Huayu: Start by asking ex-girlfriends for alms

Chapter 345 Jiang Wen: It’s so enjoyable! I want to help out too!
Since there are currently no direct flights from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, the fishing village, or Guangzhou, Zhen Jiecheng can only fly to Shanghai first and then head to Guangdong Province.

The authentic golden statuette for "Best Picture" has been brought back, and Warner Bros. was very generous and allowed it to be placed in Lao Deng'er's display case as soon as possible.

As for the replica of the best actor statuette, they will be sent from America after they are made. Good food is never too late, and it is normal for the acting department to wait a little longer. Anyway, it is an extra gain for them, and there is no such thing as "loss".

"Sister Cai, please bring it to my teacher."

"No problem! I guarantee that the original item will be delivered without any damage." Cai Yinong quickly took the little golden man and couldn't take his eyes off it.

Knowing that Cai Yinong was going to Beijing on a business trip, Zhen Jiecheng called her in advance to say hello so that she wouldn't have to make an extra trip.

"Then thank you for your help, Sister Cai."

"No trouble, no trouble, it's just a piece of cake." Cai Yinong waved his hand without looking up, and continued to stare at the little golden man. "Oh, if one day our sugar man has a chance to win... Hey! What am I daydreaming about? It's the only one of its kind in the entire mainland!"

"No, strictly speaking, the 'little golden man' is the second one. The first one was the year when Professor Su Cong, who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, won the Oscar for 'Best Art Direction' for The Last Emperor."

As for the others, they are from Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Chinese, but they are not from mainland China.

"Sorry, I said the wrong thing!" Zhen Jiecheng paused and emphasized, "Even if we discuss this from the perspective of a specific award, the one you have is not unique to the mainland. Because it belongs to the producer! It belongs to Hua Na, not me."

"Director Zhen, look at what you're saying." Cai Yinong lifted the ends of her hair and smiled. "Everyone knows the specific situation of your crew's producer, so is there any difference between commending him and commending you?"

"Uh" Zhen Jiecheng frowned.

Shit! It really is!
It has to be the old women who know how to talk!

Good! Love it!
Zhen Jiecheng grinned, and the air suddenly became cheerful.
We chatted and socialized, and took a short rest at the Sugar Man.

Since Sun Li was busy with work, his daughter was taken care of by her grandparents, so Zhen Jiecheng didn't dare to disturb them.

After resting, he and Zhang Ziyi went to the airport again and took a flight to Guangdong Province to the filming location of "The Grandmaster".

"Jie Cheng, welcome!"

Late in the evening, Wang Jiawei still wore sunglasses.

"Jie Cheng!"

Zhao Benshan waved and greeted with a smile.

But his smile was a little stiff, as if he had suffered some terrible sin.

"Brother Wang, we agreed not to pick you up. Ziyi and I will take a car over there by ourselves. Why did you make this trip? It seems so strange!" Zhen Jiecheng shook hands and hugged Lao Zhao warmly, then turned to him and said, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a while. You are still as strong as before!"

"What do you mean by strong?" Zhao Benshan waved his hands. "I'm old. I can't do it anymore! I'm fifty-four. I'm living one day less now!"

"Only fifty-four, what's that? My senior brother is seven years older than you. When he was your age, he was still as hard as ever! Loud!"

A cute niece was born at the end of 06, when I was already years old.

"So, brother, you must never admit old age. If you lose your spirit, you will be old no matter how old you are!"

"Hahaha, that's the truth." Zhao Benshan nodded.

But it is easier said than done.

For many years, the finale of the Spring Festival Gala, especially in recent years, the standards have become higher and higher, and the constraints have become tighter and tighter.

That kind of pressure is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Originally, Lao Zhao could still hold on, but after three rehearsals of this year's Spring Festival Gala, both the carefully prepared old script and the new script that he worked on late into the night were rejected for the same reason: "poor program effect."

Lao Zhao's spirit finally died! The King of Sketches came to an abrupt end on the stage, with no happy ending. This kind of frustration would definitely make an ordinary person depressed!
"Director Zhen!" Tony Leung Chiu Wai greeted politely.

"Hello, Weizi."

"Director Zhen, howl~" Then it was Song Huiqiao.

"Hello! I'll give you a few points. Emmm, A Ni A Sai Yo!"

Damn, I almost got the words mixed up.

"Director Zhen!" Zhang Zhen, Little Shen Yang.
After a brief greeting, everyone got on the crew's business car and headed to the hotel. There, Wang Jiawei had already prepared a welcoming banquet. Of course, all the money was spent by the investors.

Drinking wine and drinking wine alternately, pushing cups and changing cups.

Each time we only have a small taste, and use the number of glasses raised to create a lively atmosphere.

There are many Hong Kong and Taiwanese people in the crew, but they are all very polite and don't seem to be arrogant at all.

