Chapter 1004: Classes Begin
Yang Dongxu's words made several people admire again, especially Zhang Yimou's eyes showed contemplation and seemed to have thought a lot.
"I think Yang Shao's words are right, since we can't follow the taste of foreigners when we shoot our own stories, we must shoot our own characteristics. After all, in the impression of foreigners, the trend has a certain understanding of Chinese dramas. Zhang Yimou pondered for a moment and couldn't help but say.
If it was him before, he would definitely regard Yang Dongxu as a confidant without saying a word. Because not only Yang Dongxu wants to make such a film, he has always insisted that he would rather lack than indiscriminately shoot what he wants, and he doesn't like to follow the crowd like this, and in order to cater to the market, he makes some stupid-looking changes in the movie against his will.
But the pressure of looking for investment during this time has been self-reflective, although it has not shaken the persistence in his heart. But he had to voice his concerns. After all, this is not the previous multi-million dollar small films, if Yang Dongxu's funds really add 50 million US dollars to the blockbuster, it will really put him under a lot of pressure as a director.
"I've thought about this, but I've always thought that only by shooting something that belongs to your own characteristics can you shock others, and art knows no borders, even if you don't understand words, as long as the scene is achieved, you can move others.
At the same time, don't you feel that the so-called change of catering to Hollywood is following the example of giving up our own characteristics to cater to what foreigners want.
They know more about what they want than we do, and those big Hollywood studios are not as good as you as an outsider?
So I want to make a breakthrough, and I want to shock those foreigners. Then let them see the powerful side of our ancestors, interpret the domineering spirit of our ancestors who dominated the world at that time, and let them have a direct positive understanding of the first power in the East in ancient times. Yang Dongxu took a piece of meat and put it on the plate in front of him, and said.
"But then it's a lot more difficult to shoot. Zhang Weiping said with a deep sigh.
Not only is it big, if it is according to Yang Dongxu's attitude of striving for mercy and going to the epic level, money is a trivial matter. Because Haina is not short of money, he Zhang Weiping can still come up with a lot of money.
The biggest difficulty now is the difficulty of shooting, for example, there are a few scenes of the soldiers, those horses, even if you don't give the panorama to create the atmosphere at that time, the difficulty of shooting is not a little difficult.
"Isn't the problem used to solve it?" Yang Dongxu asked rhetorically, and then said without waiting for Zhang Weiping to answer himself: "At the same time, in addition to paying money, I will try my best to cooperate with other problems to solve."
For example, when it comes to finding an authoritative expert to reproduce the clothing of the last Warring States period, I came to the factory to process the armor blades at that time. If there is a shortage of people to shoot a big scene, the extras can't figure it out, I can't apply for the cooperation of the army, and don't worry about horses or anything, I can get you back as long as you need it at home and abroad. ”
"If the state can cooperate, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. Zhang Yimou couldn't help but pat his thigh, but after he was excited, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "But it can really ......"
"Don't worry, I really need to apply when the time comes. You must know that this drama is not only screened in China, I will use Haina's foreign channels to let him go all the way when it is released abroad.
For this kind of cultural output that highlights the glory of our China, the above will definitely support it. Maybe we don't have to worry about it at all, after reporting, the above will not only give people human and material support, but also give some special funds. ”
As Yang Dongxu, who seems to be outside of politics, but always pays attention to the national development strategy. It is too clear that the current state attaches great importance to cultural export, and when the time comes, the project has been reported, and the shooting cost of 50 million US dollars will be really where to go.
In the attitude and sincerity of finding experts to find experts, there may not be too much money support. But other aspects are absolutely smooth and cooperative.
"If that's the case, I'll definitely use what I've learned to make this drama an epic masterpiece that belongs to our China. Zhang Yimou couldn't help himself with excitement.
But the big problems are solved, and there are some small problems. For example, the script is not so rigorous now, and it needs to be verified by experts and scholars to make some changes, and the movie startup is not something that can be started in a short period of time. After all, it takes a lot of time to redesign costumes and produce props for shooting.
However, these small problems are easy to solve, Yang Dongxu did not mix the problems of the script, the hero script was originally very good, and the experts' opinions must be better.
Costumes, props, etc., are slowly studied, and professionals are in charge. And then the rest is the actors who have gathered, originally said that it would start filming in the near future, but now it is not filmed again, and it is a bit tricky to not be able to determine the time when to shoot.
However, this is a problem for Zhang Yimou, after all, these people have taken on a lot of favors since they lowered their salaries to film, and they also released other pigeons at this time.
But for Yang Dongxu, this is not a problem at all, Maggie Cheung and Jet Li are both artists in Haina, and two of them were solved in an instant. He didn't have to come forward for the rest, Liu Zongsheng just came forward to say hello.
