Opening up the entertainment industry

The idea of ​​the new story is very simple. The male and female protagonists met on the plane and were about to communicate further. The plane encountered an unknown airflow and was instantly sucked into a black hole in time and space. They embarked on a thrilling adventure in a different world. The initial goodwill sublimated into a lifelong commitment.

Hearing Xia Zheng tell the whole story, Xiang Zhan had a toothache. Leaving aside the vulgar plot, who can explain to him first, why it is a male and female protagonist, not a male and female adventurer?It's not convenient to put love on the bright side, it's okay to write about brotherhood!

"The movies these days, who don't have any romantic elements, who would watch them!" Xia Zheng scoffed at Xiang Zhan's doubts. His story has almost no bright spots in the plot, and the structure of a typical commercial film. If the eye-catching love is replaced by brotherhood , Don't shoot that film at all, it will definitely lose money.

"You can let them meet a few beautiful girls in a different world, and have a few ambiguous relationships. Why do you have to travel through different time and space together!" Xiang Zhan was still angrily making suggestions, but suddenly found Xia Zheng The eyes that looked at him were not right, and no flowers grew when he touched his face, why did the wife look at him like that?

"Dare you want to meet a few beauties during the trip, and have some vague and ambiguous feelings?" Xia Zheng's eyes burst into flames, and he said, why do you have to go out for a trip? It turns out that the other party has this idea!

Xiang Zhan couldn't argue with anything, so he could only huddle in his seat pitifully, allowing his wife to drink several jars of dry vinegar.

After the framework of the story is determined, the details of the plot can be easily finalized, but Xia Zheng also understands that such a movie that focuses on adventures in different worlds must have strong post-production and special effects if it wants to attract attention. It means that the amount of investment in the film will not be small.

In this regard, Xiang Zhan said that there is no need to worry at all. Don’t forget that there is a real local tyrant with a lot of money in his house. He likes to invest in movies if he has nothing to do.

Uncle Xiang, who was thousands of miles away with Feng Ran to participate in the event, sneezed hard, always feeling that something bad was about to happen to him.

Even with the backing of Xiang Taozhi, a real local tyrant, Xia Zheng didn't dare to be unscrupulous. He knew that as long as he spoke, not to mention uncle, no one in the entire Xiang family would hesitate at all.But it is precisely because of this that he can't be proud of being favored. The director's movies are actually based on telling stories for the public, with the ultimate goal of making money and winning a good reputation. What's more, this is his first movie. You can't cross the border into the ranks of directors in one fell swoop, it depends on whether the film can make people's eyes shine and whether it can achieve eye-catching box office results.

He doesn't expect this movie to earn a box office of one billion or eight hundred million, but at least he must ensure that he will not lose money. The root of not losing money is to control costs first. If he invests capital recklessly, the result may be nothing.

The Xiang family will not do business that loses money, Xia Zheng, who is a member of the Xiang family, thought so.

Seeing that Xia Zheng was holding the computer and typing the script every day, he didn't have the heart to travel around, so Xiang Zhan had to temporarily change his plan and take his wife to live in a European town temporarily. Their vacation was long enough to wait for Xia Zheng to finish the script. Visit other places.

It is also telling a story. The number of words in the script is far less than that of the novel, but it takes more time to write. Every sentence and every scene must be carefully considered, especially Xia Zheng is the prospective director of this movie. He also had to think clearly about the scene switching problem to be considered at the stage of conceiving the script, which doubled the creation cycle of the script. By the time the script was finalized, they had already spent seven days in this quiet and comfortable town. The life of Lu Renjia.

Even if Xiang Zhan won Best Actor in an international film festival, he is not well-known in the West. Even if some people know that there is such a person, the photos and real people will not match.The problem of face blindness among different races is often unsolvable.

"To be honest, I don't even want to go back." Wearing loose and casual clothes, he went to a nearby store to buy a lot of ingredients. Xia Zheng lazily bathed in the warm afternoon sun. But it also means that people will recognize them wherever they go, and they may be watched seriously, so they must pay attention to their words, deeds and clothes at all times, and there is no time to relax all year round.

