At the beginning, Zhang Yimou warned Zhang Wuyi not to shoot TV series, saying that her path should be in movies, and it would be ruined if she went to act in TV series.

And these words came from Zhang Jizhong's invitation to her to play "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and even offered two million.

Of course, Zhang Wuyi is excited, after all, when she was casting for this drama in the last life, she had not yet graduated.

What's more, in 00, not to mention that she was a student, even if she was a big name, few people had such a high salary.

But when Zhang Yimou learned about it, he scolded Zhang Ziyi, saying that she would be scrapped after filming!

However, Zhang Yimou is not just a mouth cannon, in order to make up for her, he specially asked Ang Lee to introduce Zhang Wuyi to film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Not only is it more popular than popular, but also has a certain reputation in the world through Jade Jiaolong, and her oriental beauty is also favored by many people, and many directors have seen her plasticity.

Facts have proved that Zhang Yimou did have a vision at the beginning.

First, Yue Lingshan's role is not particularly outstanding, and secondly, Zhang Wuyi's talent allows her to be like a fish in water in the movie, and she has won the name of an international chapter.

After all, not everyone is a weekly news, and they can take all TV series and movies.

And even Zhou Xun, aside from her acting skills, when it comes to brand influence, she is indeed slightly inferior to Zhang in this regard.

However, the international brands endorsed by Zhouxun also include Chanel, Lanzi, and Dan Zhang, from Coca-Cola to VISA credit cards, to Dior, Mercedes-Benz, Armani and so on.

Whether it is the audience or the brand, in addition to the matching appearance and fame, they also value the resume.

It's not that one is bad, but you have played some roles, and what you convey to the outside world is such an image, such as Song Danshan and Lao Zhao, they are actually not dirty in private, but they are limited by the screen image, and the products endorsed are also obvious to all.

With such a screen image and endorsement of these categories, even if there are foreign big names who are hot for their fame, they dare not find them to endorse.

It's like selling Tesla, although it has been repeatedly stated that it is genuine, the public will still be skeptical, but if it is Jingdong or Tmall, it will probably be much better.

If the impression of the past is stereotyped by the public, it is difficult to change it.

However, Ning Yuan himself does not have this kind of worry, firstly, he knows the future direction, and secondly, he has his own company's thriving, even if it is a high-end product, as a business elite at the boss level, it can also fit the image.

And now, there are awards from the Berlin Theaterffen Festival - whether it is Chinese or international, theatrical performances are high-end.

Now after Ningyuan's company was exposed at the press conference, it also spread abroad, and after the two days of swarming, a big name came to him.

Prada！

The Chinese translation is Prada.

In Ning Yuan's impression, it seems that this brand is quite fond of the Chinese market, and it has been signing a contract with Takeshi Kaneshiro as early as 97 and endorsing 98 spring and summer men's clothing.

Takeshi Kaneshiro, who was only 24 years old at the time, can be said to be his most popular period, after cooperating with Wong Kar-wai in "Chongqing Forest" and "Fallen Angel", he starred in many movies and TV series, and launched two albums, and also began to enter the neon country market in 98.

Although he is young, Takeshi Kaneshiro has enough works to get his hands on, and the temperament and appearance of the whole person are not to mention, which is comparable to the current Ning Yuan.

Even now, Takeshi Kaneshiro is still the dream lover of many people, and in the last Neon Country vote, his ranking was slightly higher than Ning Yuan, after all, he became famous earlier and has many works.

At that time, Takeshi Kaneshiro, although it was not like he had the title of official spokesperson now, but in that era, it was already a very rare thing to be able to appear in luxury advertisements.

At that time, brand awareness, especially in China, was very rare for artists to appear on the camera, and most of the advertising blockbusters were supermodels as the protagonists, and many of them were European and American models.

Not to mention, the Chinese people are even more convinced-

It was an era when farts were more fragrant abroad, and it was not surprising that there was such a general understanding, and when China's economy rose, more and more people went abroad, and there was an Internet that could be released at any time, and it would no longer be deceived by some public knowledge, only to find that the moon abroad was not much rounder than at home, and this situation slowly changed.

And at this time, even Ning Yuan couldn't change his mind.

After Takeshi Kaneshiro, Geng Le also endorsed Prada, although he and Xia Yu both debuted through "Sunny Days", but the difference between winning and not winning, male number one and male number two, is big.

In fact, he has a lot of works, but most of them don't make any splashes, and in terms of movies, they are basically literary films, so naturally there are not too many audiences.

However, his 'marginal character' temperament that is free from the camera gives people a sense of high-level mystery, which is naturally favored by big names.

Many of the director's female novels like to test the waters with him, not to mention Jiang Wen's "Sunshine", as well as Guan Hu's "Hair is Messy", Huo Jianqi's "Winner", Zhang Yibai's "Subway to Spring" and so on.

