The full-time male god of rebirth in the entertainment industry

Ji Jing was very patient. Zhu Jue's fitness program had just started when he came, and more than half an hour had passed by the time he roughly finished a set.

However, he didn't seem to care much about the waiting time. Seeing Zhu Jue sitting down in front of him, he also pointed out: "You haven't finished your fitness plan." Judging from this performance, he is not at all like a trump card manager who manages everything every day people.

Zhu Jue said briefly: "I will continue later, let me read the script first."

There are three scripts on the table, and Ji Jing introduced them: "This is a script that fits your current status, this is a script that requires you to work hard, and there is a script that only has a little intention and basically depends on luck." script."

Judging from the selection of scripts that an agent would provide to his rookie artists, the number of these scripts far exceeds the necessary number. Zhu Jue has to doubt that this is still a test question for him as an agent.

Ji Jing made sufficient preparations for prompting. The script he held in his hand not only contained the content of the general script, but also had tips that listed the producers, directors, and actors that had been decided so far.

He also flipped through a few scripts that required him to try his luck, but in the end he had no choice but to give up. Many of those scripts only confirmed a producer and a director—often all famous directors, and the fastest progress was only Only half of the crew has been confirmed, and judging from the scripts, none of these scripts are large-scale productions. Even if there are resources, the crew cannot officially start work without all the main actors, but it is often such scripts, actors The wrangling with the production team will be even more severe, such as salary, and even a clause in the contract can be negotiated for several days.

Zhu Jue couldn't afford to wait now, his joining couldn't shorten the preparation time, and spending such a long time waiting for a role that probably only had a small role was not worth the candle.

And the platter of those safe scripts was too small, so Zhu Jue flipped through it roughly, and if he didn't see any stories or characters that he liked, he could give up this pile.

His main energy was put on the stack of scripts that required his efforts.

Most of the crews for these scripts have already been set up and have entered the stage of casting. It is probably because Ji Jing is doing well. These scripts are sent to Zhu Jue to provide almost all male leads, and the lightest script was also given to him. A male second role.

You must know that although this stack of scripts is not as good as the stack of luck scripts, the plate is quite big compared to him, but the investment is relatively small.

He is just a fresh artist who "just debuted", and Ji Jing's ability can be seen by being able to win so many intentions for him.

Zhu Jue chooses very carefully, he will think about each script for a while before letting go.

During the whole process, Ji Jing didn't say a word until Zhu Jue put a script in front of him alone: ​​"You can try this one."

Ji Jing has read all the scripts here before, but it is not because of this that he knows what story the script is telling when he turns to the first page and sees the name.This script is the only script of the speculative crime type among all the scripts here.

Ji Jing commented: "In the past few years, there haven't been any outstanding reasoning films."

Zhu Jue naturally knew that, excluding this, even in the world where he lived before, there were only a handful of good mystery films in the past ten years.In the eyes of some people, this is a very strange thing. The audience of mystery films is not narrow - just look at the best-selling mystery novels on the market, and there are always so many mystery novels that are basically popular every year. In the field of reasoning and crime, the type of crime is also prosperous. There are many TV dramas that have been filmed for more than ten years.But in the field of movies, the situation is exactly the opposite. There are almost no traces of movie crimes among the movies that hit the box office every year. There are so many movies released, and there are so many movies of each genre for the audience to choose from in theaters. Only reasoning Crime, it's rare to find one, and they're more often than not shared with other genres, like horror.

However, in the eyes of more people, this is not a strange thing. If the reasoning crime is the main element, the test for the screenwriter is too great. It is different from other types of scripts. It’s good-looking, but it also needs to be logical and pay attention to the highlights. It needs to echo back and forth and be unconventional. You can’t let the audience guess the answer before the story is halfway through, but you can’t reverse it for the sake of reversal. Treat the audience like idiots.

The most important thing is that the audience may go to the cinema again and again to buy tickets for a love story, a heroic story, and an inspirational story, but if the story of the reasoning film is not good enough, many audiences enter the cinema once That's enough, anyway, they also know who the murderer is, don't they?

If you want to generate profits and keep generating box office, there are even more tests.

It’s good to have Changhong’s original work as the basis. If the screenwriter is asked to write one himself, it’s really difficult to write a good story.

The reason for Zhu Jue is also based on this: "This story is very good." He paused: "And I like watching mystery movies."

Ji Jing didn't speak, but looked through it carefully. This script could be selected by him and stored in the library. Naturally, it also has merits. His eyes slid over the director's name——Dong Yuanbai, he has directed several films with hundreds of millions of dollars. , If you count the overseas box office, all his films so far have made the producer a lot of money. This director is a rare overseas director. Huaguo's cultural and entertainment field has developed to the present, with the blessing of comprehensive national strength Under the circumstances, it is no longer the status that was overlooked by overseas countries in the past. The local cultural and entertainment industry has been on an equal footing with the West, and the two sides have already had good exchanges. There are still relatively few. Dong Yuanbai studied directing abroad, and his first few works were produced in the United States. The response to his works was very good. His works have always been famous for their exquisite stories. Most of his story scripts are He wrote it himself, and the background is not big. The smallest story only happened in one house from the beginning to the end, and every time he could exchange tens of millions of production investment for hundreds of millions of box office revenue. From this point of view, he is the kind of director that producers love so much.

The director chose well.

