Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 168 In the future, you will be the fourth largest director in China!!!
"The Warlords" VS "Assembly".

Chen Cheng went to see both films.

However, Chen Cheng didn't pay much attention to the box office performance of the two.

He is aware of his situation.

No matter how well The Warlords performs at the box office, it won't be his fault.

He was just an assistant director.

not to mention.

There are 8 assistant directors in The Warlords.

It’s just that Chen Cheng didn’t pay attention to it. He didn’t expect that for some reason, a wave of gossip about Chen Cheng was sweeping the media.

[The strongest sixth-generation director, Chen Cheng guides actors in filming. ]

[A director that even Jet Li admires, Chen Cheng. 】

[The Warlords vs. Assembly, why not watch Chen Cheng vs. Feng Xiaogang. ]

Chen Cheng was stunned when he saw a large number of posts about himself in the media.

Which guy recharged the wrong amount of money and ended up spending all the traffic on himself?

"Director Han, those soft articles and gossips in the media, are they from you again?"

Chen Cheng called Han Sanping.

He could only suspect Han Sanping.

Because Han Sanping did the same thing last time.

But this time it's much bigger than last time.

Han Sanping smiled and said, "Why, you're still unwilling?"

"It's not that I don't want to, but will this help?"

"Of course it works. Look at the current box office. The Warlords has once again overtaken Assembly."

"Uh……"

Chen Cheng touched his head and said, "Director Han, your operation is good, but I can't stand it."

"how?"

"Look, the media is praising me so much now. If my next movie doesn't get much response, I will be scolded by them."

“Eh…it’s true.”

"I……"

Hearing Han Sanping's expression as he just realized this, Chen Cheng wanted to strangle him to death.

"Director Han, you've screwed me over."

Sighed.

Chen Cheng felt like he was shot while lying down.

Let Jijiehao and Tou Mingzhuang compete, what does it have to do with me?
it's good now.

Although he gained a wave of traffic, he also got into trouble.

However, Han Sanping smiled and said, "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer and his muscles and bones work hard... You see, this is a heavy burden given to you by God. As long as you can get through it, you will be the fourth largest director in China in the future."

"Stop, stop, stop... Director Han, please stop brainwashing me. I'm hanging up."

It’s only Chen Cheng.

If he were to be replaced by someone else, he might not be able to withstand the pressure.

But it's okay.

Although Han Sanping did more outrageous things.

But Chen Cheng is still looking forward to many of the films he will shoot later.

Not really, but when it was released, people scolded me.

……

To relieve some stress.

Chen Cheng is ready to watch another movie.

This movie is called "Lust, Caution".

A film by the great director Li An.

As "The Warlords" and "Assembly" enter their third week, although the two films still have potential, they are no longer as good as they used to be.

Lust, Caution, also entered the public eye at this time.

The reason why I watched this movie.

For nothing else.

Chen Cheng just wanted to watch the action scenes in Lust, Caution.

But a pity.

The bosses also thought that the action scene was more interesting and didn’t want to show it to others, so they deleted it.

This gave Chen Cheng a headache, as he only watched an abridged version.

"Ugh……"

Touched his head.

Mainland review is not a bad thing, but when it comes to this, Chen Cheng is somewhat opposed.

Why can't adults enjoy some action movies?

What a nice grading.

but.

Chen Cheng can only complain about this kind of thing.

To his superiors, he was just a small fry who didn’t even have the chance to offer suggestions.

……

"Brother Chen Cheng, what are you doing recently?"

"I just watched Lust, Caution."

"How is it? I heard there are a lot of action scenes in this movie."

“No, it’s deleted.”

"Oh, what a shame."

Brother Chen Kai’s phone call.

After getting to know Brother Chen Kai a little better, we occasionally started joking around with each other.

"I didn't expect that Senior Brother is also a man of temperament."

"A man's nature is to eat and have sex."

"Feel the same."

