Chapter 603 No Matter How Difficult It Is, We Must Cut the Gordian Knot
There was a brief silence.
"Isn't this not good?" Lu Yanhe was the first to object.
Chen Siqi nodded: "I don't think it's good either, but this is one of the feasible options at the operational level, so I put it forward."
"The key is, since this person can send the anonymous letter to Director An and I's room, it means that this person must be on the set. The use of pseudonyms can be hidden from outsiders, but not from the people on the set. If he sees Director An is still directing on the set, who knows what he will think and what he will do," Xin Pingqing said.
"Then there are a few options now. Either, the production of this drama will be delayed for three days, and we will find a director who can come to the rescue as soon as possible, familiar with the relevant situation in the shortest time, and direct the drama. Or, we will suspend the production and wait. After Yan He has finished filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy", we will find time to re-shoot it. Of course, there is another option, and the assistant director of this drama will take over. No matter what, he knows very well that we hope to make this drama in the early stage. What does it look like, it can save a lot of running-in time.”
"Our filming time for this drama is only one week. Even if you find a new director, you won't have time to adjust."
Several people were silent for a while.
Lu Yanhe smiled awkwardly and said, "Why does it sound like I am the most suitable choice to take over as director?"
This is his only choice, and the problem lies with himself.
He is very familiar with the script and knows the entire crew's design of the show and what effect it wants to achieve.
"One more thing, ask the screenwriter to be the director and let the assistant director cooperate." Hu Siwei suddenly put forward his suggestion.
Everyone was stunned.
But at the same time, everyone thought, "This might work."
Although not every screenwriter is suitable to be a director, screenwriters and directors belong to the same family. In an emergency like this, if one person is needed to direct, the screenwriter is the one who knows the script best.
"Yan He, maybe in the end I need you to make the final decision and coordinate." Hu Siwei said, "The screenwriter knows the script best, and the assistant director is the most familiar with the scene. If they can cooperate well without fighting, then it will be okay. If there is a conflict of opinions, I need you to do the Dinghai Shenzhen.”
Chen Siqi immediately shook his head and said, "Then we can't let Yan He play the role of this villain."
Xin Pingqing: "However, in this case, only Yan He can control the two of them."
"You are a production assistant and represent our Linghe. Of course you can also suppress them." Chen Siqi said, "If Yan He plays the role of a villain in the crew, and if there are some dissatisfied complaints spread, then what will happen online?" How to make people hype? Yan He plays a big role in the crew, directs other actors to act, interferes with other people's scenes, etc. How many of the people in the crew of "Silent Stairs" are good?"
Everyone was silent.
This is indeed a problem.
Xin Pingqing: "The main reason is that I don't understand the production of drama series."
"Brother Si Si, you have to take action personally." Chen Siqi said, "In this case, I have to trouble you to guard the crew this week and help Ping Qing manage the crew."
Hu Siwei: "..."
Although Hu Siwei has never been a director, his rich experience in project development is something that few in the industry can compare with.
In terms of familiarity with the crew and handling of interpersonal relationships, Hu Siwei can be said to be one of the top people Lu Yanhe knows.
"I'm quite willing to do this, but when it comes to creative direction and aesthetic judgment, am I the one who should make the decision? The director's job really isn't just a matter of three cobblers, but a few people. Together, we can get a safe and sound effect," Hu Siwei said.
Lu Yanhe thought about it seriously and said, "This is too bad. It takes seven days to shoot a drama. It is inevitable for the screenwriter, assistant director, producer, brother Siwei, and me to have opinions to fight. Even if We all want the best for the show, and differences of opinion will definitely lead to problems between us. In the end, it is very likely that the show will not be filmed, and it would be completely different to force it to be filmed. "
Lu Yanhe's words silenced everyone again.
Chen Siqi: "If that doesn't work, we should pay liquidated damages and postpone the filming."
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath and asked, "Have you made a list of alternative directors who can come to the rescue?"
"not yet."
"Okay, let's go and communicate with Wang Biao first to see when I have to leave at the latest and how many days I can try. Brother Siwei, you and Ping Qing will make statistics on the situation of the crew first. "Whether it is delayed by three days, five days or several months, everyone needs to coordinate their time. In addition, Director An Jian can no longer be our director. We have to have a statement and everyone must have a unified voice."
Everyone nodded.
"After we have figured out all these situations, we will make a decision. If we can't find a suitable director, then I will direct it and rush the ducks to get it on the shelves. Compensation for liquidated damages is the second. The current situation of Jump Up Theater is very good. "The Silent Staircase" is another recent most important work When it is released, if something goes wrong, it will affect the industry's view of Jump Up Theater. "Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "Let's watch it in the end. If the edited film cannot pass my level, It doesn’t matter if it’s reshooting or whatever.”
