Xilong Province, Xiahe County, "Out of Nothing" Railway Station.
The reason why it is called "Out of Nothing" is because director Feng Xiaolong was afraid of being criticized, so he directly chose the name "Out of Nothing" to save trouble.
The cost of making up a fictional station name is also very high. In the past two months, the crew of "A World Without Thieves" has built an entire train platform and track, which can be said to be very wealthy.
The entire movie had an investment of 40 million, half of which was paid by Yuexiang Media. When Zheng Qian heard that Feng Xiaolong had built an entire train platform, he felt a pang of pain.
Fortunately, Zheng Qian is still very confident about the movie's future box office.
Not only Zheng Qian is confident, but the entire crew is also confident.
First of all, Feng Xiaolong, the top domestic commercial film director, is in charge. Secondly, in terms of actors, the two movie kings Liu Yihua and Ge Yun, as well as the singing queen Xu Ruoying. In addition, Zheng Qian, who is now in full swing of popularity, also surprisingly joined, and then there are many talents.
Send actors, such as Liu Bingbing.
Although Liu Bingbing was affiliated with Huaying Media and was the earliest investor after the project was established, although she later withdrew her capital, Feng Xiaolong did not complete the matter. Moreover, Liu Bingbing really matched Feng Xiaolong's eyes, with good appearance and acting skills.
, the most important thing is that the pay is very cheap.
For this reason, Feng Xiaolong also specifically asked Zheng Qian. He also knew that there had been some conflicts between Zheng Qian and Huaying Media. Now that Zheng Qian was the largest investor, he naturally wanted to ask about it.
Zheng Qian was quite generous, he just said that it was business as usual.
As soon as Feng Xiaolong heard this, he immediately made the decision to cast Liu Bingbing. However, he kept pressing down on the salary. According to the price of a pure new actor, it was considered an explanation for Zheng Qian.
However, Liu Bingbing burst into tears after receiving the offer notice. For an actress like her, opportunity is more important than remuneration.
The movie "A World Without Thieves", let's not talk about the script, but the cast has already surpassed most of the movies.
At this time, it is approaching mid-December.
The crew of "A World Without Thieves" has been filming for more than a week, mainly filming the rivalry between actor Andy Lau and Rene Hsu, a desperate couple.
It is worth mentioning that on the first day of work, the speed car driven by Andy accidentally fell into a mud pit and almost overturned. Fortunately, he was not injured, but it also shocked many people on the crew into cold sweats.
After all, Andy is a superstar with a very high net worth, but no matter how much the crew tried to persuade him, Andy still refused to act as a stand-in, which can be regarded as a lesson to the juniors on the crew.
Zheng Qian knew that Andy had just finished filming the movie "Insidious".
Now he has come to the northwest non-stop to film "A World Without Thieves", and he is simply a model worker in the industry.
Although Zheng Qian didn't have many scenes, in order to get into the situation, Zheng Qian came to the set a week in advance to observe.
I lived and ate with the crew every day, and gradually became familiar with the entire crew. I also laughed, cursed, and mingled with the actors.
During this period, Zheng Qian also personally visited the Golden Rooster Award-winning actor Ge Yun to ask for advice on acting skills.
Zheng Qian did not come from a professional background and had made a few pheasant films before, but he could not get on the stage at all.
Although "Insidious" faced many big bosses, there were really not many scenes. It only took one or two days to shoot and was completed.
So taking this opportunity, Zheng Qian also used the script of "A World Without Thieves" to ask Ge Yun for advice one after another.
Ge Yun didn't care whether Zheng Qian was a popular superstar or not, he just thought that Zheng Qian was a simple boy who loved to learn, with a lukewarm attitude, and kept communicating with each other.
However, the more they communicated, the more surprised Ge Yun became.
He never expected that in the process of communicating with Zheng Qian, he would also burst out with inspiration frequently, and he would burst out with golden sentences one after another:
"What is the most expensive thing in the 21st century? Talent!"
"People's hearts are broken! It's hard to lead the team!"
"What annoys me the most are you robbers. You have no technical skills at all."
"Organized, undisciplined."
"I can tell you responsibly that Uncle Li is very angry and the consequences will be serious."
After this back and forth, Ge Yun suddenly became very fond of Zheng Qian.
Especially when I found out that Zheng Qian was a cadre of the General Political Department Art Troupe, I became even more pleasing to the eye. When I wasn't filming, I would pull Zheng Qian to sit on the rocking chair and talk.
"Are you a civilian cadre?"
"right!"