Now that he is used to a state of relaxation, Xia Zheng has a headache when he thinks of returning to a life where he is so busy that he has to sleep to the next second. He is a little worried about whether he can perfectly adjust his mentality and adapt to his previous work rhythm.

"If you like this place, we can buy a house here. From now on, we will spend half of our time working, and the other half of our time here enjoying a quiet life." Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the street, Xiang Zhan hid his words quickly Shi Shi kissed his daughter-in-law on the cheek, and successfully saw that man's blushing into a lump.

"Well, quiz!" Looking left and right like thieves, to make sure that no one saw them making out in the street, Xia Zheng's tense emotions eased a little.Faced with Brother Yi's proposal, he really thinks it is very feasible. Once the first director's work is recognized by the market and the industry, he may spare half of his time after acting to prepare for new works, and create stage, they can come here to live the lives of ordinary people.

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Taking advantage of the rest of the vacation to visit several nearby countries, Xia Zheng and Xiang Zhan returned home with big bags and small bags of luggage and loot from the sweeps. As soon as they got home, they were rushed by Oreo who got the news early and flew back. is on.It was very troublesome for the little guy to enter and exit, so Xiang Zhan handed it over to his agent. Over the past few years, Oreo, who has regained his figure, has once again become popular in the entertainment industry. I caught up with my brother.

But no matter how much money you make, it can't make up for Oreo's broken glass heart. It always feels that since Papa and Shushu got married, it has become a poor baby whose parents don't love and mother doesn't love. When they are together, it is guaranteed to be thrown out of the house, and it is a bit miserable to fend for itself.

Alas, the bird is born lonely, when it can find a like-minded partner, bid farewell to the hard life of single light bulbs!

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After returning to China, the two actively participated in the promotion of several upcoming films. At the same time, Xiang Zhan's studio also released rumors that the first directorial debut of its artist Xia Zheng will start shooting next year. Several movies created topics and raised the media's attention to Xia Zheng's change of career as a director.

After the two-month film promotion period ended, everyone knew that Xia Zheng was about to start filming a new film as a director. Although the specific plot has not yet been revealed, the media and movie fans are looking forward to it. They want to see this film since its debut. What kind of work will the young man who is almost smooth sailing present, whether it can be as successful and classic as his acting role.

"Brother Yi, I'm a little nervous." The day before the launch conference, Xia Zheng was so nervous that he couldn't sleep.The final cast of the movie was finalized a month ago. The male lead was handed over to Tang Pei, who had greeted him long ago, and the female lead was Liao Lin, who had collaborated with Xia Zheng in the TV series back then.

After these years of struggle, Liao Lin, who was a little young and cute at that time, has grown into a second-tier movie star. While her acting skills have improved, her personality and personality have not changed much. This makes Xia Zheng feel very comfortable. The two talked about the script. Time seems to be back to the winter of the year of cooperation.

As one of the investors of Xia Zheng's movie, Brother Yi will also play an important role in the movie - a cool and domineering villain in another world. Xiang Zhan has no objection to the role setting, although in this movie Tang Pei's role is the real number one male, he can be considered number two at best, but because the role is heavy and the requirements for acting skills are relatively high, so his role is easier to shine than Tang Pei.

As long as the character is good, a decent villain is often not that important to a mature artist.

It’s just that after the makeup photo came out, Xiang Zhan didn’t think so. Why is Tang Pei dressed in a white casual and handsome scumbag, but he is dressed in a dry bark outfit, and it’s hard to tell whether it’s a human or a monster at first glance. !

"Just be content, the biggest investment in this drama is spent on you." Helping the stylist put a piece of bark on Xiang Zhan's face, Xia Zheng's eyes twinkled with excitement.Regardless of the modeling or the later stage of the whole play, Xiang Zhan, the villain, spent far more money than other characters. If it weren't for this, Xia Zheng would really be reluctant to let his brother, who is used to playing the leading role, play a supporting role.

So much money, of course, has to be spent on the most trusted people.

Hearing what my daughter-in-law said, Xiang Zhan felt a little bit happier. Sci-fi blockbusters, if the appearance is ugly, it should be ugly. The characters in those foreign blockbusters are covered with a layer of skin of different colors, and the characters can still be played very handsomely. , Xiang Zhan believes that if he fights for acting skills, he will never lose.

