I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 228 The big deal is that they are all sold!

"Why have you gained weight again?"

Seeing Fan Bayi who came from China, Wan Qingshan's first sentence made Fan Bayi roll his eyes.

"Director Wan, you said before that you wanted me to be the number one female lead, so of course I trained hard.

But then you said that the movie project was suspended, so I couldn't wait forever. I also wanted to take on the movie and make money.

Once I get busy taking on roles, I don’t have time to practice. Now that you suddenly informed me that I’m coming for an interview, I don’t have time to prepare. "

Wan Qingshan was a little embarrassed. He originally thought that "Fire" would be a Chinese-language film, so he asked Fan Bayi to train early.

But things changed later, which caused him to suspend "Fire" and later decided to treat it as a Hollywood movie, but he forgot to notify Fan Bayi again.

"The movie won't start shooting until November, so you'd better exercise more during this time."

"I understand, don't worry, Director Wan."

Then, Fan Bayi asked Yang Siwei, who had come with her from China, to go away. She slightly bent her eyes and asked with a smile, "Director Wan, I heard that Zhou Xun, Li Bailian, Xu Jinglei, and Zhang Ziyi are all coming for interviews. Are they auditioning for supporting actresses in your movie?"

Wan Qingshan couldn't help but roll his eyes, "They are here to interview the female lead. Also, where did you get the news that Zhang Ziyi will also come for the interview?"

After Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo returned to China, they began preparations to announce the new movie they would invest in Wanqingshan. Then, in order to expand their influence in the industry, they revealed to the industry that they had the right to recommend actors for Wanqingshan's new movie.

Then, Wan Qingshan received a lot of calls, including Zhang Ziyi, who was in a reputation crisis six months ago because of the Pomo Gate.

Tang Jianli's words made Wan Qingshan start to restrain himself, so even though he didn't want Zhang Ziyi to come for the interview, he still agreed to let her come for the interview.

Even Xu Jinglei and Wan Qingshan agreed to let her come for the interview. It was just a walk-through process anyway.

Fan Bayi was a little disappointed. If Zhou Xun and the others came to interview for supporting roles, it would be a matter of seconds. She would be the heroine and they would compete for supporting roles. It would feel like,,,, she could go back and find someone to hype her up. She is an actress of the same generation. No .1.

"There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. Zhang Ziyi came to the interview and it was already exposed.

Your new movie is still a Hollywood movie, but it involves all the stars in the country. Even the supporting roles are very attractive.

Nowadays, the media in China are conducting a poll on who will star in your movie. "Fan Bayi said with a smile.

Wan Qingshan frowned immediately. It would not be good to make such a big noise in the country.

After thinking about it in his mind, Wan Qingshan sighed in his heart, there was nothing he could do about it, Hollywood movies were just so attractive.

The next day, interviews for "Fire" began.

The first people to interview were actresses. Because actresses were not open to interviews in Hollywood, all the interviewees were domestic female stars.

"Fire", Wan Qingshan is both the director and producer, and he made all the decisions about the actors, so the process went very smoothly.

After interviewing the leading female lead, Wan Qingshan began interviewing the supporting actress.

Because the female lead in "Red Flame" will be played by a Chinese actor, there are no Hollywood stars coming for interviews. They can't accept being paired with Chinese female stars, so they are all now unknown starlets who come for interviews.

But halfway through the interview, Liu Yifei, who had been banned by Huayi for more than a year, walked in, looking much more mature.

"Director Wan, I'm here to interview Ati."

A trace of surprise flashed in Wan Qingshan's eyes. He had previously promised Jiang Zhiqiang to give Liu Yifei an interview opportunity, so when he called Wang Zhongjun and the others, he also called Jiang Zhiqiang.

But he hadn't seen Liu Yifei come to interview for the female lead before. It was just a process anyway, so he didn't think much about it. No matter what the reason was for not coming, he never expected Liu Yifei to interview for the supporting actress.

Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said directly, "You act an extremely angry expression."

Compared with her interview for "Unfamiliar Love" a few years ago, Liu Yifei has matured a lot.

But she just looks a lot more mature. She is not like she was before. She had to watch Liu Xiaoli for the interview, and she started to act after brewing her emotions.

When it comes to acting, Wan Qingshan also clearly feels that she has matured a lot, unlike before, where she just treated it as an ordinary job.

However, his talent is still not enough. Even if he acts with his heart, Wan Qingshan feels that it is still not enough.

Not to mention Liu Yifei's temperament is not in line with the role. The angry expression and emotional outburst in this performance are very embarrassing. It can't be called overt and intense, and it can't be called restrained.

All in all, I felt that her acting was very bland and very difficult.

When Wan Qingshan was about to say to let her go back and wait for the interview results, Liu Yifei with a sincere face spoke first.

"Director Wan, I really hope to star in your movie, not because it can increase my fame, but because I hope I can hone my acting skills under you."

Wan Qingshan frowned slightly. It is very troublesome to hone the acting skills of an actor, and A Ti is not an easy supporting role. If "Fire" is completed, A Ti will become the same as the female lead "original member" in the future. Starring in the movie.

However, Jiang Zhiqiang needs to be given some face. After all, it will all depend on Jiang Zhiqiang to prevent Universal from doing accounting in the future.

After Wan Qingshan was silent for a moment, he said, "I can't give you this role right away, but I can keep it for you.

Within two months, you cannot accept any activities, and you must follow my requirements to experience the role.

If you satisfy me after two months, I will give you this role. "

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Liu Yifei immediately bent down excitedly to thank, "I do, Director Wan, thank you for giving me the opportunity."

Wan Qingshan nodded and let Liu Yifei go out first.

The supporting female role was left to Liu Yifei for the time being, but Wan Qingshan was in trouble later when she was auditioning for the male lead.

The leading male role attracted a lot of people, and many second-tier male stars came to interview, and there were even two top stars from the first to second tier.

"Fire" is a very simple commercial blockbuster with special effects. You don't need to have very good acting skills to play the male lead 'La Gerald', and all the celebrities who came to audition can do it.

For the sake of box office, one should choose one of those two, but these two came to interview for this movie because they knew that no A-list stars would come to interview for this movie. They came to interview to increase their own salary. The bidding price was higher than their market price, reaching the salary of an A-list star - US$2000 million.

Calling out A-list star salaries means knowing that "Fire" cannot attract A-list stars, but in order to ensure box office, it can only use them.

Wan Qingshan wanted to use it, but was unwilling to raise the price for them.

After Wan Qingshan struggled for a while, he thought that they used "Fire" to raise the price, which showed that they did not take the movie to heart, let alone him as a director. Maybe something would happen during the acting.

So, he decided to interview Tom Hiddleston, who was not very famous at the moment, and would be the "Loki" in the future.

When choosing the leading male role, star appeal is not considered, and the rest of the supporting roles are even simpler. They just need to have good acting skills and average pay.

After the casting was decided, Wan Qingshan approached Liu Yifei, who was still staying in Los Angeles after the interview.

"After you go back, find a remote small city to live for two months. Excluding accommodation, you can only use 500 yuan per month. You have to cook and buy things by yourself. In short, you have to learn to act like a normal young person. People live life.

Also, you should chat more with local elderly people and learn more about their previous lives.

I won't watch what you do, but after two months, your changes will let me see how you spent these two months. "

Liu Yifei quickly promised, "Director Wan, I will stick to it strictly and won't slack off."

"Let me make it clear to you first. You can't put on makeup or skin care for these two months. You have to put down your celebrity life and be like an ordinary person who is busy with life. If it is more convenient, you can try to find an ordinary job and do two jobs. moon."

Liu Yifei immediately hesitated. There was no problem with her work, but if she didn't take care of her skin for two months, if she wasn't careful, she wouldn't be able to make up for it later. The sacrifice would be too great.

