Chapter 104 This Big Brother Always Feels Like Deja Vu
Two days later, Luo City, two-story building.
By the way, there are now several large gilt characters hanging outside the two-story building.
Honghu Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
Shanzhai has officially upgraded from a studio to a company.
Here, Zhang Hong once again met Lin Chuan, whom he had not seen for a long time.
Compared with the second-generation rich man with his meticulously combed hair, Lin Chuan now has a completely different look.
The original hair was not taken care of at all, and I don’t know how many hair gel and hair wax manufacturers went bankrupt because of this.
The slim-fitting high-end custom-made suit was also replaced by a short-sleeved T-shirt and cropped pants, and a pair of ordinary travel shoes on his feet.
His face was unshaven.
Just highlight the simplicity.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Hong dropped the cigarette in his mouth.
He simply stamped it out, then picked it up and threw it into the ashtray: "What's going on, Ah Chuan? Where is your rich second-generation temperament? You have to control it!"
He has to let this kid act in his true colors in future filming, otherwise what's the point?
He is the man who wants to "squeeze out" all the remaining value of Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan smiled bitterly: "Brother Hong, stop making fun of me. Why are you so anxious to find me?"
"Don't panic yet." Zhang Hong looked at the taciturn man next to Lin Chuan, "Who is this?"
Lin Chuan was stunned. He still felt strange, "Ah? You don't know Brother Hong? His name is Li Hua. He is a friend I made recently. He said you know him."
Li Hua...Zhang Hong looked at this man.
He has an unkempt beard and a wild hairstyle.
It feels like déjà vu, but I really can’t remember it.
"I'm sorry, it does look familiar, but I really can't remember it for a while."
Zhang Hong looked at Li Hua with an apologetic smile on his face, "Mr. Li, I wonder when we have met before?"
Li Hua's eyes dimmed and he fell into memories, "That year in the Los Angeles Film and Television City, I was in the light and you were in the dark. At that time, it was exactly like this moment, but...the identities between you and me are different.
Already."
"Oh?" Zhang Hong was interested, "How could we be so destined? I wonder if Brother Li is..."
Li Hua sighed, and then said something very familiar to Zhang Hong: "I'm just an unknown amateur director passing by. Please don't remember me."
Zhang Hong was suddenly startled and suddenly remembered who this person was!
Sorry for the messy stubble, the bohemian hairstyle...
This person was the director Li Hua whom he met at the Los Angeles Film and Television City not long after time travel, who personally jumped on top of the leading actor and told him the story!
I also learned a lot from him!
"It turns out to be Brother Li!" Zhang Hong suddenly became more enthusiastic. He stood up, sat over and took Li Hua's hand, "Brother Li, I was not lying when I said that I learned a lot from you!"
Indeed, those who have talent but do not work hard will have no future.
A truly successful person is one who has both talent and hard work.
When everyone's efforts are the same, it's time to start competing for talent.
Zhang Hong knew he had talent, but in order to make money, he had to study hard.
The two directors he studied under were Li Hua and Liu Yishou.
From Liu Yishou, he learned how to guide photographers in choosing shooting lenses and storyboarding.
From Li Hua, he learned how to direct actors.
To put it bluntly, without Li Hua and Liu Yishou, Zhang Hong would not be where he is today!
Li Hua felt flattered, and then he smiled bitterly: "Director Zhang, don't be ridiculous. Your achievements are much higher than mine, or in other words, I will never be able to achieve your achievements in my lifetime."
In the past nearly a year, not only did Zhang Hong make money and go out, he also experienced a lot.
Zhang Hong saw that he had a story, otherwise it would be unreasonable and his character would have changed.
Or maybe this is his true character, and the grumpy old man look on the set is fake?
Because the director needs to be dignified, that’s why he gets angry on the set?
Handing Li Hua a cigarette, Zhang Hong lit it for himself and said, "Brother Li, let's talk, maybe I can help you."
Li Hua sighed and talked about the past.
To be precise, it started a few months ago.
Unlike Zhang Hong, he is not a proud man, nor did he graduate from a prestigious school like Beijing Film and Television Academy.
He is actually a wild man.
I have been involved in this industry since I was a teenager.
First I worked as an errand boy in an advertising company, then gradually became a graphic designer, and then worked my way into the video advertising department.
A few years later, he became a commercial film director.
Within two years, he became a music video director.
Later, he hooked up with a TV drama director and successfully joined the crew as an assistant director.
However, there are a lot of assistant directors on a crew. If it is the director himself, then you are the second director besides the director, and you can learn a lot.
