Chapter 244: An Alternative Actress (9)
"When Miss Zeng gave me the outline of The Empress, I was amazed by the story and developed a genuine love for it during my work in the past month. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoI specialize in literature, so of course I know the value of the play "The Empress......"
"Could it be that Professor Yan wants to ask for more money this time? Can you make a price?" If you can, Jing Lin doesn't want Yan Qi to participate in the filming of "The Empress". Because she doesn't know Yan Qi this person, who knows what variables he will bring if he enters the crew? She has high expectations for "The Empress" and doesn't like what variables happen to it.
"I don't want money. Yan Qi mentioned the money and frowned: "I'm not short of money." I put a lot of effort into the script of "The Empress", and it was like one of my favorite children. Talking about money is inevitably defiling it. ”
"Wasn't "Xianya" written by Professor Yan? Jing Lin tried to provoke Yan Qi and let him go according to her wishes, his tone was very disdainful, "You are talking to me about this now, you just want a high price." I have something to do, you name a number. ”
Yan Qi was unmoved, still calm as water, and his eyes were full of determination: "I want to personally participate in the filming of "The Empress". Miss Zeng, don't be in a hurry to refuse me. I know you also have high hopes for this script, and if I guessed correctly, Miss Tsang wants to win the award for the role of the Empress. The only thing that can make Miss Zeng treat it cautiously is the Hundred Flowers Award. ”
At this moment, the change of scenery was surprising.
Yan Qi is a kind of person, who is almost a demon in wisdom, several times more than ordinary people, coincidental and determined, with clear goals, and is the type that Jing Lin is the most frightened and unwilling to deal with. She wants to use the role of the queen to hit the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, and Yan Qi also wants to win the award with it.
What makes Jing Lin upset is that at this stage, the quality of the queen's script is obviously better than her acting skills, and the chances of winning awards are higher. She didn't want to be busy until the end, so she didn't win the best actress and become the actress, but instead fulfilled the banquet and asked him to win the Hundred Flowers Award for the best screenwriter of the year.
Jing Lin couldn't accept that he was busy for a long time, but made wedding dresses for others and became a stepping stone for others.
Yan Qi didn't know if he really didn't know Jing Lone's mind or fake, and his smile was unusual: "Miss Zeng, please rest assured." I also hope that "The Queen" will win awards. Who can resist the temptation of the Hundred Flowers Award? I want to participate in it. At the very least, I have to be entitled to be part of the casting process. I don't want you to deliberately find unreliable or inappropriate actors to play other roles in "The Empress" in order to win awards. At that time, you will be foiled and brilliant, but you will ruin the script. ”
"Professor Yan really seems to think of himself as the master of "The Empress", don't forget, there is no idea from me. There would have been no such thing as a script!"
"But I single-handedly wrote the script. Yan Qi's voice was still as gentle as ever, and his mood didn't seem to fluctuate, "According to the current "Copyright", if I don't nod, Miss Zeng has no right to find someone to shoot this script." Otherwise, I can sue you for infringement and deprive you of all the benefits and honors you get from this script. ”
After Yan Qi finished speaking, seeing Jing Lian's ugly face, his voice changed, and he said sincerely: "I have seen Miss Zeng's acting skills and strength in "Xianya", and I also understand that you have an unusually strong public relations team behind you, which is extremely important to the film. ”
"I believe that Miss Zeng can play the role of the queen well, and she can also find someone to shoot this drama well and promote it to many audiences. It's just that I'm worried that you're too focused on your own interests and ignore the rest. I just want to make sure that the actors who participate in "The Queen" are all suitable for the role itself and have real material for themselves. ”
"I would venture to ask, which director does Miss Zeng plan to invite to shoot "The Empress"?" Yan Qi's attitude was very humble.
"The ownership of the script has not been negotiated, how can I bother to find a director. Jing Xiao said lightly, "Professor Yan, since you understand that I have the strength and resources to make this movie, why don't you give me carte blanche at ease?"
"Please forgive me for being a little selfish. Yan Qi smiled: "We who are engaged in literature always have a little obsession, and we can't give up and compromise no matter what." I stand by my copyright. If Miss Zeng is worried that I, a layman, will mess around in the crew and ruin your plan. We can sign a contract now......"
"If you promise that the casting follows my opinion, or to put it more bluntly, my opinion is the main thing, I promise not to point fingers at the crew. I can also do without remuneration and sharing, but if "The Queen" has a chance to win an award, I want to ensure that I will not be deprived of the honor that belongs to me. ”
"Yes. Jing Lin deeply felt the firmness of Yan Qi's will, and she knew that she could not convince and shake him.
Looking at her watch, it was almost time for her to take acting class, Jing Xiao said to Yan Qi, who had her eyebrows stretched: "I'll let my lawyer talk to you later." Please keep your phone open at all times. In addition, I hope that Professor Yan will keep his word. ”
"Naturally. "Feast Qierya's head.
wrote two wonderful scripts for Jing Lian, Yan Qi became more and more interested in film and television screenwriters, and he also wanted to take this road that his family looked down on. It's just that he has always pursued perfection and strives to be the best in everything. Now there is an opportunity to reach the top of film and television screenwriting, and of course he will not let it go!
