At the Xiangxing Tea Restaurant on Yuzhou Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Zhang Ran and Nicholas Tse sat opposite each other, neither spoke, and looked at each other coldly, not like a director meeting with an actor, but a bit of a underworld negotiation.

Zhang Ran arrived in Xiangjiang two days ago and has already signed a contract with Edison Cheng and Yu Wenle. But Nicholas Tse has no news, which makes Zhang Ran a little annoyed, he really thinks of himself as a character, can't I do this movie without you? Zhang Ran originally planned to find other actors, but after thinking about it, he still asked him out to talk, I don't believe it can be done with you!

Unexpectedly, Nicholas Tse agreed to meet as soon as he made an appointment. Zhang Ran was a little confused, what is wrong with this kid?

At present, the restaurant where the two are located was recommended by Nicholas Tse, Zhang Ran is not familiar with Xiangjiang, and he has no better idea of where to meet.

Xie Tingfeng's vision is not bad, Xiangxing Tea Restaurant is quite distinctive, the round lamp at the door, the ceiling fan on the ceiling, the traditional tea restaurant card position, and even the signs that used to tell people not to spit, all of them have retained the appearance of 50 years ago like time solidification, which is very nostalgic.

At this time, there were only a few customers in the restaurant, but they were all dressed in crisp suits, elegant and generous, and they were obviously elites. It's not at all the gangster head with a toothpick in his mouth and a gold chain around his neck as Zhang Ran imagined.

Before coming, Zhang Ran studied Nicholas Tse, because his parents divorced and he went abroad to study, his family and social environment made him more withdrawn, autistic, and insecure. Many people say that he pretends to be cool, Zhang Ran feels that this is actually a way to protect himself, he has a strong self-esteem, and he also has a heavy sense of inferiority, a very extreme person.

For this kind of person, if you can defeat the arrogance in him, he will obey you, and it is a truth to train the horse.

After looking at each other for a while, Nicholas Xie spoke first.

"Director, I've read your movie script, and I'm interested in this character. Nicholas Tse looked at Zhang Ran and frowned, "But I haven't been to the mainland to film, I heard that your way of filming is different from Xiangjiang, I don't know if I can adapt to it, I am full of concerns!"

Zhang Ran is sure of his own judgment, a person who pretends to be cool and plays cool, and is uninhibited will never worry about adapting to the environment, for this kind of person, the world is under my feet: "I speak more directly, if I don't say it right, please don't be surprised! I think the biggest concern of an actor should be whether he can play this role, not what the environment is! An actor must learn to adapt, adapt to the environment, adapt to the crew, adapt to the director, and adapt to different people." ”

Nicholas Xie was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Ran to be so direct: "You're right, but I don't like the feeling of drifting outside." Forget it, I have a question about the role of Zhou Xu, in the end, what did Zhou Xu think of Chen Wei, and finally Zhou Xu succeeded, logically speaking, he should be grateful to Chen Wei, but Chen Wei wanted to ruin Zhou Xu's life before, Zhou Xu and Chen Wei finally looked at each other and smiled, did he forgive Chen Wei?

"Mine is neutral. Zhang Ran laughed, "I made this movie, mainly to tell a wonderful story." The film touches on a lot of topics, and I don't want to go too deep into the film. So, I leave the space for you to play, you are Zhou Xu, what you think he thinks, he thinks. ”

Nicholas Tse nodded: "Actually, I'm quite strange, how did you think of filming a Xiangjiang story, and why did you ask me to play the role of Zhou Xu?"

Zhang Ran explained: "The story is placed in Xiangjiang to pass the review, as for why I chose you, I have watched your "Half a Cigarette", the performance is good, very natural, of course, this is not the most important, the most important thing is that I think you are very similar to Zhou Xu, you are a more withdrawn, autistic, insecure, and extremely self-esteem, desperately trying to prove yourself; Zhou Xu practiced drums until his hands bleed, and you acted very hard, I heard that you were almost paralyzed when you played "Crazy Boy". You guys are so alike, this character is like it was made for you!"

Nicholas Tse had never felt that his secret would be seen through by others in an instant, just like this, this feeling made him feel very terrifying, he stared at Zhang Ran deadly, and there was a flash of fire in his eyes.

Zhang Ran's face did not change, and he always maintained a shallow smile on his face: "Others think that you are mixing with the halo of your parents, so you have to work a thousand times harder to prove yourself." Now you have won the Academy Award for Best Newcomer and the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, but you haven't completely proven yourself yet. The quality of the movies you play is average, not many people will remember that an actor must have a masterpiece if he wants to prove himself, and now you don't have a real masterpiece. When we think of Chow Yun-fat, we think of "The True Colors of Heroes", when we mention Lin Qingxia, we think of "The East is Undefeated", and when you mention it, what can you think of? Is there a work worth writing about? "Bursting Drummer" is such a work!"

Nicholas Tse suddenly sighed: "You are so confident, I envy you!"

