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His directing skills have always been flawless.

What's missing is a good script.

Now all the scripts are based on reality and can resonate with today's audiences. Coupled with his master-level directing skills, it is difficult to say that his artistic attainments are not high.

"Brother Zhang, regarding "The Ultimate Evil," we are also here to help Wei realize his dream; profit is not our primary goal.

But for "Parasite", we can look forward to the box office.

I would like to use your name to advertise. Brother Zhang, can you give me some face?

“What ad?

"Brother Zhang, do you know that I recently produced a variety show?" Wei Jun asked.

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Of course, I Am an Actor, this variety show is very popular and everyone in our crew is watching it.

I watched it too. Zhang Zifeng is really talented. I want to find her to film a movie.

Hearing Zhang Yimou praising Zifeng so much, Guan Xiaotong pursed her lips.

In fact, she and Zhang Zifeng are not of the same age.

Zhang Zifeng was born in 2001.

Guan Xiaotong was born in 1997.

Although they look only four years apart, one was born in the 00s and the other was born in the 90s.

At most, they can be called post-95s.

They will not have any resource conflicts in the short term.

However, Xiaoguan is obviously still a little jealous.

This is normal.

Jealousy is the driving force.

If Xiaoguan didn't have this jealous mentality, how could he come to ask Director Wei for careful guidance?

Director Wei likes students who strive to excel.

So he decided to take care of Xiaoguan.

"Brother Zhang, don't just look at Zhang Zifeng, Xiaotong is good too.

"Xiaotong?

Zhang Yimou set his eyes on Guan Xiaotong, his eyes showing no sign of concealing his doubts.

Of course he knew that Wei Jun would not introduce a young female star to him for no reason.

But at his age, he is not familiar with this kind of female star.

If Wei Jun knew what Zhang Yimou was thinking, he would definitely curl his lips and say, "Forget it, just be familiar with Liu Hao."

Given Liu Haocun's extremely poor audience appeal and her mother's dark history of crippling a little girl, it would be better to support Guan Gege than her.

At least Guan Gege’s acting skills only became bad later on.

If you really want to talk about any moral or even legal dark history, then there is none.

She doesn't have any at home either.

Director Wei did not hide his desire to promote Guan Xiaotong, and took the initiative to introduce her, saying, "Guan Xiaotong is a child star who I am very optimistic about. I think she has great potential."

Director Wei is not bragging.

When Guan Xiaotong was 18 years old, she was indeed very malleable.

The Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actress she will win next year is much more deserved than Baby's Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She was not ridiculed by the public like Reba was when she won the Golden Eagle Award and was called "Miao Queen".

Being young means endless possibilities.

What's more, in this life, because of Wei Jun's existence, the traffic route has been suppressed by Wei Jun and it seems to be coming to an end before it even starts. It is really possible that Guan Xiaotong's future will not follow that route.

Zhang Yimou has been in the industry for decades, so he naturally understood Wei Jun's subtext.

Director Wei was simply saying, I have high hopes for her, please support her for me.

Zhang Yimou did not refuse.

After he and Wei Jun met, he basically took advantage of Wei Jun. Wei Jun even gave him two scripts and didn't ask anything of him. This is not how you make friends.

Zhang Yimou knew that Wei Jun would make demands sooner or later.

Now this condition is very reasonable.

He just didn't understand one thing.

"Of course there's no problem taking care of Xiaotong. I believe in your vision, Director Wei."

Zhang Yimou praised Wei Jun and Guan Xiaotong, then asked doubtfully, "But what does this have to do with the variety show 'I Am an Actor' that you produced?"

Director Wei explained, "Brother Zhang, I wanted to directly announce that the main cast of your next film, 'Parasite,' will be selected from the contestants of 'I Am an Actor' to motivate them."

After all, it’s Zhang Yimou’s movie.

In this case, Wei Jun probably needs more female celebrities to come to him and offer themselves for him.

Ahem, I said it wrong. There still have to be female stars who come to him and ask him for advice on acting.

It is our responsibility to save these female stars from their terrible acting skills.

Director Wei is full of a sense of mission.

Zhang Yimou didn't know that Director Wei's true thoughts were so dirty. He just thought that Director Wei wanted to use his fame for advertising.

He hesitated slightly.

Although Zhang Yimou always likes to find new actresses to play the leading role and is very confident in his ability to train actors, the prerequisite for all this is that the other party must be talented.

Which of Mou's girls is not gifted?

Even Liu Haocun, to be fair, is indeed a breath of fresh air among the new generation of female stars in terms of acting skills and type.

Even Zhang Yimou is not sure if he can revive a star like Baby who is hopeless in acting.

Zhang Yimou expressed his concerns directly.

Wei Jun chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Zhang. I just want to benefit from each other and give "Parasite" some early advertising while increasing the popularity and value of "I Am an Actor."

As for who to use, of course you have the final say.

Even if you want to choose the judges, I will help you convince them."

Zhang Yimou was moved when he heard this.

To be honest, he is really a little jealous of being a judge on "I Am an Actor".

I am especially envious of Chen Daoming.

Zhang Yimou once publicly said that Chen Daoming is the best male actor in China in his eyes, no doubt about it.

