I'm just an actor

It is too difficult to find an honest director who makes commercial films.

Therefore, the box office of Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown" series is booming.

Don't care about Mr. Chen's character, he just tells stories honestly, how to make the audience happy.

This is really a rare quality in a director.

"Do you want to find a director who doesn't carry private goods and doesn't pretend to be forceful to make movies honestly?" Mo Xiangwan asked.

Yue Guan nodded.

"Wang Jing."

"Wang Jing is not good, he is not good at shooting this kind of subject matter."

"Then who else can?"

"There is a person, I have an appointment with him to meet tomorrow."

Chapter 359 The most suitable director for special effects blockbusters

Chapter 359 The director who is most suitable for making blockbuster special effects movies [3340 monthly ticket plus update]

In fact, if Zhang Yimou agreed to give up the final editing rights, he would indeed be Yue Guan's first choice.

His popularity and appeal are still number one among directors. With Yue Guan helping him make up for the flaws in the script, coupled with enough investment and special effects production, it should not be difficult for "Fengshen Series" to explode.

But Zhang Yimou was unwilling.

Yueguan didn't force it either.

Because he has options.

And before the national teacher took the initiative to contact him, that person was Yueguan's first choice.

It was only because of the great reputation of the national teacher that Yue Guan met the national teacher first.

But in fact, from the very beginning, Yue Guan estimated that it would be difficult for him and the National Teacher to reach a cooperation.

Great directors have their own pride, and it is unrealistic to expect the national teacher to be as obedient as Wang Jing.

But Yueguan really can't believe the national teacher's record in blockbuster movies, and it's unrealistic for him to hand over control.

So, he didn't hold out much hope.

Zhang Min is still a little pity, because Zhang Yimou is the director who is best at praising actors, especially actresses.

If she acted in Zhang Yimou's movie, she would be a girl named Mou.

Think Gong Huang and International Chapter.

Domestic actresses, few people can refuse the call of the National Teacher film.

"Yue Guan, if Zhang Yimou is allowed to shoot, there is a high possibility of winning the prize." Zhang Min reminded.

Yue Guan smiled: "If I want to win an award, I don't need to rely on Zhang Yimou. And "Fengshen Series", I don't need the director to have too many personal subjective ideas, just shoot the content written in the script honestly." Enough is enough, the more ideas the director has, the uglier it will be."

For commercial blockbusters, directors are most taboo to mix values.

It is enough to have a good-looking story and a special effect that amazes the audience.

But the bigger the director, the less satisfied he is.

"Yue Guan, this is very contradictory. You also hope that the director can have a strong ability to control the crew, and you also hope that the director can not have too many personal subjective ideas. Besides Wang Jing, is there any other director like this in our country?"

"There are still some, but there are really not many."

Yue Guan was also not sure if the director he had his eyes on could do it or not.

If it doesn't work, then he can only look for a new director.

Fortunately, it turned out that he was right.

The next day.

It was still the meeting room of Miracle Company.

Yueguan met Wu Ershan.

This name is not particularly famous in the minds of movie fans. It is far behind Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, and it is not as good as the rising star Ning Hao.

However, in the eyes of Yue Guan, Wu Ershan's control over commercial blockbusters with special effects can be regarded as the first in China, especially magic themes.

This is a director whose works are more famous than others. Such a director is very rare in today's era.

"Guard Wu, nice to meet you."

Yue Guan was very enthusiastic.

But Wu Ershan was a little embarrassed.

There are no secrets in the industry.

It's no secret that Zhang Yimou came into contact with Miracle Company and wanted to get his hands on the position of director of "Fengshen Series".

Even though he thinks highly of himself, compared with Zhang Yimou, he will not be arrogant enough to think that he is better than Zhang Yimou.

So Wu Ershan was very worried that Yueguan would say "sorry" next.

To his relief, this fear did not materialize.

