Chapter 353 Unexpected encounter
Zhang Ran stood at the door of Liu Yifei's villa, called her and said that he had arrived.
The sound of footsteps sounded quickly, and Liu Yifei ran out like a little swallow and shouted happily: "Master, you are here!"
Zhang Ran smiled and handed the gift prepared by Zhang Jingchu to Liu Yifei: "Happy birthday, bun."
Liu Yifei took the box wrapped in his hand and smiled very happily: "Master, what kind of gift is this?"
"This is what Jingchu bought for you. Barbie doll, she said you like this!"
"Where is Sister Jingchu? Why didn't she come?"
"She is a close friend of Dior's brand. Today, Magic has a new store in Dior is open, and she has to attend the ribbon cutting event."
It doesn’t matter if Zhang Jingchu can’t come to Liu Yifei, as long as the master comes, he will pull Zhang Ran into it.
When the two walked into the room, Zhang Ran saw many familiar faces, in addition to Li Xinyue, Liu Yifei's classmates and friends, Jiang Yan, Zhu Yawen and others were all there.
When Jiang Yan and the others saw Zhang Ran coming, they stood up and said hello to Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran waved his hand to them: "Okay, be polite to me, sit down!"
Zhang Ran sat down next to Li Xinyue and smiled and said, "Xinyue, you are here too!"
Li Xinyue smiled and said, "You are Xixi's master, and I am also her master. How could I not come on her birthday!"
Zhang Ran asked, "How is it, are you doing well in the summer vacation?"
Li Xinyue said: "It's pretty good. How are you? You should be very busy. You can see your news in the newspaper every few days, and even the "News Broadcast" is on."
Zhang Ran nodded and said, "It's indeed a bit busy. After finishing the promotion of "Time and Space Warrior", he is busy with the later stages of "The Aviator", and he still has to write a script."
Li Xinyue knew Zhang Ran too well: "Isn't this what you pursue? You can't stay idle, and you will feel uncomfortable if you are idle!"
When Liu Yifei was in school, she often ran to Zhangran’s class, and Jiang Yan and the others often followed her to Zhangran’s class. They were familiar with Zhangran and were more casual in front of Zhangran.
Jiang Yan smiled with her eyebrows and eyes: "Teacher Zhang, your "Time Warrior" is so well filmed. This is the best Chinese movie I have ever seen."
Zhu Yawen also said: "Yes, I have watched it in the cinema three times. It's really wonderful. If I could act in a movie like this, I would be willing to live ten years less."
Among Liu Yifei's good friends, Zhang Ran's most optimistic is Zhu Yawen. He is a very down-to-earth student with very solid basic skills, and he is very calm. He is a very calm person. More importantly, he is very masculine. This is particularly important for actors.
Although Zhang Ran knew that after a few years, the country began to be popular with handsome men and handsome men, these people could not support a big show, and the ones who could really support a big show were pure men. This is the case all over the world. Are there any young men in Hollywood superstars? No. Leonardo is so handsome that he has turned himself into a rough man. Korean waves are synonymous with handsome men, but who are at the top of the Korean film circle? Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik, and Kim Yoon-suk are all rough men.
Zhang Ran patted Zhu Yawen on the shoulder and said, "Practice her acting skills well, and she will definitely have a chance in the future!"
Jiang Yan looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Teacher Zhang, I have to protest to you on behalf of the students of Beijing Electric Power!"
Zhang Ran laughed and said, "What are you protesting against me?"
Jiang Yan smiled and said, "You are still our teacher at Beijing Film Academy. The leading actors in the drama you filmed are all Central Academy of Drama. Teacher Zhang, you are biased against actors from Beijing Film Academy!"
In fact, it is not only Zhang Ran. Many directors of Beijing Film Academy like to use students of Central Academy of Drama, such as Zhang Yimou's actor Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, both of them. Zhang Huijun complained to Zhang Yimou about this, saying that he has not used actors from his alma mater for so many years, and always uses actors from Central Academy of Drama. Zhang Yimou thought about it, and later he told Zhou Dongyu that you will take the film academy next year and don't take the Central Academy of Drama, so that the girl in Mou will have a Beijing Film Academy.
