After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 441: Golden Wolves, Golden Rooster Points

"You've helped Zuoshandiao so much, he should repay the favor, right?" Wu Zhikui said as he threw a peanut into his mouth.

Li Mingyang shook his head and said, "It is not in the collective interests of the Beijing and Hong Kong circles for me to win the Golden Statue Award. Jiang Wen was not only pushed by Zuo Shandiao, but also by the higher-ups."

Wu Zhikui hesitated for a long time before saying, "It feels so difficult..."

"It's definitely difficult! The Yinghuang land is the reward. If I can fight for that land, I can definitely fight for the Academy Awards. And I'm more likely to win the award than Jiang Wen. After all, it's a double yolk egg, so I'm only surrendering halfway. Giving it to Jiang Wen would mean surrendering completely."

"So complicated..." Wu Zhikui held it in for a while and only uttered three words.

"It's complicated for sure. I actually didn't have much confidence until I talked to Shirahama. Then I felt like I really had a chance to win an Academy Award!"

Li Mingyang took a sip of wine and briefly explained Bai Bin's ideas.

Wu Zhikui and Ye Xiangdong frowned after hearing this.

“Win over the lower classes? How can we do that? We will be discovered if we make any move!” said Wu Zhikui.

"Yes! I've met that group of people. Damn, they act like they are rich in front of us, but they act like their grandsons in front of Hong Kong directors and celebrities." Ye Xiangdong complained.

"That's why I told you that Shirahama's idea is right, but how can we win them over? Those people have no moral principles at all."

Li Mingyang took a deep puff of the cigarette, opened his mouth, and thick smoke floated out of his mouth. He was very worried.

Thinking is one thing, doing is another.

Yinghuang and Huayi are determined to protect Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen has been very active recently, and the Beijing circle is also working hard behind the scenes.

The biggest resource he can mobilize is Internet capital.

However, Internet capital is not qualified to sit at the table!
Not to mention the Golden Horse and Golden Statue, there is no chance for the Golden Rooster!

The Golden Rooster is the barrier of the academic school. Internet capital has tried to break through it several times but failed!

The power does not allow it!
Lao Ma crossed the red line several times because of Q coins, the 3Q war for monopoly, Douyu and Huya’s refusal to merge... He judged the situation and retreated very quickly.

Ali Ma... crossed the red line once and it was so bad.

Still helpless against the barriers of the academic school.

Compared to the Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Golden Statue awards, they are more difficult!
Especially the Golden Statue, because of the local protection policy, the higher-ups are shaking their heads...

Time waits for no one, Li Mingyang has a vague feeling that this is the closest he has ever been to winning the Golden Statue Award!
If you miss this opportunity, the Academy Awards will be even more closed!
"You two should think carefully about what to do." Li Mingyang pointed at Wu Zhikui and Ye Xiangdong and said seriously.

The two of them lowered their heads, thinking of ideas.

Li Mingyang was also thinking.

Wu Zhikui's thinking tends to be on the right track.

Ye Xiangdong’s ideas are rather strange.

Li Mingyang's thinking is rather cunning.

Strange, true, and strange!

Li Mingyang hopes that the two can give him some different advice.

To be honest, Li Mingyang did not expect the two to come up with any good ideas, and mainly relied on them to provide ideas.

who knows.

Wu Zhikui pulled Ye Xiangdong out and talked for more than ten minutes. When he came back, the two gave him a big surprise.

They actually came up with a very feasible conspiracy!

Even if the whole world knew about it, there would be nothing they could do to him!
……

It's about nine o'clock in the evening.

Li Mingyang and Wu Zhikui came to the China World Trade Center.

After waiting for a while in the restaurant's private room, Bai Bin, who lived in the China World Trade Center, came in wearing a beige dress.

"Xiaobai, sit down." Li Mingyang turned the glass turntable. "I don't know what you like to eat, so just order something casually."

Bai Bin glanced at the delicious food on the table, then looked at Wu Zhikui, a little confused as to what Li Mingyang was trying to do.

She was just about to go to bed when Li Mingyang suddenly called her and asked her to have a midnight snack...

She just ate it!

"I have already eaten."

"I've eaten it. You can eat a little more. Don't worry, there's no drug in it." Li Mingyang said with a smile.

Bai Bin saw that the two men were staring at him. There was no lustful look in their eyes, but instead an eerie and strange atmosphere.

It's a pity that these two don't play in Black Society...

Bai Bin carefully sat down opposite Li Mingyang, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of lotus root, and started eating it in small bites.