Faced with Zhen Jiecheng, a famous director who is treated with great courtesy and has a high status in "Hollywood", who calls himself the "Oriental Hollywood" and boasts of his past glory, how can the Hong Kong staff, who are now on the decline, have the confidence to hold their heads high in front of the genuine Hollywood directors?

Not to mention that it doesn’t work now, it didn’t work even in the glorious past!
Yuan Heping talked about the action design of "Taken" and gave a thumbs up. Zhen Jiecheng returned the favor and praised the martial arts in Hong Kong for promoting martial arts and kung fu culture to the world.

Wang Jiawei talked about "Parasite" and compared it with "Joker", praising Zhen Jiecheng for his attempts and breakthroughs in expression techniques. Zhen Jiecheng quickly praised "In the Mood for Love", saying that his fascination with light and shadow started from his work with sunglasses.

Of course, among the Hong Kong and Taiwanese people present, these two were the only ones who could praise each other with Zhen Jiecheng. The others, including Tony Leung Chiu-wai, were not as important as him.

If Jin Shijie, who plays "Fifth Master", were present, he would be able to join in the discussion.

In addition to the fact that his ancestral home is in Anhui Province, Zhen Jiecheng would give him this face mainly because of his acting skills.

In the era when Taiwanese drama was still a wasteland, Jin Shijie devoted himself to the stage as an idealist. Recorders of Taiwanese drama history call him "the pioneer and representative of Taiwanese modern theater."

This old man becomes more and more charming as he gets older, and his interpretation of micro-expressions, including eye expressions, is simply amazing!
The dialogue is a perfect grasp of emotions, and the long monologues, no matter how close they are to the face, are all handled with ease.

A rare veteran actor in Taiwan, he is so much better than Li Liqun!
Finally, the welcoming banquet ended in a lively atmosphere.

At Lao Zhao's enthusiastic invitation, Zhen Jiecheng went to Lao Zhao's room to sit for a while and drink some tea to sober up.

"Hey! Jiecheng, I won't hide anything from you!" As soon as the door closed, Lao Zhao's face fell, "This guest appearance is really a sin!"

"How can I describe it to you?"

"It was even more tiring than when we were filming 'Three Guns Surprise'!"

"It's even more torturous than facing Zhang Weiping!"

"No matter how sarcastic Zhang Weiping is, no matter how much he argues with Director Yimou, no matter how awkward the atmosphere on the set is, at least I know what's going on and can be mentally prepared in advance."

"But what about now?" Old Zhao scratched his head irritably, "I am confused! My mind is all muddled!"

"I went to the set! The director wore sunglasses and didn't say anything. Then he threw you a piece of paper with a line of words written on it."

"I don't even know where to continue my lines!"

“I don’t even know what emotion to act out!”

“I don’t even know what role I’m playing!”

"I suspected that I was playing Zhang Ziyi's father in the play, so I went to ask Zhang Ziyi, but she didn't know either!" "She said, you may be my father, or you may not. The plot can be changed at any time, and the final change depends on what the director thinks."

Old Zhao scratched his head again, very hard, and pulled out several hairs.

"Jiecheng, please help me analyze it from the perspective of a director. How should I act?"

Zhen Jiecheng: (_`)
"Ahem, brother, I can help you analyze it, but my analysis may not be useful!"

"Ah? It doesn't work for you either?" Old Zhao widened his eyes.

From shock to confusion, from loss to extreme sadness, mixed with depression, distress, and even fear.

The complex emotions are outlined on the depressed wrinkles.

Zhen Jiecheng wanted to sympathize, but he couldn't, so he could only hold back his laughter.

Oh my goodness! The guy with sunglasses drives another one crazy!
Zhen Jiecheng strongly suspects that the pressure that the Spring Festival Gala brings to Lao Zhao is not as great as that on the set of "The Grandmaster"!
"Jiecheng! I came here to make a guest appearance! Shouldn't it be done in two or three days?" Old Zhao was almost crying.

"Jiecheng, you don't understand! It's just a video of boiling soup, is there any technical content? No! But I just boil it! Every day! I don't say anything if there is any problem, I just shoot it!"

"I am placed in front of the stove and roasted every day. I think this is what it will be like when I die and am placed in the crematorium."

"In the end, he felt bad for it, but instead of letting the camera pass, he gave my apprentice Xiao Shenyang a role as compensation!"

"As for me, I have to continue roasting! Continue 'crack'! Continue to make soup!"

"Little Shen Yang?" Upon hearing this, Zhen Jiecheng frowned, "I'm afraid his acting style would be a bit out of place in The Grandmaster."

"When the movie comes out, your apprentice might not get any good results, but be scolded instead."

After a pause, the topic changed.
"Brother, can you help me?"

"Jiecheng, you tell me!" Old Zhao nodded, "As long as I can help, I will definitely do it!"

"Brother, you know me well. When Parasite won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Wang was the chairman of the jury. It is reasonable that I owe Wang a favor for his support, and I have always wanted to repay it."

