During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 654 Expanding the New Potential of Actresses

To be honest, Wei Jin felt that he had underestimated the appeal of "The Journey of Flower" to artists.

Not only Yang Mi had an idea, even Liu Yifei, who seldom spoke, actually started to talk nonsense.

But this time it was not for her good friend Shu Chang, but for another friend, Jiang Xin.

The two met on the set of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and later collaborated on "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1". They have kept in touch over the years.

Speaking of which, Jiang Xin also has some connections with Shanhe Media.

When Fan Bingbing gave up the role of Concubine Hua in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Wei Jin did not intervene and handed it over to Jiang Xueman and Zheng Xiaolong.

Jiang Xin, who finally auditioned for the role of Concubine Cao, fell in love with the role after reading the script.

After an excellent on-the-spot performance, Jiang Xin convinced Zheng Xiaolong and successfully got the role of Concubine Hua.

After the broadcast of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Jiang Xin also gained a lot of fans with the role of Concubine Hua, and her popularity was quite high.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xin is a straightforward person, or to put it bluntly, he is brainless and often offends people.

This can be seen from the fact that on the set of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", she said in front of Jimmy Lin that she wanted to give her first screen kiss to an "old man".

You have to know that at that time, Jimmy Lin was a popular idol all over the country, while Jiang Xin was just a little Karami who had just debuted.

But it is precisely because of her straightforward personality that she and Liu Yifei have always had a good relationship. After all, the latter is also known for her love of arguing with people.

But compared to Liu Yifei's natural beauty, although Jiang Xin has a good appearance, her frame is too big and her acting range is very limited.

Despite working very hard over the years, I have only been able to make ends meet and barely survive on the second or third tier cities.

As for the rumor that there was a financial sponsor behind her when she debuted, this may be true, but now that Jiang Xin is in her early thirties, the financial sponsor may have disappeared long ago.

This time, Jiang Xin fell in love with the second female lead, a tragic character somewhat similar to Concubine Hua.

Jiang Xin was confident that she could perform well in the audition, but her status was too low and the competition for the second female role was very fierce. She was worried that there were off-site factors that would affect the results of the audition.

Asking Liu Yifei for help this time is just a precaution.

Wei Jin could understand this situation. With auditions, a little bit of manipulation could lead to different results.

After all, humans are not machines, and it is inevitable that they have some selfish thoughts.

So Wei Jin agreed without much thought.

After all, Jiang Xin played the original role quite well, so why not give her some face?

Of course, Liu Yifei was also very sensible. She showed great sincerity to Wei Jin and specially changed into the clothes she wore in the "Zhu Xian" crew.

It’s true that Lu Xueqi, who looks ethereal and cold, does have some BUFF bonuses, and Wei Jin is in a very good mood.

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Zhang Yimou's film "Coming Home" was released a long time ago, but there were some problems during the review process.

After several rounds of communication, more than ten minutes of "sensitive" footage were finally deleted.

Although Lao Mouzi felt angry, there was nothing he could do.

Because the original script does reflect the special era at that time, it was already very good to pass the review. Even the screenwriter Yan Geling herself accepted the reality.

But what Zhang Yimou didn't expect was that in addition to the issue of approval, there were other requirements.

After leaving the Film Bureau, Zhang Yimou returned to the company and told Wei Jin the whole story. The latter was also confused after hearing it.

"You mean you don't even recommend attending film festivals abroad?"

"Well, that's a euphemism, but that's what I meant."

Lao Mouzi took a sip of tea, then sighed, "I promised Director Jia before, now I can only participate in the non-competitive unit."

Chief Jia is a member of the Cannes jury this year. Zhang Yimou originally thought that the situation would be better this year because he had acquaintances to take care of him, but he didn't expect something like this to happen.

The Wei and Jin dynasties had no solution to this situation.

When leaders within the system speak, you have to listen carefully. If they don’t give any advice, it means you are requested not to participate.

Of course, Zhang Yimou's method is also quite clever. The non-main competition unit is basically the same as the screening and does not cross the red line.