"See? This is the difference between celebrities and ordinary people. They can even eat so deliciously."

"Just a vase..." Wu Zhikui took a sip of Moutai and said lightly.

"You can't say that. Xiaobai's acting skills are better than Shishi and the others. She is just a vase with good acting skills." Li Mingyang said with a smile.

"You didn't ask me to come here to look at the vases, did you?" Wu Zhikui asked knowingly.

Li Mingyang then started a duet with Wu Zhikui, discussing the influence of the Hong Kong industry's behind-the-scenes elite on the Academy Awards.

Li Mingyang's lines are so precise and his acting is so fluent that it doesn't seem like he is acting.

Wu Zhikui also matched the voice very well, making Li Mingyang's performance very comfortable.

Shirahama watched coldly, totally confused as to what they were trying to do.

At the same time, Wu Zhikui's positioning was also infinitely elevated.

He is truly the number two figure in Mingyang Entertainment, not a puppet.

"The Academy Awards involves a vote of thousands of people, it's too complicated. In fact, I never had much confidence until Xiaobai taught me how to conquer it from the bottom, then I saw a glimmer of hope!" Li Mingyang said and toasted Bai Bin.

Shirahama bit her lips lightly, not really wanting to react.

Li Mingyang waved his hand when he saw this. "Xiaobai, are you here? Why do you look so unhappy?"

"Don't you know whether I'm here or not?"

Bai Bin lifted the hair beside her ears and smiled charmingly.

"Wait! Win over the lower classes? How do you win them over? If you move, they will be discovered!" Wu Zhikui, who had been silent, suddenly looked up and said in surprise.

As soon as Bai Bin heard this, he knew what Li Mingyang was going to do...

"Yes!" Li Mingyang also responded.

"Come on, why are you looking at me? I don't know what to do. I'm just a little celebrity."

"You are quite a celebrity..." Li Mingyang teased, "How about some Moutai? You can speak the truth after drinking."

"Do you believe it or not, I can get you two drunk?" Bai Bin said with a smile.

Li Mingyang and Wu Zhikui looked at each other, both of them were quite unsure. As a socialite in the Hong Kong circle, her drinking capacity must be explosive.

Li Mingyang is well aware of Yan Zi and Yang Mi's drinking capacity...

It's so embarrassing to get someone drunk.

"Eat some food, eat some food." Li Mingyang smiled and changed the subject, not wanting to continue.

Bai Bin refused to give in. He smiled slightly, pointed at the Moutai next to Li Mingyang, and indicated that he wanted to drink it.

Li Mingyang put half a bottle of Moutai on the turntable and turned it over.

Baibin stood up, picked up the white bottle of Moutai, grabbed his hair with one hand, and drank it all in one breath.

Without blushing, she acted as if nothing had happened. "Director Li, when are we going to Bangzi? Mrs. Huo asked me today, and I didn't know how to answer."

"the day after tomorrow."

"Weathering With You will be released at the end of the year, why don't you seem to be in any hurry..."

Bang!
Shirahama hadn't finished speaking yet.

Wu Zhikui suddenly slammed the table and said, "I've got an idea. How about releasing the wolves and leaving them without food?"

Li Mingyang's eyes lit up, "This is a great idea! But... it's unrealistic! Mingyang Entertainment only has a few people..."

"Just destroy some people's jobs... school will start soon, we can go back to Yanbei and recruit another batch! Raise another batch of wolves!"

"Sure! That's a good idea! It's much easier to destroy someone's job than to win him over."

"Is this woman reliable? Why do I feel like she understands what I said?" Wu Zhikui looked at Bai Bing, his eyes full of vigilance.

Shirahama was terrified.

Li Houzi's subordinates are also a group of people who are invincible!
If those famous people flow into the mainland film and television circles, many people behind the scenes in the Hong Kong circle will suffer.

No matter how crazy the famous people are, they are not as crazy as the people behind the scenes in the Hong Kong circle!

And they are our own people.

The higher-ups are only too happy to see this! They even encourage this practice, sending new blood from the academy to Mingyang Entertainment...

"Just know it then, Xiaobai is on our side." Li Mingyang smiled and raised his glass to toast Bai Bin.

Shirahama tried to force a smile, but he couldn't do it no matter how hard he tried.

Li Mingyang wants to destroy the rice bowl of the Hong Kong circle...

And the idea was provided by her... If this were to be exposed, it would be more serious than if Yinghuang knew that she was going to run away!

"You can't push me into a dead end..."

"Don't worry, I won't say that you taught me!" Li Mingyang said sanctimoniously.

