I didn't want to be an actor

Zhang Ziyi once focused on Hollywood and starred in the standard American awards season movie "Memoirs of a Geisha", but she did not achieve the expected success.

After she became famous, she focused her international route on the United States and the Oscars, and never set Cannes, Venice and Berlin as her goals.

Later, I wanted to move the battlefield, but was interrupted by the triple gate. Although I came back with the help of my works, my resources still dropped off a cliff.

As for her acting skills...

There is a very true comment in the industry: Zhang Ziyi always shows herself first when playing a role, and then the role.

In terms of awards, Zhang Ziyi is actually quite embarrassed. There are 15 international A-level awards, but she can't win the top three, so she can just get one of the other awards.

As a result, Fan Xiaopang got two, and Yanzi also got one in Shanghai.

Even Xu Jinglei won the Best Director Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival...

Regardless of whether it has high gold content or not, is the San Sebastian International Film Festival a Category A film festival?

After four years of double ice, Zhang Ziyi has achieved nothing and can only brag about winning the title of Iranian Best Actress...

Zhou Xun has the Best Actress at the Paris International Film Festival!

No, there is another...oh, lotus...

Lotus has never reached the top and is not worthy of comparison!

"The Beast Grasping at Straws" is a group drama, with a money bag full of banknotes as the core, and radiating outwards to unfold three sub-plots. We see people from different social classes facing different challenges for money. Same appearance.

They all want to use this wealth to turn their lives around, but in the end, everyone who has been greedy for money either dies or loses their property...

The script is brilliant...

Zhang Ziyi wants to play the heroine who connects the whole plot...

She chatted about the plot with Shen Liang and shared her own opinions.

However, Brother Liang was just making jokes throughout the whole process and had no intention of having a deep conversation...

International chapter: "The whole story started when Boss Li was in debt due to gambling, and then he instigated the female club staff to kill her husband and cheat the insurance company, which led to a series of deaths."

"right…"

"If Director Cao Baoping directs it, he is capable enough...but will the scale of this drama be too big? Should it be set in Southeast Asia?"

"...I don't know this..."

"Actor, what do you think?"

"The director makes the decision..."

Brother Liang answered while cooking...

Jiji Zhang glanced at him: "Are you hungry?"

"Um…"

"I almost forgot, I haven't eaten in more than six hours... Then eat quickly!"

"…Um…"

Brother Liang quickly finished a bowl of small yellow croaker noodles and a basket of fried fish. He was almost full. He wiped his mouth, picked up another glass of soy milk, took a sip, and then asked: "Sister Ziyi, where did you find the script?" of?"

"I took the initiative to ask them for it... They said this is your new project..."

"them?"

"Mr. Fu and Mr. Song!"

Mr. Fu is Fu Ruoqing, Mr. Song should be Song Dai...

The two major producers of "The Beast Grasping at Straws": China Film and Yindu Agency...

It's normal for them to have a complete script outline in hand - a complete script outline is required for film submission review.

International Zhang noticed Shen Liang's expressionless face and immediately asked with a smile: "...What's wrong? Do you think I'm not suitable?"

"...That's not..."

Shen Liang shook his head: "But our film is going to be a commercial film..."

"I can't act in commercial films?"

"...I have discussed with Director Cao Baoping that this play is going to be a large-scale gory route...the actors we are looking for are familiar faces to the public, and we are not looking for celebrities...you may not be suitable."

"Why? Do you think I can't play such a villain?"

"That's not true...but you are a big star, and ours is a group show...not a leading lady show!"

""The Death of Romance" is also an ensemble play..."

"...Let's talk about it then."

…

Where are the group portraits in "The Death of Romance"?

Why does Mr. Lu, played by Uncle Ge, have such deep feelings for Zhang Ziyi?

The Japanese man risked being discovered and locked up Zhang Ziyi...

As a black boss, a woman can still be so slutty, cuckolding him in various ways, and finally he let her run away...

It’s clear that everyone loves Zhang Ziyi!

In fact, he felt that Zhang Ziyi was in trouble...

There is no way, the respective teams of big flowers attach great importance to their own status, because it is directly related to the commercial value of real money.

Asking them to be the heroines not only requires high remuneration, but also has to be quite skewed in terms of roles, characters, and roles. In many cases, it will seriously affect the overall look and feel of the film.

Female stars want the audience to remember themselves, while actresses want the audience to forget themselves and remember the role.

Zhang Ziyi is a typical female star...

And the price-performance ratio is extremely low - except for a few early films, all the remaining films with starring actors have lost money.

On the one hand, the remuneration is high, but on the other hand, her driving effect is not guaranteed!

Her own marketing efforts go far beyond the movie itself.

The marketing of "Jiaoyuan Lane" seems to go to Cannes to screen in the out-of-competition section, not "Jiaoyuan Lane", but Zhang Ziyi.

Whether active or passive, Zhang Ziyi is far greater than the work itself.

In addition, the "marketing account" boasted that the organizer cleared the red carpet for Teacher Zhang Ziyi.

What about IQ?

"Jiangyuan Lane" is showing at midnight!

Moreover, in non-competition sections, the red carpets are “contracted” to the studios who want to show the movies!

In addition, "international" marketing is a very outdated marketing method.

What age is this?

Who is going to go to the red carpet abroad for marketing?

"Jiang Yuan Nong" obviously relies on the mainland market to make a living, so what kind of international scope is it...

In addition, foreign film festivals are also very retarded. How old are they? They are still promoting international awards...

…

Shen Liang's obvious refusal attitude can be heard by everyone, but Zhang Ziyi refused: "I can reduce the price!"

"Sister Ziyi definitely has no shortage of scripts... Our drama is a trivial one and has no artistic quality!"

“…I could take this to Cannes!”

"Haha, going to Cannes? Are you selling movies?"

"Yes, Cannes is the world's largest film trading market."

Shen Liang waved his hand: "Even if I don't participate in the film festival, there will be no shortage of overseas buyers for my movies... What's more, compared to the mainland box office, the overseas box office is only three melons and two dates! I don't care about this!"

What Brother Liang said is true!

Although the overseas box office of "The Three Evils" was close to 26 million U.S. dollars, the purchase price of "Life Events" on Netflix exceeded 30 million U.S. dollars...

Including "Peak Explosion", the copyright fee was sold for 12 million US dollars...

But compared to the mainland box office, these are really just three melons and two dates!

After a pause, Shen Liang continued: "Sister Zi Yi is going to star in "Jiang Yuan Nong"... We are cooperating with director Chen Kexin, so we won't delay you... Boss, pay the bill!"

Brother Liang got up and prepared to leave...

"Tell the truth, why don't you want to use me?"

Shen Liang sighed and told the truth: "When we select actors, we not only look at the pay, but also the audience popularity... If many viewers refuse to buy tickets because of a certain actor, or they feel they don't like them from the bottom of their hearts... We don't like this type of actor. Dare to use it, because it already has the effect of driving away customers! ”