He Xin later learned that Tang Wei was not the kind of lucky person who was struck by a pie in the sky. She was recommended to Li Yu by Li Yu's friend Lai Shengchuan.
He Xin is no stranger to Lai Shengchuan. He once worked for a period of time as a visiting professor at the Chinese Theater Academy, and even rehearsed a play "Like a Dream" written by him. Tang Wei, who was still a directing student at the time,
She played the role of the wife of Patient No. 5 and received great praise from Director Lai.
Therefore, opportunities will not hit you for no reason. Opportunities always come to a prepared mind.
Moreover, it was not only Tang Wei who was recommended to Li Yu by Lai Shengchuan, but also a drama actor named Zhu Zhiyin from Wanwan. It is said that Li Yu was also very fond of the classical beauty of this actress at the time. At that time, the comprehensive appearance, height, film and television
In the end, Tang Wei won based on his acting experience.
It is precisely for this reason that He Xin's inner feeling of not being trusted is even stronger. But if you think about it from another perspective, Tang Wei's unreasonable approach seems to be unreasonable both in the circle and in society.
A kind of normality.
If she is not selected, she will still be the heroine of "Double-sided Tape" and everyone will be fine; if she is selected, the contract has not been signed and she does not have to bear any responsibility.
But if it were anyone else, He Xin might feel that it is understandable, but they are friends, especially as a person who always takes the word "friend" very seriously, He Xin would feel deeply hurt.
.
What he said to Tang Wei on the phone, "I wish you good luck!" was not out of anger. He knew very well what Tang Wei would face after "Lust, Caution".
After the collapse of "Lust, Caution" in later generations, Li Yu was the Oscar-winning director and the "Light of the Chinese", Liang Best Actor was the Best Actor at Cannes, and Tang Wei, who had no background, naturally became a soft persimmon - the target of being banned.
Of course, Tang Wei succeeded in the end. She drew the clearest and most effective guidebook for actresses who are struggling in the entertainment industry but can't get ahead - when you have no future, no fame, and even youth.
He also began to drift away gradually, leaving only a few beautiful people visible, so becoming famous is the best shortcut.
In fact, taking off clothes is nothing new in Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Qiu Xiaomada in "The Red Fruit Lamb"; Weng Hong in "Top Ten Tortures"; and Miss Chung Liti in "The Princess", not to mention
There is also the most classic Shu Qi in "The Jade Girl's Heart Sutra".
Even He Xin himself became famous instantly. At that time, he was not as lucky as Tang Wei now. He was spotted by a big Oscar-level director. He was just for the 80,000 yuan salary. But he never wanted to become famous in one fell swoop.
All the way till now.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he understood why Hu Jun had been frustrated by the Golden Horse Award for a long time. He and Hu Jun were two people, one for money and the other for fame. But Hu Jun had made such a big sacrifice.
, but did not receive the honor he expected, which would be difficult for anyone to accept. Fortunately, he later received a trophy from the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award, which can be considered as consolation.
Immediately afterwards, Sister Hong called again and kept saying hello and apologizing to her young managers and actors. Speaking of which, she wanted to recommend Li Xiaoran and Sister Ge at first, but she didn't take Tang Wei to heart, and Tang Wei
I didn't even dare to say hello to her during the audition before.
Of course, now that she has got the role, she is also ecstatic for Sister Hong. After all, it is an actor under her own company who finally became the lucky one. In terms of business, compared with Li Yu's movies, Xinhao Media's small-cost TV series
What’s the point? What’s more, the contract has not been signed, so at most it’s just a bit embarrassing in terms of face.
…
Night, intermission.
"Hey, how many cities are you planning to visit this time?"
A slightly thicker calf stretched out from the silk air-conditioning quilt and kicked He Xin who was lying next to him.
In early June, after more than four months of filming, "New Shanghai" was finally completed. The original rift between the two people disappeared as the dust settled on the casting.
"What about you? You have to run along too." He Xin said.
It is said that the leading actors in "The Stone" are all unknown, and the appearance is entirely supported by the couple. Although Bald Xu is also somewhat famous, the contract he signed did not have this obligation, and at most he would go to Shanghai.
When the time comes, pull it out and run around.
"Ah? I also want to take advantage of this time to have a good rest!"
"Not many. The initial plan is only seven or eight cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Xi'an." He Xin said thoughtfully.
The road show is still just a preliminary plan. After the movie is officially released, the box office momentum will need to be adjusted in detail. He Xin plans to take advantage of the first half month of the movie's release to visit as many cities as possible. There is nothing else to worry about when the movie is released.
, the most troublesome thing is the proliferation of piracy. And with the rise of video websites, not only pirated discs are now available, some video websites even openly show pirated copies online.
The original version of "Stone" was a matter of publicity and more of word-of-mouth. But at that time, pirated copies were already flooding the streets, so even though it became a hit, the box office was only over 20 million.
In addition to pure publicity, a large part of the reason for increasing publicity and running road shows is to compete with piracy for time. So many movie copies were released at once, even if it was like when "Heroes" was released a few years ago, the copies would be one-to-one.
