"This time I came to the Drama Academy to choose a heroine. I have no intention of choosing a male actor, so I asked all male classmates to try to stand back and let the female classmates stand forward." Director Zhang, who looks very thin and has a little dark skin, was born in the 1950s and is from the northwest of Long Kingdom.

He has the generous and honesty of the Northwest people, and the stubborn and unyielding spirit of the Northwest people.

In fact, although Director Zhang is a professional, he studies photography rather than director.

Director Zhang entered the Photography Department of Longdu Film Academy in 1978. After graduation in 1982, he was assigned to Guizhou Film Studio.

In 1984, he served as a photographer for the first time in the movie "One and Nine" and won the Longguo Film Outstanding Photographer Award.

In 1986, he starred in his first movie "The Well" and won three actors.

His first film "Big Red Sorghum" directed in 1987 won the Golden Bear Award at the First International Film Festival of Longguo. From then on, he began to realize his film creation trilogy, from a photographer to an actor, and finally to a directorial career, becoming a representative figure of the "fifth generation director".

It is precisely because of his photography background that Director Zhang's use and grasp of colors is beyond the reach of other directors. Using colors to express the yellow land, history, and large scenes has become his trump card, and it has inadvertently formed a certain understanding and understanding of the Dragon Kingdom culture in Western society.

Director Zhang sat in the first row of the auditorium, separated by Wan Xinglong and Cui Ning, holding a stack of materials in his hand, writing and painting.

At this time, the outside of the auditorium was already crowded with students and extras from the Longguo Drama Academy and Longdu Film Academy.

With the boys sighing collectively, girls with 10** years old and youthful blooming appeared at the door of the auditorium. Director Zhang, who had been an educated youth, was not polite. He slapped a document on the table and shouted loudly:

"I have a list of registrations here. Of course, I know that there are still many students who have not registered, and it doesn't matter. They go on stage alone for three minutes, and perform according to the program that draws. If I don't speak, I will step down directly. Do you understand?"

Cui Ning quietly said a few words to Wan Xinglong, and Wan Xinglong whispered to Director Zhang a few more times, and then said:

"I think girls should not squeeze in at the door. Let's go into the auditorium to sit. If you sit open, boys can also sit down. It will not seem so messy. The staff will arrange for everyone to go on stage one by one."

As the young people squeezed into the auditorium one by one, their voices gradually subsided. Under the arrangement of the staff, girls came on stage one by one and performed the prepared script scene.

As girls took the stage one by one, director Zhang Yimo said nothing, staring at the girl's every move and look like a hunter. Of course, this sternness was deliberate, and a few girls performed very badly in this serious scene, and they completely lost their composition in both lines and actions.

"Hello director, my name is Zhang Ziyi. I am an ordinary girl born in Longdu. I have learned dance since I was a child." A thin girl came on stage. "I got the task to recite a line for everyone. Director, can I ask my classmates to help me?"

"What kind of help do you need?" the director spoke in a rare voice.

"I can't remember the lines I got. I want my classmates to help me get the lines so that my feelings will be more appropriate when I recite them."

"Oh, OK, hurry up" Director Zhang nodded.

"Liu Ye, Liu Ye, come up and help me get the lines." Zhang Ziyi had a feeling of success in conspiracy and smiled slightly. At the moment of that smile, Wan Xinglong noticed that Zhang Yimo's eyes lit up.

Zhang Ziyi's classmate Liu Ye is a tall man who helps the classmate hold the lines, while Zhang Ziyi recites long lines with passion and makes a difficult dance move in the middle, indicating that people really need to hold the lines.

After Zhang Ziyi's performance ended, Zhang Yimo drew a circle on the list.

"Hello Director Zhang, my name is Qin Honglu, a student from the 96th grade of Longguo Drama Academy. The performance I got was to sing a popular song."

"Hello Director Zhang, my name is Yuan Xiaoquan"

"Hello director, my name is Mei Tingting"

"Hello director, my name is Hu Jingjing"

"Hello director, my name is Zeng Xiaoli"

"Hello director, my name is Fu Xiaojing"

"Hello director, my name is Chen Haohao"

...

For nearly three hours, Director Zhang watched girls go on stage and get off the stage, and then suddenly looked at the watch. The staff saw Director Zhang's expression, as if he had received a task:

"Today's selection of heroines is almost over. We will have someone to contact you. Of course, I'm busy with work, and if I don't contact you, it will prove that it is inappropriate. Everyone has precious time and I hope they can understand."

