Chapter 28 Balance between sides
"Young master, you haven't eaten breakfast yet. Fu Bo shouted at the top of his voice as usual, Xu Ziming didn't have time to take care of this, just put on his clothes, and before he even fastened his belt, he hurried to Zhang Bing's car.
Xu Ziming looked at his watch, and began to feel a little worried in his heart, the first movie of Xinyicheng, he was still late as a shareholder, and the producer was really incompetent.
The review of "Funny Times" was forgotten as early as a few days after the meeting, and yesterday I was busy with the ceremony of turning on the film and worshiping God, and today I am ready to officially start filming. The filming site of this movie is not far from Xinyicheng, considering the problem of equipment handling and the fact that the weather changes greatly, so the people of Xinyicheng simply rented a space nearby and used it as a set.
Xu Ziming, who had just come out of the parking lot, bought a piece of roasted wheat from a stall near the venue, and some of them ran to the set while eating.
When I entered the set, I found that Mecca, Shi Tian and the other crew members got together, as if discussing the plot again. The group of people was so busy that they didn't notice Xu Ziming's movements at all. Some of the crew moved the previously made props and cameras one after another, and it didn't take long for the props to be placed, just waiting for the director to prepare to say it.
Xu Ziming used his oily hands to curiously pick up the cast on a small square table, and found that many people were too unfamiliar. Looking at the director column in the cast, Xu Ziming couldn't help but click his name with his hand, and the oil stains made Wu Shangfei's words a little blurred.
"Heh....", the strange man in front of him suddenly broke into Xu Ziming's sight, and the oil cake in his hand that had not been eaten was exhausted, and with the shaking of his little hand, he fell down inexplicably, and landed right in front of the man who was snorting just now.
This man is none other than Wu Yusheng, because he secretly carried Jiahe behind his back to help Mai Jia and others start a movie, he did not participate in yesterday's start-up worship ceremony. When he saw Xu Ziming in front of him, he mistakenly thought that he was a member of the crew. I thought it wasn't too much to be lazy, but I didn't expect to swagger through the things I put on my seat. Looking at the things on the shoes again, Wu Yusheng's face darkened.
Xu Ziming couldn't guess who was on the other side, but he was at fault, so he still had to apologize politely. But it seems that this person doesn't seem to accept Xu Ziming's apology, and Xu Ziming is also difficult.
Xu Ziming and Wu Yusheng have never met each other, Xu Ziming knows that there is such a powerful director in Hong Kong, but he has never seen a real person, and even if he does, the photo is an old photo decades later.
Wu Yusheng picked up the toilet paper in the bag, bowed down to wipe the crumbs off his leather shoes, then straightened his body, and scolded Xu Ziming, who had just put down the cast: "Pay attention next time, people can be lazy, but don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't take what you shouldn't take." ”
Xu Ziming was suddenly a little flustered, and just when he wanted to hurriedly report his family name to explain, Wu Yusheng picked up the oil-stained cast with his left hand, and at the same time deliberately glanced at Xu Zi to understand, and waved his right hand, "Who are you recruiting in, help me call him over." ”
Xu Ziming can't figure out the weird development of the whole thing at all, I'm here to be the producer, but it's not who recruited it, and who are you, Xu Ziming wants to explain, but Wu Yusheng is one, if you don't go, I won't stop moving, and the two were at a stalemate for a while.
The assistant on the set, who knew about the matter, hurriedly informed Mecca, who was still rehearsing.
Mecca hurriedly came over to make a round, "Yusheng, this is the producer of this drama and the shareholder of our Golden Princess, Mr. Xu Ziming Xu." Mecca said to Wu Yusheng with one hand towards Xu Ziming, and then said to Xu Ziming with the other hand towards Wu Yusheng: "Mr. Xu, this is the Mr. Wu Yusheng I told you last time." ”
Xu Ziming's eyes lit up suddenly, it turned out that he was Wu Yusheng, a great director who was good at shooting gunfight scenes, but although he was familiar with him in his previous life, he had never seen a photo of his youth, and it was reasonable that he didn't recognize him just now.
"Mr. Wu, I made an unintentional mistake just now, and I hope don't go to my heart. Xu Ziming touched other people's heads, and there was no arrogance in his speech.
After Wu Yusheng heard Mecca's introduction, he was very shocked, and thought it was a small crew member, but he didn't expect it to be a shareholder, not to mention a person who guessed the name of his movie. Wu Yusheng heard Mecca say, don't underestimate the person in front of you, his face was slightly embarrassed, his lips moved, and he smiled: "Mr. Xu, I didn't expect that the first time we met was in such a situation." ”
"But there was something offensive just now, and Mr. Xu didn't want him to take it to heart. Wu Yusheng said.