"I have watched all three of director Wu's films, "Sword and Sword Smile", "Painted Skin 2", and "Looking for the Dragon", step by step, the investment is getting bigger and better, and the special effects are getting better and better. The progress is visible to the naked eye. Especially "Xunlong Jue", with the investment of "Xunlong Jue", the quality of "Xunlong Jue" can be achieved with that money. Among domestic directors, director Wu should be No.1. "

Yueguan's praise made Wu Ershan very guilty.

"Mr. Yue is too polite. I only made three films, and I can't be called No.1."

"Although only three films have been made, I am very optimistic about the strength of Ukrainian directors. There are many domestic directors who can make good police and gangster films, many directors who can make good literary films, and many directors who can make good comedy films. But in my eyes, a director who can make a heavy industrial blockbuster with a large investment and a large production represents the hope of domestic films, and director Wu, you are a rare director in China who can make a heavy industrial blockbuster with a large investment and a large production."

Yue Guan's words not only shocked Wu Ershan, but even Mo Xiangwan and Zhang Min who were listening looked at him in surprise.

No one expected Yueguan to value Wu Ershan so much.

Wu Ershan hurriedly said modestly: "Mr. Yue, you are really too well-known."

Yue Guan shook his head: "I'm serious. Police, gangster, literary and comedy films, no matter how well done they are, they will not be able to make fundamental progress in domestic films, nor will they be able to compete with Hollywood's commercial blockbusters. Only heavy industrial blockbusters can compete with heavy industrial blockbusters, and only when heavy industrial blockbusters are made well can domestic films make fundamental progress, unfortunately, there are too few domestic directors who can make such heavy industrial blockbusters well."

Yue Guan was not flattering Wu Ershan, he was talking about the status quo.

The upper limit of comedies, police and gangster films has a ceiling, and you can't expect them to compete with Hollywood's special effects blockbusters.

But the rise of sci-fi blockbusters like "The Wandering Earth" will give the audience hope.

Because it represents hope.

Only magic can defeat magic.

Only blockbusters can compete with blockbusters.

Compared with Ning Hao, who was licked by the entertainment protagonists of Dian Niang, Yue Guan actually valued Wu Ershan more.

Ning Hao is good at limited themes and patterns, and is an excellent director of genre films, but he is not good at making big-budget movies. The sci-fi movie "Crazy Alien" made by him is actually quite awkward, and it did not meet expectations.

And Wu Ershan is a rare director in China who can restrain his desire for self-expression, spend all his money on the cutting edge, and concentrate on tinkering with commercial special effects blockbusters.

If he can achieve success, it will actually be more meaningful than Ning Hao's success.

However, Wu Ershan's production is too low. There are only three films under his name, "Sword of Sword", "Painted Skin 2" and "Looking for the Dragon", and then he went to plan "Fengshen".

This is a matter of the previous life.

How Wu Ershan's "Fengshen" was filmed, Yue Guan has not seen the answer in his previous life, but in this life he has no chance to plan it himself.

Miracle Company established the project "Fengshen", other companies will definitely not fight against Miracle Company, that is courting death.

Yue Guan simply pulled Wu Ershan over.

From the perspective of historical performance, each of Wu Ershan's three films made money. "Painted Skin 2" also set a box office record for domestic films at the time, and "Looking for the Dragon" was also the pinnacle of domestic heavy industry films at that time.

For now, at least he hasn't failed yet.

Trustworthy for now.

One of Wu Ershan's problems is actually that he can't tell the story well, which is very similar to the national teacher.

But joining Yueguan's "Fengshen Series" project, he doesn't need to worry about this issue.

"Director Wu, we've already passed the gas before we should talk about it. Do you want to join this project? Let's work together to make a real fairy tale blockbuster."

Wu Ershan smiled: "This is my honor."

Chapter 360 True Love

Wu Ershan directly signed the contract with Mo Xiangwan.

Yue Guan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Wu Ershan's position is not as high as that of the National Normal University.

Wu Ershan didn't ask too much for the things that the national teacher asked for, which gave them a basis for cooperation.