"A few levels?"
"Uh, level eight."
"That's okay. I'm level 6. My level is higher than yours."
Ge Yun laughed, the big gold teeth in his mouth sparkling, "But you, Uncle Ge, and I belong to the Art Troupe of the Federation of Trade Unions and represent the workers... unlike you, who go to the military camp all day long to perform condolences, we are very comfortable
Yes, one play can be staged for a year."
Zheng Qian paused and said, "I am affiliated with the General Political Department's creative office, and I usually don't have the opportunity to perform at the grassroots level."
"Oh, then you've found a good job."
Ge Yun's sense of superiority disappeared immediately, but overall he was still very satisfied with Zheng Qian.
Regarding some of Zheng Qian's requests for advice, he also gave them careful guidance. At the end, he said directly: "I see that you have never been exposed to acting. It is feasible to sing and act well, but the prerequisite is to practice more acting skills. From the Beijing Film Academy
A graduate recently took a crash course in acting, may I introduce you to take it?"
Zheng Qian was a little confused: "Is it useful?"
"It's useful." Ge Yun said seriously: "This class teacher is not old, only in his early thirties, but he is a very capable actor. Although he has no masterpiece for the time being, I think as long as this kid seizes the opportunity,
It’s sure to be an instant hit.”
Zheng Qian asked curiously: "Who is the head teacher?"
"Huang Haiyu." Ge Yun said: "Although he looks a bit ugly, this guy has been in a band before and is very cool. He calls himself Haidian Liu Yihua."
Zheng Qian thought it was unreliable no matter what he heard, but Ge Yun strongly recommended it and even asked for Zheng Qian's phone number on the spot and sent it to Huang Haiyu in the form of a text message.
Not long after, Huang Haiyu called and asked for a tuition fee of two thousand for one week. Because it was introduced by Ge Yun, the tuition fee was halved.
Speaks Ludong dialect.
Zheng Qian fell silent and quietly found an excuse to hang up the phone.
In "A World Without Thieves", Zheng Qian plays a painter, but his real identity is a policeman. He follows two professional thieves, Wang Book and Wang Li, and plays a key role in the whole movie.
The so-called finishing touch, simply put, is to pass the review.
In the original script, there was no such character, but after Zheng Qian revised it, the ending of the script became great and upright, and darkness will eventually be shrouded in light.
The most important role in the play is that of Sha Gen. This role was won by Zhang Bingqiang, the winner of last year's Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer. Zhang Bingqiang has a simple and honest appearance and looks like a pure migrant worker. However, Zheng Qian has been in contact with Zhang Bingqiang several times and feels that this
He looks simple and honest, but he is actually very shrewd. Although he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer, he is not arrogant. Under the watchful eyes of many big shots in the crew, he diligently serves tea and pours water, calls everyone "big brother" and voluntarily lowers his voice to others.
One person.
After filming the scenes between Andy Lau and Rene Hsu, director Feng Xiaolong started filming Sha Gen's story line again.
By mid-December, there were still two days left before the filming of Zheng Qian and Ge Yun's scenes.
At this time, the MAMA Awards began to be held in Hong Kong. This was the first music award for which Zheng Qian was nominated. He was quite famous throughout Asia. Zheng Qian was also a little concerned about it, so he left the crew and went to
Hongkong.
MAMA will be held at the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center. The entire award ceremony exhibition hall can accommodate 6,000 people. After a short stage rehearsal, the Convention and Exhibition Center began to accept audience admission at 6 p.m.
The entire awards ceremony was jointly broadcast live by South Korea's Mnet cable TV station, Star TV and Japan's Fuji TV, mainly for audiences in China, Japan and South Korea.
When the audience began to enter, Zheng Qian also came to the exclusive rest room backstage early.
This time, Ren Xin, Mao Miaorui and others also came to the award ceremony, ready to share the joy immediately, because according to convention, any guest who is invited to perform on stage and nominated for an award will basically win the award.
The two awards that Zheng Qian was nominated for were the "Overseas Audience Choice Award" and the "Best Work Award". If it were just an "Overseas Audience Choice Award", Zheng Qian might have simply missed the award ceremony, but second
The "Best Work Award", which is also the Best Album Award, is what Zheng Qian cares about more.
His EP album "Qian Qian Gong Zi" was nominated for the "Best Work Award".
This album contains six songs including "Really Love You", "Boundless Sea and Sky", "Half Moon Serenade", "Red Sun", "Under Mount Fuji", "Glass Love", etc. It is an absolute best among the best, and
It is deeply loved by overseas users.
