Chapter 453: "Ball Flash" Start
Chapter 453: "Ball Flash" Start
The issue concerning the ex-girlfriend was finally resolved thanks to Wang Hao's hard work, at least for the time being.
After all, Jing Tian still has some confidence in Wan Qian. At least she is younger and prettier.
So instead of worrying about Wan Qian, she might as well worry about those young girls who have just entered the industry.
Of course, Wang Hao actually knows his limits in this matter. As an adult, he certainly won't go back to his ex. The reason why "Ball Lightning" chose Wan Qian was really because of the script and the story, it was purely a plot requirement.
Wan Qian was also clear about this. At least at the 9rd Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival at the end of September, when she and Wang Hao met at the Gansu Grand Theater in Lanzhou, she did not show any abnormality, but simply expressed her gratitude to Wang Hao in a very normal way.
After the important male and female protagonists were selected, the selection of other supporting roles in "Ball Lightning" became much easier.
Thanks to the influence brought by Galaxy Group in recent years, the development of the domestic film and television industry has become more formal, and the competition for actors has become more intense. There are a large number of suitable actors with good acting skills on the good production website for them to choose from.
After all the actors for Ball Lightning were selected, on October 10, the crew of Ball Lightning officially held a press conference for the start of filming in Studio 1 of Oriental Galaxy Cinema in Beijing.
As the launch conference of a new film by one of the country's biggest directors, Wang Hao's crew naturally received a lot of attention. All the well-known domestic news media sent a team of reporters to the event.
At the press conference, when Wang Hao led the creative team onto the stage, they were naturally greeted by a burst of continuous flashes of light.
Some people became even more excited when they saw this creative lineup.
Before the press conference, Galaxy Group did not announce the specific details of "Ball Lightning". Of course, Liu Cixin's original novel had been published a long time ago, so most people speculated on the plot of Wang Hao's version of "Ball Lightning" based on the original novel.
And on the Internet, there has been widespread discussion about who will be in the cast of "Ball Lightning". After all, whoever can star in Wang Hao's movie in China now means a bright future.
People like Wang Zhi, Wu Jing, Ning Li, and Bai Jingting can be said to have both fame and fortune.
Among them, it is of course a foregone conclusion that Wang Jinsong will play Ding Yi. The resourceful netizens almost immediately dug out the clips of his appearance in "Source Code".
So everyone is more concerned about the other two characters, "Dr. Chen" and "Lin Yun".
For these two roles, some netizens speculated that Wang Hao would use young new actors, while others speculated that Wang Hao would still choose more experienced and powerful veteran actors.
And now, at the launch conference of this new film, the answer is finally revealed.
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Zhiwen, and I will play Dr. Chen Angchen in "Ball Lightning" in the future."
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Jinsong, and I will play Dr. Ding Yiding in "Ball Lightning" in the future."
"Hello everyone, I'm Wan Qian, and I'll be playing Lin Yun in Ball Lightning in the future."
"Hello everyone, I'm Bai Jingting, and I'll be playing the young Dr. Ding Yiding in Ball Lightning in the future."
"Hello everyone, I am Li Jian, and I will play the young Dr. Chen Ang in Ball Lightning in the future."
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After the main creators were introduced, almost all the media people turned their eyes to Wang Zhiwen.
Although he was talked about in the past for his profound dialogue skills and superb acting skills in "The Way of Heaven" and "Blue Porcelain", his circle was limited to a small circle of fans.
After all, he is already quite old and his appearance is not that outstanding. In addition, he has not been very productive in the entertainment industry after 09. Therefore, compared with big-name veteran actors such as Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli and Ge You, he is still far behind in fame.
However, ever since he appeared as Dr. Chen Ang in "Transcendence", Wang Zhiwen's fame has skyrocketed.
It can be said that most of the influence bonus of the movie "Transcendence" was basically eaten up by him, the big villain. Even though he did not have much appearance time in the movie, he still relied on his superb acting skills to suppress Ning Li and Li Binbin.
Of course, the charm of the villain Chen Ang is definitely a factor, but Wang Zhiwen’s acting skills are undoubtedly also an important element.
