Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 264 I think I underestimated her!
"It would be best to ask Gu Bei again if he is interested in investing."

Producer Mark pointed out, "So many investors couldn't get Enlight Media before, but he actually got it. It seems like he directly invested 2000 million US dollars in Enlight Media!"
Furthermore, he helped Zhang Ziyi become a producer, even though it was just a 2000 million RMB urban film, it shows that Linlang Entertainment is currently eager to recruit talent.

“I already rejected his investment before, and now I’m begging him to invest again? Wouldn’t that make me a director begging on my knees?”

Jiang Wen retorted firmly, while also expressing some confusion, "Where did Gu Bei get so much money?"

"game!"

Mark's tone was full of envy, "Some media outlets discovered that before Gu Bei made the movie, he created a game called Minecraft all by himself."

It sold 150 million copies in its first month, each priced at $30.

Net cash revenue of 4500 million, in US dollars!

"grass!"

Jiang Wen said one sentence and then hung up the phone, "I'm going to go and mooch off Master Huang!"

After a while,
Jiang Wen knocked on Gu Bei's door: "Director Gu, Director Gu, I know you're in there!"

squeak--

Gu Bei opened the door and looked at him helplessly: "Director Jiang, today is a day off."

If you want to talk about the character Wu Zhiguo, let's wait until tomorrow.

Jiang Wen held up a script and waved it in front of Gu Bei: "I know it's a day off, so let's talk about Let the Bullets Fly today, not The Rumors."

This bug is causing you to lag!

Gu Bei opened the door and let Jiang Wen into the room.

"Hello, Director Jiang!"

Liu Yifei stood up and greeted them.

Her face was as beautiful as a peach blossom, with a blush that wouldn't fade anytime soon.

"Is Director Gu enjoying the company of a beautiful woman?" Jiang Wen turned around and teased.

"Liu Yifei, my girlfriend."

Gu Bei pulled Liu Yifei, whose face was even redder, and introduced her to Jiang Wen in a generous manner.

"A perfect match!"

Jiang Wen gave a thumbs up.

He had actually noticed in the past two days that the relationship between Gu Bei and Liu Yifei was unusual.

When it comes to matters between men and women, he, an old hand, sees things as clearly as a mirror.

The three of them sat down.

Liu Yifei began reading the script for "Let the Bullets Fly".
Jiang Wen then asked Gu Bei curiously, "I'm actually quite curious, your crew has such short working hours every day, so why do you film so quickly?"

"It's very simple, the preparations were thorough."

Many miscellaneous tasks were done outside of filming hours.

Gu Bei said calmly, "The Hollywood unions only gave you that much time. Forced by circumstances, I could only cherish the filming time every day, so the filming naturally went faster."

After a pause, Gu Bei continued to explain: "This is actually a manifestation of the industrialization of film. The director's will cannot influence the crew's system; they can only adapt to the system themselves."

"So you've planned out everything for the shoot in advance, which isn't a creative process."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wen shook her head.

For a director like him, this system is an epic blow.

There will definitely be temporary changes, but not many.

Gu Bei said calmly, "At my age, I don't have that much to say to the audience. I just want to tell stories simply."

"I don't believe you!"

Jiang Wen smiled and pointed at Gu Bei, as if she had exposed his lie, "If you had nothing to say to the audience, the ending you gave me in the script wouldn't be like this!"

"Director Jiang, this ending is exactly what you wanted to say, not what I wanted to say."

Gu Bei remained calm and retorted indifferently, "When I read the script you gave me, I absolutely did not believe that you would use the original novel to solve the problem and have Zhang Muzhi arrested and executed."

Even if the entire city came out to see him off, that level of dramatic conflict is definitely not what you want!

"So what was your intention in changing the ending?"

Jiang Wen immediately pressed for an answer.

Gu Bei didn't answer, but looked at Liu Yifei, who had just finished watching, and asked, "What do you think of the ending?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wen also looked at Liu Yifei curiously, wanting to see what insights Liu Yifei could offer.

Liu Yifei thought for a moment: "The ending is a good one."

But after the changes, it feels like the original image of simple, honest people has been turned into a fence-sitter.

It seems that the people will help whoever wins between Zhang Muzhi and Master Huang.