Zhang Ran wasn't sure if Nicholas Tse really thought so, or if he was mocking, but the other party always kept a straight face and couldn't see his thoughts: "How can you be a director if you are not confident, how can you be able to control the scene if you are not confident? How can an actor listen to you?"

Nicholas Tse suddenly smiled: "It seems that you are a very powerful director, I don't know what movies you have made, let me see and understand when you say it?"

This sentence is full of irony, he knows how a young director like Zhang Ran can have any good works, and even if he has, he can't be very good.

Zhang Ran was not annoyed, opened the laptop, clicked on "Time Prisoner", and pushed it in front of Nicholas Tse's cover: "This is my movie, you must not have heard of it, but you can evaluate it after watching it." ”

"Okay, I'll just enjoy Director Zhang's masterpiece. Nicholas Tse took the mouse, put on the headphones and looked.

Nicholas Tse was watching "Time Prisoner" with a critical eye, and he did see some problems, he was very disapproving, at this level, it was a big boast!

It's just that as the story progresses, Nicholas Tse is attracted by the plot of the movie, and gradually forgets to find faults, completely immersed in the story, and worries about the fate of the characters.

After watching the whole movie, Nicholas Tse raised his head and looked at Zhang Ran in a daze and didn't know what to say.

Nicholas Tse collaborated with others before, directed a movie, and knew a lot about the director. Now he finally understands that Zhang Ran's self-confidence is reasonable, this person is indeed very powerful!

Very powerful!

Zhang Ran knew that Nicholas Tse was shocked, and continued to increase: "I remember that you worked with Director Tsui Hark, Tsui Hark is a person who understands acting, and he also likes to point out young actors, he should have pointed out your acting problems, you acted too tightly and too hard! I'm a professional in acting, I can help you!"

Tsui Hark's part of Zhang Ran is a blind guess, but it is a fact that Nicholas Tse often acts too hard, not only now, but his problem has not been solved after ten years, "The True Colors of Men", "Counter War", "Wuji" and many other movies, all of which are like this.

Xie Tingfeng's eyes widened instantly, looking at Zhang Ran's gaze like a monster, Tsui Hark did say so, how did Zhang Ran know?

Actors all understand a truth, a good director's film is of great significance to the actors. Hollywood superstars are willing to put down their top salaries and take on small-cost literary films with low salaries, just to hone their acting skills and broaden their acting path.

For actors, not knowing how to improve themselves is a big problem. In the previous life, Liu Yifei did not make much progress in acting, except for his own reasons, the director he cooperated with is also a reason, if he can cooperate with Zhang Yimou and Wong Kar-wai in two plays, it will definitely be two things. Working with a great director and being able to understand the actor's ability to discover his strengths and discover his own performance couldn't be more important.

Nicholas Tse is not sure that Zhang Ran will be able to guide himself to improve his acting skills, but since Zhang Ran can go everywhere with his own acting skills, it is worth a try: "I am willing to take this role, but I don't know who Chen Wei's actor is?"

Nicholas Tse was willing to accept this role, which made Zhang Ran very excited, but it was also expected, if even Nicholas Tse couldn't handle it, then if he met a drama bully like Jiang Wen, wouldn't he just be able to squat in the corner and cry like Lu Chuan?

Zhang Ran smiled faintly: "It's Mr. Wang Zhiwen, you may not know him, but he is one of the best actors in the mainland." Take Xiangjiang as an example, I recognize three actors in acting, Leung Jiahui, Tony Leung, and Leslie Cheung, in fact, I considered asking Leung Jiahui to play Chen Wei, but he is too expensive and I can't afford it. If I want to pick three actors from the mainland, I will choose Li Xuejian, Li Baotian, and Wang Zhiwen. You'll know how good he's when you play against him in the future, especially his lines!"

Nicholas Tse once again felt Zhang Ran's arrogance, Xiangjiang's actors only recognized three, this is just like any of them in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", crazy and boundless!

However, this time Nicholas Xie did not have any dissatisfaction, nodded and said: "Okay, I have no problem, I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Wang Zhiwen!"

"By the way, I forgot to tell you that Zhou Xu's two rival actors are your acquaintances, Edison Cheng and Yu Wenle!"

"I didn't expect the two of them, has the contract been signed?" Nicholas Tse laughed when he heard Cheng Guanxi and Yu Wenle, "The two of them are my friends!"

"Yes, it was signed yesterday!" Zhang Ran nodded.

"I didn't know that you found the two of them, if I knew that they would be filming with me in the mainland, I wouldn't hesitate at all!" Nicholas Tse smiled embarrassedly, and then said, "I'll call the two of them out, and we'll drink together at night!"

"Okay, I'm not familiar with Xiangjiang at all, you're the head snake, I'll listen to your arrangement!" Zhang Ran said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll give them a call!" Nicholas Tse smiled, took out his mobile phone and said loudly in Cantonese, "Ediso, I'm with Zhang Ran, yes, it's the director of "Burst Drummer", how about going to drink together at night?"

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