Chapter 567 Gathering the three top movie stars in the Chinese film industry
The unit "Good People in Capital" is about the issue of medical insurance. It is about the protagonist Zhang Jing, played by Uncle Ge. A cousin in his hometown is sick and comes to borrow money from him.
Zhang Jing wanted to buy the new car he had been looking forward to for a long time with the money in his hands, but he was reluctant to borrow it, but he couldn't bear that his relatives had no money for medical treatment, so he came up with the bad idea of lending his medical insurance to relatives.
With medical insurance, the cost of treatment is greatly reduced, and the relative can bear it by himself. At worst, if he adds more, he will not delay buying a car.
So, Zhang Jing and his cousin began to have a ridiculous "fake Zhang Jing medical treatment". After various oolong incidents, the secret was finally revealed.
The cousin wanted to give up medical treatment, but Zhang Jing gave up the new car and paid for the cousin's medical expenses.
At the end of the movie, the cousin recovered from his illness, and there was a small twist. The cousin had medical insurance himself, but he didn't know it.
As a result, Zhang Jing's money to buy a car came back.
The whole movie does not delve too deeply into things, and the overall atmosphere is relaxed. Combined with Uncle Ge's charming performance and Hao Ning's superb control of details, this unit is warm, humorous and down-to-earth.
Zuo Le has read the script of this unit. Frankly speaking, it is quite satisfactory and there is nothing outstanding about it.
However, after he watched the playback of the material several times, his evaluation of this unit immediately improved. The reason was Uncle Ge's acting skills.
One word of praise.
Zhang Jing, who likes to brag, speaks glibly, has a little cleverness, is unreliable in his work, but is very reliable at critical moments, is vividly played.
Anyone can see in Zhang Jing the shadow of the people around him, he is an out-and-out common man.
There has always been a saying in the film and television industry that it is not difficult to play emperors, generals, and ministers. The only way to really show the level of acting is to portray small characters.
Because the Emperor General is too far away from the public, everyone is not familiar with such a role, but they have such a similar image in their minds. As long as the actor can perform within a general range, he is considered qualified.
But the little characters are different. The public is too familiar with them, because they are themselves, and they know better than anyone what the little characters are like. If your acting is not realistic, everyone will be able to tell at a glance that something is wrong.
Many people complain that today's urban film and television works are not as good-looking as before. The big reason is that screenwriters, directors, and actors do not have similar life experiences.
Art comes from life, how can you create if you don’t have life experience.
In the past, actors and directors did not earn such high incomes. They lived the lives of ordinary people, and some even worked their way up from the bottom.
I have suffered all kinds of hardships, seen all kinds of people, and even experienced life specifically. Writing scripts and acting are natural, real, and down-to-earth.
Now that he is a famous screenwriter and actor, he enjoys high-rise buildings, luxury cars, and delicacies, but he cannot experience life in a down-to-earth manner.
When ordinary people buy groceries in supermarkets and wet markets, they all deliver food specially delivered by air to their doorsteps.
Ordinary people earn several thousand a month, and they have to support their children and their families and pay their mortgages. Their daily salary is 2.08 million, and their houses are full of long hair.
When ordinary people want to go out for fun and go to a neighboring province, they have to change shifts with colleagues, calculate routes, and find discount hotels. They don't dare to spend lavishly. They feel that Europe, America, and Asia are tired of playing in Europe, America, and Asia, and they can't wait to go to Mars.
Their own lives and the lives of ordinary people are in heaven and earth. How do you ask them to play ordinary people, and how do you write ordinary people's scripts.
Therefore, there are many brain-dead plots that set the lower limit, such as an intern with a monthly salary of 2,000 living in a big villa and eating instant noodles, an empty-nest child taking a plane to find his migrant father, etc.
The audience thought they were stupid, but little did they know that they were still aggrieved.
If you don’t live in a big villa, can you live in a house of fifty or sixty square meters?
If you don’t fly, will the second-class seats on the high-speed rail be too crowded?
Therefore, in current urban film and television works, no matter whether they are about love, workplace or family, fewer and fewer ordinary families appear.
