Perfect Superstar

After staying at Lu Chen and Chen Fei'er's house for five days, Tian Tian left the capital and returned to Hangzhou.

When she came to Beijing, she came out to relax with the idea of ​​avoiding trouble, but when she returned, she had the dream of starting a business, and she was determined to start a career with great interest.

With Lu Chen's suggestion and Chen Fei'er's support, Tian Tian decided to open a media company in Hangzhou, mainly engaged in the production of variety shows and entertainment programs. The first project of the new company was "The Voice of China".

Lu Chen and Chen Fei'er each invested part of the funds and became shareholders of this media company.

On May 7th, the day before the opening ceremony of "Full House", Lu Chen, at the invitation of Chen Jianhao, went to visit the great director Zhang Wentian who was recuperating in Beijing.

Zhang Wentian is one of the representatives of the third generation of directors in China. He once directed two major dramas in the 1990s, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", both of which set records in TV ratings at that time.

This great director has also shot many period costume blockbusters, and is good at historical and military-themed films. He has won many awards and is a highly respected senior in the industry, enjoying a high reputation.

Last year, Zhang Wentian was preparing to shoot a historical blockbuster. At that time, Lu Chen met the great director through the introduction of Chen Jianhao. He won the other party's approval with the song "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" and also had a small supporting role.

However, time has passed, and now Lu Chen is no longer the young artist who just debuted, but Zhang Wentian's debut work has been slow, until recently there was a conflict with the management, which led to the abortion of the new film.

Zhang Wentian also fell ill and stayed in the hospital for a few days, and this incident caused a lot of trouble in the circle.

After being discharged from the hospital, the great director refused all media interviews and recuperated in his old house.

Chen Jianhao called Lu Chen and invited him to visit the old man together.

Of course Lu Chen didn't refuse.

Zhang Wentian's old house is located in the old city, and it is an independent courtyard house. This kind of residence has become an out-of-print existence in the capital, and the price is at least over 100 million, and there is no market for it.

When Chen Jianhao and Lu Chen came over, it was Qin Qing who opened the door for them.

Lu Chen hasn't seen this Jingyin's beauty for a while. Last year, he often went to Jingyin to listen to the class. From time to time, he could meet Qin Qing and chat for a while, but since he started filming TV dramas, Jingyin's Basically, I didn't go much, and now I can't spare time to charge.

So seeing Qin Qing, Lu Chen felt a little embarrassed, because his studies were considered halfway.

Qin Qing greeted the two of them generously, and then led them in to meet the old man.

The renovated courtyard has a simple and elegant taste everywhere, a few green bamboos are planted in the corners, and wicker chairs are placed on the grape arbors in the courtyard. Zhang Wentian is lying on the wicker chairs and drinking tea, with a guqin beside him.

An obese middle-aged man is making tea. The old man's complexion looks pretty good, his face is ruddy and he looks comfortable, and he seems to be carefree and leisurely.

Seeing Lu Chen and Chen Jianhao, Zhang Wentian didn't get up, nodded and said, "Sit down."

Of course, the two of them had made an appointment to visit. Now the old man is basically in retirement, not to mention refusing interviews from the media, even foreigners are rarely seen. Chen Jianhao is very honorable.

It was only now that Lu Chen found out that Chen Jianhao was somewhat related to Zhang Wentian, and he had worked in the latter's crew before, so he was able to stand in front of this great director.

"Director Zhang, how is your health recently?"

While greeting, Lu Chen put the gift he brought on the tea table.

Although the role of Zhang Wentian's new film was lost, Lu Chen couldn't come to visit empty-handed. What he brought was an authentic Korean wild ginseng, worth more than 100,000.

Zhang Wentian knew the goods, after a glance, he half-jokingly and half-seriously said: "Xiao Lu, you are slapping me in the face. I failed to accomplish what I promised you, and you still sent such a valuable thing."

Lu Chen couldn't laugh or cry: "Director Zhang, don't joke around with the junior, the junior can't stand it, I'm here today to see you, I really have no other purpose."

Zhang Wentian laughed, and said: "You probably don't like that small role now, the TV series starring in it are all hits in Korea, and they have earned a lot of face for domestic dramas, sit down!"

He accepted this gift for the sake of face.

Everyone in the industry knows that Zhang Wentian rarely accepts gifts from others, especially celebrities.

If the new film hadn't been aborted, he definitely wouldn't want Lu Chen's stuff, but now it doesn't matter.

Because it's just a matter of looking for an opportunity to repay Lu Chen's favor. With Zhang Wentian's status in the circle, it's really easy to help Lu Chen a little bit, and there is no problem of not being able to pay back.

This is the ethics of the older generation of filmmakers.

Lu Chen sat down and said modestly, "Director Zhang, I'm just lucky."

He didn't expect Zhang Wentian to pay attention to him.

"Luck is also part of strength..."