However, it seems more realistic and more in line with our current thinking.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wen

The look in his eyes as he looked at Liu Yifei carried a hint of surprise.

He initially thought Liu Yifei was just a pretty face, but after briefly reading the script, he was able to grasp the realism of the ending, a thought that transcended the concept of a pretty face.

"This ending was already decided when you changed Zhang Muzhi from a commoner to a former soldier, Director Jiang, right?"

Gu Bei looked up at Jiang Wen and analyzed calmly, "The reason why Zhang Muzhi originally failed was because he only had brute force and no organization or discipline, so he was destined to fail."

But the Zhang Muzhi you depicted was a soldier, and he understood the meaning of organization and discipline, so he was destined for success!

"Not bad!"

Jiang Wen clapped.

Unexpectedly, Gu Bei was able to understand his intentions and write out the ending he envisioned simply by changing a character's personality.

He missed out on so much because he didn't have a proper talk with Gu Bei last time!
This time, producer Mark wasn't brought along, and without the involvement of money, the two of them chatted casually face-to-face, which allowed for a truly in-depth conversation!

The three of them sat around the table, drinking tea and chatting for the entire afternoon.

Jiang Wen hesitated for a moment.

Although Yang Shoucheng of Emperor Motion Pictures had been kind to him, and the previous film had caused Emperor Motion Pictures to lose a lot of money, Yang Shoucheng did not blame him.

However, Gu Bei understood his script very well, and the two shared many common ideas.

Moreover, having witnessed Gu Bei's filmmaking style,
The entire crew worked tirelessly to serve Gu Bei, with no one willing to hold him back.

Seeing this made him really itch to set up a film crew like that!
Finally, Jiang Wen said, "I'll go back and discuss it with Boss Yang."

Gu Bei knew,

Jiang Wen finally took the bait.

As for Yang Shoucheng, he's much easier to deal with than Jiang Wen.

Compared to Gu Bei, who had absolute confidence in "Let the Bullets Fly,"
Yang Shoucheng has only about 60-70% confidence in Jiang Wen's next film.
Gu Bei felt that all he needed to scare Yang Shoucheng away was a number so high that he didn't think he could break even.

So he smiled and said, "You can have him contact me directly later."

After a day of rest,
The crew of "The Message" has started work again.
The simple scenes have been filmed, and the crew has completed their rehearsals.
Next, we'll begin to get into the more challenging scenes.

While Gu Bei was waiting for the others to make adjustments,
I saw Liu Yifei sitting in her ancestral red actor's chair, quietly looking at the script in her hands.

Liu Xiaoli was sitting on another black actor's chair, also holding a book and reading.

The synchronized movements of the mother and daughter made Gu Bei unable to resist taking out his phone.

I snapped two photos.

at this time,

Zhang Ziyi entered the film set: "Sissi, we have a scene together today."

Liu Yifei raised her head.

She looked at the comeback challenges in the list.

[Challenge Project: The Fated Conflict Between Two Female Leads]

[Challenge Progress: 8%]

The two of them barely had any scenes together during the filming of the first few days, which slowed down the progress of this challenge.

She's been waiting for this scene with her partner!

She smiled slightly: "Sister Ziyi, I've been waiting for this scene for so long!"

provocative?

Zhang Ziyi frowned slightly.

Liu Yifei was much more aggressive than usual today.
Thinking that Liu Yifei was Gu Bei's girlfriend, her tone softened: "Seeing how serious you are, I'm getting a little nervous!"

"It's alright, Sister Ziyi."

Liu Yifei replied calmly.

Zhang Ziyi smiled, finding it somewhat amusing, and then went to sit down in her own actor's chair.

"Did you two have a conflict?" Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but ask after Zhang Ziyi left.

No, things are going really well between us, aren't they?

Liu Yifei was still reading the script and replied without looking up.

You call this pretty good?
Liu Xiaoli asked helplessly, "Are you sure?"

Liu Yifei then raised her head and thought for a while: "Gu Bei seems to have said that Ziyi and I will compete in terms of gravity."

"Relax a little when you have your scene with him later."

Liu Xiaoli gave a reminder.

Liu Yifei seemed to realize something too: "Okay, Mom!"

Subsequently,

She turned her head and met Gu Bei's gaze.
He immediately raised his face slightly, revealing a hint of provocation.

