The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 256: Actor selection, bringing the newbie to see the world
After the first film of Chenguang Entertainment, or Chenguang Pictures, was launched, Zhang Chen began to revise the script at school, trying to make it fit the living environment in China.

After all, the original story takes place in France, and many of its living habits and behaviors are Western. It is still a bit difficult to replace these factors with the Chinese lifestyle.

The first issue is the identities of the two leading actors.

The two are piano teachers who lead a privileged life and belong to the French middle class: high income, elegant manners, respectability, independence, and unique taste.

If the film was shot in the style of those domestic directors, the background of the story would definitely be replaced with a rural one, and the lives of the two protagonists would be described as very difficult, with some family ethics, children's misunderstanding, and other Chinese-style living conditions of the poor added in.

The final outcome is probably that the child will come to his senses and regret that he did not take good care of his elderly parents, which led to their death.

Zhang Chen knew with his butt that these directors made art films to highlight: poverty, misery, misunderstanding, family ethics, and finally awakening and reconciliation.

This is also the reason why Zhang Chen originally wanted to shoot this movie abroad.

On the one hand, the living standards in China are not that good. If we want to reflect the real life in China, the best way is to set the story among ordinary people.

But in this way, the wife's elegant manners, decency, independence, and unique taste would not form a strong contrast with her later loss of dignity and miserable life after the stroke.

Only then will the plot appear where the husband kills his wife with his own hands in order to preserve her dignity.

The reason why this movie won the award is because of the act of the husband killing his wife.

The end of the movie also raises a thought-provoking question: if you encounter the same problem when you are old, should you respect your wife's wishes and kill her, or let her live in pain for the sake of your family and secular order?

That's the essence of this movie.

Zhang Chen didn't want to change any details. He didn't think his film narrative could compare to the original. He just wanted to follow the original and there was no need to add unnecessary details.

Most importantly, there are already enough films circulating abroad that reflect the backward and difficult real life in China's rural areas. Zhang Chen hopes to have some that reflect the living conditions of a group of people who have become wealthy, and also wants to show the current level of modernization in the country.

The Olympic Games are about to be held, but people abroad still think that China is still in the Qing Dynasty. How can this be acceptable?
“It’s hard to choose actors.”

Zhang Chen was in Tian Zhuangzhuang's office, looking at the piles of actor information with a headache.

Currently in China, the famous people are basically the younger generation. The older generation of actors have had classic works, but many people can’t remember their names.

Moreover, many veteran actors are used to filming period films, and they themselves have come through that difficult era. It is difficult for their own temperament to match the life in today's modern society.

If they were asked to play the role of high-income retirees from middle-class families, they might not be able to do it well.

"Would you like me to introduce someone to you?"

"Who?"

"Lan Tianye."

Zhang Chen didn't react at first, but slowly the image of an immortal-looking Jiang Ziya emerged in his mind.

Lan Tianye was one of the first major actors when the Capital People's Art Theater was founded in 52. After retiring in 87, he was still concerned about the development of the theater and served as the artistic consultant of the theater. He trained Pu Cunxin, Song Dandan, Liang Guanhua and other well-known national first-class actors.

It can be said that Mr. Lan is one of the earliest artists in the country to get involved in performing arts.

"That's indeed appropriate, but can you invite him?"

As for other actors, as long as Zhang Chen is there, those actors basically will not refuse Zhang Chen, but this one is different. He is a serious and respectable old artist and he doesn't have to worry about worldly social relationships anymore.

"How will you know if you don't try?"

"That's true, what about the actress?"

"Wu Yanshu, I wonder if you have heard of it."

"The one from the Shanxi Provincial Drama Theater?"

"You know her well." Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at the young Zhang Chen with some surprise. "Her husband Zhang Yifei is a national first-class composer and was once the chairman of the Musicians Association of Shanxi Province. She should be able to play the role of a music teacher well."

"That's it for now. I'll come to your place more often to take classes during this time."

"I actually hope that you can really study hard and become a good director in the future."

Tian Zhuangzhuang sighed, there is really a shortage of new generation directors in China nowadays.