As for actresses, Zhang Yimou thinks it is Gong Li.

These are his exact words.

In "Parasite", there is a role that is very suitable for Chen Daoming - the rich man. The main plot of "Parasite" is the story of a poor family of four who are all unemployed and parasitic on a wealthy family.

Kim Ki-taek's family makes a living by folding takeout boxes for a pizza shop. The eldest son, Kim Ki-woo, is the family's livelihood hope, but he has taken the college entrance examination many times and always failed.

Before his classmates went abroad to study, they asked Kim Ki-woo to take over as English tutor for a rich girl, Mr. Park's family.

As Kim Ki-woo successfully applied for the job, he found out from his conversation with the hostess, Mrs. Park, that she was kind and simple, and doted on her youngest son. Therefore, he found an opportunity and made up the persona of an art tutor to try to introduce his sister as an art teacher.

Eventually, the entire Kim family invaded the Park family.

The son became an English teacher in the Park family, the daughter became an art teacher, the father worked as a driver for the male owner, President Park, and the mother replaced the original housekeeper.

Wei Jun made some changes to the script, and the obviously Korean-style name of President Park was naturally changed to a name that is more suitable for Chinese people - Mr. Chen.

Zhang Yimou's favorite candidate for the role of Mr. Chen is Chen Daoming.

He is gentle and elegant, and in middle age, he is graceful and successful in his career.

Playing this kind of role is of zero difficulty for Chen Daoming.

He just stood there and the audience naturally believed it.

However, the role of Mr. Chen is at most the second male lead.

In the so-called "Parasite", the real protagonist is naturally the parasitic family.

From father Kim Ki-taek to eldest son Kim Ki-woo, they are the main center of the conflict.

Moreover, the character of Mr. Chen is a typical elite personality. He is arrogant, indifferent, unfeeling, hypocritical and totally unlikable.

Zhang Yimou was really not sure that he could get Chen Daoming to take on such a completely unlikable role that was obviously a supporting role for others, but Wei Jun said he could help, so it was not a big problem.

His face and Wei Jun's face were both there, and Chen Daoming couldn't refuse.

After getting Mr. Chen on board, it was actually relatively easy for the "Parasite" team to find actors.

China is not short of excellent actors.

Kim Ki-woo just needs to find an actor who seems to be able to perfectly play the image of a down-and-out middle-aged man with a bit of scheming.

There are so many outstanding Chinese actors who can do this.

Apart from anything else, Zhang Yimou thought of one in "I Am an Actor".

"Director Wei, I don't know much about the celebrities participating in 'I Am an Actor', but I am very interested in several of the judges."

Lao Mouzi smiled and said, "Don't you think Tony Leung Ka Fai can play the role of Kim Ki-taek very well?

Wei Jun: "I feel so strongly that is there any role that Tony Leung Ka Fai can't play?"

Tony Leung Ka Fai - the actor with many faces, who can play any role well.

Speaking of acting skills, among so many movie stars in Hong Kong, Tony Leung is TOP1 in Wei Jun's mind.

Of course, it is well known that there are two TOP1 universities.

So there can be two top actors with the best acting skills in Hong Kong, and in Director Wei's mind, Tony Leung will definitely take one.

The other one, anyone will do.

Scholar, gangster boss, hero, policeman, killer, vulgar man, rich man, down-and-out middle-aged man... No matter what role you need him to play, Tony Leung has similar representative works.

Therefore, Wei Jun had no doubt that Tony Leung could play the leading male role of Kim Ki-taek in "Parasite".

Moreover, the PK between Tony Leung and Chen Daoming is really worth watching.

Zhang Yimou thought about more than that.

"Mr. Chen's wife is also a very important character in the script, and can even be called the female lead.

Director Wei, I would like to invite Zhang Ziyi to play this role.

After all, according to the script, Mrs. Chen is Mr. Chen’s young wife, but she is not particularly old.

The most important thing is that there are a lot of rival scenes between Mrs. Chen, Mr. Chen and Kim Ki-taek.

There are only a handful of actresses in China who can keep up with Chen Daoming and Tony Leung in terms of rivalry.

In terms of age, Zhang Ziyi is probably the most suitable."

Director Wei: "...Brother Zhang, you really have caught all the judges of "I Am an Actor" in one fell swoop." There are only four judges in "I Am an Actor", and Zhang Yimou has his eyes on three of them.

It’s not that Zhang Yimou looked down on the last one, but because the last judge was Chen Kaige, a director, not an actor.

As long as he is an actor, Wei Jun estimates that Zhang Yimou will not let him go.

But this is normal.

After all, when Wei Jun selects judges for acting skills, he always chooses those who are at the level of best actor and best actress in the country, and they are recognized as such.

In the previous life, there were three judges in the first season of "The Birth of the Actors". Zhang Ziyi was fine, but Liu Yan... "All Quiet in Peking" was beaten by a group of veteran actors throughout the whole process.

Although he has won the Best Actor award, how can Liu Yan's acting skills convince the audience that he deserves the title?

And Song Dandan may have good acting skills.

But the audience doesn't feel it.