Chapter 714: Old Mouzi Visits the Class
Of course, Menjie, Zhang Ziyi, and the main creators of the movie "Night Banquet" such as Wu Yanzu and Zhou Xun not far away did not leave.
Others, after all, are just behind-the-scenes staff, and they can only be regarded as half of the people in the entertainment industry, but Menjie and others are out-and-out stars, and even Menjie, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun can be regarded as big stars.
And now the person who can come in the crew of the movie "Night Banquet" must be a figure in the entertainment industry, otherwise Feng Xiaogang would not have been asked to go over to greet him in person.
Now that a big man in the entertainment industry suddenly arrives, Menjie and the others must also meet him, otherwise they will definitely make the other party dissatisfied and feel that they look down on him.
Even, maybe Menjie and others can get some big names because of this and get certain benefits!
Although there is no shortage of opportunities for Menjie with the Tianwang system, and even infinite opportunities, other people are different, a good opportunity, a good script, for their development, is definitely incomparably important!
And Menjie, since he doesn't want to offend others for no reason, he can only watch from the sidelines.
What's more, Menjie's heart is also very curious, eager to know who the big man who came to the crew of the movie "Night Banquet" today is!
"Menjie, come here!"
When the staff around him were still walking back, Menjie only heard Feng Xiaogang in the crowd shouting, he was calling himself, Menjie hurriedly responded, although he was puzzled, he didn't know what Feng Xiaogang was for, and he wanted to call himself over, but he still hurried over.
After a while, Menjie trotted all the way. passed through all the surrounding staff and came to Feng Xiaogang's face.
"Director Feng, you called me?"
After whispering, Menjie set his eyes on a middle-aged man beside Feng Xiaogang, and when he saw it, his eyes widened violently, and his mouth opened wide, with a feeling of disbelief.
Why did he come to the crew of the movie "Night Banquet"?!
said to be middle-aged, but in fact, it is barely as good as the level of the elderly, and this year it is 56 years old. Even compared to Feng Xiaogang, he is eight years older.
And compared with Feng Xiaogang, even Menjie, who has a good relationship with Feng Xiaogang, has to say that the current Feng Xiaogang is compared to him. It's still a slight gap!
In terms of the time to get involved in the film industry, he is much earlier than Feng Xiaogang!
On the number of movies made. He is much more than Feng Xiaogang!
On the film awards he has won. He is also much more than Feng Xiaogang!
In terms of success, naturally there is no need to mention it, and it is obviously better than Feng Xiaogang.
He can definitely be described as the top handful in China, the real top director. Even in the future, he will definitely be able to wait for the Chinese film to be in the textbook, thinking that he is a real great director!
He is, Menjie has heard about it for a long time, and he has also admired it for a long time. A great director standing at the pinnacle of the Chinese film industryโโ
Zhang Yimou!
Zhang Yimou, a representative figure of the top fifth-generation directors in China, has written countless books and won numerous awards in his life, and has a considerable status in the whole of China.
In terms of film works, Zhang Yimou has quite high attainments in both art films and commercial films, among which films such as "My Father and Mother" and "Red Sorghum" have won numerous awards.
Huaxia's Zhang Yimou is like Zhou Xingchi in Xiangjiang, and even surpasses it in some aspects, and has friends with many actresses in his life.
Among the Mou girls who were praised by director Zhang Yimou, the most famous may be Gong Li, who has gradually moved towards the world world, and Zhang Ziyi next to Menjie.
However, what Zhang Yimou came to the crew of the movie "Night Banquet" for today, Menjie does not know.
"Hello Director Zhang, I'm Menjie!"
came to Zhang Yimou's side, Menjie had a smile on his face, and shook hands with Zhang Yimou, but he knew each other.
To say that Menjie and Zhang Yimou have really heard each other's names, and more or less, there is a little bit of intersection.
