Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

Zhang Yimou is very busy during this period. Firstly, he is busy filming new movies and has a lot of work to do. Secondly, he has a headache about funding. Although Zhang Weiping, who has always had a good cooperative relationship with him, has promised him that even if he can't find new investors, the movie

The production funds will not be small, but he is always a little worried.

After all, although he has won numerous awards in recent years, he is also very reluctant to make commercial films against his will. But he has to face the reality that he is not a young man in his twenties who has just entered the society. He cannot rely on his passion and impulse to

work.

Zhang Weiping's money did not come from strong winds. It is obviously unrealistic for him to continue to lose money like this. In his opinion, the movie "Hero" has a high chance of becoming a well-received and popular movie, which will help his partner to make a fortune.

Waves of blood.

But although he is very optimistic about this movie in his heart, there is a saying in business that he is 100% sure to make money. So if more partners can come in to share the risks, he will feel much less stressed. After all, if he makes a profit, it will be fine, but if he loses

It's really a huge pit.

So not only is his partner looking for investors, he is also using his own circle and connections to find investors. But if it is filming, many people will give him face. For example, many big names in Hong Kong are in this movie, and they are internationally recognized.

Jet Li, who has a certain box office appeal, had the resources to lower his salary to film this movie.

Kola Investment... This is really not what he is good at. Moreover, although many actors have money, they are willing to reduce their salary to film. You want others to be investors, which is a bit too much.

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And there is another disadvantage of letting actors be investors. It would be fine if the actors only do their own job and don't interfere too much. But if the actor has a conflict with his opinions, he is the director, but the actor is one of the investors.

When the time comes to argue, it will be unclear whose opinion to listen to.

Therefore, he prefers to let the company behind the actor invest, so that the actor can reduce his salary to give him face. This is a favor, and he will definitely pay it back if there is a chance in the future.

When an actor's company invests in his new play, it's a business. Business can naturally follow the rules of the business world and sign the contract in black and white. This is much simpler.

But unfortunately, he has undoubtedly only achieved half of this goal, so these days he is looking for various ways to achieve the other half.

"The director is almost here, you can go downstairs." Just when he had smoked countless cigarettes and the whole room was filled with smoke, the assistant knocked on the door and came in to announce.

"I understand, let's get over it." Zhang Yimou responded.

But instead of going out immediately, I opened the window in the room to let out the smell, and then changed my clothes. It was rude to go to a meeting with the smell of cigarette smoke all over my body. It was definitely too late to take a shower at this time, so I changed my clothes and then washed up.

After gargling my mouth and face, I looked less depressed and energetic than before.

The car that came down from upstairs to pick up the actors also arrived at the door of the hotel. Although the new play is ready to start shooting, it has not started yet. Today is the day for the cast and crew to get together.

After the roles were determined, the scripts were already given to these actors. The actors also thought about the scripts when they were preparing for filming. The purpose of gathering today is to let the actors get familiar with each other. After all, they will need to stay together for a long time in the future.

Don't be too isolated together.

So he put together this drama today, gathered all these big names to eat and drink, and then listened to their opinions and views on the characters. If there were no problems, he could choose a suitable date in the near future and hold a launching ceremony.

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The movie "Hero" has four leading actors, Jet Li is the protagonist, followed by Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and the current career girl Zhang Ziyi. Chen Daoming is very famous in the mainland for playing the role of the King of Qin, but this is a supporting role, and there is also a lot of scenes now

Donnie Yen is not very famous, but will be very popular in the future.

This cast is not unpowerful, especially Jet Li, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, who are very famous throughout Asia. Jet Li also has box office appeal in Hollywood, and Maggie Cheung is also famous abroad.

Jet Li's box-office appeal in Hollywood comes from the fact that in recent years, while Hainer has been jointly filming movies with Hollywood, he has also been importing his own movies with oriental characteristics to Hollywood.

For example, a movie was just released in Hollywood last month. Currently, the two most famous actors in Hollywood in China are Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Maggie Cheung's fame abroad is not accumulated through her works, but through her advertisements. As one of the artists signed by Haina, she is one of the actors who mainly introduces oriental elements to Hollywood.

Although Maggie Cheung has never found a movie role that suits her to become a blockbuster, she has also filmed many well-known advertisements for many big-name stars or football stars, and she is currently one of the most famous female stars in Hollywood in China.

The remaining ones, Tony Leung, have strong box office appeal in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Asia, Chen Daoming is the first-rate male artist in the mainland, and even Donnie Yen, who is not yet popular, has won many awards and starred in movies.

Therefore, these actors need acting skills, box office appeal and box office appeal, coupled with their own scripts. Zhang Yimou feels that even if this movie cannot make a lot of money, it can at least protect its capital and win a few awards abroad.

