Chapter 1604 Meticulous Preparation

Qilin Culture's version of "The Story of the Editorial Department" has a total of 50 episodes.

That’s half more than the 25 episodes of the original version.

But filming this kind of sitcom doesn't take very long.

When Yin Jun was filming "Wulin Gaiden", he could film up to three episodes in one day.

With the current shooting standards and capabilities in the Mainland, a TV series in the form of "The Story of the Editorial Department" will not be able to accommodate it for a while.

So as early as a month ago, Kylin TV mobilized a small camera crew to come over and be responsible for communication and point-taking.

After all, Kylin TV has filmed seven or eight sitcoms in a row in the past few years, and it has already become very good at it.

This is also to save Zhong Chuhong time.

She can only stay in Beijing for two months at most, and will have to go to the United States in May.

During this time, Spielberg was working hard on "Resident Evil" and got Yin Jun's outline - "Resident Evil" has not yet been serialized. If you want to know everything before starting filming, you must get Yin Jun. A good general outline will do.

In addition, Spielberg has also discussed with experts in the digital field how to plan and arrange special effects for the zombies, apocalyptic scenes, etc. that appear in the play.

Spielberg is not only a director, but also a producer. He can be said to have the most power on the "Resident Evil" crew, and everyone must listen to him.

In order to make this movie a success, the digital realm was ordered to fully comply with his arrangements and give priority to the production of "Resident Evil".

But Spielberg is a very meticulous person. Before the crew starts shooting, everything must be handled in an all-round way before shooting begins.

Fei Xiang and Johnny Depp have already entered the military camp to start special training. Originally, Zhong Chuhong was also going to special training, but she had to film a TV series in Beijing, so she could only postpone it temporarily.

Spielberg was very dissatisfied with this and called Yin Jun many times to complain.

"The heroine selected for my and your work actually delayed the preparation time for a TV series in China... It is simply unbelievable!"

Yin Jun could only apologize with a smile.

Who knew that his Corporal Li Xian was effective? With Wang Shuo and the others' hard work, "The Story of the Editorial Department" was prepared so quickly?

I originally planned to shoot in the second half of this year, but it turns out that I was almost ready before the Spring Festival, and I can’t delay it now.

Fortunately, "The Story of the Editorial Office" is an indoor sitcom. If the filming goes smoothly, it should be completed in more than a month.

The film crew and assistant director who came from Xiangjiang have been communicating and discussing with Zheng Xiaolong during this period, and imparting their experience to him.

In addition, each episode is a separate short story. You can finish filming the story with Zhong Chuhong's role first, and then go back to fill in the middle content. This way there will be no conflict at all.

But Zhong Chuhong did not relax.

Yin Jun specially asked Zhang Hongbing to say hello to the mainland and mobilized several special female instructors to help her with physical and combat training. She had to train for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening every day. Very hard work.

This is what Zhong Chuhong himself requested, in order to at least not let his physical condition slow down his progress.

Because when she goes to the United States, the female instructors there will give her a month of unannounced tutoring. At that time, the six hours of devilish training a day was no joke.

If you don't improve your physical fitness and adapt in advance now, it will be a trivial matter to get injured and it will delay the progress of the crew, which will be troublesome.

Although Zhong Chuhong is Yin Jun's woman, she respects her profession very much. It is impossible for her to disrespect the crew and the director because of Yin Jun.

Not to mention that Spielberg is famously strict and is also one of the biggest directors in Hollywood. If he gets angry, Yin Jun might not even lose face.

"Resident Evil" originally used Zhong Chuhong's appearance and characteristics to draw Alice from the beginning, so if she does not perform well, it will disappoint everyone who likes Alice.

How could such a stubborn and strong woman like Zhong Chuhong give up?

So even if it is hard from now on, she will grit her teeth and persevere.

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The director of "The Story of the Screenwriter's Department" has been decided to be Zheng Xiaolong.

Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang went to the United States to shoot "Hua Jingren in New York" in October. They finished filming at the end of February after the Spring Festival.

Zhao Baogang was doing post-production in the studio at this time. Gan Guoliang didn't agree on a number of episodes for him, and Yin Jun's script didn't specify every episode, so they filmed according to their own understanding.

There are now more than 2,000 hours of material. After returning, they realized that they had overspent and had to make very precise calculations and deletions before they could edit the film.

After Zheng Xiaolong came back, he took over the directorship of "The Story of the Editorial Department", so only Zhao Baogang took the hard work of the editor.

This is also Gan Guoliang's balancing act.

In "Hua Jingren in New York", Zhao Baogang is the director and Zheng Xiaolong is the producer, but it is naturally the director Zhao Baogang who attracts more limelight.

Zheng Xiaolong was also a talent that Yin Jun had told him to focus on cultivating, so Gan Guoliang decided early on that he would be the director of "The Story of the Editorial Department".

Because this light-hearted indoor comedy theme is very suitable for Zheng Xiaolong's characteristics.

For example, a 20-episode TV series produced at the end of last year called "Plain Clothes Police" was not suitable for Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang, so Yin Jun chose a more delicate female director named Li Shaohong.

Li Shaohong is not well-known now and is just an assistant director at Huajing Film Studio. But more than ten years later, the "Daming Palace Ci" that made Mr. Zhou famous was this director.

