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Chapter 114 Magic City Film Festival

"Director Wang, what type of movie are you preparing for? Can you tell me?" Ning Jing looked directly at Wang Shu and asked with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, modern drama." Wang Shu looked back at Ning Jing and said with a smile.

"Has the actor been confirmed?" Ning Jing and Wang Shu looked at each other and asked immediately.

"Not yet." Wang Shu looked at Ning Jing's face and replied softly.

"Is there a role suitable for me?" Ning Jing felt happy when she heard this, and then asked with expectation.

Wang Shu shook his head and said truthfully: "This... really doesn't happen."

Ning Jing opened her mouth after hearing the words, and then her thousands of words turned into a bitter smile and said: "Okay."

"I'm not lying to you, there really is no role suitable for you." Wang Shu comforted.

Ning Jing's eyes turned to Wang Shu's face, and she asked unwillingly: "Is it about age?"

Wang Shu nodded and said: "The male protagonist is 21 years old, and the female protagonist is about the same age as the male protagonist. Sister Jing is too mature and does not have the smart eyes of a little girl, so she is not suitable for the role in the play."

"Although the heroine will grow up to be in her thirties over time, Sister Jing cannot play the role in the early youthful stage."

"Furthermore, this is a drama with mainly male characters, and the female protagonists account for relatively few roles."

"Understood." Ning Jing sighed, without asking Wang Shu about the specific content of the movie, and nodded with a rather lonely expression.

Wang Shu looked at Ning Jing's look and originally wanted to remind her to pay attention to her work to avoid being hospitalized due to lung infection and pneumonia.

The words just came to my lips, but I didn't know how to say them.

Ning Jing got pneumonia and was hospitalized for recuperation, so she didn't take many roles for a year or two.

Although this incident was caused by a virus entering her lungs while she was filming, the main reason was that she drowned during filming before and the root cause of the disease was that her body did not return to normal and her poor immunity failed to stop the virus from entering her lungs. Got pneumonia from the virus.

But a normal person, even if the virus enters, can resist it on his own, and he will not suffer from pneumonia so easily.

Therefore, Wang Shu didn't know how to remind Ning Jing for a while.

Because Ning Jing herself knew that she was in poor health.

As long as you don't take good care of yourself and completely repair the root cause of the disease, even if you escape the first day of junior high school, you won't be able to escape the fifteenth day.

As for telling Ning Jing to stop working so hard and take more rest, it was even harder to say.

Because Ning Jing is already in her thirties and has age anxiety, she doesn't dare to stop.

"The days are long, and we will cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future." Wang Shu finally said this with a smile.

"Will the days be long?" Ning Jing couldn't help but reveal a wry smile after hearing this.

Born in 72, she is already 34 years old this year, and her acting career will be even narrower in the next two or three years.

Just like this time, the reason why he is not suitable for the role is his age.

"Actually, it's okay for Sister Jing to play a young girl at her age." Wang Shu saw Ning Jing's sadness and said beautifully, "This time, the main reason is that the image of the heroine is not suitable for Sister Jing."

"The heroine of this drama is a quiet girl."

"Sister Jing feels too strong, which is really far from Wen Jing's character."

After Ning Jing heard this, although she looked at Wang Shu with a resentful look, her mood was obviously much happier than before. She complained to herself: "It is not good to have a strong image, which leads to the inability to act in many dramas."

Wang Shu laughed and joked: "Sister Jing, why don't you say that whenever a female character with a strong image is cast, the first thing that many crew members think of is you?"

"Did Director Wang think of me first for the role of the Queen in "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?" Ning Jing looked at Wang Shu with her big eyes and asked quietly.

"Of course." Wang Shu replied directly without any hesitation.

Although, he originally wanted to invite Shuang Bing.

However, not many people know this.

Wang Zhonglei and Fan Binbin did not disclose it.

When Ning Jing saw Wang Shu's answer so readily, the smile on her face became even bigger. She couldn't help but curve the corners of her mouth into a smile and said, "I believe you for now."

When a straight man hears this, he will naturally roll his eyes and say, "Who are you? It's none of my business whether you believe it or not? If you believe it or not, I'll knock you down."

However, Wang Shu was not that straightforward, and he and Ning Jing were good friends, so he would not say such a thing.

"What do you mean you just believe me?" Wang Shu looked unhappy when he heard this, and said angrily, "I'm telling the truth."

After saying this, he pretended to be an angry young man and said, "Sister Jing, let me ask you, you are an artist in the Shanghai circle, and I am a director in the Beijing circle."