"How about this, you take the initiative to tell Brother Wang that Xiao Shenyang doesn't need to leave the country. That way, he'll still remember your kindness. Then, I'll ask Xiao Shenyang to come over. On the one hand, my company has a commercial film project coming up, and there happens to be a role that's very suitable for Xiao Shenyang, a very eye-catching one. If he plays well, he'll be a gold medal supporting actor! On the other hand, I can also use this opportunity to repay Brother Wang for his kindness."

"The three parties each get what they want, and everyone is happy."

"Brother, what do you think?"

"That's great! Jiecheng, this isn't me doing you a favor, it's me owing you money!"

"Brother, what you said is wrong! We will spend a lot of time together in the future, so there is no such thing as owing anything to each other." Zhen Jiecheng waved his hand, "That's called friendship! It can't be summed up as a favor, otherwise it would be a transaction!"

"Yes! I made a mistake!" Lao Zhao raised his teacup. "Well, I'll drink tea instead of wine!"

Zhen Jiecheng said that there "happened" to be a film project and there "happened" to be a brilliant role suitable for Xiao Shenyang, but Lao Zhao didn't think so.

Instead, replace "just happened" with "specially designed" and keep this favor in mind.

Both had a large mess to deal with and had disputes over labor distribution in their early years, but Lao Zhao's subsequent handling of the matter was completely different from Guo Taozi's.

Apart from anything else, Xiao Shen Yang has become a bit “cool” after becoming extremely popular in 09, but Lao Zhao is still paving the way for his apprentice and providing him with support.

What about Lao Guo? He parted ways with his most proud disciple, and the "six thousand words" between the master and the disciple became a hot topic on Weibo.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Zhen Jiecheng.

Zhen Jiecheng is the director!

Lao Zhao’s acting skills are what Zhen Jiecheng values ​​most!
The next day, we visited Chikan Ancient Town in Kaiping.

The atmosphere on the set was very weird!
Zhang Ziyi swallowed, her Adam's apple surging with anxiety.

Liang Chaowei's eyes, which seemed to be blessed by God, were no longer deep, but filled with helplessness.

Song Huiqiao lowered his head. Even though he couldn't speak the language, it didn't stop him from observing people's expressions.

As for veterans like Yuan Heping, they moved a chair and watched with interest while tapping on their mobile phone screens to inform their friends in the circle about the "big excitement"!
Then he quietly raised his phone and took a photo.

"Click~"

The picture freezes!

One tall, one short.

One is strong, the other is slightly plump.

Same black jacket, same white shirt.

Wearing the same sunglasses, exuding the same silent aura.

Simply edit the photo and add a title: Are there two suns in the sky?
Send to friends in your circle!

So many people in different places were shocked at the same time!
Liang Jiahui was so excited that he stopped his busy work just to eat melons. He begged Yuan Heping to do a good job of live broadcasting and transmitting first-hand information in a timely manner.

Zhang Manyu couldn't hide her excitement and clapped her hands in applause! As a former victim, seeing that others were even more miserable than her was the greatest comfort and happiness!

Liang Jiahui informed Jie Lun, Jie Lun informed Liu Yifei and Yang Mi, and then to Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, and Cheng Kun. It spread like a virus!
Hua Zai found out, and Zhou Xingchi also became interested.

Jiang Wen shouted: "It's so exciting, so exciting! Damn, it's so lively, I want to help out too!"
When investors received the news, they felt like the sky was falling.

As we all know, The Grandmaster took 13 years to prepare! It has been three years since the filming started!
It's like the founding of a country in ancient times. The investors in the front are all "pioneers for the king". If they can't stand it, they will go bankrupt or jump off the building! Whoever can hold on to the end will have the chance to become the winner!

Of course, the probability of winning is relatively high, otherwise no one would be willing to invest.

"Jiecheng, do you want to join in?" Wang Jiawei's voice came, but under the cover of sunglasses, his tone seemed relatively cold.

"Brother Wang, I'm here to observe and learn. It's not polite to take over as the host." Zhen Jiecheng raised his eyebrows and signaled Wang Jiawei with his eyes to just follow his procedures.

But he ignored the fact that the sunglasses were blocking the view, so the gesture was nonsense.

Unexpectedly, they had telepathic connection and Wong Kar-wai accurately grasped Zhen Jiecheng's gesture through two layers of sunglasses.

Hiss! He is indeed the innate holy body of sunglasses!
He searched his pocket, pulled out a piece of paper, and handed it to the actor.

There is no explanation, no arrangement, and no narration!

The two photographers and the crew immediately began to set up the camera. Zhen Jiecheng didn't know what Philippe Le Sueur, the Frenchman, was thinking, but Song Xiaofei, his senior from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy, had a distressed look on his face that was visibly evident to the naked eye.

"All units, prepare, action!"

The set started to get busy.

Behind the surveillance camera, two people wearing sunglasses are meditating. Silence is golden!

(End of this chapter)