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

Chapter 138: “The Founding of a Party” casting revealed!

In that era full of revolutionary passion
"The heavens and the earth are not as great as the Party's kindness..."

A very classic model dance from the 70s, accompanied by powerful lines, neatly and clearly presents that special era.

The trailer for "Under the Hawthorn Tree" finally appeared in the clearest form on major portals and in various offline cinemas.

Zhu Yanmanzi's dancing skills are particularly outstanding in this opening trailer.

With two braids and a military uniform, she looks full of energy, yet pure and flawless, with light in her eyes.

Her pretty little face is full of youthfulness, her skin is very delicate and fair, and her purity and naturalness make her look lovable at first sight.

"Ah~~ The lush hawthorn trees are covered with white flowers..."

Along with Chen Jin's singing of the song "The Hawthorn Tree", there was also the gentle and soft sound of the accordion.

The third brother, wearing a brown sweater and with a sunny and natural smile on his face, was moved from far away to near by camera. His artistic and handsome face made people feel like they were back in the 70s.

Clean and clear!
Chen Jin smiled towards the camera, and Zhu Yanmanzi, who was dressed simply in the distance, also smiled.

At this moment, love seemed to have started burning since the first time they saw each other.

“The purest love story ever!”

"Millions of Hawthorn fans are eagerly waiting!"

The loving scenes shot by Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi flashed one by one in the trailer along with the sound of Chen Jin's accordion.

Sweet, warm, pure...

“A true story!”

"It moved millions of people to tears!"

Xi Meijuan, Li Xuejian...veteran actors one after another flashed by.

"Chen Jin, Zhu Yanmanzi"

"A fresh and innocent face, an unforgettable love"

[In this world, there is a person who would rather die than go back on his word to you. ]

【I can wait, no matter how long it takes! 】

【What disease did you hear I have? 】

"..."

Chen Jin's gentle voice of reciting the lines sounded magnetic and tingling.

The background sound of the trailer also became sad. The scene where Jingqiu and Lao San fell in love at the beginning turned into various farewells and tears.

These lines, along with the tears flowing from Lao San's eyes, all express Lao San's inner wish: he doesn't want to die, he wants to stay, accompany Jing Qiu, and grow old together...

[Zhang Yimou, a sincere dedication and a passionate work].

Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi sat back to back under the hawthorn tree, forming the final eternal picture.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree" was released on September 2010, 9, Teacher's Day.

"Are you really going to make a movie?"

"So handsome, so handsome!"

"I've seen Under the Hawthorn Tree, and Chen Jin's performance seems like the third brother in the book!"

"This is how the third child is in my mind. Oh, no, he is even better than the third child in my mind!"

"I think so too. This trailer is well made!"

"It feels great. When will it be released?"

"..."

As soon as Chen Jin’s Weibo trailer was released, there were dozens of comments within a minute.

As one of the most popular social software on the Internet today, Weibo users basically refresh their accounts in real time, and they check their accounts for a while every day at noon when they go to work.

Afterwards, Chen Jin also posted the stills with Zhu Yanmanzi.

The third child received higher recognition.

Jingqiu, on the other hand, was criticized a lot.

Weibo is still relatively okay, but on several portal websites, more than half of the comments are dissatisfied with Jingqiu.

"Jingqiu is not friendly enough. She looks very pure and immature, but a little young, like a junior high school student. She looks a little cold..."

"The body shape doesn't fit!"

"Third brother, this is too perfect!"

"The third brother seems to be the most consistent character in the original novel. The actor is also very handsome, with a very sunny smile and white and neat teeth. He gives people the feeling of a very 'petty bourgeois' young comrade..."

"The visual effect is still very Zhang Yimou, and the colors are finally not red and green. Good review!"

"The national teacher has transformed. This picture is so good. It looks very warm and beautiful..."

Chen Jin was reading the comments. After all, it was his debut film, his first movie. He watched it for a long time and felt sorry for Xiao Zhu next to him.

Not many people praised her, only scolded her.

Chen Jin is just the opposite. There are not even any negative reviews. In any case, Chen Jin checked several websites and didn't see any.

But this is actually normal.

95% of readers of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" are female. Women are born to make things difficult for other women. In 2010, when women's rights had not yet awakened, they were rather tolerant of handsome men.

But Chen Jin's acting skills are certainly a plus.

"You can't stand this?"

Chen Jin glanced at Zhu Yanmanzi who was a little depressed. Classmate Zhu was indeed in a bad mood.

She thought that once the promotional video came out, many people would praise her, but she didn't expect that they would all criticize her.

"Don't worry, I'll be worse off than you in a few days!"

"why?"

Zhu Yanmanzi wiped the corners of his eyes, and Chen Jin smiled and said, "The press conference for "The Founding of a Party"!"