Although the original inspiration for the script was given to him by Jing Lian, he also put a lot of effort into the scripts of "Xianya" and "The Empress". Yan Qi thinks he deserves a Best Screenplay award for "The Empress." If this award is the Hundred Flowers Award with the highest gold content in the circle, it will be the best.
Even if you don't get the Hundred Flowers Award, you can still win the trophy if you send the film "The Empress" to an overseas film tour or a world film festival.
This will be of great benefit to him in the future development in the entertainment industry and as a professional film and television screenwriter.
Therefore, he will never let the copyright of "The Empress"!
Jing Lin put the handbag in his hand, suddenly remembered something, and said to Yan Qi: "Because the director has not yet been decided, the script can not be changed for the time being." But in the future, if the director has any different opinions on the script, I hope that Professor Yan can communicate and negotiate with the other party. Where it should be changed, it will be changed. Don't be too stubborn. ”
"If the director can convince me, or if I'm sure the overall result is better after the change, I'll do it. ”
"Good. "Jing Lin has started to have a headache. Listen to what his answer is! It is this Professor Yan who is talking about the needle in the cotton. She seems to have foreseen the future of the director and screenwriter of the "Empress" crew.
Because Jing Lin wanted to find Ji Niansheng to direct this time. This Ji Dao also has another name - perfectionist paranoia, also known as a tyrant in the entertainment industry.
It's a matter of time to tear the rack apart.
Jing Lonely put this issue aside for the time being. Stood up, put on his sunglasses, "I'll take my leave." ”
"Goodbye. Yan Qi sent Jing Lin away with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, he was very satisfied with the outcome of this negotiation.
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When Jing Lin encountered a tricky character, he thought of Jiang Sheng. It's just that no matter how she calls this time, Jiang Sheng's ghost is gone.
Jing Xiao patted the steering wheel irritably, and while starting the car, he used the master-servant contract to summon Jiang Sheng, who was chasing bikini ghosts on an island far away, to his side.
No matter what Jiang Sheng thought, he told him about the conversation between her and Yan Qi, and finally asked him: 'Is there a way for you to get this man to change his mind and sell me the copyright as soon as possible? We only met for the first time today and he already gave me a headache......
"What can I do?" Jiang Sheng still remembered the revenge that the prospect told him to get out, and secretly gloated, "Master, you are such a powerful character that you can't deal with, I, a useless little ghost, have no idea." ’
'Jiang Sheng, this time I am going to find Director Ji, whom you admire and admire the most, to shoot "The Empress". If you can get the banquet for me, I can help you appear in Director Ji's dream and communicate with him to your heart's content. Jing Jing unleashed his biggest killer move.
Jiang Sheng's ghost body trembled, and he looked at Jing Xiao who looked like crazy vigilantly: "Master, I am a straight man with a straight steel pipe. He didn't think anything wrong about Director Ji, and he didn't want to appear in his dreams every night. A ruthless tyrant with a gentle ghost...... Tsk, master, you better ask for more blessings. ’
Jing Xiao grabbed his hair, exhaled a heavy breath like a jet, and said half-crazy and half-sober: "It doesn't matter if he is a cold tyrant or a gentle ghost animal, it's better not to mess with me, otherwise they will be made to eat!"
Jiang Sheng: ......
Jing Jing calmed down, and then remembered that he had soul power, no matter who he was, he could be led by her nose, no matter how bad it was, one person with a knife in one hand could also make people quiet. put aside the troubles that are not troubles, and thought about how to improve his acting skills.
Jiang Sheng was not interested in watching Jing Lonely learn to act, so he floated out of Jing Silence's car with a whoosh and drifted towards the island. He really loves beautiful ghosts in bikini, and he's still waiting for him to go back to the party.
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Jing Lin still asked Zhong Meng to be the chief producer of "The Empress", and also hired her public relations team to promote "The Empress" when necessary.
Jing Nian and Ji Niansheng didn't have any friendship, and inviting him was also to leave Zhong Meng's relationship, Ji Niansheng originally had a documentary to shoot in his hand, but after reading the script of "The Empress" that Zhong Meng gave him, he decisively joined the filming team of "The Empress" and postponed his documentary. Because he saw hope in the script of "The Empress" and won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director.
There is no director in the Chinese entertainment industry who does not want to win the Best Director of the Hundred Flowers Award!
Of course, the Chronicles are no exception. He also wants to win the award to improve his grade and fame, and attract more investment for the documentary he will make next.
During the filming of "The Empress" this time, Jing Lin still pulled the Zhong family and the Zeng family to make behind-the-scenes investments. Because "The Empress" is an epic masterpiece, the costumes, props, etc. are naturally all exquisite, and these are all going to burn a lot of money.
Although Jing Lin and Zhong Meng alone can eat it, it is too risky. They don't think it's worth it.
If "The Queen" does not win the award in the end, not to mention all the money they invested, I am afraid that half of it will be evaporated by the market.
