Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 229 - On Chen Yu (please follow up)
"Hey, I'm back. How do you feel about being tormented by Fu Dongyu and Li Jinrui all day with Chen Yu?" Wu Gang, who had just put the full tea set on the table, looked up and saw Wang Jinsong walking briskly into the bar with a smile on his face.

"First, let's quench our thirst with a bottle of slightly cold soda, and then serve a plate of salt-baked broad beans and dry-roasted cashew nuts." Wang Jinsong turned to the hotel waiter who was standing respectfully beside him.

Although Wang Jinsong is a fitness expert, he will also satisfy his appetite a little when it is time to enjoy.

He can't completely follow the "nutritional recipe" to consume the daily energy required like Chen Yu.

"It's great!" Wang Jinsong, who drank half a can of Jianlibao in one go, sighed and leaned back in his chair. The waiter thought he was going to take a nap and hurriedly took out a blanket.

When the assistant stood up and took the blanket, he sincerely thanked the waiter but did not cover Wang Jinsong. Sure enough, five minutes later, Wang Jinsong opened his eyes and readjusted his sitting posture.

"Chen Yu's foundation is extremely poor. I think he is inferior to popular artists." Wang Jinsong pinched a broad bean and gently blew off the small salt flowers on it.

But Wang Jinsong thought Chen Yu's performance today was passable, and he was even a little surprised. After wiping out the remaining half a can of Jianlibao, Wang Jinsong said leisurely.

Wu Gang, who had ironed all the tea sets, raised his eyebrows and signaled Wang Jinsong to hurry up and tell him not to show off. The latter chuckled, pointed at his mouth, and quickly walked out of the hotel's minibar.

Wu Gang knew that Wang Jinsong was going to brush his teeth because drinking tea after just drinking soda would easily lead to odor transfer.

But the toothpaste also has a very strong taste, and this old boy will mess around with some sense of ritual, but if you calm down and think about it carefully, it looks very similar to the character of "Lin Yaodong".

Wu Gang pursed his lips, and without waiting for Wang Jinsong to come back, he poured himself a cup and drank it slowly.

"Chen Yu's understanding of the character obviously has an external reference or a concrete [anchor]." Wang Jinsong, with a fresh tone, sat down again and picked up a cashew nut.

Wu Gang's eyes drooped and he repeatedly rubbed the tea cup while beginning to recall the scenes of his collaboration with Chen Yu. After about three minutes, he pushed up his glasses and muttered the words "Infernal Affairs".

Wang Jinsong took a sip of hot tea and nodded slightly. The "resentment" Chen Yu showed in front of the camera today clearly has a "shadow" of "Chen Yongren".

Moreover, it is Tony Leung's version of "Chen Yongren". Although the three points imitated by Chen Yu are only "similar in appearance", it is already an extremely successful performance for him.

"The evaluation is indeed very pertinent." Wu Gang smacked his lips and poured a cup of hot tea for Wang Jinsong, and then said with a serious expression that it seems that Zhang Songwen really has two brushes.

You must know that both Wu Gang and Wang Jinsong opposite him are actors from drama troupes.

This group of people looked down upon the stupid young man who graduated from a professional film and television school. It's not because of the nobility of acting in a drama, but because I feel that students from professional film and television schools can only put down their book bags and show off their theories, and they will be rigid to death once they go on stage or face the camera.

Therefore, Wu Gang and Wang Jinsong really did not expect that Zhang Songwen, who had studied and taught at Nortel for many years, would take the "utilitarian" route and directly ask Chen Yu to copy homework.

Regardless of whether a black cat or a white cat can catch mice, it is a good cat, Wang Jinsong muttered to Wu Gang in a low voice.

At least Chen Yu's performance today did not embarrass Zhang Songwen. Instead, he made a small trick and successfully attracted the attention and interest of the new generation director Comrade Li Jinrui.

"If I didn't look at Li Jinrui's age and qualifications, and his directing concepts and camera techniques, I would have thought that he was an [old antique] from the late 1990s."

Wu Gang rarely criticizes his colleagues in the industry, but he obviously has great opinions and resentment towards Li Jinrui.

Because Li Jinrui's directing method is very rigid, he does not allow actors to express themselves on the spot. Even if they have existing lines, they must be reported and approved by him in advance.

The nickname given to him by Wu Gang and Yang Zihua is "The Studio Bureaucrat", which shows how much they hate him.

But everything should not be seen as too one-sided. Li Jinrui's directing style does dissatisfy the talented actors, but he is like an angel to artists with extremely poor professional skills.

Wu Gang and others despised Li Jinrui, who had to take care of everything big and small during filming, as a "bureaucrat", but in the eyes of Meng Ziyi and Hong Junjia, director Li Jinrui was like a nanny.

According to Meng Ziyi, teacher Li Jinrui made her realize that acting can be so simple and easy.

As long as you follow the instructions of Teacher Li Jinrui, all the shots will pass smoothly.

"Do you think Li Jinrui's directing method is beneficial to the growth of young actors?"

Wu Gang, who looked extremely serious, asked Wang Jinsong who was pulling salt-baked broad beans.

The latter didn't even raise his head and just said in a low voice that what Li Jinrui did was very beneficial to talented actors.

Wang Jinsong can’t wait for more retro directors like Li Jinrui to emerge in the industry.