"Okay, no more jokes. Junior brother, it seems you haven't joined the association yet."

"What association?"

“Directors Guild.”

"Uh, no."

"Well, the Directors Association will hold its annual meeting in a few days and will recruit a group of new members. I recommend you to join."

"This... Senior Brother, I am not qualified."

"What are you thinking? You don't know your current influence. Look, the recent box office of The Warlords is because of you. It has exploded with potential."

“It’s all hype.”

"Even if it's hype, it proves your influence. If it's someone else, even if it's Chen Kexin, no one will buy it. I'll let you know when the meeting starts."

"it is good."

……

The Directors Guild holds its annual meeting in BJ.

Basically, when the annual meeting is held, all the directors who are not busy will come to attend.

Chen Cheng filled in the information under the recommendation of brother Chen Kai.

A few days later.

Chen Cheng attended the annual meeting of the Directors Guild.

Actually, for the Directors Guild.

Chen Cheng didn't have too many colds.

In his previous life, he also joined the Actors Guild, but he was basically an unknown figure in the association.

This time when Chen Cheng joined the Directors Guild, he just wanted to broaden his horizons.

"Chen Cheng, here."

Brother Chen Kai had been waiting for Chen Cheng in the reception area very early.

Seeing Chen Cheng coming, Brother Chen Kai said, "Brother Chen Cheng, you are here. You don't know how many people are interested in you today."

Chen Cheng was a little confused: "Brother, everyone is interested in you, why would they be interested in me?"

Chen Kai smiled awkwardly: "What interest do they have in me? I made a flopped movie and people are still criticizing me. I don't even dare to show up."

"Come."

side said.

Brother Chen Kai brought Chen Cheng and introduced a group of directors.

Everyone in the Directors Guild is a director.

And they are all famous directors.

This is not.

Along the way, Brother Chen Kai met Li Shaohong, Zhang Guoli, Huang Jianxin, Lu Xuechang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Jianya, Guan Hu, Jia Zhangke... and of course Feng Xiaogang.

It was interesting to meet Feng Xiaogang.

It seemed that Feng Xiaogang was also waiting for Chen Cheng.

"This Director Feng Xiaogang, I don't think I need an introduction."

Brother Chen Kai said to Feng Xiaogang with a smile.

Chen Cheng nodded politely: "Hello, Director Feng."

"I dare not...I am not feeling well right now."

Feng Xiaogang is not very fond of Chen Cheng.

Although overall, Feng Xiaogang did not seem to have any major conflicts with Chen Cheng.

But as for people, as soon as they meet, Feng Xiaogang knows which ones he can play with and which ones he can't chat with.

Like this guy Chen Cheng.

Feng Xiaogang still remembers the time when this guy cursed "The Banquet".

"Director Chen, you have been showing off your prowess recently. I have been making movies for so many years, but I have never seen the media promote assistant directors. I never thought that an assistant director could have such a big box office influence. I admire you, I really admire you."

"It's all hype. Director Feng won't hate me, will he?"

"how come."

Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "However, I heard that Director Chen, you are very accurate in predicting the box office. Why don't you help me predict it this time? What do you think the box office of "Assembly" will be?"

"Predicting the box office is just for fun, Director Feng doesn't need to worry about it."

"Okay, let's change the subject. Do you think that Assembly can surpass The Warlords in box office?"

"Maybe, I can."

The side effects of hyping up Assistant Director Chen Cheng have arrived.

Chen Cheng already felt that Feng Xiaogang hated him deeply.

Of course, Chen Cheng didn't take it seriously.

He never liked Feng Xiaogang from the beginning to the end. He hated him, but he could still bite himself.

"Not bad." Although Feng Xiaogang was not very satisfied with Chen Cheng's answer, it was generally good.

Feng Xiaogang glanced at Chen Kai and said, "Director Kai, I'll tell you, there are always people with discerning eyes."

Done.

Feng Xiaogang left.

