Section 372: Actors and directors
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He actually can't understand this kind of psychology of desperately wanting to get the Huabiao Award, but if he forcibly understands it, it is probably a kind of psychology of "the more I can't get it, the more I want it", and the Huabiao Award may already be an obsession for Zhou Xingchi. In fact, the Huabiao Award is not so important to him, when he actually gets it, he will feel that "it's just that", but when he hasn't got it yet, this thing is more precious than anything else.
If he expects it to be true, in order to win the Huabiao Award, Zhou Xingchi may go in the opposite direction on the road of business, going farther and farther, and even his next film after "Kung Fu" is likely to completely abandon the commercial nature and take the artistic route, which can be seen from the trend presented in his two works in recent years, "The King of Comedy" and "Kung Fu".
Duane was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, "I can't guarantee that he will win the award." ”
Fang Liyong said: "But as long as you make a literary film, you are very hopeful, aren't you?"
Seeing this, Duane had no choice but to state his real concerns, "Do you think he is suitable for this movie?"
Fang Liyong asked rhetorically: "You mean he can't act well?"
Duane shook his head and said, "I believe that his acting skills are fine, but do you think I can work with him? What kind of person is he, I believe you should know more than me, if he comes into my crew, then in the end, will I shoot this drama or will he shoot it?" Have you thought about this question?"
After Du An finished speaking, he looked at Fang Liyong, and did not see any thoughtful expression on his face, but was very calm, obviously he had already thought about this question in private.
"You are the director of the film, and I have given you all the power, of course you will make this movie. He just joined the group as an actor, you are the director, he is an actor, what's wrong with that?"
Du An didn't expect Fang Liyong's answer to be this, so he laughed angrily, and was not happy to continue to circle with Fang Liyong, and directly pointed out the theme.
"What's the problem? Of course there is. ”
"Mr. Fang, we all know what kind of person he is, no matter what his identity is, as long as he is a member of the crew, he will put forward his own ideas for filming, so no matter what name he has in the crew, in fact, he is doing a director's business, and he is not the executive director, but the chief director. At that time, even if I have the name of director, the real director will only be him. ”
To put it simply, Zhou Xingchi likes to overstep his authority when making movies, and he manages a lot, which he actually knows, and he also teased himself through "The King of Comedy": There is a scene in "The King of Comedy" where Zhou Xingchi goes to the crew to play a priest, and the director asks him to die after being shot, but he can't die no matter how he dies, this is a presentation of his past experience. However, he himself is even more exaggerated than in the movie - in the movie, he is just very serious about his acting skills, but in reality, he is very serious about many things, and many times he even has to take care of script creation, lighting, special effects, etc., as if he is a chief director.
Du An's memory that he also had such a problem when he was supervising "Crazy Stone", and it was when he was the producer, which made Ning Hao very unhappy, but fortunately he adjusted it in time and let Ning Hao play, which led to Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" later, instead of his Du An's "Crazy Stone". If not, I'm afraid that he and Ning Hao are already strangers now, and from this point of view, the two are still quite similar.
It is true that Zhou Xingchi is a genius, so he can be so successful today despite falling out with many people, he is really an undoubted genius, many times his personal opinion will have a good effect on the film, and will help a director improve the quality of the film, but Duane does not need it.
Zhou Xingchi is conceited, he feels that his ideas are all good, but he is even more conceited than Zhou Xingchi, he doesn't need Zhou Xingchi to point fingers in his movies, what he needs is an actor with excellent skills who can perform according to his ideas, and it would be better to occasionally put forward some of his own opinions, but he is definitely not an actor like Zhou Xingchi who likes to turn other people's films into Zhou's films.
If that's the case, Zhou Xingchi can just make a film by himself, why do you want to come to his crew?
Fang Liyong smiled slightly, "That's when you cooperate with others, you are different." You've worked with so many big names, and I don't think they've worked well with each of them, and I'm sure you have a way to get them. ”
Niang Sippi!
