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Chapter 255 The Birth of a Rookie Director

"Just for such a small matter, you came all the way to my place?"

Tong Gang looked at Zhang Chen who was delivering the script to him and was a little confused.

After all, this young man was the boss of a group company and a world-famous star. He came to his office just to give him a script.

This kind of thing can be handed over to any employee in his company to the relevant department, and then they can wait for notification and be done with it.

Why should a big boss and a big star, and a head of the film industry, be asked to worry about the same thing at the same time?

"Director Tian said that the script I wrote might win an award, but it's hard to pass the review. I don't want to let those old guys give me advice, so I came directly to you."

Zhang Chen traced his memory and found the place where Tong Gang hid the tea leaves when he came last time. He picked up the tea leaves and started to brew them.

"You really don't consider yourself an outsider." Tong Gang shook his head helplessly. He was really annoyed by this self-familiar young man. The key point was that he couldn't control him. "Put less, I only have a few taels."

"This time we've changed to purple bamboo tea. It seems Director Tong really likes the tea from northern Zhejiang." Zhang Chen didn't listen to Tong Gang and scooped a large spoonful of tea into the cup. "I have plenty of tea. You see, I don't look like someone who can't afford tea. If you need any tea, just come to me and get it."

"Your tea is your tea, don't show off in front of me." Tong Gang felt sorry for his good tea. He said this in a bad mood and then looked at the script in his hand. It seemed that he wanted to pretend that he didn't see it.

Seeing that Tong Gang didn't respond, Zhang Chen shrugged indifferently.

He has to find a way to deliver this tea.

I wasted so much of Director Tong's good tea, so it's reasonable for me to compensate him with dozens of kilograms of good tea.

The office fell silent.

Zhang Chen drank his tea leisurely while Tong Gang read the script attentively.

About twenty minutes later, after Zhang Chen drank some water, Tong Gang finally finished reading the script.

"It doesn't look like your book will be returned to me."

Tong Gang thought for a moment and came to this conclusion.

"Are you sure that this will be the same outcome if I hand it over to those guys?"

"This"

Tong Gang was a little speechless. He also knew the quality of those old guys under him. A newcomer in the film and television industry like Zhang Chen might really be troubled.

Not to mention that Zhang Chen is a big boss and a big star, and he has a status in the country, but that group of people are just a group of people who live in a small circle. If they don’t have some connections, any slightly excessive topic will really be rejected.

"Director Tong, let me make it clear first. If this script doesn't get approved, I will go abroad and find someone to shoot it. I won't let those old guys tell me what to do. If Director Tian hadn't said that this movie could bring honor to the country, I would have gone abroad directly."

Zhang Chen said it very casually.

But to Tong Gang, Zhang Chen was just a good young man who wanted to win honor for his country.

As for the first half of the words, Tong Gang was selectively deaf.

After all, sometimes he also wants those people to get out as soon as possible, so Zhang Chen's attitude is normal.

"Alright, alright, I'll personally deliver it to you and get the formalities done for you in two days." Tong Gang looked helplessly at the tiny bit of tea left in his hand, clutching his chest in pain, "Let's go quickly, don't waste my good tea."

"It's not worth much."

"You, a big boss, don't care about this little money. I just work hard to get a little salary, which is only enough to buy a little tea, and you have wasted it all."

"You see, I was reckless." Zhang Chen nodded in sudden realization, "I'll bring you some next time I come back as an apology."

"You have so many little tricks up your sleeve." Tong Gang directly exposed Zhang Chen's little tricks and waved his hand helplessly, "Go away, don't try to trick me with this kind of thing."

"Then I'll trouble Director Tong."

Zhang Chen nodded seriously, as if he understood what Tong Gang said.

As for what it will be like next time, only Zhang Chen knows.

Anyway, as a boss with assets of tens of billions, it is impossible for him to owe just a few ounces of tea.

I really can't afford to lose this person.

"What about actors?" Tong Gang asked after Zhang Chen stood up, "How about considering actors from Taiwan or Hong Kong?"

"People in Hong Kong can't even speak Mandarin well. Do you want me to make a Cantonese film?"

Zhang Chen has only one requirement for Hong Kong actors, and that is that they must speak Mandarin fluently. No one with an accent is accepted. To put it bluntly, this movie is aiming to win awards at the three major international film festivals.

They won't accept movies that aren't dubbed by the actors themselves.

