Boss Wei attaches great importance to the movie "Wushuang".
He also has a little selfish desire, which is to see if he can win an award with this drama.
In the past few years, Wei Yang has also starred in many movies, with brilliant box office data and excellent commercial performance, but there is really no outstanding performance in terms of honors.
Not to mention the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Image Awards, the best performing film in the mainland's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards was the debut film "Famous".
It was nominated for several awards, but only won a few minor prizes, the most important of which was the Best Screenplay. Fan Xiaopang, who was expected to win an award, returned empty-handed.
Fan Xiaopang won the Best Actress award for "Time Raiders", but one was from the College Student Film Festival and the other was from the Huading Awards.
Please note that it is the Huading Award, not the Huabiao Award. The latter can be considered one of the three major film awards in mainland China. The former is not a fake award, but it is just that.
Such an award is not as good as the best, but better than the worst, but it is still a long way from being a real best actress.
Not to mention "Detective Chinatown", which has already started to register for some film awards, but Wei Yang is not optimistic.
Even though this movie is the champion in film history, the subject matter is a comedy, which puts it at a great disadvantage in competing for awards. It will probably receive a lot of nominations, but the chances of winning are hard to say.
The same is true for "Operation Mekong", a purely commercial action film. Even if it is nominated for an award, the action and behind-the-scenes features are more likely to win awards.
A small change is that the main theme may receive some attention, but it is hard to say whether it will be useful.
In comparison, a literary drama like "Wushuang" which focuses more on quality and tests the actors' acting skills has a better chance of winning honors than the above-mentioned films.
Wei Yang is not obsessed with winning the Best Actor award, but he also does not want the films he makes to only have box office success but no honors. Wouldn't it be better to have both? And not being obsessed does not mean not wanting it.
However, when the crew really started filming, Wei Yang's mind calmed down a lot because he discovered a cruel reality.
If you want to win an award with "Wushuang", you must first get past Wang Zhiwen, who plays the "Memories" painter.
Lao Wang's acting skills and aura are not to be underestimated, and they are particularly suitable for the role of a painter, which means that Wei Yang has to be very alert when acting with him. Otherwise, let alone competing for the Best Actor award, he might even be suppressed by Wang Zhiwen in the movie.
This is not an exaggeration. In the original version of "Wushuang", Aaron Kwok performed very well, but he was still somewhat suppressed by Chow Yun-fat.
On the one hand, there is a gap in strength between the two sides. Although Chow Yun-fat has also been criticized in various ways, when he gets serious, his acting skills are absolutely amazing.
On the other hand, in the plot in the memories, in order to get rid of the crime, the male protagonist deliberately emphasized the painter.
He is not only the boss and leader of the male protagonist, with a strong and domineering personality, but also shrewd and ruthless. The male protagonist is "cowardly and kind", which leads to various passiveness. The one is strong and the other is weak, which naturally makes Chow Yun-fat appear more powerful.
Wei Yang is now in the same predicament as King Guo.
In the double disadvantageous situation of being inferior in strength and suppressed by the plot, I tried my best to play the character well so as not to be made to have no sense of existence.
But for the sake of the plot, he cannot steal the limelight, because the male protagonist needs to be "cowardly" and "low-key" in the plot, so that the subsequent reversal will be more shocking.
This made Wei Yang's performance even more difficult. He spent days thinking about how to act and finally passed Wang Zhiwen's test.
In the suburbs, a Bentley parked on the shore
Today's film is about "Memories". The male protagonist has achieved nothing and is hurt by his girlfriend, so he chooses to cooperate with Wang Zhiwen who has been recruiting him. He thought he was just making fake paintings, but it turned out that he wanted him to make counterfeit money.
The two men came to the shore and rehearsed a scene. Wei Yang always felt that something was missing, so he pulled Wang Zhiwen to discuss it with the director.
"It's still not powerful enough, maybe add some details?"
The director suggested: "How about a cigar? Just casually say how much a cigar costs to stimulate the male lead."
Wei Yang immediately shook his head: "This is too low."
Wang Zhiwen also disagrees: "The painter in Li Wen's eyes is a reflection of his subconscious mind, proud and elegant. This kind of trick is not acceptable."
"Yes, the communication between the two has always been an art, talking about philosophy such as changing life. Directly showing off wealth is abrupt and lowers the level."
Wei Yang rejected the director's idea, but was somewhat interested in the cigar suggestion.
"It does make sense that Mr. Wang lights a cigar, and then adds some details to the cigar and lighter, subtly showing off his wealth, so that Li Wen can take a peek. When the movie is released, people who know the business will see it."
Wang Zhiwen nodded. It was not that showing off wealth was forbidden, but it should not be so vulgar. In fact and logic, if a "painter" wanted to recruit a male lead, he naturally had to show his strength. Otherwise, if he only talked about it, who knew what his future would be like.