"Your best condition is your temperament, which can help you play roles like Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu well, but your temperament also limits your development.

You can't play a role with delicate emotions, and even if the character's emotions change slightly, it will be difficult for you to play it well.

This is not just a matter of your acting skills, but also your temperament, which will make the audience feel out of place no matter how they look at it, and your acting skills cannot reach the point where you can break through the limitations of your own temperament.

If you continue like this, as you get older, your acting career will be very embarrassing.

If you want to be a real actor and rely on your acting skills to make a living, but if you don't want to be 40 years old and still have to play girls, the only way is to break your temperament and hone your acting skills. "

Liu Yifei hesitated for a moment, then said with an embarrassed look, "Director Wan, can I think about it, after all, skin,..." "No problem, I'll give you three days to think about it."

"Thank you."

It took three days to think about it, but it didn't even take three days. Liu Yifei gave her answer the next day - she agreed.

Wan Qingshan was a little surprised and couldn't accept it, so he thought it was normal. After all, women pay great attention to appearance. No matter how busy Chen Yumo was, she would spend an hour on her skin every day and go to a beauty salon twice a week. Secondary skin care.

Chen Yumo cares so much about it. An actor like Liu Yifei, who relies entirely on his appearance to make a living, will not do anything that is even remotely dangerous to his appearance.

If you can't afford good looks and your acting skills haven't been honed, you'll be in big trouble.

Not many people dared to risk themselves like this. Wan Qingshan was surprised by Liu Yifei's courage, but he didn't think about giving Liu Yifei any preferential treatment because of her courage.

Courage is something that almost everyone at the highland construction site has, but it’s not like no one gives them any preferential treatment.

He gave Liu Yifei a chance because of Jiang Zhiqiang's sake.

It doesn't matter to him whether Liu Yifei accepts it or not.

After the actors were confirmed, Wan Qingshan began to discuss the special effects of "Fire" with Sony Pictures Special Effects Company.

Most of the scenes in "Fire" require special effects. This kind of shooting is very comfortable for the director.

There are many special effects, which means that there are many scenes shot in the green studio. For Wan Qingshan, who can experience the characters and feel the scenes in his dreams, it will be very comfortable for him to shoot. He does not need to change the venue, just sit on the director's chair and will Just film the changes in the character's expression in your mind.

However, there are many special effects. In addition to being a little difficult for the actors to get into the scene, the special effects production is very time-consuming.

For special effects blockbusters, the special effects team usually comes in during the early preparations. They will mark the differences in special effects according to the script, and will also produce conceptual effects and atmosphere renderings for the director's reference.

Then after filming starts, the special effects team has to follow, and they even have the right to make suggestions on some shots, because not every director understands special effects.

Wan Qingshan didn't understand special effects. Some shots were inconvenient for special effects, so the special effects company had to tell him.

Therefore, for special effects blockbusters, the director and the special effects team will have been discussing for a long time.

It was a bit busy to be busy with the special effects, but also had to keep an eye on the crew's preparations. Wan Qingshan was prepared to be busy until the filming of the movie.

But at the end of September, Han Sanping called and said there would be a meeting in a few days and asked him to attend by name.

Wanqingshan now has no water chestnuts at all, it is just a circle. Unlike before, when I found excuses not to participate even though I was free, this time I was busy, but I still agreed.

That afternoon, Wan Qingshan flew back to China. After staying in Shenzhen for two days, he flew to Beijing to attend the meeting.

Wan Qingshan arrived a little late. When he entered the conference room, it was almost full.

The arrival of Wan Qingshan surprised Jia Hui, Zeng Maojun and others.

The domestic media is even more crazy about Wan Qingshan's new movie than the Hollywood media.

Because Wan Qingshan has not announced the cast yet and only knows that the female lead is a domestic actress, the domestic media can make up whatever topics they want.
Today it is reported that Zhang Ziyi is likely to star, tomorrow it is reported that Zeng Li may star, and the day after tomorrow it is reported that Xu Jinglei may star,,,, in short, all famous female stars have been reported.