For Xu Ziming's understanding, Wu Yusheng is not only at the level of Kowloon Bus and Golden Princess shareholders, as a director, he often needs to be like outsiders to attract investment in making movies, and the reports in newspapers and magazines are indispensable, because the more you watch, the easier it is to understand the appetite of the rich, easier to contact, and expand contacts.
Wu Yusheng is now known as the director of Golden Harvest Pictures, but the annual film investment is not supported by Zou Wenhuai and others, otherwise he would not easily agree to Mecca and others to make any movies. Xu Ziming in front of him is a rich man, and he also heard that he likes the film industry very much, and befriending the people in front of him is of great benefit to his movies.
"Haha", Xu Ziming had no choice but to answer this funny and humorous question with a kind smile.
Wu Yusheng is also very curious about Xu Ziming's views on art, "Funny Times" is named by himself, listening to Mai Maijia and others, Xu Ziming also guessed what he meant, not to mention that he borrowed Chaplin's art from just a small script, and estimated it completely.
Xu Ziming also had a feeling of hating each other, and made up his mind that Wu Yusheng must be recruited.
Mecca couldn't guess what the two were doing, but the filming time was urgent, so he urged Wu Yusheng and said: "Yusheng, everything for the props is ready, and I have almost memorized the lines of this scene with them, hurry up and prepare to start filming." ”
Wu Yusheng is not very talkative, so after a while, he picked up the microphone and started his wonderful director's performance. Xu Ziming has no interest in "Funny Times", the first drama of the new art city, the style of the whole movie is similar to Chaplin's comedy style, the heroine has only one dancer, and the rest are male actors.
Even though Xu Ziming, who had a love for the entertainment industry in his previous life, never liked the movie "Funny Times" at all, why did he focus on it, it is nothing more than the first movie in Xinyicheng, which has a different meaning.
However, after watching Wu Yusheng's command screen on the set, I felt that Wu Yusheng was really a rare director, and his requirements for performance not only scored a goal, but even boldly asked to change his lines during the filming process, fortunately, Xu Ziming nodded, otherwise it would be such a trouble, it is estimated that Mecca, Shi Tian will argue with Wu Yusheng with a black face.
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In the next month, Xu Ziming ran to the set of "Funny Times" and the set of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", after all, both sides are the flesh of the heart, and both sides have to be taken into account.
However, Wang Jin, the "fast gunner", is really worthy of the "fast rush", and the filming of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" has been completed, but what is unexpected is the problem of the theater, although Run Run Shaw agreed, but the box office share discussed with Wang Jin is 37 points.
"Ah Ming, I didn't expect my old bean's favor to be worthless. Wang Jin met Xu Ziming who came to the set early in the morning, and complained sadly.
Seeing Wang Jin's declining appearance, Xu Ziming couldn't say anything, so he had to comfort Wang Jin and said: "It's not bad to divide three or seven, after all, Uncle Shao's Shao Brothers has vacated a good schedule for you, isn't this enough to show that your old bean's face is big." ”
Wang Jin also smiled happily, "The schedule is good, but Uncle Sixth told me that if this film does not achieve the expected effect, it will be released in advance. ”
Oh, Xu Ziming looks clear, but with Wang Jin's level, the quality of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" itself is not bad, not to mention that there is a good schedule, coupled with strong overseas distribution capabilities, Wang Jin can make a lot of money.
But for this movie, the money Xu Ziming can make is really a drop in the bucket for his current Kowloon Bus profit, and the Kowloon-Canton Railway of Kowloon Bus began to cost a lot of money to build, and it was recently completed, and the income in the later period must be a lot of money.
Xu Ziming is now a member of Xinyicheng, and it is not the same thing to go it alone like Wang Jin after all, it's time to find an opportunity to recruit Wang Jin. Lack of manpower has always been a big problem, Xu Ziming clearly remembers that there are seven monsters in Xinyi City, which is why Xinyi City is strong, but the other monsters Xu Ziming does not intend to force it, because according to the advancement of history, several other people will come in sooner or later.
Xu Ziming's heart doesn't just want seven monsters, if he can convince Wang Jin, there should be eight monsters in Xinyi City.
Looking at Xu Ziming, who was stupid and smirking, Wang Jin glanced at him, quickly touched Xu Ziming's head with his hand, and exclaimed: "Ah Ming, what are you smirking at, is it a ghost." ”
Xu Ziming pushed away Wang Jin's fat hand, and connected it with a hand to clasp his head, "The ghost is ....."
Wang Jin hurriedly slapped Xu Ziming's hand away, and pretended to joke as he left: "Go first, the matter of the theater is decided, I want to take the lion's head." ”
Xu Ziming could only look at Wang Jin's fat figure who was drifting away with disdain, and quietly disappeared under the beautiful Caixia. When the breeze came out, Xu Ziming couldn't help but feel cold and yawned.