Chapter 230 Sensation and Position

Liu Zhou has always felt that there is no need to make the relationship between the company and the artists so tense.

We are in a cooperative relationship with each other. If you want to stop cooperating, just follow the rules.

How much money can an artist agent make? In later generations, large film and television companies almost never sign contracts with artists.

As a big company in the industry, Golden Harvest naturally has the confidence not to be obsessed with any particular artist.

Of course you can leave, but you can't break the rules.

If you dare to treat Golden Harvest like Huang Shengyi treated Star Shine, Liu Zhou will also let you know that the dignity of a big company cannot be challenged.

So Liu Zhou didn't feel any wavering about Tang Wei's desire to leave.

Speaking of which, Tang Wei is also the first artist to join Liu Zhou Company besides Zeng Li and Qin Hao.

When she was still studying at the Central Academy of Drama, she was chosen by Zhang Chen to play the role of Zhang Yiman in the drama "Duds", and then joined the Zhoushan Drama Troupe.

Later, he emerged in the circle and became a little famous for his role in "The Tuner".

However, because there were not many projects produced by Liu Zhou's studio afterwards, Tang Wei, like Dong Xuan who became famous for starring in "Snow Goddess Dragon", felt a bit like being left alone.

Compared to Dong Xuan's contentment with the status quo, Tang Wei's ambitions are much greater.

After Liu Zhou acquired Golden Harvest, he arranged a lot of resources not only for Huang Xiaoming and Fan Xiaopang, but also for Tang Wei and Dong Xuan.

But Tang Wei still starred in "Lust, Caution" just like she did in her previous life in order to completely open up her career.

"Lust, Caution" is Li An's first film in mainland China.

As a winner of the Oscar for Best Director, Li An has a very high status among Chinese movie fans.

Perhaps in everyone's mind, even Zhang Yimou is inferior to him. Before the release of "The Promise", perhaps only Chen Shishi was on par with him.

But now poet Chen has fallen from the altar, and Li An has become the number one Chinese director.

The Olympic Committee specially invited Li An to participate in the recruitment of chief director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.

One can imagine Li An’s status at that time.

It is indeed amazing that Li An won the Oscar for Best Director, but to be honest, he is no longer a pure Chinese.

He received a Western education, and even the iconic Eastern martial arts films he made adopted Western cultural cores.

That's why he can make movies that perfectly fit Western values.

This is the main reason why he was able to win the Oscar for Best Director twice.

But at this time, everyone's understanding of him is not so profound, so his status in everyone's mind is still very high.

As his first film in mainland China, this project caused a stir in the circle as soon as the news came out.

After the news was confirmed to be true, not only the actors but also the bosses of major film and television companies were ready to make a move.

However, Li An’s film has no shortage of investment. This time he found his old acquaintance Jiang Zhiqiang and asked Emperor Entertainment Group to invest.

Not long after, Liang Chaowei was cast as the male lead in "Lust, Caution", while the female lead was cast through open auditions.

The heroine of Li An's movies is undoubtedly extremely attractive to actresses in the circle.

Except for Zeng Li, all the popular actresses go to audition.

Zeng Li didn't go because she knew in advance through Golden Harvest's channels that "Lust, Caution" would have a lot of passionate scenes.

Zeng Li knew clearly that with Liu Zhou's petty mind, Liu Zhou would definitely get furious even if she went for an audition, let alone performing.

What's more, she herself rejects such movies.

So what if he’s a big director?
She has no shortage of roles to perform, so there is no need for her to try hard to get close to others.

But Zeng Li is not rare, but others are very rare.

Except Zeng Li, the other five of the Four Dans and Two Bings went to audition, including Fan Xiaopang.

Even Liu Yifei, who was only eighteen years old at the time, went.

However, Fan Xiaopang was directly eliminated, and the others also gave up after learning about the scale of "Lust, Caution".

Liu Yifei blushed and ran away with her mother.

For them, it is understandable that actors make certain sacrifices to play their roles.

But if the sacrifice is too great, anyone would hesitate, let alone these successful people.

If they are not careful, their careers that they have worked so hard for may be ruined.

So they all gave up one by one.

Only Tang Wei wants to fight for his career.

Judging from the results, Tang Wei's unconventional move was successful.

Although she was banned in mainland China for three years because of the movie "Lust, Caution", there is no doubt that through this movie, she jumped from an unknown little actor to a nationally renowned actress.

Moreover, during the ban, she was always protected by Emperor Entertainment Group, which allowed her to move to South Korea and then slowly make a comeback in mainland China.

To be honest, as Tang Wei was one of the earliest artists to follow Liu Zhou, he still feels it is a pity that he has chosen to leave now.

