I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 256 "Life Events", so terrifying!
"Andre Tessine!"

“A famous French director!”

Tian Zhuangzhuang was speaking secretly to Chen Jin, and Guo Xun, who was standing by, had obviously heard about it.

As a director, although Lao Guo has always aspired to make science fiction films since he was a child, he definitely wants to get to know the famous directors at home and abroad.

Moreover, many students in the directing department will basically watch the screenings of the films shortlisted for major film festivals several times. Some will even watch them frame by frame and analyze them repeatedly, why they were shot in that way, what the details are, the shots, the pictures... This is necessary homework for students in the directing department.

Although Guo Xun graduated from the Management Department, he is certainly no exception.

The old man André Téchiné is very famous in Europe. He has been nominated for Cannes seven times, as well as Venice and Berlin. He is a regular at the three major film festivals and has won the Cannes Best Director Award.

As a judge in Venice this time, he should be the one with the most say among the six judges.

After all, his status and age are there, and Darren, the chairman of this year's jury, has to give him face. Darren is only 40 years old, while Andre is almost 70.

He has been in the film industry for more than 50 years and is older than Darren.

"At the Shanghai International Film Festival two years ago, Andre's The Girl on the Train was shortlisted for the best!"

"Huang Jianxin was one of the judges at that time!"

After Guo Xun sat down, he spoke softly to Chen Jin.

Chen Jin looked at the other white man.

Very young.

Although Tian Zhuangzhuang introduced the two people just now, Andre obviously didn't take Chen Jin seriously and just smiled at him.

Respect comes from strength and fame, and smiling is just a form of politeness.

With Andre's status, there is certainly no need for him to be overly polite and greeting with Chen Jin, even though he won the so-called Best Newcomer Award in Venice.

The main reason why he could come here to attend the internal film screening was for the sake of the face of Beijing Film Academy and the investors.

The other white man was the representative of the investor - MK2's Asian film selector representative, Lawrence, who was very familiar with Lao Ma.

Nortel is looking for connections with European film company MK2, a well-known French film company, and they will be responsible for investing in Andre's new film.

In fact, these are Chen Jin’s biggest rivals in winning the award.

It’s not the actors and movies, but the investors behind many of the nominated movies.

In fact, many films have already been noticed and bought by investors before they are submitted to film festivals. They have strong backgrounds and of course want to make money after buying the films, so film festivals are the best deal.

Working hard on public relations to help a film win awards will obviously have a positive impact on box office and revenue.

The reason why Beijing Film Academy was able to convince MK2 was because of Lao Tian and Lao Ma.

His "Spring in a Small Town" was once bought by this company and made some money, so Lao Tian still has some fame in Europe.

There is also his earliest film, "The Blue Kite", which has also been released in Europe and North America.

Now that we heard that he had a new film, and with Beijing Film Academy promoting it, of course the three parties started to collaborate.

“Chen, I heard from Tian that you are not only the lead actor in this new film, but also the investor?”

Lawrence shook hands with Chen Jin very politely. His attitude was obviously different from Andre's; he came here to make money, and Chen Jin was his buyer, so of course he had to express his appreciation.

"Hello, Lance!"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Welcome to China!"

"Haha, I come to China often, except I can't speak Chinese!"

Lao Fu sat next to Chen Jin.

In addition to canvassing for votes, today's film screening actually has another major purpose, which is evaluation.

Assess the value of the film and MK2 will quote a price.

It mainly depends on Lauf and Andre.

One is to evaluate the probability of winning an award, and the other is to look at the box office of the movie.

Also, is it worth spending money on public relations?

Chen Jin will certainly work hard, but if the old European film company MK2 is involved, the chances of winning will be even greater.

Don't fight a battle you are not sure of victory.

Old Tian obviously gave it his all this time, mainly because of the confidence given by Chen Jin.

There are no concerns about investment, personnel, connections, etc.

Chen Jin is going for the award. Not only does he want to win it, but Beijing Film Academy also hopes that he can win it. This will be of great benefit to the acting department, the directing department, and Beijing Film Academy's international reputation.

Selling overseas distribution to MK2 is also additional income.

Chen Jin actually doesn't have any requirements for the price. If he can win the award, everything will be worth it. Because even if "Life Events" becomes popular in China, it will not actually promote the box office in Europe and the United States that much, which means it will not have much impact on the final transaction price.

After all, the current Chinese market is not as good as it will be in the future, and it is not yet international.

"Wolf Warrior 2" is so popular, but there is no news about it abroad; but "Nezha 2025" in 2 will be different. First, the Chinese have the confidence, and second, the national strength is rising.

The more aircraft carriers there are, the higher the status of China's cultural industry will be.

Cultural output is based on economy and strength, not works.

No matter how good your work is, it will be useless if others block you from scheduling it for screening.

So for this price, if Chen Jin feels it is appropriate, he will definitely sell it, and at most he will negotiate the price with the other party.

It is obviously unrealistic to sell it for tens of millions of dollars like Zhang Yimou.

“Haha, we’re all here!”

"Sorry sorry!"

Zhang Huijun brought a group of teachers from Beijing Film Academy, including Zheng Dongtian, Xie Fei, etc., into the small screening room.

He was followed by several students from the directing department and some technical backbones from the Beijing Film Studio.

This movie screening was quite formal, and basically after watching it, you can roughly decide whether the movie lives or dies.

Andre is a veteran film festival regular and has a good sense of whether a film can win an award.

Everyone chatted happily for a while before the movie officially started.