"As for Taiwan," Zhang Chen seemed to have thought of something, and goose bumps appeared on his hands. "On the first of this month, they just held a gay parade. It was disgusting."

Zhang Chen has always respected but not understood this kind of thing.

His attitude has always been: you guys play your own games and don't get involved.

"Can you find the actors you like in China?"

"I have an idea in my mind, but I don't know if the other party agrees."

"You direct it yourself?"

"Let's talk about it later." Zhang Chen had actually thought about this matter in the past two days.

The script in his hand is called "Love".

The original version is a French film, but the story background of the script he has is in China.

If it were filmed according to the original version and the background story remained unchanged, this movie would be full of honors.

First of all, Director Chen is the only director in China who has won the "Palme d'Or" in his lifetime, and the movie "Love" was also the Palme d'Or film in 12.

In addition, the film also won the four most important awards at the European Film Awards: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director.

In addition, it has also won numerous awards at film festivals in the UK, France and Italy.

Most importantly, this film also won the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film" award, which many mainland directors have longed for.

For a movie like this, as long as the script is complete and handed over to any director with solid basic skills, and with the supervision of Zhang Chen, the director of this movie will surely become a "god" in one step.

But that's where the problem lies.

Currently, Morning Light Entertainment does not have any signed film directors.

If this movie was given to Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai to shoot, companies like New Picture would benefit more.

After all, the honor of domestic films will go to the director. For a good movie, people will praise the director for his good shooting, rather than the production company and producer behind it.

Therefore, Zhang Chen doesn't really want to use a big director like Zhang Yimou who is closely tied to the new image, as he always feels like he is just making things easier for others.

"Forget it, I won't give you any more advice."

Tong Gang originally wanted to introduce a director, but he also thought of Zhang Chen's concerns.

We are all smart people, and we can see the essence of many things if we think about them a little.

"Director Tong, I'll go back first."

Beijing Film Academy, Department of Directing
"That's the thing. You decide what to do."

Zhang Chen sat down in front of Tian Zhuangzhuang and explained what he had gained from Tong Gang yesterday and the difficulties he was facing now.

“The easiest way is to find someone to take the photo.”

"Except for the great directors of your generation, I look down upon all other domestic directors."

"Didn't Jia Zhangke help you shoot a music video? Would you like to consider it?"

“Him.” Zhang Chen rubbed his brows with a headache, “Ever since he filmed the MV for me a few years ago, I don’t know what he’s been busy with.”

"In the final analysis, it's you who can't bear to part with this movie."

Tian Zhuangzhuang's words struck Zhang Chen deeply in the heart.

"I noticed as early as when we were in the Tianlong crew that you still like movies very much. It's just that your identity is different now, you have more things to do, and you have to care about other people's opinions, so you start to get tangled up." Tian Zhuangzhuang took a sip of tea and uttered two words, "twisted."

"I" Zhang Chen was speechless.

He really thought too much.

My singing career is almost over, and my business plans are almost complete.

Our only pursuit now is to export Chinese culture to the world.

In fact, he only needs to manage this matter behind the scenes and there is no need for him to go to the front line to work himself.

But then again, he is only 18 years old now, and it would be really uncomfortable for him to have so much energy and nowhere to use it.

After all, he is not like other wealthy people or rich second generations who can support a group of women at home to enjoy life and vent their energy that has nowhere to go.

This kind of pig-like life may seem wonderful, but it hurts your kidneys.

He didn't want to die young.

It's not easy to live again, so you have to have some pursuits. It would be ridiculous to die in a woman's belly.

"Don't dilly-dally. I know you're busy. I'll hire you as an assistant director when the time comes."

Seeing that Zhang Chen was still struggling, Tian Zhuangzhuang directly gave him a solution.

The big director took the position of assistant director, which clearly showed that he wanted to help Zhang Chen to review the work.

Sometimes the assistant director will help the director shoot some shots, it’s just a matter of importance.

"That's fine."

Zhang Chen nodded. Since Tian Zhuangzhuang had already said this, he stopped worrying about it.

In addition to being a singer, actor, and rookie screenwriter, he now has a new identity in the film and television industry - a rookie director.

　The protagonist will not always be the director, it is only when the plot requires it.

　　This is the company's first film, so it has to get off to a good start, but the benefits cannot be taken away by outsiders, so we can only arrange for the main character to play the role.
　　After that, I will look at the situation and move behind the scenes when the time is right.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)