I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 225: Lao Mouzi completely loses his temper!
boom!
On the empty bank of the Yangtze River, a specially made giant firework suddenly rose into the sky, and then exploded, illuminating the entire sky.

Thanks to Zhang Yimou's relationship, the crew found Cai Guoqiang, a famous domestic fireworks master and Olympic fireworks designer, to specially make an artistic firework - Life.

The green fireworks, with particle trajectories simulating the rising soul, spread out into the sky, and then fall down and sprout, like countless dandelions exploding at low altitude, symbolizing the fragility and diffusion of life.

This is the aesthetic of the moment of blooming and withering.

Snapped--

The ashes mixed with white gunpowder formed a vortex like Tai Chi, which is black and white gunpowder.

When it explodes, it seems as if the ashes are integrated into the pattern by the airflow, suggesting that death is the starting point of energy transformation, not the end point.

After the vortex remained at its highest point for 3 seconds, it dispersed like quicksand!

The ashes and gunpowder burned and turned into countless stardust.

……

The slow motion camera recorded all of this.

Unburned ash particles, wrapped in biodegradable fluorescent agent, slowly fell to the ground. Chen Jin stretched out his hand as if he could touch it.

"Dad, is this decent enough..."

Chen Jin was smiling with tears in her eyes, and the camera stayed there for a long time.

Until Chen Jin twitched the corner of his mouth, everything seemed to be relieved and liberated.

He hopes that his father can exist brilliantly in another form.

Death does not mean the end, forgetting does.

……

clap clap clap!
There were sounds of applause from countless people all around, and Tian Zhuangzhuang had already made the gesture to start the scene.

There is only one firework of this kind, and it cost a lot of money, so this scene can only be shot once. For this reason, the entire crew actually simulated it for a long time.

Chen Jin has been filming for more than a month and is about to finish shooting a few scenes.

The filming progress was actually quite fast. The one who made the most progress should be Zhao Jinmai. Although she was not acting herself, it was indeed easy for a child to understand some of the expressions of her peers, so for her, acting was not difficult.

What’s more, there is a caring “teacher” like Chen Jin!
As for the most pitiful person in the entire crew, it must be Wan Qian.

Chen Jin originally thought that she had a lot of scenes, but unexpectedly it was only filmed for 2 days; this one is different from the original time and space one, which had a lot of length, and it is estimated that only a few shots were cut.

Fortunately, she didn't say anything, and Chen Jin agreed readily. If there is a suitable role for her in the future, he will definitely take care of her.

So Boss Wan went back happily.

"There are only three days left to wrap up!"

Chen Jin sat there, browsing Weibo.

The warm-up for the first episode of "China in Poetry" has begun, and the discussion on the entire network is now very intense. The program team followed Chen Jin's advice and also registered an account on Weibo to post some highlights every day. Of course, the research was also released a few days ago.

As Chen Jin expected, in the poetry voting session, "沁园春·雪" won 70% of the votes, surpassing "将进酒", "木兰歌", "念努娇·赤壁怀古", "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" and so on, and firmly ranked first.

The following few poems are almost all the poems from the first season of the show.

Of course, it's only temporary.

Since all the good poems have come out at the beginning, what will be filmed in the second season must leave some suspense for the second season.

For example, "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng", the greatest parallel prose of all time, would be a good choice to be broadcast in the first episode of the second season. Liu Gang even planned to let Chen Jin play Wang Bo.

Chen Jin...actually wanted to play the younger version of Li Bai.

After all, Lao Li is handsome and is his idol.

But after thinking about it, it is indeed not suitable. How old was Li Bai when he wrote "Song of the Wine"?

Wang Bo is also awesome!
"Only children do multiple-choice questions. Of course I want all of them!"

"Anyway, I showed up in the first season, so why not show up again in the first episode of the second season?"

In the first episode of the first season, Chen Jin was not the protagonist, but only a supporting role; he was responsible for promoting "The Founding of a Party" and was compared with Teacher Tang Guoqiang.

