At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 880 Persuasion (24)

Actresses with a strong aura are actually at a disadvantage, because the heroines in ancient puppet shows and sweet dramas that are popular in later generations are all soft and sweet...

She can't do it, and her appearance is not perfect - she is not from a major, and her facial contours and facial features are not perfect compared to many girls in the acting department.

In the traditional sense, costume dramas have very high requirements for actors' appearance.

In addition, acting skills are just like that, and there is nothing irreplaceable...

It gradually became blurry...

Actually it's not bad, at least I have a role to play, and I'm not a legal person.

In this circle, as long as you stay at ease, abide by the law and have rules, good things will happen to you!
After watching a section, when the director finished shouting, Shen Xudong applauded: "What a great performance!"

"Who are you praising?"

"All praise..."

Zhang Yimou stood up: "Let me introduce..."

"I know them all..."

Having said that, Shen Xudong still bowed and greeted the actors...

They are all seniors!

"Return" crew, except for Zhang Huiwen, the others are drama-level...

No, there is also Li Chun.

……

Li Chun also made her debut in "Jinling No. 13 Hairpin", but she did not sign a new picture contract, so she did not have a relationship with Tianmei Media, but she has a good relationship with Liu Fendou...

Liu Fendou is the screenwriter of "Love Malatang" and the screenwriter of "Bathing". He later directed his own movie and made "Half Sea Water, Half Fire"...

Also belongs to the Beijing circle!
It's just that the reputation is not obvious.

Shen Xudong doesn't have a deep impression of her, he only knows that she has been taking on roles all the time, and the only character out of the circle seems to be Si Lili in "Celebrating More Than Years"...the other is Chen Sicheng's night party heroine...

And she looks so much like Wang Ou!
Shen Xudong only glanced at her a few times but did not make any contact - this time he came to visit the "Return" team, mainly to persuade Gong Li to take over the filming of "Three Kingdoms". Xudong did not have time to spread art.

At the end of the day's shooting, Xudong chatted with Zhang Yi for a while, and when he was about to leave, Zhang Yi suddenly asked: "...What do you think of Brother Wen's subject?"

"I can't talk about opinions," Shen Xudong said honestly: "I don't know much, and the audience knows even less... This subject is obviously non-mainstream..."

"Is it already non-mainstream?"

"Well...it's like no one has read the scar article now..."

"era?"

"Almost..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "What the mainstream film market now wants is good stories and the ability to type narratives!"

“When we went to college, we were taught about diluting narratives…”

"Normal..."

Throughout the 80s, whether it was teachers, students, or theoretical circles at the film school, everyone had the same goal, which was how to promote Chinese art and make Chinese films have some impact on the international community.Therefore, both the creative concepts and techniques of fifth-generation directors revolve around this center. The 80s was an era with very clear mainstream artistic opinions...

Films at that time were different from the current market-oriented film production, and film works were more about the presentation of art.

Against this background, the fifth-generation directors are more adept at discussing China's cultural spirit and national character in the grand narrative of Sinicization, conveying more of the collective will, symbolic, and moral in speculative film themes. Sexually intense…

Then came the sixth generation...

The sixth generation of directors is actually quite pitiful. When they made movies, they caught up with the end of the planned economy, the traditional production system of studios collapsed, it was difficult for art films to obtain investment, and their living space was greatly reduced.

This forced them to embark on the path of "underground" filmmaking with extremely limited expenses and a method that was close to "documentary".By participating in some famous foreign film festivals, they gain recognition from the international community and gradually find their place in the Chinese film market.

This distances the sixth-generation directors from ordinary movie audiences. Their works "see themselves, the world, but not all sentient beings. Ordinary audiences cannot even see their films."...

"Streaming media refers to a technology and process that compresses a series of multimedia data and sends the data in segments through the Internet to transmit audio and video in real time for viewing; the main technical feature of streaming media is streaming, which makes data It can be transported like running water..."

"In other words, it can directly provide users with audio and video services and billed audio and video and other audio and video content platforms through the Internet instead of telecom operators. Members can directly choose their favorite content on the platform for online browsing, realizing" Click to see."

"As long as you install the PPTV APP, register as a member, and pay 15 yuan a month, you can watch more than 6000 dramas!"

Shen Xudong took out his mobile phone and demonstrated PPTV...

Then Gong Li interrupted him: "Isn't this thing an online video platform...I also often use it to watch movies!"

"…Yes."

“Then why is it called streaming media?”

"Because we are going to make a self-produced drama... we need a new story!"

Gong Li was still a little surprised: "Why did you ask me to act in an online drama?"

"Because the drama "Three Kingdoms" is not only for the domestic market, I also hope that he can take PPTV to fight in Southeast Asia... It needs international superstars to join in!" Speaking of this, Shen Xudong continued: "The only thing I can think of is Zhang Ziyi except you... But you also know that I don’t like Zhang Ziyi!”

"My agency won't agree to it!"

Shen Xudong said confidently: "...I can offer a price of US$80 for a single episode!"

"$80 per episode...are you crazy?"

Gong Li was shocked...

If her price is US$80 per episode, then...the cost of this show is unimaginable!
"Don't worry, you will only have a role in the first season, and you will have a role in eight episodes at most..."

"8 episodes? How many episodes in the first season?"

"No more than ten episodes, each episode is about 60 to 70 minutes!"

"...Then how much money are you prepared to make the first one?"

Shen Xudong held out three fingers: "Stop talking about this number!"

"...Three hundred million..."

"Correct!"

"RMB?"

"Of course it's RMB. I'm not an idiot. How could I spend [-] million US dollars to make a TV series?"

Gong Li thought about it for a while, and then said: "...please show me the script first..."

Shen Xudong smiled awkwardly: "The script is still being written..."

"You come to me before the script is ready?"

Shen Xudong shrugged, picked up the apple on the table, and took a bite: "I have to convince you first, and then I can judge whether this project can continue... After all, according to the plan, at least it will take more than ten years... If you say nothing Take it, it saves me the trouble, in the worst case I won’t shoot!”

"Then tell me who you plan to find as director."

"Kong Sheng and Zhang Yongxin...actually the Shanying team, they were all recruited by me..."

"Is Kong Sheng Zhang Xinjian's apprentice?"

"You know him?"

"I have read Zhang Xinjian's "Confucius"..."

(End of this chapter)