Zhu Yanmanzi heard about playing the leading male role a few days ago. At that time, Zhu was so shocked that he couldn't recover for several seconds.

She didn't blame Chen Jin for not telling her. This kind of thing definitely needed to be kept secret, and she could understand that.

But it was completely beyond Chen Jin's expectations that she could get such a role.

"So, what is this to you?"

Chen Jin was fully prepared to be criticized by the entire Internet.

This is actually a kind of tempering, at least a challenge to Chen Jin's acting career.

If you act well, no one will say anything.

Acting skills can break everything.

Black and red are also red. In fact, "The Founding of a Party" needs such popularity; when "The Founding of a Republic" was about to be filmed, the whole network was also criticizing it.

What's the point of spending so much money to make a film like this?
Who watches mainstream movies?

So much so.

Now Chen Jin just serves as another medium for venting.

As expected, when Huang Jianxin, the chief director of "The Founding of a Party", announced at the launch conference that Chen Jin would play the leading male role, not only the netizens who were watching the live broadcast online, but also the reporters in the audience were completely dumbfounded.

They knew that Chen Jin was the top scorer in the college entrance examination, but they didn't expect that he could get such resources?

What's this guy's background?
Just because he's a man?
There are all kinds of conspiracy theories out there.

At this time, there were more serious doubts about Chen Jin's acting skills on the Internet.

Can someone this young play him well?
Are you kidding me?
Fortunately, 2010 was not the year when traffic started to rise, so the criticism was not too harsh. People also speculated about Chen Jin’s background and whether he had acting skills.

Where does this guy come from?
The top scorer in the college entrance examination can’t do whatever he wants, right?
He must be the second generation of someone, or the son of some big boss... Many people were suddenly disenchanted with all the goodwill that the third brother had accumulated in the trailer of "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

The scolding continued for many days.

Chen Jin, however, acted as if nothing had happened. He continued his actor training every day and took time out to visit Guo Xun.

"Love Is Not Blind" has been completely wrapped up and has officially entered post-production.

The opening of the 67th Venice International Film Festival is getting closer and closer.

On August 8, Chen Jin, accompanied by her assistant, Zhu Yanmanzi and her mother Yan Ning, met up with Zhang Yimou and prepared to leave for Italy.

"Fortunately!"

Zhang Yimou looked at Chen Jin who appeared in front of him and smiled slightly. Of course, he knew about the recent online news abuses. He was afraid that Chen Jin could not bear it, so he asked Pu Lun to visit him several times.

However, he felt relieved when he heard that Chen Jin could eat, drink and dance.

"Be sure to remember this!"

"If you get scolded, don't talk back. Let your work speak for itself!"

He didn't just say this to Chen Jin, he also said this to Zhu Yanmanzi next to him.

She is only slightly better than Chen Jin, and the two of them are now staunch allies in the common injured camp.

"understand!"

"Learn from Director Zhang!"

Chen Jin was still in the mood to joke, and Zhang Yimou also laughed: "That's right, you have to stand at attention when you are beaten, but you can't be beaten all the time. If you are an actor, then let your performance speak for itself; if I am a director, then let my work speak for itself!"

No wonder you, Old Sanqiang, were criticized so much. Hurry up and make an art film. It seems that the lives of the audience are not important.

"Are you ready to fight back?"

Zhang Yimou suddenly said to the two of them, "I want to fight back too!"

Well, there is one more member in the alliance of the common injured camp.

The only way for the three of them to reverse their reputation now is probably with the current movie "Under the Hawthorn Tree" which will be released worldwide in a few days!
Yes, there are still people criticizing Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns".

In fact, he suffered more abuse than Chen Jin. After all, Xiao Zhu was the one who was least hurt.

"Let's go, check in, on the plane, I'll tell you about the Venice Film Festival!"

"When the time comes, you have to come with me to meet some people!"

As Zhang Yimou spoke, he led the two people from the VIP waiting channel to the first class cabin.

Of course the money came from the studio.

It is in disguise equivalent to the ticket bought by Chen Jin.

What’s funny is that Pu Lun also sought Chen Jin’s opinion because Zhang Yimou originally wanted to buy an economy class ticket.

As a big director, Chen Jin felt a little sad about traveling.

Thinking that he would break up with Zhang Weiping in two years, Chen Jin wanted to speed up the process. The quarrel between the two a few days ago had already shown some signs of a fuse.

In fact, Venice was not the reason why Zhang Yimou was angry. According to Pu Lun, what made Zhang Yimou most popular was that Zhang Weiping sold the TV drama copyrights of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" and "The Flowers of War".

Especially the latter.

Zhang Yimou purchased the film and television copyright of "The Flowers of War" in a package in order to control the rhythm and ensure that the film was released first.

However, many film and television companies want to take advantage of this wave of popularity to simultaneously operate the television rights of "The Flowers of War", just like the TV series "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is already being filmed.