Chen Cheng curled his lips and said with a smile: "Director Feng has such a strong personality?"

Brother Chen Kai smiled and said, "Of course, he has always had this kind of personality. Don't think too much about it, this guy is just like this, I'm used to it."

……

The Directors Guild's annual conference is pretty much like any other annual conference.

It just looks more upscale and has more celebrities participating.

As a new member of the association, Chen Cheng was also briefly introduced at the conference.

But now is not the time for a change of leadership.

The annual meeting that day was still seated according to the members of the Fourth Directors Guild's presidium.

The president is Huang Jianxin, who is also the producer of The Warlords.

There are five vice presidents in total.

They are Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Li Shaohong, Zhang Jianya and Chen Guoxing.

As for why Zhang Yi is not there.

It may be related to personal character.

Chen Cheng looked at the information and found that Zhang Yi had served as vice president for one term in the second chairmanship team.

But later, Zhang Yi became an ordinary member and did not attend today's meeting.

Maybe he's busy with the Olympic opening ceremony.

Although Chen Cheng is somewhat famous, compared with the directors on the scene, his achievement is nothing.

So, Chen Cheng is also an ordinary member.

of course.

This is also what Chen Cheng hopes to see.

Chen Cheng doesn't like to have titles or anything like that.

The more titles you have, the greater the responsibilities you have to bear.

For the time being, Chen Cheng’s realm is not that high, and he is still thinking more about himself.

But since it is the annual meeting of the Directors Guild.

It’s definitely not just about eating and drinking, or recruiting new members.

During the annual meeting, the president presided over a discussion on relaxing the censorship of imported films.

To put it simply, the higher-ups may consider introducing more imported films in the future.

Among them, the most threatening is Hollywood.

In fact.

Hollywood blockbusters were introduced to the mainland very early on.

Like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Spiderman... those kinds of things.

But that was the situation of mainland movies at that time, and they could only rely on Hollywood movies to gain popularity.

But now mainland films are showing signs of rising.

On the one hand, the authorities want to import more films to improve the competitiveness of domestic film box office.

On the other hand, they were worried that if they imported too many films, it would deal a blow to the newly emerging mainland film industry.

The discussion at the meeting was quite intense.

Some support relaxation.

They believe that such relaxation can indeed enhance competitiveness.

Some object.

There are many reasons to oppose it.

After all, mainland China’s film industry started late and has developed slowly… The production experience was originally insufficient, and now that the restrictions have been relaxed, it’s making the situation even worse.

Chen Cheng did not comment.

The tide of history will not be diverted by Chen Cheng's will.

Later on, the authorities did relax the review of imported films.

Therefore, in the next few years, a number of Hollywood blockbusters will rank at the top of the domestic box office rankings.

But decades passed.

Chen Cheng, who was familiar with later generations, knew this.

The ones who have the last laugh are still domestic films.

In later generations.

Even if there are more Hollywood blockbusters, they will not have much impact on domestic films.

even.

At that time, many people had no interest in Hollywood blockbusters.

……

The annual meeting is over.

Chen Cheng prepared to return to Beijing Film Academy.

No, Brother Chen Kai also said he wanted to go back to Beijing Film Academy.

just.

Others who also want to go to Beijing Film Academy include Li Shaohong and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"Director Tian, ​​I feel a bit stressed when I'm with you guys."

On the way back to Beijing Film Academy, Tian Zhuangzhuang was very happy and kept chatting with Chen Cheng.

That's right.

Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong, including Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou... they were all classmates at the Beijing Film Academy.

Tian Zhuangzhuang is currently also the director of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy.

natural.

Everyone has feelings for their alma mater.

Tian Zhuangzhuang laughed and said, "If you were feeling pressured, why didn't you let go when you were with Zhang Yi?"

Li Shaohong asked: "Squad leader, what is this release? How come I don't know about it?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang was the class monitor that year.