"..."

Bai Bin sighed silently in his heart. That big bastard is back again. He is only more obedient and cute in front of Jing Tian...

Once you leave Jingtian, you become a jerk!

……

Jing Tian set off early the next morning. When she left, she asked Li Mingyang for the key and drove away the black bus with bouquets.

Jing Tian went to film the movie "Ace Attack". Lao Huo also starred in this movie.

Huo Jianhua does not have such big ambitions. As long as the money is there and the script is not too bad, he will take it.

Li Mingyang didn't have a deep impression of this film.

After the bloody battle in the Warring States Period in his previous life, Jing Tian had no plans to rest and shot three movies in one go.

The actors who play opposite her are basically male actors like Lu Yi and Huo Jianhua who are both well-known and popular.

Even if she plays the second female role, the first female role must be a movie queen-level star like Zhang Baizhi.

Time and Space Rescue, Shadow Lover, New Mom Love Me Again...

These three movies didn’t even make a splash… They’re even worse than the “Warring States” which received so many negative reviews. At least some people criticized it, and the criticism was known to the whole internet.

Quantitative change cannot lead to qualitative change.

Jing Tian replanned his development path and decided to partner with some bigger movie stars.

In "Special Identity", she plays a beautiful policewoman with extraordinary skills.

In "The Man from Macau", she played a beautiful policewoman.

In "Police Story 2013", she played the role of a policeman's daughter.

I had a fight with the police... It's hard to describe...

Instead of making Jing Tian more popular, these resources gave her a trophy for "Most Disappointing Actress".

Then there was the masterpiece "The Great Wall" that shocked the Chinese film industry...

Jing Tian’s career path is like this. She has incredible resources, and every step is designed well, but her physique is too cold.

Running can't save it, and neither can your name.

Mimi became famous thanks to the show Running Man.

With the role of Witch, Liu Shishi is almost becoming a new generation of Asian actress and is very popular in Korea.

CJ specifically asked her to go.

Si Teng...

I don't want to film a TV series, I don't want to get fat, what's the point of acting...

Although she has a cold body, Jing Tian's appearance is really resistant to beating. She looks good no matter she is fat or thin.

She is fair, thin, sweet and lovely.

Get fat, first get fat like a bear, wear a cheongsam and be stunning, a rich and beautiful woman in the world. After Jing Tian left, Li Mingyang slept until noon before getting up.

I was woken up by the noise in the house.

After washing up, Li Mingyang opened the door, walked to the guardrail, and looked down. There were more than 20 suitcases piled in the living room.

This is moving...

"How dare you live here?" Li Mingyang said.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Tan Songyun put his hands on his hips, raised his head, and said, "She doesn't mind, so why should I mind?"

Now I feel quite proud.

Last night Jingtian asked her to come into the room and sleep with him. She was so scared that she hid in Xiaoyu's room and didn't dare to come out.

Xiaoyu has lived in the villa for a long time.

Jing Tian treated her as a maid...

"Which room are you going to stay in?" Li Mingyang said as he went downstairs and admired the underwear in Tan Songyun's suitcase.

"Opposite the master bedroom."

"You can't live in that room."

"What's wrong?" Tan Songyun asked puzzled.

"That room is Jingtian's cloakroom." Zhong Xiaoyu said after coughing twice.

"There aren't many clothes in there...not even as many as I have." Tan Songyun muttered.

"If you want to live in that room, you must call Jing Tian, ​​but I guess you don't dare to call, so just live next to Xiao Yu. There is everything in there, and you can move in right away."

Tan Songyun said somewhat unhappily: "I also want a room as a cloakroom."

"Use whichever room you think is suitable. This house has too many rooms."

The villa in Lanhuayu'an does have many rooms. In addition to eight bedrooms with private bathrooms, there are also several storage rooms.

It was past four in the afternoon and Tan Songyun had not yet chosen which room to stay in.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Mingyang asked Xiaoyu to help Tan Songyun pack his luggage, and then drove the S600 to the China World Trade Center.

Today is a dinner party for the Witch crew, and we talked about going to Korea tomorrow.

Li Mingyang thought he arrived early enough.

Unexpectedly, Bai Bin, Li Qin, Dayun, Tang Yixin, Chen Jianbing, Jiang Qinqin and Hong Jie had all arrived early. Except for Liu Shishi, all the main actors were present.

"You guys arrived really early!" Li Mingyang sighed. The agreed time of 6 o'clock was more than an hour earlier.

