At Xinhuamian Film and Television Company, several employees were discussing something privately. A thin man with glasses said happily: "I heard that Li Lianjie and Ye Ming are both coming to the company for auditions today. This time we can see them both.
A big star of the king's level, fortunately in our company, it is almost impossible to happen in other companies."
A fat girl with long hair and pimples on his face looked at him with contempt and said, "What do you know? Will a big star come to our company? Stop being naive."
Glasses was obviously unwilling to admit that his news was wrong, and said emphatically: "How is that possible? The news I got is indeed that both of them will come. Our company has a great director like Zhang Yimou, so let these two
It’s normal for a king-level star to come. I heard about this from one of Zhang Yimou’s assistants.”
The fat girl snorted and said, "Xiao Han is also called an assistant. He is at most a peripheral errand boy. It is impossible for him to know any inside information, and the information he knows is incomplete.
What you said is absolutely correct. Both Ye Ming and Li Lianjie will come to audition, but they will never come to our company. It is impossible for stars of their level to come directly to the company to audition, which will cause their status to drop.
Celebrities of their caliber usually go to a private club or teahouse or something. Moreover, this time, I heard that the person who acted for the two of them was Mr. Chen Daomin, who is also a powerful actor among domestic actors.
Look at a lineup like this. Do you think you would come to our company under such circumstances? It’s simply impossible. It would be great if you come. Ye Ming hasn’t released an album for a long time. What a waste of him.
What a singing talent.”
Needless to say, this fat girl is a die-hard fan of Ye Jiajun and admires Ye Mingna very much.
Glasses snorted and said, "What's the point of releasing an album? Now Ye Ming is taking the film route, and he's a tall man. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and now his goal is basically to win the Best Actor at the three major European film festivals, as well as the Oscar."
Becoming an actor, this is Ye Ming's pursuit. As for records, for Ye Ming, they are just for fun.
I really want to see what kind of extraordinary scene these people auditioning for."
There is something right about glasses, whether it is Li Lianjie or Ye Ming. In fact, their current goals are to win the Best Actor at the three major European film festivals, or the Best Actor at the Oscars.
Ye Ming is doing better. He has the Silver Bear Award to carry him no matter what. What he pursues is to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.
Li Lianjie's position is not embarrassing anymore, and he has established a firm foothold in Hollywood. But no matter what, it will be very difficult for him to take a further step in Hollywood.
Li Lianjie wanted to shoot a blockbuster in the Mainland this time because he actually wanted to find a chance for himself to break through.
Meiyuan Tea House in Beijing is a high-end tea house that usually receives guests who are wealthy businessmen and celebrities. It does not operate to outsiders at all. It adopts a membership system. Only members, or friends brought by members, will be received here.
The convenience is naturally very good. The location within the Third Ring Road and the transportation are actually quite convenient. Therefore, the audition for Xinhua Noodle Company was actually chosen here.
As for this audition, to put it bluntly, it was basically to choose who was more suitable to play the leading role in the movie "Hero", Ye Ming or Li Lianjie.
Of course, auditioning is a matter of course. No matter what it is, it is impossible for a director like an ordinary actor to come at this time. You perform it and see how your acting skills are and what your relationship background is like.
Is it appropriate?
It's like this kind of superstar-level audition. Even if it fails, everyone will laugh. Maybe they will cooperate again next time if there is a chance.
In fact, this is also an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry.
Because the top-level resources are just those, they are very rare and can be seen by everyone without looking up, so there is no need to be so tense.
This time, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou were waiting at the Meiyuan Teahouse. Ye Ming arrived first. Anyway, Ye Ming had nothing else to do recently, so he came directly to get familiar with the venue.
At this time, Zhang Yimou called Ye Ming to sit down and said: "You came too early. Li Lianjie and Lao Chen haven't arrived yet. There is still half an hour before the agreed time. It is estimated that Lao Chen will arrive earlier, but Li Lianjie,
The possibility of pinching it is relatively high."
This is what makes Zhang Yimou very unhappy. After all, you are asked to come to the audition. If you come earlier, it will also be a sign of respect for the director. If you are asked to come more slowly, although the director cannot say anything, at least he will have an impression of you.
It won't be good.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "It's good that you can stick to the time and come on time. I'm just relatively close. I don't have anything to do at home anyway, so I came directly to talk to Director Zhang about old times."
It seems that when Ye Ming said these words, he did not take matters like success or failure into his heart at all. He said these words very lightly, and he did not take it into his heart at all for Li Lianjie's behavior, which was obviously a big deal.
In fact, it was almost like this. Neither Zhang Yimou nor Zhang Weiping said anything, so naturally Ye Ming couldn't say anything.
Zhang Weiping greeted Ye Ming with a smile and said, "Well, we are all old friends, so there is no need to be so polite. It's okay. If you come to our Xinhua, Director Zhang and I are very happy to welcome you."
It is not that Xinhuamian Film and Television Company and Huihuang Film and Television have never had conflicts, but they are all small things, at least there are no irresolvable conflicts. In such a situation, if cooperation is more beneficial, then cooperation is the only choice.
is the best result.
Moreover, the personal relationship between director Zhang Yimou and Ye Ming has always been good. On such an issue, Zhang Weiping still knows how to grasp people's hearts.
With this said, even if Ye Ming is dismissed in the end and Li Lianjie becomes the starring role, everyone will not be at odds with each other. If there is any cooperation next time, we can do it together. This is the principle of business people.
While the three people were talking, Chen Daoming rushed over hesitantly. Chen Daoming's style was actually the same as his personality. He always had a tepid look, but his acting skills could also be said to be proficient.
Very superb.