At present, the program has been almost completed. The script and other contents are similar to those of "The Founding of a Republic", which can be regarded as a response to the previous and the next part, and in disguise leads to the second part of the movie.

Han Sanpin must have contributed a lot to this.

"The third season of Nian Nu Jiao is on... and I still have to play Zhou Yu!"

Chen Jin was dreaming a sweet dream. He had already found the candidate for Xiao Qiao, and his group of 10th-level movie actors and actresses had become lively again recently.

After all, the annual art examination has begun again.

The “most beautiful art student” has appeared!
The photos of him without makeup are very popular on the Internet. They are being discussed on Weibo, Tieba and forums. He is likely to be comparable to last year's strongest art student Chen Jin, so everyone is @ing him.

Gulinaza!

A female star who will become famous for her beauty in the future.

There is nothing good about her except her looks.

But, in the entertainment industry, appearance is justice and beauty is her talent.

This is just like Wang Fei's voice. What can we do about the food God has given us?
So everyone in the group was discussing this girl, as if she was from the same place as Dilraba Dilmurat, and everyone was asking if they knew her. Dilraba Dilmurat was so annoyed that she would complain to Chen Jin whenever she had nothing to do.

Drip!

A text message floated across Chen Jin's phone.

Guo Xun's information.

"I've asked clearly, the product placement fee for Pechoin in The Flowers of War is 200 million. How about... we also negotiate at this price?"

“I always feel low!”

The preliminary work for "So Young" and preparations by the crew and on the set are in full swing.

Of course, Guo Xun was doing what he was best at - begging for alms.

Ever since he tasted the sweetness of product placement in "Love Is Not Blind", he has started a new round of "investment attraction".

The budget for this new drama is 2000 million, which mainly includes Chen Jin's salary, which of course has to be taken into account; there are also equipment, venue rental, salaries of the professional team hired, and so on.

The entire filming team has also been upgraded, from less than 100 people before to more than 300 now.

Every group, extras, etc. have all seen significant improvements.

This is not to say that now that he has money, the investment will increase, but Guo Xun wants to make a better youth romance film. His previous film "Love Is Not Blind" was made with a low budget and many scenes still had flaws, and now Guo Xun is a little dissatisfied.

So pursuing better is the responsibility of every director.

Chen Jin also agreed with this point.

Do as much as you can with the money you have. If the second part still costs 500 million, he would not agree.

Strive for excellence, select talents, and prepare for the future filming of "The Wandering Earth".

Therefore, the investment price of 2000 million was indeed discussed by Guo Xun and Chen Jin.

And Guo Xun obviously did not disappoint everyone's expectations. Relying on the reputation of Chen Jin and "Love Is Not Blind", he was bound to attract more product placement and advertising fees than "Love Is Not Blind".

This guy shamelessly promised Chen Jin that he would try to wipe out the investment through this advertisement.

Well, let me tell you one thing about this circle, when it comes to begging ability, no one can compete.

Guo Xun is definitely the number one figure.

Even though Feng Xiaogang is now the number one king of product placement, it’s hard to say what will happen in a few years.

As for Pechoin, of course, it was Chen Jin who asked Guo Xun to ask.

There is nothing wrong with inserting cosmetics advertisements into a romantic youth film.

"Jinling" can be implanted, why can't "So Young"?

That doesn't make sense.

Guo Xun would not associate anything with it. He just thought that Chen Jin knew that "Jinling" had product placement, so he asked him to ask.

It’s just that the price of 200 million is indeed too low, and Lao Guo finds it a bit unacceptable.

"I guess it's because Jinling is difficult to embed!"

"We don't care. Just give us more shots, as long as it doesn't seem out of place..."

Chen Jin pretended to speak casually, and Guo Xun nodded in approval: "Indeed, when I heard that Pechoin was implanted in "The Flowers of War", I was shocked!"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Jin's smile was so wicked, it was he who came up with this idea.

The key point was that he also told Zhang Weiping not to tell Zhang Yimou that it was his idea; Zhang Weiping understood and agreed immediately. Everyone knew Zhang Yimou's temper, so he would definitely not tell anyone.