So after a rough discussion, the atmosphere of the next meal was very cheerful. After eating, Zhang Yimou took Yang Dongxu's hand and looked like a friend who had forgotten his year. Zhang Weiping and Liu Zongsheng also hooked their shoulders.
Now integrated into Yang Dongxu's circle, Zhang Weiping has this idea, but he knows that he can't be in a hurry, after all, the two sides are only working together for the first time.
This meal was not so much about inviting him to call the film director Zhang Yimou over by the way. It's better to say that Yang Dongxu seems to be very optimistic about Zhang Yimou, and let him, the boss, come over to accompany him, so as not to have any misunderstandings.
So in this matter, Zhang Yimou's status in Yang Dongxu's heart is obviously higher than that of his boss. Therefore, even if he cooperates with Yang Dongxu in the future, it is estimated that there will not be too many opportunities for him to deal with him, but because the cooperation is a movie, as the boss of the new picture, he and Liu Zongsheng, the general manager of Haina, can communicate more.
With this introduction and channel, there will be no major problems in cooperation in the future, and it is actually a matter of time before he integrates into Yang Dongxu's circle.
Sending people away, Yang Dongxu called a security guard from Yang Jiayan to drive him home. Although this bit of alcohol is not much for him at all, and he has not checked for drunk driving now, it is better to pay attention to it.
It makes sense to go home and take a shower, then climb into bed and sleep until dawn, and drink a little at night to help you sleep.
I woke up early in the morning and went for a run in the park, and when I came back, I boxed in the yard to stretch my muscles. Seeing Yang Dongxu Daquan standing aside, Du Fei only pouted, if he was angry, if he really couldn't beat him, he would definitely abuse the other party.
"My eldest brother has a message from there, saying that you will go to the Middle East if you have time recently, and the oil thing you said is now in sight, you can go and see it yourself. Yang Dongxu called it a day, and Du Fei, who was standing aside smoking a cigarette, threw him a towel.
"Let's maintain the relationship for a while, I've been too busy here lately to leave. Yang Dongxu walked towards the bathroom while wiping his sweat with a towel.
He has been preparing to get some oil from the Middle East, but it has always been a small fight, and the only big business he has made has been taken over from Natasha as a second-hand dealer.
And this time, Du Suo's special notice really found a smooth channel, so that he could finally talk to those Middle Eastern royal families face-to-face.
"I'll tell you there, but you'd better hurry, because there's a lot of people watching over there. Du Fei reminded.
"Understood. Yang Dongxu nodded.
After taking a shower, I came out of the shower, ate a hearty breakfast, and then went directly to the Haina company. After a few days of preparation, the crash course proposed by Yang Dongxu has been roughly determined.
Although not all of them are first-line stars who will be popular in later generations, most of them are very familiar, and the remaining part is really going to each other's talent and appearance, to see if there can be an unexpected gain from training.
Not counting the people who Li Fuzhen stuffed in halfway, the first phase of the crash course enrolled 33 people, including 22 girls and 11 boys, and the ratio of men to women is almost 1:2.
In the entertainment industry, beautiful girls are generally easier to get ahead, but this is the initial stage. After all, a beautiful face is popular everywhere, and you can get more opportunities than men.
But after development, male stars are more durable than female stars, men can be idols when they are young, and their connotation will increase after the age of 30, and they can still be old actors when they are old. In short, as long as there is an opportunity, age is not too much of an obstacle.
Female stars are just the opposite, although it is relatively easy to start because of the appearance, but the further you go, the more difficult it becomes. Especially when you are young, if you don't catch on, you can basically consider changing careers later.
After all, male stars can still play with the vicissitudes of life when they are old, and when female stars are old, except for some die-hard fans with a little taste to calm their youth, no one likes to look at female stars with wrinkled faces.
Therefore, in the first phase of the special training class, there were only so many more women than men, and it was not that the ratio of men and women in the information given to him by Liu Zongsheng was like this, he chose them according to the proportion.
But in addition to the few people who were scheduled before, he wanted to see if the quantity could cause a qualitative change, or simply said that he could get a few more spare tires out, as long as one of them was a surprise, it was considered earned.
As for the male artists, they don't have to be in such a hurry, they can be selected slowly, maybe the people who were originally eliminated in this list will grow wild outside for a few years and sharpen themselves, and they can be recruited again when they encounter good seedlings.
Unless you want to create an idol group, it really doesn't matter if you are 20 years old or 25 years old in a special training class like this.
After he arrived at the company, everyone else arrived, and he didn't say anything and went directly to the big office for a meeting, so that they could get acquainted with each other first.
The theme of this special training class is acting, so Yang Dongxu didn't plan to let them practice singing and dancing or anything. Let's do a big classroom with a set off training, as well as a detailed understanding, and then directly start the actual combat.