How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 208 It would be childish to take polite words seriously!
But after getting along for a while, the filter shattered.

Zhang Nan found out, that's all.

And the self-awareness of this guy is a bit too much.

Making a movie is too boring.

No one is watching, and I am too good at letting myself go.

This can be seen from the "One Step Away" and "Hidden Man" after "Let the Bullets Fly" exploded at the box office.

A film with no special effects can be said to have hundreds of millions of production fees, which is too nonsense.

And when asked how the money was spent, the answer turned out to be: it was spent on costumes and props, as well as many fleeting dance scenes, which were all field investigations and restored according to history, and those fleeting scenes were also shot by top dancers.

It is all for the effect of the movie to be more real and better.

Be good, you think you are James Cameron, or Christopher Nolan!

If someone can be a detailed, real, and real-time shooting madman, he dares to play like this because he is backed by the big ticket warehouses in North America, Europe, America, and international film markets, and has had tangible achievements.

What about you, Jiang Wen?

After counting and counting, there is only one "Let the Bullets Fly", and there is no other box office hit.

That is to say, the mainland film and television industry, which was around a few years ago in the original time and space, can almost be said to be a worse world.

Those who write novels, those who copy novels, those who make literary films... In short, there are all kinds of ghosts and monsters.

The audience is a picky general among dwarfs and a picky eater among garbage, otherwise it really wouldn't be the turn of a character like Jiang Wen to make a big splash in the mainland film and television circle.

Because Zhang Nan feels that Jiang Wen is to the mainland, just like Quentin is to North America.

But since he found him and was an acquaintance, Zhang Nan couldn't refuse him, so he ordered someone to bring him in.
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"Lao Jiang! It's been a long time, how's the time going!"

Zhang Nan watched Jiang Wen being led into the room by his assistant, and quickly waved his hand, telling him to find a place to sit.

After all, although Zhang Nan's sense of Jiang Wen is complicated, it's not good to express it. Although he only has one "Let the Bullets Fly", Zhang Nan is still thinking about it.

When Jiang Wen saw this, he nodded slightly again and again, then looked around Zhang Nan's office in Longbow Film and Television City, found a guest sofa with half of his buttocks, and sat down reluctantly, then looked at Zhang Nan, showing a little fear.

It is impossible not to be sincere and fearful.

Not to mention for Jiang Wen who has not yet made a fortune, but for Jiang Wen who has already made a fortune by relying on "Let the Bullets Fly" in the original time and space, Zhang Nan's current coffee position is too scary.

And the relationship between the two is nothing more than a cooperation once.

When he was in the crew, Jiang Wen still felt that his voice, because he knew Zhang Yimou, and the more unique "Nan Dao" should have left a deep impression on Zhang Nan, and Zhang Nan was also called by Brother Jiang and Brother Jiang.

But since the cooperation of [Jingcheng Martial Arts] ended, the subsequent [Magic City Martial Arts], and the [Neon Martial Arts] that is said to be about to start, have not even sent him a film appointment.

The experience during this period was clearly told to Jiang Wen.

Zhang Nan's address of Brother Jiang and Brother Jiang means that Zhang Nan can speak and is approachable.

Anyone who takes it seriously is a little naive, ignorant and brainless.

At the same time, Jiang Wen has also come to his senses now, the "Nan Dao" who sounded so maverick back then may have narrowed his own path and taken the wrong path, and it was an unnecessary operation, because Zhang Yi, a national teacher, called Zhang Dao to Zhang Nan, and his own rivalry was all about eating too much salt and being idle.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that Zhao Benshan was born in a comedy sketch and hugged Zhang Nan's thigh. Now he is doing well in the mainland film and television industry, and even has a tendency to develop in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

And I am a professional film and television person, and I worked with the national teacher Zhang Yimou on the international award-winning movie "Red Sorghum", but now I am not as good as I am every day.

To be honest, at first, Jiang Wen felt that Zhao Benshan was a little too polite, respectful and flattering to Zhang Nan in the crew.

But now the huge contrast between the two made Jiang Wen react.

What the hell, it's not Zhao Benshan, it's me!

When Jiang Wen thought of this, anyone who was annoyed would suffer.

How could Zhang Nan think of it, but in this moment of effort, Jiang Wen, who came in and barely sat down, had so many turns in his mind.

Seeing that Jiang Wen didn't make a sound immediately after sitting down, and showed a bitter expression on his face, Zhang Nan recalled it for a while, and then understood it immediately.

Because if there are no accidents, Jiang Wen has just finished filming and editing [Neon is Coming] at this time.

But Zhang Nan was still a little confused about the purpose of Jiang Wen's trip to find him.

I don't know whether Jiang Wen wants his help so that the film can be shown in the mainland in accordance with the law, so that he can go to Cannes.

I still want him to help him in Cannes to encourage his film. After all, Zhang Nan has an acquaintance in Cannes now - Li An.

Or the film has already participated in Cannes in violation of the regulations, and at the same time, the penalty for banning directors in the mainland is coming soon, and he wants Zhang Nan to help with the activities.

After all, this time node is a bit vague.

Fortunately, the person is right in front of him, so Zhang Nan can ask directly instead of guessing.

"Old Jiang, what are you busy with these days?" Zhang Nan asked from the side.