They, the fifth generation of directors, came from the era of art films. Many of them have not been able to change their thinking, and some cannot keep up with the era of commercial films.

Directors like Jia Zhangke are obsessed with making money through art films and have no intention of making commercial films.

There is now an embarrassing situation in China. Directors of the older generation, such as Zhang Yimou, have taken up the banner of domestic commercial films and are constantly exploring the shooting model of domestic commercial films.

The younger generation of directors have flocked to foreign countries, collecting foreign money and making the films that foreigners want them to make.

Younger directors, on the other hand, have ideas but lack investors.

However, the number of cinemas and screens in the country is limited, and the total box office revenue each year is limited, which cannot accommodate more people to come in and share a piece of the pie.

"Don't worry, Director Tian. Everything will be fine." Zhang Chen knew what Tian Zhuangzhuang was worried about. "Who knows, there may be a grassroots female director who can win the box office championship in the future."

"hehe."

It’s not that Tian Zhuangzhuang looked down on the female director, but he felt that Zhang Chen was joking with him.

Zhang Chen didn't explain either.

In the future, anyone who sees the magical film market in China will shake their heads and say that it is a piece of shit, but there will be people who force you to praise it for being delicious. You have to praise it, otherwise you will be labeled as a discriminatory person.

Zhang Chen stayed in school to study throughout November, and became familiar with his classmates.

But that was all. The big stars of the famous Beijing Film Academy's 02 star class in the future were now just a group of unknown people. There was a natural barrier between them and Zhang Chen, and they couldn't talk to each other at all.

However, Liu Yifei had a lot of fun playing with her classmates during this period.

The little girl has only been famous for a few short months, and has never been to other occasions to receive other people's attention. Naturally, she does not realize that her identity has become completely different.

It was not until November 11 that Zhang Chen and Liu Yifei arrived in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Because today is the first "2003 Superstar Xuanfeng - Super Ceremony".

Zhang Chen originally didn't want to come, but since Liu Yifei and the singers who had just signed with him lacked exposure, he had no choice but to bring them here in person to participate in this ceremony.

At around 6 o'clock in the evening, the elites from the film, television, music and fashion circles of both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and the entire Asia appeared at the entrance of the Shanghai Grand Theater.

The main reason why Zhang Chen came to attend this award ceremony was because this time MTV broke the iron rule of "the flowers are the same every year" in previous awards ceremonies.

For example, Na Ying and Tian Zhen, who often staged a "Queen of Pop Battle" at the awards ceremonies in previous years, did not even receive a nomination. Instead, some newcomers who have just released albums or have film and television works this year were pushed to the forefront.

For example, the top four contestants in “The Voice of China” basically all received a nomination.

"Brother, look ahead."

After getting off the car, Liu Yifei took Zhang Chen's hand.

This was her first time to attend an award ceremony as an artist with Zhang Chen, so she naturally couldn't miss the opportunity to walk the red carpet with Zhang Chen.

"They really have the nerve to come." Zhang Chen sneered as he looked at Carina Lau and other Huayi artists who were walking on the red carpet not far away.

"Teacher Zhang Chen, it's your turn."

Seeing that Zhang Chen had no intention of leaving, the staff reminded him, "It's okay. It's too crowded in front. I'll wait a little longer."

"Then," the worker looked at Zhang Chen carefully, "I'll go and clear the area for you."

Clearing the venue is the biggest show on the red carpet of the awards ceremony.

When an important guest walks the red carpet, you need to leave enough space for him or her to take photos.

Because when important guests enter, no one will pay attention to other artists. This is also the most intuitive reflection of strength, fame and status.

Zhang Chen didn't answer, just waited at the other end of the red carpet.

"Zhang Chen is here!"

"where?"

"Hurry, hurry, let me change the film first."

The reporters who were originally taking pictures of Feng Xiaogang, Carina Lau and others directly ignored Hua Yi and others who were still posing, and rushed to the back of the red carpet.

After a few seconds, the area around Feng Xiaogang and the others became deserted and no one paid any attention to them anymore.

"Teachers, please go inside quickly?"