The two complement each other, making Chen Ang, a wise villain with grand goals and a calm mind, come alive and unforgettable.
Even after "Transcendence" was released in Japan and South Korea, Wang Zhiwen immediately gained a large number of fans in both countries. For people in those two countries, the characteristics of Chen Ang, played by Wang Zhiwen, undoubtedly touched their hearts more.
Therefore, when Wang Zhiwen appeared at the launch conference of "Ball Lightning", everyone was undoubtedly more excited, and Li Jian, who was standing next to him, also received a lot of attention.
"Teacher Wang Zhiwen! I would like to ask if Dr. Chen Ang, the character you play in "Ball Lightning", is the ultimate villain?"
"Teacher Wang Zhiwen! What conspiracy do you have in your story this time?"
"Teacher Wang Zhiwen!..."
Media reporters raised their hands and wanted to ask questions to Wang Zhiwen. Wang Hao also randomly called on a few people and asked Wang Zhiwen to answer some questions that did not involve the plot content.
However, this was also the launch conference for "Ball Lightning", so it was impossible for Wang Zhiwen to answer questions from the media alone. So after a few questions, he called on the reporters from the movie channel.
"Hello, Director Wang, I have a question for you.
I have also read the novel "Ball Lightning". According to the cast that your crew has announced now, it is obvious that Chen Ang, played by Mr. Wang Zhiwen, is the male protagonist Dr. Chen in the original novel.
And you found someone to play Dr. Chen's younger self, so does that mean that "Ball Lightning" will be a prequel story about Dr. Chen's past?
In addition, we all know that there is a plot about conflict and even war between two countries in "Ball Lightning". Will this aspect be shown in the movie?"
When the reporter from the movie channel asked this question, reporters from other media in the audience also pricked up their ears.
In "Ball Lightning", the background of the story is the conflict between two major powers, and there are naturally many big scenes, such as the aircraft carrier Everest being attacked and destroyed by meteorological weapons, and macro-atomic fusion affecting most of China.
These plots all have censorship issues. Given the current relationship between China and the United States, many of the contents may not be able to be filmed.
However, Wang Hao's answer shocked them.
"Of course, our film is a science fiction film, with an investment of 5 million yuan and a lot of special effects. But I believe everyone can understand many problems, so we have also made some adaptations to the story of "Ball Lightning".
But the big scenes in the novel can definitely be seen in the cinema, and the audience can trust me on this point."
Wang Hao's words were not groundless. Although the story in "Ball Lightning" did touch upon some of the clues, Wang Hao was not without confidence.
Not to mention that the standards for censorship are extremely flexible, the leaders of the radio, television and propaganda departments above are very caring towards Wang Hao.
Even if the radio, film and television authorities wanted to block him, the military would strongly support him. At least the August 1st Film Studio had also joined the production team of this film.
The plot of "Ball Lightning", adapted by the screenwriting department of Galaxy Group, really tickled the military's fancy. After reading the script, the navy even made it clear that it could allow aircraft carriers to participate in the filming and production of the movie.
This is even more impressive than the recently released "Wolf Warrior 2". Although aircraft carriers also appeared in that movie, the main features were destroyers.
Just for this reason, "Ball Flash" is more explosive than "Wolf Warrior 2".
Coupled with the 5 million investment, science fiction elements, and the charismatic villain Dr. Chen Ang, the media reporters at the scene all had high expectations for the film.
It was in this atmosphere of enthusiasm and anticipation that Director Wang Hao lifted the red cloth covering the 3D camera, distributed red envelopes to the main creators, asked media reporters to take a group photo of the crew, and then announced that "Ball Lightning" was officially ready to start filming.
After the media reporters left and irrelevant personnel left, the "Ball Lightning" crew became busy.
In order to get off to a good start, Wang Zhiwen naturally had to appear in the first scene of the filming. Wang Hao and his team filmed the scene where Dr. Chen Ang, played by him, was being interrogated.
"I'm sorry, I really don't know, but I guess that shouldn't be a big deal."
