So-Called Small Crew Beef Jerky

Lu Yanhe looked at Wu Chi who suddenly came to him in surprise.

He had dinner with Chen Siqi and planned to watch a movie together at the house in the evening and then go for a walk.

As a result, the doorbell rang.

Wu Chi was in a state of excitement and exhaustion, like a dusty marathon runner.

"Mr. Lu, I have something to ask you."

Lu Yanhe looked at him inexplicably.

Just met a few hours ago.

If you have something to ask him, why didn't you tell him earlier?

When Wu Chi sat down and expressed his new ideas for the script, Kong Fanyu and Jiang Yue with an excited, almost dancing limb movement, Lu Yanhe understood.

"Change the script at this time..."

Lu Yanhe showed a bit of surprise and hesitation.

Chen Siqi poured two glasses of juice and placed them in front of them. She sat down next to her with her thermos cup in front of her.

Wu Chi: "I know that doing this...may be very problematic, but with such a change to the script, basically there will be no major adjustments to the shooting plan. I will not exceed the deadline. I will just combine Kong Fanyu and Jiang Yue's With some adjustments and a few more scenes, the show will be better.”

"Director Wu, can you tell me why you had to make such big adjustments to the script after filming started?" Lu Yanhe said, "The character played by Jiang Yue was one that Kong Fanyu liked and was attracted to. A girl, but her existence itself is just an image for Kong Fanyu, an image that every boy will have when he is a boy. At least this is how I understand this character. "

"But this is too vulgar." Wu Chi said, "When I saw Kong Fanyu and Jiang Yue talking about each other's words today, I suddenly became enlightened. I don't want this movie to be made into a movie. A cookie-cutter, teenage coming-of-age movie, you don’t have to experience a fruitless crush to watch it. Growing up, a boy who is in middle school, passionate, and a bit idiotic can also experience a period of youth happily, funny, and playing around with others. There is no need for those painful reversals. I just want to make a hilarious movie. Hong Hong’s movie, from the beginning to the end, shows that not many people have so many pains in their growth.”

"Then why did you write that then?"

"Because..." Wu Chi felt a little embarrassed, "I have watched many movies like this. The male protagonist always has to experience some emotional failures and family changes before he can transform and grow."

"Then after you make such changes, will other parts of the movie also need to be changed? Are his parents getting divorced? Will the school expel him?"

"Change the divorce into a quarrel, and make it trivial and funny. When the divorce ends, everyone will feel relieved and at peace." Wu Chi said, "The school wants to expel him. Also, I...I think Add a scene where he acted bravely for a just cause. When the school was about to expel him, he received a call from the police station to send him a banner for his heroic act. Then the school immediately changed its mind and began to treat him as a good student. Praise.”

"Isn't this becoming quite ironic?"

"Yes, but the focus is definitely not on the satire of the school leaders, but on the absurdity." Wu Chi said, "The focus is to film a boy's life through the series of crazy things Kong Fanyu experienced. , a mood of cursing at life.”

"If you do this, many people may criticize your movie for being unrealistic and vain."

Wu Chi was silent for two seconds and said: "But I feel that filmmaking is a thing where 'those who know me tell me what I am worried about, and those who don't know me tell me what I want.' I finally have the opportunity to make a film. I don't think so." I know whether I will have the chance to make another movie after I finish this movie, so at least for this movie, I want to make something that I really want to make. I didn’t think clearly about it before, but I thought of it today.”

Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi looked at each other.

When Chen Siqi saw Lu Yanhe, he knew that he must have loosened his attitude.

"You should know that although many directors have said that after they became famous, they had many particularly legendary stories in the past, such as changing the script on a temporary basis, changing actors, or running out of money halfway through filming, so they had to sell their house and shoot it themselves, but they still succeeded in the end. But this is the story of a successful person. Most of the time, a movie cannot be shot according to the plan, because the director does not have the control ability, and it is also because the director is too out of touch and messes up the movie in the end. Things only move myself.”

"I know." Wu Chi nodded.

"If I say, if this movie overruns, we in Linghe will not give you a penny more for the overrun. You need to pay for it yourself. No matter how much you pay, your share of the investment in this movie will be There won't be any changes, and your salary won't be increased. Are you willing?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Wu Chi nodded without hesitation.

