As the old saying goes: “Plans cannot keep up with changes”!
Jiang Zhe finally realized this tonight.
Originally, he was thinking of boosting his commercial performance by the end of the year, but who could have imagined that he unexpectedly took on a drama.
And when he wanted to calm down and figure out the script, an unexpected news made Jiang Zhe unable to sit still again.
The next morning, Jiang Zhe, who had just received the script, immediately went out again before his butt was still hot.
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"Mouse, you didn't tell me that such a big thing happened, you don't take me seriously!"
To the east of the city, there is a large courtyard in Tangzi Hutong.
I saw Jiang Zhe yelling unceremoniously as soon as he entered the door, not treating himself as an outsider at all.
It seems that if he hadn't heard it from Huang Bo, Jiang Zhe wouldn't have known that Ning Hao's new film was about to be released.
No, strictly speaking, he didn't even know that Ning Hao's new movie had started filming.
After all, he has been so busy for more than a year that he has not even attended classes for a few days, and there is really no time for leisure and recreation.
Seeing this, Xing Na on the side smiled and served Jiang Zhe a cup of tea.
Ning Hao was a little embarrassed, and then he sighed helplessly:
"It's my fault, it's none of your business, so don't worry about it!"
"Oh? Tell me, it will make me happy!"
As he spoke, Jiang Zhe looked at Ning Hao with great interest, picked up the melon seeds on the table and started eating.
Don't be too arrogant with your fun-loving attitude, it immediately made Ning Hao laugh!
It's just that he also knows that Jiang Zhe is a fun-loving person, the kind that can't be saved.
So after glaring at Jiang Zhe speechlessly for a few times, he still complained in frustration.
"Oh~ I don't know which god I offended, but this time I'm really convinced!"
"...Damn it, it's so evil!"
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It is said that not only Jiang Zhe's career was developing rapidly last year, but Ning Hao was also not bad.
After filming the MV for Jiang Zhe, Ning Hao, who had collected enough money, started tinkering with movies again and made "Incense".
Although it was still a grassroots team, Ning Hao had to be a screenwriter, director, and photographer all by himself.
But this literary film, which cost only 40,000 yuan, gave Ning Hao huge returns.
This extremely cheap literary film was not only selected for the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, but also won the Best Film Award at the Tokyo FILMEX Film Festival and the "Asia Digital Competition" gold medal at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
It can be said that just the bonus income from the film festival has already made Ning Hao a fortune.
But for Ning Hao, the biggest significance of this movie is not monetary gain.
But he finally got his ticket to enter the film industry.
With the endorsement of the International Film Festival, at least Ning Hao will no longer be regarded as an advertising director when dealing with insiders.
After all, the identity of a filmmaker is not self-proclaimed and needs to be recognized by others.
It was precisely because of this that Ning Hao attracted 1.4 million investment from a factory owner who wanted to enter the film and television industry.
The project "Green Grass" has finally started filming!
By the way, at that time Jiang Zhe was still fooling around with Fan Bingbing on the set of "The Shadow"!
But then again, the filming process of "Green Grass" cannot be said to be an ups and downs, but it can definitely be said to be a life-threatening one!
First, a few days after starting production, a car accident occurred on the set.
At that time, Ning Hao was still looking for light on the set, and the car carrying actors on the other side accidentally rolled over into a deep ditch.
A child suffered a fractured hip and required 6 stitches on his head; an actress suffered a broken collarbone.
This forced Ning Hao to suspend filming and send the actors to the hospital while temporarily finding actors to take over.
And that day happened to be Ning Hao's 27th birthday!
That night in the hospital, he was thinking about how terrible his birthday was.
But Ning Hao didn't expect that the worst things were still to come!
Because the movie was shot on the border between China and Mongolia, there was no signal at all, and communication relied entirely on shouting.
Ning Hao had to buy a satellite phone, but it needed an antenna to use it.
So every time I take a long shot, I often see a funny scene:
The director first had to carefully tie an antenna to a fifteen- to six-meter-long bamboo pole. Then a group of people held the pole and looked for signals everywhere. Ning Hao followed the bamboo pole with a satellite phone.
But even so, something still went wrong later.
During the filming in Inner Mongolia half a month ago, the prop master set up a yurt 200 kilometers away from the station.
But due to the weather, Ning Hao decided to adjust the shooting plan temporarily and shoot the later scenes first.
Of course, it is normal for the crew to adjust plans temporarily.
But the embarrassing thing is that due to poor communication, the crew actually left behind this prop master - everyone thought that someone else had informed him.
So facing the green grassland with a radius of dozens of miles, the poor prop master could only rely on a few packets of instant noodles to maintain his strength and survive on the water handed to him by the passing sheepherders.
Seven or eight days later, when Ning Hao and the crew found the prop master with a look of shame on their faces.
This guy with dull eyes collapsed immediately:
"Director, I want to go home!"
Faced with such a situation, Ning Hao was too embarrassed to say anything and sent them on their way overnight.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if communication is inconvenient, it’s just a little troublesome at most.
But the large temperature difference between day and night in the grassland is very painful.
Not to mention that in order to save money, Ning Hao bought the thinnest canvas yurt.
Therefore, even though it was summer, the crew was still shivering from the cold at night.
So in order to get rid of the cold, Ning Hao had to learn from the herdsmen around the border to burn cow dung for warmth.
That is to say, put the cow dung in an iron bucket and hang it on the top of the yurt tent.