Seeing Yueguan so nervous and Wu Ershan, Zhang Min was very surprised: "Yueguan, you seem to value him very much? I don't think you are so nervous about the national teacher."

"The peak of the national teacher has passed, I don't know if his peak has come yet." Yue Guan said.

"As powerful as you said?" Zhang Min remained skeptical: "It feels like he doesn't have a high sense of presence in the industry."

"It's really not high. Wu Ershan is a director whose popularity is far greater than his own. But the more he is this kind of person, the more reassuring he is. "Painted Skin 2" and "Looking for the Dragon" are actually not considered from the current point of view. It is particularly excellent, but in those years, it was definitely a milestone work."

"Is it such an exaggeration?"

"For ordinary audiences, it's not that exaggerated. But for a commercial special effects blockbuster with big investment and big production, this kind of director needs to be in charge. What's even more rare is that he doesn't pretend to be forceful. These days, he can control himself not to pretend Forceful directors are rarer than giant pandas."

Both of them were filming "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Wu Ershan and Lu Chuan basically had the same subject matter at the same time, and the things they filmed were very different.

Wu Ershan honestly makes his own movies, but Lu Chuan insists on adding some of his own insights and cognition, so the audience voted with their feet, making Lu Chuan a joke.

For art workers, it is very important to learn to restrain themselves and do subtraction, but often the more successful and famous people are, the less they will restrain themselves.

Wuer Shanhui.

This is what Yueguan valued him.

In fact, Yue Guan's desire to control is not too strong, he just wants the final decision-making power, and he basically doesn't care about the operation of the crew, big and small matters.

The director's authority will not be disturbed just because of his existence. When he worked with Wang Jing before, Yue Guan never denied Wang Jing's face in the crew.

So this time Yueguan didn't intend to cut Wu Ershan's power.

To choose him as the director, of course we have to delegate power to him.

As long as the movie doesn't deviate from the right track, he has the final say on the crew theoretically.

In the choice of actors, Wu Ershan also has a certain decision-making power.

Yueguan did a good job.

After Wu Ershan signed the contract, Yue Guan invited Wu Ershan to have a meal, and then directly said to Wu Ershan: "Director Wu, some actors have been confirmed for "Fengshen Series", but they are basically unimportant. Supporting roles. For some roles with more roles, at present, I just draw up a list, and your opinion shall prevail as to who to choose."

Wu Ershan was surprised.

He thought he was just a puppet, and this time he came here to get gold plating and gain experience. Even so, he was very willing to gain this experience for a blockbuster movie with an investment of [-] million.

He didn't expect Yueguan to give him such great authority.

"Do you really want me to choose?" Wu Ershan asked a little more.

He was afraid that Yueguan was pretending to be polite.

But really not.

Yue Guan smiled lightly and said, "Director Wu, don't think that I want to control too much. Amin testified that when I worked with Wang Jing before, Director Wang had the final say on the crew. I just control the final In terms of general direction, the director is No.99 in 1% of the situations on the set, and I understand the rules."

Zhang Min nodded: "Wu Dao, what Yue Guan said is true, you don't have to be polite to him."

Wu Ershan believed it.

There is really no need for Yue Guan and Zhang Min to form a group to lie to him.

Wu Ershan thought about the script of the first part of the "Fengshen" series, and then said: "From the plot of the first part, the roles of Jiang Ziya, Shen Gongbao, Ji Fa, and Su Daji are not many, and they really shine. It is the second and third volumes that stand out, and the key characters in the first volume are Di Xin, Tiandi, Xianmen sect master, Queen Jiang, and Xibohou Jichang."

Yue Guan nodded: "Indeed."

Wu Ershan took a look at Yue Guan and Zhang Min, and said, "It's already decided that you will play Di Xin and Tiandi, and Miss Jiang and Empress Zhang will play. What about the master of Xianmen and Xibo Hou Jichang? Has anyone chosen?"