"I do." Wu Chi said, "Mr. Lu, to be honest, I never dreamed that one day I would have the opportunity to make a movie. I am very grateful that you can spend two million to support me in making this movie. Before I even asked others to invest 600,000 yuan for me to shoot this script, but no one else was willing."

Lu Yanhe: "I like the kind of real middle school passion in your script that you don't see in Chinese youth movies now. I also like your editing style. The perspective and rhythm are unique and especially dynamic. But, I tell you frankly, if this movie fails, I won't consider you as the director for the next movie I write."

Wu Chi was stunned.

"Originally, there was a movie I wrote, and I wanted to ask you to direct it after you finished shooting this movie." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "The shooting of this movie is just for you to accumulate directing experience."

Wu Chi was shocked.

"Even in this case, do you still want to change the script?"

"If I shoot this script according to the previous script and it still fails, then will I still have the opportunity to direct the next movie you mentioned?"

"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Wu Chi said: "Then I still want to change the script. After knowing how to shoot this movie better, I feel uncomfortable shooting it according to my previous ideas."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.

"Hmm?" Wu Chi was stunned.

Lu Yanhe: "Then go ahead and change it."

Wu Chi showed an expression of disbelief and surprise.

"Really?"

"Really." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Director Wu, I actually believe in you. I believe you have the talent to make movies. We have seen it before, but after all, making movies is an industry that requires large investments. We can't give you money to experiment again and again, so you only have this one chance."

"Okay." Wu Chi nodded.

Wu Chi said: "I will go all out to make this movie."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

After sending Wu Chi away, Chen Siqi looked at him with a smile.

"So, it's not only art film directors who are so willful?"

"Using art films and commercial films to distinguish film types is outdated." Lu Yanhe said, "I now think that movies are actually divided into author-type movies and non-author-type movies. Commercial films can also be very author-style, and art films can also be shot in a very stereotyped way."

"Do you think Wu Chi is a director with his own personal style?"

"Look at the current Chinese-language movies. Is there anyone who understands a movie like he just said?"

"The film market is so bad this year. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that film companies think that they have racked their brains to shoot various innovative themes, creative perspectives, and even curious fields, which should attract many audiences willing to watch the movie. The result is contrary to their wishes, because no matter how curious, innovative, and creative something is, if it is still shot by the same group of people, it is like cooking. If you are a Northeasterner and cook Hunan cuisine, the Hunan cuisine you make is also Northeastern Hunan cuisine."

Chen Siqi laughed.

"Movies can no longer bring new feelings to everyone. The themes are different, but the things are basically the same." Lu Yanhe said, "They look different, but after eating them, you will find that the raw materials are all the same."

What Wu Chi said is something very different from the mainstream understanding of movies in the current film industry.

Not realistic, exaggerated, noisy, no adolescent pains, and no classic "three-part argument" or reversal.

What Lu Yanhe thought of in his mind was an old movie he had watched when he was very young before he traveled through time, a movie that was delayed by the name.

"First Love This Love Song".

That was a completely non-mainstream movie, but when he saw the ending, Lu Yanhe found himself excited and trembling. Even though he knew that he would never get on that boat with them in reality, he got on it with them in the spiritual world.

That was a resonance and trembling at the spiritual level.

Movies are about standing at a safe distance in reality, and taking risks, experiencing, and resonating in the spiritual world.

Chen Siqi: "But Wu Chi may not be able to realize what he wants."

"But he moved me." Lu Yanhe said, "I know that if it is really from a probability perspective, he has a high probability of failure, but as a creator, I still insist on one thing."

"What is it?"

"Don't look at the success rate, look at the person. Don't believe in past experience, believe in your own inner feelings." Lu Yanhe said, "Whether creation can succeed or not, there is really no law to summarize. The reality is that hard work may not be recognized, but casual graffiti can become popular overnight, and perfunctory things can take off if they meet the wind. Good things may have to go through years to last forever, so the only thing we can believe in is our own feelings."

Chen Siqi: "Okay."