Every director has a different style. Not every director is willing to dig out actors and make actors look more brilliant. There are many directors who are only popular but not popular, and there are also many directors who change actors without affecting the story. Among these people, Dong Yuanbai, probably because of his style, relatively likes to hone actors. Many actors have acted in his plays, and their acting skills have been greatly improved.

Ji Jing read the script from beginning to end again, was silent for a while, and nodded in agreement: "However, I can't guarantee that you will definitely get this role. Several of them are also interested in this script, and they still need to audition later. You don't want to go out today, and I will ask the teacher to revise the course, you should familiarize yourself with the script first, and I will talk about the rest later."

Naturally, Zhu Jue would not object, and the two bid farewell politely as usual, leaving Zhu Jue alone in the room again.

Zhu Jue breathed a sigh of relief.

It has to be said that Ji Jing still puts a little pressure on him—his polite and reserved attitude is too obvious, so obvious that people want to chat with him enthusiastically, and the desire will be instantly dispelled.

Zhu Jue guessed that it was also because of Shen Yi.

It was Lin Zhengzhi who mentioned it to him last time, and he realized that if he hadn't performed well enough in the three episodes at the preview screening, or the film critics who came out afterwards would never have given him such gentle praise, just one Big D, he can ruin his acting career.

Li Zhen also implicitly hinted to him through Lin Zhengzhi that Big D and the others would come, and it was Shen Yi who personally handled the public relations, but Shen Yi hadn't learned how to tactfully approach others since childhood People are not very happy, so when they come, they look bad.

This time Ji Jing came to be his manager, and it was Shen Yi who made the decision.

Shen Yi is really as he said, has been helping him, but this help, he can't easily follow up...

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In the dimly lit room, the moving figure on the only lit curtain was paused, then rewound, and played again.

"Honey, you've been here for three hours."

The person sitting on the sofa took the cup of coffee handed over by the person, pinched the bridge of his nose, and temporarily drew his attention.

The visitor sat down on another sofa. She seemed to be nearly 40 years old, but the few silver threads mixed with her sideburns revealed a little real information. Her temperament was very good, and she was so elegant that she seemed to have traveled from another era. The lady, she glanced at the big curtain curiously and recognized him immediately: "Oh, I know him!"

The other person in the room looks very similar to her, with the same deep eye sockets, high nose bridge, and slightly delicate jawline. Although he has black hair, his eyes are blue, just like hers .

If someone who often pays attention to the film director is present, he can be recognized from this iconic appearance at a glance - Dong Yuanbai shows a soft smile: "I didn't know you still watch Huaguo TV series."

"Improve my Chinese level, you know." She waved her hand at Dong Yuanbai's compliment: "But this TV series is purely because I like it, my dear, he acted very well, but he soon It's a pity to die."

Dong Yuanbai responded vaguely, picked up the remote control and pressed the play button, the screen moved again, and the excellent sound effect perfectly presented the sound effect of the overwhelming thunder and the subsequent rain, the moon cleared, and the breeze out.

As Dong Yuanbai's mother, Luisa is very sensitive to her son's emotions. She thoughtfully looked at the character she liked on the screen together—Dong Yuanbai once again stayed on the picture of the senior brother. The moment the voice turned around, he said, "I remember that you don't like watching TV dramas very much, so, are you planning to make him your actor?"

Dong Yuanbai showed a little hesitation on a rare occasion: "Ji Jing recommended him to me, but I'm not sure yet, he's really good in acting..."

Just like what Ji Jing worried about when choosing the script before, Dong Yuanbai himself is also very cautious about the film he will direct next. Unlike many mystery films, the film he will act in does not have much excitement The corpse of the human heart, and there is no very treacherous crime method. This movie is his favorite taste. What he wants to describe is an easy-chair detective, but the easy-chair detective depends on a good story, but also depends on the performance of the detective. , is different from what is shown in the text in the book. If the real detective does not perform well, it will be too easy for the audience to play. He has seen some such movies, and he has followed his heart from the beginning to the end. The other joked about the plot himself - he definitely didn't want his movie to fall to such a point.

He has several lists in his hand, but because of the subject matter, none of them are first-line movie stars. The most popular at the box office is only an actor who played the male lead in a hero movie in the first half of the year. He just graduated from university. In a few years, the appearance is good, but a little immature, and the other one is refined and seasoned in acting, but he is too old. With such a balance, Zhu Jue is indeed the one with the highest comprehensive index in relative terms.

But he only has one work like "The Legend of Heroes", and his appearance time is not too long...

Luisa watched Zhu Jue's performance with appreciation. Although she is the director's mother, she is not a director after all. She could only pat her son's shoulder comfortingly: "Didn't you say that there will be an audition later? Why can't you come Decide at that time?"

Dong Yuanbai scratched his head in confusion, just when his cell phone rang, Luisa took the opportunity to take away his remote control, and directly returned the progress to the beginning, although she still watched every episode, but compared to the later ones, She still likes to watch the first three episodes the most, and it's really quite pleasant to watch with such a big curtain.

"...What did you say?" Hearing her son suddenly raise her voice, Luisa glanced curiously, saw her son mouthing her apologetically, and walked out the door with his mobile phone, she didn't care anymore up.

The door was not completely closed, but a few words still drifted in.

Dong Yuanbai's voice sounded extremely confused: "You said he would also come to act? Why?"

"It's illogical. Isn't Jian Yang going to America to audition? Why did he come to me?"