Chapter 18: The Red Carpet (1/5)

Ask the question, why does Beijing hold a film festival?

Let's put it this way, if there is no film festival in Cannes, then it is estimated that Cannes is not as famous as Corsica.

Who knows that Locarno is a small city, and it is because of the Locarno Film Festival that it has entered the world stage.

This is the impact of the festival on the city.

For big cities, the film festival can derive the economic chain of film planning, production, distribution, etc., and concentrate the resources of related industries such as exhibition, advertising, tourism, communications, and media, and radiate to many related fields such as finance, publishing, consulting, and catering.

These are the silver of the red fruit.

So now, whether it's Cannes or Venice, it's "a movie on the stage, an economy singing"!

The city of Beijing itself is the center of Chinese film and television culture, and it is normal for it to hold a film festival.

The question is, what to do with the film festival?

Especially at this year's Beijing Film Festival, James Cameron was invited, and he also said that he was the producer of two Sino-American co-productions "The Art of War" and "The World of Gods"...

Of course, we all know that these two projects were aborted.

It also won a bunch of pages, entertainment news...

It's time for the festival to reposition itself!

What to do?

Focus on Asia, join forces to fight against Hollywood...

It's the right path, but not this year, and not next year...

This year's theme is 'Tell Chinese stories to the world', and next year the Film Channel Media Award will be added, and the Golden Lion has the Mascuiani Award, and the Golden Bear has the Catholic Humanitarian Award, but this movie channel media award is too stretched, and it directly pushed the film festival to the bottom - "Little Times", "Fuchun Mountain Residence" was nominated for Best Film, and finally "Little Times" won the award, and Guo Xiaosi won the Best Director...

The most crotch-pulling problem is the translation problem, a movie in the main competition unit is called "Hannasschlafende Hunde", which was translated as "Hannah Sleeping Dogs"...

Well?

Our scale is so big? Sleeping dogs?

Starring Sarina Takeuchi?

Well, it's the translation that's gone wrong - Schalafende de Hunde is a German colloquial word meaning "dilemma", "haunted", so it should be "Hannah's Haunting"...

The dignified A-class international film festival has such a thing, and it is outrageous!

Forget it, Shen Mengxi came to the film festival because of the cooperative relationship between Mengxi Media and Shangying.

By the way, warm up "Walking with God"...

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The red carpet of the Shanghai Film Festival is known as the first red carpet in Asia...

I don't know where this title came from, anyway, many rice circles say so!

However, this year's Shanghai Film Festival did make a ruthless move, probably stimulated by the Beijing Film Festival, but everyone who was a little famous sent invitations, so it really formed a star-studded Chinese conference venue!

Zhao Bafei, Li Bibi, Gao Yuanyuan, Lin Zhiling, Zhang Baizhi...

Fan Xiaopang didn't come, she was a little anxious, it wasn't a matter of sleeping, it was "The Woman of the Dynasty, Yang Guifei", this play is very famous, just the original film of Ma Zhen...

There are many domestic movies compared to films, and the really wonderful ones are behind-the-scenes examples, and "Yang Guifei" is one of them!

This project was proposed in 09, and "Yang Guifei" was officially established in March, and the investors even included a British production company at that time.

In April 11, it was renamed "The Crisis of the Tang Dynasty", the British investors withdrew, the film was changed to a Sino-Japanese co-production, and it was finalized that Guo Zairong would be the director.

In October, it was announced that it would be changed back to "Yang Guifei", and it was confirmed that Fan Xiaopang would star in Yang Guifei.

In January of this year, the film was launched - but due to differences in production concepts, the film company intends to change the Korean team, and Korean director Guo Jae-yong resigned, and it was revealed that the actor asked for more drama too much...

- This is the reason why Shen Mengxi is reluctant to let the first-line big flowers star in his works.

Inviting them to star not only requires a high salary, but also has to be quite inclined in terms of roles, characters, and positions, which will seriously affect the overall look and feel of the film in many cases.

is a pure heroine, it's really better to find Liu Yifei and Yang Xiaomi!

Not only that, "Yang Guifei" announced in March that Tian Zhuangzhuang would take over as the director, and at the same time, Japanese investors announced the withdrawal of investment.

Then last month, Director Tian resigned as a guide...

was anxious, that's it, Fan Xiaopang also took the time to go to Cannes, and Yan suppressed Liu Yifei!

Speaking of the red carpet, the top ten golden flowers in Mengxi... No, now the outside world calls these actresses Mengxi Fourteen Hairpins - plus Nini.

There are five here, Yang Xiaomi, Liu Shishi, Nazha, Zhao Liying and Jin Chen.

Shen Mengxi must have someone to accompany him on the red carpet, so he simply pulled Jin Chen for a very simple reason - to promote "Walking with God".

There is an order for walking the red carpet in China, even if Shen Mengxi does not have this requirement, it is impossible for the organizer to let him appear at the same time as a third-rate star...

Jin Chen...

Secretly glanced at Shen Mengxi, who was sitting on the side looking at her phone, she was a little afraid of Shen Mengxi...

How can I say it, Shen Mengxi can be said to be her top boss, the kind that determines life and death with one word...

Speaking of the film "Walking with God" alone, she played Li Dechun, one of the three messengers of hell, and is the protagonist, and she is played with Hu Ge, Chen Kun, Chen Daoming, and Huang Bo, who are actors with coffee positions!

How did she get the resources, I heard the agent say that Shen Mengxi gave it to her casually!

Such a big cake, casually pointed it out to her?

Don't you have to pay anything?

After joining the group, she has been waiting for Shen Mengxi's summons... It's a pity that during the filming, Shen Mengxi didn't show up at all, and he was quite concerned about the pre-preparation and post-editing...

Also, during the filming, including the director and assistant director, they were all fierce, not caring at all that she was a newcomer, and scolding when she made a mistake...

It's outrageous!

I am personally designated by Mr. Shen!

Later, she had a general understanding of the operation mode of Mengxi Company, mainly the resource supply method, that is, the internal priority...

There is no need to go the wrong way.

What a strange company, a strange man...

Doesn't he have desires?

Just thinking about it, I felt my hand being caught, and the man's voice: "Let's go, it's our turn!"

She hurriedly followed Shen Mengxi's steps and stepped on the red carpet of the Shanghai Film Festival...

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Shen Mengxi walked the red carpet, unhurriedly, neither delaying the reporters on both sides to take pictures, nor making people feel that they were rubbing.

In the interview area, Shen Mengxi introduced Jin Chen: "This is the female number one of our "Walking with God", a newcomer, Jin Chen, who signed a contract with our company last year!"

"Our criteria for recruiting new people... I don't know this very well, but there are three hard rules: acting skills must not be too bad, professionalism must be required, and most importantly, good character!"

"Character is of course very important, for an artist, his ability is actually his fame, his influence, which are directly linked to his social responsibility. Because he is loved by everyone, his words and deeds may be imitated, so it is also one of their responsibilities to guide the correct outlook on life and values. ”

"There are three ways in which human beings grasp the world: science, art, and religion. A work of art is concerned with people's cognitive, moral and emotional appeals. This is often what we call truth, goodness, and beauty. If there is a problem with an artist's character, how can his artistic character be high?"

"In the era of self-media, we have high requirements for artists!"

The reporter didn't expect Shen Mengxi to go so far, so he quickly changed the topic: "Then what do you think are the advantages of Jin Chen?"

Shen Mengxi said with a smile: "Her plasticity is quite strong, she can play both Xiaohua and Tsing Yi... I'm pretty optimistic about her!"