"Although I still think this is not a reason for a creator to change the shooting plan at will, you have convinced me that the only thing we can trust is our own feelings." Chen Siqi said, "In this case, what if the budget is really overspent? Do you really let him pay for it himself?"

Lu Yanhe: "See how he shoots? If I think the things he shoots are good, then add investment. If it's really... wrong, and he's just saying nice things, then let this shooting go to waste and stop shooting."

Chen Siqi: "Well, then you are actually still rational."

"Don't say that, I'm too irrational." Lu Yanhe smiled and sighed, "Sister Zi Yan will definitely scold me."

"Sister Zi Yan will not scold you." Chen Siqi said, "Sister Zi Yan will seriously think about and study every choice and decision of yours, why you are like this, and reflect on what she has not thought of."

"No way?"

"You underestimate your influence on Sister Zi Yan now." Chen Siqi said.

-

"The Sea, My Pah" suddenly decided to temporarily change the script, and Lu Yanhe actually agreed.

Li Chao was very disillusioned.

The people of Linghe were also disillusioned.

Why did they agree?

Everyone was puzzled.

Was it because Wu Chi had shown too much talent before that Lu Yanhe felt that Wu Chi really had a promising future, so he trusted him unconditionally? Or did Wu Chi save Lu Yanhe's life before?

The entire crew of "The Sea, My Pah" was immersed in a thick and unbelievable atmosphere.

However, Wu Chi was like a chicken blood, and he changed the script that night.

The next day, Wu Chi gave the revised script to Li Chao. With two big dark circles under his eyes, he couldn't stand it anymore. He pulled open the camp bed, covered himself with a blanket and went to sleep.

And dealing with various departments, communicating, and executing on-site shooting were all handed over to Li Chao, which became Li Chao's job.

Li Chao himself was the deputy director of this film, and it was natural for him to be assigned these tasks - in a sense, Li Chao even had to thank his teacher for giving him so many opportunities to actually operate. It's really too rare for a director to really get his hands on directing.

It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the morning.

Wu Chi opened his eyes.

He sat up breathlessly like an eggplant hit by frost.

Before he really woke up, suddenly, a girl rushed in front of him.

"Director Wu!"

It was the leading actress of this film, Liu Guanxian.

Wu Chi was stunned by her shouting, "Ah?"

Liu Guanxian's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists and said, "Are you going to delete my scenes? Are you going to let Jiang Yue be the leading actress?"

Wu Chi: "What the hell?"

Liu Guanxian said, "Everyone said that you changed the script and changed me to the second female lead! How could you do this? You are lying to me. If you had asked me to play the second female lead at the beginning, I would not have taken this role!"

Liu Guanxian complained and cried.

Someone was watching around.

Wu Chi stood up and scratched his messy hair.

"No, who said you were going to delete your scenes?" Wu Chi frowned and said, "I did change the script, but I changed the character of Jiang Yue, not anything else."

Liu Guanxian looked at him in disbelief and asked, "Really? Am I still the leading female lead?"

"Yes." Wu Chi said.

Liu Guanxian's tears stopped, she choked and said, "Okay then."

She turned and left.

Wu Chi felt as if the world in front of him was going haywire.

Li Chao ran over.

"Teacher."

"Oh, Chao——" Wu Chi raised his hands and grabbed Li Chao's shoulders.

"Let me hold you for a while."

Li Chao looked at his teacher in surprise.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

"I feel like my legs are weak."

"Slow down, slow down." Li Chao quickly held Wu Chi's shoulders.

"Have you filmed the scenes this morning?"

"It's filming normally." Li Chao nodded.

Wu Chi was relieved.

"Who is spreading rumors that I'm going to delete Liu Guanxian's scenes?"

"No, I didn't say that, but many people know that you changed the script, so maybe someone spread rumors."

"What a fucking mouth." Wu Chi sighed, "Headache."

"How about you take a break?"

"No, I can't take a break, I have to hurry up, otherwise if this drama is not finished on time, I have to pay for it myself." Wu Chi's mouth trembled when he mentioned this.

Li Chao: "..."

"Go and see what you shot first."

-

Half an hour later, Wu Chi sat in the machine room and didn't say a word for a long time.

