Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 966 Sufficient Preparation

In the remaining week, Zhang Zhong met with these five directors one by one, of course separately.

After meeting several directors, Zhang Zhong still felt that Xi Jin was the most suitable for shooting "Sophie's World".

When they met for the second time, Xi Jin also acted very special.

He directly took out a stack of texts and told Zhang Chong that this was some of his feelings after reading "Sophie's World".

When Zhang Zhong received the stack of texts, his expression was a little surprised, because the texts were not thin, probably tens of thousands of words.

After reading a book with tens of thousands of words, Xi Jin is really not an ordinary person.

After Zhang Zhong read these "feelings after reading", he realized that it was not just a feeling after reading. The first half of Xi Jin simply wrote about his feelings about the book "Sophie's World" from the perspective of a reader.

As for the second half, it was obviously just written in the past few days. The main content is that he viewed "Sophie's World" from the perspective of a director, including suggestions for the script and problems that may be encountered during the shooting process. come out.

Such sufficient preparation made Xi Jin stand out from the other directors at once.

So much so that Zhang Zhong didn't even want to find a few more directors to screen, and directly decided on Xi Jin.

Zhang Chong made the decision on Friday that Xi Jin would be the director of "Sophie's World". On Saturday, the official website of [-] announced the news.

As soon as the news came out, it became a hot topic.

Xi Jin, who was in Jiangyang and hadn't returned home yet, was very moved when he saw the overwhelming news on the Internet about his going to direct "Sophie's World" in the hotel.

In fact, he has just won the Best Director Award at the Wind and Rain Film Festival, which is quite a good award, but there is not much news about his award on the Internet, and the popularity of today's news is not the same as today's news.

This is top-level traffic. I only got a little bit of Zhang Zhong to get such exposure. No wonder actors and directors in the film and television industry all sharpen their heads and want to get to know Zhang Zhong, because the benefits are obvious.

Xi Jin was of course very happy that the movie became popular before it was shot.

But at the same time, he also felt tremendous pressure. He knew how many people were paying attention now, and how many people would abuse him if he didn't make the movie well.

Traffic is a double-edged sword, and it still depends on whether you can fight this battle well.

In fact, before coming to Jiangyang, Xi Jin was still a little worried.

It's not that I'm worried that I won't be able to fall into Zhang Zhong's eyes, but I'm worried that if I am selected by Zhang Zhong to be the director, Zhang Zhong will not give himself power in the end.

He likes the feeling of being the top leader in the theater. If he can, he would like to be a producer, a producer, and he has the final say on everything.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhong didn't restrict him, and even the actors hardly intervened. The only actor Zhang Zhong chose himself was Zhao Xinyue.

And Zhao Xinyue happens to be one of Xi Jin's favorite actors.

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Leaving the matter of the movie to Xi Jin, Zhang Zhong put aside the matter of the movie for the time being.

On the second weekend, Zhang Zhong took Xu Yuhan and Pengpeng to Yanjing again.

This time the old couple didn't come. Hu Huifang was tired from class this week and wanted to rest at home on the weekend, while Zhang Xingjun went out for a spring outing with the old buddies from the Photography Association.

The reason why I am going to Yanjing this week is to attend the art group gathering that Wu Ziyun mentioned earlier.

The art group's meeting started on Sunday morning, and Zhang Zhong and the others arrived on Saturday afternoon.

Originally coming to Yanjing, Zhang Zhong and the others were going to have a good rest in the villa, to recharge their spirits and attend the art group gathering tomorrow.

But I don't know where Yu Dongyu and the others heard the news that Zhang Zhong and the others were coming to Yanjing, clamoring to come over for a drink.

This time Hu Huifang didn't come, so Zhang Zhong directly booked a table in the hotel in the community.

There were quite a few people who came this time, besides Yu Dongyu, Zhuangyu and the four of them, Wang Kewang and Lin Wenyuan also came.

Zhang Zhong was most surprised when Lin Wenyuan came over.

Because the few times between them were at Wang Meng's house except for the previous academic conference at Yenching University.

The two of them can only be regarded as ordinary friends.

It's been a long time since we saw each other, but Lin Wenyuan is not as energetic as he was back then, and is beginning to show his old age.

Seeing Zhang Zhong, he smiled and said, "If you want to disturb me, I hope Principal Zhang doesn't mind."

"Just call me Zhang Zhong. Why do you need to see Mr. Lin? I'm too happy to be here, so why would I mind? But I want to ask the others, since Mr. Lin is coming, why didn't you say hello in advance? It’s better to prepare.” Zhang Zhong said.

Zhuang Yu said with a smile, "I was afraid that you would make preparations, so I didn't tell you in advance. Don't worry. Although Lao Lin has a weird temper, he is definitely not a stingy person."

Lin Wenyuan pursed his lips and said, "When did I ever have a weird temper?"

"If you want to ask me when your temper is not weird, it's easier for me to answer." Zhuang Yu laughed.

Yu Dongyu looked at Zhang Chong and said with a smile, "Why don't you ask why we knew you came to Yanjing?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head and said, "When you called me at first, I was indeed a little suspicious, but after thinking about it carefully, I am afraid that apart from Wu Ziyun, no one else can tell you this news."

Liu Yuan said with a smile, "You're only half right."

"What does it mean to be half right? If you are right, you are right, and if you are wrong, you are wrong. How is this half calculated?" Zhang Zhong asked curiously.

"We did know about your coming from Wu Ziyun, but we didn't ask directly from him. I happened to meet a friend from Central America two days ago, and I learned that there was a party in the art group of Central America this weekend. , I kept this in my heart. Later, I called Wu Ziyun and asked him if Pengpeng would come to this party, and he told me that Pengpeng would come, so we knew you were back too. .So we say you only guessed half right." Wang Yi explained to Zhang Chong with a smile.

Zhang Zhong touched his forehead helplessly, "If you want to know whether I will come to Beijing or not, just call me directly. Why do you have to go around such a big circle? Can I still hide it from you?"

"It's boring to ask you directly like this, and now it's a surprise for you to attack like this." Yu Dongyu laughed and said, "And didn't you take the initiative to tell us?"

"Isn't it because I have something to do, otherwise why would I not contact you."

Wang Kewang said, "Actually, I'm also to blame. I knew you were coming to Yanjing, so I came here to see you. After all, I didn't go to Jiangyang last time."

(End of this chapter)