It's a habit developed over the years, so Li Shaohong has always called Tian Zhuangzhuang the squad leader.

"Oh, you don't know."

Tian Zhuangzhuang laughed: "You know about the last Olympic opening ceremony creative solicitation?"

"Yes, I heard that Brother Kai, the squad leader, and Yi Mou all went there, and in the end, Yi Mou's plan was adopted."

"Yes."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was a little envious: "But do you know who is the biggest contributor to Yi's plan being adopted?"

"Who?"

"This is our junior fellow apprentice."

Pointing at Chen Cheng, Tian Zhuangzhuang said.

Chen Cheng quickly said, "I was just giving advice, Director Zhang is the one who has the overall situation in mind."

But even though Chen Cheng said this, Li Shaohong was still extremely shocked.

This is the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Even she was eliminated.

did not expect.

Chen Cheng is actually a member of Zhang Yi's team.

"Alas, Brother Kai actually had a chance at that time."

Speaking of it.

Tian Zhuangzhuang sighed: "Who told you to just recite a poem in the first round? Later, the judge criticized you, saying that we need creative plan designers, not poets."

Hahaha, hahaha... Li Shaohong burst into laughter.

Chen Cheng couldn't help laughing out loud either.

Yes.

When Chen Kai received the invitation from the Olympic Committee, during the first round of creative proposal selection, he recited a poem by Du Fu, "Hearing the Government Troops Recovering Henan and Hebei", with deep emotion on the spot.

This poem talks about the An-Shi Rebellion and Du Fu's exile in Sichuan.

Eight years later, he heard that the imperial court had recovered Henan and Hebei. He was overjoyed and made plans to return home.

On the one hand, Chen Kai quoted this poem to express his excitement and joy.

On the other hand, I also want to express to the jury that I will devote my entire life to serving my country.

pity.

Such deep affection was not recognized by the judges and was even criticized.

The result was that Brother Chen Kai did not leave a very good impression in the first round.

Although Chen Kai did not recite poetry in the second round, he still lost to Zhang Yi in the end.

"Squad leader, please stop exposing my scars."

Brother Chen Kai patted Tian Zhuangzhuang gently and said.

Everyone laughed again.

After a while.

Li Shaohong said, "Brother Kai, during the meeting this afternoon, I felt that Director Feng seemed to have some opinions about Junior Brother."

"is a bit."

Brother Kai nodded. "It's because of the two recent movies. The Warlords promoted Brother Chen Cheng too much for the sake of box office. As for Feng Xiaogang, as we all know, this guy has a strong desire to win, so he has some opinions about Brother Chen Cheng."

"I don't understand this guy. Why does he always think that everyone looks down on him? In fact, none of us look down on him. The media says that he is one of the top three directors in China. Why is he still not satisfied?"

Chen Kai smiled bitterly: "Maybe he is upset with me. Anyway, most of the time what he said to the media is what he said to me."

"Little Junior Brother, what do you think?"

Li Shaohong looked at Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng shook his head: "What can I say?"

Li Shaohong said, "Big sister supports you. If that guy bullies you again next time, tell me and I will scold him to death. By the way, your movie "The Warlords" is better than this guy's "Assembly"."

Chen Cheng explained, "Big sister, don't get me wrong. I am the assistant director of The Warlords, not the director. The media hype is actually for the box office. However, I feel that The Warlords may still lose in the end."

"Why, you don't think highly of the letter of surrender you made?"

"Not at all."

Chen Cheng said: "The genre of Assembly is more appealing than The Warlords, and it is also a mainstream film. If Director Feng had put more effort into this aspect, no matter how much we hype The Warlords, it would be useless."

"A mainstream movie?"

Everyone repeated it several times in their hearts.

It's not that they are unfamiliar with this term.

But in the current market, it seems that no one has mentioned this type.

But Chen Cheng proposed it at this time.

However, it made the three of them realize something, and it seemed to have opened up a new direction for them.

(End of this chapter)