Zhang Ran laughed silently: "I am from Beijing Electric, so why are you biased against Beijing Electric? The main reason is that there is no suitable candidate in our school! You can wait and see, all the actors I will film next are from Beijing Electric!"
Liu Yifei asked, "Master, what movie do you want to make next?"
Zhang Ran said: "A movie about university, the actors are mainly students of our class, and they are considered to be the graduation work of our class."
Jiang Yan and the others burst into a burst of amazement, and they felt extremely envious. Other classes in the Performance Department all graduated from graduation dramas, but Zhang Ran’s class actually made a movie. This is the Performance Department of the Film Academy!
Jiang Yan knew that Liu Yifei wanted to act with Zhang Ran and thought it was an opportunity. As for herself, she filmed "Peacock" and "Bride in Flower Waist" last year, and took on "Fragrant Journey" a few days ago, and there was no shortage of movie acting. She pulled Liu Yifei's sleeve and winked again. Only then did Liu Yifei react: "Master, I want to act!"
Zhang Ran smiled and shook his head and said, "There is no role that suits you, you are too young. If you can be six or seven years older, I will definitely ask you to play, but it is really not suitable now. Besides, you are going to film "The Legend of Condor Heroes"!"
Jiang Yan explained: "Everyone thinks that Xixi is the most suitable candidate for Xiaolongnu, but Yu Min said a few days ago that Xixi is young and has never been in a relationship, so it is not suitable. Last week, news came out that Zhou Xun had been decided to play Xiaolongnu. Zhang Jizhong also said that everything was settled and he was just about to sign a contract."
Zhang Ran knew about the casting of "The Return of the Condor Heroes", but he didn't pay much attention. At this moment, when he heard Zhou Xun play Xiaolongnu, his chin almost fell off. What international joke is this? Zhang Jizhong's brain is so watery that he made this decision! Zhou Xun's acting skills are impeccable, and she has a strong sense of girl, but she is too aura and looks like a smart girl. Xiaolongnu is a woman who is incompetent and a little stupid, and it doesn't match her at all! He looked at Liu Yifei and asked, "Is this hype?"
Liu Yifei was a little afraid to face Zhang Ran’s problem and buried her head.
Seeing Liu Yifei's reaction, Zhang Ran knew what was going on and frowned and said, "Zhang Jizhong is too much. He is so hype. He is so eyeballing. I'm afraid that you will be scolded a lot and say you are hyping!"
Zhu Yawen grew up and looked at Liu Yifei and asked, "Xiqian, is this hype? Zhang Jizhong is still going to ask you to act?"
Liu Yifei couldn't hide it anymore and whispered: "Actually, in June the crew had already decided that Huang Xiaoming and I were. It's not that I was intentionally not telling everyone that the crew asked us to sign a confidentiality agreement and were not allowed to go outside to say it, otherwise we would have to pay a lot of money."
Only then did Li Xinyue and the others understand what was going on, and they all despise Zhang Jizhong's hype method.
Zhang Ran reminded: "Don't tell me about this."
Jiang Yan and the others nodded. Zhu Yawen sighed and said, "This is really too much. In fact, the most unlucky thing was that those candidates who participated in the selection of Xiaolongnu in July were fooled by vain."
Zhang Ran asked after asking, but found out that on July 13, Zhang Jizhong suddenly announced that he would select Xiaolongnu across the country. Many girls who dreamed of becoming famous overnight through Xiaolongnu contacted the crew through various channels and presented their own photos and resumes. At the same time, the crew also cooperated with Xinlang to log out a group of photos of new film and television celebrities on the website every day to allow netizens to vote.