Once, when Menjie's first movie "Kung Fu" was released, although it was slightly staggered with the movie "No Thieves in the World" directed by Feng Xiaogang, the big directors and actors of the two movies may not have any sense of competition, but in the eyes of the media, these two movies, as well as everyone behind the scenes, are competing.
And in the end, the movie "Kung Fu" filmed by Menjie successfully surpassed the movie "No Thieves in the World" at the box office, plus the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang is very good, and the status is almost the same, naturally, Zhang Yimou will also be quite interested in the newcomer in the movie "Kung Fu", Menjie, and he will also fall into Zhang Yimou's eyes.
And Menjie, as a star in the entertainment industry, how could he not know Zhang Yimou?
"I know that the movie "No Thieves in the World" directed by Feng Xiaogang the year before last was defeated by "Kung Fu" filmed by Menjie, ha, Luha!"
Looking at Menjie, Zhang Yimou's eyes involuntarily flashed a look of satisfaction, and he said with a chuckle.
At least on the surface, Zhang Yimou is very enthusiastic about Menjie, anyway, the movie "No Thieves in the World" defeated by Menjie's movie "Kung Fu" is not directed by Zhang Yimou, and it has nothing to do with him......
"Director Zhang, don't chill me, at that time, I was at best a newcomer who had just debuted, and I played soy sauce in the movie, but I didn't dare to compare with you and a big director like Director Feng!"
smiled bitterly, Menjie's words were not simply to compliment Zhang Yimou, but it was true, it was like this.
At that time, Menjie had just entered the film industry, and thanks to Zhou Xingchi's care, he successfully played the role of the big guy Chen in the movie "Kung Fu", which could not be compared with Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou at all.
Don't say it's the doorman at that time, even the doorjack now. There is not even a little capital, which can be compared with Zhang Yimou and the two.
"Director Zhang, why did you come to our crew?!"
When Menjie and Zhang Yimou were talking, Zhang Ziyi also came over, and after seeing Zhang Yimou, he seemed quite happy and hurriedly asked.
Once, when Zhang Ziyi was completely a newcomer, Zhang Yimou took a fancy to him and successfully starred in the movie "My Father and Mother". During the filming of the movie, Zhang Ziyi, who was completely like a white actor, was able to complete the filming smoothly with the help of Zhang Yimou.
And the shooting is so good, although it is because of Zhang Ziyi's own efforts. But more than that, it is Zhang Yimou's guidance.
Then. Even Zhang Ziyi didn't expect it. His big-screen Virgo is so popular that Zhang Ziyi has won a lot of praise in the world, and has also won some foreign awards, which can be described as becoming famous in one fell swoop.
Since then. In Zhang Ziyi's heart, he naturally has a very good impression of Zhang Yimou and is also very close.
Zhang Ziyi, a girl, is not called in vain!
"Come over today. Something is true! โ
The other people around had been driven away by Feng Xiaogang with a wave of his hand, leaving only Feng Xiaogang, Menjie, Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Yimou around, and came to the lounge and sat down.
In the entire crew of the movie "Night Banquet", in terms of identity and status, Feng Xiaogang is the only one who can talk to Zhang Yimou on an equal footing, so he naturally has to accompany him, in addition, Zhang Ziyi, who has a very good relationship with Zhang Yimou, is also on the side, but what Men Jie doesn't know is that Zhang Yimou is looking for himself for anything.
It stands to reason that even Zhou Xun has been driven away by Feng Xiaogang and went to read the script to the side, Menjie doesn't think that his face is bigger than Zhou Xun, and he is naturally extremely puzzled in his heart.
Hearing Zhang Yimou get down to business, Menjie's face suddenly turned pale, and the whole person couldn't help but become serious.
Menjie wants to hear what Zhang Yimou wants to say, and whether it has anything to do with him!
"Director Feng, I guess you also know that my new movie has already begun to be filmed, right?"
did not directly say his own affairs, on the contrary, Zhang Yimou talked about his next plan.
Zhang Yimou is going to make a new movie?!