"This kind of film has product placement. Didn't Director Zhang say anything?"

Guo Xun was indeed gossipy and kept asking questions.

In fact, Zhang Yimou had been kept in the dark the whole time, and "Jinling" only officially started filming a few days ago.

Zhang Weiping signed the contract secretly, so he had no idea about it. This was also a very important part of Chen Jin's play.

If Zhang Yimou knew about this, he would definitely go crazy.

Then he had another big quarrel with Zhang Weiping.

Besides, these few days... he should have known it.

However, Chen Jin pouted and said, "How should I know?!"

"I'm not with Director Zhang!"

"Hey, it feels like a mess. I wouldn't even dare to do that in this movie, and I can't think of how to implant it?"

Guo Xun is still naive.

In fact, Chen Jin's method is indeed suitable.

But even if it was suitable, Chen Jin would not do it if he was the investor. It was not worth it for such a small amount of money.

But Zhang Weiping did it and praised Chen Jin a lot. It can only be said that some people's bottom line in doing things is really low.

And this is also the reason why Chen Jin was able to take advantage of the loophole.

Chen Jin was really afraid that Zhang Weiping would not be fooled.

Although he came up with the idea, if Zhang Weiping had signed the contract normally, there would have been no problem at all, and he would have made a fortune instead. At most, Zhang Yimou would have completely fallen out with him because of the product placement!

But now, after Guo Xun mentioned the signing price of 200 million, Chen Jin knew that the matter was 90% settled.

This is definitely a yin-yang contract.

Based on Chen Jin's understanding of Zhang Weiping, would he let go of 200 million?!

A movie that hit Hollywood with 6 million yuan only costs 200 million for product placement?
The offer will probably be between 800 and 1000 million!

The final 10% was achieved with the help of Zhang Yimou himself.

Just these days.

"Anyway, there's a good show to watch~~~"

When Chen Jin joins the crew of "Jinling" in a few days, it should be the time when she really sees the real show begin.

"Filming, filming, wrap up soon!"

Chen Jin took the script and walked towards Zhao Jinmai.

……

At the same time, Lishui Shiqiu Film and Television Base.

church.

Christian Bale was listening carefully to Zhang Yimou's explanation of the play, while Nini next to him was responsible for translation, but there was some communication barrier among the three of them.

The main reason is that Zhang Yimou uses some professional terms for acting, and Ni Ni doesn’t know how to translate them.

So the progress of filming the church scenes these days has been a bit slow.

Chen Jin had to undergo some military training after joining the crew, so the outdoor scenes were moved to next month; the interior scenes of the church were shot first, and Hollywood superstar Bale's schedule was also very tight, so they were only given until February.

Although this guy came to China some time ago and attended a role launch conference with Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, he did not stay.

It’s only been half a month since I joined the group.

He flew to China the day after attending the Academy Awards ceremony at the end of last month.

As everyone expected, he won this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his godly performance in "The Fighter".

In Zhang Weiping's view, the global box office appeal of "Jinling" has been greatly enhanced.

This actor's signing is really worth it.

For the role of "The Fighter", Bale lost 30 pounds. It is said that he lost weight entirely by controlling his diet. It is hard to say about this year's "The Dark Knight Rises". It should be due to the rebound of drugs.

In addition, this character also wore dentures and made his hair bald. It has to be said that Bale really paid a lot to win the award.

But the result is obviously gratifying. The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor is an award with great acting skills.

Sometimes, it is more convincing than an Oscar-winning public relations actor.

"Ok, let's take a break!"

Zhang Yimou seemed a little tired from speaking, so he took the cup of tea brought to him by his assistant Zang Xichuan and started drinking it.

Bell was sitting aside, studying a script written entirely in English.

I have to admit that Bale is still very dedicated.

Tatata!
Suddenly, footsteps were heard coming from outside the church. Pang Liwei frowned and waved to Zhang Yimou outside the set with some seriousness.

"what happened?"