Jiang Wen is also thick in appearance, but has a delicate mind, otherwise he would not have flourished in the entertainment industry, especially after he failed in "One Step Away", he was able to fool people into investing in him in "Hidden Man".

Hearing Zhang Nan's words, Jiang Wen quickly said, "I've made a film [Neon is Coming] in the past two years, but the content is a bit too much, and it hasn't passed the censorship, so it can't be released in the mainland, so I got the movie to Cannes. I wanted to get back the money by winning an award, and won a jury award at the film festival."

After hearing Jiang Wen's words, Zhang Nan ruled out his first two guesses.

It is confirmed that Jiang Wen's trip should be the punishment for the five-year ban on directors who sought him out for activities.

But Zhang Nan made up his mind and would not make a move.

After all, Jiang Wen really had nothing at this time, and the only thing that Zhang Nan liked was the project eight or nine years later.

As for the film "The Neon is Coming", Zhang Nan has never watched it himself, but he heard that it is very artistic.

To tell the truth, Zhang Nan has researched and attained quite a high level of knowledge about art films, that is, neon love action films.

Zhang Nan has not been involved in other art films.

Since Zhang Nan doesn't understand, it's difficult for Zhang Nan to comment on the art film and value of this "Neon is Coming", whether it is good or not.

But as far as Zhang Nan roughly understands, most of the famous points of this film lie in its documentary, bloody and dark style.

Not to mention that Zhang Nan has any prejudices against movies that show the darkness of the neon era, Zhang Nan thinks this kind of movie is also meaningful, don't forget the shame!
But from a movie point of view, an art film famous for its gore, darkness and documentary has actually lost the meaning of an art film.

After all, if you want bloody, dark, and documentary elements, you can just make a documentary, which is even more realistic.

But the most important thing is the film [Neon is Coming], which went to Cannes, and only won one jury award at the film festival. Its way of winning the award failed-sometimes it is the same as weakness is the original sin, and failure is also the original sin.

The Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival is the third-ranked award in Cannes.

It sounds like the top three are pretty good too.

But to be honest, the weight of a film festival like Cannes is already so influential.

Among the awards, the championship award, the Palme d'Or, is the most competitive and has the highest gold content.

But even the Palme d'Or with the highest gold content has key awards of the same level - the Golden Lion in Venice and the Golden Bear in Berlin.

In other words, being able to win the Cannes Palme d'Or is a breakthrough, and it is also the top three of the year among art films. The bull is the bull, but that's it.

But you didn’t even get the Palme d’Or, and you didn’t even get the second-ranked jury award. To win the third-class award, you can almost only be said to be in the top ten art films of the year.

Really not a good result.

But the fact is such a fact, it is not easy to say it so bluntly.

"Oh, that's pretty good. I'll definitely watch Lao Jiang's masterpiece when I have time." Zhang Nan, who didn't want to help, started to say good things, and took advantage of the situation to think of a decent rejection.

When Jiang Wen heard the words, he was even more determined that Zhang Nan was a man who could speak.

After all, as far as Jiang Wen knew, Zhang Nan was not someone who knew nothing about Cannes.

After all, even though Zhang Nan didn't know about the Cannes awards, Li'an next to Zhang Nan was an old man in Cannes. Zhang Nan also invested in Li'an's latest masterpiece [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] this year and made a fortune.

However, Zhang Nan's quarrel made Jiang Wen not know how to answer the conversation for a while, and the scene cooled down a bit for a while.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan thought about it right away, refused the words decently, and said: "So this time I came to see me because the new project lacked investment. Tell me the number. I am an old friend. If I can help, I will definitely help?"

When he said this, of course it was not that Zhang Nan wanted to invest in Jiang Wen, but that Zhang Nanming knew that Jiang Wen should be banned from guiding, but pretended not to know, moved his mouth, and sold Jiang Wen's favor for nothing.

At the same time, it was also a benefit that Jiang Wen couldn't ask for in vain, so as to facilitate the follow-up operation of decent rejection.

Sure enough, upon hearing Zhang Nan's words, Jiang Wen was excited, but when he thought that he had been banned from directing for five years, he stopped working immediately.

Because of Zhang Nan's investment, it is obviously impossible to wait for him for five years.

Then Jiang Wen could only accept Zhang Nan's favor, and said with some regret: "Director Zhang, thank you for your kindness, really... I want to start a new project, but I can't do it."

"Huh~? Why?" Zhang Nan asked pretending to be puzzled.

Jiang Wen explained with a wry smile: "I was in a hurry to let the film go to Cannes, but it didn't pass the review, so I was banned from directing for five years."

　Personally, I am a bit disgusted with the kind of art films that put on the skin of criticizing backwardness and stuffing ugly human feelings.

　　It cannot be said that there are no people and places in that kind of art film, but there are definitely not many.

　　And I have always felt that art films either follow the flow of the story and explain a kind of human nature.It is also possible to criticize society, but you cannot always be like this.Such as "Hidden as Dust and Smoke" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine", I think it's pretty good, although I haven't watched the former, but only watched some clips of the latter and the former.But I hate art films that are too radical to pervert.

　　It's just a personal opinion, don't take it too seriously!
　　
　
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