After walking out of the auditorium, he got on a bus with Director Zhang. Several people drove out of the alley, and then Wan Xinglong said:

"We are all laymen in art. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's hard to say. When I was young, I went to the countryside." Director Zhang laughed:

"I worked in the countryside for three years. At that time, I was still a child and worked as a worker for seven or eight years. It was the hardest at that time, but I was also very happy. The story of the yellow land was enough for me to shoot for the rest of my life."

"Director Zhang naturally has a life. This is my friend, Cui Ning, who works in the brand and cultural industry. We want to set up an entertainment company, so we also want to hear your opinions from Director Zhang."

Director Zhang glanced at Cui Ning and nodded:

"Actually, I don't know much about commercial things. My ideal is to be a good director, take pictures of what I want to shoot and set up an entertainment company. It is of course excellent. I suggest you go to Longguo Drama Academy more, including Longdu Film Academy.

Learn more about this industry. As an investor, I think good producers and good directors are the most important. As for actors, they often need dramas to set off, such as those movies in Hong Kong, especially comedy, ghost movies and spoof movies, I can’t shoot them.”

"Director Zhang, what do you think will be the future market for artist agents and first-tier star agents?" Cui Ning asked.

"That's definitely amazing. Once you become famous, it's a gold mine. The key is to keep new works, otherwise you will be forgotten in three to five years." Director Zhang sighed, "I haven't relaxed for more than ten years."

I had lunch with the busy director Zhang, and of course it was already afternoon. In the middle, I heard Director Zhang tell a lot of stories about those movies, as well as how Director Zhang told foreigners about the creative ideas of the story of the Dragon Kingdom, and his deep understanding of colors and movies, which are all invisible to books.

Cui Ning said goodbye to Wan Xinglong and Director Zhang, returned to Cui Ning's office and initially solved the establishment of an entertainment brokerage company. For those who are not short of money, the key is action. Both of them are super actionists, and an entertainment company with the background of investment in a company was officially established in Longguo.

After the company was established, both Cui Ning and Wan Xinglong went to Longguo's Drama Academy and Longdu Film Academy as investors to inspect several times. The main purpose was to sign contracts to package a group of artists. Of course, as the first batch of artists in the company, the two of them still attached enough importance to it and had some plans.

The two of them really have a small bet, that is, to sign contracts with different people separately, and look at the development in the next few years. For example, in five years, whoever is optimistic about the better development of the artist, the winner will be qualified to make an unstoppable demand to the other person.

As for the good or bad development of celebrities, the two people also gave more than a dozen measurement standards from different dimensions, such as the influence of films they participate in every year, the influence of products they speak in each year, the influence of media interviews they receive every year, and the influence in the industry, society and internationally. Of course, the most important indicator is how much output value and profit they create, which is an important criterion for judging business.

Everyone wants to package a big star. Of course, it is better to become a superstar. After all, they are young people. They are still a little moved to think that their artists can become idols admired by millions of people.

Cui Ning's principle is very simple, it is to conform to his own eyes and have certain characteristics, because according to Cui Ning's understanding, celebrities are the same as brands, and their characteristics are selling points, and charm and handsomeness are naturally selling points. However, nowadays, when the streets are full of beautiful women and handsome men, we must have unique charm.

Of course, Cui Ning's advantage is that he can feel everyone's magnetic field and energy. These energy are either like flames, like clear springs, or like sword tips, representing their own temperaments, different energy levels, and their own aura influence.

Although Cui Ning has not fully understood the rules of heaven and earth represented by these magnetic fields and energy, relying on these energy, a person's future and fortune can be basically judged.

After a week or two of visits and thinking, Cui Ning signed a contract with several celebrities, one was Huang Bo from Dongshan Province, the fellow villager who could dance and sing, the other was Huang Bo recommended him as a fellow villager, named Huang Xiaoming, and a girl, who was also his fellow villager, from Ludao City, a little star from a brand of talent show back then. He also got admitted to the Longguo Drama Academy with his own efforts, named Chen Haohao.

In addition to these three fellow villagers, there is also a bald handsome guy named Xu Zheng, who is from Shanghai City and has made his mark in the industry, which is particularly in line with Cui Ning's investment philosophy about newcomers. Therefore, he has become an artist under the company.

Wanxinglong has a wider connection and his tentacles extend to the Hong Kong Island and Bay Island areas. He first signed a singing actress with a distinctive voice called Rongzol.

Then, they cooperated with the world-renowned Rolling Stone and other institutions to sign several budding artists, first of which was a singer who was good at dancing, then Zhou Jielun, who looked a little cynical, and another actor who had just debuted was Zhang Baizhi.

Of course, later, Wan Xinglong also signed Wang Baoqian, a young man who had been practicing martial arts in Shaolin Temple for many years, because he felt that this young man was really good at it.
Chapter completed!