"You said, there are so many actors in the Beijing circle, and a lot of them graduated from drama schools and film and television schools."

"I'm not looking for them, but I'm looking for you. Why?"

"For what?" The smile on Ning Jing's face became even richer, and she asked Wang Shu with her big eyes wide open.

"Of course it's because I appreciate Sister Jing more than anyone else." Wang Shu said beautiful words that even he himself didn't believe.

This series of beautiful words was obviously very effective. Ning Jing couldn't help but feel warm in her heart and her smile never broke from the beginning to the end.

Especially the look in Wang Shu's eyes was watery.

It makes people feel the urge to shiver.

The two of them walked and came to a park.

"The golden dragon swings its tail."

I saw several middle school boys gathered around. One of them shouted loudly and used the yo-yo in his hand to show a trick from the TV series "The King of Fire".

"Coiling dragon and whirlwind!"

Another boy shouted, and the yo-yo followed his operation, also showing the trick called Coiling Dragon Whirlwind in "The King of Firepower".

Wang Shu happened to see this scene, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

The special drama "Hotboy" premiered in May 2006.

It tells the story of Gao Dashu, a physical education teacher at Jianghai No. 1 Middle School, who was assigned by the school to form the "Jianghai Team" to win glory for the school in the "Autumn Yo-Yo Competition" held before the winter vacation.

Then, the sudden addition of Li Fei, who had transferred back from the United States, caused an uproar in the team.

Then, the training team invested in intense training. With everyone's support, Li Fei succeeded Mai Jun as the captain. Together with coach Gao Dashu, he led everyone to finally win the championship in the "Autumn Yo-Yo Competition". The team members were also in the process of inspiration. Got a growth story.

Once the TV series was launched, it instantly aroused the love of many primary and middle school students.

Even some adults watched it with gusto.

However, "The King of Fire" seems to be a youthful and inspirational TV series.

In fact, it is advertising.

It is a yo-yo promotional drama created by the yo-yo manufacturer to promote and sell the yo-yo toy.

The commercial was made into a TV series and was a huge success.

I have to say, what a talent.

Among them, the Fire Power Silver S and Fire Power V used by the protagonist Li Fei are extremely popular yo-yo models among many primary and secondary school students. Huoli Yindian S is a butterfly-shaped yo-yo, metal-rubber filled type, with 2 bearings installed at both ends. It has two ways of playing: top position and two positions, and is positioned as a mid-to-high-end yo-yo.

The Huoliyinden V is also a butterfly-shaped yo-yo, and it has KK balls. It is extremely excellent in terms of stability and concentricity, and has extremely long idling, making it one of the most high-end yo-yos.

Wang Shu looked at the middle school boys and thought to himself that they were all children from rich families, and each of them had a firepower silver and electric V.

Adored!

Adored!

Ning Jing didn't care about it at all. She just glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

Not only do I not understand, I am also not interested.

Compared to Ning Jing, who has nothing to do with me, Wang Shu is different.

"Hotboy" premiered in May. It has been quite some time since then. The popularity of Yo-Yo has spread accordingly. Many toy manufacturers have seen the business opportunities and are working overtime to produce the Yo-Yo toy.

Compared with the late arrival of these toy manufacturers, Wang Shu stocked up a lot of yo-yo toys early and is now shipping large quantities to all parts of the country.

The movie "The King of Fire" made the yo-yo toy popular in China.

And domestically, it is a big country with a population of 13 billion.

Therefore, Wang Shu has no worries about selling the yo-yos he hoarded in advance.

The next day, I came to the company.

Zhou Xiaofa knocked on the door and walked into the office and said, "Mr. Wang, the 9th Shanghai Film Festival will be held at the end of this month. They want to invite you to attend. The invitation letter has been sent to the company."

When Wang Shu heard this, he refused directly: "I won't go, I just pushed it away."

Under normal circumstances, filmmakers who want to participate in the Shanghai Film Festival need to obtain qualifications through registration.

However, there are exceptions, and that is invitations from organizers.

Just like Chen Kaige went to Berlin with "The Promise", Chen Kaige did not participate in the competition. The Berlin organizer invited him, so that he could go beyond the normal process and take the film to the Berlin International Film Festival.

And after going to Berlin, the film was only screened and not competed.

"Understood." Now that Wang Shu had spoken, Zhou Xiaofa didn't ask any more questions, nodded in agreement, and exited Wang Shu's office.

Not long after, Wang Shu's cell phone rang. It was Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Studio.

"Director Wang, do you have time to come to Magic City at the end of this month?" Ren Zhonglun was polite at first, then asked tentatively.

