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 besides, she's not very beautiful - she's not from a major, and her facial contours and proportions of 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, the acting is just like that, 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 behave yourself, 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?"

"They 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!

Except for Zhang Huiwen, the rest of the cast of "Return" are all drama stars...

No, there is also Li Chun.

…

Li Chun also made her debut in "The Thirteenth Hairpin", but she did not sign a contract for a new picture, 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 didn't have a deep impression of her. He only knew that she had been getting roles all the time, and the only role she had out of the industry seemed to be the manager in "Celebrating More Than Years"... The other one was Chen Sicheng's night club 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…”

"It's normal..."

Throughout the 1980s, 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 1980s was an era with very clear mainstream artistic opinions...

The films of that time were different from the current market-oriented film production. Film works were more mainly about the presentation of art.

In this context, the fifth generation of directors is better at exploring China's cultural spirit and national character in grand narratives of Chinese characteristics, conveying more of the collective will, symbolism, and meaning in film themes full of speculation. Sexually intense…

Then came the sixth generation…

The sixth generation directors are actually quite pitiful. When they were making movies, the planned economy ended, the traditional studio production system collapsed, art films found it difficult to obtain investment, and their living space was greatly compressed.

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 then sends the data in segments through the Internet to instantly transmit audio and video for viewing. The most important technical feature of streaming media is streaming transmission, 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" Just click and see.”

"As long as you install the PPTV APP, register as a member, and pay 15 yuan a month, you can watch more than 6,000 dramas!"

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

Then Gong Li interrupted him: "Isn't this an online video platform... I 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 series "Three Kingdoms" is not only for the domestic market, I also hope that he can take PPTV to conquer Southeast Asia...it needs international superstars to join!" Speaking of this, Shen Xudong continued: "The only one I can think of besides you is Zhang Ziyi... 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$800,000 for a single episode!"

"$800,000 per episode...are you crazy?"

Gong Li was shocked...

If her price is US$800,000 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..."

"right!"

"RMB?"

"Of course it's RMB. I'm not an idiot. How could I spend 300 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, it will take more than ten years at least... 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 hired by me..."

"Is Kong Sheng Zhang Xinjian's apprentice?"

"You know him?"

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