Li Chao looked at him a little nervously.

"Teacher, how is it?"

Just now they quickly looked at some of the things Li Chao shot last night and this morning.

Li Chao didn't know how his own shots were.

Although in his own opinion, he felt that his shots were not worse than his teacher's.

The people in the technical department at the scene said that what he said, they understood better.

"Not bad." Wu Chi nodded, "Much better than I thought."

Li Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Chi: "It works."

Li Chao chuckled.

"So, the following scenes--" Wu Chi hesitated and paused.

Li Chao looked at him nervously.

Wu Chi said: "You are better at communication than me. You know how I want to make this movie. You will be responsible for communicating with people in various departments in the future."

Li Chao nodded: "Okay."

Wu Chi: "For this movie, I have to take the already shot materials and cut out a three to five minute clip. Otherwise, I feel that they don't know what style I want, and they always give me the conventional shooting plan to choose."

Li Chao: "Actually, I feel the same way, teacher, but the people Linghe introduced to us are all very skilled. You see, in these two scenes, after I explained your ideas to them, they were able to find a plan that can actually shoot the desired effect."

Wu Chi: "This is Linghe after all. What Lu Yanhe requires of people is that you have something real."

Li Chao: "Yeah."

He thought silently, but he actually agreed to you changing the script...

Just from this incident, Li Chao felt that Lu Yanhe was actually not that safe.

Wu Chi: "There's no drama for Jiang Yue in the afternoon, right?"

"No, didn't you say that all Jiang Yue's scenes should be moved back?" Li Chao said.

Wu Chi nodded.

"Then you ask Jiang Yue to come to my place and let her try to act it out for me according to the script I revised. I want to see the effect." Wu Chi said.

"Okay, I'll go talk to her agent."

-

Throughout the morning, countless people came to congratulate Jiang Yue, who suddenly became the heroine the day after joining the group.

Jiang Yue himself was confused.

She kept asking Shen Yicheng.

"Is this true?"

"Are they kidding me?"

"Can I really play the heroine?"

"Ah? Then should I memorize the lyrics again?"

The situation is not clear yet.

Shen Yicheng said: "I don't know either. We were notified just yesterday that your scenes will not be filmed for the time being. I was nervous all night, thinking that they didn't want your role anymore and were going to fire you."

"Ah? Do you still think so?" Jiang Yue was stunned.

"Then what do you think?"

"I thought the shooting plan had been adjusted and I was asked to shoot again later. I thought the director was dissatisfied with me and asked me to practice more."

"Quite optimistic." Shen Yicheng smiled at her.

"Are you mocking me?"

"I don't."

"I feel it!" Jiang Yue glared at Shen Yicheng.

"Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi will treat our entire crew to dinner tonight." Shen Yicheng directly changed the subject and said, "Behave yourself tonight and don't talk too much, you know?"

Jiang Yue: "When did I lose my head?"

Shen Yicheng: "What do you think?"

"I don't think I'm talking out of my mind." Jiang Yue said, "You are targeting me."

Shen Yicheng took a deep breath.

-

In the evening, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi booked a restaurant and invited more than 40 people from the "Ocean's Sea" crew to have dinner.

Because it is a low-budget film, except for the four leading actors who can bring one staff member to the set (the crew will bear the relevant expenses), the rest are on the set alone.

Basically, none of the actors who came to film this movie are famous, and all of them are not yet famous. In the technical department, thanks to Linghe's help, the photographers and lighting engineers have senior technical experts in charge.

The director of photography for this film was known to Lu Yanhe and was Wu Zhou who had collaborated on "Love Letter". Because of this movie, he also won the Best Cinematography Award at the Jose Film Festival and became famous.

He is also one of the highest-paid people in this movie with a budget of only 2 million, with a salary of 25, which is higher than director Wu Chi and starring Kong Fanyu.

Originally, according to the normal rules in the industry, Wu Zhou would never take on such a low-budget movie now. However, because Wu Zhou became Linghe's contracted photographer after filming "Love Letter", it happened to be his free period at this time, and "Ocean's Sea" was a film produced by the company, so he took it.

Wu Zhou was quite shocked when he saw Lu Yanhe.

