideas in mind.

She is not blind. When in Thailand, Li Yu hung out there, and there were other guest stars like Fan Bingbing and Zhang Li.

The relationship with Shen Santong is quite unclear.

Shen Santong is a nice person, but he has a common problem among men: he is fickle.

Shen Santong felt helpless after seeing Chen Chexi off.

Everyone held him to the standard of a saint.

then.

But I selfishly want to possess him completely.

So annoying!

Shen Santong sorted out the shooting plan for tomorrow. Tomorrow is the beginning of the movie.

Yang Mi guest-starred as the secretary role played by Xie Nan in the original version.

The original Guangxian production, Xie Nan helped guest-star as the Guangguang host.

It's just to help. The original version of "Lost in Thailand" never thought that the box office would exceed 1 billion, never in his dreams, otherwise Wang Baoqiang would not have refused his share.

The movie "Lost in Thailand" changed the status of mainland filmmakers.

The collision between "The Warlords" and "Assembly" proves that mainland directors and teams are not inferior to the so-called Hong Kong directors and international superstar teams.

"Painted Skin" shows that a movie can be a big hit if you hire a Hong Kong director and use actors from the mainland.

Lost in Thailand was made by a mainland Chinese crew from beginning to end, and director Xu Zheng was just an amateur who turned director after being an actor. Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo were familiar faces, but not big names.

The fact that such a movie has grossed over 1 billion yuan at the box office means that mainland films have completely surpassed Hong Kong films and the Hong Kong circle has been completely marginalized.

After that, "Love Is Not Blind" was even more heartbreaking.

There is a ceiling for directors in the Hong Kong circle, and that ceiling is 100 million or 200 million.

As the market expands, Hong Kong directors are still stuck with box office revenues of tens of millions.

"Love Is Not Blind" had a cost of over 8 million yuan, with TV series quality, a TV series director, and TV series actors, but the cost was less than 10 million yuan. The leading actor was a nobody in the film industry, but it grossed 350 million yuan at the box office.

A box office success that is beyond the reach of Hong Kong directors.

In Shen Santong's version of "Lost in Thailand", as the sequel to "Lost on Journey", each character is not given casually.

Like the flight attendant, Chen Chexi transformed into a producer and there is no need for him to steal the jobs of actors.

Shen Santong gave it to Zhang Li, who continued to show off her long legs.

dong dong!

Yang Mi knocked on Shen Santong's door: "Are you there? I'm a little nervous. Can you help me rehearse the play?"

"You are an old actor, I feel at ease." Seeing Yang Mi's sneaky look, Shen Santong could only say that the name was wrong, not the nickname.

Yang Mi was quite smart at this time.

In terms of acting, there is some template, but not to the point of being stereotyped, which is an advantage nowadays.

It would really work among young actors.

"To play a role in a sequel to a historic film directed by a historic director is a blessing for a little actor like me that I have accumulated over several lifetimes." Yang Mi said sweetly.

Shen Santong joked: "Your resources have always been top-notch, the little princess of the Beijing circle."

Yang Mi's "Wang Zhaojun" in 05 was called "CCTV's female-led drama" in the words of later generations, with top resources.

Pan Hong, Siqin Gaowa, Liu Xiaoqing, Song Chunli, Liu Dekai, Wei Zi, Liu Peiqi, Weng Hong, Cong Shan, and Li Jianqun are all stars who support the show.

The 19-year-old Yang Mi was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress for this role.

The treatment of a truly legitimate "little princess of the Beijing circle" was only given to Guan Xiaotong of the 95 generation and Li Gengxi of the 00 generation.

Yang Mi quickly said, "Little princess or something like that sounds really ugly."

Shen Santong: "Princess is so nice, how can it be bad?"

Yang Mi said with a look of disdain: "You think I don't know the places you men go to, right?"

This little tone, combined with grandma's voice, made Shen Santong feel a little bit touched: "Tease me? If you get angry, what do you say I should do?"

Yang Mi: "You are really amazing."

Shen Santong: "What's so great about me?"

Yang Mi: "You made Tangtang's belly big, isn't that amazing?"

"Remind me not to let Tangtang down?" Shen Santong understood the hidden meaning: "You were quite proactive before?"

"That's because I didn't know how powerful you are." Yang Mi had thought about conquering Shen Santong.