Zhang Wentian said with a sigh: "I don't have such good luck. Today's movie market... oh!"

This time, Zhang Wentian had a conflict with the investor on the issue of the new film. The main reason was this "market". The investor required his work to cater to the market. Not only did he modify the plot of the script without authorization, but he even interfered with the replacement of the main actors. It deprives the former of a large part of his power as a director.

Zhang Wentian is not the kind of person who sticks to the past, and he also recognizes the importance of the market. It is reasonable for investors to invest a lot and demand a return, but this behavior of treating him as a puppet makes him unacceptable.

If the two sides cannot reach a compromise, there is only an end.

Zhang Wentian was hit hard. He had high hopes for this movie, and he did a lot of work, but all his hard work was wasted because of problems with his ideas, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Nowadays, the domestic film market is getting bigger and bigger, and the box office scale is comparable to that of the United States. The huge profits have caused the mentality of practitioners to become increasingly impetuous. Everyone wants to make big money and fast money, ignoring the essence of movies.

What happened to Zhang Wentian was accidental and inevitable. According to some people, he "can't keep up with the times."

After recuperating at home for a few days, Zhang Wentian thought about it, and his thoughts on movies also faded.

He is very old now, he is not short of money or fame, it is almost the time of retirement, drinking tea and chatting with friends at home is the right way to take care of his life.

Just as Lu Chen sat down, the fat man next to him poured him a cup of hot tea.

Lu Chen hurriedly said, "Thank you."

He looked a little familiar with the other person, he seemed to have seen it somewhere, and he was definitely not someone unknown.

Zhang Wentian noticed Lu Chen's eyes, and said with a smile: "This is my student Wan Xiaoquan, you should have heard of it, he was just released from prison recently."

Wan Xiaoquan!

Lu Chen suddenly realized, no wonder he looked familiar, it turned out to be this one!

Wan Xiaoquan is also a director. He is regarded as the fifth-generation director in China. He graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film and Television Academy. The industry enjoys a certain prestige.

But he is best known for his bad temper.

Scolding actors, producers, screenwriters, investors... When Wan Xiaoquan makes movies, he always has topics to talk about. He often confronts the media, and his relationship with the media is very bad.

The evaluation of him in the circle is: he has talent and temper!

At the end of 2014, Wan Xiaoquan had a fierce conflict with the crew. He slapped the other party into a concussion and deafness in his left ear. In the end, he was sentenced to a year and a half for the crime of intentional injury despite losing money.

This is undoubtedly a big blow to Wan Xiaoquan. His wife divorced him, and the Directors Association removed him from his name, ruining his future!

The last time Wang Bin was arrested for smoking/drugs, someone on the blog jokingly said that "Prison Situation" has added another general to the lineup, and director Wan Xiaoquan was mentioned among them - he was still squatting in prison at that time!

However, compared with those celebrities who were arrested for smoking/drugs, whoring/prostitution, drunk/driving, people in the circle have a much better evaluation of Wan Xiaoquan, because his bad temper is not against people, and the one who is fanned by him The guy who slapped really deserved a beating, but he didn't expect such serious consequences.

Lu Chen has watched "Legend of the White Snake" by Wan Xiaoquan. This director is very capable and thoughtful in making this kind of monster film. He is very talented in the use of lenses and colors.

Lu Chen also saw the news about him being imprisoned, but he didn't expect that the protagonist in this story was sitting next to him.

He immediately stretched out his hand to Wan Xiaoquan and said, "Wan Dao, hello, nice to meet you!"

Wan Xiaoquan shook hands with Lu Chen, and said with a wry smile, "Don't call me Director Wan, I'm a prisoner now, and I probably won't be able to make movies in the future!"

There was a hint of bitterness in his expression, but his eyes were calm.

Obviously, this rough experience has taught him a lot of life lessons, and he has learned a lot.

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "Wan Dao, with your talent, you don't have to worry about not having a film..."

He took out his business card from his bag and handed it over with both hands: "My name is Lu Chen. I opened my own studio and I'm currently filming a TV series. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you."

Wan Xiaoquan took the business card and said shyly, "I don't have a business card, so I'll leave you a phone number."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Of course!"

He is currently making TV series, but his further goal is to make movies. The status of movies is not comparable to that of TV series. The market scale is even bigger and the influence is higher.

So Lu Chen is not talking politely to Wan Xiaoquan, maybe he will have a chance to cooperate with Wan Xiaoquan in the future.

He wrote down Wan Xiaoquan's contact information.

Zhang Wentian watched from the side, with a smile on his old face.

Lu Chen, a young man, is really good. There are few new generation stars like him in the circle.

Neither arrogant nor impetuous nor humble nor overbearing, he is experienced and talented, and has all kinds of advantages in one body.

Looking at Lu Chen, Director Zhang Da felt that he was really old.

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I have something to do at home today, so I came back very late, so please forgive me for only one update. (To be continued.)