Disaster Artist

Imagine how things would have played out without the follow-up revelations from Entertainment Weekly—

People in the industry will be careful in their words and deeds, and no one will express their opinions easily. After all, now is the time to stand in line. One carelessness may ruin one's career. Naturally, no one will care about Lu Qian and Blue Whale Pictures.

The general public will complain that Lu Qian is "arrogant", "arrogant", "arrogant and rude", and refuse to cooperate with the promotion of the awards season. Anyway, Lu Qian's image has always been publicized and sharp. .

Then, Lu Qian may disappear from the discussion craze during the awards season and become another meteor that will be forgotten in a blink of an eye.

Just thinking about it makes me shudder.

But now, the truth has finally emerged.

From the Lanchuan Journalists Association to Wei Wei, and Lu Qian became another "victim", all the clues collided together, bursting with astonishing energy.

what happened?

what's the situation?

The melons in the hands of the melon eaters have already fallen, because things are so turbulent and shocking that they will be out of breath for a while.

Then, Lan Chuan responded immediately.

Tang Shouyi, a superstar who has stood at the top of the Hollywood pyramid for more than 20 years, although he has never been able to win the love of all age groups like Tang Junyi because of his personality and style, and his position in the Actors Guild is not high or low. , but no one can deny his influence in the industry.

In Tang Shouyi's career, he has won five Golden Book Award nominations, but he has never been able to win, but he has won three Golden Sparrow Awards.

For a long time, Tang Shouyi cherished these three Golden Sparrow trophies very, very much. After all, this is an important milestone in his career; but today, Tang Shouyi expressed his attitude firmly:

He will not only refuse to attend this year's Golden Sparrow Awards, but will also return his three trophies. Unless the Lanchuan Journalists Association can give a reasonable explanation and accept court review, he will not attend the Golden Sparrow Awards in the future.

Tang Shouyi is not the only one.

Chai Shaoyan, Zhu Yaning, Hou Xiaochuan, Kun Dabin, Lan Chen, etc., a series of first-line actors and directors have announced that they will be absent from this year's Golden Sparrow Awards.

In their statement, some people mentioned the incident, some did not, but it is certain that the "absence" action itself has said a lot.

Immediately afterwards, Zeng Yuanwen, Li Wenzhen, Pei Chenglin and other actors from the "Tourist" and "Love" crews also all expressed their positions. They will stand with the director and refuse to attend this year's Golden Sparrow Awards. The focus of the words is slightly different. , "side by side with the director" is the part that needs to be highlighted.

Obviously, these actors did not participate in the debate, but unconditionally supported Lu Qian's decision.

From one point of view, they did not directly target the Golden Sparrow Award, and the responsibility rested entirely on Lu Qian; but from another point of view, their decision also proved Lu Qian's appeal, so much so that they were willing to believe Lu Qian , and then in the same faction as the landing dive.

A very, very important detail is that a large part of the actors and directors who took the lead in announcing the "absence" decision came from Lei Ming's agency.

Of course, no one pursues this, because the actors and directors themselves are big enough to attract attention, and it is difficult to immediately notice that there is a connection between their agents; moreover, apart from Lei Ming's agent, the other four major agents The company's artists are also impressively listed.

Originally, the relationship between a brokerage company and an artist was not that simple. The two were relatively independent and cooperative, but not a life-and-death relationship:

There may be no relationship between artists under the same agency; or, the agent gives the artist's opinion, but whether the artist listens is another matter. If the artist is stubborn, the agent is helpless. After all, they are hired. party.

Like this event:

The brokerage company will definitely provide public relations advice, but the choice of artists, after all, needs to be judged individually on an individual basis.

However, within the brokerage industry, the anomaly was easily noticed—

Lei Ming's brokerage is well known for its unique business model. If its artists express their stance on such a large scale, then there is only one possibility.

Could it be that they are going to stand on the side of Blue Whale Pictures in a desperate attempt?

This is not in the interests of the brokerage company, are they losing their minds?

Is Zuo Wanqing's brain damaged by cancer? Does Shen Chunsheng just sit back and watch like this?

One point of view is that Lei Ming’s brokerage was mad and gave his full support to Blue Whale Pictures regardless. It is very likely that there was another disagreement between the two leaders. Perhaps behind this decision was the intensification of the power struggle within Lei Ming’s brokerage. It is a sign that the mountains and rains are about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

Another point of view is that Lei Ming's agents must have smelled something, and it is precisely because they are sure that Blue Whale Pictures is in their interests that they fully support it. After all, this is not the first time Lei Ming's brokerage has shown support and affirmation for Lu Qian, and real industry insiders will not forget:

In the casting work of "Love", Lei Ming's agent showed a high degree of cooperation at that time. Whether it was Zhang Benqing's role or the selection of the heroine, everything showed the trust of Lei Ming's agent.

If the last time I believed in Lu Qian's directing ability, what about this time?

For a while, the brokerage companies were also turbulent—

Other things cannot be determined for the time being, but at least one thing they can be sure of is that Blue Whale Pictures is working with large and small brokerage companies to seek benefits for informal actors.

If large brokerage firms do not participate, UU read www. uukanshu. com, then they will be despised and repelled by the lower-level actors, and they may not hurt their bones. After all, their real money-making projects come from first-tier and second-tier actors.

But the point is that if they participate, it means that they will be able to further take the initiative in dialogue with the film company, and maybe they will be able to seek more benefits, while the support and support of the underlying actors is just an added bonus.

In just a few months, a consensus has been quietly reached among the brokerage companies, and they are preparing to join the Screen Actors Guild to promote the project and confront the film company again.

Then, right now.

One thing, two things, three things... listed separately, there is no connection between events and events, but carefully connect these seemingly independent things in series, just like the Big Dipper, and then you can see one A very different picture, this is what is called the big picture—

But not everyone can understand it. Even if they are in it, they may not be able to see through it. This is why only a very, very small number of people can stand at the top of the pyramid.

So, what did Lei Ming’s brokerage find in Blue Whale Pictures?

Dark tide surging.