Although a lot of money was invested in the filming of "Xianya", "Xianya" had a wide audience and a high box office. "The Empress" is a historical biographical film with a gloomy overall tone designed by Jing Lin to cater to the judges of the Hundred Flowers Award, the audience is small, and the audience in the main market still prefers large-scale action movies, or comedy romance films, such as "The Empress", which is a serious and sad film, and the audience, especially the main consumer group of the film - young audiences, is afraid that they will not be interested in watching it.
But if "The Empress" can win the Hundred Flowers Award, it will be broadcast on CCTV, the most authoritative mainstream media in China, for three days, and recommended to more than one billion viewers across the country and more than six billion viewers overseas.
This kind of sweeping, authoritative propaganda has worked extremely well.
Chinese people generally trust CCTV, and there is a saying that CCTV recommends it and must be a high-quality product. Even many foreign audiences, when choosing Chinese films, will first look for movies recommended by CCTV to watch.
According to the statistics made by an organization, in the past ten years, all the movies recommended by CCTV have exploded at the box office. Even if it only explodes a small peak, it is enough for investors and producers to recover their costs. And CCTV, a cold and authoritative media, has always only recommended movies that won the Hundred Flowers Award.
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Jing Lin never expected that the crew was in the embryonic stage, the costumers and prop masters were preparing intensively, and when selecting the actors, Director Ji and Yan Qi faced Mai Mang and quarreled at the casting site.
The reason is that when choosing the chief of guard, the main supporting actor, Director Ji and Yan Qi disagreed.
Director Ji wanted to choose a well-known actor who could ensure fame and film quality, and Yan Qi took a fancy to a newcomer who had just graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, because he felt that the newcomer's appearance, temperament and age were the same as the chief of the guard he imagined, and he felt that if he chose a newcomer to play the chief of the guard, he would be able to perform the kind of feeling he wanted.
"How do you want to feel? Let such a newcomer who can look good in addition to his looks and have exaggerated acting skills play the captain of the guard?!" Director Ji smashed the script on the spot, pointed at Yan Qi's nose and scolded: "What the hell are you in the water? I want to ruin "The Empress"!"
"Where is Dong Chi's acting skills exaggerated? I think he acted very well. Yan Qi was publicly scolded and scolded, he didn't even move his eyelids, and said unhurriedly: "It's the actor you chose, Director Ji, who has acting skills, but his height, appearance and age are far from the appearance of the guards I imagined." ”
Yan Qi hates others to doubt his IQ the most. He endured it, but he still couldn't hold back. He glanced at Director Ji, who was spitting out his nostrils, temporarily put aside his etiquette, and said with a poisonous tongue: "Let a short, obscene, middle-aged and elderly man who has no love in his eyes and is almost forty years old, play the 'young, tall, handsome, loyal, and infatuated' chief of the guard that I clearly described in my script?
"You!" Director Ji was almost angry!
Jing Jing was an eye-opener, and silently raised the danger level of Yan Qi by two levels in his heart. This kind of ghost animal, which is usually gentle and polite, and will stab with a poisonous tongue when he disagrees, is not ordinarily lethal.
Jing Xiao changed herself to Director Ji in her mind, assuming that the person who was stabbed by Yan Qi was her, she felt that she would definitely make Yan Qi blood splash three feet on the spot!
Zhong Meng pushed Jing Jing with her elbow, and seeing that she was still wandering out of the world, she had no choice but to stand up and separate Director Ji and Yan Qi, who were about to fight, "Please calm down! ”
Zhong Meng glanced at her assistant and asked him to go outside to stabilize the actors who came to audition and their agents and assistants, so as not to spread the news about the quarrel between Director Ji and Yanqi.
turned to patiently persuade the two fighting cocks: "Director Ji, banquet screenwriter, this is the casting scene, not the martial arts ring." The rooms in this building are not very well insulated, and you make such a big fuss that people outside can hear it. Also, there are reporters squatting downstairs that I arranged. Don't make a scandal of discord between the director and the screenwriter before filming starts. You want to ruin "The Empress?"
"Of course not!" Director Ji and Yan Qi shouted in unison. After shouting, they glared at each other in disgust, suppressed their anger for the time being, and asked Jing Lian: "Miss Zeng, what do you think?
Jing Xiao thought for a while and said, "These two people have their own benefits. Why don't they call in separately and play a rival show with me. See who I feel better with and who the chemistry is stronger before making a decision. ”
"Yes. "Director Ji and Yan Qi have no opinion on Jing Lian's proposal.
As the only object of the empress's heart, the chief of guard must have a chemical reaction with the empress played by Jing Silence, otherwise how to show the subtle and warm emotional sprouting between the two.
The result of playing against Jing Lin is that the rookie actor wins. Because the age difference between the actor and Jing Lin is too big, the actor treats Jing Lin as a nephew, and Jing Lin also regards him as a senior, and there is no chemistry between the two.
For the sake of the film, Director Ji had to agree to choose a newcomer. It's just that after the newcomer was decided to play the chief of the guard, he had a cold war with Yanqi throughout the whole process, and he had to talk to him, all of which were looking for Jing Lin or Zhong Meng to be the messenger.
After Jing Lin passed the words twice, she secretly grinded her teeth: should she use soul power, or whip these two guys with soul power!