Full of Energy
When I reach middle age, I suddenly have the opportunity to be a director.
Because of this opportunity that suddenly came to him, Wu Chi went to do a fortune telling for himself to see if his horoscopes had hardened in middle age.
every dog has his day.
This is my first time as a director. Although I only have a production budget of 2 million, in Wu Chi's case, that's a lot.
He had never seen so much money at once in his life, and there was so much money for him.
His apprentice Li Chao became his deputy.
The director's scene was in chaos.
"When will Jiang Yue arrive?" Wu Chi asked with an annoyed look on his face.
Li Chao said: "On the way, there are about three hours left."
"Oh, the whole team is waiting for her! Why can't she come earlier?!"
"I never thought that she would suddenly have to appear in this scene." Li Chao said, "Otherwise, we should shoot it first, and then we can find time to make up for it when she comes."
Wu Chi had a big face.
Everyone else looked at them.
Everyone who comes to this crew actually knows that this is a novice director.
But no one thought that this "newbie" would be so powerful.
The daily efficiency is too low.
The actor worked hard for a long time, but he finally said that the shots just now were all long shots, and tomorrow we will need close shots.
The actors felt like vomiting blood after hearing this.
Not to mention other technical departments, because they don’t get clear instructions, they don’t know how to do a lot of work. When they get to the site, they are not satisfied and have to start over.
Of course, Wu Chi himself is the most troubled. He also knows that many situations are caused by him, but he does not have such a strong ability to perfect all of this. The director doesn't just sit on the scene with a loudspeaker and talk.
Not only must he make demands, he must make precise demands.
However, he did not understand the actual shooting. No matter how much he thought over his ideas, he would still be unable to execute them because he did not consider the actual situation.
Just snapping and snapping.
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This is what Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi encountered after they arrived on the set.
Wu Chi didn't receive the news that they were coming to visit the class until an hour before Lu Yanhe and the others arrived.
People are stupid.
Wu Chi's first reaction was to get everyone to hold a short meeting and pretend first, so as not to expose so many problems of the crew to Lu Yanhe, otherwise it would appear that he was incompetent.
Although this is also true.
Wu Chi felt that it was normal for him to have problems as he was just getting started.
Give him some time and he'll adjust.
The problem is that they haven’t adjusted yet... The overall situation of the crew can be described as terrible.
Wu Chi felt like facing a formidable enemy.
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"Did you know that Linghe has a new movie released this month called "The Sea, Oh My Bah"?"
Huang Kairen asked Xin Zixing.
Xin Zixing nodded, "I heard it. It seems that when they were collecting the scripts for the Jump Theater, they received a script and some materials that the director had cut before, and decided to sign him and support him in the first film. Movie, that’s it.”
"This name is a bit strange." Huang Kairen said.
"It's a little bit, but since they can take notice, the script should be pretty good." Xin Zixing turned over, got out of bed, walked barefoot to the table, and got himself a glass of water, "But this movie, It basically has nothing to do with Yan He. Their Ling He probably Sol wanted to do some projects that had nothing to do with Yan He. The same thing happened with "Houseshare" before. Oh, by the way, they have a new project called "Bankrupt Sisters". Yan He only provided a story idea this time. , no longer writes scripts himself.”
""Broken Sisters"?" Huang Kairen was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses immediately, "It's that new sitcom, right?"
"Yes." Xin Zixing nodded, "After Hu Siwei arrived in Linghe, he seemed to be planning to delve deeper into the sitcom genre, from "Wulin Gaiden" to "Houseshare", and now "Bankrupt Sisters"."
Huang Kairen: "He is the only producer in China who can stably produce good sitcoms."
Xin Zixing: "The second season of "Wulin Gaiden" will be broadcast during the Spring Festival next year. You can't rest. Will you resume work in the second or third year of junior high and start promoting?"
