I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 440 Dinner (13)

BJ, New Year’s Day just passed.

It was the coldest time of the year. After getting out of the car and shivering, Shen Liang threw the car keys to the doorman and pushed the door open to enter the hotel...

The private room is large and luxuriously decorated. It is steaming hot and filled with the aroma of food and smoke.

Seeing that it was Shen Liang who pushed the door open, Wu Jing was the first to make a noise, "Hey, look, look, our big star is here!"

Shen Liang hurriedly said: "What big star? Even if I am a big star, I am still your brother!"

At this time, everyone in the room stood up, all of them were acquaintances...

Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Wu Jing and Xu Zheng...

Oh, today's match was organized by Xu Zheng.

There are no women.

It's rare that we're all in BJ, let's get together.

Guo Fan said: "I watched the New Year's Eve show on Station B, it was really good!"

"…I am mainly disgusted by the TV show's format. It's nothing more than inviting a bunch of popular people to lip-sync, the choreography is fancy but has no effect, and the program is also boring, almost the same as the summary of the Internet jokes of the Spring Festival Gala… Zhao Zhao just happened to tell me that Bilibili was going to do a New Year's Eve party, so I went."

"Then you are awesome too!"

"The box office of "A Bouquet of Love" has exceeded 20 billion?"

“…It should be over.”

Xu Zheng asked, "So are you planning to focus on romance films in the future?"

“…That’s not the case. I want to try all types…”

Wu Jing interjected: "His next movie is a crime film, and he will continue to work with director Benny Chan!"

"Chen Musheng?"

"When we were filming The Evil Dead, Director Chen told me about his idea for a new movie and strongly invited me to star in it. He even stopped filming for more than half a year to wait for my schedule..."

"Wu Jing is very familiar with Director Chen, right?"

Wu Jing nodded: "Yes, when I was a migrant worker in Hong Kong, Director Chen was one of my mentors. He approached me for roles in "True Colors of a Man", "Full Alert" and "Shaolin Temple"!"

Indeed, Chen Musheng is definitely Wu Jing’s mentor!

Not just a few movies. When Wu Jing was filming "Wolf Tooth", Chen Musheng specially recommended his long-time partner Li Zhongzhi to him as action director.

Including the first part of "Wolf Warrior", Chen Musheng watched the movie with Wu Jing for 3 days and made many suggestions for revisions.

This is also the reason why Wu Jing played a small supporting role in "Dangerous City"...

……

In fact, Wu Jing had several opportunities to rise in Hong Kong, the first one was by Tsui Hark.

He invited Wu Jing to star in "The Legend of Zu" that year. According to Tsui Hark's trilogy concept, Wu Jing would most likely be the protagonist of the second part.

Unfortunately, The Legend of Zu failed and Tsui Hark also went north.

The second chance is Sammo Hung.

Back then, Wu Jing wanted to rise to fame with action movies, so his agent Huang Bogao specially invested in "SPL" - the copyright of "SPL" was actually in the hands of Wu Jing's agent, so Zhen Zidan couldn't use this name after "SPL". "Flash Point" was originally called "SPL 2"...

But he was tricked. Apart from a few fighting scenes, Wu Jing didn't have much room to perform.

Later, it was Sammo Hung who promoted Wu Jing and took him to act in many dramas.

Unfortunately, Sammo Hung had limited resources and was unable to take care of himself. Moreover, Donnie Yen was rising at that time, and all Hong Kong's film and television resources were given to Donnie Yen.

Wu Jing also had no chance to obtain big movie resources.

The third chance was directed by Benny Chan.

He admired Wu Jing very much and gave Wu Jing many highlight roles in many of his films.

The natural health of "The True Colors of Man", the police in "The City on Alert"...

If Wu Jing had not become famous with "Wolf Warrior", he would most likely have worked with director Chen Musheng for a long time.

When Zhen Zidan retires due to old age, Wu Jing will have the opportunity to take over...

But this is no longer necessary.

Even if he became a first-tier star in Hong Kong, it would not be as good as it is now! To put it bluntly, what is the treatment of a first-tier star in Hong Kong?
——Wu Jing’s status today is so high that even Hollywood is licking his boots, not to mention in China.

……

A brief chat about the situation of "Raging Fire"...

Xu Zheng suddenly said: "Brother Song is going to make "My Hometown and Me"!"

"A tribute film?"

"Well, a tribute film!"

First came the mainstream "tribute films", and then came the commercial entertainment blockbusters.

Wu Jing nodded: "If there is a need, we will do our best to help!"

“…Your words are enough!”

"Me too!"

Shen Liang followed suit and expressed his opinion...

"There is indeed a role, you come and shoot for three days!"

“…That’s no problem, you can contact me anytime!”

"Well, I'll contact you then!"

At this point, Xu Zheng sighed: "...《Pet》I really should have looked for you!"

“…“Beloved” has a pretty good reputation.”

"The box office did not meet expectations..."

Guo Fan picked up the cup: "...Drink!"

"Well, touch one!"

The movie "Beloved" is a compilation of six short stories, but none of them is up to par...

It's really speechless. There are 6 stories in total, and each one is terrible. This is not easy!
There are too many story lines, which results in most of the emotional development being a little lackluster - what else can the story between pets and people be about other than protection?
Is it a love film?
The director and screenwriter of this play is Yang Zi, a director under Hairun Pictures. Before "Love", he had "Love at 30,000 Feet" and "I Am Marbury", and later he also filmed "Dragon Horse Spirit"...

I can only say that among directors, there are many who are not worthy of their positions!

Lu Yang suddenly asked: "Lost in Russia" will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year?"

Xu Zheng nodded: "Well... start promoting it right away."

Lu Yang smiled and said, "Next year's Spring Festival will be really lively!"

Xu Zheng immediately put on an embarrassed face: "The pressure is so great!"

"Detective Chinatown 3", "Jiang Ziya", "Emergency Rescue", "The Vanguard", "Chinese Women's Volleyball Team", "Lost in Russia", and "Boonie Bears: Wild Continent"...

They are all top blockbusters!

Needless to say, "Detective Chinatown 3" has become the most anticipated Spring Festival blockbuster after the online drama "Detective Chinatown" was broadcast, with more than one million people wanting to watch it on Maoyan.
"Emergency Rescue", the new film directed by Lin Chaoxian, is another big production after "Operation Mekong" and "Operation Red Sea". It is said that the production cost is as high as 7 million;
In the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team, Gong Li's photo of her slightly hunched back, resembling Lang Ping's standing posture, became a hit on Weibo...

"Jiang Ziya" is advertised as sharing the same worldview as "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World";

Only "Vanguard" is a little weaker...

Seven blockbusters are slated to hit the Spring Festival schedule!
Why are they all crowded into the Spring Festival period? Can't they be released at other times?

Maybe, but since no movie has been the first to withdraw from the schedule, everyone is just going to go head to head!

The directors of these films are all well-known and prestigious. If any of them withdraws their films, it means they are cowards...

That won't work!

So, that's it...

Shen Liang raised his glass: "Come on, I wish Director Xu a win during the Spring Festival!"

Although Xu Zheng picked up the wine glass and drank it, he waved his hand: "It's not that easy. It's good enough to recover the cost!"

"What's so difficult about this? You are on a roll now, and Lost in Russia will make at least 30 billion!"

"How can 30 billion be enough? I think it should be able to surpass The Mermaid's 33.91 billion and regain the comedy movie box office record!"

"Thank you for your good words..."

(End of this chapter)