In fact, everyone knows that Lu Yanhe is the safest choice to take over as director.
Although Lu Yanhe himself believed that he could not transform into a director's perspective to view the drama in a short time and could not produce a good film. However, from other people's perspective, with Lu Yanhe's many years of acting experience and his having directed "Love Letter", if he takes over, the entire crew will complete the director's handover as quickly as possible without any turmoil.
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Early the next morning, all the creative staff of "Silent Stairs" received a notice. Director An Jian was rushed to the hospital for treatment yesterday due to a sudden illness. Today's filming was temporarily canceled and the crew was on standby. Please do not spread the relevant news. , to prevent people on the Internet from deliberately hyping or fabricating rumors.
In the crew, everyone was talking a lot.
Two hours later, Xin Pingqing summoned the entire crew for a meeting.
The crew will start filming as usual in the afternoon, with Chen Yu taking over as director and Lu Yanhe as art director.
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"Chen Yu?"
"Who is Chen Yu?"
"I don't know where it came from."
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Once the news was announced, it aroused intense discussion among the crew.
Mainly...the name Chen Yu is too unfamiliar.
He was not in the original cast.
Of course, among the powerful crew, there will always be a powerful gossip master.
Soon, Chen Yu's situation was discovered.
"A student of Director Liu Zhijiang?"
"The person who co-directed with Liu Zhijiang before."
"Why did you find him to replace Director An Jian?"
"It is said that Director An Jian's illness came very quickly and he almost went to the ICU."
"Let me go, what's wrong with him? Why is he so exaggerated?"
"However, just ask Chen Yu to direct, why did you give Lu Yanhe the title of art director?"
"Are you stupid? What is an art director? It means that if Lu Yanhe has any opinions on the filming of this drama, he can use this title to provide guidance on the filming."
"Ah? Then isn't director Chen Yu just a puppet? Why doesn't Lu Yanhe just become the director himself?"
"Who knows, but how much investment does our play have? Lu Yanhe is a film director, how could he direct such a small TV series?"
"He even came to star. Why are you belittling yourself so much?"
"He came to star in order to support Jump Up Theater. Do you think he would have come to take on this drama if it wasn't for this reason?"
"But, if you look at the previous dramas, aren't they all quite popular? Huaiqian became famous overnight, and a sequel to "The Intern" will be developed."
"Do you think Lu Yanhe lacks these?"
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These discussions in the crew were very popular.
Chen Yu arrived at the set at 12:30 noon.
He didn't expect that he would give it a try and interview the director of Jump Up Theater. As a result, not only did he get the invitation, but he also got the opportunity to be the director of the play "The Silent Staircase". !
Firefighting? Rescue? Stressed out?
He doesn't care about that.
As a young and energetic director, when he received the call, only two words came to mind: opportunity!
He immediately called his teacher Liu Zhijiang.
After Liu Zhijiang heard that Chen Yu was going to film "The Silent Staircase" starring Lu Yanhe, he didn't say that putting out fires was not that easy for a director.
Liu Zhijiang himself is a senior director in the industry, and he knows very well what kind of opportunity such a drama means for a young director like Chen Yu.
By analogy, it may be like how the play directed by Luo Yuzhong was to the fledgling Lu Yanhe.
"Teacher, am I going to become famous? After I finish filming this drama, will projects on various platforms come to me as a director in the future?" Chen Yu said on the phone like an idiot who has a happy event coming from heaven. The other end giggled.
Liu Zhijiang was speechless again for a while.
Forget it, let him mess with this idiot.
"Don't embarrass me! If you mess up, I will be the first to expel you from the school. Don't say that I am your teacher outside in the future."
Chen Yu came here with high spirits and gearing up.
On the urgent flight over, he first read the script and the afternoon shooting notice.
After arriving at the scene, he met Xin Pingqing directly, and then met with the assistant director and the filming team.
"Being ordered in the face of danger is a huge pressure. I need you to take care of me!" Chen Yu cupped his hands and clasped his fists.
Xin Pingqing was originally worried. Chen Siqi and the others chose Chen Yu. He was young and grew up under the wings of a great director. He was probably arrogant and not an easy person to deal with. Unexpectedly, people seemed to think the same thing about him. Not quite the same.
When people come to the crew, the first thing they do is to say hello and get familiar with these real backbones on the set, instead of looking for Lu Yanhe and the others——
Many young directors have to be "beaten" on set before they know who they really want to win over first.