Driving a Bentley and wearing decent and high-end clothes are actually a kind of hint that if I am doing well, you can also do well with me.
The hero is aloof but not stupid. As a top imitator, he has a strong ability of observation and these details can be fed back to him as information.
Adding some details now can make the scene fuller, which is a good thing for the movie.
"Tell the assistant director to buy some now, something high-end. Pay special attention. Don't buy a new lighter. It's better to buy one from ten years ago. The cigars should also be older."
Wei Yang explained that there were many wealthy people in Shenzhen and these requests were not difficult to meet. After thinking about it, Wei Yang called his bodyguard again.
Since the crew was closer, the bodyguard came over first and Wei Yang took a watch box from his phone.
"I have two watches that meet the requirements. This one is more stable. Teacher Wang, please give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll find someone to adjust it."
If it were Shanghai, Boss Wei could have someone bring a suitcase over to pick out watches, but now in Shenzhen, Wei Yang can only make do with it and consider looking for brands to cooperate with in Shenzhen later.
Wang Zhiwen took the watch box, opened it and was dazzled by the sight. The strap was silver-gray and the watch body was the same color, but it looked a little darker. The surface was white and the engravings and hands were dark gold. It looked generous, simple and elegant.
"Rolex, this watch is nice."
Although Wang Zhiwen is a veteran actor, he is actually a famous player. His reputation in the circle was not much inferior to that of Boss Wei, and he even married a rich woman at the age of 42.
He has a carefree personality and is not short of money, so he is naturally willing to spend time on having fun. He is especially good at golf, and he is probably better at cars and watches than Wei Yang.
"Teacher Wang likes it and plays with it."
"No, no, no, a gentleman does not take away what others love."
Wang Zhiwen refused repeatedly, but he really liked the watch. He glanced at it several times and couldn't help asking the price.
"More than 80? Or more than 100? I forgot. I'll ask my assistant later."
Wei Yang was a little surprised. He was not pretending. He just bought a lot of things on a normal basis.
Especially watches, although he doesn't like them particularly, he does have a small preference. In addition to buying them himself, many people also like to buy him watches as gifts.
For example, on birthdays, some women can't think of any good gifts, so they just give watches. There are also many luxury brands that we cooperate with, and they usually give small gifts if the cooperation is pleasant. But he is a man, so the suitable gifts he can give are limited, and a decent watch cannot go wrong.
For various reasons, the watches Boss Wei has collected fill up several large drawers.
He doesn't look at the brand or the price, he only looks at whether the appearance meets his taste. There are so many watches that it is impossible for him to remember them all.
Wang Zhiwen: “…”
For old players like them, what they are most annoyed about sometimes are people like Wei Yang, who is not very good at playing, but is damn rich.
They don’t care about parameters, materials, feelings, performance, cost-effectiveness, etc. If you like it, you spend money on it, if you like it, you play with it, if you don’t like it, you take it back and let it gather dust.
This kind of rough operation makes the players feel deeply ashamed, but they can't help but envy and hate it.
Wang Zhiwen's income is not low, and he has a wealthy wife. The couple has a net worth of several hundred million.
You can afford a million-level watch, but you should also consider it carefully, especially if you value value retention and are interested in being able to buy and sell. In addition to being a hobby, a watch is also a hidden investment.
He is nothing like Wei Yang, who buys watches like buying vegetables. He doesn't care whether it maintains its value or not. If he loses, so be it. He even wears a watch worth millions of dollars every day.
Watches of this level are for appreciation and showing off. Using them as tool watches is like marrying Liu Tianxian and asking her to clean the toilet every day.
What a waste of natural resources! During the chat, the assistant director and the script supervisor also bought cigars and lighters, all of which were old models, especially the cigars, which were said to be the "treasure of the store". The unit price was not expensive, only 3,000 yuan per stick, but the key was that they were famous and hard to buy.
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Wei Yang tried one too. The taste wasn't fantastic, but it had a unique flavor. He heard that there were two boxes left in the store, so he planned to ask someone to pack them up when he got back.
After that, the cigar belonged to Wang Zhiwen. He was indeed an old player. With a light turn of his fingers, the Zippo worth tens of thousands of dollars flew through his hands like a butterfly flying through flowers, and then it produced a flame. After a few flashes, it ignited the cigar in his mouth. The smoke was curling, making Wang Zhiwen look unrestrained and elegant.
"My name is Wu Fu. I'm from Ningshi, Zhejiang Province. Three generations of my ancestors have been in the counterfeit money business. Before liberation, my grandfather worked on the legal tender British pound. After the reform and opening up, my father and I worked on the US dollar."
“Do you know why we don’t do RMB?”