In the big bowl of acting, Chen Daoming can also be ranked high. Therefore, in such a situation, when you see Chen Daoming, he always has that elegant demeanor, like a university professor.
Chen Daomin was surprised when he saw that the three people had arrived. After greeting Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou, he looked at Ye Ming and said, "Ye Ming, I didn't expect that you would reach this point. Among young people, you have already done this.
It's quite good. But I won't let you off the hook later." He and Chen Daomin are also considered acquaintances, so there is not much politeness in speaking.
As for a person like Chen Daomin, if you want to be friends with him, there is only one thing that you need to do, that is, you must have something that you can use, and it must be something that convinces him. And you must be pleasing to the eye.
Although Chen Daomin's manager is Sister Hua, the relationship between Sister Hua and Ye Ming is very tense. But when Chen Daomin was like this, he didn't say how to exclude Ye Ming.
A relatively principled artist.
Therefore, he and Ye Ming were not friends, but they were acquaintances.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "Teacher Chen, I also really hope to have a role opposite you. The siege you performed is quite a classic. This time I come here. I am actually here to learn from it. It is China's first blockbuster film.
The people gathered together for a film like this must be the best."
[Hero] It’s hard to say whether the filmmakers gathered in this movie are the top ones in China. But they are definitely from the top group. Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming said that he came here to study. At least Ye Ming felt that it would be a complement to himself.
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Ye Ming's acting skills have also reached a bottleneck, and it is already difficult to get further opportunities. Only when you get to Hollywood will you know. In fact, if a movie actor wants to be successful, it does not mean that it is as simple as just acting. And some things, the system is not
Maybe it was taught to Ye Ming. What Ye Ming got from the system was actually an upgrade of data, but there are some things that cannot be replaced no matter how high the data is.
For example, feelings, for example, the way to deal with others, these things will not be taught to Ye Ming by the system, and Ye Ming has to learn. Only when he arrived in Hollywood, Ye Ming was able to feel that in fact, this kind of thing is what he needs to learn.
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Therefore, this is an opportunity for Li Lianjie, but it is also an opportunity for Ye Ming. No matter how it is said, this incident tells Ye Ming that it is impossible for a superstar to conquer Hollywood based on pure statistics.
In China, it may be said that there is a gap between everyone's acting skills and those of the top actors in Hollywood, but no matter how they say it, say they are scheming, or say they are fighting openly and secretly, Hollywood's dramas cannot keep up with China's.
At least half of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization was spent in internal fighting, and the other half was actually spent learning how to fight within.
Therefore, at this time, some domestic film crews, Ye Ming indeed said that it was impossible to learn any acting skills, but no matter what, he was able to learn more powerful internal fighting skills than those in Hollywood.
In Ye Ming's view, this kind of ability is actually a powerful asset for settling down in Hollywood. For example, those giants in Hollywood, Paramount, Universal, Fox, etc., these companies all have dedicated people to do this.
This, and these people actually have an upright name - lawyers.
Chen Daomin said with a smile: "You are being humble. Among young people, you have already done quite well. If you lose to Li Lianjie because of nonsense, then it is nothing. Young people have many opportunities.
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This is a style of Lao Pao. When doing things, he has begun to see clearly what the result of such a thing will be.
Obviously, in such a situation, although Chen Daomin appeared as an audition person, he himself also knew very well what kind of actor the "Hero" crew wanted. What the crew now needs is an actor.
An international superstar is someone who, like Li Lianjie, can truly carry the banner in Hollywood.
Therefore, in such a matter, no matter how it is said, Li Lianjie's chances of victory may be greater than Ye Ming's.
A veteran like Chen Daomin is naturally very clear about this kind of thing.
Therefore, at this moment, he is also giving Ye Ming a vaccination, so that it will not be so abrupt when Ye Ming loses.
Seeing that Chen Daomin actually mentioned this, Zhang Weiping was a little unhappy. Old Chen, even if you can see this matter clearly, don't say it. If you say it now, it seems like we are looking for someone.
Ye Ming came here just as a foil.
Although Ye Ming is actually a spare tire, when it comes to publishing in Hollywood, don’t we have to count on Ye Ming’s connections? If we offend Ye Ming too harshly at this time, then we can go back to Ye Ming to do something.
It's just a bit more difficult.
Therefore, at this time Zhang Weiping intervened and said: "Everyone is doing it for the movie. It is more difficult to write a proposition composition. I think everyone understands this."
Propositional composition, if a movie like this hero is said to have been filmed well, it naturally means that the leadership is good, and the credit belongs to the leader. If it is said that the film was failed, then in such a matter, this is the subordinate.
People who don't know how to do things are guilty of being too ambitious. Anyway, as a general matter, this kind of proposition is indeed relatively difficult to do.
And just when everyone was sighing, saying that it was difficult to do the proposition composition, they had just settled the rather awkward atmosphere at the scene. At this moment, Li Lianjie called over there, saying that there was a traffic jam in the capital, and he was rushing here on the way.
Zhang Weiping said unhappily: "Traffic jam is a reason for people in the capital at this time, but Li Lianjie said it like this, which is a bit disrespectful. You are not alone in the traffic jam. Ye Ming and Lao Chen also came here in the same way.
Got it? We know there are traffic jams in Beijing, so why didn’t you come earlier? Do you think you don’t pay enough attention to our crew?”
Zhang Weiping actually doesn't have a good impression of this kind of superstar, but if he wants to have greater influence internationally, he must invite such a superstar. This matter is also very helpless.
Zhang Yimou was not angry, and could not tell any emotion. He said calmly: "Some people have certain personalities. This is very normal. What's more, he is really a big star and one of the best in the world. There is no reason to be angry."