Xin Pingqing thought about what Chen Siqi said about Chen Yu before the meeting ended early yesterday morning: "He has experienced several big projects and is an experienced director who has been truly trained and practiced by his teacher. What he needs now is an opportunity to direct independently. Let the industry truly I see his personal ability and value. Therefore, if he were to direct this drama, he would work hard to make it good without sleeping. And based on my contact and understanding of his character and style. , can integrate into our crew as quickly as possible.”
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"It's a bit risky." On the phone with Lu Yanhe, Chen Siqi was not as forceful as in the meeting last night. She directly admitted her uneasiness, "Originally, we were looking for Chen Yu to film another movie."
Lu Yanhe: "It's okay, Chen Yu is our best choice at the moment."
Chen Siqi: "That's what I say, but it will inevitably make people worried. Alas, I will arrive in the afternoon. I hope everything goes well for you on site."
Lu Yanhe: "Why are you still here? Haven't the director's matters been resolved?"
"The anonymous letter matter has not been resolved yet." Chen Siqi said, "I have to find this person. Although you all say that this person is targeting Director An Jian, what if he is not? If this person just wants to cause something, If we mess up this drama, we may not know what will happen next.”
Lu Yanhe did not expect Chen Siqi to say this.
However, after thinking about it, what Chen Siqi said was not unreasonable.
The director's problem has been solved, but the person who sent the anonymous letter is most likely still on the crew.
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Before filming the first scene in the afternoon, Chen Yu called all the actors together for a meeting and introduced himself.
"In the early stage, Director An Jian led everyone to prepare for this play. However, he suddenly had some health problems and could not continue directing, so he came to me."
Chen Yu said: "You are all teachers with superb acting skills. On the way here, I have read the information of all the teachers and admire them very much. Of course, although everyone looks at me as very young, I am indeed very young." Young - I mean, maybe you are worried about whether I have the ability to be a good director."
"Let me introduce to you, my teacher is Liu Zhijiang. In the past few years, I have been following my teacher's projects as his assistant director. In the last film, I became the co-director. And, actually, before joining our crew, I have signed a contract with Jump Up Theater to direct another play.”
When Chen Yu said this, Zhang Yuan, Peng Yufen and several other senior actors showed a bit of surprise, as if they hadn't expected it.
Lu Yanhe stood at the edge and nodded calmly.
He must definitely express his support for Chen Yu.
"Of course, I do still have a lot to learn. I dare not say that I am already a hexagon warrior and perfect." Chen Yu said with a smile, "When we filmed this drama together, we all have one thing in common. The goal is to film this drama well so that it can become a It is a masterpiece for each of us. How well I can make this drama within my capabilities depends on how much everyone cooperates with me, supports me, and believes in me, because I will go all out, so I I hope we can work together to create synergy, rather than being a hindrance to each other.”
Lu Yanhe took the lead in applauding.
Others were still a little doubtful, but when they saw Lu Yanhe like this, they started to applaud.
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Fortunately, this drama is entirely a literary drama.
Moreover, except for Lu Yanhe, the other actors had already rehearsed in the early stage and were very familiar with each other. There were basically no low-level mistakes on the scene.
After Chen Yu finished shooting a scene, he smiled and joked, "The teachers are so familiar with their characters. I feel like anyone can be the director. All you have to do is sit here and shout." ”
His words made everyone laugh.
The scene just now was indeed well performed, Lu Yanhe thought so. Although it was just a very ordinary cutscene, everyone was very familiar with the content of their performance. Even though he had only done the scene once, Lu Yanhe actually had a tacit understanding that he had performed the scene with them several times.
Everything he throws out gets a reaction.
No wonder Chen Yu said this.
"Let's make one more guarantee." Chen Yu said, "Teacher Zhang, when you came out just now, let's try it. Say a word first and then come out of the room, okay? Let's take a look at the two versions, which one is better? It highlights the arrogance and arrogance of your character.”
After Chen Yu finished speaking, Lu Yanhe's eyes changed when he looked at Chen Yu.
Sometimes, whether a person understands opera or not can be determined in just one sentence.
Why did Lu Yanhe say before that he was already familiar with watching this drama from his character's perspective? Director is another perspective.
Here is a very typical——
Director's perspective.
And Zhang Yuan's expression also changed in an instant.
A good actor may not be able to cover everything when preparing for a role, but if he fails to react when prompted by others, at least it means that he is an actor with less sensitive reactions.
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On the way from the train station to the set, Chen Siqi kept thinking in his mind, what if Chen Yu couldn't convince the audience?
Even though she seemed very strong in the online video last night, she couldn't help but be categorical when recommending Chen Yu, as if she was certain that he would be able to do it.
This is just a truth she has learned since working.
The truth is, no matter how sure you are about a decision, when it comes out of your mouth, you must be 100% sure.
