From traffic to movie star

Chapter 441 "Infernal Affairs" Starts Filming

In order to save capital these years, Wei Xun basically hangs out in commercial films, that is to say, he has only started to transform into feature films and literary films in the past two years.

Compared with domestic film festivals, international film festivals are actually more complicated.

Oscar's trial is still too far away, let's not mention it for now.

For example, the top three in Europe, every year there are a lot of places for review in Huaxia, and the directors of the literary faction in the film industry, if they say it well, they will not bow to the box office and focus on selling their names and awards. personality, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter their circle.

This group of people is more difficult to deal with than commercial film directors, and there are many twists and turns in it.

Take director Liu Qiren as an example, he is the core figure in the "Western School" circle, and now the leader of the Western School film and television circle is Zhou He, known as Lord Zhou, one of the leading figures of the fifth generation of directors in China. He has the best director trophy in Cannes, is a judge of the Cannes organizing committee, and has been selected for three Oscars. As for domestic film festivals, Zhou He won the Grand Slam director as early as 20 years ago.

According to the 'rules', this year's Cannes selection quota is Western.

Liu Qiren's work "Going to the Countryside", the script has been carefully polished for three years, and his teacher Zhou He helped escort it.

It is said that Cannes intends to invite Zhou He to be the chairman of the jury for next year's film festival, but in order to let his apprentice Liu Qiren win the award, Zhou He deliberately avoided Cannes' invitation to avoid suspicion.

Coincidentally, Wei Xun is also eyeing the quota for this year's Cannes.

Regardless of who the film bureau will choose to submit for trial, after hearing the news, Wei Xun made a decision to create public relations first.

As for the rule of "According to the rules, the number of applicants for Cannes this year is from the West", it seems a little funny to him.

Because Wei Xun didn't intend to follow anyone's rules.

On 5.18, Wei Xun, who had been at home with Chi Tang for half a month after the proposal, quietly took a flight to Xiangjiang.

The time is close to summer, and the weather in Xiangjiang is very good.

After Wei Xun got off the plane, Wei Xun went to Shatian Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple under the escort of the staff.

The story of "Infernal Affairs" will start filming here.

"Mr. Wei, the media department said that you temporarily canceled the film conference in Xiangjiang. Are you planning to keep it confidential?"

As soon as the car arrived at the hotel near Wanfo Temple, Zou Min found Wei Xun and asked, "But most of the filming of "Infernal Affairs" is on location. When the opening chapter of Wanfo Temple is revealed, the follow-up will have to be filmed in the downtown area. Such a big movement must not be hidden from the media."

Apparently, Zou Min, who came to Xiangjiang ahead of schedule, hadn't realized that something had changed.

Wei Xun explained: "It's okay, you can contact some media and let them shoot. Director Liu Qiren of the Western School intends to apply for the Cannes Film Festival next year. Dong Zhen needs to cooperate with us to do public relations in advance."

Zou Min was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

She has been in the film industry for a long time, so she naturally knows what Xi Pai and Liu Qiren represent.

It's definitely a little tricky when it comes to movie factions.

But then again, with the current strength of the medal, there is no need to be afraid of any faction or no faction.

So Zou Min's thoughts swirled in his heart, and he quickly said: "Okay, I will cooperate with Dong Zhen. Bai Qianchi, Zeng Wei, and Chen Qiuheng are already waiting for you in the hotel Well, there is also the assistant director Mai Hui whom I have found for you, today you will meet with them first for a seminar, and I will make arrangements for the crew, and I can start the film at any time."

There are four main characters in "Infernal Affairs".

Wei Xun himself will play Chen Yongren, Bai Qianchi will play the other protagonist Liu Jianming, as for the remaining police officer Huang Zhibin, Chen Qiuheng will play the role, and Zeng Wei will play the role of gangster Han Chen.

Although Xiangjiang Films has started to decline in the past two years, there are also a group of outstanding and admirable filmmakers in this small land.

For example, Chen Qiuheng and Zeng Wei, both of them are proper actor-level figures.

Plus Wei Xun and Bai Qianchi, if the media finds out about this lineup, they will definitely go crazy to find out the news.

"Director Wei is here."

In the hotel, Bai Qianchi and two middle-aged men were laughing and chatting. Seeing Wei Xun coming in, he immediately introduced them with a smile: "This is Brother Qiu Heng, and this is Brother Zeng. You should know each other. Two, This is Director Wei."

Pushing forward 30 years, Xiangjiang films have a great reputation throughout Asia.

And Zeng Wei and Chen Qiuheng, who came out of that era, not only have outstanding acting skills, but these two faces also belong to the kind of 'no one knows', and their qualifications are older than Bai Qianchi.

Seeing Bai Qianchi yelling one brother at a time, he can spy on one or two of them. Obviously these two are not only old, but also convincing.

Wei Xun smiled and stretched out his hand to greet the two film king seniors: "Brother Qiu Heng, Brother Zeng, I am Wei Xun."

"Director Wei is being polite, we'll just take advantage of our age to call you a big brother in front of you and Qianchi."

Zeng Wei is not tall, and his figure is a bit fat, but his attitude towards Wei Xun is very kind, and he said with a smile: "Compared to Director Wei's achievements, you really make the two old brothers feel ashamed."

Chen Qiuheng was beside him with a look of emotion: "Who dares to think of a movie box office of 30 billion in the past? The key is that Director Wei can not only make money, but also have a solid pen. After reading the script of "Infernal Affairs", I talked with him at the time. Zeng Wei said that he must act in this film."

The box office of 30 billion is really amazing, especially in a small place like Xiangjiang, it is a myth that will never be possible.

As the strongest commercial director in the mainland, what Wei Xun lacks most is box office and traffic, and this is also what the filmmakers in Hong Kong currently lack the most.So Zeng Wei and Chen Qiuheng, who were somewhat reserved when facing Bai Qianchi just now, were extraordinarily polite when facing Wei Xun.

Xiangjiang Film has declined, and these two big shots need more resources to find a new way out.

Zeng Wei and Chen Qiuheng happened to be greedy for Wei Xun and the medal media behind him, Panda Tickets.

Bai Qianchi looked at Wei Xun chatting happily with these two people, and felt a little emotional. He could only say that the capital side had the right to speak.Pushing forward 20 years, all mainland filmmakers need to curry favor with these people in order to obtain resources.

It has to be said that the wind and water turns.

The four film stars held a script seminar, and Wei Xun shared some movie-related ideas with everyone.

In the afternoon, he also found time to meet Zhaohui, the assistant director arranged by Zou Min. He was very clever. Wei Xun had a brief chat with him, and he was satisfied for the time being.

Bao Qiang, Zhou Bing, and Zhang Yu went to Hollywood, and the first directors trained by Medal were all released.

In the future, a large number of new directors will definitely be recruited. When Wei Xun moves to Hollywood, there must be someone at home to support him.

Early the next morning, the filming of the first scene of "Infernal Affairs" officially started quietly in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

This scene belonged to Zeng Wei.

Wei Xun sat behind the camera, intending to take a look at the skills of this veteran film star of Xiangjiang.

Perhaps because of the same thoughts as Wei Xun, even though Bai Qianchi and Chen Qiuheng had no role to play, they also came to join in the fun.

(End of this chapter)