I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 228 Film Festival (23)

Actors really need talent...

Wang Baoqiang is a typical example. He came from a grassroots background and went to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts but never learned how to perform a day in his life.

His first leading role in "Blind Shaft" won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer. In 04, he played Sha Gen in "A World Without Thieves" and in 06, he played Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault" and became a big hit...

In fact, the role of Xu Sanduo is enough to define the actor!

Especially for an original actor like Wang Baoqiang, it is easy to be fixed by a single subject matter.

But in 2010, the film "Lost on Journey" transformed into a comedy, and in 2012, "Lost in Thailand" broke the box office record, declaring the transformation a success.

What is worth mentioning is the textbook acting in "Hello, Mr. Tree" - you should know that Wang Baoqiang learned to smoke on the spot!

Let’s compare...well, Liu Yifei, after decades, she is still the fairy sister!

To be honest, Liu Yifei is pretty good among actresses, and there are no rumors that she is acting like a big shot and taking on multiple roles, but since 06, she has not made a successful transition to a new film...

Shen Liang... of course he has talent, he can get into roles quickly, his lines and body shape are good, but there is one thing... he is too rational!
It’s hard for rational people to fully immerse themselves in a role…

Unless your skills reach the top level!
But in domestic entertainment, there is actually no need for this...

Because even if you are not the best, you can still live a comfortable life!

Especially someone like Shen Liang who is well-rounded...

From this perspective, Shen Liang's acting talent is still far from perfect, and he has never thought that he would become a top actor.

how to say…

I don't remember where I saw this sentence: You discovered from childhood that you are a gifted genius in cultivation. You practiced hard for a lifetime and finally ascended to become an immortal envied by the world. Then you found that you were just one of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers who stopped the Monkey King from causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace...

There will always be people better than you, so just forget it!
Shen Liang doesn’t want to save domestic entertainment... forget it, it’s good enough!

……

Beijing Film Festival...

In fact, for most domestic filmmakers, its significance is similar to that of the Shanghai Film Festival.

Rather than being an international film festival, it is more of a Chinese-language film mall.

Generally, the main competition unit is the most important part of a film festival, but at the Beijing Film Festival, it is completely unpopular with the media and the audience.

As for the screening unit, even though there are LGBT films such as "Angels in America", "Bad Education" and "All About My Mother" on display this year, they will not be included in the organizer's entertainment section.

If you don’t check, you won’t even know that the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit this year is Wang Jiawei!
To put it roughly: Chinese film crews set up a stage to promote and advertise, reporters look at the stars, audiences look at the stars, organizers look at the stars...

Only the jury themselves are watching the movie!
Shen Liang went through the process very simply...

Just walking on the red carpet, holding Jing Tian's hand...

——The red carpet has always been a place where actresses compete with each other for beauty. If he wants to make headlines, he has to take off all his clothes!

Shen Liang came here mainly to make some friends... and by the way, he got to know quite a few people through Xu Zheng's introduction...

Xu Zheng brought "The Player" to promote it.

Shen Liang followed him to meet many directors, actors and investors...

"Time Travel" is a hit independently created by Xu Zheng, and many investors want to get in touch with him...

In fact, it is quite embarrassing for a star like Shen Liang to attend a film festival without any works, because it is really boring!

Fortunately, he met Wu Jing, who was just as idle as him...

Well, Wu Jing is different from Shen Liang. He is going to speak on stage - together with "Operation Red Sea" director Lin Chaoxian, "Detective Chinatown" series director Chen Sicheng and "Operation Mekong" starring Zhang Hanyu, the four of them will speak at the opening ceremony.

It is similar to an oath, calling on filmmakers to strengthen their creation of realistic themes, double their efforts, double their unity, double their efforts, and double their creativity, so that China can move from a big film country to a powerful film country...

Then... there was warm applause from the audience...

……

“…Brother Jing!”

"…You're here too!" Wu Jing was quite happy to see Shen Liang: "By the way, congratulations to you." Shen Liang was puzzled: "Congratulations on what?"

"The movie you starred in was a big hit at the box office..."

"Oh..." Shen Liang finally reacted: "Thank you..."

"Have you contacted Guo Fan recently?"

"…We had a brief discussion last week," Shen Liang nodded, "We are still working on the post-production..."

"Still working on it?"

“…There’s nothing we can do…We have to ensure the quality. I heard that two visual effects companies have gone bankrupt!”

Hearing this, Wu Jing thought for a moment and said, "...How about I invest some more money?"

"Then ask Guo Fan... I think he would be embarrassed too..."

He always fools people with his dreams and drives their companies into bankruptcy!
In fact, the most difficult thing about science fiction, especially Chinese science fiction, at this stage is trust - the market simply does not exist, no one believes in it, especially after "The Three-Body Problem" was cancelled, it couldn't be worse.

But Guo Fan was able to fool the post-production visual effects company into doing it even if it meant losing money...

I heard that a Sino-German joint venture company, Pixomondo, had to go to Europe to apply for European subsidies because they could no longer bear the losses.

After receiving the subsidy, I will continue to burn for my love - doing the post-production of "The Wandering Earth"!

Finally, when I was really out of money, I found Guo Fan and said, "Give me some money, I really have no money..."

Even though it was so difficult, these visual effects companies never thought of giving up "The Wandering Earth" - they all had a strong desire in their hearts.

You all know what this energy is even without me telling you!

The one who ignited this energy was Guo Fan.

Therefore, the loss of Guo Fan is a huge loss to the MLM industry.

“…Okay.” Wu Jing nodded, remembering something: “By the way, you asked me about Director Chen Musheng some time ago…”

"…What's wrong?"

"He seems to be quite free recently... he has no plans to prepare any works!"

"That's a pity," Shen Liang sighed, "I really want to play a villain in a movie directed by Chen Musheng... like Tian Yangsheng in "True Men"..."

"Tian Yangsheng..." Wu Jing was happy: "Why, do you want to transform into a martial arts star?"

Shen Liang shook his head: "It's not a transformation, I just think that kind of role is stylish and memorable!"

“…I’ll shoot with you if I get a chance!”

"It's settled then."

“…You kid…” Wu Jing was about to say something when the staff called him. He immediately stopped smiling and said, “Here I come!”

Jing Tian came over and asked him curiously: "…Are you familiar with Teacher Wu Jing?"

"We worked together on The Wandering Earth for more than two months... What do you think?"

"…So what were you two talking about just now?"

Shen Liang made up a story: "Oh, he said that Wolf Warrior 3 is about to be filmed and asked me to be the second male lead. I don't want to do it unless I can play Leng Feng..."

"Huh? Really?"

"Of course it's fake... We were just talking about The Wandering Earth..."

Jing Tian slapped him angrily: "Is it fun?"

“…I’m training your IQ. Otherwise, you’ll believe whatever others say.”

At this time, Xu Zheng came over and reminded: "…There are so many media here, you two should be careful and stop flirting."

(End of this chapter)