"Absolutely." Huang Kairen nodded, "Yuehutai will start rebroadcasting the first season before the Chinese New Year. Everyone wants to see if the second season can take advantage of the Chinese New Year, when everyone is at home, to make this show a favorite for the whole family. The promotion of the drama "sitting together and watching TV" will also focus on this. If it can be successful, this drama can become a national comedy. "
"It sounds like it's also very important to you." Xin Zixing said, "Your nationality has always been lacking. People who are slightly older basically don't recognize you."
For a star to have national status, it really requires the right time, place, and people.
Some celebrities have been popular for seven or eight years, but their national popularity may be the same.
Huang Kairen said: "Yes, probably because the box office of "Fake Death" allowed the industry to see the box office potential of romantic comedies. In the second half of this year, I received no less than twenty romantic comedy movie scripts. In the past, they were all like "Fake Death". "Rouge Button" style book, I heard people tell me. However, in the eyes of many film companies, there are only a handful of capable and handsome actors who can play romantic comedies. I took advantage of "Wulin Gaiden" and everyone thinks I am suitable for comedy. , but I really can’t choose a few in terms of image and performance.”
Xin Zixing nodded.
"Look at how many actors I met when I was working on "The Birth of an Actor". Many of them are good at acting, but the homogeneity is very serious. If you ask them to act in serious dramas and dramas about suffering and hatred, many people can play it. " Xin Zixin smiled, "Our entertainment industry really doesn't lack actors who can perform good roles. She is an actor who can act with ease and ease in less serious and less dramatic dramas. Even Chen Bige can only play the role in "Love Letter". If you ask her to play "Friends", It’s absolutely impossible to get people into the drama, there are many dramas that don’t require that kind of acting.”
Huang Kairen: "That makes sense. Do you think I'm suitable for playing "Friends"?"
"To be honest, I think you can at most perform the same effect as Yan He." Xin Zixing said, "The actor who really performed the best in "Friends" is Yan Liang. This is also the same as when Yan He wrote the script. It was written based on him , he doesn't feel like acting at all. If you look at Yan Liang's performance in "Friends", and then watch "The Gold Rush" and "The Top of the Mountain", his state is completely different. In "Friends", he was just normal. Speak and act in a lively manner.”
Huang Kairen: "It has more or less the tone and traces of an actor, right?"
"Yes." Xin Zixing said, "Especially for the male protagonist in a romantic comedy, it's even more difficult. He is a handsome guy, has no baggage, and can blend into the light comedy style of the movie. This scale is difficult to achieve. Generally speaking, this kind of movie, Unless the character fits the character, it’s difficult for a famous actor to act particularly well.”
Huang Kairen: "Can an actress do it?"
"Same, it depends on the character." Xin Zixing said, "Take Chen Bige as an example. If the heroine in this romantic comedy is a powerful female boss or a similar female character in a high position, Then she can act, and the comedy effect may be very good, because the audience's impression of her is that of a female There is a contrast between a god and a movie queen, but if the heroine in this romantic comedy is a silly girl or a common ordinary girl, she will be a disaster. No matter how ordinary you make her up, The audience will realize the first time they see her that she is Chen Bige, and the audience cannot imagine her."
Huang Kairen: "You mean, it's okay for me to play a handsome and wealthy boss, because it fits everyone's impression of me, but it would be a bit crazy if I were asked to play someone like the one in "Fake Death" Not a neurotic, exaggerated young boy?”
"That's about it." Xin Zixing nodded, "But what I said is not absolute. The second spring of many actors' careers comes from a performance that completely exceeded everyone's expectations, just like when you performed in "Rouge Button" No one thought you could play such a role before.”
"Only Lu Yanhe thinks I can do it." Huang Kairen shook his head, "Are his eyes different from ours? Can he see things that we can't?"
Xin Zixing rolled her eyes at him.
Huang Kairen: "I acted in two movies this year, a suspense crime film and a small-budget art film. I don't know what kind of results they will have."
Xin Zixing: "Relax, you now have "Wulin Gaiden" to guide you. You can try different things until the show ends."
Huang Kairen nodded.