Wei Yang, who had already realized that he had strayed into a pirate ship, said with a sullen face, "You guys can't be doing this business just because you're patriotic, right?"
"hehe."
Wang Zhiwen exhaled two puffs of cigarette, ignoring the irony of the joke and continuing with his own explanation.
"U.S. dollars have good liquidity and there are buyers all over the world. We can sell from Brazil to Europe and from Australia to Guinea, but the RMB market can only be domestic, and the market is small and unsafe."
At this point, he smiled again: "If there is counterfeit RMB in China, the police will investigate us like crazy, but if we make counterfeit US dollars and sell them abroad, and transfer them to several hands in the middle, the secrecy will be greatly improved."
"I can also tell you one thing. Our buyers and partners are all powerful. They need us, so they will firmly protect us."
“…”
The "painter" said these words to explain to the male protagonist and the audience the reason for making US dollars, and at the same time to brainwash the male protagonist.
First, consciously reduce the male protagonist’s sense of guilt.
Making RMB harms the Chinese people, while making US dollars harms foreigners. These are two different concepts in many people's minds. As for the global economy, if counterfeit money is circulated, the Chinese will also suffer, which is another matter.
Second, it blurs the risks of trading in U.S. dollars.
If you make counterfeit U.S. dollars in the country and then circulate them internationally, rather than committing crimes in your own country, the possibility of being exposed is indeed lower, and even if you are caught, the sentence may be lighter.
Third, use the big banner to show off one’s ability.
No matter what, making counterfeit money is a crime and the risk is extremely high. At this time, you need some people to endorse it. Having many big guys protecting you is a good psychological comfort.
These three points are actually aimed at weakening the male protagonist's resistance, and also make the "painter's" shrewd and adept at deception more prominent.
"No matter what you say, black is black and it will never turn white!"
"Don't be so naive. In addition to black and white, there is also a touch of exquisite gray in this world. That's all for today. If you want to cooperate with me, remember to find me."
However, under the "painter's" eloquence, the male protagonist made an angry rebuttal.
But after the "painter" left, the male protagonist's silence and flickering eyes still revealed his hesitation and struggle.
"Okay, good, let's call it a day."
The director and the two leading actors watched the playback and were very satisfied. Wang Zhiwen performed very well, while Wei Yang did not perform much, mainly due to the limitations of the role, but his performance was also remarkable within a reasonable range.
The director of "Wushuang" is Gao Qunshu, who was personally invited by Boss Wei.
Her work level was sometimes high and sometimes low. She had both classic masterpieces like "Conquer" and "The Whistleblower", and also a large number of mediocre works. She even almost ruined her reputation in her later years because of being the second princess of Huawei.
But Lao Gao still has some talent, especially when it comes to dark crime themes, and he is considered top-notch among mainland directors.
In addition, he has another advantage, that is, good actors often perform well in his hands. He is very good at inspiring and coordinating the performances of excellent actors. Many well-known actors have completed their masterpieces in his hands.
"Wushuang" is a work that attaches great importance to the performance of actors. With Lao Gao in charge, it is of great benefit to the film and the actors.
After returning to the hotel where the crew was staying from the filming site, Boss Wei, who was hungry, went to the restaurant first, and then saw Tang Yan walking away with a gloomy face in front of Fan Xiaopang.
He retracted his foot that was about to step into the restaurant, and did not come back in until Tang Yan left through another exit.
Seeing the satisfied Fatty Fan, Boss Wei was in a state of headache: "What happened to you two?"
"Nothing, we just met at dinner and chatted."
Fan Xiaopang looked very innocent. Wei Yang reluctantly went to the buffet area to get his food, then took the opportunity to find an excuse to call and ask. Tang Yan didn't say anything, but her voice sounded a little confused, and she seemed to be crying.
After getting the food and sitting down, Wei Yang thought about looking back at Tang Yan and figuring out how to make the two of them calm down.
Fan Xiaopang, however, didn't take it seriously at all. He tried to talk to him about the filming, but Wei Yang was preoccupied with something else and was responding in a perfunctory manner. Fan Xiaopang thought that he was giving her a cold shoulder because of Tang Yan's matter and felt a little jealous.
Is it necessary for a skinny vixen to take it so seriously?
Fat Fan is usually very generous and ignores Wei Yang's affairs, but when he gets jealous occasionally, he can be very troublesome.
Picking up the chopsticks, Fan Xiaopang picked up a piece of yam for Wei Yang, his voice carrying a hint of charm.
"Mr. Wei, you don't want your little lover to be bullied all the time, right?"
"???"
Wei Yang was stunned. This sentence sounded familiar, but shouldn't he say this himself? Fatty Fan stared at him with burning eyes. Aren't you thinking about that little vixen? I've squeezed you dry. I have to hold my waist when I walk. Let's see what you are thinking about...
(End of this chapter)