During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 145 Racing Casting and Exiting the Rapids
  Wei Jin sat on the sofa without any image, with a bit of helplessness on his face, looking at the script that Ning Hao had refined.

"Crazy Racing" officially started casting. As an investor, Wei Jin was accidentally pulled into the role.

In the conference room next door, Ning Hao and Xing Aina were auditioning. There were many actors queuing up in the reception room and outside, which showed how popular his project was.

After all, Ning Hao is no longer the unknown little Karami, but a dignified director in the billion-dollar box office club. If he hadn't signed a contract with Wei Jin, both parties would have been getting along very happily. How many companies are rushing to invest in his projects? .

I have to say, the husband and wife team is really awesome, the script is really well written and very efficient.

"Old Wei, long time no see."

There were so many people waiting for the audition outside, so Huang Bai was more casual and came directly to chat with Wei Jin.

"You're here too? That's right. You are senior brother's personal actor. How are you doing lately?"

Seeing Huang Bai, Wei Jin couldn't help but smile. He hadn't seen him for several months after the annual meeting.

"How about it, just take it easy. You won't give me a role. I just came back from the filming of "Slam Dunk", so why don't you look for a rat to support me?"

Huang Bai is still the same, and he is one of the few old friends who enjoys getting along with Wei Jin.

"Well, your image doesn't fit with that of an astronaut. By the way, didn't this project just start? Are you going to finish it so quickly?"

Wei Jin did not answer the question and changed the topic.

"Slam Dunk" is a new film invested by Yinghuang and Shanghai Film Industry Corporation. For this reason, Shanghai Film Industry Corporation has no energy to participate in the "Mars" project. It can be seen that the two companies are really preparing for a big fight.
  Jay Chou's fan effect is already very obvious. A plot as bad as "The Golden Jacket" can earn nearly 2 million at the box office. Fans paid a lot of it, which has opened up many producers to new ways. This can also be regarded as a fan movie. It’s the predecessor.

"I am just a supporting role. I have coordinated with them in advance to see if I have any role. You know, Mo Zi gave me the male lead, so I have to stick to this side."

Wei Jin nodded when he heard this, and started chatting with Huang Bo again.

Not to mention, Huang Bai is really keen on gossip and asked about the inside information of "Red Cliff" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

This is an interesting thing to say. A project with an investment of 600 million yuan was stopped by the insurance company because of problems with the actors. It is also an industry anecdote.

All large-scale movies are insured by insurance companies. The insurance company for this movie is from North America, and only there can take such a big deal.

However, the price for Chow Leap-fa was not negotiated. Seeing that the project was about to be put on hold, the producer had to invest more in order to stabilize the actors. However, the increase in costs required guarantees from the insurance company. The latter thought the risk was too great and stopped it.

China Film then urgently added a deposit of two million US dollars to settle the matter, but it is still unknown when the project will start.

For this reason, Director Han often complained to Wei Jin, saying that the actors in Xiangjiang were too difficult to maintain.

After hearing the news from Wei Jin, Huang Bai agreed with his face. At present, Xiangjiang actors still think highly of themselves.

However, Wei Jin knows that after this incident, the mainland producers will remember it, which is a good thing.

Seeing Huang Bai and Wei Jin chatting and laughing, many actors outside felt envious and could only secretly say that Huang Bai was lucky.
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  Ning Hao usually uses comedians in his films. There are no handsome boys or beauties. Maybe Xing Ai doesn't let him.

And he likes to use experienced actors. At least the actors in "Stone" still have a lot of advantages. Wei Jin saw Bald Xu and Wang Xun walking out of the conference room with smiles on their faces. It seemed that they had got the roles.

After a while, another figure walked in. Wei Jin glanced, oh, it's still a fellow.

"Director Wei, it is indeed you. I thought I had made a mistake."

The visitor was Wang Shuangbao, an actor from northern Shaanxi. Although the two had never worked together before, they were fellow villagers and knew each other.

In fact, in this place in the capital, many people from the same circle of origin would gather together to keep warm. Wei Jin's status in the industry was so high, so invitations were inevitable.

Because of his reputation, he attended several hometown gatherings. Jiang Wenli, Gu Changwei, Shao Bin, Chen Long, etc. were all regular guests at the gatherings.

In fact, if they didn't dislike circle culture, few people in Wei and Jin would object if they said that the northwest circle was the leader.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, long time no see. Is it okay to audition for the role?"

Wei Jin also had a good impression of this powerful fellow. He had seen many supporting roles played by him in his previous life, and they were quite outstanding.

"No problem, Director Ning is quite satisfied."

The two of them didn't have much friendship, so after exchanging pleasantries, Wang Shuangbao left.

"Old Wei, how is your acting skills?"

"Better than you."

Wei Jin told the truth that at present, Huang Bai has not yet reached the peak of his career, and is still far behind this Peking Opera martial arts student.

After Ning Hao's audition was over, they had a dinner together. After all, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were about to join the group again, so parting ways was normal in the entertainment industry.

During the dinner, Huang Bai started complaining that Wei and Jin were not interesting enough. He did not think about his brothers for such a big production, which caused Ning Hao to laugh:
  "I really want you to play the role. When it is released worldwide, foreigners will think that our country's scientific research talents only look like this. Then you will be guilty of a big crime."

