In the remaining week, Zhang Zhong met with these five directors one by one, of course separately.
After meeting several directors, Zhang Zhong still felt that Xi Jin was the most suitable for filming "Sophie's World".
When we met for the second time, Xi Jin also acted very special.
He directly took out a stack of texts and told Zhang Zhong that these were some of his feelings after watching "Sophie's World".
When Zhang Zhong took the stack of texts, he looked a little surprised, because the texts were not thin and were estimated to be tens of thousands of words.
After reading a book with tens of thousands of words, Xi Jin is really not an ordinary person.
After Zhang Zhong read these "After Readings", he realized that they were not just after readings. In the first half, Xi Jin simply wrote about his feelings about the book "Sophie's World" from the perspective of a reader.
The second half was obviously just written in the past few days. The main content is his view of "Sophie's World" from a director's perspective, including suggestions for the script and problems that may be encountered during the filming process.
come out.
Such thorough preparation immediately made Xi Jin stand out from several other directors.
So much so that Zhang Zhong didn't even think about looking for a few more directors to screen, and directly decided on Xi Jin.
Zhang Zhong decided on Friday that Xi Jin would be the director of "Sophie's World". On Saturday, the official website of 001 announced the news.
As soon as this news came out, it became a hot topic.
Xi Jin, who had not yet returned home from Jiangyang, was very emotional when he saw the overwhelming news on the Internet that he was going to direct "Sophie's World" in the hotel.
In fact, he just won the Best Director Award at the Fengyu Film Festival, which is a pretty good award. However, there is not much news about his award on the Internet, and the popularity of the news today is not the same.
This is top-level traffic. I have only had such exposure with Zhang Zhong. No wonder actors and directors in the film and television industry are eager to get to know Zhang Zhong, because the benefits are obvious.
The movie became a hit before it was even made, so Xi Jin was of course very happy.
But at the same time, he also felt tremendous pressure. He knew that how many people were paying attention now, and how many people would scold him if he didn't make the movie well.
Traffic is a double-edged sword, and it still depends on whether you can win this battle.
In fact, Xi Jin was a little worried before coming to Jiangyang.
It’s not that I’m worried that I won’t be able to catch Zhang Zhong’s eye, but that I’m worried that if I’m selected by Zhang Zhong to be the director, Zhang Zhong won’t give him the power in the end.
He likes the feeling of being the leader in the theater. If possible, he would like to be the producer and supervisor himself, and he has the final say in everything.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhong did not impose any restrictions on him, and even the actors barely interfered. The only actor Zhang Zhong chose himself was Zhao Xinyue.
And Zhao Xinyue happens to be an actor that Xi Jin likes more.
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Leaving the film matters to Xi Jin, Zhang Zhong put aside the film matters for the time being.
On the second weekend, Zhang Zhong took Xu Yuhan and Peng Peng to Yanjing.
This time the old couple didn't come. Hu Huifang was tired from her classes this week and wanted to rest at home on the weekend, while Zhang Xingjun went out for a spring outing with the old friends from the Photography Association.
The reason why I am going to Yanjing this week is to attend the art group gathering that Wu Ziyun mentioned before.
The art group meeting started on Sunday morning, and Zhang Zhong and the others arrived on Saturday afternoon.
Originally coming to Yanjing, Zhang Zhong and the others planned to have a good rest in the villa and recuperate to attend the art group meeting tomorrow.
But I don't know where Yu Dongyu and the others heard the news that Zhang Zhong and the others were coming to Yanjing, and they were clamoring to come over for a drink.
This time Hu Huifang didn't come, so Zhang Zhong directly booked a table at a hotel in the community.
There were quite a few people here this time. In addition to Yu Dongyuzhuangyu and the four of them, Wang Kewang and Lin Wenyuan also came.
Lin Wenyuan came over, which surprised Zhang Zhong the most.
Because apart from the previous academic conferences at Yenching University, the few times between them were at Wang Meng's home.
The two of them can only be regarded as ordinary friends.
We haven't seen him for a long time. Lin Wenyuan is not as high-spirited as he used to be, and he is starting to show his age.
Seeing Zhang Zhong, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I hope Principal Zhang doesn't mind."
"Just call me Zhang Zhong. Why does Mr. Lin need to go out? I'm not happy that you can come to my humble home, so why would I mind. But I want to ask a few others, since Mr. Lin is coming, why don't you say hello in advance?
It's better to prepare." Zhang Zhong said.
Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "I was just afraid that you would make preparations, so I didn't tell you in advance. Don't worry, although Old Lin has a weird temper, he is definitely not a stingy person."
Lin Wenyuan curled his lips and said, "When have I ever had a weird temper?"
"If you want to ask me when you don't have a weird temper, it would be easier for me to answer." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.
Yu Dongyu looked at Zhang Chong and said with a smile, "Why don't you ask us why we knew you came to Yanjing?"
Zhang Zhong shook his head and said, "When you called me at first, I was indeed a little confused, but after thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid no one else can tell you the news except Wu Ziyun."
Liu Yuan said with a smile, "You only guessed half of it right."
"What does guessing half right mean? If it's right, it's right, and if it's wrong, it's wrong. How do you calculate this half?" Zhang Zhong asked curiously.
"We did know the news about your coming from Wu Ziyun, but we didn't ask directly from him. I happened to meet a friend from CAFA two days ago, and through chatting I learned that there is a party for the art group of CAFA this weekend.
, I kept this in mind. Later, I called Wu Ziyun specifically and asked him if Pengpeng would come to the party. He told me that Pengpeng would come, so we knew that you were back too.
.So we say you only guessed half of it right." Wang Yi explained to Zhang Zhong with a smile.
Zhang Zhong touched his forehead helplessly, "If you want to know whether I'm coming to Yanjing, just call me directly. Why do you have to go through such a big circle? Can I still hide it from you?"
"It's boring to ask you directly like this, and if we launch a surprise attack like this now, it can be regarded as a surprise for you." Yu Dongyu chuckled, "And didn't you take the initiative to tell us?"
"Isn't it because I have something to do? Otherwise, why wouldn't I contact you?"
Wang Kewang said, "Actually, it's my fault. I knew you were coming to Yanjing, so I came here to see you. After all, I didn't go to Jiangyang last time."