After listening to Zhang Yimou's words, and seeing Feng Xiaogang nodding slightly, with a look of 'I am indeed a Zhilu Dao', Menjie's heart moved, and he was slightly surprised.
Since entering the entertainment industry, Men Jie has deliberately paid attention to all the more popular entertainment news.
If the news of Zhang Yimou's new movie is announced, there will definitely be countless crazy revelations from the media, but Menjie knows very well that recently, there has not been even a single media that has broken the news about Zhang Yimou's new movie.
Obviously, Zhang Yimou did not publicize this matter in a high-profile manner, but secretly directly selected the actors he liked for auditions and casting, rather than public auditions.
This also shows from the side that all the characters in Zhang Yimou's new movie already have a general idea in his heart, and he doesn't need anyone to recommend himself at all.
Thinking of this, Menjie was still a little alive just now, and couldn't help but return to normal.
Although the news of Zhang Yimou's new movie has not yet been exposed by the media, seeing Feng Xiaogang, he already knows all the appearance, but Men Jie also understands that Zhang Yimou's new movie may have completed a large part of the preparations, and the official shooting will start soon.
Naturally, in terms of actors, they should have all been found, and it is impossible to have their own position at all.
As soon as he thought of this, Menjie no longer thought that he could be lucky enough to join Zhang Yimou's crew, and listened quietly.
"I probably know some news, and you also know that the circle of directors of our generation is not very large, and if there is any news, it will soon come out in private!"
With a chuckle, Feng Xiaogang said that when he heard the news of Zhang Yimou's new movie from the grapevine, he didn't mean to open his mouth even the slightest, but it felt very natural.
In fact, this is also a normal phenomenon, after all, the circle of top directors like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang is indeed very small, although whenever the movie is released, there will be competition between each other, and some ideas when shooting movies are also slightly different, but their personal relationships are still very good.
Naturally, there are not too many taboos.
"Since you know that my new movie has started preparations some time ago, then you must also know who are the leading actors in my movie, right?"
"I know a little bit about the road, but I know that there are two of them, Zhou Yanfa and Gong Li, and I don't know the others!"
With a wry smile, Zhang Yimou easily said the existence of two ordinary stars who couldn't look at their backs in their lives, and after speaking, Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but joke at Zhang Yimou, "Lao Mouzi, I also heard others talk about it by chance, and I learned that these two people participated in your new play, otherwise...... Do you think I'm going to gossip about who's in your new movie? โ
"Haven't you ever done anything like this?"
Regarding Feng Xiaogang's statement, Zhang Yimou was quite arrogant and said softly after making a 'despise you' look.
As soon as these words came out, Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but stop talking, and just wanted to admit it, when he suddenly found that Menjie and Zhang Ziyi on the side were looking at him with slightly strange eyes, and sighed helplessly in his heart, and only slightly quibbled.
"That time, it was because I was afraid that the actors in my new movie would be duplicated with your actors, so I inquired, but not because of gossip!"
Who knew that after listening to Feng Xiaogang's words, Zhang Yimou's face couldn't help but flash a look of playfulness, and he opened his mouth violently, wanting to say something.
Seeing this, Feng Xiaogang was suddenly shocked, hurriedly waved his hand to stop Zhang Yimou's words, and hurriedly said, "Okay, don't talk about this topic, Lao Mouzi, let's say, come over to my crew today, what's the matter?" โ
Obviously, Feng Xiaogang was also worried that Zhang Yimou would expose his shortcomings here, in front of Menjie and Zhang Ziyi, the two junior actors, so he hurriedly changed the topic and wanted to say something else.
But it's a pity that as an excellent actor, Men Jie and Zhang Ziyi have seen a series of changes in Feng Xiaogang's expression from beginning to end, but they have also discovered and guessed a lot in their hearts, and in their hearts, they continue to complete things through their own imagination, and look Feng Xiaogang up and down with strange eyes. (To be continued......)