"I have to prepare for the filming of a new movie, so I don't have time." Wang Shu refused with a smile, "I will go to the Magic City when I have the opportunity in the future."

"In a few days, Director Wang can definitely spare some time to come." Ren Zhonglun heard the meaning of Wang Shu's words and invited him again with a sinking heart.

"At the end of the month, a film festival will be held in the Magic City. Not only will there be many celebrities from the film and television industry at home and abroad, but Director Feng Xiaogang and the crew of "The Night Banquet" will also be there."

"How about Director Wang come and join in the fun?"

When Wang Shu heard this, he smiled and said, "Let's forget it. I have to rush to film a new movie. I really don't have time."

"Director Wang, this Magic City Film Festival is different." Ren Zhonglun said with a smile, "This Magic City Film Festival has more than 57 films from 700 countries and regions participating, which is nearly half more than in previous years. .”

"Not only that, directors such as Luke Besson, Li An, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Lu Chuan, etc. will all come. This is a good opportunity for domestic filmmakers to promote mutual exchanges."

"Director Wang really doesn't want to come and hang out?"

After hearing this, Wang Shu sighed and said, "Mr. Ren, I really don't have time."

When Ren Zhonglun heard that Wang Shu still refused, he opened his mouth and said, "In that case, I won't force it."

"If there is a chance in the future, Director Wang will come to Magic City again."

"It's easy to talk about." Wang Shu replied with a smile.

Ren Zhonglun then exchanged a few polite words with Wang Shu and hung up the phone.

The 2006th Shanghai Film Festival 9 will open on June 6th.

As the first "competitive non-specialized film festival" certified and classified by the International Film Producers Association in China, it is also the International Class A Film Festival.

Logically speaking, the Shanghai Film Festival should be very impressive, but in fact it has little reputation.

Feng Xiaogang will go this time, not only because he wants to have a free chance to promote "The Night Banquet", but also because he will serve as the vice chairman of the jury.

If it weren't for these, Xiaogangpao probably wouldn't have gone.

It is undeniable that the 2006 Shanghai Film Festival did have a historic breakthrough.

Whether it’s the 48.4% increase in the number of film registrations compared to the previous edition, or the star-studded red carpet at the festival’s opening ceremony, including Catherine Deneuve, Sigourney Weaver, and Natasha Richards. Sen, Liam Nelson and his wife, Andie MacDowell, Edward Norton, Ron Silver, Hiroyuki Sanada, Komaki Kurihara, Yuxi Jin, Dongjian Zhang, Guoli Zhang, Jinlei Xu, Zi Li, Chen Long, Zhou Xun, Lin Zhilin and other domestic and foreign stars, or the world's top director Luc Besson as the chairman of the jury, etc., all show that the 2006 Shanghai Film Festival is an extremely bright year.

However, there is no use for eggs.

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  Among the male and female best actors at the previous Magic City International Film Festival, one of the awards will always be won by a Chinese actor.

Then, the Magic City International Film Festival was questioned as not being international.

Therefore, although the 2006th Shanghai Magic City International Film Festival in 9 was full of stars, 8 of the 7 major awards were won by domestic and foreign films or actors.

Only the Jury Prize was won domestically, while the best actor and best actress were won by foreign actors.

Even the name is euphemistic. It makes this Shanghai International Film Festival highlight its internationalization like never before.

For such a film festival that worships foreigners and has a variety of kneeling and licking postures, Wang Shu would not like it even if it is the first international A-class film festival in China.

Even if the Shanghai Film Festival invited Wang Shu to serve as the chairman of the jury, he would not give it a second glance.

Not to mention, he also knew that it was impossible for the Shanghai Film Festival to invite him to serve as the chairman of the jury.

Because, the Shanghai Film Festival certainly does not think he has enough qualifications.

Not to mention the chairman of the jury, even the vice chairman thinks he is not qualified.

Of course, if Wang Shen wins more and more awards in the future and has more and more cards, he will be considered qualified.

However, when that time comes, Wang Shu will not give the Magic City Film Festival a second glance.

"In the 2006 Shanghai Film Festival, it seemed that only one of the eight major awards was awarded to a domestic film, right?"

Wang Shu muttered to himself.

"It seems to be the drama "Tengu" starring Fu Dalong?"

"Tengu" refers to the male protagonist Li Tengu, not the Tengu in myths and legends.

It is a modern drama film.

　The last chapter seems to have been blocked by a report. I tried to modify the application to unblock it, but it failed.

　　Then, the next application for lifting the ban will be two days later...

　　……

　　Tomorrow, it should be back to normal.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)