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

Chapter 275: The First in the Country! 20 Billion!
"End of the year?"

Chen Jin didn't know what Jiang Zhiqiang wanted to do, so she smiled and said, "I'm not sure. The company has just approved a film project, and it might be released at the end of the year..."

This is of course a step that allows you to advance and retreat freely.

If Chen Jin doesn't want to take the job of filming a movie with him, he will have an excuse; if it is feasible, he will also have a way to respond.

"I invested in a drama directed by a big Hollywood director. This project has been in preparation for several years and we are in need of a leading male role!"

Jiang Zhiqiang's words were suddenly heard by Zhang Ziyi, who had just finished greeting Zhang Yimou.

She stood there without saying anything, but pricked up her ears.

"How about it, are you interested?"

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled. In fact, Chen Jin got a headache when she heard about the big Hollywood directors.

According to some information learned from his future autobiographical film, all the movies made by Hollywood directors in the mainland have failed without exception.

Even if they are co-produced, only a few are successful.

In addition, domestic directors’ attempts to shoot scripts invested by Hollywood also suffered Waterloo.

The old man next to him is one of them.

Chen Jin is very careful about his reputation, so he must ask for clarification; if he borrows a bad movie, he will have to return several.

This is actually what actors are afraid of, but many are often restricted by capital and have no control over their own affairs.

At least Chen Jin can have an independent personality.

"I'm definitely interested, but I'd still like to read the script first!"

After these words were spoken, Jiang Zhiqiang was obviously a little unhappy.

Chen Jin could see it.

"..."

Zhang Ziyi on the side also turned around suddenly and looked at Chen Jin in disbelief.

Is this guy mentally ill?

Shouldn't this be agreed to directly?
Doesn’t he know Jiang Zhiqiang?
It’s impossible!
I don’t know which movie Jiang Zhiqiang is talking about, but as a Hollywood director, what is there to hesitate about?

This guy really doesn't know how to seize the opportunity!
Zhang Ziyi felt sorry for Chen Jin. Which investor would give you a chance with such an answer?
But after thinking about it, Zhang Ziyi felt relieved.

indeed!

He is probably the only one who has three hit movies but is not super famous.

The box office of the three movies starring Chen Jin has made countless people in the circle envious.

Including Zhang Ziyi.

In fact, many of Chen Jin’s colleagues are well aware of his achievements.

The person who knows you best will always be your opponent.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree" grossed 3.23 million yuan, "Love Is Not Blind" grossed 33 million yuan, and now "The Founding of a Party" has grossed 8.21 million yuan, breaking the Chinese-language box office record twice in a row, one of which is a record for art films, and the total box office for the starring actors has exceeded 9.18 billion yuan.

He is the first male actor in China to have his leading role in a movie with a total box office of over 20 billion yuan.

He is also the top-grossing male actor in China - the "20 Billion Emperor"!
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat don't have such a record. Stephen Chow is no longer an actor, so male actors in mainland China are even more vulnerable.

If Zhang Ziyi were to be the "number one" like this, she would have to promote him well and make him famous all over the world.

But Chen Jin... is indeed too low-key.

Maybe this is also related to the fact that he does not have an agency, so he does not buy press releases or do publicity.

That’s right, actors also need publicity, and releasing some news and gossip from time to time is a trend these days.

Just to keep the heat up.

Zhang Ziyi is actually very envious of Chen Jin's box office record in the mainland. Although she and Cheng Long and others have starred in films with global box office revenues in US dollars, Chen Jin in the mainland is indeed very strong.

But Zhang Ziyi didn't expect that Chen Jin... seemed like a fool.

"Okay, then I'll find some time to have someone send you the script!"

After saying this, Jiang Zhiqiang turned around with a smile.

Zhang Ziyi immediately smiled and waved her hand towards Jiang Zhiqiang, lowered her body, and stretched out her hand, saying, "Boss Jiang!"

"Zi Yi..."

The two people are of course very familiar with each other. The previous films "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero" were both invested by Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Hello, Chen Jin!"

After Zhang Ziyi finished chatting with Jiang Zhiqiang, she actually took the initiative to wave to Chen Jin, and Chen Jin hurriedly called out, "Hello, Sister Ziyi!"

"You missed a great opportunity!"

Zhang Ziyi shook her head and said with some regret: "You don't know about Mr. Jiang's movie, right?"

"do not know!"

"Go and find out..."

After saying this, Zhang Ziyi walked away.

Many actors from the mainland have tried their best to squeeze into this drama, but I heard that it only needs young actors and the investment is as high as 1 million US dollars.

The key lies in the Hollywood director and team.

As Jiang Zhiqiang is the first person to distribute the film overseas, North America and Europe will also be represented in the film in due course.