"Our business is all about foil. The more rubbish the young actors are, the more valuable they can be to you and me." Wang Jinsong said with a happy expression as he put the broad beans in his mouth and sipped the hot tea.

Nowadays, most serious production crews rely on young popular artists to attract investment.

Then we sincerely invite several capable actors to help support the quality of the show.

In this way, many parties benefit:

Financiers can recoup their costs and make profits by placing a large number of embedded advertisements and selling first- and second-round broadcast rights;
Popular artists can maintain the frequency of appearances and face appearances and take a gamble on whether the series will be a hit;
Actors who are old and faded but still have some real ability and ability can also make money;
And dramas that originally had only artists as the framework can improve their average quality after actors join. That's why Wang Jinsong said that the new generation in the film and television industry is simply "good news" to the "old guys".

"Now, except for Zhang Yi and his group, how many children are left who have the ability and confidence to take over?"

Wang Jinsong leaned forward to fill a cup of hot tea for the frowning Wu Gang and asked in a calm and calm tone.

To be honest, young artists like Chen Yu who have poor foundation but have certain imitation abilities are, at least in Wang Jinsong's eyes, very "unlovable" little guys.

Because Chen Yu probably figured out his own performance routine after a period of imitation.

This means that he may no longer need to use many "old guys" to help him in movies and TV dramas. Since ancient times, the consequences and endings of ruining people's wealth have not been very good.

So if you think about what I said before, some seniors in the entertainment industry "qualified" Chen Yu, you will know part of the reason why they stood up and did this.

You must know that Chen Yu just has "poor foundation" but not "low understanding" or "no talent". Therefore, he has a certain chance of becoming a talent, so he must be suppressed.

Of course, this is the thinking of the older generation of actors in the film and television industry and cannot represent the attitude of investors.

Therefore, those "old guys" guarded against Chen Yu but indulged Meng Ziyi and others just because the latter's upper limit of ability was not high.

If one day the "old guy" feels that Chen Yu's proactive defense is just for show, he will not hesitate to praise him.

"It was a good time for children before 1990 to catch up with the trend of the film and television industry. At least there were not many sages who were willing to jump out and [define] the young people."

Wang Jinsong winked at Wu Gang. Criticism does not mean characterization. Similar to what Li Shaohong said about Yang Mi can only be regarded as criticism, and Chen Hong's removal of Yang Mi from the crew was only punishment.

The intensity, impact and characterization of the two are incomparable.

Chen Yu is currently characterized as "unruly" and "arrogant" by his predecessors in the industry. If you meet someone with a personality like Zhang Yimou or Chen Kaige, you really don't need you.

In addition, the group of directors who specialize in dramas, represented by Noon Sun Pictures, also pay more attention to this aspect of evaluation.

"To put it bluntly, those directors from Nortel and China Theater are a bit sour." Wang Jinsong tapped the table.

Wu Gang smiled and nodded slightly in agreement.

Wu Gang was enjoying the hot tea. He felt that once Chen Yu went to Europe and the United States to do some reviews, things would gradually change for the better.

If he could be nominated for several mainstream European and American awards, those "old guys" would definitely give Chen Yu a few words.

"Seeing that even the [bad boys] we kicked out can become famous in Europe and the United States, it proves that our current talent training method is correct and reasonable!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Gang hurriedly covered his mouth to prevent himself from laughing out loud, because Wang Jinsong's imitation of Chen Daoming's speech was so genuine that even his vibrato was so vivid.

In private, this group of actors from drama troupes often use similar methods to prank their colleagues who graduated from professional film and television schools.

But Tang Guoqiang, Liu Jin, and Lu Qi speak and behave in a way that they would never dare to imitate and would definitely not have the guts to touch.

In fact, many "old-school" actors with professional backgrounds don't really like their disciples to use drama to improve their comprehensive business capabilities.

For example, Professor Wang Jinsong, who had previously competed for the role of "Lin Yaodong", was run over by Professor Wang Jinsong who was drinking tea with Wu Gang during dinner.

The latter can make Professor Wang Jinsong laugh out loud just by mentioning a few Nortel talents who have been in the drama circle.

In fact, it was this group of outstanding graduates from professional film and television schools who entered the drama circle one after another that hardened the backbone of Wang Jinsong, Wu Gang and others.

In the hotel's "minibar", Wang Jinsong and Wu Gang were leisurely drinking tea and whispering, laughing and cursing, while Chen Yu drove to the airport with Meng Ziyi and her executive agent and assistant. Of course, the driver was not the same as before. Chen Yu, a student who has not taken the domestic driving license test.

"Although Sister Meng often talks arrogantly, her driving skills are really solid." Chen Yu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not hesitate to praise Meng Ziyi.

Chen Yu was telling the truth. Reba was a very cautious driver and rarely overtook or rushed to cross the line at a green light.

Meng Ziyi, on the other hand, behaves like a "veteran driver" who should be fast, slow, and super fast instead of blindly controlling the speed.

"I think Sister Xiaodi's driving skills should be very, very good." Meng Ziyi glanced at the navigation and changed lanes.

But what she said about Chen Yu seemed to mean something else.

"Is it because I think too much?" Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose and glanced sideways at Meng Ziyi, who looked attentive at the moment.

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