It seemed to be a reminder to Gu Bei: Don't forget our bet!
Gu Bei raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly.

It seems to be a retort: ​​You'd better get through today's scenes with your co-star!
After a while,
"Every unit prepares!"

Gu Bei picked up the microphone: "Action!"

This scene involves Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu sharing a room, with Gu Xiaomeng sewing clothes for Li Ningyu and helping her change.

The emotional turmoil between the two characters due to their different social statuses is the core of the entire play.

That feeling of being half-true and half-false, of falsehood disguised as truth, and truth disguised as falsehood.
Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing gave excellent performances in the original version, which explains why they received two Golden Horse Award nominations.

The only pity is that the original version of The Message received two nominations, but did not produce a pair of Best Actress winners.

This is related to Zhou Xun's performance style.

Zhou Xun can be said to be indifferent to the character '迅' in her name, as she can easily portray the state required by the director.

Especially those rapidly changing micro-expressions, each of which may only last for less than 0.5 seconds before needing to quickly move on to the next micro-expression, because that is the normal duration of human micro-expressions.

In this respect, Zhou Xun's talent is obvious to the naked eye, and she can achieve it without even having to work very hard.

but,

Zhou Xun's acting skills are a disadvantage.
It lies in her understanding of the script.

Having no formal training, she found it difficult to fully grasp the script and portray the character's past. Moreover, she had the bad habit of disliking reading the script multiple times.

Comparing the same movie,

In the wind, Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu were both subjected to torture.
Li Bingbing was able to demonstrate the changes in her mindset every minute after she was tortured, a change that continued until the end.

However, the changes in Zhou Xun's body due to torture seem to only appear in a few scenes.

In contrast to different films, Zhou Xun's interpretation of Li Mi's conjecture is even more pronounced.

Because the director didn't address this point, Zhou Xun could see her determination to find a boyfriend, but she couldn't see the reason behind her determination.

Perhaps this is also a kind of curse of knowledge; Zhou Xun was able to achieve the director's portrayal of the character's state, but she neglected her own in-depth understanding of the character.

"Xiaomeng..."

Seeing the commotion from outside the window, Zhang Ziyi turned around and walked firmly toward Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Ziyi with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Zhang Ziyi had already arrived at Liu Yifei's side and began to probe Liu Yifei with words to see if she was the target of this interrogation.

Faced with Zhang Ziyi's probing,

Liu Yifei continued talking to herself.

It wasn't until Zhang Ziyi's words, "You've been locked on," that her entire facade was shattered.

Liu Yifei, who had been looking down, slowly suppressed her smile and raised her head to try to explain: "Wu Zhiguo is not reconciled and keeps accusing me."

Zhang Ziyi leaned on Liu Yifei's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "I know it wasn't Captain Wu. Don't worry, I won't expose you!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's eyelashes twitched slightly, but her expression didn't change much.

After their heads separated, their eyes met briefly.

this moment,
It's the key point where the two people's eyes are locked in a tug-of-war.

The two were very close together, only a fist's width apart.

Zhang Ziyi could see Liu Yifei's thoughtful expression and the hint of inquiry in her eyes, as if the other party was probing whether she was trustworthy.

That subtle look in his eyes startled Zhang Ziyi slightly.

She couldn't quite tell whether Liu Yifei was acting or had already gotten into character, as if she were really seeing a Gu Xiaomeng pretending to be herself.

However, this shot is very short, after their eyes meet.

Liu Yifei started by asking Zhang Ziyi to change into the sewn clothes, which also gave her time to think about the character and whether she should trust the person in front of her.

Zhang Ziyi's gaze remained fixed on Liu Yifei.
She both craved Liu Yifei's admission and hoped that Liu Yifei would not admit it; the inner conflict was evident on her face.

However, when she met Liu Yifei's gaze as she looked up at her, she immediately sensed three parts helplessness, three parts relief, and four parts warning in the other's eyes.

That look immediately made her hair stand on end.

She quickly lay down and, sure enough, saw the bugging device stuck to her.

"Cut!"

Hearing Gu Bei's voice,
Zhang Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief and slowly detached herself from the role.

Then she looked at Liu Yifei, who was still on the ground, and was slightly surprised: "I think I underestimated her a bit!"

(End of this chapter)