Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 400 398. Remains of the Era

Time passed quickly after the New Year. After Chen Li'an and Jia Zhangke met, they went about their own business.

Chen Li'an has to deal with his own affairs before he can go to the crew. He is not a simple actor. He has many identities and has many things to deal with.

Chen Li'an sometimes looks back and thinks about his life and feels strange. He obviously just wants to chat about art with beautiful women, but why does he keep himself so busy?

Maybe it’s because the prerequisite for talking about art with beautiful women is that you have some money. The more you talk, the more money you need.

Making money is always an eternal topic in society, and a utopia that does not require money may only exist in dreams.

Chen Li'an has always liked to be lazy. He just likes to draw a big frame, and then find a suitable person to put it in the frame and make the screw for him.

But when there are too many frames in a painting, even the supervisor becomes busy.

Chen Li'an looked at the thick documents in front of him and felt a little tired. They had already been screened and must be processed by him.

Otherwise, I might not be able to put down this office work.

After Chen Li'an signed several documents, he found that there was a plan submitted by Li Xue included in these documents.

Chen Li'an raised his head and glanced at Li Xue, who was sitting not far from him. This girl had not forgotten the 50 million in the company's account.

However, so much money should indeed be put to good use. It is not cost-effective to just invest in movies. What's more, 1999 was a cold winter in the domestic film and television industry, and the major film studios were in extremely miserable conditions.

However, Chen Li'an feels that the main reason is that the reorganization of China Film Group has led to major changes in the film industry, which has led to various problems.

The eight major studios are busy arguing with China Film Group. Who has the time to care about the life and death of the film industry? They can hardly live anymore.

After Chen Li'an read Li Xue's plan, he couldn't help but look at her, no, several times.

There are many things involved in the plan. Regarding the development of the film industry, the main direction of the company in the future, the current advertising company and film and television investment should be separated. There is also a large amount of investment in co-productions to increase support for directors from the north of Hong Kong. The company must also be To build a professional entertainment company, we need to learn from European, American, Japanese and Korean models, etc.

A large part of a person's growth depends on the environment and the people around him. The more he sees and the more he thinks, the faster he grows.

Li Xue's learning ability is really strong, at least much better than her sister, and much better than Li Dabai and Liu Tao.

Among Chen Li'an's three assistants, Li Xue was the one he was most satisfied with. It turned out that both of them were not qualified, but the one he liked the most was Li Dabai, and the one he disliked the most was Liu Tao, whose ability was too poor.

Thinking of Liu Tao, Chen Li'an raised his head and looked at Li Xue and asked, "What is Liu Tao doing recently?"

Li Xue didn't understand why Chen Li'an asked about Liu Tao when he saw his plan. He couldn't be planning to bring Liu Tao back to replace him, right?

Why go there by yourself? Chen Li'an agreed with his plan, which was to get promoted. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't be angry and fire him.

Li Xue thought a lot at this moment. Looking at Chen Li'an's calm face, she couldn't guess what he was thinking, but he still said immediately: "She ran to school. Maybe she felt that her ability was not enough."

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "It's good to go to school. The art troupe has really lacked opportunities to study before."

What can you learn from dancing and feeding pigs in a cultural troupe? You can’t dance to a sow after she gives birth to avoid postpartum depression, right?

Chen Li'an just asked casually and was not very concerned about Liu Tao's current situation. He looked at the plan in his hand and said: "Your plan is too complicated and messy. Let's do it step by step. While I'm filming, Let’s split the company’s business first.”

Li Xue was shocked, suppressed the surprise in her heart, and immediately replied: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, I will definitely do this well."

Chen Li'an looked at the happy Li Xue and just smiled without saying anything else. How could this be so easy to do? She would know how difficult it was when she hit a wall with Li Dabai and Chen Meiren.

Li Xue is indeed growing up very fast, but the theory and practice of many things are two different things. Mastering the right to speak in the distribution of interests in interpersonal relationships is the key.

Chen Li'an put Li Xue's plan aside and continued to handle the business of Li Xin and Magic Flute.

While Chen Li'an was busy, Jia Zhangke was also very busy. He hoped to finish the preparations as soon as possible and start shooting as soon as possible. Maybe if it was too late, Chen Li'an would not have time to shoot.

The background of the story of the platform is Fenyang in 1979. Last year, Jia Zhangke went to Fenyang to busy with preparations.