"Everyone lives here, so if we have nothing to do, we can just get together and play cards." Chen Jianbing said with a smile, "Director Li, I saw Dapeng. This guy can actually steal cards... Tsk tsk, he's such a jerk."

"Lost money?"

"I didn't lose much, just a few hundred thousand." Jiang Qinqin smiled bitterly. "He just didn't admit it. He was caught in the act and falsely accused our Lao Chen of putting the cards in his hands."

"This guy has no moral limit. I will ask him to return the money to you later."

"It's just a small amount of money. It's okay." Chen Jianbing waved his hand nonchalantly. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Director Li, when are you going to shoot Weathering With You? Why is there no movement at all? No special effects this time."

"secret."

"Haha, okay, let's stop talking. Hey, Dayun, open the wine I brought."

Lao Chen brought the fruit wine he brewed himself, which was a bit sweet and astringent.

Lao Chen is from the Central Academy of Drama, and like Lao Huang, he stayed on to teach at the school.

But he is very busy, with too many things to do, such as plays, TV series, and movies, and he doesn't have a strong desire to preach.

Unlike Huang Lei who was afraid that others didn’t know that he was a teacher at Beijing Film Academy.

Jiang Qinqin is from Beijing Film Academy and is Li Mingyang’s senior.

Speaking of being famous, when Jiang Qinqin was famous, Chen Jianbing was still playing minor roles...

The couple is so tired of filming this TV series, especially Jiang Qinqin...they are both focused on the movie now.

After just a few drinks, Chen Jianbing took out the script he had prepared, showed it to Li Mingyang, and asked him for his opinions.

Chen Jianbing has written several scripts, and Li Mingyang has read them more than once.

Old hipster!

Lao Chen still has some skills and is good at making art films.

A spoon became famous.

Although it is not good-looking, it is very literary and artistic, very much in line with the tastes of the old literary youths, and has won many awards.

But... now he is a little wild, he wants to be artistic and also wants box office success.

"Teacher Chen, art and box office are two different things. It's hard to balance the two." Li Mingyang finished reading the script and shook his head, saying, "You stuffed too many comedy gags in here. It's intermittent and the tension of the plot has been cut into pieces."

"Really?" Chen Jianbing scratched his head seriously. "I think this rhythm is pretty good... Finding joy in hardship."

"Art films are mainly about mobilizing the audience's emotions and relying on empathy. People have a lot in common in terms of joy, sorrow, and happiness... You have to choose the audience first, and then create. If you want to please this and that, it's neither fish nor fowl."

Chen Jianbing hesitated for a while, nodded, and fell into deep thought.

The quality of an art film can be determined from its script.

Because its keynote is emotion, the appeal of words is no less than that of movies and TV shows.

But the essence of commercial films is a routine.

The reason why popcorn movies are called popcorn movies is because the framework is the same.

Hollywood has a mature set of routine templates.

A few minutes of preparation is spent explaining the background of the story and the relationships between the characters.

It takes a few minutes to make the audience laugh.

There will be conflicts for a few minutes to keep the audience looking forward to it.

The plot twists every few minutes, giving the audience a refreshing feeling.

The special effects appear in just a few minutes, giving the audience a visual feast.

New characters, new conflicts, new jokes appear in a few minutes...

The story unfolds layer by layer, starting from the beginning with accuracy to the minute. With the use of big data, the data model is sufficient and accurate to the second.

Basically all Hollywood blockbusters are made according to the same template.

In order to achieve the effect, logic will be discarded.

Chen Jianbing is an old intellectual who understands literature and art, but knows nothing about business tricks!
The script is completely messy and has no rhythm. It wants to entertain itself but also has to consider the audience... It's neither good nor bad.

"Teacher Chen, why don't you buy the copyright of the novel and auction it off?" Li Mingyang suggested.

Chen Jianbing nodded but didn't listen, but his wife did.

"Director Li, what kind of novels do you like to read? Do you have any recommendations?" Jiang Qinqin said eagerly.

"You may not be able to appreciate what I watch... If you want box office success, just make a comedy and add some erotic elements. Control the cost and the box office will not be bad," Li Mingyang suggested.

Everyone can say that, but Chen Jianbing doesn't dare to make a commercial film directly. If it fails, his future will be over.

After so many years in the industry, he has seen too many directors make commercial films, but because of poor box office performance, they never had the chance to make movies again.

Trust is difficult to build, and it breaks down very quickly.

He actually wants to win awards for his art work. If the box office is good, he will make a lot of money.

Gain fame and fortune!
"Director Li, I heard that President Wang has been scouting for potential actor directors. Do you think I can do it?" Chen Jianbing said eagerly.