Zhang Ziyi had contacted Jiang Zhiqiang a long time ago, but due to schedule and role reasons, she was not selected.

The leading female role has not been confirmed yet, so Chen Jin wants to try out for the leading male role, which is actually very easy to get.

But this opportunity was obviously missed.

The investors won’t beg you to act.

Jiang Zhiqiang has already said this, if Chen Jin just excitedly says "I'm very interested", there is a good chance that she will get it.

Chen Jin shrugged, and Zhu Yanmanzi next to him came up and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just missed a role..."

"Hollywood!"

"!!"

Zhu Yanmanzi's eyes widened, and he was obviously a little shocked. Wan Qian beside him also turned his head and said, "Hollywood?"

Hollywood is really lethal these days!

“Walking on the red carpet!”

Seeing that most people in the waiting area had left, Chen Jin stood there and tidied his appearance.

Now it is the turn of some of the shortlisted feature films to be released.

Some big names from Hong Kong circles in the mainland also came in at this time, and now half of the Chinese-language film industry gathered here.

The stars are shining brightly, and everywhere you look you see familiar faces.

Huazai, Li Ming, Chow Yun-fat, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Stephen Chow, Zhen Zidan... too many to mention.

Everyone was chatting and chatting lively, just like in Vanity Fair, and many of them glanced at Chen Jin's back. Zhang Ziyi was a great gossiper, and it seemed that she had secretly told Wang Jiawei and others about what had just happened between Chen Jin and Jiang Zhiqiang.

Then everyone knew that Chen Jin rejected Jiang Zhiqiang.

They obviously thought the same as Zhang Ziyi. In this day and age, there are still men who refuse the leading male role from the investor.

What a great guy!
Special actors are just different.

The key point is that this movie invested by Jiang Zhiqiang is not an ordinary movie, it is a Hollywood director's movie with a budget of 1 million US dollars. Many of you here don’t have such a chance to try.

"The Hongmen Feast crew, come on now!"

The staff came in and shouted.

"Excuse me, give way!"

A voice came from behind Chen Jin, and Chen Jin quickly made way.

Feng Shaofeng, this guy, was quite cocky and walked past Chen Jin with his head held high. Next to him stood Liu Yifei, who obviously looked very worried.

"It's him?"

Wan Qian muttered something, and Chen Jin glanced at her: "Why, do you know him?"

"Ok!"

Wan Qian nodded in a secretive manner: "Feng Shaofeng, a second-generation rich man, was the second male lead in the movie I didn't want to act in. I played opposite him during the audition!"

"He's a male actor that Huayi is promoting right now!" "Rich second generation? How rich?"

Of course Chen Jin knew this double socket, as he had harmed many actresses in the circle.

"The son of the textile king, very famous in the Magic City!"

"right?"

This guy took up this title, thinking he could become famous, but he didn't expect it to be useless. However, many female stars in the circle believed it like Wan Qian.

This guy's real identity is the lover of Mr. Wang from Huayi.

Tianya has revealed some shocking news on recruitment!
Huayi has been really good to him. In recent years, resources have been pouring in, with films like "The Banquet", "Detective Dee", "Painted Skin 2"... and more than a dozen blockbusters in the next three years, but they didn't make much of a splash.

It's true that no matter how much you praise it, it won't work.

But a magical effect is that all the actresses who acted opposite him became famous.

I won't mention Ni Ni, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying...

Zhao Liying was so blind that she thought she had married into a wealthy family.

In "The Banquet at Hongmen", he and Liu Yifei played Xiang Yu and Yu Ji, and in "Painted Skin 2" he played with Yang Mi.

So this guy walked the red carpet and then turned back because he had to do it again for "Painted Skin 2".

"Damn, is this possible?"

"Run twice?"

You are really good at rubbing!
The same thing happened to him: Yang Mi, who ran back and forth three times.

She also starred in "Love in a Puff".

Really so dedicated.

Chen Jin wanted to applaud her, and Guo Xun next to her couldn't help but laugh and said, "You can also run twice and show your face more on the red carpet!"

"Am I full and bored?"

"What you said, it would be good to give us some support!"

The star power of "Love Is Not Blind" is indeed a little dim, and the most famous one is probably Wan Qian.

Only people in the industry know the director Guo Xun.

"Go ahead, hurry up!"

Chen Jin kicked him, and then came "Love Is Not Blind"!
In fact, there were not many crews that did not appear.

But each one is bigger than the other.

Chow Yun-fat's "Confucius", Cheng Long's "New Shaolin Temple", Jet Li's "Ocean Heaven" and "Founding of a Republic"... Chen Jin finally saw her opponent for the Newcomer Award.