Many scenes in the movie have disappeared from history and need to be rebuilt. The background of the story in 1979 has now been twenty years.

These were twenty years of rapid development. Today’s Fenyang has long changed. However, twenty years ago in 1979, the spring breeze of reform still blew into Fenyang.

Young people in small counties still pursue their dreams and art in their hearts, and are full of hope for the future and tomorrow.

There are very few professional actors in the movie "Platform", they are basically Jia Zhangke's friends.

If it weren't for Chen Li'an, the leading actor would still be Wang Hongwei. The second male lead is Xiao Wu’s art director, a pretty handsome guy.

The leading female lead is Jia Zhangke’s future wife and his favorite actress, Zhao Tao, a dancer from Beijing Dance University.

Chen Li'an once suspected that Jia Zhangke chose her as the heroine because of her beauty.

I don’t know what is the relationship between Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao now. They probably haven’t seen eye to eye yet. After all, he has a girlfriend.

Chen Li'an felt a little psychologically burdened when he went to act. After all, he and Zhao Tao played a young couple in the movie.

After the fifteenth year of the New Year, Chen Li'an immediately set off for Fenyang after handling the matters at hand.

It was quite troublesome to go to Fenyang, and there was no need to take a train. Chen Li'an went directly by car, not bothering to bother with a special car.

It's only 600 kilometers from Beijing to Fenyang, so it doesn't take long to drive, just a few hours.

The current security situation is also very different from that in previous years. You don’t have to worry about someone coming out to block and rob you at any time when you go out.

When Chen Li'an came to Fenyang, looking at this backward town, he deeply understood why Jia Zhangke always focused his attention on the little people in the changing times.

Compared with places like Beijing and Shencheng, this place does need more attention.

Many people in Fenyang have never even left this small county, and have never seen a train or high-rise buildings.

Just like Cui Mingliang in the movie "Platform", he longs to wait on the platform for the train that leads to the future and dreams.

Chen Li'an set off from the capital relatively late, and it was already past eleven o'clock at night when he arrived in Fenyang.

Jia Zhangke still had connections in Fenyang. When Chen Li'an saw him, even though it was midnight, he was still received warmly.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Chen Li'an felt a little embarrassed. There were eight dishes, eight stews and eight large bowls of Fenyang's specialties.

Fenyang is not only home to Fenjiu, but it is also the hometown of chefs, with plenty of delicious food.

Chen Li'an said with some embarrassment: "I'm so sorry. I should have come earlier and kept you waiting for so long."

Jia Zhangke patted Chen Li'an and said, "Why are you so polite to me? When you come to my house, you must treat me well."

Chen Li'an moved his nose, smelled the aroma of wine, and said with a smile: "I can smell the aroma of Fenjiu. From this smell, I know you have invested a lot of money."

Jia Zhangke laughed and said, "Fifteen-year-old wine, I got it from my dad."

"Then I have to give it a try." Chen Li'an said with a smile.

Chen Li'an knows all the people tonight. Most of them are the people from Xiaowu's crew, and there are also a few new actors who are actors on the platform.

After Chen Li'an sat down, he glanced at Zhao Tao and then at Zhu Jiong, who was sitting next to Jia Zhangke, feeling strange in his heart.

Is Zhao Tao considered Jia Zhangke's "second wife"?

We know Jia Zhangke's current girlfriend, Chen Li'an, and she is also an alumnus of Nortel, but she is a graduate student and will graduate this year.

Chen Li'an asked with a smile: "When will Senior Sister Zhu marry Lao Jia, I will give you a big red envelope."

Zhu Jiong smiled sheepishly, quietly pulled up his hair and looked at Jia Zhangke and said, "When I graduate, he will get married after finishing this movie."

"Then I would like to congratulate you in advance." Chen Li'an smiled and raised his wine glass to toast them both, and the people around him also joined in the fun and raised their glasses.

The meal was quite enjoyable. People present did not treat Chen Li'an as a big shot, and they drank as much as they should.

But Fenjiu was indeed good, and Chen Li'an drank too much. When he got up the next day, it was already past eight o'clock.

The hotel conditions in Fenyang are very poor. No matter how smart you are, you will be treated equally here. Anyway, this is the condition of the hotel.

Pretty damn fair.

In backward places, the class gap is relatively small. If you have money, you will have better food than those who have no money. Where you can afford it, people without money can also afford it.

