I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 643: The effect of driving away customers (13)

Zhang Ziyi once focused on Hollywood and starred in the standard American awards season movie "Memoirs of a Geisha", but did not achieve the expected success.

After she became famous, she focused her international efforts on the United States and the Oscars, and never set Cannes, Venice and Berlin as her goals.

Later, he wanted to shift the battlefield, but was interrupted by the Triple Gate. Although he made a comeback with his works, his resources still dropped drastically.

As for her acting skills...

There is a very true comment in the industry: When Zhang Ziyi plays a role, she always shows herself first, and then shows the role.

In terms of awards, Zhang Ziyi is actually in an awkward situation. She won 15 international A-level awards, and if she couldn't get the top three, she could have gotten one of the others.

As a result, Fan Xiaopang got two, and Yan Zi also got one in Shanghai.

Even Xu Jinglei has won the Best Director Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival...

Regardless of how valuable it is, is the San Sebastian International Film Festival a Class A film festival?

Among the four actresses and two ice queens, only Zhang Ziyi didn’t win any awards. She can only brag about winning the Iranian Best Actress award…

Zhou Xun won the Best Actress Award at the Paris International Film Festival!

No, there is another one... Oh, Lotus...

Lotus has never reached the top, so it is not worthy of comparison!

"The Beast Clawing at Straws" is an ensemble drama that centers around a purse full of banknotes. It then radiates outward to develop three branching plots, showing people from different social classes showing different faces for money.

They all wanted to use this wealth to change their lives, but in the end, everyone who had ever coveted money either died or lost all their wealth...

The script is brilliant...

Zhang Ziyi wants to play the heroine who connects the whole plot...

She chatted with Shen Liang about the plot and shared her own views.

However, Liang Ge was just making fun of the jokes the whole time, and had no intention of having a deep conversation...

International Chapter: "The whole story begins with Boss Li being in debt from gambling, and then instigating a female club employee to kill her husband to defraud insurance, which led to a series of deaths afterwards."

"right…"

"If Director Cao Baoping directs, he's capable enough...but will the scale of the play be too large? Should the setting be in Southeast Asia?"

“…I don’t know about that…”

"Actor, what do you think?"

"The director decides..."

Liang Ge answered while eating...

International Zhang glanced at him and said, "Are you hungry?"

"Um…"

"I almost forgot. I haven't eaten in over six hours... so you should eat quickly!"

"…Um…"

Liang Ge quickly finished a bowl of yellow croaker noodles and a basket of fried dumplings. When he was almost full, he wiped his mouth, picked up a cup of soy milk, took a sip, and then asked, "Sister Ziyi, where did you see the script?"

"I asked them for it... They said it was your new project..."

"them?"

"Boss Fu and Boss Song!"

Mr. Fu is Fu Ruoqing, and Mr. Song should be Song Dai...

The two major producers of "The Beast Clawing at Straws": China Film Group and Yindu Film Group...

It's normal for them to have a complete script outline in their hands - a complete script outline is required for film filing and review.

Noticing Shen Liang's expressionless face, Guoji Zhang immediately asked with a smile: "…What's wrong? Do you think I'm not suitable?"

“…That’s not the case…”

Shen Liang shook his head: "But our play is going to be made into a commercial film..." "I can't act in a commercial film?"

"...I have discussed with director Cao Baoping that this play is going to be bloody...The actors we are looking for are all familiar faces, and we are not going to use celebrities...You may not be suitable."

"Why? You think I can't play a villain like this?"

"That's not the case...but you are a big star, and this is a group play...not a female lead play!"

“The Wasted Times is also an ensemble play…”

“…We’ll talk about it later.”

……

Where is the group portrait in “The Wasted Years”?

Why does Mr. Lu, played by Ge You, have such deep feelings for Zhang Ziyi?
That Japanese man risked being discovered and locked up Zhang Ziyi...

As a woman of a gangster boss, she can still be so wild, she cheated on him in various ways, and in the end, the gangster boss let her run away...

It’s obvious that everyone loves Zhang Ziyi!
In fact, he felt that Zhang Ziyi was a little bit troubled...

There is no way. The teams of the big stars all attach great importance to their own status because it is directly related to the commercial value of real money.

Inviting them to be the heroine not only requires high pay, but also requires a considerable tilt in terms of role, character, and ranking, which often seriously affects the overall viewing experience of the film.

Female stars want the audience to remember themselves, while actresses want the audience to forget themselves and remember their roles.

Zhang Ziyi is a typical female star...

Moreover, the cost-effectiveness is extremely low - except for a few early films, the rest of the films in which he starred were all loss-making.

The high pay is one thing, but on the other hand, her customer-driving effect is not to be underestimated!
Her own marketing efforts far exceed the film itself.

The marketing of "The Sauce Garden" is as if it is not "The Sauce Garden" that is being screened in the non-competitive section of Cannes, but Zhang Ziyi.

Whether actively or passively, Zhang Ziyi is far greater than the work "Jiangyuan Lane" itself.

In addition, the "marketing account" boasted that the organizers cleared the venue for Ms. Zhang Ziyi to walk the red carpet.

What about IQ?
"Jiangyuan Lane" is a midnight show!
Moreover, in the non-competitive units, the red carpet is "contracted" to the film companies that want to screen the films!
In addition, "international" marketing is a very outdated marketing method.

What age is this?

Who is going to walk the red carpet abroad...

"Jiang Yuan Nong" obviously relies on the mainland market to make a living, so why brag about its international style...

In addition, foreign film festivals are also very stupid. What era is it now? They are still promoting international films...

……

Shen Liang was obviously rejecting the offer, and anyone could tell that. However, Zhang Ziyi was adamant: "I can lower the price!"

"Sister Ziyi must have no shortage of scripts...Our play is just a small one, and it doesn't have much artistic value!"

“…I could take it to Cannes!”

"Haha, going to Cannes? To sell your film?"

"Yes, Cannes is the world's largest film trading market"

Shen Liang waved his hand: "Even if I don't participate in the film festival, my films will not lack overseas buyers... What's more, the overseas box office is only a drop in the bucket compared to the domestic box office! I don't care about these!"

What Liang Ge said is the truth!
Although the overseas box office of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is close to 2600 million US dollars, Netflix purchased "Life Events" for more than 3000 million US dollars...

Including "Peak Explosion", the copyright fee was sold for 1200 million US dollars...

But compared with the box office in mainland China, these are really just a drop in the bucket!
After a pause, Shen Liang continued, "Sister Ziyi is going to star in "Jiang Yuan Lane"... cooperate with the great director Chen Kexin, we won't delay you... Boss, pay the bill!"

Liang Ge stood up and prepared to leave...

"Tell me the truth, why don't you want to use me?"

Shen Liang sighed and told the truth: "When we choose actors, we not only look at the pay, but also the audience's popularity... If many audiences refuse to buy tickets because of a certain actor's performance, or if they don't like him from the bottom of their hearts... We dare not use such actors, because they have the effect of driving away customers!"

(End of this chapter)