On July 25, just as the casting was in full swing, a newspaper in Nanjing questioned the sincerity of the casting after interviewing Yu Min, the director of "The Legend of Condor Heroes", and at that time, the newspaper's reporter asked Yu Min about whether someone had chosen the role of Xiaolongnu, but was told that he had not seen a single photo of the newcomer published online because he had no time to surf the Internet. Yu Min also said that at this stage, we will still consider those experienced and well-known mainland or Hong Kong and Taiwan actors. So, a show was a mess.
Zhang Ran felt that this kind of hype was a bit bad, and he treated people as fools, but such hype would only increase and not decrease, and there would even be a lot of hype showing the lower limit.
This kind of thing cannot be changed by Zhang Ran. He can do it just to let his students act well: "Bunzi, it's okay to play Xiaolongnu with your image and temperament. But with Li Ruotong's jade in front of you, your performance will definitely be compared. You must give the greatest strength to play this role well, and perform your own characteristics, otherwise there will be a lot of scolding. If you have to learn from Hu Jun, he will play Qiao Feng, who is different from Huang Rihua, so he won a lot of applause. If he acts like Huang Rihua, then he will be finished!"
Liu Yifei nodded and said, "I know Master, in the past few months, I have been analyzing scripts, analyzing characters, analyzing every line, and finding the subtext behind it. I can act well!"
At this moment, the sound of unlocking came from the gate, and everyone looked over. After the gate was pushed open, Chen Jingfei walked in with a young man of 28 or 29 years old. Chen Jingfei waved to Liu Yifei: "Xiqian, come here."
After Liu Yifei passed, Chen Jingfei said in a flattering tone: "Xinqian, Mr. Chen knows that you have your birthday today, so come here to take a look!"
The young man took out the gift box in his hand and handed it to Liu Yifei and said, "Xiqian, I heard from Mr. Chen that you like crystals very much, so I ordered a Tiffany's crystal necklace. I hope you like it."
The man's voice was not loud, but Zhang Ran and the others heard it. The boys present didn't know about the jewelry brand and didn't think anything was wrong. But the girls' eyes were all focused on the young man. Tiffany is a very well-known jewelry brand and the price is quite expensive. People who can buy this brand of necklace should be quite rich.
Li Xinyue whispered: "I don't like this person."
Zhang Ran didn't say anything. The man looked good and looked very graceful. He looked at Liu Yifei with a gentle look. It could be seen that he liked Liu Yifei. In fact, Zhang Ran felt that Yu Min was right. Liu Yifei had no love experience, which was not good for acting. If Liu Yifei could have a relationship, Zhang Ran thought it was a good thing. However, looking at the man in front of him, Zhang Ran always felt that something was wrong with this person.
Liu Yifei knew that this man liked him, but she didn't like him. She said thank you casually, put down the gift, and then sat down next to Zhang Ran, and continued to joke with everyone.
When the man saw Zhang Ran in the crowd, he was slightly stunned, then walked over and stretched out his hand to Zhang Ran: "Hello, Zhang Ran. You may not know me, but you should have heard of my name. My name is Chen Ziwen!"
Zhang Ran's eyes flashed. Chen Ziwen, the boss behind Tianhong Film Industry. He didn't expect to meet Chen Ziwen here. He kept a smile on his face and tried to hold Chen Ziwen. Both of them tried a little hard in their hands: "I have heard of Chen Shaodaming for a long time, and I have never had the chance to meet. Today is a coincidence."
Chen Ziwen looked at Zhang Ran and smiled and said, "Yes, I have always wanted to see you. It's rare to meet you today. Let's talk. I wonder if Teacher Zhang will give me this face?"
Zhang Ran and Chen Ziwen are not together, so there is nothing to talk to with him. However, people like Chen Ziwen regard face as much as they are. If they wipe out his face in public, the matter may be difficult to end. Zhang Ran is not afraid of Chen Ziwen, but he just can't stand it. After all, he only needs to wait two years, and when Chen Ziwen's father is under double supervision, he will naturally be finished.
At this time, a lightning flashed through my mind. Zhang Ran couldn't help but look at Chen Jingfei, and then his brows frowned slightly. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!