Wang Zhiwen looked at the two actors, one yellow and one black, sitting opposite him, shook his head, with a faint smile on his face. His words were full of sincerity, but his eyes revealed a hint of calmness, confidence and aloofness.
However, coupled with his hoarse yet slightly magnetic voice, this sentence sounds meaningful no matter how you listen to it.
"Okay! Click, passed!"
Wang Hao looked at the close-up of Wang Zhiwen's face on the monitor, focusing on his eyes and subtle facial muscles. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, he shouted and nodded with satisfaction.
Everyone applauded. Just by looking at Wang Zhiwen's performance, the crew members of "Ball Lightning" knew that this movie would definitely be extremely exciting and even become a milestone work in their resumes.
Wang Jinsong, who was standing aside and watching, couldn't help but nod repeatedly. Although he and Wang Zhiwen had no rival scenes in the movie, this did not prevent excellent actors from admiring each other.
As for Li Jian and Bai Jingting who were also standing nearby, their hearts were in their throats.
"What should I do in the play after seeing Teacher Wang Zhiwen's performance?" Li Jian began to sigh.
He played the young Dr. Chen, and teacher Wang Zhiwen's performance undoubtedly put him under great pressure.
After all, when the movie is released, everyone will definitely compare the two of them. If there is a misalignment and gap between my acting skills and that of Teacher Wang Zhiwen, it will definitely be a disastrous performance in the movie.
Although Bai Jingting was not playing the young Wang Zhiwen, he was not very happy when he saw Wang Jinsong, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and was gentle and refined but had a slightly bohemian temperament.
You should know that in order to play the young Ding Yi well, he watched "The Ming Dynasty 1566" over and over again, and also watched most of the film and television works that Wang Jinsong had starred in in the past.
The more he looked at it and thought about it, the more frightened he became.
At least in his opinion, this person's acting skills are definitely not inferior to Wang Zhiwen.
Even though he had starred in a "Detective Chinatown" movie before and was considered a leading actor, he still felt a little insecure and guilty in front of Mr. Wang Jinsong.
Wang Jinsong also saw the expressions and states on their faces at this time, but he smiled and said:
“You don’t have to be so nervous. Since Director Wang has chosen you, it means he has recognized your acting skills to a certain extent.
And your performances in the previous script readings were pretty good too."
After hearing this, Li Jian's tense expression finally eased a little, but he still said modestly:
"Teacher Wang, please don't say that. What acting skills do we have? Besides, during the script reading, you and Teacher Zhiwen's true abilities were not fully demonstrated.
Now that I have seen this, I finally understand that there are always people better than you, and there are always higher standards than you. The psychological pressure is also enormous.”
Bai Jingting nodded in cooperation, acting very much like a junior, without showing any arrogance because of his leading role in the upcoming "Detective Chinatown 2".
Because of the existence of the Good Production Network, nowadays actors, stars and behind-the-scenes people who participate in a film and television project will face the situation of being scored.
As long as their collaborators have an account on HaoZhangPian.com, they can rate these actors, stars, or behind-the-scenes workers after the project is completed. The ratings will include several dimensions, including professional ability level, work attitude, and daily impressions.
These scores will then be multiplied by a weight based on the importance of the scorer in the crew, and finally summarized into the actor's total score in the crew. The score will be recorded in the actor's personal file together with his work performance for reference by project leaders who want to work with the actor in the future.
Therefore, nowadays, as long as there is a good production network involved in the management process of a film and television project, there will often be fewer conflicts within the crew.
Things like actors acting like big shots, bullying those behind the scenes, and bullying newcomers have happened, but compared to past crews, the situation has definitely changed a lot.
Even many well-known actors and stars behave extremely generously in the crew. From time to time, they will treat the crew members on the scene to milk tea and fruits, and greet them with smiles when they meet them occasionally.
After all, no matter how low the status of those staff members is, they always have the right to cast a vote. Maybe the weight of this vote is not high, but if an actor has a bad character and offends many staff members, after accumulating over several projects, his reputation will be ruined.
Even if the reputation is not bad, but other competitors of the same type have better reputations, then sometimes when facing the same project, this small difference in scores when competing may very likely affect future career development.
(End of this chapter)