Chapter 293 Funds Are Burning

Wang Xueqing was just an episode in Chen Minhao's life, like an inconspicuous little wave, Chen Minhao got up early the next morning, and he planned to ask Chen Qiang to send him to the set.

"Detective" offered Chen Minhao a salary of 15 million, and Chen Minhao felt that he had to be worthy of this salary.

It was only 7:30 in the morning when Chen Minhao arrived at the crew, but Chen Minhao saw that director Hu Defa was already adjusting the shooting position.

The investor Tian Lin stood beside him with a serious expression and looked at the busy staff. When he saw Chen Minhao, he just nodded slightly and had no intention of going forward to communicate further.

He was dissatisfied with Chen Minhao playing the role of Shao Fei from the very beginning, and he was more inclined to Jing Yongchang to play the role of Shao Fei. On the one hand, it was because he had the experience of fighting against the box office, and historical data could be used as a reference for evaluation. Jing Yongchang's return on investment.

More importantly, I think Jing Yongchang may seem a bit dull, while Chen Minhao looks like a smart and capable type, but he is actually different from Shao Fei's character.

But at the beginning, Wang Ruozhou and Huang Feifei were on the side of director Hu Defa, that is, Chen Minhao's side, so Chen Minhao won the role. For Chen Minhao, this is a small step towards success in his career as an artist, and for producer Tian Lin, using Chen Minhao is all about being particular.

But today, after Tian Lin saw Chen Minhao, he retreated in his heart, "Boom, boom, boom". What he wanted was Shao Fei, a shy and stuttering young man who was gifted as a detective. Tian Lin expected Shao Fei's character to have a cute appearance. , There is a big contrast with a smart heart, not a social elite who looks smart and has a high EQ.

Tian Lin frowned, he regretted it, he felt that he should have insisted on his own ideas at the beginning. "Detective" is a detective film, but the overall tone is a humorous comedy. Chen Minhao is too upright, and Chen Minhao's friends on the Internet these days have left a stereotype of "he is very smart". Tian Lin Worrying about such stereotypes will make audiences play while watching "Detective".

Tian Lin's mind was spinning rapidly. He was already thinking about how he could replace Chen Minhao under all kinds of circumstances, because the movie "Detective" was under tremendous pressure from the company.

Investing in movies has always been a high-risk, high-yield investment activity. Therefore, even if it is a large film investor, if a film fails to return its box office, it may affect the financial situation of the entire company, and even cause bankruptcy. This is also the reason why a movie often has many investors:

On the one hand, it is to alleviate the financial pressure of a film and television company spending a lot of money in a short period of time, but on the other hand, it is to reduce risks.

When Chen Minhao was putting on makeup and changing clothes, Tian Lin had a general idea in his mind: that is to introduce a new film investor, and to express objections to Chen Minhao's performance of Shao Fei from the perspective of the new investor, and then he will go along with the flow of death. Drop Chen Minhao.

Tian Lin's mind was running fast, thinking about which film investor would be more appropriate to introduce at the current stage. You must have the right to speak, but you must not be too strong.

As a result, forty minutes later, a brand new Chen Minhao, no, it should be said that Shao Fei stood in front of Tian Lin.

Light blue jeans are a slim fit, with a white shirt, very simple to wear. And Chen Minhao's hair, which had been combed back all the time, was combed to the front by the makeup artist, turning into a slightly fluffy natural broken hair.

He also carried a blue schoolbag on his back. Generally speaking, Chen Minhao felt that Shao Fei looked dull now. It's like in a high school class, no matter how capable you are, you can't be the best classmate.

Tian Lin suddenly pointed out that Hu Defa has been a director for so many years, and his vision still has something unique. From his point of view, Chen Minhao who had entered the state looked like a different person, with a slightly nerdy expression, so that Chen Minhao didn't say a word, but the whole crew felt that the person in front of them was Shao Fei.

While director Hu Defa was still adjusting the lighting, producer Tian Lin spoke up first, and said with a big smile, "It's not bad, it's just this kind of tune, it feels very flavorful."

Chen Minhao stammered: "Don't, don't praise me, I, I, I, I will be proud."

There was a good-natured laugh from the whole team. After all, if the actors enter the play quickly and the shooting efficiency is high, it is equivalent to reducing the working time of the director, photography, lighting, and recording.

………

After "Detective" was launched, the work efficiency of the entire crew was very high. By the 9th day of shooting, the shooting progress had reached the planned 11-day shooting content.

Chen Minhao began to doubt the correctness of a sentence, and all the work was a matter of physical exertion in the end. Director Hu Defa worked too hard. The camera positions, lighting, and props were basically done by Director Hu Defa himself. He arrived at the crew at 7 o'clock every morning, and left the crew at 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock every night. But every day is still full of vitality.

The crew of "Detective" is catching up with the progress every day. Director Hu Defa's reason is:

"The movie "Detective" mainly tells the story of Jiang Long and Shao Fei, who managed to find the "lost gold" and find out the "true murderer" in just seven days while avoiding the pursuit of the police, the pursuit of bandits, and the siege of gangsters. ” and “clearing charges” for oneself, these “defying” tasks.

Jiang Long and Shao Fei have a lot of things to do in seven days, so there must be a sense of urgency. If the filming process of the crew is relatively fast, it is easy to show a certain sense of urgency if it puts a certain amount of pressure on the two actors. . "

However, the crew members, including Chen Minhao, all thought that Director Hu Defa was trying to save money. After all, if you turn on the machine for an extra day, you will spend an extra day.

On the tenth day of filming, the crew was going to shoot a big scene. The crew even booked a whole street to shoot, mainly to film Jiang Long and Shao Fei when the police found Jiang Long and wanted to arrest him. The plot of running past the police with legs, there is no lack of some tricky plots in the middle. "

Although this episode appeared in the movie for up to 5 minutes, it burned nearly 17% of the crew's budget.

Firstly, the roads need to be closed for shooting, and secondly, the extras need to be mobilized. The most important thing is that this will be a long shot, and there will be many actions of the protagonist, supporting roles, and extras in this long shot. After all, this is a chase scene.

Every time Hu Defa yelled "ka", the long shot had to be shot again, so when Hood yelled "ka", what Tian Lin heard was not "ka", but "the sound of burning money".