"Forget it, Director Zhang, you have mentioned Chief Jia, this result is already much better than his." Wei Jin comforted.

Director Jia’s film “A Touch of Sin” was previously sentenced to death, but with an investment of tens of millions, it is impossible to just give up.

During this period, Lao Jia has been making arrangements in the hope that the film can be released in theaters.

But at the beginning of the month, the last straw that broke the camel's back appeared.

A complete pirated version of "A Touch of Sin" appeared on the Internet overnight. Everyone in the industry knew very well what this meant.

During this period, major mainland media outlets, countless filmmakers and production companies in the industry have all been denouncing online piracy.

But no matter how serious the commotion is, what’s the point?

Section Chief Jia has given up hope and directly posted on Weibo that the film has lost the mainland market and he will no longer ask the bureau to lift the ban.

At the same time, Chief Jia also stated that he would stop investing in and building the cinema that he had previously promised to the outside world, which would be used specifically to support and screen art films.

The funds for building the cinema will be used to compensate some of the investors and domestic distributors of "A Touch of Sin".

In comparison, the ending of "The Return" is already very good.

Lao Mouzi obviously understood this truth. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "Boss Wei, you are right. Let's look forward."

At this point, Lao Mouzi raised his head and said, "Boss Wei, since I'm not participating in the competition, I plan to release Coming Home as soon as possible, so that I can start the second part of Ghost Blows Out the Light as soon as possible. When the movie is in post-production, I can start working on Shoplifters."

It can be heard that Zhang Yimou is determined to fight to the death for the Palme d'Or.

Wei Jin certainly had no objection to this, and nodded and asked, "Okay, then which schedule does Director Zhang plan to put it in?"

"Once the copyright deal is concluded in Cannes, we can release it directly in China."

Wei Jin thought about it and decided that the schedule in mid-to-late May wasn’t very good, but at least there wasn’t much competition.

"Okay, then the domestic publicity will be gradually rolled out. I will arrange for the department to cooperate with Director Zhang in terms of publicity and promotion."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Wei."

On the 26th, the premiere of "Lost and Love" was held in Beijing, at the flagship store of Shanhe Cinema. Although the investment in this play is not large, the subject matter is special, and it is Wen Muye's first big screen debut, so Wei Jin must come to help support the show.

Not only that, even Tian Zhuangzhuang, who rarely participated in activities, came to support this last disciple.

In addition, Shanhe Media’s allies in the circle, including Fiber Optic Lao Wang, Wanda Ye Ning and others were also present, including several directors of the company.

As for celebrity artists, there were even more of them. Most of them who had no announcements and were in Beijing came.

Before the premiere begins, it is usually time for socializing, and celebrities from all walks of life are expanding their social networks.

At this moment, Wei Jin was also pulled aside by Lao Wang to discuss something.

"Brother, I am considering putting The Four 3 in early August, so that none of our movies will conflict with each other. What do you think?"

There will be "Cold War 7" in mid-July and "No One 2" in mid-August. The latter also includes investment in fiber optics. Lao Wang certainly hopes that everyone can live in harmony.

In his opinion, if the competition is staggered by half a month, there will be basically no competition.

Moreover, it happens to be more than a month apart from "The Breakup Master", so Fiber Optic can try its best to gain exposure and increase its stock price.

But Wei Jin shook his head at this schedule, "Brother, if you want to put it in the summer, I suggest putting it in late August."

"Why?" Lao Wang was a little puzzled.

"Because of the Qixi Festival schedule, I'm going to be on The Fault in Our Stars, and it's going to be hard for you to be caught in the middle."

Of course, Valentine's Day and Chinese Valentine's Day are the most suitable release dates for this kind of literary and artistic romance film.

"In addition, the release of No Man's Land 2 will also boost the martial arts market, and it will be easier for you to enter the market later."

Lao Wang has to admit that what Wei Jin said makes sense.

Last year's "The Four 2" was almost at the point of boiling oil, and the third part of the final chapter had a hard time attracting audiences.