I originally thought that no one would care about this movie, but I didn't expect that Lu Yanhe would bring Chen Siqi with him.

When Wu Zhou greeted Lu Yanhe, he asked in a low voice: "Director Lu, you promised Wu Chi that he could change the script. Is it true?"

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Yes."

He asked: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, everyone is shocked." Wu Zhou said, "I didn't expect it. Can I ask privately why? I regretted making this movie before. Director Wu Chi... he is too difficult to understand. I I often don’t know what he wants. Instead, Li Chao helped him communicate in the past two days, so I can roughly understand it.”

Lu Yanhe said: "Because I talked with him about this drama, I felt that he had ideas. I think it would be an interesting shoot if his ideas were turned into a movie."

"But it's easy to cause problems during filming." Wu Zhou said, "This is his first movie, and he changed the script so much, so people don't have much trust in him..."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"That's his business." Lu Yanhe said, "However, from my perspective, I feel that this movie is to support Wu Chi and let him actually make a movie according to his ideas. Only in this way can we see what kind of movies he can make and what kind of projects we can give him in the future.”

Wu Zhou understood a little bit.

He nodded.

Lu Yanhe asked: "After you finish filming this movie, do you have any plans for the future?"

"Yes." Wu Zhou nodded, "The company has no other projects to launch for the time being. They helped me take over a foreign film, which is a sports-themed movie."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Who directed the film?"

"Xin Yuanqing." Wu Zhou said.

"Oh, he's a pretty famous director." Lu Yanhe said, "But why do I remember that he mostly made disaster movies before?"

"Isn't it true that disaster movies are no longer popular now?" Wu Zhou laughed, "This movie seems to have been made to praise the male protagonist. He and I both went to work."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"All right."

Soon after talking with Wu Zhou, the male lead of the movie, Kong Fanyu, came over.

He was accompanied by his agent.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Chen, I'm Kong Fanyu."

He held a wine glass filled with wine.

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity to play the male lead." Kong Fanyu seemed a little nervous, and swallowed his throat as he spoke, "I've never played the male lead before."

Lu Yanhe said, "You performed the best in the audition, it should be yours."

Kong Fanyu's agent Liu Wang also toasted Lu Yanhe.

"There are too few people who can really choose actors based on their audition performance like Linghe." Liu Wang probably drank a little before, and his face was a little flushed. His tone was also a little sincere because of the alcohol, "Fanyu, this kid, has met no less than a hundred groups in the past two years. In fact, he has good qualifications. Many plays have been discussed to the last step, but his luck is always a little worse."

Starting from Kong Fanyu, several actors and their agents came to toast one after another.

Chen Siqi quickly replaced Lu Yanhe's glass with Sprite.

Otherwise, so many people would come to toast.

Of course, no one cared whether Lu Yanhe drank wine or Sprite.

As long as Lu Yanhe was willing to give face and drink a glass, it would be fine.

The atmosphere of the "Ocean" crew was incomparable to that of the big crew.

Here, Lu Yanhe clearly felt that most people had a sense of anxiety.

It was the anxiety of not making a name for themselves.

Whether it was the actors or other staff, it was the same.

Everyone seemed to be under great pressure, and there was a sense of confusion about what the future would be like.

What made Lu Yanhe most emotional was that later, Kong Fanyu's agent Liu Wang quietly pulled him aside and asked: "Mr. Lu, do you want to sign Fanyu? If you are willing, I want to sign Fanyu's film and television contract to you. This child is really talented in acting, but following me has delayed him and I can't provide him with any resources."

Lu Yanhe was surprised.

According to common sense, Kong Fanyu finally got a leading role, and his future should be easier.

Liu Wang, the agent, was just about to reap the rewards, but he took the initiative to express his willingness to give Kong Fanyu's film and television contract to Linghe.

Lu Yanhe was quite emotional.

"We at Linghe don't sign actors, we are only responsible for film and television production." Lu Yanhe said, "Including myself, I signed with Shihuo, and Shihuo is the agent."

Liu Wang showed a bit of disappointment.

To him, this was a polite refusal.

Lu Yanhe said: "Don't worry, maybe Fanyu's play will be successful."

