Chapter 1919: In the Crew
In Zhao Yongqi's crew, if you have to say who has the most power, then it is actually Xu Wenwei as the chief director.
Generally speaking, the person with the most power in a crew is the general manager of the producer who does not appear very often, or the investment investor of the producer.
For example, Zhao Yongqi's own Qiying culture, if he independently invested in Hua Qiangu 2, then as the largest shareholder with the largest shares, he is theoretically the most powerful person. The reason is very simple, because when it is completely funded by Qiying Culture, even the director is selected by Qiying Culture, not to mention other actors. Although, under normal circumstances, there will be no contradiction between the producer and the director, but if there is such a contradiction, such as whether it is suitable for a certain actor, or how much of the shot should be occupied, etc., it is ultimately up to the producer's big boss to decide. The director, at this time, is like a senior employee who gets a salary.
Of course, in reality, the producer will basically respect the director's recommendation or choice, because in the process of filming, the producer still has no director who can grasp the inside story.
Xu Wenwei is different. On the one hand, his qualifications in the circle are high enough, so high that basically no producer is willing or stupid enough to offend a director of this level. On the other hand, it is because CCTV Group only pays the money and does not interfere with the operation of the entire crew at all, and there is not even the so-called person in charge of the producer, except for the full-time personnel who review the finances, it is all up to him. Often, old man Xu wants to replace whom, and after replacing it directly, he will make a report and it will be over.
In this case, for Xu Wenwei, who is usually strict and relatively rigorous, his scope of responsibility is not limited to shooting. Often, when there are some problems outside of shooting, it is up to him to decide the final disposition.
In fact, if Qian Qiming also likes to highlight his power, then Qian Qiming's authority is actually not much different from Xu Wenwei. It's just that Qian Fatzi is quite similar to Zhao Yongqi, he prefers to make a comic comparison when he has nothing to do, and his energy is willing to focus more on shooting, so for these "chores", he is often interested in watching the excitement, and at most he helps his brother when he has a headache.
Today is no exception.
When he heard that the crew was supposed to be resting and eating, there was a lot of noise, and Xu Wenwei's face darkened. For him, maintaining a harmonious and united crew is the most important thing. If someone dares to openly create contradictions, the old guy will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife and directly sweep the "scourge" out of the house.
Originally, Zhao Yongqi and Qian Qiming followed behind Xu Wenwei with their shoulders on their backs, and they wanted to watch the excitement. However, as the footsteps continued to move forward, the faint sound of quarrels became louder and louder, and even listening to the sound did not seem to be the business of a few people.
Faced with this situation, even the face of the fat man began to be gloomy, and his steps were a little faster. As for Zhao Yongqi, he simply trotted and prepared to go to see the excitement first.
Finally, turning around a large row of antique buildings, and when they were about to approach the gate of the set, a group of people met Zhao Yongqi's starry eyes.
As far as the eye can see, I saw a large group of performers wearing the costumes of the common people or soldiers during the Warring States Period, and they were constantly shouting something around the full-time staff in charge of several crews.
The so-called group performances, that is, extras, are basically low-level tricks. For this profession, Zhao Yongqi and Xiao Baozi are probably the most well-known among everyone, after all, they have really done group performances for two years.
Seeing that there were at least fifty or sixty group performers indignantly surrounding the crew, Zhao Yongqi was more curious than worried and nervous. Under normal circumstances, the group performers will never have any conflicts with the crew, after all, the replacement of an actor still requires the director's nod and consent, but to replace a group performance, it may only require a little-known small staff member.
Stretched out his hand to stop Feifei and Li Zhien, who hurriedly ran up to see the excitement, and made the two little girls pout at themselves dissatisfied, but in the end, they didn't cross Zhao Yongqi's tall and straight body, so they could only tiptoe behind him and look forward.
Xu Wenwei, who strode towards him, looked at it, and his thick eyebrows wrinkled, and after a slight pause, he shouted: "What are you arguing about here!"
Seeing Xu Wenwei coming, among the staff who were surrounded, a man in his thirties, who looked more Sven and wore glasses, had a tense face, tried to squeeze out of the crowd, and strode towards this side. It seems that he is not the object of those group performances who want to "ask for justice", but no one stopped him from giving it.
Zhao Yongqi watched it for a long time, and then remembered that this seemed to be the staff in charge of the logistics of the dragon set, because he was not too familiar, and the scope of activities was basically not together, if it wasn't for his good enough memory, he really couldn't recognize it. After all, there are thousands of actors and staff on the set.
"Director Xu, Director Qian, Brother Xiao Qi, and everyone, I'm sorry to disturb you. After the man came over, he greeted everyone a little respectfully, and even Xu Wenwei nodded to him slightly as a return salute.
Zhao Yongqi secretly took two steps forward, stood behind Xu Wenwei, and after nodding slightly, he was ready to eavesdrop on what was going on. As for the girls, they were already very interested and gathered around, even poplar was no exception.
A long time ago, Zhao Yongqi had already determined that in front of gossip, all goddesses were paper tigers, and they couldn't hold on for three seconds.
"Xiao Chen, what's going on over there?" asked Xu Wenwei, who was carrying his hands behind his back, with a slightly gloomy face.
"Hey, it's not like those tricks don't know each other. Xiao Chen pushed his glasses and said helplessly: "The weather has been too hot recently, and Sister Zhou said that the tricks are also very hard, so the logistics will raise the food fee by five yuan per person per day, especially in the food to relieve the heat." So, about half a month ago, we started to provide additional heat-relieving drinks such as mung bean soup and light salt water in addition to the original frozen mineral water at noon, and all of them were unlimited. ”
"Well, Xiao Zhou told us about this. Qian Qiming nodded, responded with a smile, and then his eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice, "You have lost these again?"
"Sister Zhou didn't speak, how dare we!" Xiao Chen shook his head with a wry smile, and then lowered his voice and said, "Although the fee is a little higher, it is actually a few yuan." We can't give less chicken legs or less meat in the lunch, otherwise we won't have to make the best annoyance? So, in fact, there are so many ice drinks that can be provided every day. ”