So far, this EP album has sold 2.1 million copies and has been reprinted seven times. This does not include the number of pirated discs. Otherwise, the sales volume will be even more terrifying.
The album "Master Qian Qian" has also become the highest-selling album in the entire Hong Kong music scene this year. Although it is a Mini album, its gold content is still terrifying.
This album also made Zheng Qian become a top singer in Hong Kong.
Compared with the two subsequent official albums, this "Mr. Qian Qian" represents the best result among Zheng Qian's albums so far.
Zheng Qian summarized the reason and thought it might be because Cantonese has richer sounds and rhymes, which makes people feel more comfortable listening to it. It is not as formal as Mandarin and lacks the hazy dream.
Therefore, Zheng Qian also sang a Cantonese song at the MAMA awards ceremony this time.
Arriving at the exclusive lounge, Zheng Qian sat down, Hao Youfan began to put makeup on Zheng Qian, and Ren Xin and others also began to check tonight's program list.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a group of people walked in.
There were five people in total, wearing uniform non-mainstream clothes, with slanted bangs, afros, and bright decorative strips everywhere. When they saw Zheng Qian, the five people all bent down and bowed to Zheng Qian, and then
He began to introduce himself uniformly: "Hello, senior, we are the KTBOSY boy group!"
"I am Jin Yunhaosmita!"
"I am Park Changmin Smita!"
"I am……"
Zheng Qian stood up and silently watched them introduce themselves. He vaguely remembered his humble appearance when he first debuted five years ago, and felt a lot in his heart.
After they finished their salutes, Zheng Qian smiled: "Hello, I am Zheng Qian."
"Hello, senior, we like your songs very much!"
"You are also a top star in Korea!"
The five boy band members looked very excited and expressed their admiration to Zheng Qian one by one.
Zheng Qian responded with a smile and was forced to take a group photo. After the five people left, the whole room finally became quiet.
Ren Xin said: "How come you have become a senior?"
Zheng Qian sighed: "Time in the world makes people grow old!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was knocked again, and seven young girls with slim and graceful figures in golden tight skirts walked up, with excitement and joy on their faces. They stood in a row, covered their chests, and spoke in unison.
Said: "Hello, senior, we are SummerGirls - summer girls!"
After saying this, they all bowed to Zheng Qian.
Zheng Qian: "..."
For a while, I really wasn't used to being treated with such respect.
The girls looked very excited, their eyelashes getting longer than the other, and they looked at Zheng Qian frequently, their moist eyes sparkling with anticipation.
Zheng Qian smiled and said: "You have worked hard, come on!"
After being encouraged by their seniors, the girl group members bowed excitedly again, and finally asked for a photo with Zheng Qian or left happily.
In less than ten minutes, two waves of people came over to greet him. Zheng Qian began to feel that resting at the makeup artist might be a luxury.
Sure enough, in the following time, countless artists came knocking on Zheng Qian's door, including Korean, Hong Kong, and even Japanese - singer Hayakawa Nana, a Japanese female singer who once wanted to successfully invite Zheng Qian to sing.
.
"Mr. Zheng, nice to see you again!"
Compared to the noisy Korean artist group, Hayakawa Caizhi seemed much quieter. After saying hello to Zheng Qian, he quietly left the lounge. He was really an anomaly.
Judging from Zheng Qian's current debut years, it is not enough for all artists to come to visit, so according to the rules, Zheng Qian also has to visit those senior artists who have been in the industry longer.
But Zheng Qian was sitting on the Diaoyutai, unmoving, even drinking tea quietly.
He felt that he would never interact with these Korean guys again, and he didn't recognize all these Korean artists, so why bother.
Moreover, when these Korean artists came to visit him, Zheng Qian obviously felt that in addition to reverence, there was also a little ambiguity in their eyes. This reminded Zheng Qian of what Han Yun'e had been hyping up some time ago.
This incident made a big fuss in South Korea, but almost no one reported it in China. Although he was taken advantage of, he didn't pay too much attention to it. Without the support of excellent works, he would not be able to survive for a long time just by relying on hype.
And by using herself as the target of hype, Han Yun'e shot herself in the foot.
Because Song Weifeng, Wei Yehong and others greeted each other one after another, some of Han Yun'e's commercial performances in China were quietly canceled. Even the currently airing "The Dream of Today", due to various reasons, the actors who originally belonged to this crew
Some of the program promotions were also forced to be cancelled.
In short, no matter how much you make waves in South Korea, there is no market for you in China.