Welcome to Hollywood, a talented young director from China.

"Hollywood Entertainment Report" published this article with a picture of Zhang Tan winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director and lifting the Golden Rooster Trophy.

"Recently, a sci-fi film from China was shown in the cinema, which caused a lively discussion among many viewers. The sci-fi film, called "Source Code", not only won the best box office performance of a foreign-language film in North America this year, but also received a good reputation for its word-of-mouth. ”

"Tom, who is from New York, loves this movie very much: 'It's so cool, they've created a parallel world, wow, I wish the hero and the heroine had kissed each other for a little longer.' Lucy from Miami also liked the movie: 'He (the male lead) was blown up again and again in it, which was very unfortunate, but in the end he lived with her, and I loved this ending. ’”

"It's unbelievable that a science fiction film made in China can be so attractive, and our reporter specially interviewed Tan Zhang, the director of the film."

"Tan Zhang is a young director born in '86, he is a household name in China and even Asia, and when he was fifteen years old, he began to write novels, stories about kung fu. From the age of fifteen to twenty, he wrote a total of ten novels and sold nearly 150 million copies worldwide. ”

"Kung fu story novels made him the Rowling or Tolkien of Asia, and his novels were adapted into comics, games, dramas, TV series and movies, and people who like kung fu stories even studied his novels as a science."

"Because he wrote novels, he was born from an ordinary poor family. He became the richest writer in China, and he gave lectures to universities in China. In TV interviews, he is the idol of many young people in China. Among the Chinese all over the world, he is even more famous than the Chinese leaders. ”

"It sounds like a legendary script, but it's true."

"In his junior year of college, he started making films, and his first film was called 'Crazy Stone,' which was a huge success, pioneering a style of cinema with a multi-line narrative, even though many people may not have seen it. He then made a documentary, which was evaluated as having international first-class standards. It was broadcast on the BBC last year, and it recorded a lot of food from China. ”

"Source Code is his second feature film about a ......"

After the redundant content, the text of the interview was the text, and the reporter asked Zhang Tan a lot of questions about his growth story, company entrepreneurship, and film creation.

"Weibo is the website you created, right? We know that Twitter borrowed from the Wei-Bo model, which is remarkable, just like Zuckerberg created FaceBook, which is a genius idea. "The reporter said that Twitter, which can be said to be the largest micro-blog in the United States.

If it's a previous life. Twitter is the ancestor, but in this life, Weibo is the ancestor of the genre, and Twitter is recognized as borrowing from China's Weibo. The founder of Twitter has also publicly admitted it. They borrowed some of Weibo's operating model, but they emphasized that Twitter's creativity was already around earlier, and they didn't copy Weibo.

And so. Zhang Tan brazenly said to reporters: "Indeed, I was very early. He created the Weibo website, which is currently the largest social networking website in China. Later, I was told that Twitter is very similar to Weibo and imitates a lot of our things, which I thought was very interesting. ”

"It takes a lot of courage to make a sci-fi film in China, what made you choose to make a sci-fi film?"

"Outside of martial arts, my favorite theme is science fiction, I don't think China can't make science fiction, and I don't care if it won't recover the cost and so on. I'm a person who doesn't have many concerns, I do what I recognize, and then finish it, and having a good result is of course good, and if it doesn't work, I've at least tried. ”

"Do you want to come to Hollywood to make a movie?"

"Yes, if I have the chance, I will come to Hollywood and try some big productions."

"Do you have any new film plans after Source Code?"

"A new movie is being filmed, called 'About-Time', which is a sci-fi and comedy drama about love and family."

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The article in "Hollywood Entertainment Report" made many Americans who wanted to know more about the director because they liked "Source Code" to see Zhang Tan's life in detail for the first time.

When they read that Zhang Tan wrote a novel at the age of fifteen, and the novel sold nearly 150 million copies, they were all dumbfounded.

"Oh my God! Is this true, Tan-zhang is so young, he is only twenty-four years old! ”

"When I was fifteen years old, I just learned to smoke hemp."

"He's Zuckerberg + J· A combination of K. Rowling + Stya! ”

Zuckerberg founded FaceBook, the largest social networking site in the United States. K. Rowling wrote the world-selling Harry Potter, while Stia was a British director, young and made several high-profile films.

"I've seen a few Chinese movies where the countryside is very poor, but the city in Source Code is very beautiful."

"He changed my impression that Chinese directors only make kung fu films, but I didn't expect that he used to be a writer who wrote kung fu stories, and kung fu is something that every Chinese knows?"

And the American fan said, "It's amazing, I finished watching Source Code and I went to find out his other works, I watched Crazy Stone, and oh my God, I regret missing it at the time, it's amazing, it's the best comedy I've ever seen." ”

As this fan said, "Crazy Stone" was released in North America, and because of the lack of adaptation, the box office hit the streets.

