Zhang Ran didn't talk much with Liang Jiahui, and after making an appointment to meet tomorrow, he waved goodbye and walked to the theater.

As soon as the four of them entered the theater, they were quickly guided to their seats.

Just when Zhang Ran and Jay Chou were chatting, Zhang Zhiliang and Yu Minghai came to the scene with the crew of "Bloody Notes", and sat down with Zhang Ran on a chair in each aisle.

"Notes with Blood" was shortlisted for the Asian Wind Unit, an award established from the 10th edition to revitalize Asian film production and promote Asian film exchanges. There are a total of 15 films shortlisted this year, and in addition to "Bloody Notes", Chinese films also include "Pull the Trigger", "Three Watches", and "McDull Story".

Zhang Zhiliang and they didn't expect to sit next to Zhang Ran and them, their expressions were quite embarrassed, the last thing they wanted was to meet Zhang Ran and them, out of sight.

Now not only have they met, but they are also very close, not a rival or a giant!

Nicholas Tse glanced at Zhang Ran and shook his head secretly in his heart, if he was asked to do it all over again, he would definitely choose to stay in the crew of "Burst Drummer". After quitting "Burst Drummer", unlucky things happened one after another, including the top bag case, being sued, and even having to temporarily withdraw from the entertainment industry. If he hadn't quit the crew of "Burst Drummer", the situation might have been different!

More depressed than Nicholas Tse is Yu Minghai, Zhang Zhiliang's sworn buns at the beginning, he will definitely be shortlisted for the Tokyo Film Festival, Zhang Ran has no play. Now Zhang Ran is not only shortlisted, but also the main competition unit. And Zhang Zhiliang was only shortlisted for the Asian Wind unit. He didn't want to come, but he couldn't help it. "Notes with Blood" has an investment of 14 million, and it is difficult to recover the cost by relying on the mainland and Xiangjiang. You have to come to the film festival to sell your film.

Zhang Zhiliang glanced at Zhang Ran, and found that the other party was looking at him with a smile on his face, and a fire suddenly rose in his heart, don't think that it is great to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, this is just the rest of my play!

The two just glanced at each other and withdrew their gazes, but between their eyes, there were faint sparks flashing.

A few minutes later, the jury, headed by Luc Besson, walked into the theater. When they passed by Zhang Ran. Yu Minghai greeted one of them. The man smiled at Zhang Zhiliang, and then introduced to several other judges, and several people had a brief exchange.

This sudden scene made Zhang Jingchu's face change, and she lowered her voice and said, "Zhang Zhiliang seems to be very familiar with the judges?"

Zhang Ran nodded: "He and Li Zhiyi are friends, and they once ran a film company together, and that company also has Zeng Zhiwei and Chen Kexin!"

Zhang Jingchu's face became even more ugly: "Then isn't our movie hopeless to win an award?"

Film festival awards are not as simple as a few judges watching the film and voting directly, and there is often a communication process. Because the film comes from all over the world, the judges are also from all over the world. There are many things related to history and culture that may not be understood, so communication is very important.

For a Chinese-language film, if there is a Chinese director as a judge, then his understanding and feelings of the film should be deeper than that of directors from other countries. If he helps explain why the film was made the way it is and why it is good, it will make the other judges understand the content of the film better. It's also easier to get a prize. Conversely, if someone among the judges says something bad. Then the likelihood of winning a prize will be greatly reduced.

"We mainly come to the festival to sell films, and it doesn't matter if we can win awards or not. The gold and silver cups are not as good as the audience's reputation. Take Luc Besson's "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" as an example, after it was released in the United States, the media gave a pretty bad evaluation, and the box office was average, but the audience liked it very much, and the IMDB rating was frighteningly high, and now it has become a classic!" Zhang Ran felt a little angry in his heart, but he didn't show it, and kept a smile on his face.

Before coming to Tokyo, Zhang Ran heard from Qiu Yuanxu that Zhang Zhiliang and Li Zhiyi were friends, and he knew that this would be the case. Zhang Ran didn't care much about the awards, he filmed "Burst Drummer" to knock on the producer's door and prepare for his later film financing. But now that there is Li Zhiyi among the judges, it is difficult to say. If Luc Besson was influenced by Li Zhiyi and had a bad impression of Zhang Ran, then Zhang Ran's plan would have to be postponed for a few months until after the Sundance Film Festival.

At this moment, Zhang Ran couldn't help but clench his fists, wait, I will let you know when the movie is released!

Feng Yuan nodded and said: "Zhang Ran is right, whether it is a movie or a TV series, the audience's liking is the most important thing, and the real good work is that you will shine!"

Zhang Jingchu and Zhou Jielun were both nodding, but they were still quite unwilling. If the movie is not good, it will naturally have nothing to say if it can't win the award, but the movie is obviously very good, but because someone can't win the award because someone makes it bad, I feel a little uncomfortable anyway.

Zhang Zhiliang always watched Zhang Ran's actions, he thought that Zhang Ran would be shocked and angry. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ran looked light-hearted, and he didn't take this matter to heart at all. Zhang Zhiliang felt like he was punching the cotton, and felt that his previous performance was in vain.

The entry of the jury meant that the opening ceremony was about to begin, and after five minutes, the lights on the stage dimmed while the large screen at the back of the stage slowly lit up.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Film Festival is not much different from other film festivals, it is very simple. The only theatrical performance is the suite "The Tale of Genji Fantasy Symphonic Picture Scroll", which is based on a masterpiece of Japanese classical literature.