It's perfect.

Putting aside the troubled thoughts in his heart, Zhang Yimou tried his best to put a smile on his face, and then welcomed the arriving actors into the box one by one. He especially thanked Jet Li very much.

The reason why I am grateful to Jet Li is not because he is the most famous and the leading actor of this drama and has had the largest pay cut, but because during this period Jet Li was filming the movie "Cosmic Wanted" in the United States.

When he found the actor, Jet Li agreed and even reduced his salary. He held an actor's party here, and the actor took the trouble to fly back from the United States. This was not an ordinary support for him.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Without further words, I would like to propose a toast to you all. Thank you for your love for Mr. Zhang and your support for this drama." They walked into the box and took their seats.

When the food arrived, Zhang Yimou raised his glass first.

Whether he is an actor or a director these years, it can be said that he has been going smoothly without any major obstacles. It can be said that he has almost won international awards.

But he has always had a problem, that is, his movies are always good but not popular. Although not every one of them is a loss, at least they don't make much money.

So this time Hero invited so many actors to film, and he wanted to make a comeback in his heart. After all, there are only a few famous domestic directors, and other people's movies are selling well at the box office, but he has no money.

Being famous is more important for the movie to receive rave reviews, but it is really frustrating that it has no box office.

"You're very polite, director, it's our honor to make your movie." Several actors stood up quickly, picked up their wine glasses and drank down the wine in one gulp.

It can be said that directors and actors compliment each other, especially Zhang Yimou, a great director who can win international awards and is very popular with actors.

After all, when money reaches a certain level, reputation becomes very important. No one likes to be scolded all the time. It is the dream of all actors to win several international awards, and Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly the person who can help them realize their dreams.

"Don't be polite if you sit down or sit down. I'll have to trouble you all not to get so angry in the future." Zhang Yimou pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

"The director said not to get angry, but you are so polite. Isn't this because you are deliberately trying to get angry with us?" Maggie Cheung said with a smile.

Because she signed with Haina earlier, she speaks quite good Mandarin. Or perhaps since Haina’s rise, many Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have been working hard to practice their Mandarin.

"Haha, my fault, my fault, mainly because I was a little too excited to see all the big names." Zhang Yimou sat down with a smile and asked everyone to eat.

We all sat down to find a topic and started chatting together. It was at this time that we saw the character of the actor. Although Chen Daoming, who has an aristocratic temperament, doesn't speak much, he always talks to the point.

Donnie Yen seems a bit reserved, while Tony Leung is really a bit introverted, without the free-spirited handsomeness and humor that he had when he played the role in the movie.

Zhang Ziyi is the most popular girl of this generation, so she naturally has to help Zhang Yimou greet the guests, so she is very active. Jet Li is very relaxed, after all, coming to Yanjing is like returning to his hometown.

Maggie Cheung's performance surprised everyone except those who are familiar with her, because she is very open-minded and knows everything about the mainland. She feels like she is not a Hong Kong star, but a mainland star, and she is still the kind of news that is very popular.

A wide range of mainland stars.

This is undoubtedly related to her signing with Heiner. Although she has not shot many movies in recent years, she mainly focuses on shooting commercials in the United States.

But every year she takes one or two months to travel to the mainland, especially in Yanjing where she has to stay for about a month. Among the big names in Haina Company, who visits the company the most?

Maggie Cheung is definitely on the list. So sitting at the banquet table, she felt as comfortable as Jet Li, a native of Yanjing, and felt as relaxed as returning home.

After three rounds of drinks and five delicious dishes, even Tony Leung, who has a somewhat introverted personality, started talking more. The topics ranged from film shooting to the domestic film environment, as well as the development trends of international films, etc.

"Now everyone wants to break into Hollywood, and I also want to break into Hollywood. This is not only a question of box office, but also a question of influence in the world film industry.

But even though I want to break into Hollywood, Hollywood is much stronger than the current mainland film industry. I still want to say something to the mainland film industry.

Even though we have shortcomings like this, the environment is immature, and the policies are not relaxed enough. But we are developing very fast. One day, I don’t say that the Chinese film industry will definitely be better than Hollywood, but there will definitely be a large number of Hollywood films that want to be released in China.

,Profit is the most direct motivation." Zhang Yimou's face started to turn red.

The previous films that were always well-received but not well-received made him obviously have a deep reflection during this period, although he could not change the kind of literature and art in his heart and the things he wanted to shoot.

But this does not mean that he will not study how to make movies profitable, and the pressure of such a large production of "Hero" also forced him to understand and study how to make movies profitable.