The news has been going on for too long. Everyone who sells vegetables on the roadside knows that Wanqingshan is preparing a new movie, let alone those in the industry.

They were surprised. Isn't Wanqingshan preparing a new movie?He actually came back to China to attend the meeting at this time.

"Director Wan, thank you for giving Liu Yifei a chance."

Wan Qingshan and Wang Changtian said hello and found a place with fewer people to sit down.

Jiang Zhiqiang stood up and walked over. After sitting down next to Wanqingshan, he thanked him in a low voice.

"Haha, Mr. Jiang, I still have to give you some face."

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled, and then continued to ask in a low voice, "Director Wan, when will the filming of the movie start? I'd better prepare people here and send more people there.

When the movie starts shooting, I'm afraid that the few people I've arranged before won't be enough. "

Wan Qingshan thought for a while and replied, "The filming will probably start at the end of October, and people can be sent there in mid-October."

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded slightly, and then, just when he was about to ask you to take care of Liu Yifei, Han Sanping and his party came in.

This time, only one person came, and Wan Qingshan had no impression of this person.

Although not everyone in Wanqingshan knows those people, most of them have met in person, and even if they don't know each other, they still have some vague impressions.

But Wan Qingshan has no impression of this person at all.

Wan Qingshan suddenly thought of the sudden change in policies and drastic changes in personnel, and a possibility suddenly occurred to his mind, that there might be a new batch.

“I hope that everyone will further deepen our cooperation and work together to expand the influence of Chinese-language film and television overseas.

Director Wan, you are developing in Hollywood now. You could use more support in this regard.

Although Zhang Ziyi, Zeng Li and others have become famous internationally, they are still not enough. You need more help from other artists. "

As soon as he spoke, people like Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo looked shocked, while most of the people on Yang Shoucheng's side had proud smiles in their eyes.

Wan Qingshan suddenly felt angry. He had done nothing in the past six months, but he didn't expect that he would be treated with this attitude.

Wan Qingshan was about to retort, but he suddenly thought, was this the influence of other people, or was it the fault of Yang Shoucheng and the others?
This is worth pondering!

Before making sure, it's best not to stick to it.

So, he suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile, "Yes, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"No more, don't you have the right to decide your new movie? We can take advantage of your new movie to strengthen cooperation."

Han Sanping's expression suddenly changed, and he actually forced himself on Wan Qingshan!

If he had known this was the case, he should not have accepted the task of inviting Wan Qingshan to attend the meeting.

"Zhao,,"

When Han Sanping was about to speak to calm down, Wan Qingshan stood up with a gloomy face.

Even if he could endure it, he wouldn't just be a coward. At worst, I would sell the entire company, give up all my domestic career, go to Hollywood to develop, make movies, buy some stocks and become a rich man without a career.

“If you want to cooperate, it’s easy, just come up with [-] million, no, [-] million US dollars.

If you are willing to contribute funds, I, Wan Qingshan, am willing to support the cooperation without any director fees.

But with such a large amount of money invested in my film, I have to be responsible for my money. "

After saying that, Wan Qingshan ignored the man whose face turned dark and continued,

"I'm just a director. There are some things that I simply can't participate in. I'm leaving first."

Wang Zhongjun and others' pupils shrank slightly. If they didn't come to the meeting, that would be fine, but if they came and left again, it would be a slap in the face.

Although this is a bit too much, people have to bow their heads under the roof, and their jobs have to be provided by others!
Wan Qingshan is so stubborn. Is he relying on the people behind him, or...?

Amid everyone's surprise, Wan Qingshan walked directly outside.

"Qingshan!"

Han Sanping shouted quickly and then chased out.

After Han Sanping chased him out, the man calmed down his gloomy expression and said with a smile,
"Since Director Wan won't participate, let him, let's talk about how to deepen cooperation."

(End of this chapter)