After the performance, the audience was given an overview of the 15 films in the competition and several other films participating in the special screening. Five members of the jury of this year's Tokyo Film Festival took the stage after the screening. They are British director J. Cardiff, Korean director Park Chan-wook, Akira Kurosawa's daughter Kazuko Kurosawa, Xiangjiang director Lee Zhiyi, and jury chairman Luc Besson.

This was followed by the opening film, "Minority Report," which was presented to everyone on stage by director Spielberg and lead actor Tom Cruise. To Zhang Ran's surprise, the girl who came on stage to present flowers to Spielberg and the actor Tom Cruise was dressed in a cheongsam, and it turned out to be Dong Jie, the heroine of "Heavenly Lovers".

Zhang Ran couldn't help but sigh secretly. The aura of Mou Girl is indeed unusual, Dong Jie only made an unsuccessful "Happy Time" to have such treatment. If this is to be put on hold for 10 years. Fan Binbin presented flowers to Spielberg at the film festival, and it is estimated that "Fan Binbin is glamorous. A Cordial Conversation with Spielberg" will soon appear in major media outlets.

The next morning, Zhang Jingchu and Feng Yuanyi flew back to China. The premiere of "Burst Drummer" was on November 3, and a week later, during the official critical period of filming of Zhang Jingchu's "Young Son of Heaven", Feng Yuanyi also performed, and the time was relatively tight, so both of them went back first, and they rushed back when they premiered.

Zhang Ran and Liang Jiahui came to the café of the hotel and found a location. Sit and talk about movies. Liang Jiahui speaks Mandarin well, and there is no obstacle to communicate with him, unlike communicating with Nicholas Tse who must use English, otherwise there will be no way to communicate.

After chatting with Liang Jiahui for a while, Zhang Ran said his purpose: "Actually, I asked you out today, there is a movie, and there is a role that is more suitable for you, I hope you can play it." ”

Liang Jiahui said noncommittally: "I don't know what the story is?"

A smile appeared on Zhang Ran's face: "The background of the story is like this, the future after 300 years. Because of the expansion of the earth's population, under the leadership of the major powers led by the United States and China, mankind has formed a new government. English and Chinese became the universal language, and humanity had to look to space for planets to colonize. Our story takes place 150 years after space migration. In fact, space migration is a conspiracy. Humans simply do not have the ability to migrate to space, and more importantly, they cannot find a planet to migrate. These people are not actually migrating to space, but through the gates of beings in the Pacific Ocean. Transferred to a parallel world-like space. This secret, as well as the Gate of Beings, is in the hands of a group of scientists in a five-member committee. Among these five people are Chinese. There are whites and there are blacks. You're going to play the role of one of the scientists, Dr. Jiang Zhexin. The story goes like this......"

After briefly telling the content of the story, Zhang Ran took out the script and put it in front of Liang Jiahui.

Liang Jiahui was attracted by the world described by Zhang Ran, and immediately took the script and slowly flipped through it. An actor like him, who has been in the film for 20 years, is quite quick to judge the characters and roles, and when he reads the script, he already understands what kind of role he wants to play.

There is no difficulty for him to play this role, as long as he is given time, he can organize more than a dozen different acting methods, and now what he wants to know is what the director wants to express.

Liang Jiahui separated the script on the table and asked, "Why did you shoot such a story?"

Zhang Ran watched an interview with Liang Jiahui, Liang Jiahui said that we should make our Chinese films, bring a Chinese film to the Western world, and let Western audiences enjoy it. knows that Liang Jiahui has a strong sense of nationality and country. In fact, not only Liang Jiahui, but also many Xiangjiang stars of the older generation, such as Leslie Cheung. Zhang Ran said very seriously: "First of all, the story is wonderful, I like this story. Secondly, I wanted to present something different. Over the years, Chinese films have presented two things to the world, kung fu and poverty and backwardness. I want to show a different side of our nation, something modern, something future. A nation cannot have only the past and no future!"

Liang Jiahui nodded slightly: "Then why do you want to make it into an English film?"

Zhang Ran smiled bitterly: "In 00, Luc Besson established a Europa Film Company in order to fight for greater creative freedom and to fight against Hollywood, but the films produced by Europa are all in English, not French. The French have always been proud of French, but Luc Besson is making English films, which is very strange, right? Actually, it is very simple, it is difficult to make French films except in France, and it is difficult to get box office anywhere else, while English films can invite Hollywood stars, and the market is better, and the box office will be better. I also have the same reason, this story can't be made into a Chinese film, and more importantly, the story involves a government conspiracy, and it can't pass the trial in China. ”

In general, Liang Jiahui will carefully study the script, investment, crew, salary, filming time and other aspects, but Zhang Ran's words moved him and he agreed directly: "No problem, I'll act." ”

"Really, that's great, you're Jiang Zhexin's best choice, I believe this will be a pleasant cooperation!" Zhang Ran was a little surprised, he hadn't started to persuade yet, and this was it.

Liang Jiahui smiled, took out a similar small notebook from his arms and opened it, and then took out a very Parker fountain pen: "Then let's talk about the character of Jiang Zhexin, right?"

Zhang Ran suddenly laughed, he often used Liang Jiahui to write character biographies and take notes to educate the students in the class, and now he has seen the live-action version. (To be continued.) )