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The strong lineup coupled with the strong pre-publicity made this seemingly low-key launch conference a sensation in the entire entertainment circle. Countless fans swiped the topic on Weibo. Whenever there is a new news, the content of the topic will change. Bo, if there is really no topic to talk about, the fans will take out the group photos of Xiang Zhan and Xia Zheng that they have taken over the years, and continue to use the topic of corruption that everyone still talks about after many years.

The actor and director love each other like a god, it's too nosebleed!Although there is always a sense of sight that has been reversed by Xipi... It is obvious that the director is the setting of the attack, okay?

Director Xia, who didn't even know that he had exposed his attributes, was so busy every day that he didn't even touch the ground. After his own film was filmed, he had to make a cameo appearance in a movie, so there was no room for mistakes in the schedule.In order to present each picture in the most perfect state, Xia Zheng often stayed up for two or three days without sleep, picking out the unsatisfactory parts immediately and re-shooting.

After two months of high-intensity filming, Xia Zheng successfully lost ten pounds, which made Xiang Zhan feel bad.The meat raised on vacation abroad has lost weight again, and God knows when it will be raised again next time.Brother Yi almost cried at the thought of sleeping with his daughter-in-law who was a little fatter than ribs.

Under Xiang Taozhi's operation, Xia Zheng's work was sent to the best post-production company in the world. Looking at the sky-high special effects fee, Xia Zheng broke out in a cold sweat.A two- to three-second shot of special effects actually costs [-] U.S. dollars, which is only a mid-range special effect. There are several places in his film that require high-end special effects for processing, so the high cost can be imagined.

"Brother Yi, I'm a little scared." Before the movie was released, Director Xia, who was tormented by a pervert, huddled on the bed with his head in his arms and sighed.As soon as the finished film came out, he watched it twice in its entirety, and felt that the effect was much better than expected, but whether the audience and film critics would buy it, he really had no idea.

Probably every new director will experience this anxiety.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Amused by the other party's silly expression, Xiang Zhan rubbed the other party's wrinkled face affectionately, "You have to believe in yourself, this drama may not win you any awards, but it will definitely be A well-received commercial blockbuster."

As if confirming Yi Ge's prophecy, the box office hit a record high at the midnight screening that night. The high ticket price contributed to this, but the number of viewers cannot be ignored.

With a good start and a good reputation, this movie quickly occupied the top position in the hot search rankings, and many people who were not interested in sci-fi movies couldn't help but go to the cinema to watch a movie , and then felt very incredible that such a blockbuster film with shocking effects could be made in China.

When the movie was released, the cumulative box office exceeded [-] million, successfully ranking among the top ten movie box office.And because Tang Pei has gained a bit of international fame, and Xiang Zhan also won the best actor of the Supreme Film Festival, Xiang Taozhi thought that this film should be pushed to the international stage, so this film was originally planned to be released only in China. The sci-fi blockbuster successfully went abroad and swept a lot of box offices around the world.

"Look, I told you that this movie must make a lot of money!" After reading the final box office statistics, Xiang Zhan smiled brightly. His daughter-in-law has become the leading new director in China. Full of pride inside and out!

"Hmm..." Xia Zheng nodded hesitantly. He was already dazzled by the series of zeros on the information. He couldn't even imagine such a result.

What surprised him even more was that his agent called a week later, informing them that this film, which had achieved impressive box office results, had been shortlisted for several important film festivals, and the nominations included Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Special Effects, Best Music, and Best Newcomer Director which is of special significance to Xia Zheng.

"If you can win the prize, you will be consummated!" Facing the rising sun, Xia Zheng, who has been in a daze recently, finally "lived" again.He found confidence in the directing works that were successful at the first attempt, and smoothed out his own creative thinking. In the next work, he can enrich the plot of the adventure and make the audience feel more substituting.

As for whether he can win the once-in-a-lifetime best new director award tonight, it is not that important to Xia Zheng.

Seeing his lover put aside fame and fortune and fully enjoy the fun of filming, Xiang Zhan smiled gratifiedly. Only those who are not influenced by external factors can truly enjoy this film of fame and fortune.

They are all people who enjoy life and work.

Real actors and real directors.