Chapter 122: Circles
The Beijing circle is not just a circle, it is a big circle of many personal connections together, and basically most of the well-known actors and directors live in the capital.
The directors, actors, and screenwriters who live in the capital basically account for eighty percent of the total number in the country, so there are many opportunities in this circle.
The Beijing circle is not only limited to the resources of the mainland entertainment industry, but also the resources of Hong Kong and Taiwan and some co-production resources in Europe and the United States.
Of course, it doesn't mean that you can't get along if you don't enter this circle, many people have nothing to do with this circle, and they are still thriving.
It's just that if you hug the thighs of the Beijing circle, there will be no shortage of movie resources and the favor of the director, because they especially like to introduce each other to each other and use acquaintances to make familiar faces.
For example, among the four sons who returned to China, Wu Paowang obviously hugged part of the thighs of the Hong Kong circle and the Beijing circle (without the resources of the Beijing circle brought by Xu Jinglei, he would not dare to leave South Korea with his hands), and the resources were not affected much after the accident (the recordings were exposed, and the evidence was conclusive, he escaped), and movies, music and commercial endorsements soon came.
In contrast, Xiaolu's film and television resources are very abusive, which is why he is with Guan Xiaotong.
Guan Xiaotong is a Gege in the Beijing circle (Guarjia clan), the overlap rate between the Beijing circle and the Manchu circle is relatively high, and the elders of Guan Xiaotong's family have always been in this circle, Yingda said that she is the "light of the Manchus".
Some people may think that Guan Xiaotong's resources are very bad, but don't forget that she is 97 years old, and she doesn't shoot kiss scenes yet, who are the actresses in the entertainment industry who refuse to kiss scenes and still mix? Da Tiantian, Princess Han, and Guan Gege, she has surpassed actresses of the same age too much, and she has taken away resources that do not belong to her without a background.
The Northwest Circle is also known as the "Award Circle", there are many international awards, there are also many directors, Lao Mouzi, Gu Yiwei, Wang Quanyu, Jia Zhangke, etc. are all representatives, all of whom are people who have won international awards.
There are more powerful factions in this circle, and the director and actors are the basic configuration.
Lao Mouzi brought Gong Li and the International Chapter.
Gu Yiwei brought Jiang Wenli.
Jiang Wenli brought her niece Ma Siyun, and Ou Hao entered the circle because of Ma Siyun.
Wang Quanyu is Yu Nan and Zhang Yuqi.
The Shanghai circle is very scattered and relatively simple, if the Beijing circle mainly relies on qualifications and connections, then the Shanghai circle is much simpler, and only money is needed.
The main characters are some celebrities who have become famous, the most famous are Hai Qing, Da Hu, Deng Chao and his wife, Ma Yili, and Princess Han. Among them, screenwriters Wang Liping and Liuliu are the mainstays, and their TV series are usually starring Shanghai artists.
Xue Zhiqian and host Zhu Zhen, stars who were born in SH and live in SH, can also be regarded as a member of the Shanghai circle, but they are a little bit lower.
The Northeast Circle is mainly Uncle Benshan and his apprentices such as Xiao Shen Yang, Dapeng, and Song Xiaobao.
Although Na Ying is also from the Northeast, she also belongs to the 61 class.
The main area of Hunan is Mango Terrace.
The Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, since the decline of movies in the Hong Kong circle, although they have their own faction, they are inevitably weak, so most people are approaching the Beijing circle.
There is also a six-year class with Wang Feima as the leader, and the class members include Zhao Yanzi, Na Ying, Wenxin Scheming Boy and many other stars in the circle. Mainly the group of divas born in the 60s.
Having said so much about the circle, which circle does Li Zhe belong to?
Regionally, he is a native of the capital and should belong to the Beijing circle.
But the circle is essentially a kind of personal relationship, not a simple geographical relationship.
You can enter the Beijing circle without being from the capital, and most people in the Beijing circle in the early days had a background of being a disciple of a large courtyard.
Wang Shuo was born in the compound, and in the same courtyard as him, there were not only Ye Jing, but also Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, two brothers of the Wang family.
Guan Hu is the theater compound, Uncle Ge is the Beiying compound, and Xu Qing is also the background of the compound.
Feng Xiaogang, who joined later, is also a disciple of half of the courtyard.
In the early 90s, when he was not yet famous, he tried every possible way to please Wang Shuo, and he was stalking like pursuing the girl of his dreams, and then his dream finally came true, and he saw the true Buddha and obtained the true scriptures.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Xu Jinglei is Wang Shuo's (ex) girlfriend.
Moreover, the order of entering the Beijing circle is very important, and the situation of ranking seniority according to seniority is obvious.
For example, Chen Yufan, he also grew up in the military region, and his "Days Related to Youth" is adapted from Wang Shuo's novel "Playing is the Heartbeat", in which the prototype of "Feng Pants" is Feng Xiaogang, Chen Yufan's character is called Xu Xun, very famous, Wang Shuo has him in several famous books.
Chen Yufan is also good in the circle, but Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang will not play with him.
And the new generation of Beijing circles basically rely on the Belt and One Belt model.
The Wang brothers brought Jiang Wen, Xu Jinglei brought King Wu Pao, and Feng Xiaogang brought Li Yifeng.
Li Zhe has the best relationship with Zhao Baogang in the Beijing circle.
In 07, Li Zhe, as a screenwriter and investor, cooperated with Zhao Baogang's Xin Baoyuan in the filming of "Latent", and in 08, he gave Zhao Baogang the script of "The Best of Us".