Yan Geling, the original author of Jinling, approached Zhang Yimou twice to discuss repurchasing the TV rights. Zhang Yimou told her that when the film entered the post-production stage, the TV rights would be returned to her free of charge.

However, Zhang Weiping had already sold the television rights to "The Flowers of War" a few days ago without telling Zhang Yimou.

Sold for 2000.

Zhang Yimou was now in a difficult situation both inside and outside.

The key point is that the director who bought the copyright is his roommate. He lived in the upper bunk above him in college. Zhang Huijun is his rival.

Zhang Li!

The director of "Towards the Republic" and "The Ming Dynasty 1566"...his status in the TV drama circle is almost equivalent to that of Zhang Yimou in the film circle.

The final TV version of "Jinling" is called "The 49th Day", starring Hu Ge and Zhang Jiayi.

Chen Jin was shocked when he heard this.

Fortunately, Zhang Weiping looked down upon the small amount of money from his agency contract. This is what he told the media. He said that if New Picture wanted to sign an artist, it would have signed it long ago. Zhang Ziyi begged him three times... and kept calling him Viagra.

Chen Jin burst out laughing when he saw this interview.

"Chen Jin!"

Zhang Yimou sat there, looking at Chen Jin, whose mind seemed a little blank in the seat next to him.

"Director Zhang..."

"I'm going to tell you about some people I'm going to meet, so make a note of them!"

"Don't forget it then!"

"Ok!"

Chen Jin was listening carefully, and was more surprised with every word Zhang Yimou said.

Holy shit, does Beijing Film Academy have such strong connections in Venice?

The current Asian representative of the Venice Film Selection Committee, a graduate of Beijing Film Academy.

Marco Mueller, the curatorial chairman of Venice Film Festival for two terms and the director of the film festival, studied abroad at the Beijing Film Academy.

In fact, just this one person is enough.

But Zhang Yimou and Chen Jin have to visit the members of the Venice jury, including Chairman Quentin.

Chen Jin had only one thought in his mind at this moment: it felt so damn good to have someone leading you to fly!

Finally, Chen Jin and his group of five, after 26 hours of flight transfer and a bumpy high-speed bus ride, arrived at their final destination - the water city of Venice, Italy - by train.

A city standing on the water.

In the next half month, this small town will become the most lively place in the whole of Europe.

“I’m dying!”

Zhu Yanmanzi spoke weakly.

How excited and expectant we were when we came here, what a romantic capital, a water city, but now it is so listless.

Anyone who reverses for so long will not be able to bear it.

Except... Zhang Yimou.

The old man was in good spirits and even took a photo with his mobile phone.

"Let's take this gondola to Lido Island first. The hotel is on the island and we may have to stay there for half a month!"

Zhang Yimou acted as a tour guide and introduced the customs and culture of Venice to Chen Jin and others.

For example, gondola is a means of transportation in the water city of Venice, a pointed boat that every household has, just like a private car, and people come out to earn extra money at this time.

I have to say that after going abroad, Zhang Yimou felt a lot more relaxed.

He still acted like a director on the plane, but now he's almost like an elder.

“This boat is so fun!”

Zhu Yanmanzi sat on the gondola, pretending to be flying, and pulled Chen Jin to take selfies, posing in many ways.

An 18-year-old girl recovers very quickly.

However, Chen Jin saw a long and narrow island not far away. This was their real destination - Lido Island.

A slender island about 12 kilometers long, running across the southeast of Venice.

The Venice Film Festival is held here every year!

The island is now decorated with lights and countless tourists are strolling on the beach, and the lively atmosphere of the film festival is everywhere.

"Movie Palace!"

“The main venue of the Venice Film Festival!”

Zhang Yimou pointed to a palace-like building. It was completely closed at this time, but the layout was almost complete, except that the red carpet had been extended outside the door.

The hotel is near the Palace of Films.

After Chen Jin and the others checked in, they couldn't stand the sleepiness anymore and everyone chose to take a nap.

I can't sleep soundly because I have to adjust to the jet lag.

When Chen Jin woke up, it was already 4 pm Venice time. Of course, it was because of the alarm clock she had set. Next, Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi had to follow Zhang Yimou to attend the welcome dinner of the Venice Film Festival.

By the way, I'm going to visit a few key people.

Among them is Marco Muller, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, who is very important in Zhang Yimou's words, or "Old Ma" in Zhang Yimou's words.

Chen Jin has been fascinated by this person for a long time.

Because in Zhang Yimou's words, this old Ma treats the Chinese better than his fellow Italians.

Chen Jin couldn't help but wonder if this guy was a Chinese-language film promoter paid off by the Huaxia Film Bureau.

Otherwise, why would you go to such great lengths?
Well, the real cultural export business war is so simple and unpretentious!
(End of this chapter)