People who rejected Wang Baoqiang now regret it

Unexpectedly, Wang Baoqiang is becoming the second Wu Jing!

Those who rejected Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" back then regretted it later, and now those who rejected Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage" also regretted it.

Since the official release of "Octagon Cage", the box office has been in full swing and is becoming a new leader after "Disappearing Her". 1 billion box office is no longer a problem, directly sword 2 billion.

For Wang Baoqiang, this time he really turned over and won numbness.

In order to shoot "Wolf Warrior", Wu Jing went bankrupt and mortgaged his real estate.

In order to shoot "In the Octagon Cage", Wang Baoqiang also smashed pots and sold iron and mortgaged real estate.

Neither "Wolf Warrior" nor "In the Octagon" was originally optimistic and no one invested. And Wang Baoqiang also has a certain relationship with "Wolf Warrior". At that time, Wu Jing also wanted to invite Wang Baoqiang to star in "Wolf Warrior", but was rejected by the agent Song Zhe at the time (yes, this agent is the one who betrayed). After knowing this, Wang Baoqiang also regretted it.

"Wolf Warrior" took Wu Jing seven years to prepare for filming, while "In the Octagon Cage" took Wang Baoqiang six years to prepare for filming.

For being a director, as early as the filming of "Hello! Mr. Tree", Wang Baoqiang revealed to director Han Jie that he had the idea of being a director.

The reason why he wants to be a director, Wang Baoqiang said, "Some of the feelings in life, it is quite fulfilling to be able to export by yourself." ”

After "Thai", there have already been filmmakers looking for him to be a director, but he feels that he is not mature enough and has been accumulating experience.

Until 2016, he pushed off all the drama contracts and began to officially work as a director and shoot "Big Trouble".

At that time, Wang Baoqiang even held the "Big Trouble" Western Crusade Guild, which was his first time facing the public as a director.

"For 14 years, I tried my best to play every role well, and there is one thing that has always been hidden in my heart, and I am embarrassed to tell you today, I want to be a director." Wang Baoqiang said.

Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Xu Zheng, Chen Sicheng, Han Jie, Cao Baoping, Li Yang, seven directors who have worked with Wang Baoqiang, personally came to the Western Crusade Guild to send blessings to Wang Baoqiang's directorial debut.

The seven directors sat in the director's chair at that time, while Wang Baoqiang himself sat in the special "primary school version" small director's chair, humbly asking the teachers how to deal with the difficulties in the filming process. All seven directors gave their own suggestions, and finally Wang Baoqiang knelt down on the stage to bow down to all the directors.

As a result, what I didn't expect was that "Big Trouble" hit Wang Baoqiang hard.

The box office performed well, but the word of mouth was a mess. Wang Baoqiang also became the most disappointing director of the Golden Broom Award because of this film.

He even personally went to the scene to receive the award, becoming the first well-known filmmaker to receive the award so far by Golden Broom.

At the scene, Wang Baoqiang said, "In fact, I feel that I am quite honored to be able to stand here, I also know that 'Golden Broom' is not a very glorious award, everyone knows it, but it can spur you to progress", but also said that he "can't stop the audience, and then this time is also owed to the audience once, I believe that my future efforts, continuous learning, will definitely become a more qualified director in everyone's mind." ”

Wang Baoqiang's sincerity and open-mindedness won applause from the filmmakers present, and the award presenters, famous actor Tian Hairong, and Hong Kong director Chen Desen called him a real strong man.

At that time, he was already secretly determined to make a good movie to give back to the audience.

For Wang Baoqiang at that time, the heavy damage he experienced was not only career, but also family, first the marriage turmoil, and then the death of his mother. Especially for Wang Baoqiang, his mother is the driving force for his struggle, and now his mother's death has left him at a low point for a long time.

At the trough of his life, Wang Baoqiang pinned everything on the new movie "Octagon Cage", which is not only a backwater battle in his acting career, but also a desperate bet on the road of life.

Once again, he pushed off all the plays.

According to director Han Jie, at that time, no less than five film scripts of fellow directors were handed to Wang Baoqiang through him to ask him to star, but he refused. Among them, there is a project that moved his heart, which was the later blockbuster "Hidden in the Dust". Of course, no matter from which point of view, Wang Baoqiang is quite suitable, but for his new movie, in desperation, he finally refused.

However, for Wang Baoqiang at that time, he was already in trouble financially and was not so rich.

But he did not compromise and flinched, resisting all kinds of temptations.

To his surprise, filming "In the Octagon" was far more difficult than he thought. Those who had already invested did not have the following, unanimously not optimistic, and withdrew their investments.

Action director Zhuang Yuanzhang revealed that at first, some investors heard that it was Wang Baoqiang's play, and patted their chests and said that they would definitely vote, but in fact, no one voted in the end. Some investors said that they had signed the contract, but they found various reasons not to sign it halfway, and they said to people everywhere behind their backs, "Don't vote for him." It was about to start, and the whole crew was left there, and there was no money.

To this end, Wang Baoqiang took out a mortgage on his family property.

Depressed, Wang Baoqiang used wine to relieve his worries and said, "This time must succeed, and will succeed."

But when the film was about to finish, there was really no money, so Wang Baoqiang asked his friend Chen Sicheng for help, saying that there might be no money in the later stage. Chen Sicheng didn't say a word, went out to pay for it, and helped Wang Baoqiang complete the final finishing work of "In the Octagon Cage".

The entire filming process of "In the Octagon" is really as bumpy as the experience of the protagonist Xiang Tenghui in the film, which can be said to be another version of "Xiang Tenghui".

But now seeing the word-of-mouth and box office of the film, Wang Baoqiang can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and he really fights.

After getting the praise of Xing Ye, you can also return the golden broom.

He made good on his promise and fulfilled his dream, this time fighting a beautiful turnaround.

Some people say that Wang Baoqiang's success is accidental, more due to luck. But without a certain talent and hard work, how can you accept the explosive luck.

Wang Baoqiang once said that he has naturally acted since he was a child, often acting sickly in order to avoid housework, and he can act so that his family takes it seriously.

It's his talent.

Later, he went to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts, not only for the movie dream, but also because his parents wanted him to learn kung fu to strengthen his body.

In this process, in order to provide for him to learn martial arts, his younger brother died of work-related injuries while working. This became a regret for his life.

Therefore, in the later North Drift, he made him firm in his dream of being an actor, not only for himself, but also for his family, he must get ahead.

Everything that followed could not be more familiar to the public.

Wang Baoqiang succeeded.

From a rural child to a star actor, from a trick to a powerful person, from an actor to a director.

As director Han Zhijie said, "Along the way, Baoqiang has not attended a major in science classes, nor has he studied with any predecessor as a teacher, but he has maintained his life creed as always and realized his ideals." In this era, he is the miracle of the commoner closest to me. ”