Duane instantly cursed in his heart.
Listening to Fang Liyong's meaning, he didn't mind who "Truman's World" was made in the end.
is also Ha, although "Liberation Day" topped the box office charts and made Duane now in full swing, but Zhou Xingchi's influence in the film industry is indeed not comparable to him. Let's take a simple example, he Duane makes movies, and the quality of the department is excellent in order to maintain good-looking box office results, but Zhou Xingchi is different, even if he makes a ****, he can still sell at the box office, this is the gap between him and Zhou Xingchi.
If he was Fang Liyong, he should also want to win Zhou Xingchi now, after all, Fang Liyong asked him to make a movie to improve the company's performance, if he can find another person who will help the company more, Fang Liyong naturally prefers the other one. It's just that now Zhou Xingchi seems to want to star in "Truman's World" for the sake of his own face, and if Rising Film and Television wants Zhou Xingchi, it will be even more inseparable from him Duan, so Fang Liyong discussed with him so eloquently, if it wasn't for this but to make a choice between the two, then Fang Liyong probably would not hesitate to choose Zhou Xingchi.
After greeting Fang Liyong's immediate family members in various local dialects in his stomach and having a series of super-friendly relationships with them in the language by the way, Duane put aside the problem and began to move to another angle.
"But have you ever thought about Zhou Xingchi's salary?"
Fang Liyong had a Zhizhu expression in his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I listen to him, if he can enter the crew, he doesn't mind lowering his salary a little." ”
Du ane couldn't help but sigh sincerely when he heard this, "It seems that he really has to win a Huabiao award." ”
The problem of remuneration didn't seem to be big, so Duane had to bring out the topic just now and ask bluntly: "If I disagree with him on the set, who listens to whom?"
Fang Liyong smiled again and continued to talk to the mud: "Of course I listen to you, you are the director, he is just an actor." ”
He's just talking nonsense, or he's continuing to go around in circles.
That's right, Du An's name is a director, according to common sense, he should have the final say, but there are many unwritten unspoken rules in the entertainment industry, for example, if he and Zhou Xingchi fell out on the set, it is very likely that others will not necessarily listen to him as a director.
Duane was not satisfied with his answer to the mud, and further clarified the topic, "Then if the two of us have to go alone, will he go or me go?"
When it came to this, Fang Liyong had no escape, his smile retracted, and he became silent.
Duane can't help it: on the one hand, he is actually looking forward to Zhou Xingchi, and thinks that he will have a wonderful chemistry if he plays the role of Truman, after all, he has always given the audience the impression of a crazy person, and suddenly playing such a serious role is very contrasting, which makes people look forward to it, and the role of the box office market is positive, on the other hand, he needs absolute power, otherwise Zhou Xingchi will not be able to make this movie when he comes in, so he has to ask this question clearly.
Seeing that Fang Liyong didn't speak, Du An added: "Mr. Fang, in fact, I also hope to cooperate with him once, but the premise of cooperation is on the basis of my absolute power, if not, then I think there is no need to cooperate." ”
"I've shown my sincerity enough, so I'd like to hear your thoughts as well. ”
Although Fang Liyong said that this movie would give him absolute autonomy, it was when there was no such thing as Zhou Xingchi, and now that there is such a situation, he must repeat it. After all, Fang Liyong is an investor and one of the producers, and a team must work together to move forward, and it is really impossible to go far if there are internal opinions.
Fang Liyong still didn't speak, and continued to be silent for a long time, entangled in this question and couldn't extricate himself.
Duane didn't rush him, just drank tea, and after drinking two cups of tea, he finally heard his answer.
"If there really is a person who wants to go......"
When Du An heard this, he looked at Fang Liyong and saw that his expression was calm, as if he had already figured it out.