Even Ning Yuan's fellow countryman, Yang Chao, who won the Berlin Silver Bear Award for "The Yangtze River", still plays the male lead in his female work "Journey" - before this, although Yang Chao directed several films, they were either short films or documentaries, commercials, or executive directors of TV series.

And "Journey" is the first film directed independently by Yang Chao in the true sense.

Maybe it's this kind of favored fearlessness, Geng Le is very Buddhist, and Buddha is tied to ...... The endorsement is coming, and it is still an international brand.

At this time, Geng Le hadn't gotten up yet, so Ning Yuan should be regarded as the second Chinese star that Prada found, and even in a sense, the first real Chinese star.

Although Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Chinese film actor, he is a neon nationality after all.

When they learned the news, the company's new employees were the first to be creamy.

Fortunately for the old employees, after all, there was a grand prize at the Berlin Theatertreffen to get vaccinated, and the difficulty is more advanced than this kind of endorsement.

After signing the contract and filming in one go, Ning Yuan was tired enough.

But after the news got out, the media flocked again, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, after all, it was of great significance.

Because at this time, no mainland star has ever received an international endorsement, let alone this kind of luxury.

And Ning Yuan now has the task of endorsement, and it is not easy for him to refuse, not to mention that these media are really chicken thieves, and they specially choose the location for filming and wait.

Even Ning Yuan doubted that this news was released by the brand.

However, since he came to shoot, he would not arrange anything else, and he also had the time to deal with the media, and everyone returned satisfied.

Within a few days, the advertisements began to be rolled out, and Ning Yuan's cold face in the window made countless women unable to move their steps.

Even Jiang Youyou, who passed by occasionally, was stunned at that moment, and then pouted: "You can be handsome, hum!"

Then, she took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Ning Yuan: "I saw your endorsement, I took a good shot." ”

"You're polite, do you want to go back and give you one?"

"I thank you, you're endorsing men's clothing, so give it to my dad. ”

After posting this, Jiang Youyou sent another one: "Are you ready, what can you go?"

"Okay, I'll look for you tomorrow. ”

"Okay, call me when it's time. ”

......

Before going to Xiangjiang, Zhang Jizhong came to Ning Yuan again.

"I decided to shoot "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" next. ”

"Don't let you decide, it's really good that Jin Lao said that it's good. ”

"He watched our film and was quite satisfied, so I took the opportunity to mention it, and he didn't object, so he said that when the time came, he would show him the audition image after the casting. ”

"That shouldn't be a problem. ”

"Of course there is a problem, you have to play Guo Jing. ”

"Have you ever seen such a handsome Guo Jing?"

"Nonsense, I haven't seen a woman like you, you ever-changing enchantress is just a trick, it's not like anything, I believe you. ”

"Don't talk about it again. ”

"Don't don't, I was wrong, you are the most dedicated actor, there is no play that you can't come, only whether you are willing or not, so, little ancestor, are you willing?"

"Hmm...... It can be arranged for the time being, but I can't say for sure when the time comes, and if there is no particularly important delay, I promise you. ”

"I can wait. ”

Ning Yuan couldn't smile bitterly, but he was indeed a little interested in Zhang Jizhong's "Shooting the Condor", and he was also worried about being lowered by Li Yapeng's reputation.

Li's condor shooting is indeed indescribable, he and Zhou Xun are indeed superb in acting, but in terms of image and performance, Ning Yuan feels that Li Yapeng played Guo Jing a little stupid.

In fact, Guo Jing is not stupid, but he is simple and honest, even if you say that he is stupid, it is okay, but you lean on the 'stupid', which really makes the audience, especially readers who are familiar with the original work, unacceptable.

In addition, Zhou Xun's Huang Rong, although her acting is really good, her original voice makes Ning Yuan play every minute.

When I watched it at the time, Ning Yuan was thinking, Miss, can't you find a dubbing?

In terms of image alone, Ning Yuan's favorite is not the 83-year-old version of Weng Meiling that many people are keen on, but Zhu Yin, who shows the eccentric, ice and snow smart Huang Rong in a heartwarming way.

This is also related to the audience, like Ning Yuan, a person in the 80s, the first part he watched was the 94 version, and those who were born in the 60s and 70s watched the 83 version.

In fact, Weng's version is more about feelings.

Isn't she pretty? No, a lot of people who think it's good just stay in the impression, and if they rewatch it now, they may not be able to stick to it.

This is similar to the 97 version of Tianlong Babu that is popular on the Internet, many people stay in the addition of feelings, but in fact, Hu Jun's Xiao Daxia, Xuzhu's ugliness, the suave Duan Yu, and all kinds of beauties and scenery, which one does not surpass the 97 version.

Fan Shaohuang's virtual bamboo, which point conforms to the image of "ugly appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, upturned nostrils, ears and thick lips"?

Probably mediocre Gutian Le has a comparison.

As for the plot, Hu Jun's version is not inferior, Ning Yuan personally thinks that the 03 version of Tianlong is the pinnacle of Zhang Jizhong, and he only began to go downhill after that.