"Well...if you are ready, I will invest in you. One or two million is nothing."

Li Mingyang smiled.

"Thank you Director Li for not minding me. I prepared a little gift for you." Chen Jianbing took out a gift bag from under the table. "This is our Pu'er tea, 60 years old, which is rare outside."

This tea cake costs hundreds of thousands of dollars if it is sold outside.

Old Chen took out three pieces at once.

Li Mingyang actually doesn't care much about tea, but Mr. Wang is very particular about tea.

Lao Chen wants to work as a director in Guangguang...it's difficult!
Wang Changtian doesn't like art films, he wants commercial films, he wants directors who can open up the market among young people.

And Lao Chen, the master of serious drama, did not meet his requirements for a director at all.

Li Mingyang didn't want to take it, but Chen Jianbing and his wife cooperated and forced him to take it.

"I'll ask about this later. This thing of yours is too valuable." Li Mingyang evaded the question.

Chen Jianbing is also tired, Li Mingyang is very strong!
He is already very old, and he is sweating profusely from pushing and pulling back and forth.

"Director Li, let's go out and I have something to tell you." Chen Jianbing stood up and said.

Jiang Qinqin patted Chen Jianbing on the back, as if to encourage him.

Chen Jianbing has both the roughness of a grassland man and the cunning of an old intellectual.

Things have come to this point.

This must be his last trump card. Li Mingyang followed him out of the box, walked for a while, and came to the balcony.

"Director Li, do you have a cigarette? Have one." Chen Jianbing touched his nose and said with a smile.

Li Mingyang smiled knowingly, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one for Lao Chen and one for himself.

Old Chen smoked a cigarette without saying anything. After one cigarette, he asked for another one. After satisfying his craving for cigarette, he said, "Director Li, you won't get anything from the Golden Rooster this year."

Li Mingyang was slightly stunned. "How did you know? Didn't we agree to give me your directorial debut?"

"This matter is a bit complicated and cannot be explained in a few words." Chen Jianbing exhaled a puff of thick smoke, raised his head and took another puff, "Anyway, it can be summed up in four words: you are too young."

"Young as hell! It's been three years!"

"Don't be angry, just keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone!"

"How did you know?"

This award was guaranteed by Zuoshandiao, with the help of Li Mingyang and the public relations assistance of Director Tian.

Besides, he is from Beijing Film Academy!

The Best Directorial Debut Award is almost monopolized by Beijing Film Academy!
It is reasonable and moral to give it to him!
Chen Jianbing put his hands on Li Mingyang's shoulders and said earnestly: "Nomination is victory. They gave you two nominations, Best Screenwriter and Best Director."

"Cao! Put me in the Best Director category!"

"I don't know the details, I just know that you won't get it. There are two more nominations, but you have to pretend that you don't know, otherwise it will be difficult for me to do anything. Not many people know about this... Once they investigate, they will find it back to me. There are cameras in the corridor..." said Chen Jianbing.

"It's been a long time since the Golden Rooster has been dividing the cake..." Li Mingyang teased.

"I'm in the same circle as them. Anyway, Director Li, you must not be impulsive. The Newcomer Award is meaningless. If you want to go for it, go for Best Director! The fact that they are willing to nominate you proves that you have the ability to win this award!"

Chen Jianbing tried his best to persuade him for more than half an hour. He was really afraid that Li Mingyang would make trouble! If the mess got bigger, it would get him burned.

Li Mingyang didn't hear anything at first.

It was not until Chen Jianbing explained the concept of winning based on points that he calmed down and listened carefully.

It is actually not difficult to gain mainstream recognition.

But if you want to gain points, Beijing Film Academy alone is not enough.

You also need to earn points from other places and other people.

If you have enough points, you can do public relations and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Although the Golden Rooster Awards, Beijing Film Academy does have a lot of say, especially in some individual awards.

The Golden Rooster Award is also known as the "Expert Award".

An expert is one who knows everything and is a cultured person.

What Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama are most in short supply of is cultural people.

That is, old artists and old intellectuals.

But the old literary youths are not only in Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, but also in the National Theatre, the Cultural Troupe, the National Ballet, the Children's Art Theater, the China Broadcasting Art Troupe, the Opera and Dance Theater, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe...

There are dozens of art troupes, song and dance troupes, and art centers of all sizes.

Chen Jianbing knew about this because he overheard it at the National Theatre...

Li Mingyang now finally understood why so many actors wanted to do dramas. They were just trying to gain points!

(End of this chapter)