Chapter 570: Hold an Umbrella for Someone

Wu Chi sometimes almost forgets how he got into this industry.

But it was definitely not because he loved this kind of nonsense.

At that time, he just wanted to make a living--

When he was a child, his family was well-off. When he was in elementary school, his family had a computer. So, he was exposed to computers very early. When he was in junior high school, the school held a computer training class at that time, and he started learning editing by accident.

When he arrived at university, he had accumulated a lot of basic knowledge in this area, and started to take jobs outside with an older student. It can be said that he lived a very comfortable life at a young age. After graduating from university, he entered this industry naturally. He did not sign a contract with any company. He opened a studio with his older student and took jobs from outside. In this way, he slowly entered the film and television industry.

If there is a difference between professional and non-professional performance, this is even more true for technical departments such as editing.

For Wu Chi, this background actually means that he is not taking a conventional path. And an unconventional path means that he is actually not compatible with the mainstream of this industry.

The circle of technical workers is smaller than many people imagine.

Especially since they are in a disadvantaged position in the film and television industry and are not often seen, it is more beneficial to form a group.

People like Wu Chi who work alone are naturally excluded.

Therefore, any good opportunities and resources that may help his work and career are almost impossible to come to him.

As his apprentice Li Chao said, their daily work is to stay in a small, cramped editing room and edit a large amount of material.

And as each TV station and video platform has its own dedicated editor, the work they can receive is basically of relatively low quality.

If you continue to do this for a lifetime, you can certainly live a good life with a skill in hand. With his qualifications, working alone has also opened up his own network of contacts. He can't make big money, but he doesn't worry about small money.

However, people definitely want to jump to a higher place in their lives.

He also tried to write scripts and strive to be an assistant director, but this idea is just like a student dreaming of becoming an actor, singer, or writer. Their only channel is to submit their work to a public mailbox where they don’t know if anyone will read it, and then wait for a reply with expectation.

With each passing day, the expectation decreases a little, and the feeling of loss increases a little.

Forget it, forget it... these two words frequently appear in his words to himself.

What's the point of tossing and turning.

But life is like this. You say forget it, but when there is such an opportunity, it is impossible not to toss and turn. Life is endless, and toss and turn will never stop.

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"Lu, Mr. Lu."

Wu Chi and Li Chao came to Shihuo Company to meet Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe has hardly been called Mr. Lu by anyone.

This Mr. Lu surprised Lu Yanhe.

Chen Ziyan also smiled.

"Teacher Wu, please sit down."

The last time Wu Chi and Li Chao met Lu Yanhe, it was in the corridor outside their editing room. At that time, they felt more or less at home, and they were mostly surprised to see Lu Yanhe.

But this time, their identities have completely changed, and they are in an unfamiliar environment again. In particular, they know very well that this meeting is also an "assessment" and "interview" in a sense, so they are much more nervous than the last time they met Lu Yanhe.

The chat was mainly between Chen Ziyan and Wu Chi, and it was basically a question-and-answer session. At the beginning, Wu Chi was visibly uneasy, but then he slowly relaxed.

Lu Yanhe was mainly listening.

Chen Ziyan talked to Wu Chi about his experience as an editor for about 40 minutes, and also talked about the story of "The Sea, My Bah".

"We actually like this script, but there are still some structural problems." Chen Ziyan said with a smile, "Do you accept changes to your script?"

The reason for asking this question is that many screenwriters (especially those who have just entered the industry) don't like others to give comments on their scripts, let alone make changes based on other people's opinions.

Wu Chi immediately said: "Of course."

"Has the Jump Up Theater contacted you?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Wu Chi was stunned, shook his head, and said: "No, will they contact us?"

Wu Chi turned his head and looked at Li Chao.

Li Chao also shook his head, indicating that he had not received any calls from anyone.

Chen Ziyan said: "We are very interested in the script of "The Sea, My Bah". We had a good chat with you today, so I want to see the film you directed first. Someone from the Jump Up Theater should contact you later. If the film is well received, we are willing to fund you to make this movie."

