"Of course not."
The projects that the studio can approve have all gone through layers of review, and the quality is guaranteed. Basically, there are no bad scripts. The reason why she refused was simply because she didn't want to be too closely tied to the Beijing Studio.
Ji Ping's father had worked for the Beijing Film Studio since he was young. After decades of operation, he had accumulated a vast network of connections within the Beijing entertainment industry, and his connections were practically ubiquitous within the industry. Following in his father's footsteps, Ji Ping had also established himself firmly within the Beijing entertainment industry.
She is now Ji Ping's wife and the daughter-in-law of Ji Ping's father. People in the Beijing circle will naturally take care of her for the sake of Ji Ping and his father's face.
She may not feel anything now that everything is going smoothly for her, but she knows in her heart that once she divorces Ji Ping in the future, these connections that originally gave her convenience will instantly become sharp weapons that hurt her.
She had only appeared in a few films, and the only successful one was "Double Swallows". By then, no one would choose her over Ji Ping and his son.
By that time, she probably wouldn't be able to get any more roles from the Beijing studios. If there were no more roles to play, her acting career would be over.
Therefore, she had to extend her reach outwards and not be confined to the Beijing Film Studio.
Thinking of this, Zheng Wenjing raised her head, looked at Ji Ping, and said calmly: "The main reason is that I already have a play I want to take on, so I have to free up time for this drama. I really don't have time to take on other dramas."
"What kind of play do you want to take?" Ji Ping glanced at her with a frown and said, "It's not a play from our Beijing Studio, right?"
"No, it's from the Shanghai Film Studio," Zheng Wenjing said. "The subject matter is quite novel, and I'm quite interested in it. So I have to go to Shanghai in a few days."
"Wenjing, why did you suddenly take on a role outside? Isn't the Beijing Film Studio developing quite well?" Ji Ping's brows were almost twisted into the shape of a "川" character. Although he tried to speak gently, Zheng Wenjing still keenly heard a hint of hidden displeasure in his voice.
After acting for a long time, she is now particularly sensitive to capturing people's emotions.
Zheng Wenjing glanced at him and said, "I've taken on outside roles before. Have you forgotten? The play I filmed in Zhejiang Province was produced by the Changchun Film Studio."
"That's different," Ji Ping retorted immediately. "Changchun Film Studio and our Beijing Film Studio are sister units, with a lot of cooperation and exchange. The director of the play you starred in was originally from our Beijing Film Studio, but the competition here was fierce, so he went to Changchun Film Studio to get ahead. But in essence, he is still one of us. Shanghai Film Studio is different. Shanghai is a school of its own, and is almost in competition with our Beijing Film Studio."
"Only with competition can there be progress. Besides, this is just a secret rivalry between studios, and has nothing to do with the actors. Didn't Chen Nian, the sister next door, also act in a play produced by the Shanghai Studio before?"
Zheng Wenjing looked into Ji Ping's eyes and said seriously, "Ji Ping, I really like this play, so I must act in it. Don't try to stop me."
"Even if you try to stop me, I won't listen."
After hearing this, Ji Ping was silent for a while, then he slowly sighed and said, "Wen Jing, I'm just worried that you'll suffer."
"After all, the two studios are not on good terms. I'm worried that some extreme people will target you, exclude you, and make you feel bad."
Zheng Wenjing shook her head, her tone firm. "This doesn't matter to me. Where there are people, there are conflicts. No crew is completely harmonious; fighting and strife are inevitable. Anyway, as long as I perform well, no one can find any major faults with me. It won't be a problem."
"You've already made up your mind, right?" Ji Ping looked at Zheng Wenjing's determined gaze and said helplessly, "No matter what I say, you won't change your mind, right?"
Zheng Wenjing nodded heavily: "Yes. I have made up my mind. No matter what you say, I will obey."
"Then go ahead." Ji Ping knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he waved his hand helplessly and said, "Since you have made up your mind, I won't stop you. I can't stop you anyway. But if you come to Shanghai and encounter any problems, you must tell me. Even if I can't be by your side, I will find a way to help you solve it."
Zheng Wenjing smiled and nodded: "I know. Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, I can take care of myself. I went to Zhejiang Province and the Loess Plateau to film alone before, and it was fine."
Ji Ping was still a little worried and warned, "You're in Shanghai now, you're unfamiliar with the place, so be careful and don't let anyone bully you. Shanghai is so far away, and I don't know many of the actors at the Shanghai studios. I don't know their character. If the male lead you're acting with behaves inappropriately, don't tolerate it. Tell me and I'll find a way to teach him a lesson."
Zheng Wenjing was amused by his nervous reaction. "Look at what you're saying. We're all professional actors, so there's no reason to be unruly. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who can be manipulated. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Zheng Wenjing didn't say that the male lead in her new drama might be a mixed-race actor from Hong Kong.
After all, the Shanghai Film Studio and the Beijing Film Studio are in a competitive relationship. What if she tells Ji Ping, and Ji Ping doesn't protect her, and turns around and tells the leaders of the Beijing Film Studio, and the Beijing Film Studio follows suit and makes a similar play? What then?
So, this matter has to be kept safe.
Before the movie is released, let’s keep it secret and no one can reveal a word!
Seeing Zheng Wenjing's confidence, Ji Ping didn't say anything else and could only sigh silently in his heart.
Somehow, he always had a bad premonition in his heart.
If his previous wife was like a rose blooming in the courtyard, so that whenever he returned home, he could see her blooming in the courtyard, smiling quietly at him; then, his current wife gave him the feeling of a butterfly, a butterfly that could fly away at any time, more beautiful and freer.
A garden can trap the flowers that are taking root and growing, but it cannot trap the butterflies that yearn for freedom.
*****
In the second half of the year, Zheng Wenjing went to Shanghai twice.
The first time, she successfully obtained the entire script, signed a contract with the Shanghai Film Studio, and successfully finalized the performance. The second time, she also met the mixed-race actor from Hong Kong.
I have to say that Hong Kong actors are very different from mainland actors. Their appearance and temperament are completely different.
Special.
Although the filming has not yet begun, Zheng Wenjing has a hunch and firmly believes that this movie will be a hit and a huge success.
However, I don’t know if it’s because of the co-production between domestic and foreign parties, which involves many problems in coordination and communication among all parties, resulting in an unusually slow preparation speed for this drama. The team in Hong Kong has been unable to arrive for a long time, so that the originally scheduled start time has been delayed again and again.
Zheng Wenjing waited from autumn to winter, but what she finally received was the news that the filming was delayed again.
The director called long distance to explain, his tone filled with apology: "Comrade Wen Jing, I'm sorry to say this, but the lead actor broke his arm while filming in Hong Kong. It's only a fracture, but he'll need some time to recuperate before returning to work. So, the start of filming here will have to be postponed further. It will probably not start until the spring of next year."
"Comrade Wen Jing, because the filming start time has been delayed again and again, you haven't had any scenes to shoot during this period. I'm really sorry that you've been delayed for half a day."
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