"Director Jia, welcome, welcome. ”

At the door of Tangren Entertainment Company, Cheng Shiyuan came out to greet Jia Zhangke after receiving the news.

"Shi Yuan, thank you for being willing to appear in our movie with a low salary. ”

In fact, as a famous director, Jia Zhangke has no need to be so polite.

You must know that in O7, Jia Zhangke was awarded the title of "Young Global Leader" at the Davos Economic Forum.

In O9, he was awarded the rank of Officer of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de l'Ordre des Lettres de l'Ordre des Lettres de

In 1o, he won the Best Director Award of the New Century at the Toronto Film Archive, and in the same year, he won the Honorary Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the Prince Klaus Laureate Award in the Netherlands.

However, the difficulty of making a qualified art film is not enough with outsiders.

Because of the lack of investment, the lack of enough remuneration to hire actors, coupled with the dumping of commercial films, art films have become niche films.

Investors know that art films have no other use than to impact awards, and nine and a half of ten art films will not be able to recover their costs.

For investors, it is better to invest in commercial films than to have this effort, and it is useless for them to ask for film awards.

Therefore, even if a director as famous as Jia Zhangke is still inevitably looking for someone to play everywhere.

This time, Cheng Shiyuan took over this role, which really solved Jia Zhangke's urgent need.

You must know that Jia Zhang wants his film to participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival, and if the actors are unsure, it may be too late in time.

Cheng Shiyuan and Jia Zhangke sat down on the sand in their office.

"Director Jia, I have carefully read the script of your movie. ”

Cheng Siyuan pointed to the script on the coffee table.

"Tell me what you think of the show. ”

Jia Zhangke mentioned the movie, and his interest was high. He wanted to see how much Cheng Siyuan could understand the movie.

Zhang Zhile's childhood was actually spent overnight at school, and it was the lack of maternal love that made him extremely motherly complex for Mia. It is precisely this abstract mother, the woman who plays the role of a lover, who helps him finally communicate with his father. It was also because of this woman that he hesitated when he wanted to communicate with his mother......"

The more Cheng Shiyuan talked about it, the more Jia Zhangke listened, the more excited he became.

He really didn't expect Cheng Siyuan to have such a deep understanding of this character.

Jia Zhangke believes that the film is divided into three stories, and the character of Zhang Zhile is also the indisputable soul of the third story.

"In fact, the role of Zhang Zhile shows more than just a mother-love complex......"

Jia Zhangke and Cheng Siyuan discuss the role.

Zhang Zilin looked at the two people who were chatting very happily, and directly gave the space to the two of them, and told the staff not to disturb them.

……

The two of them don't know how long they talked.

"Shiyuan, do you think that the coal truck carrying it is coal that is not moving?"

Jia Zhangke wanted to take the test to become the origin.

Cheng Shiyuan really didn't notice this detail.

Cheng Siyuan's mind kept recalling some details in the script.

Seeing that Cheng Shiyuan was still thinking, Jia Zhangke smiled at the corner of his mouth.

He was just about to tell Cheng Shiyuan the answer, but before he could say it, Cheng Shiyuan had already blurted out.

"It's time. ”

The more Cheng Siyuan thought about it, the happier he became.

From the beginning to the end of the script, the price of coal did not rise, but with the passage of time, coal gradually became abandoned, and the coal truck transported time. ”

Jia Zhangke was taken aback.

He really didn't expect Cheng Siyuan to really come up with this meaning hidden in the movie.

Jia Zhangke now feels that his trip to the magic capital is really worth it.

In terms of acting, Jia Zhangke is really not worried.

Before giving Cheng Shiyuan an invitation, he had a certain understanding of Cheng Shiyuan.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been invited, and he wouldn't have come to the magic capital in person as soon as he received a reply.

Moreover, Jia Zhangke and 6 Yang are also friends, and he also inquired from 6 Yang about Cheng Siyuan's acting skills, and 6 Yang gave a positive answer.

In fact, what he was afraid of was that Cheng Siyuan didn't understand the script and couldn't play the feeling he wanted.

Now there is no worry at all, Cheng Siyuan's understanding of the script is beyond his expectations.

Jia Zhangke could imagine that Cheng Shiyuan would surprise him.

……

"Our drama will start filming in July, Shiyuan, there is no problem with your schedule. ”

Jia Zhangke was a little nervous, he was now afraid that Cheng Shiyuan's schedule would not be adjusted.

"Director Jia, don't worry, I didn't dare to say before July, how much time will be after July. ”

Before Cheng Shiyuan was in July, he still needed to run around because of the publicity of the Embroidered Spring Knife movie.

And Jia Zhangke's old man joined the group in July, when the embroidered spring knife had already been released, and Cheng Shiyuan also had time.

"One more thing. ”

Jia Zhangke was a little embarrassed.

Rubbing his hands, some slurred.

"Shi Yuan, you also know that we don't invest much in films, and most of the money for this movie is paid by myself, ......what is this salary?"

"Director Jia, you can say it, how much. ”

"The most I can take out is ...... Million. ”

Jia Zhangke also knew that the price he opened was too little.

You must know that in the embroidered spring knife, Cheng Shiyuan's salary is five million, and Jia Zhangke specially asked before.

Although the actors in art films are all paid to act, they haven't dropped so much.

"Director Jia, one million is fine, but I hope not to announce my salary to the public. ”

Cheng Siyuan thought for a while and said.

He made this condition because he didn't want others to know.

What if I know that other directors also offer a salary of 1 million? Cheng Siyuan, will he agree or not?

After hearing Cheng Siyuan say that he agreed to a salary of 1 million, Jia Zhangke immediately smiled and hurriedly agreed, as for Cheng Siyuan's condition, of course Jia Zhangke also agreed, and it had no impact on him at all for the movie.

"Then it's decided, I'll let you know in advance when the preparations are ready. ”

Jia Zhangke was ready to catch the last flight back to the capital.

Because there are scenes in the movie that need to be shot in Australia, Jia Zhangke has been actively contacting the Australian side recently, hoping to have some preferential policies for filming, so that he can save some money.

In fact, the cost of "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers" is about 6oo million euros, that is, more than 40 million yuan.

It looks like a lot, but Jia Zhangke has estimated it himself, and it is barely enough, if there is any accident, it is possible that the funds are not enough.

Art films are very expensive, and often a shot needs to be shot many times, so the cost of the film will increase a lot.

That's why Jia Zhangke will save a little everywhere, afraid that something unexpected will happen at that time.

Australia's preferential policies for film shooting are what Jia Zhangke hopes to get, and he can return a lot of money.

(End of chapter)

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