Instead of considering a good release date, it is better to reap the benefits of "No One 2".

As for whether there will be direct competition, Lao Wang is not worried.

The current film market is so large that it can easily accommodate two films with the same theme.

Even if the publicity is good and a combined force is formed, it may even dominate the schedule.

So Lao Wang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

After chatting with Lao Wang for a while, the premiere began and Wen Mu also took the stage with the main creative team.

As the most famous star, King Liu is of course the one that the media is vying to interview.

King Liu, who has been popular for decades, has a very high emotional intelligence. Facing the camera of the reporter, he directly expressed his gratitude to Wei Jin and Wen Muye for choosing him and giving him the opportunity to challenge himself.

In order to film "Lost and Love" well, he went on a crazy diet and worked out before filming began, losing more than 20 pounds. He has recovered a little now, but still looks a little haggard.

Obviously, King Liu really hopes to achieve a breakthrough in himself and tear off the "idol" label that has been attached to him over the years.

As for the reporter's question about box office, King Liu did not avoid it, saying frankly that he had no concern for gain or loss this time and was not paying attention to the box office. He just hoped that the audience could pay more attention to the issue of fighting human trafficking.

He also called on all parents on the spot to keep an eye on their children.

Also attracting media attention is Li Xian, who plays the second male lead. After all, "Love O2O" is really that popular.

Although Li Xian has less attention compared to Nazar, the sudden increase of millions of fans in a short period of time still pushed him to the top of the second-tier male actors.

Even Yang Xue, who didn't have many roles in the film, received a lot of attention from reporters, because "The Labyrinth of the Heart" is still in theaters.

This low-budget suspense film performed amazingly well in the unpopular time period of March.

At present, "The Maze" has been released for 12 days and the box office has reached 1.18 million yuan, and the daily box office is still maintained at to million.

As the heroine, Yang Xue has become a little famous recently thanks to her image of a coquettish young woman.

In comparison, Taiwanese beauty Zhang Junning and director Wen Muye received much less attention, but they were also given the opportunity to speak.

The former's speech was quite standard, while the latter emphasized thanking Wei Jin for his trust, Chen Xi for his help, and all the colleagues in the crew for their cooperation and support.

After nearly half an hour of interview, the lights dimmed, a familiar dragon logo flashed on the big screen, and the main film began playing.

Compared to "Dear", which is full of dramatic conflicts and the actors' performances are very tense, the overall story of "Lost and Love" seems more ordinary.

But in this ordinariness, the brilliance of humanity flashes everywhere.

The sad but not mournful tone, without excessive sentimentality, can still touch people's hearts.

The most criticized aspects of the original version of "Lost and Love" were its overly abrupt transitions and literary lines, which Shanhe Media fully avoided.

The performances of several actors are also remarkable, especially King Liu, whose performance is definitely a breakthrough.

Wei Jin doesn't dare to say how outstanding this movie is, but it is definitely above the passing level.

This can be seen from the applause that broke out from the audience after the movie ended.

After the premiere, there were a lot of reports about the movie, and almost all the media present gave positive reviews.

The movie will be officially released in just two days.

At this time, seeing Wei Jin end his social interaction, Zhang Junning decisively followed him back to the Golden House.

There's no way. She was born in 82 and is already years old this year.

She cut off all ties with her former agency and chose to leave her hometown and come to the mainland to make a living. She had to cling to Wei Jin's thigh.

What's more, communicating with Wei and Jin is so pleasant both physically and mentally, who can resist such happiness?
But Zhang Junning never expected that Wei Jin would actually want to find another way tonight. Would it really not go wrong?
"No, don't worry, leave it to me."

In the bathroom, Wei Jin was enjoying the woman's service while rubbing bubbles on her body and making preparations before starting.

"But."

Seeing that the woman still looked a little unconvinced, Wei Jin smiled and comforted her: "Aning, you have to believe in your potential."

"What should I do?"

“Just relax.”

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(End of this chapter)