Once you take a breath, others will follow.
If I really wanted to say what she thought, I really had no idea.
Chen Siqi had already prepared for the worst. However, when she arrived at the shooting scene, she found that the situation at the scene was not as bad as she had imagined. It was even quite orderly and happy?
"Chen Yu will become a great director." This is what Lu Yanhe told her.
This surprised Chen Siqi.
Why is it only the first day that Lu Yanhe praises Chen Yu so highly?
This made Chen Siqi put aside his main purpose of coming to the crew and couldn't help but observe Chen Yu curiously.
"When he came to us for an interview, he was liked by many of us." Chen Siqi said, "Actually, there is no need for a major student like him to come to our Jump Up Theater. His teacher will definitely help him in the future. It was all laid out, and we asked him the same question. He didn’t say those vain words, and admitted generously that he had received too much guidance and opportunities from his teacher, but he also wanted to see it, but there was no Teacher, what achievements can he make on his own?”
Lu Yanhe: "Then after he came to the crew, he was not as humble as you said. In front of everyone, he gave a speech that he was fully capable of leading everyone to film this drama, and he mentioned it unabashedly. When it comes to him being a student of director Liu Zhijiang... Of course, what he did has an immediate effect, and many people in the crew stopped their contempt for him. "
"When you go out, you give yourself your identity." Chen Siqi said with a smile, "Looking at the atmosphere at the scene, he seems to have done a pretty good job as a director?"
"It's more than good." Lu Yanhe said, "He knows drama very well, and every time he gives guidance, people are convinced. The actors in this drama are very ruthless, and they can point out their problems to the point, and make people feel comfortable. They listen to him, he’s awesome.”
Chen Siqi: "Really or not? You didn't comfort me on purpose just to reassure me, right?"
"Really." Lu Yanhe said, "You have a good sense in choosing directors."
Chen Siqi: "That's good."
She breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm really worried about what the crew will do if Chen Yu can't handle it."
"You gave me the title of art director, isn't it just to prevent this kind of situation from happening? At least I will be the one to take care of it?" Lu Yanhe laughed.
Chen Siqi: "Yes, fortunately you are here."
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The appearance of Chen Siqi made the crew start talking again.
Mainly discussing her sudden intention to come.
At the end of the day today, there were too many things happening on the set. It's just very magical and inexplicable that despite such changes, the show was still able to start production normally and start filming smoothly.
However, when everyone came back to their senses after finishing their work, they still realized that something was more or less not right.
Director An Jian was obviously fine yesterday and didn't show any abnormality. Why did he suddenly become ill just because he said he was ill?
And in such a short time, a director came to the rescue.
In addition, this afternoon, Chen Siqi suddenly appeared on the set——
Even though many people say that Chen Siqi is actually here to visit Lu Yanhe.
Are you really here to visit?
On the first day of filming, filming was officially started in the afternoon. Chen Siqi hurried to the crew at this time and came directly to the scene...
In fact, there is nothing strange about this.
But Chen Siqi is not only Lu Yanhe's girlfriend, but also the chief planner and initiator of Jump Up Theatre. Coupled with the changes that have taken place in the crew today, when these things are added together, everyone can't help but think about it.
In the end, I speculate that the most critical point is actually to change the director.
Is Director An Jian really sick?
That night, several members of the crew came to ask Xin Pingqing which hospital Director An Jian was in. They wanted to go there and visit.
Xin Pingqing could only deal with them. Director An Jian had already gone to the hospital in Shanghai and Hangzhou, which was not nearby. After the drama was completed, he would visit on behalf of the entire crew.
This kind of rhetoric makes everyone even more confused.
All kinds of suspicions and gossips are flying among each other.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi had dinner together and took a walk outside. Finally, they had time to discuss An Jian's affairs seriously.
Whether An Jian's story is true or false, I actually didn't have time to delve into it yesterday.
Everyone can only acquiesce that his matter will have an impact, and discuss solutions based on his withdrawal from the project. Time is urgent, and no one has time to care about the authenticity of An Jian's matter.
"But we can't stop cooperating with Director An at all just because of this incident." Chen Siqi said, "Actually, his behavior in this matter made me look at him differently. He didn't hide it. I immediately offered to withdraw from the crew to avoid affecting the crew's filming and future broadcasts. Based on this behavior alone, I am very willing to cooperate with a responsible director like him. "
"Yes, me too." Lu Yanhe said, "But if the anonymous letter is not resolved, it will be a time bomb. As you said, we must find out who sent the anonymous letter."
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Recommend the old book "I Became a Scandalous Heroine Overnight" and the new book "The Demon Sword" (end of this chapter)