Wu Chi and Li Chao were stunned and stunned on the spot.

Chen Ziyan's words are not just one piece of good news, but two pieces of good news.

When they signed up for the Jump Up Theater director recruitment, they didn't dare to think that they would succeed.

There must be many directors interested. This is a real money shooting opportunity, and it is also a theater promoted by Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video.

How could editors like them who have never been directors and even rarely go to the set be chosen?

As a result, now——

Not only does he have the opportunity to be the director of the Jump Up Theater, but he can also get investment to shoot the movie script he wrote?

This feeling is really like being hit by money halfway.

Wu Chi swore that when he walked into the Shihuo building today, he never thought that he would win the lottery prize in more than an hour.

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At this moment, Li Zhibai also felt that he really won the jackpot.

The preparation process of the drama version of "The True Crime Records of 19 Years" has taken him several years to digest. After a lot of effort, he waited for the start of filming, but on the first day, the director got into trouble.

At the start-up ceremony, his wife rushed to the media, holding a poster of her husband naked in bed with another woman, accusing and insulting him in tears.

The scene was a mess.

The only thing more ridiculous than the ridiculous drama is real life.

The crew still tried to pull her to the other side first to prevent the matter from getting bigger.

But the director's wife was also very aggressive. When the first person's finger touched her, she seemed to be insulted. She screamed and scolded the crew for touching her.

This process took only a few minutes, but Li Zhibai felt that time was stagnant and infinitely extended.

As one of the producers of this drama, the leading actor, and an investor -

This was the first time that Li Zhibai felt so exhausted in a film and television project. I'm wrong. This was the first time that he felt so exhausted before a film and television project started. However, at this moment, looking at a group of media with red eyes from excitement, Li Zhibai felt for the first time that he was really too young.

You think you have encountered the highest mountain in your life, but in fact, it's just because you have encountered small hills before. After climbing over this mountain, congratulations, higher mountains are waiting for you.

"..."

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Headache, disillusionment, and hope that a sudden flood will wash away all the absurd things in front of you.

This is what Li Zhibai thinks.

The opening ceremony was a mess and could not continue.

The first scene that was supposed to start filming could not be filmed because of this.

Jiang Jun saw that Li Zhibai was feeling powerless and patted him on the shoulder.

"If you need me to do anything, tell me."

Li Zhibai nodded and said, "Teacher Jiang, you should go back and rest first. We will definitely not be able to shoot today."

Jiang Jun nodded.

The crew was in a mess and disbanded on the spot and went home.

A more serious situation is coming.

This matter has become a hot search.

Everyone knows about the problem of this director and scolds him.

The investor and producer of this drama, Lighthouse Video, is also in a mess.

The director himself went to deal with his wife's problem.

Li Zhibai locked himself in the room and was in a daze.

About half an hour later, Lin Suyang came.

"Zhibai, it's me." Lin Suyang knocked on the door and said through the door, "I'm coming in."

Li Zhibai did not answer.

Lin Suyang opened the door and went in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked from the inside.

Lin Suyang saw Li Zhibai lying on the sofa, staring at the ceiling of the room with his eyes wide open, in a daze, like a walking corpse.

Lin Suyang's first reaction was to laugh with great joy.

"Are you still gloating over other people's misfortunes?" Li Zhibai said faintly.

"It's rare to see you as depressed as an eggplant hit by frost." Lin Suyang said, "Usually I see you complaining about everything."

Li Zhibai didn't say anything.

"The situation is quite difficult now. We probably need to change people. The crew can't stop working. Everyone has joined the crew and is spending money every day." Lin Suyang patted his shoulder, "Get up, solve the problem one minute earlier, and feel at ease earlier."

Li Zhibai: "How can this problem be solved?"