Tang Wei is a very unique actress, otherwise Li An would not have chosen her as the leading actress.

Li An chose her not because she accepted the standards of Lust, Caution, but because he thought she was suitable. But since she felt that the movie Lust, Caution could help her get what she wanted, Liu Zhou could only wish her the best.

But for Liu Zhou personally, he was not very fond of Li An, and even less so of his movie "Lust, Caution".

I won’t go into the specific evaluation, but I believe that anyone who has some knowledge of the history of the Republic of China will feel uncomfortable after watching his film “Lust, Caution”.

The mainland also understood Li An’s position through this movie, so he never made a movie in the mainland again.

This is a tacit understanding between each other, and they will not interfere with each other.

So "Lust, Caution" is not only Li An's first movie in mainland China, but also her last movie.

However, no matter how big a sensation "Lust, Caution" caused in the mainland, it had nothing to do with Liu Zhou.

The most important thing for him now is the filming of his own movie.

At this point, more than a month has passed since the filming of "Edge of Tomorrow" began, and the scenes setting in the entire military base have been almost completed.

During this period, we basically had to shoot night scenes every day, and we often didn't finish work until 10 o'clock.

For the actors, filming days are boring, especially when there are too many repetitive scenes and shots.

Sometimes we shoot the same scene for three or four days in a row, with the same people in the same location, and the lines don’t change much.

This places considerable demands on the actors' professional abilities.

But for the male and female protagonists, the same scene was shot four or five times, and there were some subtle changes each time.

Especially Nicolas Cage, who was reset countless times and was killed countless times by Anne Hathaway.

After countless times of training and experience on the battlefield, the whole person's temperament will be a little different each time.

Fortunately, Nicolas Cage’s acting skills are excellent and he performed very well.

But the actors are tired, and Liu Zhou is not relaxed either.

As a director, Liu Zhou often has to check if there are any problems with the previous films and prepare for the next few days of filming.

Every shot needs to be reviewed in the mind's eye to determine the desired effect.

Camera angle, focal length, light color temperature, brightness, light quality, light pattern, etc.

All details such as camera positions and lighting effects must be sorted out in advance, and any problems during shooting must be corrected immediately to avoid wasting time.

Originally in Hollywood, directors don't need to control every detail themselves.

However, Liu Zhou developed this habit when he was filming movies in the mainland, and he couldn't change it all at once, so now, he still does it.

After hanging up the phone with Zhang Zhao, Liu Zhou took a deep breath, then got up and went to the bathroom to wipe his face with cold water. He felt much refreshed.

But just as Liu Zhou sat down and prepared to continue reading the script, he suddenly heard Anne Hathaway's confused voice:

"Liu, are you reading the script again?"

"Did I disturb you? I'll keep quiet. You can continue to sleep. I'll watch for a while."

It was already past midnight in Los Angeles time. Because Anne Hathaway's role required a lot of physical energy during filming, she had been going to bed early recently.

Although they were in the same crew, they slept in the same bed for more than a month. Later, when they were busy, they mostly just lay together to sleep.

After more than a month, Anne Hathaway now has abdominal muscles and her waist and abdomen are much stronger.

"Well, then you should go to bed early too."

After saying that, Anne Hathaway quickly fell asleep.

Listening to her soft snoring, Liu Zhou couldn't help being speechless.

This period of time really exhausted her.

Anne Hathaway also worked very hard, and she is completely different from when she was filming "Source Code".

The director is filming all day long and has no time to rest, so he has to do his homework after work in the evening.

But actors don’t have to shoot non-stop for the whole day, there are always about two hours of free time every day.

Anne Hathaway always uses these free time to study scripts and roles.

So this time, she has been performing well from the start of filming to now, and Liu Zhou doesn't need to worry about her.

It seems that after "Source Code", Anne Hathaway has really worked hard and clearly knows the duties of an actor.

The young actors and actresses of later generations treat filming as a game. As soon as the filming stops, they take out their phones to check Weibo and Moments. If they get something scratched on their hands, they will take a photo to complain to their fans about how hard they are working.

If they don't spend this time studying the roles, how can you expect them to study the script after work in the evening?
It would be strange if he could act well!

Not only do women become attracted to men who work hard, but men also become attracted to women who work hard.

Liu Zhou has also been watching Anne Hathaway's performance.

To be honest, Liu Zhou had feelings for Anne Hathaway before, but not much, probably more about that thing.

But after spending this period of time together, Anne Hathaway left a deeper and deeper impression on him.

Maybe they may not have any results in the future, but before the two separate, Liu Zhou also hopes to use his little influence in Hollywood to help her and make her career smoother.

Then, looking at the script in front of him, Liu Zhou put aside all the thoughts in his mind and devoted himself to the script again.

(End of this chapter)