By the way, let's talk about Da Tian Tian here.
After "The Best of Us" was broadcast during the Spring Festival in 08, the ratings were very popular, and such campus youth-themed TV series in China have always been more popular, such as "16-year-old Flower Season", the little princess Jing Tian who played Geng Geng became a little popular.
But the acting skills are too poor to criticize, and it is estimated that Zhao Baogang is also afraid of the background of the little princess Jingtian, so he doesn't dare to train him carefully.
Li Zhe also watched two episodes, and his acting skills are simply a fight with Xiao Er's "Marriage Proposal", with paralyzed face acting, which makes people want to play after watching it, but fortunately, she looks very beautiful, her acting skills are not enough, and her appearance is good.
At the beginning, the casting made a lot of noise, and everyone knew that Jing Tian was the heroine handpicked by Li Zhe, so many fans of the original book also ran to Li Zhe's blog, frantically complaining about him, saying that he ruined the original work.
Li Zhe was also made quite helpless, not to mention that the acting skills of the little princess Jing Tian are not up to par, and no director is willing to train seriously, no wonder she didn't have to film "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" in 16 years to save some points in her acting skills.
He regretted praising her a little, so it was better to keep the script of "The Best of Us" for Xiao Baozi to play.
However, the little princess Jingtian was very grateful to Li Zhe, knowing that Xiao Baozi was his girlfriend, and sent her a lot of bags and cosmetics, adding up to at least hundreds of thousands, she was really not bad for money.
After achieving certain results, the little princess Jing Tian began to enter the big screen in advance, and the co-actor who is filming "My Beauty Boss" is He Yundong, it seems that "Jing Tian, who is not popular", no one can change it!
Okay, rip it back.
Zhao Baogang wanted to take Li Zhe into the Beijing circle, after all, he was a person in the same circle, and whoever had more resources and connections would have more power to speak in the circle.
The reason why the Wang brothers are the most influential in the Beijing circle is not because Huayi is the largest private entertainment company in China.
Why Wang Shuo was the biggest wrist in the early days of the Beijing circle, Feng Xiaogang did everything possible to please Wang Shuo, not because Wang Shuo grew up in the military region, and he was a writer and screenwriter, and he had connections and resources.
When planning "The Story of the Editorial Department", Feng Xiaogang relied on Wang Shuo to join the editorial team, the show has a total of 25 episodes, Feng Xiaogang wrote about 7 or 8 episodes, and the rest were basically written by Wang Shuo.
When filming "Party A and Party B", Feng Xiaogang also met Ye Jing through Wang Shuo, and was transferred to a battalion of tanks for free.
However, Li Zhe has little interest in the "pongshang" Beijing circle.
What is the greatest significance of the Beijing circle?
Resources!
But Li Zhe doesn't pay much attention to these two things.
He is the enhanced version of Wang Shuo, a writer and screenwriter, and has a lot of assets, he needs resources and resources, and he needs money and money, that is, he is slightly lacking in connections.
Why do you need to go to the circle of seniority like the Beijing circle to go to others to be low and small.
Li Zhe doesn't have much literary talent, but he has a lot of problems with Wenqing, he is gentle on the outside and arrogant on the inside, and he can't pee in the same pot as the so-called bigwigs in the literary circle.
If you have to draw a circle, Li Zhe recognizes him as a capital circle.
14 years ago, when capital had not yet entered the entertainment industry in a big way, it was Yang Zai of Juli Group who played entertainment across borders earlier.
In 05, Yang Tsai and Li Ruotong filmed "Blue Flower" and became a ticket-playing actor, and in 06, they filmed "Why Do I Love You" and met the "Star Girl" Huang Shengyi.
In order to support Huang Shengyi, Yang Tsai established Juli Film and Television, and in 07 filmed a "Tianxian Pei", Huang Shengyi played the Seven Fairies, and Yang Tsai played Dong Yong.
After the broadcast, the ratings were not bad, Yang Zai came to confidence, and spent money to invite Li Lianjie, Lin Feng, Wen Xinjian boy, Cai Zhuoyan, Xu Ruoxuan, a large number of actors, filmed a "Legend of the White Snake", and the box office hit the street to death, proving that the entertainment industry can play without being rich!
Li Zhe's situation is very similar to Yang Zai, they are both rich and capital, they made their debut as an actor halfway, and they still have a little flower dan in their hands.
However, the resources in Li Zhe's hands and Xiaohuadan are not comparable to Yang Zai.
Huang Shengyi can be said to be the most watery of the selected Xiaohuadan, and after consuming the aura of "star girl" on her body, she became a third-tier little actor.
For Li Zhe, there is capital, resources, and a potential Xiaohuadan with ratings guarantee, what team does he stand on? What circle do he enter? What kind of hypocrisy and wrongs do he play?
In terms of assets, before Huayi was listed, he was much richer than the two Wang brothers, the so-called big boss in the Beijing circle, that is, Huayi was listed, and there was no pressure on him to crush the Wang brothers in terms of cash flow, even in 2018, Huayi's market value was only 30 billion.
When the capital enters the market in 14 years, if he is really ruthless and sells most of the assets in his hands, even tens of billions of funds can be raised, and he is also qualified to become a member of the capital circle.
Compared with very virtual connections, Li Zhe prefers to raise funds and smash money.
Reborn once, of course, you have to rampage the entertainment industry!