"Although the conditions are somewhat difficult, you've already made inquiries. Director An is just like that. I've turned down all your future announcements. They will only drain your fame. Without any real work, you'll sooner or later disappear from the industry."
After Wang Wenjie's agent learned that the incident had been approved, he immediately told Wang Wenjie the other party's conditions.
An Jingzhi required all the actors involved in the incident to live and eat with the villagers in the local area for one month.
Although these people have good acting skills, they don't have the simple temperament of rural people of that time. An Jingzhi certainly wouldn't ask them to learn how to farm. He just wanted their acting to not be empty, so he made this additional requirement.
Fortunately, the actors he chose were all unknown little-known actors. The most famous one, Wang Wenjie, was also an out-of-date actor.
Most people agreed without much thought after hearing the requirements during the audition.
Among them, Wang Wenji is relatively famous, but that was only in the past.
Nowadays, this person is almost unknown in the entertainment industry.
Wang Wenji agreed without waiting for his agent to persuade him.
"I know what's good for me. I finally have a role to play this time. Don't worry," he nodded to his agent and said, "I will cooperate with you."
"Is there nothing wrong with the company?" He was going to waste a month experiencing life, and the company would lose his source of commercial performances.
The agent said, "Don't worry. Once you star in Director An's film, your fame will definitely increase, which will only benefit the company."
After finishing the rest of the itinerary, Wang Wenji carried his luggage and brought his assistant to Xiaoan Village.
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After a month of living here, these once glamorous little stars have become dusty and have integrated into rural life.
If you pick any one of them out at random, I’m afraid even their agent wouldn’t be able to recognize that this rustic guy is one of their actors.
An Jingzhi was very satisfied with this renovation.
The filming officially started after three days of preparation.
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After "Nineteen Seventy-Eight" was released, An Jingzhi sent it abroad to participate in the Golden Tiger Award selection.
After waiting for three months, I finally heard the news that the movie "1978" was shortlisted.
When the news reached China, An Jingzhi was still in the crew and knew nothing about it.
Xu Siming was the first to get the news and immediately started shouting on the set.
"Ah! We won a prize! Hahaha! We won a prize!"
Everyone looked at him in shock.
An Jingzhi usually seems easy to talk to, but if anyone causes trouble on the crew or disobeys orders, no matter who they are, they will be scolded by him.
This month, even Wen Suya, who was recommended by Hu Chengming, was scolded by An Jingzhi several times and was almost becoming autistic.
"Shut up."
Obviously, An Jingzhi's warning did not calm Xu Siming's excitement.
He picked up his phone, found the one with the viral buzzer, clicked on it, and handed it directly to An Jingzhi, "Look, look! Our movie has been nominated for the Golden Tiger Award!"
"When did you secretly send the movie over? How come I didn't even know about it?!"
"Check your backend mailbox, you must have received an invitation."
Unlike Xu Siming's excitement, An Jingzhi was mentally prepared for this. It would be best if he could get it, but if he couldn't, it didn't matter.
He glanced at it calmly, "Have you finished your filming assignment? What time is it now?"
"Aren't you happy? Aren't you surprised? Aren't you shocked? Aren't you delighted?"
Xu Siming asked several questions in a row as if he was looking at a monster.
The other actors in the same crew couldn't help but take out their phones to check.
As expected, I saw the news that "1978" was shortlisted for the Golden Tiger Award.
The entire crew was buzzing with discussion.
If the director wins the award, the actors who work with An Jingzhi will also benefit from it!
Everyone's face was filled with surprise and astonishment.
Even Wen Suya looked surprised.
An Jingzhi saw that everyone's mind was no longer here, so he gave them five minutes to discuss.
He checked his watch and when the time was up, he said loudly, "Do you know what time it is?"
Everyone immediately stopped discussing, looked at his expressionless face, and belatedly hid their phones.
"Let's forget about the special circumstances just now. From now on, I hope everyone will focus all their attention on the performance."
"Now I'm just nominated. Even if I win the award, if your acting is rubbish, the audience won't approve!"
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The crew's discussion was quickly suppressed by An Jingzhi.
But the discussion outside is getting bigger and bigger.
Those who wanted to invest but were rejected by An Jingzhi are now regretting it to the core.
An Jingzhi was not unwilling to accept investment from others, but he did not want others to not only invest but also to send actors, or even interfere in the affairs of the crew.
Fortunately, although he has achievements, he is not indispensable. When those people saw that An Jingzhi was unwilling, they stopped talking.
After receiving the news, Hu Chengming informed Dou Songhua immediately. He knew that his teacher was very optimistic about An Jingzhi.
Facts have indeed proved that the teacher was right.
After hanging up the phone, many people came to the office to ask Dou Songhua for news.
Dou Songhua was the first teacher to come into contact with An Jingzhi and was also grateful to An Jingzhi.
There is no shortage of great directors in the school who can produce both critically acclaimed and box-office hits.
But a graduate of a photography department, who made a critically acclaimed and box-office hit with a small budget, and was even nominated for the Golden Tiger Award, a well-known foreign award, there are only a handful of such talents in their school, not to mention in the country. Which one of them is not a great director?
"This is the Golden Tiger Award," an elderly professor with half-gray hair lamented. "Don't they like art films over there? I don't think this movie is really art, so how did it get nominated?"
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