If it were a big city, it would be different. Not to mention a meal, just a bottle of XO costing RMB 8,000. That would be sky-high in a place like Fenyang. How many people can’t earn RMB 8,000 a year? .

Chen Li'an and a group of Fenyang locals sat in a small shop to have breakfast. A bowl of porridge with roasted pork cakes and green onion pancakes was delicious.

There are still several days before the launch. Chen Li'an's only task now is to learn Fenyang dialect. He has heard it a lot before, so it is not that difficult to learn it.

Chen Li'an's language talent is still very good.

Jia Zhangke has been busy with starting the movie these days, and the actors often get together to talk and learn the language.

There are four leading actors in the movie, two male and two female. Liang Jingdong and Zhao Tao don't need to learn the dialect now, only Chen Li'an and Yang Tianyi need to learn the dialect.

A person from Beijing and a person from Northeast China can't speak Fenyang dialect. Yang Tianyi is better. He came earlier than Chen Li'an, and he has learned almost as much as him.

Chen Li'an was eating pancakes and was curious about Yang Tianyi. She was also a professional actor, but she had acted in dramas before and was currently preparing to shoot a documentary.

"Why do you want to make a documentary?"

Yang Tianyi thought for a while and said: "The movies are too fake, and the drama is also fake, and they are very utilitarian. I just want to shoot something real."

Chen Li'an nodded. People play with reality, not with art.

In terms of boldness, it is the boldness of those who made documentaries. Jia Zhangke shot the young man who was born in 1979. No one who made documentaries was as profound as him.

If the sixth-generation directors didn't have artistic bonuses, they really wouldn't be as good as these guys making documentaries.

Chen Li'an quite admired these documentaries. He looked at her and asked, "Are you ready to go into battle yourself?"

"Haha, I have no choice, I can only do it by myself." Yang Tianyi said with a smile: "I am here to save money, and I will learn how to shoot with Yu Liwei."

Chen Li'an admired this girl very much. He threw all the stone cakes in his mouth and said, "If you need help, come to me anytime."

"Then I remember, with a rich man like you here, I'm not afraid of running out of money." Yang Tianyi joked, but he didn't plan to ask anyone for help.

It was my first time to come into contact with it, and I followed my own wishes. It was so complicated that I lost my original intention.

Chen Li'an didn't say anything more. He had almost learned Fenyang dialect in the past few days.

Jia Zhangke also greeted and turned on the phone. When Chen Li'an put on clothes full of the sense of the times, he really felt like he had gone back to the past.

It felt like I had just arrived in this era. I saw buildings full of the atmosphere of the era, and the people around me were also the same. They were dressed in a rustic style, without anything fashionable or foreign.

In the Fenyang Art Troupe created by Jia Zhangke, Chen Li'an seems to be back to where he was a few years ago, a young man pursuing art and full of expectations for the future.

The art troupe is still a career editor. Cui Mingliang, played by Chen Li'an, feels from the bottom of his heart that he is different from the farmers who look for food in the fields.

In Cui Mingliang's own words, he is a literary and artistic worker, with a literary and artistic atmosphere in his body, and a yearning for the pursuit of art in his heart.

The movie opens in a large auditorium in the countryside. The cultural troupe is performing a condolence performance, and the audience is full of people.

These people are all fellow villagers Jia Zhangke hired from the local area. The Chinese New Year has not yet passed completely, and these shots will not be taken until spring is busy. It will be really difficult to gather so many people in the future.

Chen Li'an looked at the dilapidated auditorium, as well as the portraits and slogans hanging above, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

Although the year is 1979 in the script, many details show that although ten years have passed, the influence still exists.

There are many lines in the script that Chen Li'an can't say openly even now.

The performance of the art troupe was a train bound for Xiang S Mountain. Chen Li'an and several actors sat on wooden stools, hooking one foot on the stool and putting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him.

After the host's contemporary announcement ended, the lights on the stage turned on and the music started.

The young actors sat on stools and imitated the train, singing songs while hooking their feet on the stools and walking toward the center of the stage.

The songs and lyrics are full of the tail end of that decade.

Chen Li'an plays a poor young actor, and he understands why Jia Zhangke is hated by many people.

There is another chapter to write about. The movie Platform is too hard to watch, and the dialect it speaks does not have subtitles.