Wen Zhang.

He stood next to Jet Li and kept chatting with him, appearing very cordial.

It seems that the outside world is saying that Wen Zhang is Jet Li's godson.

In the movie, they played a father and son.

When Chen Jin looked at him, he actually felt it too. He also glanced at Chen Jin, then looked away.

At this time, Jet Li brought him to Zhang Yimou.

"Director Zhang!"

He smiled at Zhang Yimou. The two had worked together on "Hero", but their relationship was average.

Because at the beginning Zhang Yimou wanted to use Jacky Cheung, but in the end Zhang Weiping persuaded him and Jet Li was cheaper.

But in the end, Jet Li still received a salary of 100 million yuan, while Jackie Chan actually received about the same amount.

It is said that Jet Li created "Hero", but in fact, if it were Jackie Chan, it would be hard to say; Jackie Chan was very popular all over the world in those two years, "Rush Hour 2" happened to be a big hit, and the character design was actually suitable.

"Hello there!"

"Chen Jin, right?"

Wen Zhang suddenly extended his hand to Chen Jin, and Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa also walked forward to talk to Zhang Yimou.

This was a high-end group. Except for Jackie Chan, everyone present had actually filmed Zhang Yimou's films.

Lao Zhang has lost his power, but his status in the underworld remains.

Chen Jin and Wen Zhang were just like little Karami, being quite polite in their private conversations.

Wen Zhang had not yet become famous, so his temper seemed okay. He was not like later on, when he acted arrogantly and offended many media reporters, but he was indeed very arrogant.

Now he speaks in a very cocky tone, which might be due to Jet Li.

"Brother, add me your contact information!"

Wen Zhang chatted for a few words, then took out his cell phone and exchanged numbers with Chen Jin.

"We're free to cooperate!"

"Ok!"

There is no point in talking if you don't agree. Seeing that Chen Jin was a little indifferent, Wen Zhang lost interest in chatting.

He shrugged, cursed inwardly, and walked away.

Of course Chen Jin didn't hear it, but he was quite unhappy with the way this guy spoke just now.

He looked as if he was sure to defeat you. Chen Jin admitted that this guy acted very well in "Ocean Paradise", but it was not to the point that Chen Jin was afraid of him.

On the contrary, Chen Jin is also very confident.

He just has no interest in this newcomer award, as Venice in a few days is the highlight.

But, if she didn't take it and he took it, Chen Jin would have no choice but to accept it.

No one can say for sure about government awards.

To be fair, Wen Zhang took advantage of the role; but in terms of performance, Chen Jin in "The Hawthorn Tree" was better than him.

Because the third brother is very popular, he is still being discussed online.

Wen Zhang’s acting was okay, but it didn’t make any splash at all, except for the film critics who praised it; Chen Jin also had some praises.

In terms of age and performance, Chen Jin has the advantage.

Therefore, if the relevant departments were to select the newcomer award fairly and professionally, Chen Jin would definitely be chosen.

But everything depends on human efforts, and the final winner of this award is still quite suspenseful.

"Of course there is a possibility of a double yolked egg?"

"If this is really a compliment, then this award is too meaningless..."

For the Outstanding Male Actor award, there will be 4 nominations and 2 winners. This was decided at the beginning of the Huabiao Awards.

Just like there are 10 feature films, the best ones are selected.

The newcomer award may also have this...

With this in mind, Chen Jin finally took Zhu Yanmanzi's hand and walked onto the red carpet of the Huabiao Awards with Zhang Yimou, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan and others!
boom!
Suddenly, there were countless cheers from the audience.

"Chen Jin! Chen Jin!"

Moviegoers, fans, and media reporters were all screaming.

Chen Jin never thought that he would receive such a response?
You know, he has been deliberately keeping a low profile.

But my strength definitely doesn’t allow it!
Many female fans of Chen Jin came to the scene, holding up various colored cheering signs; plus the capital is indeed Chen Jin's home court, many college students came to participate spontaneously...

Following behind them was the crew of "Ocean Paradise".

Wen Zhang was still a little surprised when he heard Chen Jin's cheers; he never expected that Chen Jin would be so popular.

After all, on the Internet, he is indeed not as famous as him.

"Did you buy it? Or did you hire some water soldiers?"

Wen Zhang couldn't help but think that he had no idea how valuable the box office performance was.

Box office of over 20 billion!

He is the leading male role in all three movies. Even if he has no fans, it is not something a TV star like Wen Zhang can get.

What’s more, “The Founding of a Party” has not yet been taken off the screen, and its popularity has been maintained, but now it is only around a few hundred thousand per day.

This record of more than 9 million is about to be broken by "Transformers 3"...

(End of this chapter)