At this time, the staff also came forward and gave a kind reminder.

In fact, the meaning of the words is probably: Be sensible and stop embarrassing yourself here.

When the big stars come on stage, everyone's attention goes to them. No one will pay attention to Carina Lau and others anymore. Staying here will only add to the embarrassment, so it is better to go in quickly.

This is also one of the reasons why the venue needs to be cleared, to save some face for these artists who are much less famous.

"Damn it," Feng Xiaogang muttered.

He also didn't expect that they, who were so popular just now, would experience the feeling of going from heaven to hell in just a few seconds.

"old."

"He's not your boss now."

Feng Xiaogang took the lead and started to walk in. He couldn't afford to lose this person. When he left, he did not forget to remind Carina Lau and others from Hong Kong Island: "I brought you here today to let you see if there is a chance to ease the relationship with him."

"I"

Carina Lau was speechless and didn't know what to say.

When Zhang Chen got into trouble, he rushed to Hong Kong Island to deal with the matter immediately.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chen completely stood from her perspective and calmed the matter down. It is said that the boss of Yinghuang suffered a great loss afterwards, and his godson only came out after operating the sewing machine not long ago.

But what did she do?
Without saying a word, she followed Wang Jinghua to join Huayi, just for a more relaxed contract with a higher profit-sharing ratio, and directly stabbed Chenguang Entertainment, which had helped her solve a huge problem.

To be honest, she was too embarrassed to appear in front of Zhang Chen.

"Let's talk about it after we go in." Li Bingbing next to him reminded.

At this time, only Zhang Chen and the top four contestants of "The Voice of China" were left on the red carpet: Liu Yifei, Wang Xinling, Yao Beina, and Lin Junjie.

"Zhang Chen, I haven't attended an award ceremony for a long time. I want to know why you are here this time?"

The host seemed a little cautious when asking questions.

Although Zhang Chen rarely attends award ceremonies, he always causes some weird things at every award ceremony.

Although he was the off-site host, he was more or less afraid that Zhang Chen would do something he couldn't expect today.

"I'll bring a few newcomers here to experience the award ceremony."

Zhang Chen pointed at the few newbies behind him.

Liu Yifei was fine, after all, she had participated in such occasions once or twice, but the other three were a little nervous.

This was their first time attending such a grand awards ceremony.

All the attendees at this award ceremony are the top artists in Asia, many of whom can only be seen on TV or in cinemas.

But here, such artists can be found everywhere.

And most importantly, it was their first time attending such a grand ceremony. Originally, they should have been considered just moderate stars. Their fame had risen but their abilities had not caught up yet, so they would not have received much attention.

But today, when he followed Zhang Chen into the venue, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Looking at the crowd of reporters and the large number of microphones of various colors in front of them, they were extremely nervous, fearing that saying something wrong would make them the front page of the news.

"Let's go." After finishing the interview, Zhang Chen brought the four newbies into the venue.

There is nothing noteworthy in the outfield, the key is still on the field.

A lot of people came today, and he wanted to take a closer look inside.

Next year, Chenguang Entertainment will release several movies, so we need to get in touch with more actors.

Now his circle is still limited to singers, and he lacks connections in the film industry.

And most importantly, Huayi’s gang actually brought the artists who were “banned” by him and appeared openly at the awards ceremony in the mainland.

This really means he turned a deaf ear to his hint.

Wondering what the people from Huayi had the confidence to challenge him secretly, Zhang Chen also successfully entered the inner field.

When he arrived, the place was already full of people.

These artists seemed to have known that Zhang Chen was approaching and had already stood up to greet him.

"Brother Chen."

Zhang Chen was stunned by their uniform way of addressing him.

"Why are you acting like a gang leader?"

Wang Xinling whispered something in Liu Yifei's ear.

"Because these people are afraid of my brother. Just get used to it."

Liu Yifei knows a lot of inside information.

Zhang Chen, however, caught several troublemakers at the award ceremony and sent them to jail.

How can we not be afraid of these people who all have some dirty tricks under their butts?

　The first chapter is here. I’ve been having a bit of a writer’s block lately.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)