She is Hu Mei's classmate, and both of them are outstanding female TV drama directors.

Originally, Yin Jun wanted to find Hu Mei, but Hu Mei was facing the opportunity to direct a film alone for the first time in her life, so she thought about it again and again, but politely declined, and planned to wait until she finished directing the film in hand.

Then she recommended Li Shaohong to Gan Guoliang.

Gan Guoliang did some research and felt that this woman had her own ideas and a thorough understanding of the script. After asking Yin Jun for his opinion, he agreed to poach her.

"Undercover Police" is certainly not as important as "The Story of the Editorial Department".

Zheng Xiaolong himself understood.

It's a very simple truth. In "The Story of the Editorial Department", Jun Shao's girlfriend also came to star, so how simple can it be?

Ms. Chung is not only the Best Actress of the Hong Kong Film Awards, but also a superstar throughout Asia. She is also famous in the United States.

It’s a bit unbelievable that such people in the film industry are actually going to star in a TV series in the Mainland.

The only possibility is that "The Story of the Editorial Department" is very important and will definitely shine!

Zheng Xiaolong was not only excited to direct such a TV series, but also felt a lot of pressure.

Zhong Chuhong needs to go to Hollywood, so he must use the most precise time and the best condition to shoot "The Story of the Editorial Department". This is what Zheng Xiaolong needs to be serious about.

Since this time, Zheng Xiaolong has been reading the manuscript every day and discussing it with Wang Shuo and the others.

Then he is also choosing actors other than Ge You and Zhong Chuhong.

"The Story of the Editorial Office" has a total of five protagonists, and the remaining three need veteran actors to join in order to support the foundation of a TV series.

Otherwise, those funny contents will only be reduced to very vulgar jokes, and there is no way to survive in this era.

Zheng Xiaolong himself was a person in the TV drama center before, so he naturally knows all about the good actors in China.

The reason why he didn't come to pick up Zhong Chuhong today was because he went to visit an old artist in person. Because he made an appointment in advance, there was a conflict with him.

He asked Ge You and Wang Shuo to help him apologize first, and planned to apologize to Zhong Chuhong in person tonight when the wind and dust were washed away.

The outline of "The Story of the Editorial Department" is always above. The five protagonists are naturally the center point of each episode, but there is another point that cannot be ignored.

That is, basically one or two guest actors will appear in every episode or two to trigger or touch every event.

Zheng Xiaolong didn't understand what was going on at first, but then the assistant director from Xiangjiang showed him "Wulin Gaiden" directly.

There are various guest roles in "Wulin Gaiden".

For example, Li Dazui's mother, Ji Wuming, Sai Diaochan, Shopkeeper Ge, Xiaoqing...etc.

Their roles are not very important, but they are all connected together into a short story, which makes people's eyes bright, so that watching the protagonists in each episode does not seem a bit boring.

The assistant director also conveyed Yin Jun's suggestion that in "The Story of the Editorial Department", the guest actors should preferably be familiar actors from mainland China.

For example, for the demon-like xxx, you can find Zhang Guoli to perform.

Zheng Xiaolong felt dizzy after hearing this.

Who is Zhang Guoli?

The role of Song Dacheng made him popular all over China.

"Everyone admires Song Dacheng" is no joke.

In the eyes of a group of aunts, Zhang Guoli has become the nation's son-in-law, and they all want to marry their daughters to him.

Qilin Culture asked him to endorse an advertisement for braised beef noodles. As a result, many aunties saw him and unconsciously took a bag home.

For such a well-known positive character, you asked him to play a cameo role in a demonic and demonic role?

But Zheng Xiaolong suddenly became enlightened.

No matter how famous Zhang Guoli is, he is still an actor promoted by Jun Shao. Now his management contract is with Qilin Culture, so he is one of his own!

If he was asked to play a guest role, could he put on airs and say he couldn't do it?

Besides, although the character is a bit disgusting, isn't this for the sake of art? It’s just a form of artistic expression, what’s there to be embarrassed about?

So Zheng Xiaolong actually called Zhang Guoli and told him about it.

Unsurprisingly, Zhang Guoli listened carefully to the role he needed to play and readily agreed.

Zhang Guoli's great trick was successful, and Zheng Xiaolong's confidence immediately doubled.

During this time, he really harassed the famous actors. Not only did they annoy everyone, they also became very interested in this novel "Story of the Editorial Department".

Zhong Chuhong alone is enough to shock people's attention. Anyone who has seen Zhong Chuhong's movies and photos will be amazed by the appearance of this Hong Kong star.

Then the script was also written by Yin Jun himself.

Previous scripts written by Yin Jun, such as "Desire", "Foreign Girl", and the currently airing "Plain Clothes Police" have completely proved that he is not only the number one screenwriter in Hong Kong, but also the United States. The number one gold medal screenwriter is definitely considered a gold medal level writer in Mainland China!

Not to mention that funds and personnel are required as much as possible. Kirin Culture is prepared to treat it as one of this year's main shows.

Every move shows strong confidence!

What kind of episodic TV series can Qilin Culture produce?

People in the entertainment industry are beginning to look forward to it.