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Chapter 79: The China Film Festival Invites Song Hao! (Please continue reading!)

After Zhang Hanyu and Peng Yuyan officially joined "Operation Mekong".

The main cast and crew have been basically assembled.

For the other supporting roles, such as the other teammates in the action team, Song Hao plans to bring back familiar actors.

When Wang Chuanjun, Dong Dawei, and others learned that Song Hao wanted to invite them to join the crew, they didn't care whether they were main characters or supporting roles, and agreed immediately.

For the other villainous supporting roles, he auditioned many actors through Wang Chuanjun's introduction.

As for Zhang Hanyu, having already agreed to Song Hao's request, she will no longer accept roles from other directors.

Just after the box office flop of "The Lonely City," and with the short film he made on this episode of "Directors, Please Speak" also not being as good as Song Hao's "The Tuner," Director Zhang accelerated the pace of preparing for his new film.

He wanted to make a crime thriller and immediately thought of Zhang Hanyu, wanting him to play the role of a police officer.

In the past, it was the assistants who would contact the actors' agents.

This time, Director Zhang personally contacted Zhang Hanyu.

"Hello, Hanyu," Director Zhang greeted cheerfully on the other end of the phone.

Zhang Hanyu was somewhat flattered.

He hadn't expected Director Zhang to call him, and quickly replied, "Director Zhang, what's up?"

"Have you been busy lately?" Director Zhang didn't get straight to the point, but instead started chatting about everyday things.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hanyu guessed what was going on.

He laughed and said, "What's this about being busy? It's just acting and promoting, acting and promoting."

"Have you been filming recently?" Director Zhang asked, beating around the bush. "No wonder I heard them say that it's really difficult to get you to act in a movie."

"Director Zhang, please don't make fun of me." Zhang Hanyu said awkwardly with a self-deprecating laugh, "Someone my age has no market anymore. Directors these days prefer younger ones."

"Who said that?" Director Zhang laughed. "I just love veteran actors. How about it? You have some time lately, come and film a movie with me? Play the lead role of a policeman."

Zhang Han's heart skipped a beat; sure enough.

He could only say helplessly, "Director Zhang, I'm afraid our schedules will clash. I just agreed to film a movie for another director."

"Oh?" Director Zhang's tone remained unchanged, but one could clearly hear the emotion in his voice: "Which director is ahead of me?"

Zhang Hanyu smiled and said, "It was just a coincidence. You and Director Song Hao were only two days apart. If Director Zhang remembers me next time, I'll definitely drive over!"

"Okay, okay, it's settled then." Before hanging up the phone, Director Zhang pretended to sigh and said, "Oh dear, if you didn't come to act, I wouldn't know who else to ask. What a pity."

After the two hung up the phone, Zhang Hanyu also started to think about it.

In terms of fame, Director Zhang is still the best director in China.

Filming a movie directed by him guarantees a certain level of integrity.

However, Song Hao's script for "Operation Mekong" was so well written that, as a veteran actor who had been making films for so many years, he could tell at a glance that if the film was released smoothly, its box office performance would be guaranteed!
After careful consideration, Zhang Hanyu did not regret her decision.

Let's film "Operation Mekong"!
Meanwhile, Director Zhang sat in a chair, smoking a cigarette.

He felt excited when he thought about how "The Tuner" received a perfect score after it finished airing that night.

Even with her favorite actor in the role, she was snatched away.

A moment later, he called out, "Little Liu, come in!"

Assistant Xiao Liu immediately came in.

"Go, contact Yu Hewei and ask if he has time to have a meal with me."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

The news that Song Hao is going to film an anti-drug propaganda video has been circulating online for several days.

Because of the huge success of his previous two films, everyone has high expectations for Song Hao's latest work.

"I really want to see Director Song direct a film about drug trafficking!"

"I don't know what the filming content is."

"Based on his two previous movies, I think we should support the third one!"

The continued popularity also made Song Hao very satisfied.

After all, as long as there is a topic of discussion, "Operation Mekong" will become known to more and more people.

Not long after, Operation Mekong was officially launched.

A film production filing and disclosure form has been released.

Song Hao also posted it on Weibo immediately.

[Filing and Approval Number: Film and Television Filing No. [2023] 4622]

Title: Operation Mekong
Filing Entity: Bona Film Group Corporation; Director: Song Hao

Filing result: Filming approved.

Synopsis: This story follows a task force tasked with uncovering a conspiracy behind the deaths of crew members on a Chinese merchant ship and bringing the mastermind behind a drug trafficking case.

This picture was released.

This immediately sparked heated discussions among everyone.

"Holy crap! Director Song is going to film the real-life case from over ten years ago?!"

"He actually dared to film this?! How could it pass censorship?"

"Brother, it was the authorities who made him film this, do you think it will pass censorship?!"

"My god, that's so daring."

"I remember now, this incident caused a sensation in several countries. At the time, they all tried to shirk responsibility, and then the China Action Team brought the criminals to justice!"

"Great! We should film it and show it to everyone!"

The topic of Song Hao filming "Operation Mekong" immediately became a trending topic on social media.

This naturally attracted the attention of industry insiders.

In the WeChat group.

Jiang Wenwu: [Do you guys dare to film this? @Xiaogang]

Xiao Gang: [I can't film this kind of thing, and I don't dare to. A case like this, which has shocked both China and the world, could ruin my directing career if I'm not careful.]

Jia Zhangke: [Director Jiang, you're probably the only one in our group who dares to film this; none of us dare.]

Jiang Wenwu: [Huh?? How can you talk like that? Director Chen is the one who dares to film this; I wouldn't dare.]

Chen Kai: [Why are you guys staring at a little kid?]

This WeChat group can be said to have brought together a group of outstanding directors from China.

Some of them admire Song Hao for daring to break conventional thinking.

Some people think it's like playing with fire.

If he's not careful, he could very well end his directing career.

But they were just bystanders, and nobody cared about that.

Before long, they shifted the topic to the China Film Festival, which was to be held two days later.

This year's China Film Festival will select outstanding films and award prizes.

It's fair to say that every director hopes their work will win an award.

Jiang Wenwu: [Old Jia, do you think you'll win an award?]

Jia Zhangke: [Are you kidding me? Director Chen and Director Zhang's films were released this year and achieved good results. How could I possibly be qualified!]

Xiao Gang: [I'm not taking it this year, so don't even think about competing with me next year.]

Jiang Wenwu: [I actually think that director Song Hao's two films should win awards.]

Xiao Gang: [That can't be right, although it has high box office returns, it doesn't have much artistic merit, does it?]

Jia Zhangke: [Brother Gang, you know what, his film "The Flowers of War" was really good.]

Jiang Wenwu: [Brother Gang, even you probably couldn't have filmed something like this.]

Xiao Gang: [I can't film it, but Brother Zhang can.]

Director Zhang looked at their chat but did not reply.

At the same time, Song Hao also received an invitation from the China Film Festival.

Film festival staff: [Director Song, this is a staff member from the China Film Festival. We cordially invite you to attend the China Film Festival awards ceremony in Beijing.]

Song Hao knew that this was China's most important annual film festival, and almost all well-known directors would attend.

He hadn't expected to be invited.

But thinking about it, it's normal, considering that he currently has a film with a box office of 9.1 million and another with 13 billion.

He has surpassed 95% of directors.

But right now he is preparing to film "Operation Mekong".

After much deliberation, Song Hao finally decided to go and participate.

After all, he still had tasks to complete.

One of the tasks is to win any award at the film festival!
(End of this chapter)