But after the release of "Source Code", many fans began to search for Zhang Tan's other works, and soon "Crazy Stone" was excavated, so that the DVD sales of Stone exploded slightly.

There are also fans who saw the movie "About-Time": "I hope to see his film in the cinema next time." For example, in "About-Time", I was expecting a film by a Chinese director. ”

In a word.

The American people continue to be amazed.

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Eyes back home.

After auditioning for Huang Daliang, Liu Anfeng and others one after another, they were not suitable. Zhang Tan began to set his sights on powerful actors in the entertainment industry that he didn't know, and was no longer limited to the mainland. The actors of Xiangxiang and Taiwan have invited many people to audition.

After expanding the goal, the three protagonists finally made a breakthrough.

First of all, Li Jun's actor, identified as Chu Yuan, the old drama bone of Xiangxiang, Chu Yuan was born in Beiya, is an acting family, his parents are actors, and he has two younger brothers, both of whom have become directors.

At the time of the audition. Chu Yuan, who has gray hair, is full of drama, which makes Zhang Tan very satisfied: "Uncle Yuan, I recognize your acting skills very much, and I have decided that you will play the role of Li Jun." ”

Chu Yuan was overjoyed: "Thank you, Director Tan." ”

Although he is quite old, Chu Yuan didn't put on a show at all, and seemed to respect Zhang Tan as a director. This satisfies Zhang Tan again, what he hates most is people who rely on the old and sell the old and play big names, so those so-called big-name actors and old drama tyrants. He can't shake it off, as long as he has a bad reputation, he doesn't even need to talk about auditions.

Then Zhang Tan said again: "However, Uncle Yuan." I don't know if you can lose weight with the script? Your body is a little fat, Li Jun is a father with lung cancer, and his body should be thin. ”

Chu Yuan did not hesitate: "Of course you can." Losing weight and gaining weight can be said to be the basic skills of our actors. A month, give me a month. Fifteen pounds can definitely be lost. ”

"Can the body handle it? Fifteen pounds is not a simple number, don't drag your body down. ”

"It's okay, I'm used to losing weight, I can control my body."

After signing the old drama bone Chu Yuan, Zhang Tan soon signed a small student in the mainland who was not handsome Xia Xiaoan, Xia Xiaoan can no longer be regarded as a small student strictly speaking, he debuted very early, he became popular before 2000, and is currently about the same level as Huang Daliang.

Xia Xiaoan's route is not to take the handsome kind, but a little uncomfortable, and there were rumors in his early years, saying that he was raised by a rich man and offered chrysanthemums.

The acting skills are good, and the temperament is also in line, in the absence of a better choice, Zhang Tan signed Xia Xiaoan to play the actor Li Lei.

In the end, only the heroine Han Meimei remained.

Beiya.

In the Huayi Brothers indoor studio, Zhang Tan is studying the video of the audition with the director team.

"Director, I think Zhou Taiping's acting skills and temperament are still very in line with Han Meimei's image, if there is really nothing to your taste, choose Zhou Taiping." Assistant director Yu Weicheng scratched his scalp, he has already accompanied Zhang Tan to audition for no less than fifteen famous female stars in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland.

However, they were all passed by Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan nodded, and shook his head again: "Old Yu, to be honest, I personally prefer Liu Anfeng's temperament, but unfortunately Liu Anfeng always can't grasp Han Meimei's charm, and his acting skills are not polished." Zhou Taiping's acting skills are very good, but her smile always gives me the feeling of going through vicissitudes, and there is no feeling that laughing can instantly hit your heart and warm up. ”

"This ......," Yu Weicheng whispered, "If Zhou Taiping smiled at me, I would definitely be stupid." ”

Zhang Tan didn't hear it.

At this time, the assistant director came over: "Director, Ning Mi, the next audition is here." ”

"Please let her in." Zhang Tan nodded.

Soon, an actress with big eyes walked into the audition room.

"Hello directors, I'm Ning, I'm going to audition for Han Meimei, the heroine of "What Time Taught Me". Ning said generously.

Ning Mi is also an actress who became famous very early, mainly in TV series, and her film career was not smooth, and she played some supporting roles.

"Huh." Zhang Tan instantly felt a feeling after seeing Ning Yao.

Big eyes, sweet smile, words and deeds are also generous, no pretentiousness.

This first impression gave Zhang Tan a very excited sense of expectation: "Ning Yu, I won't talk nonsense, you first show me your smile, what I need is the usual optimistic smile, the giggle when dating, and the laughter when you are in love, it doesn't matter if you can brew for a longer time." ”

"Good director." Ning Jing immediately began to brew emotions.

The smile on his face bloomed little by little, and the wonderful feeling hit Zhang Tan little by little, making him excited, what he needed was such a smile! (To be continued.) )