Entertainment: The Road to an Actor Starting from a Villain

No matter how you look at it, Xu Jinglei is Zhou Chen's senior.

A little respect is still necessary.

Zhou Chen first communicated with the other party before asking:
"Teacher Xu, where is Director Chen?"

Xu Jinglei always had a faint smile on her face, and said softly:

"Director Chen may be late~"

I don't know how late it is.

The two exchanged softly, waiting for the drama to begin, and also waiting for Chen Zhendao to grow old.

"Letter from a Woman" tells the story of a woman who persisted in her love for 20 years.

It is so simple to sum up, but it makes people feel a kind of sadness!

To be honest, Zhou Chen doesn't like this kind of work very much, and puts a person's position too low.

If people are not so humble, then everyone can obviously live a good life.

Hearing Zhou Chen's point of view, Xu Jinglei was a little surprised. After all, most people felt the deep love of a woman when watching this drama!
She couldn't help but looked Zhou Chen up and down, trying to dig out more from him.

But Zhou Chen was very silent most of the time, as if his whole body was covered with a layer of fog, which made it difficult for Xu Jinglei to see clearly.

The two-hour play ended quickly, but Chen Zhendao never appeared.

It wasn't until the two of them walked out of the theater that they received news from Chen Zhendao.

Seeing Zhou Chen and Xu Jinglei waiting at the door, Chen Zhendao could not help but walk up apologetically.

"Sorry, two! There are some delays on the way!"

As a director, he is still quite busy with his work. The original plan today was to watch a movie with Zhou Chen, but he was called over by an investor halfway through.

Zhou Chen looked at the chubby Chen Zhendao who was wearing glasses, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, Director Chen, let's find a place to sit and talk!!"

He didn't know much about Chen Zhendao, he only knew that the other party was a cutting-edge director, and his previous filming of "The Master of Hypnotism" and "Back to 20" were all good works.

Under the leadership of Xu Jinglei, the three came to a nearby coffee shop.

The three sat opposite each other.

Immediately, Chen Zhendao handed the script to Zhou Chen.

"Mr. Zhou, please read the script first."

Chen Zhendao couldn't care less about how old Zhou Chen was. Although he had made a few outstanding movies, they were much lower than Zhou Chen in all respects.

Zhou Chen readily accepted the script, and the quality of the script is the basis for all subsequent negotiations.

If the script was too bad, Zhou Chen would not be able to participate no matter how much he was paid.

There are routines in reading scripts, first of all, it depends on who the screenwriter is!

On the cover of this short script, it clearly says the screenwriter, Ren Peng!
Ren Peng is not a veteran screenwriter, but he has written many famous movies.

For example, "101 Marriage Proposals" and Chen Zhendao's two most famous films are also his screenwriters.

From this point of view, this screenwriter has some strength.

Coupled with the name of this movie "Master of Memory", it is easy to think of his last movie "Master of Hypnotism", which should be all about memory, subconscious, and psychological related content.

A capable screenwriter creates familiar themes again, the quality of this script should not be bad!
With this background, Zhou Chen couldn't help raising his expectations for the movie.

While Zhou Chen was flipping through the script, Xu Jinglei was communicating with Chen Zhendao in a low voice.

"Director Chen, didn't you say that the filming of this movie will start at the end of the year? Why is it suddenly so much earlier?"

Even if a movie is advanced, it will not be two months in advance.

This completely messed up the plans of all the participating actors.

You should know that the general contract stipulates the time for entering the group and the shooting.

The more well-known actors are, the fuller their filming schedules will be. This matter is not something that can be brought forward just as your director says.

Chen Zhendao's face was full of bitterness.

"Teacher Xu, I can't do anything about this!"

Originally, the crew had already set a start time for filming, but the producer suddenly changed the plan and wanted to finish filming the film in early January, so that the film will be released in summer in July and August next year.

July and August happen to be the domestic protection month, so it is quite normal for it to be released during this period.

But Xu Jinglei still didn't understand.

"It's just a schedule, why do you have to grab the summer schedule?"

"Besides, it's not a good choice for a suspense film to enter the summer vacation!"

Although July and August are domestic protection months, the audience during this period is basically students.

Suspense films are not very popular with those students~
Students, the rare ones are nothing more than comedies, or romance films, or Hollywood blockbusters.

Suspense films have always been their last best choice.

It is really not a wise choice to grab this schedule.

Chen Zhendao showed distress.

"Mr. Xu, don't you know that several Hollywood blockbusters will hit the mainland market next year?"

Except for July and August next year, the rest of the schedule is basically filled with a few Hollywood movies.

The remaining domestic films can only squeeze into the domestic protection month to linger on!

After Xu Jinglei heard what Chen Zhendao said, she was only disappointed! !

The domestic protection month was established to support domestic films and provide a good environment for the development of domestic films.

Unexpectedly, now the domestic film protection month has become underwear!

As long as this layer of underwear is not lifted, domestic filmmakers will never feel ashamed! !

Xu Jinglei had no desire to continue the conversation, and half-closed her eyes, quietly waiting for Zhou Chen to finish the script.

After another half an hour, Zhou Chen put down the script in his hand, and the expression on his face was very inexplicable~
The quality of this script is not bad, but it's only a few levels!

Here at Zhou Chen, he can only give seven points!

Such a score is considered good among domestic films, but it did not meet Zhou Chen's expectations!
Originally, his expectation for this movie was eight, what a pity!

It's just a little bit worse!
On this point, it is destined that this movie cannot be an excellent movie!

Zhou Chen put the script on the table, looked at Chen Zhendao not far away, and asked:

"Director Chen, we can talk about other things now!"

The script barely reached the level of his acting, so the other things to talk about next are naturally the salary and treatment issues.

Hearing that Zhou Chen was willing to take over the film, Chen Zhendao was already relieved. As long as the other party plays, it means that the film is half stable.

Before Chen Zhendao spoke, Zhou Chen said:

"I only give you one chance to bid, if you are not satisfied, I will leave!"

He doesn't lack this movie, the other party needs him!