Not to mention, although this method does not smell good, the effect is quite good.
But whoever thinks that a bargain is a bargain, Ning Hao's yurt was actually set on fire in the middle of the night.
If Ning Hao hadn't been so worried that he fell asleep relatively lightly, he would have performed a heroic act on the spot!
Such continuous bad luck made many crew members a little scared.
Before the filming of the movie was finished, the crew began to run away one after another.
There is no way, the environment is bad, the money is little, and there are all kinds of accidents, no wonder others leave.
After all, everyone comes to work just to make money, not to risk their lives!
But even so, Ning Hao still persisted.
Due to shortage of manpower, he canceled the recording and hired a local primary school teacher to be the assistant director.
There were not enough technicians, so he began to wear multiple hats, working as a driver and production director, and also doing set work.
Under his leadership, the crew of "Green Grass" managed to survive.
It's just that Ning Hao was able to overcome the previous difficulties, but now he really couldn't survive this one.
Because just yesterday, Ning Hao received a call that the 1.4 million investment he had finally raised was suddenly reduced to 500,000.
If the 500,000 yuan had not been spent, I guess the investors would have gotten it back together!
As a result, the movie will naturally be unable to continue filming.
In fact, Ning Hao hurried back this time just to raise money.
He is already planning to fill it in with the 120,000 he used to buy a house.
What he didn't expect was that Jiang Zhe took a black plastic bag directly from Lao Ma and threw it on the table.
"You can take this little money first. If it's not enough, I'll take on a few more commercial performances!"
After saying that, Jiang Zhe glared at Ning Hao helplessly and complained:
"If you had told me earlier, it wouldn't matter if I took all the money from the movie."
"It's better now, it's all thrown on the house!"
You must know that Jiang Zhe has not accepted a commercial role for several months. If it were not for the salary from "The Shadow" and "Detective Detective Dee", he might not be able to get much money this time!
After that, before Ning Hao could reject Jiang Zhe, he patted his butt and left.
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On the way back, Lao Ma was silent for a long time and finally couldn't help but asked curiously:
"Boss, aren't you afraid that the 300,000 yuan will be lost? Artistic films don't make money!"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhe didn't care when he heard this. Instead, he smiled casually and said:
"It doesn't matter, I'm not investing in movies anyway!"
Seeing what he said, Lao Ma suddenly became more curious.
The addiction to gossip was immediately hooked, making me restless and even forgetting to turn on the lights when turning the car.
So for the sake of his own life, Jiang Zhe simply said directly:
"Lao Ma, I remember that we haven't received a movie script so far, right?"
Although Ma Chenggong didn't know why Jiang Zhe suddenly mentioned this, he still nodded.
"During this period, we have the most invitations to business performances and a lot of interview invitations."
"By the way, there are also some TV drama offers, but they are all supporting roles and the scripts are very average."
“As for movie shooting invitations, I haven’t received even one invitation so far!”
After hearing this, Jiang Zhe sighed helplessly.
This is why he is willing to spend money on Ning Hao.
Although Jiang Zhe has not been in the entertainment industry for a long time, he is no longer the ignorant extra performer he was a year ago.
Especially after being admitted to Nortel, Jiang Zhe gradually learned a lot of information that he had never been exposed to before.
For example, although the film and television industry seems open, it is actually quite feudal inside.
In the film and television industry, the film industry in particular is extremely closed!
Since the co-production between Hong Kong and the Mainland began in the 1990s, the film industry has actually been the territory of Hong Kong and Beijing in the past ten years.
Because at that time, the mainstream film resources in the Chinese film and television industry were basically in the hands of this group of people.
Their preferences were once the preferences of the Chinese film industry.
Although you can still see many state-owned film studio mission films in movie theaters, the impact of the two is vastly different.
Later, as Zhang Yimou's momentum grew, the Northwest Circle gained a place in Chinese-language films.
But even so, the door to the film industry is still very closed.
And this is why Wu Jing and Hu Jun wanted to enter the Hong Kong circle in the first place!
There is no way, they can't get along with the northwest circle, and the Beijing circle looks down on them. If they don't move to the Hong Kong circle, there will really be no movie production.
Of course, with their connections, it is not impossible if they really want to get into Beijing circles.
But the problem is that film production is too low these days, and there are not many film projects approved throughout the year.
So even if Hu Jun and others stay in the Beijing circle, they will only be peripheral at best. I don’t know when they want to play the leading role!
Jiang Zhe understood this and wanted to try to see if he could find a third option.
After all, whether it is to be a dog in the Beijing circle or a dog in the Hong Kong circle, it is not what Jiang Zhe wants.
Looking at the pedestrians coming and going outside the window, Jiang Zhe said with complicated eyes:
"Only new forces will bring new changes and new possibilities...and I will have a third choice!"
"This circle is too closed. Chinese-language movies need a breath of fresh air!"
As soon as he said this, Lao Ma fell silent.
I have to say that Jiang Zhe's idea does make some sense, but there is one thing I can't figure out.
"Boss, do you really believe in Ning Hao? He doesn't seem to have any outstanding works, right?"
But this time, Jiang Zhe just smiled softly and did not explain anything.
After all, being able to shoot a MV that surpasses the original version of the system is the best proof in Jiang Zhe's opinion.
If you don’t invest in such high-quality potential stocks in advance, do you have to wait for others to take off before dealing with them?
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