After that day's interview, Liu Yifei was picked up by Liu Xiaoli, and Shao Shuaijun stayed on the crew of "On the Road" for two more days, and then flew to the capital. Zhang Yimou had already called and asked Shao Shuaijun to join the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".
Let’s start with the selection of the heroine.
Today, Shao Shuaijun's fame has become extraordinary. In order to win over Shao Shuaijun, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping generously offered 5% of the box office share. They only required Shao Shuaijun to be the screenwriter of the movie and participate in the casting work. 5%
The share is a bit high for screenwriters. Even if it is a big name, Er Zhang may think that a literary film will not have a high box office, so it doesn't matter if he pays more.
Shao Shuaijun could only snicker. This is a movie that broke the box office record of literary and artistic films, with a box office of more than 100 million. Even if the box office shrinks a few years in advance, the box office will still be at least tens of millions, and every cent will not be low.
The number is one million, so I gladly accepted the invitation.
Another reason is that Shao Shuaijun wants to promote the early screening of "Love at the Hawthorn Tree". At that time, Amy will no longer write the real original work, and there will be no drama about Li Gui colliding with Li Kui.
Zhang Weiping personally picked him up at the airport. He is Zhang Yimou's old partner. Together they opened New Picture Film Company and invested exclusively in Zhang Yimou's movies. One became the director and the other the producer, and they have collaborated on many popular movies, such as
"Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".
At the New Picture Company, Shao Shuaijun met Zhang Yimou and other crew members. After everyone was polite, they got down to business and discussed the choice of the heroine. The other roles were easy to choose, but the heroine was difficult to choose. After all, the heroine was too pure and too pure.
He is young and has a perfect image.
Assistant director Zang Qiwu first proposed a candidate: "Director Zhang, Director Shao, I think Sun Li is good. An Xin in "Jade Guanyin" was played very well. She is a piece of rough jade and can play the role of Jingqiu."
"Xiao Shao, what do you think?" Zhang Yimou asked.
Shao Shuaijun thought about the role in the movie and shook his head: "Sun Li has great potential, but she always feels a little more fierce and less tactful." Perhaps it is the influence of the future "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Shao Shuaijun always feels that Sun Li
A little harsher.
"What about Li Xiaolu?" asked Fu Lulu, another assistant director.
Zhang Yimou shook his head: "No, no, my eyes are too big, it feels like an abstract painting, and I can't portray Jingqiu's youthfulness, tranquil purity."
"Where's Gao Yuanyuan?"
"The film "Eternal Heaven and Sword of the Dragon" from the year before last ruined her image, which was inappropriate."
"What about Liu Yifei?" Shao Shuaijun asked.
Zhang Yimou frowned again: "The temperament is very close. The key is that Liu Yifei's acting skills are too stiff, and he was educated in the United States, so he can't reflect the atmosphere of the 1970s. If Ziyi could be ten years younger, I really hope she would play Jingqiu
This role. Alas, it’s hard to find little beauties nowadays. There are a few images that fit the mold, but as a result, the private life is a mess. I feel awkward looking at it. Let alone the audience, can you tell me what’s going on?”
"Maybe beauties don't marry handsome men, so they don't train the next generation properly," Zang Qiwu said with a smile.
Soon, Dong Jie was a little shorter and Huang Shengyi was a little more foreign. These two more suitable people were eliminated again. Shao Shuaijun also felt a little troubled. Lao Mouzi was indeed a picky person, and he wanted to introduce the original version.
Zhou Dongyu was born, but now Zhou Dongyu is only fourteen years old, and his words are wrong.
Suddenly, thinking of someone, Shao Shuaijun said: "Director Zhang, everyone, what do you think of Zhang Jingchu?"
"Zhang Jingchu? Are you talking about the little girl in "Peacock"?" Zang Qiwu's eyes lit up.
Speaking of Zhang Jingchu, she is really suitable for the role of Jingqiu. She was born in an ordinary worker's family in a mountainous area. She graduated from the Department of Directing of Chinese Opera. She attracted attention at the Berlin Film Festival this year with "Peacock", with her quiet and gentle temperament.
, very charming, and is called another girl with international star potential after Zhang Ziyi.
At that moment, Zhang Yimou asked someone to bring in the video tape of "Peacock". Everyone watched Zhang Jingchu's performance together. After watching it for almost half an hour, Zhang Yimou decided: "Jingqiu is her!"
After settling on Jingqiu's candidate, the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was considered alive. Shao Shuaijun did not stay. Li Xiuxiu sent a message from Japan and asked him to go there in person. The negotiations there were at a deadlock, and many things required Shao Shuaijun.
Nodding. When he was going to Japan, Shao Shuaijun had to find someone who knew Japanese to accompany him. He originally planned to ask Ma Hu to help contact the students at the School of Foreign Languages, but who knew that Ma Hu volunteered. He had studied in Japan back then and was very familiar with Japan.
At that moment, the two people went to Japan. In Tokyo, they went to the headquarters of AVEX with the people who came to pick them up. AVEX is the future AVEX Group, but the current translation of AVEX in Greater China is "Aihui". It has not yet
Changed to iBex.
Many people are not familiar with AVEX, but one of the artists under this company is definitely familiar to them. This is the pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki, the most successful female singer in Japan. Of course, there is another one who should be familiar with her, Namie Amuro.
As early as 2002, AVEX began to get involved in the music of Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, in recent years, the music industry has become increasingly sluggish, and AVEX began to plan to enter mainland China.
At the headquarters of AVEX, Shao Shuaijun met several key figures in this negotiation, Wang Jinhua, the flower sister, Wu Kebo, the boss of Modu Zhihong, and Ryuji Araki, senior director and international director of AVEX.
Shao Shuaijun has no good impression of the Japanese, and he is even more disgusted with the Japanese group's entry into the mainland market. However, Shao Shuaijun cannot stop the establishment of Dengtian Entertainment. His current purpose is to intervene in film and television projects and cut off AVEX's tentacles from film and television.
break.
As for music, Shao Shuaijun has no choice but to pay attention to it.
It was just a meeting on the first day, and there was no substantive discussion. Araki Ryuji was a little concerned about Shao Shuaijun's intervention and acted very coldly. Wu Kebo, on the other hand, showed great welcome to Shao Shuaijun. If possible, he did not want the new
The company is monopolized by Japanese funds.
Wu Kebo worked hard in Japan in his early years, and he is most famous for leading Tetsuya Komuro into the music market, earning himself a considerable fortune, which can be worth hundreds of millions.
"Director Shao, I watched "Source Code" and it was really good. When a new company is established in the future, we will have to rely more on talented people like Director Shao."
"Don't be a great person. If we cooperate, we will make a lot of money." Shao Shuaijun chuckled. Li Xiuxiu had already revealed that Wu Kebo didn't need to talk about anything else. As long as money was mentioned, there would be endless topics to talk about. Typical
speculator.
"That's it, that's it. In China, who doesn't know that Director Shao is a cash cow. With just a few movies, you can make a lot of money. If Director Shao wants to join the negotiation, I definitely support it with both hands. I also really hope that Director Shao can intervene.
Among them, otherwise I would have become a migrant worker for Ai Hui with my little assets."
"Mr. Wu is being humble. How about, Sister Hua, the three of us come to discuss it first? Compared to Ai Hui, we are all weak, but when we unite and occupy the home court, Ai Hui can't get any favors."
"It's just what I wanted. Let's go, Sister Hua, Director Shao, Mr. Li, and Director Ma (sloppy). I know a good restaurant in Tokyo. Let's chat while we eat."