Liu Wang: "I hope Fanyu's play will be successful."

-

Why doesn't Linghe sign actors?

Because Linghe doesn't have such a business segment, and because Lu Yanhe hopes to maintain the purity of production.

Everything has a price.

Like some companies, they sign but don't take responsibility, throw them aside, and let them fend for themselves?

Lu Yanhe can't do it.

But, after signing him, tailor-made a play for him?

Unless like Huang Feng, Lu Yanhe already has a complete idea in his mind to implement, otherwise, Lu Yanhe does not have the spare energy to create a play for an actor he does not know.

In this industry, there are too many unknown little actors like Kong Fanyu and Jiang Yue.

Everyone is desperately looking for opportunities, waiting for the moment of leaping over the dragon gate.

However, the lucky ones are always very few.

Lu Yanhe cannot help everyone he sees.

It is already a great thing that he can do his play and enable these actors to get roles through normal auditions, relying on their strength and role suitability.

Kong Fanyu tried so many plays, but finally couldn't get a role. Is it really because of luck?

Lu Yanhe knows, it's not.

It's because there are too many capitals in this industry now. If you are an actor, if you don't have a capital background behind you, you will be directly excluded from the rules of the game.

The so-called capital background does not mean that you have to have someone to say hello for you, so that you can compete with other people who say hello. But if you don't have a capital background, you are a nobody, and your priority sequence is the last.

Others also have investments in this play. Behind the investors are bosses and parent companies. This is not just a role, but also a financial game.

With your nobody, the money you earn and the opportunity to become famous are only for you. But with actors with another capital background, the dots can be connected. Many things do not necessarily require a clear and open interest transfer relationship to form an alliance. Some things are just unspoken rules that stick to the rules, whether you are in the circle or outside the circle.

Lu Yanhe's approach is to ignore whether you are in the circle or outside the circle. You are you, whether you are the most suitable person for this role.

-

"So, do you really think that Director Luo Yuzhong gave Lu Yanhe such a prominent supporting actor role in "The Golden Age"?"

"Have you forgotten who the heroine of "The Golden Age" is? It's Jiang Yuqian! Which company is Jiang Yuqian from? It's Xingyu! For this role, Director Luo went to Xingyu to hold a special show to select actors. What does that mean? For this role, he only uses male artists from Xingyu to play. For people from other companies, no matter how well you play or how suitable you are, you have no chance!"

"Do you really think Lu Yanhe is the kind of person who can break all the rules with his acting skills? How is that possible?"

In Ma Zhiyuan's live broadcast room, a young, chubby girl next to him said in a very excited mood.

"Do you really think Lu Yanhe has worked hard all the way up? It's ridiculous. The entertainment industry has never been a clean place. Even Lu Yanhe has to abide by the rules of the game. He has so many plays. How many well-known actors did he use? Yes, I admit that he used a lot of newcomers, and then what?"

"Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are so popular. You all say Xingyu, oh no, now it's Woodpecker. Now Woodpecker can't provide them with any help at all, so why do they want to renew their contracts? Are they stupid? You fans now always think that your idols are the best. To be honest, unless you reach the top, like Lu Yanhe is now, you are already a capital. Otherwise, no matter how glamorous you are, you will always need to stand in a capital camp to continue playing."

Ma Zhiyuan patted her.

"Okay, don't get too excited."

He took out a bag of beef jerky and ate a piece.

"Delicious, this beef jerky is delicious."

"Oh! I was just saying that, you told me that beef jerky is delicious!" The fat girl glared at Ma Zhiyuan impatiently, picked up a piece, took a bite, and her face changed drastically, "Oh my god, this is too delicious!"

Ma Zhiyuan: "It's really good, right? Then I'll give you a link, you can order directly, link No. 1, when you eat melons, eat some beef jerky, believe me, it's right."

"Indeed, highly recommended, this beef jerky is so delicious! Wait, I have to continue? What else do you want to hear me say? Oh, don't let Ma Zhiyuan say it, he is an insider, what can he say, just listen to me!" The girl said confidently, biting the beef jerky until it was crispy.

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Recommended old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" (End of this chapter)