If it's not important, he's just a handyman with the title of assistant director.
Unfortunately, Li Hua is the latter.
Several years later, when he was nearly thirty years old, he finally got the favor of a media company and officially became a TV drama director.
Then after filming two TV series that made no loss or even made a small profit, he got a budget of tens of millions from the media company and was ready to do something big.
That was the movie he was filming when Zhang Hong met him at the Los Angeles Film and Television City.
An urban workplace romance drama about a popular first-tier traffic niche student and a young girl.
As a result...it hit Zhang Hong's "Yun Luo Hong Chen" head-on and was smashed to pieces.
But later on, under the company's operation, he succeeded in becoming a star, and ended up starring in "Blood Youth"...
On the original ratings chart, his drama ranked fourteenth.
But there was nothing he could do about it, so he got the budget to make a new film.
Although the budget this time was not as large as last time, he still took the photos very seriously.
This time it is still his best urban workplace drama, which mainly tells the story of selling a house.
Then... bumped into "Mobile Suit".
As we all know, the market share is only so large, and some dramas have extremely high ratings. As a result, the ratings of originally good dramas may plummet.
Especially the kind that even coincides with the broadcast time.
Unfortunately, this is the case in Li Hua's drama.
Then the male lead in the show was exposed on Weibo for cheating, and the ratings of his show fell to the bottom.
He was cut in half directly on the TV station.
Then it got to the point where no one dared to buy it from a video website.
Later, he also wanted to imitate Zhang Hong and shoot ten to twelve episodes of high-quality TV series, but now the company gave him less budget.
But he still tried hard to take pictures.
But halfway through filming, suddenly a very famous director took a fancy to his script, so he contacted his company to adapt the script and expand it into a 40-episode TV series.
As a result, he was kicked out and even the company terminated his contract.
At that time, he even wanted to die.
But when he leaned on the window on the 24th floor and glanced down, he gave up.
Moreover, he was afraid of pain and even suffered from dizziness.
After searching online for medication, he found that it would cause severe pain in the stomach and would most likely lead to gastric lavage and secondary torture, so he gave up the idea completely.
Maybe it’s also because I can’t bear to part with the mobile game account that has been recharged with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Anyway, he decided to take a hike in the desert to cleanse his soul.
There, he met Lin Chuan.
Unlucky people will attract each other.
The two unfortunate guys hit it off and became friends.
Until Lin Chuan answered Zhang Hong's call.
Only then did Li Hua know that he actually knew Zhang Hong!
It was only after watching "Blood Youth" that Li Hua realized that the unknown person at the time turned out to be the talented director Zhang Hong who has become very popular recently.
He shamelessly followed me.
Although he didn't know what he could do,...he just came.
After listening to his story, even a cigarette was burned out.
Zhang Hong was silent for a long time, feeling more and more that his journey was so smooth.
Sure enough, good people are rewarded.
Especially for people like me who are talented, hard-working and have a good personality, they will be even more rewarded.
But Li Hua is his "mentor" after all, so of course, he wants to give him a hand.
I recalled the two future development directions that Lin Muqing mentioned at the meeting a few days ago.
Zhang Hong decided, he wanted to grab it with both hands!
He wants to make a TV series that requires almost no budget, but he only produces the script and storyboards. The director's job will be handed over to Li Hua, and the starring role will be played by Lin Chuan!
And he himself is going to "scam" the millions of support funds from the China Film and Television Association to try to make his first movie!
Not for the box office.
Even this kind of TV movie will only be broadcast on CCTV 6.
What he wants is to make a name for himself!
Only in this way can you successfully enter the film industry!
After smoothing the road ahead, Zhang Hong said with a smile: "I have a notebook here. I wonder if Brother Li is interested in becoming a director? By the way, the leading actor is Ah Chuan."
Li Hua and Lin Chuan were stunned at the same time.
"Director? Me?"
"Protagonist? Me?"
Seeing the disbelieving looks in their eyes, Zhang Hong shrugged: "That's not it. In short, this is also a workplace drama. Brother Li, you should be very good at it."
Li Hua immediately entered the state: "Director Zhang, what is the budget for our play?"
As long as he has a few million, he can accept it!
This is a script written by Zhang Hong himself, who won the "Excellent Editor Award" of the Feitian Award!
What's there to hesitate about?
Even if he is called shameless, he must seize this opportunity!
Hearing his inquiry, Zhang Hong smiled slightly: "The script is in my head, the actors are not sure except Achuan, the director is you, and the budget... is almost non-existent."