The marking is still impossible to guard against.
There's no way around it, the benefits of this thing are too great.
To paraphrase what Teng Huatao said when "Fortress Liuhai" hit the market, "This is an irreversible thing" when it comes to the topic of "Liu Hai Fortress".
Therefore, the piracy of movies these days is as rampant as the piracy of online novels now, and there is nothing we can do about it. I remember when I first wrote online articles more than ten years ago, the subscription ratio at that time was about 5:1.
This ratio dropped to 20:1 a year ago, 50:1 four or five years ago, and now it is almost 100:1.
That's too far.
"Then when will your other two movies be released?"
"The final stage of "Curiosity Killed the Cat" is almost over. Director Zhang said that it may be scheduled for National Day this year, and "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters" has been scheduled to be released on the Lunar New Year schedule early in the morning."
The couple lay side by side on the bed, chatting during the intermission.
Cheng Hao said "Oh", was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I really didn't expect that Li Yu would choose Tangtang in the end?"
He Xin didn't answer at first, but after thinking about it he couldn't help but ask: "Have you been in contact recently?"
"Of course, she came to visit the class not long ago. I was wondering at the time why she came to Shanghai so quietly? She was very tight-lipped and didn't reveal anything. I only found out about her after watching the news.
I was tricked by Li Yutao, who came to Shanghai for training. But she called me immediately afterwards to explain, saying that she had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not speak nonsense."
"Didn't you say anything else?"
"She also said..."
Cheng Hao said, turned over, looked at him with a smile on his face, and said: "She said that she did this dishonestly. She also said that you must still be angry now. She didn't dare to see you, so she wanted me to
Please help me by saying a few nice words."
"snort!"
He Xin couldn't help but let out a snort.
Tang Wei temporarily let go, which made him very embarrassed. Moreover, this afternoon he just received a call from Cheng Qiang, the director of "Double-sided Tape", asking what should be done about the heroine?
"Okay, stop snorting! I think it's normal for Tangtang to do this. That's Li Yu! What's more, director Lai Shengchuan recommended her. Can you let her give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Besides, she won't sign.
The contract is to leave a way out for herself. This would be difficult if she signed the contract!" Cheng Hao pushed him.
He glanced at his girlfriend sideways and said, "You haven't said how your audition went?"
"Don't mention it, Li Yu didn't stay in Shanghai for long. Apart from location scouting, he seemed to have gone to a theater. There was no audition arranged at all." His girlfriend waved her hand.
"Since you speak for your good sister, then you can take over the drama where she lets go!"
"As you can imagine, I don't have time. I have to go to class next semester!"
"About class, let me say hello to Brother Hao. Besides, this play was tailor-made for you from the beginning. If you didn't want to, I found Tangtang. Where can you tell me to look for it now?"
People go."
Seeing how pitiful her boyfriend was and how hard she worked in the first half, Cheng Hao couldn't bear it, so she had to say: "Let me think about it first."
…
June 30, Beijing.
Bona's distribution capabilities are not guaranteed. Apart from the government-run China Film and Television, Bona is probably the most professional.
After the early publicity on the Internet and the media, the tickets for the premiere were sold out early. The quality of "Stone" is naturally not as good as that of "The Promise", which cost tens of millions and was staged in the CPPCC Auditorium.
The premiere will be held in the IMAX hall of Huaxing Cinema in Beijing.
"Mr. Han!"
"Director Huang!"
"Director Chen!"
"..."
He Xin wore a black dress very seriously today and stood at the entrance of the theater with Yu Dong to receive... ah, welcome guests.
Thanks to Yudong's connections in the industry, many guests came to support him. Han Sanye, Huang Jianxin, Chen Kexin, Lu Chuan, etc. were all relatively heavyweight guests.
Of course, there are also many celebrities who came to support He Xin. For directors, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Baibai, Diao Yinan, Guo Jingyu, etc.; for actors, Li Bailian, Hu Jun, and Jiang Qinqin all came.
"Sister Wu Yue!"
He Xin said hello to Wu Yue, who she had happily collaborated with in "I'm Not a Hero", and then stretched out her hand to the anxious man she was holding on to with obvious forehead wrinkles: "Mr. Chen, thank you for your support!
"
Chen Jianbing obviously found He Xin's name quite useful. He shook hands with him with a simple smile and said, "Haha, Teacher He, you're welcome!"
At this time, there was no trace of Ling Ling in Wu Yue. She was just like the cheerful Wen Lu in "Peace Era" ten years ago. She smiled and said: "Xiao He, I watched the trailer online. It's so funny! It's so funny."
Don’t let me down!”
"Sister Wu Yue, I will never let you down." He Xin said seriously.
At the same time, she also said to Uncle Pancake beside her: "Teacher Chen will not be disappointed either."
The "Unknown Man" played by Uncle Jianbing in later generations is actually the same as "The Stone".