"It's not about how it can be solved, but how it should be solved. You are the producer. You have raised this project by yourself. Now the director has a problem. There are two choices, keep him or change him." Lin Suyang said, "Just because his wife has caused such a thing, keeping him means that this matter will always accompany our drama, and it will be troublesome. But if we change him, we have to find a director temporarily to take over and save the situation. How difficult is it and what are the options? This requires weighing. What to do is the best choice that can be made at the moment."

Li Zhibai sighed.

"Don't sigh, cheer up, you have to be courageous." Lin Suyang said, "Lighthouse Video is the investor. Now that something like this has happened, they still have a third choice."

"What choice?"

"Withdraw investment and stop losses in time." Lin Suyang said, "So, if the crew is not restored to normal operation as soon as possible, it's hard to say what attitude Lighthouse Video will have."

Li Zhibai: "Okay."

"Call the main leaders of the crew, and call the producers arranged by Lighthouse Video to have a meeting together." Lin Suyang said, "Sort out the list of directors with empty schedules, evaluate the feasibility and risk points of different plans, stabilize the morale of the troops, and don't let the crew panic. If everyone runs away, even if you find a director, there will be no one to shoot for you."

Li Zhibai stood up.

These words from Lin Suyang gave him a lot of chicken blood in his heart.

Li Zhibai didn't expect that one day he would be fed with chicken blood.

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When Lu Yanhe heard about what happened at the opening ceremony of the TV series "Nineteen Years of Crime Records", he was stunned.

There was a sense of shock and helplessness that although he had long accepted the absurdity of this world, he was still shocked by its absurdity.

Lu Yanhe asked Li Zhibai about the situation in the group of three people.

Li Zhibai: Now the opinion is unified. The director must be replaced, but who to replace is a problem, which is a headache. We held a meeting and discussed it. We still have to start shooting normally in the next few days and cannot stop. The production funds are tight. The assistant director will take over first, and Lighthouse Video will urgently find other directors.

Lu Yanhe: This drama is really ill-fated.

Li Zhibai: I feel that all the bad things have happened to me.

Lu Yanhe: Not really, not really, don't think so, the more you think about it, the more you can't get out.

Li Zhibai: I really give up.

Lu Yanhe: Can the assistant director do it?

Li Zhibai: It has to work even if it doesn't work. We can only shoot like this. We can't stop. We can't pursue quality at this time. Finishing the show is the first lifeline.

Lu Yanhe: Don't give up on yourself. You spent so much effort in polishing the script before. If you shoot it badly, you will definitely regret it. Try your best. I will come to your place tomorrow.

Li Zhibai: What are you doing here? Aren't you busy recording the show?

Lu Yanhe: I will finish recording tonight and leave for Malaysia the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is just free.

Li Zhibai: Don't bother with this trip. Have a good rest.

Lu Yanhe: Let me take a look. At least I have the name of a producer.

He is worried.

If there is any shortcoming of Li Zhibai, in Lu Yanhe's eyes, the real shortcoming is that he has poor patience and is easily impatient.

When seeing this news, Lu Yanhe's first reaction was that Li Zhibai must be furious.

He didn't even need to ask.

It seems okay now. At least Li Zhibai can explain the situation rationally in the group.

Putting down the phone, Lu Yanhe sighed.

Director Chen Lingling, who was sitting next to him, heard the sigh and asked, "What's wrong with you? Sighing suddenly."

Lu Yanhe talked about what happened in the crew of "Nineteen Years".

Chen Lingling immediately showed a disgusted expression - to the director who cheated and was made trouble by his wife on the spot.

"This crew must be a mess." Chen Lingling said.

Lu Yanhe suddenly had an idea and asked, "Director, do you know a director who can come to save the scene?"

Chen Lingling: "Your drama has started, who dares to save the scene at this time?"

Lu Yanhe: "Alas."

This is also the truth.

Saving the scene is like putting out a fire. If you don't save it well, you will burn yourself.