"Then he's gone. ”
Duane nodded and put down the tea cup in his hand, "Then I'll have no problem here." ”
Fang Liyong probably figured it out: Zhou Xingchi is running for Duan, if Duan is gone, Zhou Xingchi is likely to be gone, and Duan is not running for anyone, no matter whether Zhou Xingchi is there or not, he will be there. Therefore, it is useless to stand on Zhou Xingchi's side, and it is the most reliable to stand on Duan's side, and you can still get a Duane if it is not good.
Since Fang Liyong has already proposed this new situation, Du An has temporarily buried the name he chose with the little rooster last night in his heart and not said it, and wants to try to see if Zhou Xingchi can do the work first.
After all, in terms of popularity and the nature of this movie, if Zhou Xingchi can star, the effect in the market will be better than that of any actor.
As for Zhou Xingchi's difficulty...... He also wanted to see it for himself.
His education taught him that there is no customer who can't take it, it's just up to you to find the right way.
Because the time is urgent, the bidding will be imminent, and the crew list must be decided as soon as possible, so after leaving from Ruixing Film and Television, Du An called the phone number he got from Fang Liyong as soon as he returned to his residence in Nanyang.
The person who answered the phone was a man, and the voice was not Zhou Xingchi, and then the other party also identified himself as Zhou Xingchi's assistant, and after learning that the phone was Duane, he quickly gave the phone to Zhou Xingchi.
Du An still has a bit of a talent for language, which can be seen from the fact that he can master the scolding sentences in eighteen dialects, and there are also many staff members in Xiangjiang in the circle, and his Cantonese level has also improved greatly in the contact work with these people, although he is not very coherent, but there is basically no problem in listening, so he does not have much trouble listening to Zhou Xingchi's plastic Mandarin.
Du An's general explanation of the situation on his side was to Zhou Xingchi, telling him what kind of movie this movie was, and telling him that the actor of this play had just had an accident and couldn't act.
“…… If you can, I hope we can sit down and talk, what do you think?"
Duane said in a mouthful of plastic Cantonese.
In the first conversation, he hoped to make the other party feel his sincerity, which would be beneficial to the next work, so he used Cantonese.
And Zhou Xingchi on the other end of the phone just responded to him with two words, "Okay." ”
Du An knew that Zhou Xingchi was probably such a person, so he didn't mind, and continued to ask: "Is it okay for me to fly to Xiangjiang tonight?" ”
Zhou Xingchi on the other end of the phone was silent for a while and then said, "Director Du, where are you now?"
"Nanyang. ”
Zhou Xingchi said: "Then I'll go to Nanyang tonight." ”
Du An didn't expect Zhou Xingchi to come over by himself, but it didn't matter who came or went, so he said, "Oh, you have to go." ”……
After hanging up the phone, Duane was a little more confident about his next work.
The two of them, the mainland speaks a plastic Cantonese, and the Xiangjiang speaks a plastic Mandarin for a long time, it can be seen that Zhou Xingchi is also quite sincere, and Zhou Xingchi plans to fly over tonight instead of letting Du An fly to Xiangjiang, so it can be seen that his sincerity is coming.
It can be seen that he really values the cooperation with Duane this time, so that Duane's work can be carried out.
However, at the same time, it can be seen that Zhou Xingchi is indeed not emotionally intelligent, his thoughts are revealed at a glance, and he does not pay attention to strategy, probably God will indeed close a window for you when he opens a door for you. However, Duane felt more comfortable when such a person cooperated, at least he didn't need to spend too much effort to play with each other.
"Alas......"
Duane sighed and felt sorry for himself: "People like me who have perfect EQ and IQ are rare after all. ”
Before he finished speaking, he heard a "vomit" from behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that Su Jin didn't know when he came back, and he was standing behind him and bending over with a disgusting look, but with a smile on his face.
Duane stood up at once, rushed forward eagerly, grabbed her arm with both hands and shook it, and shouted as he shook: "What's wrong with you? Are you pregnant......?
Su Jin giggled, struggled to break free of his hands, and shouted as he ran outside, "Help, there's a psychotic ...... here" (to be continued.) )