"Actually, you should make more movies in the next few years and stop filming TV series for the time being." Xin Zixing said, "With "Rouge Button" bringing you the best actor, in the current ecological chain, you should try your best to first Let’s establish a foothold in the film industry. Being able to do both movies and TV shows like Yan He doesn’t affect his status. There are only a few in the entire entertainment industry. His achievements in film are mainly the ones that cannot be ignored. You still can’t ignore them. There is only one "Rouge Button" and I need to accumulate a little more."
Huang Kairen nodded.
"That's the plan. We're basically talking about movie scripts," he said. "However, it's still harder to compete with better productions. Now those who come to me are basically all ordinary productions."
Of course Xin Zixing wouldn't say a word at this time, why are you thinking about big productions? Gold can be found in ordinary crafting.
Unless you have a really discerning eye, for a project like a movie, you really can’t determine whether you should act in it based on the quality of the script, and more importantly, whether the production team is good or not.
The script is just a small link and a foundation.
There are so many ordinary and extremely ordinary movies in China every year, many of which are creative and eye-catching, but after watching them, you will regret it and want to slap yourself twice.
And for many reliable productions, even if the reputation is good or bad, there are only a handful of movies that can really achieve excellent reputations in a year. There are only a few movies that are at least reliably produced and will not make people think that they are money laundering. Went.
And it is rare for a truly reliable production to fail miserably. It may be true that it is not profitable. This is the case in the film industry, especially Chinese-language films, which are too dependent on theater box office as the main profit channel. The risk is high, perhaps the highest in the world. But at least it won’t damage the actor’s reputation too much——
There are some movies that can really single-handedly push an actor to the position of the king of bad movies, let alone the director.
Director Chen Da can still cause a murder with lingering reverberations due to a steamed bun. A certain director named Lu, who had a good reputation in the early stage, also suffered a sharp decline in reputation after the "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" and has not recovered yet.
For a front-line actor like Huang Kairen, it is normal and right to be cautious.
"Actually, you see, although Linghe supported the new director, gave him funds, and supported him to start filming the film "Ocean's Sea", in fact, none of the important figures in Linghe participated in the actual production." Xin Zixing Said, "What I heard is that they just want to give this Wu Chi can accumulate experience in making films so that he can later film a script written by Yan He. For two million, it is actually a good deal to buy experience that can be used by a film director with hundreds of millions in box office potential, but it is only a good deal. An atypical film company like He can do this."
"Why do you say that? Can't other film companies do this?"
"Of course it can be done, but other film companies don't have the long-term vision of Linghe." Xin Zixing said, "Many film companies maintain their relationships with a few big-name directors. Which director's movie is a hit? They just rob, compete, and train new people... Which film company is not serving the capital behind them and the stock price? Training new people will not help the stock price. "
Huang Kairen: "Yan He has always been unwilling to accept investment from outside capital."
"If you think about it, he doesn't need it." Xin Zixing said, "Linghe now has its own film library and several production teams. They can shoot what they want. Although the scale is not large, they are basically all It’s a small production, but the victory is freedom. Even if it suffers a loss or a total loss, the company will not go bankrupt. Yan He is very sober. He never takes risks that may cause him to lose everything. All the risks he takes, These are all risks that will not affect the overall situation even if we fail or make a comeback.”
Huang Kairen: "He is indeed very good. Now he is doing dance theater."
"Then you are mistaken. Jump Theater actually has little to do with him. Linghe is just one of the producers of Jump Theater." Xin Zixing said.
"Jumping Theater was mainly started by Jumping together with Yuehutai, Icefield Video, and Northern Lights Video. As far as I know, Yan He was not very involved in it. Although in the initial stage, his network of contacts was still growing. played a decisive role."
"The best thing about Jump Up Theater is that it has pioneered a model of low-cost production of small boutiques. In the past, the biggest shortcoming of Chinese-language film and television dramas was that the production budget control was very poor. A drama could only be shot with only 10 million yuan. Due to low efficiency and various losses, it ultimately required 30 million to shoot. Jumping Theater said it would give you a production budget of 1 million or 2 million. How detailed is your budget? Create works within the budget.”