Moreover, to shoot a work, how much preparation must be done in the early stage, from scratch, through discussion, dispute, running-in, and finally reaching a consensus.

Taking over in the middle is like forcing a duck to climb a tree. As a creator, you have no time and space to do "creation". You can only take these ready-made materials and build a model in a very short time.

In short, you have changed from an architect to an engineer.

Basically, no good director, especially a famous director, will take over in this situation.

Chen Lingling said: "In this case, no one will take it unless it is a director who is in urgent need of an opportunity."

She thought of something, "Speaking of which, isn't there a young man named Liu Manbo who is the director of the short film of our program? He was responsible for the filming of the group of Chen Bige and Cheng Hai. I think it was pretty good. He shot it quite steadily."

After Chen Lingling's reminder, Lu Yanhe also remembered this director named Liu Manbo.

He is only 28 years old, very young. He has been a photographer and an assistant director. He was signed by the "Birth of the Actors" program team to direct the PK short film between the mentors and the promoted actors.

He is a director who doesn't seem to have any style at first glance, but the pictures he shoots are very comfortable.

Chen Lingling specifically pointed it out at the time.

"You are a director who knows composition and light processing very well, and your photography skills should be very good."

Liu Manbo smiled and said, "You have a sharp eye. I studied photography in college."

However, because the protagonist of this program is an actor.

The director who shot the short film came on stage to introduce himself, chatted briefly for a few words and then went down.

Lu Yanhe immediately asked Wang Biao to find Liu Manbo's information and some of his previous short films, and also asked about his future schedule.

In fact, a young director like Liu Manbo came to "The Birth of an Actor" as a short film director. One of the important reasons is to let the industry see him and get the opportunity to direct a feature film.

Like him, even if the short film he produced is of high quality, because he has no experience in directing feature films, in the eyes of investors and platforms, he is not even as good as a feature film director who shot three bad films in one go -

Talent is far from enough to support a large crew and the shooting of a large-scale drama.

At 11pm, Lu Yanhe finished recording "The Birth of an Actor" and returned to the lounge. Wang Biao told him that Liu Manbo was here.

"Here, what does that mean?" Lu Yanhe asked in confusion.

Wang Biao said: "He heard from the program crew that you asked them for his information and the short films he had shot before, so he rushed over and said that if you have any questions, he can answer them in person."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

He had been recording a program for a day and was a little sleepy.

But he was awakened again at this time.

Just because he mentioned that he wanted to see his information, Liu Manbo rushed over in case Lu Yanhe had any questions.

Lu Yanhe's subconscious reaction was: It's too exaggerated, don't do this.

But after he came to his senses, he was moved again.

To what extent can a person go for a potential opportunity?

Lu Yanhe said: "Can you ask him if he wants to have a midnight snack together later?"

Wang Biao immediately responded and said yes.

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Lu Yanhe himself is a very hard-working person.

Even now, he doesn't need to work so hard or be so tired, but he really hasn't slacked off.

So, he has always admired hard-working people.

You can achieve success with your talent.

However, if you are a person with limited talent, but you work hard and are very diligent, even if you don't do so well, Lu Yanhe's attitude towards this person must be very tolerant.

Why was Wang Biao able to become his first assistant at such a young age, and now his executive agent?

Wang Biao is smart and studious, but more importantly, he takes this job very seriously, cares about this job, and wants to do it well almost day and night.

So, Wang Biao didn't know how to speak at first, offended people, was a thorn, or when facing Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang, he was like a hedgehog, full of precautions and spikes, and Lu Yanhe didn't even think that "Wang Biao is too young and needs to be trained again."

Lu Yanhe is a person who practices what he preaches. He believes that everyone has shortcomings, deficiencies, and no one is perfect, so he really uses this standard to look at everyone.

This time, he met Liu Manbo, and he had the same feeling.

When Lu Yanhe met a person who tried so hard to seize the opportunity, he wanted to do his best to give him a chance. (End of this chapter)