The protagonists are middle-class and well-off, earning tens of millions at every turn. There are elites with an annual salary of millions, and there are countless billionaires.
Many people have a conspiracy theory that the country does not allow people to write about the lives of people at the bottom. In fact, the main reason is that screenwriters cannot and do not dare to write.
You write about brand-name bags, perfumes and perfumes, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. The audience has never been exposed to it and dare not find fault.
But you want to write about how much a construction worker costs per day, how a rider works, the daily life of a low-level code farmer, how a housewife bargains for groceries...
Countless viewers will use their own experiences to teach the screenwriter how to behave, and then scold the screenwriter for what he wrote.
China lacks good screenwriters who can write plots suitable for ordinary people, and it also lacks good actors who can play ordinary people well.
Now there are still some good actors from the older generation and some from the Mesozoic generation, waiting for these two generations of actors to gradually retire.
Among the new generation of artists who have grown up with traffic, there are not many who can put down their stature to play small characters, and it is even harder to say whether they can perform well.
Nowadays, China's economy is booming, its people are wealthy, and the entertainment industry has set off a big wave. Taking advantage of the trend, everyone can have a mouth full of food.
One day the storm will pass, and when the tide recedes, it will be clear who was swimming with bare buttocks.
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There is no doubt that Uncle Ge is a good actor, and he can even be ranked among the top actors in the world.
Emperor, boss, thief, righteous man, wealthy young man, dandy, star, soldier, scholar, musician, famous minister...
No matter what kind of role he plays, he can interpret it amazingly, but what he is best at is the little people he relies on to become famous.
You don’t need any make-up, the lighting matches, just put on your clothes and squat there, you will be the second uncle of your neighbor who has watched you grow up since childhood.
It's not that Zuo Le has never worked with good actors, but he still believes that Uncle Ge's acting skills can be ranked among the top three among the actors he knows.
Zuo Le considered himself an experienced actor, but in front of Uncle Ge, he actually felt ashamed.
The more he watches Uncle Ge acting, the more Zuo Le wants to work with him. This is a director's instinct when he sees a good actor.
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Zuo Le played a guest role as a policeman. He only had a few lines and a total of 17 or 18 seconds. Zuo Le filmed it in less than half an hour.
The rest of the time is just a routine for Uncle Ge.
In the past two years, Uncle Ge has basically been in a state of semi-retirement. He rarely takes on roles. Basically, he only appears as an old friend or to repay a favor.
This time, "Good People in the Capital" was also led by the government, otherwise we might not have been able to invite Uncle Ge.
Although Zuo Le has a pretty good relationship with Uncle Ge and has laid the groundwork before, if he really wants to settle someone down, it can't be done in just two or three sentences.
After chatting for a while, although Uncle Ge was a little tempted, he still didn't let go and said he wanted to read the script first.
Seeing this, Zuo Le thought of a crooked trick, intending to add fuel to the fire, and said to Uncle Ge mysteriously.
"Although according to the confidentiality agreement, I shouldn't tell you this matter, but I really want you to join me, so I'm just going to let you know a little bit and don't make any noise."
"You said, I am absolutely strict in my speech."
"Besides you, there are three important starring actors in this movie, the other two are Fa Ge and Golden Dragon Best Actor Jiang Wen.
Now, Brother Fa has signed the contract, and Jiang Wen has almost finalized the details of the contract, only the final signature is needed.
Mr. Ge, three of the top movie stars in the Chinese film industry are acting together on the same stage. Are you willing to miss such a rare opportunity?"
Uncle Ge's expression became more and more hesitant, and he slapped his thigh for the last time: "Jiang Wen, Brother Fa and you, Director Zuo, if I don't participate in this movie, I will regret it for half my life. OK, I will take this movie."
"Very good."
Zuo Le was very happy. When Uncle Ge went to film, he immediately pulled Feng Ye over.
"Immediately contact Brother Fa through Shaojia and tell him that I have a movie. Uncle Ge has agreed to participate in it. Jiang Wen is almost done. He must be invited to join."
After Feng Ye left, Zuo Le took out his phone, found the Jiang Wenfei letter he had just added a few days ago, and started editing.