Huang Kairen: "I feel this. Didn't I shoot a jump theater drama for them before? The main scene of this drama is the daily comedy story of a family in a house. We shot four Oh my god, because there was no need to change scenes or mess around, and we had rehearsed in advance, it only took us four days to shoot the size and quality of a movie.”
"From the very beginning when they chose themes and actors, they combined the production budget and shooting plan." Xin Zixing said, "It's really awesome. You see, many places are now following their example, setting up XX theaters, and... There are indeed some small theaters that can do a story of more than ten or twenty minutes, but they are too sketchy. The jump theater is still filmed in a film and television way. Their small theaters use It’s just a sketch stage in the name of theater.”
Huang Kairen: "If the performance of "Oops of the Sea" is not very good, will it have an impact on Yan He? Now when everyone talks about him, the most common thing they say is that he has never failed."
"How bad can the performance of "Ocean's Sea" be?" Xin Zixin smiled, "A movie with a production cost of only two million, TV broadcast rights, online broadcast rights, plus Linghe's overseas sales capabilities , even if it doesn't make a dollar at the box office, it won't lose money. Yan He may not think that much, but Chen Ziyan will not let him fail, let alone fail. That’s what this movie has to do with Yan He.”
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"If you fail, you fail." Lu Yanhe said to Wu Chi sincerely.
When he came to the crew of "The Sea, Oh My Bah", Lu Yanhe, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, couldn't help but feel shocked by the messy situation.
I didn't expect it to be so chaotic...
Lu Yanhe looked at the material that had been shot before. How should I put it? From a lot of scrap films, he could occasionally find one or two useful pieces.
The style is still the same, middle school, youth, comic-like hot blood...
Lu Yanhe can almost predict that this movie will not become a miracle or a dark horse.
Fortunately, he was really mentally prepared that "it doesn't matter if he fails."
Originally, it can be seen from the production cost of two million that Linghe did not think this movie could make money from the beginning.
Wu Chi did not expect that Lu Yanhe would be so "tolerant" to him.
He was really ready to be fired.
He has been in this industry for so long and has heard of many "unreliable" directors who were fired from film companies halfway through filming.
Wu Chi carefully typed up a manuscript and prepared to explain it to Lu Yanhe.
He has become more and more sensible. He wasted a lot of time and shooting in the past, but he will improve later.
As a result, what he prepared was of no use.
Lu Yanhe patted Wu Chi on the shoulder, encouraged him, and was about to leave.
As soon as he walked out, the dozen or so people in the crew outside looked at him nervously.
They probably knew what they were filming recently, so they were anxious and worried that the crew would be cut off from funding, so they packed up and went home.
Among them, Jiang Yue's expression was the most nervous.
Who can understand her mood?
I joined the cast with various expectations, but before I could even shoot the first scene, I was told that the plot situation was very bad. When Lu Yanhe came to visit the cast, the crew might be asked to stop working.
Jiang Yue was very worried that Lu Yanhe would really disband the crew with just one sentence.
Lu Yanhe noticed everyone's mentality.
He smiled and said, "Sorry, I didn't say hello in advance before coming, which caused trouble for everyone. The crew of "Ocean" is the first work produced by Linghe that is not starring or written by me. I like this very much The script is not serious, it doesn’t look like a traditional good movie script, but it is middle-grade, like the comics we read when we were kids, unrealistic, but it has the power to infect us.”
"Chaoss are all phases. As long as we have a good heart, we will definitely get better and better." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Director Wu Chi is a director for the first time. He is very talented, but He is inexperienced, so please help him. I have been a director myself, and I know best how much a new director needs everyone's help when making his first work. The help he gets at this time is really It’s the same friendship that comes out of a long drought.”
Lu Yanhe smiled and encouraged everyone: "Then I will continue to leave this work to you."
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, and for a while, no one responded.
He didn't dare to react either.
At this time, Jiang Yue suddenly let out a high-pitched cheer of "Oh——".
"Fighting!" she shouted energetically. (End of chapter)