After years of cooperation, Zhang Yimou knows Pang Liwei very well.

This expression is very telling.

"Pan Guofeng and Wang Xiaohua brought a lot of workers here, saying they were going to set up the set!"

"What set?"

Pan Guofeng is the vice president and marketing director of New Picture; Wang Xiaohua is Zhang Weiping's assistant and part-time translator. He Jun, who was kicked out, is his niece.

"It's called the door!"

"I didn't ask any further questions. I just came to you directly!"

Pang Liwei said this with a frown on her face. Zhang Yimou quickly gave instructions to Zang Xichuan and Bell, then took Pang Liwei and quickly walked out of the church where the filming was taking place.

"Yes, this location is good, let's choose this one?"

Before reaching his destination, Zhang Yimou heard a familiar voice.

Although Zhang Yimou and Pan Guofeng had not met many times, he was familiar with their voices, which can be regarded as his professional sensitivity as a director.

"What?"

Zhang Yimou walked to the purposely built building with broken walls and some burnt blackened ones. Pan Guofeng and a man with glasses were standing below, pointing and talking.

Hearing the sound, Pan Guofeng immediately turned around, a smile appeared on his face and he said, "Director Zhang!"

"Hello, Director Zhang!"

The man with glasses, Wang Xiaohua, was also there greeting people.

"I ask you, what are you doing!!"

Zhang Yimou looked at the workers beside them with a gloomy expression.

"Nothing, just repairing it. Look at this broken piece..."

Wang Xiaohua smiled, but Zhang Yimou didn't: "Why repair it? It's already been built. Besides, this is the government's property, we are not allowed to destroy it casually!"

"Director Zhang!"

Pan Guofeng said helplessly: "We won't destroy it, we will leave after we are done!"

"What to do?"

"Just hang a plaque and make some fake patterns!"

"like this!"

Pan Guofeng took out a designed building exterior from his bag. I have to admit that this picture does not look out of place at all, and it gives the feeling of a Pechoin store of that era.

But Zhang Yimou understood it immediately: "Production...advertising?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang said that you are not good at product placement, so only our marketing department can do it—"

"Nonsense!"

"What? What are you doing?!"

Zhang Yimou's shout frightened Pang Liwei beside him.

It's really too loud.

He seemed to be trembling with anger. Pang Liwei hurried forward to support him, but he opened his hand and said in a trembling voice: "How can you do this to a movie of this nature?!"

"Such an important matter, doesn't he need to discuss it with me?"

"what?!"

Zhang Yimou was so angry that his face turned blue, and Wang Xiaohua and Pan Guofeng beside him were obviously terrified.

Damn, when this old man gets angry, he's really scary.

They obviously didn't dare to force it anymore.

"Let them go!"

Zhang Yimou spoke, Pan Guofeng quickly signaled to the workers, and Wang Xiaohua immediately took them away.

"You go too!"

"..."

Pan Guofeng had no choice but to smile helplessly, bowed, turned around and walked away.

"Implantation, how did you think of it?"

Zhang Yimou put his hands on his hips, he was really furious, and his face looked the same as the Terracotta Warriors under the Qin Mausoleum.

Earthy blue.

"Director Zhang, it's no use chasing him away. Director Zhang must have signed the contract!"

"Don't worry about it, I'll call him!"

Zhang Yimou searched his body and found that his cell phone was still on the set.

"Go, go back!"

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, but the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

The matter of Chen Jin's role had just been put aside, and now these weird things are happening again.

"He's not even letting go of my movies now?"

Zhang Yimou just felt a little bored. Thinking about the cooperation with him over the years, he felt more and more uncomfortable.

I have been working with such a person for 15 years?
"Xiao Wei was obviously not this kind of person before!"

"Why has it become like this in recent years?"

Zhang Yimou was doubting himself. He walked into the set, picked up his cell phone, and called Zhang Weiping.

Of course, Zhang Weiping had just received Wang Xiaohua's feedback at the first time, so he knew... Zhang Yimou would definitely call him!
He's been waiting!
(End of this chapter)