Andre and Zhang Huijun sat together. Many directors of Beijing Film Academy, such as Lao Tian and Xie Fei, sat in the second row. Other students were also lucky enough to sit in the theater. More than 20 people sat there, all looking up at the small screen in front of them.

Chen Jin, Lao Fu, Guo Xun, Wen Muye and the other four were in the same row as Lao Tian, but they were a little to the side.

The screen had not lit up yet, but a segment of Wuhan's famous Han opera "Crying at the Ancestral Temple" could be heard.

"My royal grandfather suffered a great disaster at Changbanpo~~My royal grandmother died in the well during the chaos~~"

As the somewhat sad background music sounded, the picture gradually became clearer from blurry.

The camera shows a bedroom, with children's crayons and toys, adults' mahjong, rows of medicines... The camera slowly scans and finally freezes on a bed. There is an old man with his eyes closed, as if he has fallen asleep.

But combined with the name of the movie, everyone actually knows that the old woman is dead.

"Grandma~~Grandma~~"

Xiaowen, played by Zhao Jinmai, kept shouting, and finally started crying anxiously. He sat on the bed helplessly holding his doll, completely unaware of what was happening.

The camera keeps zooming out...

In the next scene, Mo Sanmei, played by Chen Jin, appeared on the screen wearing a pair of sunglasses.

The camera slowly moved from his profile to his entire body.

A crew cut, a floral shirt, a gold necklace, flip-flops, and a tattoo of the word "loyalty" on his arm... He was chewing betel nuts in a gangster-like manner, with his legs crossed, leisurely playing the Nokia Snake game.

Jingle Bell!
The sudden call caused the game to freeze.

"Grass!"

Chen Jin pressed the answer button impatiently: "Hmm?"

"You do it!"

"She's already hard!"

There was a weak gasp from the other end of the line, and it sounded very labored.

Snapped!
Chen Jin put the phone to his ear, moved his fingers, and pressed the hang-up button.

His cheeks bulged as he chewed betel nut, and then he took off his sunglasses and threw them directly at the windshield of the car.

Only then did everyone see Chen Jin's face clearly.

He is capricious and ruthless, and you can tell at first glance that he is a tough guy. He chews betel nut very slowly and forcefully.

This is Chen Jin’s first frontal shot, and it’s quite impactful.

He looks like a street thug, but the roughness of a low-level person is very obvious. He appears to be very uncultured and like he has never seen the world. His eyes make people feel a little aggressive and frightened.

Makeup and props can make an actor look older and have rough skin.

But the character's eyes, feeling and taste cannot be faked.

It depends on the actors themselves.

A troubled young man who has been dealing with the dead for a long time, he is eccentric and perverse.

In just this one shot, everyone, including Andre, subconsciously looked towards Chen Jin.

Because of the contrast.

Just now, Chen Jin seemed very polite and gentle when greeting everyone, and the image is still lingering in everyone's mind; but now this character makes everyone feel that this is Chen Jin, but definitely not him.

The contrast is too strong.

This character was clearly sitting there, but in the movie, not to mention the slightest resemblance, no one would think it was the same person.

And there is no break from the play at all, because Chen Jin has abandoned everything in his reality and completely transformed himself into the character of Mo Sanmei in the movie.

This is a subversive breakthrough in the character's image.

He is far from being like the third brother in "The Hawthorn Tree".

The third brother can at least find some traces of Chen Jin.

Mo Sanmei's appearance and temperament have changed. Even her height and walking posture are shorter and her back is slightly hunched.

He spoke in authentic Wuhan dialect, and walked around the alley of the dead, laughing and joking. He used burning yellow paper to light a cigarette he had just licked, and his swaying walking posture in the smoke was natural and real.

This long shot, which lasted more than three minutes, made everyone have a very three-dimensional imagination of Mo Sanmei in their minds.

The character setting, personality, etc. have all become a concrete concept.

It's very complicated. Maybe he is a low-level marginal person with a criminal record.

"..."

Guo Xun stared at it without blinking, and got goose bumps on his exposed arms.

He is actually the one who knows Chen Jin best, right?
The two are often together.

He also knew that Chen Jin's acting skills were very good, but he would never think that he was better than some veteran actors; but now, when Chen Jin said that he was already 30 years old, he completely believed it.

This is too detailed.

Even if the Mo Sanmei in front of him is not 30, she is already 26 or 7 years old!
Life experience and worldly wisdom are obvious.

And you can tell at first glance that he has been in society.

But Chen Jin, the real Chen Jin is a top student, only 19 years old.

There is no doubt that Chen Jin can play the role of the top student Guo Xun in "So Young", but when it comes to playing the role of a ruffian, he can do it so convincingly that it's as if he's not acting at all. Guo Xun could only gasp.

hiss~~
So terrifying.

This guy is definitely going for the prize.

He can actually play this kind of role.

"No, how long did it take you to shoot this movie?"

It seems like only 3 months?

Is there no need for experience and observation at all?

"About two months!"

Chen Jin also felt that he had acted quite well.

Watching it segment by segment on the monitor and now watching it in the edited film, it feels so good.

Just like in the movies he watched, he was completely immersed in it.

He knew very well what kind of person Mo Sanmei was.

Including his inner conflicts, past, complicated family... everything, in this movie, becomes a living person with flesh and blood.

Old Tian also whispered in Xie Fei's ear.

Xie Fei nodded and smiled, not knowing what the two people said.

As for the two foreigners, they watched very seriously.

Lawrence would glance at Chen Jin from time to time, then smile and stare at the big screen.

Mo Sanmei was curled up and sleeping there... The story of "Life Events" officially began.

(End of this chapter)