Shen Santong has good conditions. She does not want to renew her contract with Rong Xinda. She will leave Rong Xinda next year and start a new career path.

Of course I want insurance.

Shen Santong is many things in one: director, financier, and most importantly, handsome.

As long as he can control the rhythm and control Shen Santong, Yang Mi feels that he is the future Li Bingbing or Fan Bingbing.

Who would have thought that Tang Yan was pregnant.

She is Tangtang’s good sister and best friend!

If she wasn't pregnant, Yang Mi wouldn't have too much burden. But now that she's pregnant, even if Yang Mi has been in the circle for a long time, she still can't take the initiative.

She hopes to give up her job and start a new life, believe in love, and at least have the possibility of a result.

Damn, Shen Santong directly made up a result.

Yang Mi has a bottom line.

"You can give it a try." Shen Santong found it interesting.

Yang Mi now is different from what he will be in the future.

"What am I challenging? I'm really challenging you, don't be afraid!" Yang Mi came over to play.

Now she hopes to develop Shen Santong into a "brother". Being boyfriend or girlfriend is impossible, but being a "good brother" is ok.

Shen Santong subconsciously lowered his head and took action.

A silky smooth triple.

At this time, Yang Mi had not had any plastic surgery, and her face looked square, but it was definitely not a square face like Niu Wu.

Not as big as I imagined.

Of course it is much bigger than others, so you don’t have to worry about not having enough for your child.

Yang Mi's eyes widened and she almost suffocated.

Are you going to let down your good sister Tangtang?

Get a chance to breathe again.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't mess around on the set?" Yang Mi was almost paralyzed.

Shen Santong's moves were not something she could resist.

"I didn't do anything wrong." Shen Santong looked puzzled: "How did I do anything wrong?"

Shen Santong was not overwhelmed by desire, but he just felt it was interesting.

He found it interesting to see Yang Mi unable to hold back.

In my impression, Yang Mi is a "business machine" who has lost his ability to empathize.

Yang Mi himself said that he had learned to "get rid of emotions."

I guess it has something to do with her experience.

After experiencing too many ups and downs in the entertainment industry, I gradually became numb, or perhaps I deliberately gave up my sensitive nerves in order to protect myself.

It’s like having experienced too much hurt, and the self-protection mechanism has been activated, forcing myself to brainwash myself, thinking that no matter how big the problem is, it doesn’t matter, it’s all the same, and I shouldn’t take it to heart.

Over time, the emotions become numb.

Another point is that she no longer believed in it. She didn't believe in the beautiful feelings in the script, just like a person in his forties or fifties watching an old campus youth idol drama.

So she became a very powerful and popular female star, who could take her company public and rope in her actors to act in movies, but she was getting further and further away from being a good actor.

Empathy is almost the most important ability for an actor, followed by the desire to talk and express.

Now that Yang Mi has lost these, one can imagine what kind of performance she can produce.

Later, Yang Mi became a container, and the punctured container became a pipe.

Nothing can be retained, and emotions come and go freely.

They already have a child, yet they are still trying to hype it up.

But looking back at Yang Mi's experience, the earliest Yang Mi was not what he was later like.

It’s not that they don’t have scheming intentions. All female celebrities in the entertainment industry who have made it big are scheming.

But there are emotions.

When she played Northern Ireland, she acted like a little girl and would share her mood updates on Weibo.

"Palace" is a garbage resource. Compared with "Startling by Each Step" released in the same period, the mainland female lead Liu Shishi and the Taiwanese male lead Wu Qillong are good resources.

Because this is a resource that the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles are unwilling to fight for, the four main actors of "Palace" are all from mainland China.

The sudden popularity was purely an accident.

Yang Mi caught up, it happened to be the beginning of 11, the Internet era was booming, and small and medium-sized cities were also developing vigorously.

She became so popular that she herself could not have imagined that a bad movie could sell for tens of millions thanks to her.

In addition, she left Rongxinda, formed her own team, and parted ways with the traditional Beijing circle, and has been on a path from black to red ever since.

Liu Kaiwei, who seemed okay at the time, was actually nothing.

Dongda University developed too fast, and the entertainment industry also developed too fast, so fast that Yang Mi himself did not expect it.

Too much entanglement in fame and fortune will really make your emotional ability disappear over time.

(End of this chapter)