Wei Jin and Xing Ai were laughing so hard as they were talking, they were so talented. "Junior brother, are you really not participating in China's internal awards now?"

Ning Hao didn't ask this rashly. The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards had just ended.

"Father and Son", which shined at the Golden Horse Awards last year, became the biggest winner at this year's Academy Awards, taking home five awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Newcomer.

It's just a pity that Guo Tianwang failed to win the Best Actor, but he probably doesn't care. The Golden Horse Best Actor is much more valuable than the Golden Statue Best Actor, at least in this era.

It is worth mentioning that "Golden Armor" actually won many awards at the Academy Awards, including Best Original Music, Best Costumes, and Best Art.

Gong Huang even won the Best Actress, becoming the fourth mainland actress to win the Best Actress Award after Siqin Gaowa, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun.

"I won't participate, it's boring."

His speech at the Golden Horse Awards last year made the organizers very unhappy. Wei Jin estimates that it will be difficult to invite him again in the future.

There are threshold requirements for the golden statue, and Wei Jin will not lower his status to cater to it. Therefore, since Wei Jin's debut, he has never participated once. Of course, he has never thought about participating. It is nothing more than a pheasant award for self-pleasure.

Not to mention the Golden Rooster Award. He and those old antiques couldn't even pee in a pot. If these people don't retreat, Wei and Jin will never participate.

"It doesn't matter if you don't participate. I've seen through it in the past two years. It doesn't mean much."

Ning Hao was originally very interested in winning awards, but after entering the circle, he realized that there were so many twists and turns. In addition, he personally served as a judge for many domestic film festivals, and he knew what these awards were about, so he was indifferent to them. Got my thoughts.

"It should have been like this a long time ago. The top three in Europe are where you should go."

Not to brag or be slanderous, the top three in Europe can at least be relatively fair and just, and those who can be shortlisted are at least of good quality, which is pretty good.

"It's difficult. I also listened to your graduation speech, and I also researched your award preferences, but it really feels so difficult. There are too many factors to consider."

Ning Hao's words are true. Even if you know the preferences of the three major European companies, it is not easy to write a script. What's more, if you want to win the award cleanly, you have to consider the issue of domestic review. Ning Hao can now He is not barefoot, and he will not risk his own future.

"Don't be anxious. You have only been in the industry for a long time. You are still young. Decades are not enough time for you to succeed."

Of course, Wei Jin's words are more of a comforting nature, and they are really not that easy to win. There are many sixth-generation directors in China who specialize in filming fringe themes and dark side of society. Why? It’s just because it’s easy to win awards. If it were another subject, these people wouldn’t even be able to write a script.

"Okay, let's learn from Lao Mouzi."
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  After the party, Wei Jin came to Sister Heli's villa. It turned out that the two of them had not lived in that house for a long time, mainly because it had been exposed and was unsafe.

Sister Li has also reached the age of being like a wolf and a tiger. As soon as they met, the two had a warm-up battle. However, during the intermission, Zeng Li's words surprised Wei Jin.

"Sister Li, have you thought it through?"

Wei Jin looked at the woman in his arms with some surprise. He had just won the Oscar for Best Actress, and now he was starting to mess with her?

After returning to China, Zeng Li received an invitation from China National Theater Academy and went back to school to give a speech. She didn’t know what the school officials talked about with her, but Zeng Li actually planned to teach.

"Well, Xiaojin, I've been thinking about it for a long time."

In fact, Zeng Li is not very ambitious. After the hit "Star You" last year, her every word, every move has been pursued by the media, and she has no private space of her own, which makes her very distressed.

However, considering that Wei Jin paid such a high price to make her famous, she still accepted a lot of announcements and endorsements.

But now that she has won an Oscar for Best Actress, it is foreseeable that Zeng Li will become busier and busier in the future, and she does not want to spend more time away from Wei Jin.

This time the school proposed to let her return to school to teach, which gave her a solution that had the best of both worlds. She didn't completely leave the circle, but she could have more private time, and the school was relatively simple.

"Then will you continue filming in the future?"

"Let's take a picture. Going back to school to teach doesn't mean I'm going to retire."

Zeng Li still likes acting, and as long as the script is suitable, she is still happy to act.

Wei Jin somewhat understood what Zeng Li meant. She did not intend to become a popular actress, but wanted to transform into a powerful actor.

Comparing the two, the commercial value of the former is naturally higher, but Zeng Li is not short of money now. Wei Jin has helped her take care of the money she earned in the past two years. Now Zeng Li doesn't even know how much she has. She is worth a fortune, but according to her consumption level, it is impossible to spend it all in her lifetime.

As a powerful actor, he usually does not have much commercial value, but he usually has a higher status in the industry. For example, veteran actors like Chen Daoming, the salary is not low, and he can live a very wealthy life, but not Like those popular actresses and niche students, they have received attention from the media and all walks of life.

"That's fine, as long as you're happy."

Seeing that Zeng Li had an idea, Wei Jin did not intend to interfere. In fact, this was fine, and retreating bravely might not be the best way to end the show in the entertainment industry.

"Xiaojin, thank you for your support."

"Sister Li, when expressing gratitude, you usually have to be sincere."

Although they are already an old couple, Wei Jin seems to be increasingly unable to resist Zeng Li's mature style.

Giving Wei Jin a blank look, Zeng Li slowly lowered his head.
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