Uncle Pancake smiled at him politely, but he felt a little disapproving of it. At this time, Mr. Chen was still very artistic and did not like these so-called low-budget comedies.
Guests of all sizes, celebrities, and as many as forty people came, finally making the scene lively.
After that, when He Xin followed Yu Dong into the theater, he accidentally glanced around and saw that Wu Yue and his wife were sitting next to Jiang Qinqin without knowing who arranged the seats. Maybe they just met, Uncle Pancake.
Erzheng shook hands with Jiang Qinqin with a bright smile, and Wu Yue, who was sitting next to him, also smiled brightly, feeling very strange. But at the same time, he seemed to feel slightly uncomfortable in his heart.
As the host, Bona invited Liu Yiwei, a well-known master chef from CCTV and the spokesperson of Totole Chicken Essence. Not to mention that Liu Yiwei matches the overall style of "The Stone" quite well.
Before the movie was screened, as usual, the main creators took to the stage to appear. Probably except for He Xin, including his girlfriend, they had never experienced such a big battle before, and all of them were a little nervous. Ning Hao also stumbled when he spoke.
Following the routine, Liu Yiwei interviewed one by one and made some jokes in the middle. The time was not long, only about ten minutes. For a movie like "The Stone" with a low-key creator, it is useless to talk too much. Movies are better than everything else.
The lights slowly dimmed and the noise gradually became quieter.
Skipping the logos of Longbiao and the two production companies, a faucet dripping water drop by drop appeared on the screen. As soon as the screen changed, it showed a close-up of Guo Tao's painful face. The camera slowly lengthened.
I saw him in a consulting room.
"Besides being unable to urinate and always wanting to pee, what other symptoms do you have?"
Then Ning Hao, wearing glasses and dressed as a doctor, appeared in the camera.
"puff!"
Sitting next to He Xin, Cheng Hao, who was seeing a finished film for the first time, burst into laughter and whispered: "Why is he in it too?"
At the same time, there were a few sporadic laughs. Apparently some viewers had recognized that the confused doctor inside was the director who had just stood on the stage and spoke nervously. It was just that the director appeared in his own scene.
There is always an inexplicable sense of joy here.
"This guy just wants to stamp his name, leave some traces in his movie, and enjoy his acting addiction."
In fact, He Xin thinks that Ning Hao still has some acting talent. If he is not a director, he may also become an excellent comedian.
Just this shot flashed by and suddenly jumped to the cableway across the river.
Deng Chao, dressed as a slut, was teasing Cheng Hao with a can of Coke in his hand and a mouthful of Hong Kong populace: "Whenever I look at the city from this angle, I strongly feel that the city is the mother body and we are the life."
Inside her womb..."
The two aunts in the cable car gave him a blank look at the same time: "Rogue!"
Deng Chao was also a familiar face, and he was so coquettish that he immediately attracted a burst of laughter. When Cheng Hao turned around, he stepped on him hard with his high heels.
"ah--"
Deng Chao screamed, his hand holding Coke outside the cable car window loosened, and the Coke can fell...
But at this time, the focus of the audience's attention was Deng Chao's extremely exaggerated expressions and screams. This guy is good at this, and the laughter in the theater became even louder.
But the camera suddenly turned again, and it jumped to Zhang Yi, who looked awesome, arrogant and arrogant, walking on the small street outside the handicraft factory, and the camera just flashed, Liu Hua took Yue Xiaojun and Huang Bo
The stupid thief also showed up.
Liu Hua's minivan was inspected, and Huang Bo walked towards the traffic police carrying a hammer.
"Boom!"
In an alley not far away, a minivan slid slowly and hit a parked BMW.
The scene suddenly changed: Zhang Yi spray-painted a big word "split" on the wall.
Although the scene on the cable car was very funny, the series of clueless beginnings that followed left the audience and guests sitting below confused.
But before they could raise any doubts, they saw:
"What a bastard!"
Zhang Yi, wearing small glasses, was spraying words when he suddenly heard a noise and watched helplessly as a bread truck hit his BMW.
Then, the camera turned again, and Guo Tao and Liu Ye were driving a van, chatting about the pie in the world, when they heard a "bang!" sound, and the glass was smashed by a can falling from the sky. The two got out of the van and cursed,
Little did he know that the car had slowly slid away.
"High technology, driverless! If you don't see it, don't touch me. If you can't drive it, then don't drive it!"
"Ha ha!"
At this point, the whole audience was laughing, and at the same time, four words came out in unison: So that’s it! Those few seemingly scattered shots have clearly defined the main characters and the causal relationship in the film.
In just a few minutes, two small flashbacks were used, which the audience only found fresh and interesting.
But those knowledgeable people below were all full of surprises. Even Mr. Chen Jianbing, who had only been with his girlfriend and didn't care, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't even take a look at the person sitting next to him.
Jiang Qinqin was stunned and subconsciously sat up straight.
"Run Lola Run"! "The Birth of a Prefix"!
Probably the names of these two classic movies came to these people's minds.
I never thought there would be a director in China who would dare to shoot like this!