Chapter 104: Boot Ceremony

It's a new day again, Zhang Wei started practicing boxing in the backyard of Pete's house early in the morning, and when Zhang Wei finished exercising and preparing breakfast, Pete got up sleepy-eyed.

There was a shooting assignment today, so after Pete and Zhang Wei had breakfast, they came to the film and television base in the suburbs of Hollywood according to the shooting plan, and began to shoot some shots for Zhang Wei. In the next two days, Zhang Wei simply slept in Pete's RV in order to avoid trouble.

The filming here in Hollywood went smoothly, it was completed half a day ahead of schedule, and Victoria and Pete also generously gave the crew a half-day off to let everyone relax.

The next day, the crew took a plane to the Mississippi Plains for a week-long location shooting, and then moved to Argentina to shoot some shots in the snow, and after arriving in Argentina for two days of shooting, all Zhang Wei's guidance and filming work had been completed, so he asked the crew to leave early. Today is September 7th, according to the agreement between the two parties, Zhang Wei has the right to return to China to participate in the opening ceremony of "Trumpet Loud" without affecting his own work, so Pete and Victoria also let it go directly, as for the soundtrack work of the film, Zhang Wei can discuss with Williams through the Internet in Huaxia, and the publicity work will not start until the post-production of the film is almost completed, and the TV series "Trumpet Loud" in which Zhang Wei participated should have been filmed almost and will not be delayed.

It took more than 30 hours to fly directly from Argentina back to China, which was the longest time Zhang Wei had taken on a plane, which made him very depressed, but the closer he got to the motherland, Zhang Wei's mood gradually became excited. Speaking of which, it was the first time he had left Huaxia for so long, so it was inevitable that there would be a feeling of homesickness.

The plane landed at Yanjing International Airport, and Zhang Shilan and Hu Bo came to pick up the plane. Zhang Wei and Zhang Shilan reunited, and naturally had a mood of wanting to be tired of being together, so Zhang Wei did not take Hu Bo's car, but sat in Zhang Shilan's car, and sent Hu Bo to send Li Mo home to rest first, and this little couple found a good hotel, and after eating dinner and entering the room, they lingered until late at night, until Zhang Shilan finally fell asleep on the bed like a puddle of mud.

On the evening of September 7, when we set off from Argentina and then went to China, it was already September 9, and tomorrow was the press conference of "Loud and Loud Military Trumpet". Seeing that Zhang Shilan would definitely not be able to get out of bed, Zhang Wei had no choice but to change into the clothes that Zhang Shilan had prepared for him, and made another call to Li Mo, and after asking where the opening ceremony of "The Military Trumpet Loud" was located, he left a note for Zhang Shilan and drove there by himself.

The opening ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in a film and television base on the outskirts of Yanjing. This place is to shoot some of the life experiences of the protagonist before the army after the start-up, these shots are relatively simple to shoot, in order to get a smooth color, so the crew put the shooting task of the first day of shooting here.

When Zhang Wei arrived at the place, it was half past eight in the morning, but he was stopped outside by the doorman, on the grounds that he did not have an invitation letter, Zhang Wei then remembered that the invitation letter was still in Zhang Shilan's bag. According to the original arrangement, Zhang Shilan was going to accompany Zhang Wei to come, but Zhang Shilan was too physically exhausted and couldn't come, so Zhang Wei also forgot about the invitation.

There was no way, Zhang Wei had no choice but to start calling Li Mo, asking for a call from director Zang Honglei, and calling to tell him about his situation, and after a while, a staff member with a work card ran to the door and picked Zhang Wei in, and came to the crew of "Loud and Bright".

Came to a large conference room, where many people had already gathered. He doesn't know any of the people here, but he knows some of the actors, such as director Zang Honglei He has seen on TV, and Wei Ji'an, who has acted in many classic film and television dramas, is an old actor. In addition, there are Xing Jiadong, Fan Lei, Luo Jingmin, Liu Tianzuo and others who have starred in "Soldier Assault", and there are some actresses among them, Zhang Wei only knows Dong Jie among them, and he doesn't know the remaining two.

Entering the door and looking around, Zhang Wei was a little embarrassed, because he had never dealt with anyone here, and he knew that Li Mo should be asked to come over, and there was an assistant, at least he could help introduce him, and no matter how bad he was, he could go to the staff and ask for his seat, but now he came alone, and he stood at the door in front of everyone, making him look a little stupid.

"Zhang Wei, come on, come on, here. Zang Honglei, who was directly in front of him, got up and beckoned to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei was relieved, and hurriedly walked over to listen to the greeting.

When Zhang Wei arrived, he bowed slightly to Zang Honglei and said, "Hello director." ”

"It's okay for you, Zhang Wei, you're the male number one in our film, why don't you even bring an agent or assistant? This is too different from the treatment of a protagonist. Zang Honglei joked.

Zhang Wei scratched his head and said, "The assistant is on vacation, the agent ...... High fever, no way, I had to drive myself. ”

"Hahaha, you can really do it, come, sit here. We don't have anything else to do today, just sit together and chat, everyone knows each other by the way, there are still two people who haven't arrived, I'll introduce you to the crew first. Zang Honglei began to introduce these actors to Zhang Wei one by one.

Generally speaking, it is not the director's job to help actors introduce crew members to each other, but when Zang Honglei took over the show, he heard that this drama is with a political task, and the purpose is to shoot it for Zhang Wei alone, as for what to do when it is filmed, he doesn't know, what is Zhang Wei's origin, what background, he doesn't know, he just needs to know that this is a political task, and it is enough to be on CCTV after this drama comes out. So he didn't put on any show, he put down his body and personally introduced the crew members to Zhang Wei, at least leaving a good impression on Zhang Wei.

The producers, assistant directors, chief cameramen, drama managers, actors and others in the crew saw that the director personally went out to introduce everyone to Zhang Wei, and he looked amiable, so they didn't know that Zhang Wei must be very big. And the people who can join the crew have a bit of a relationship, I have long known that this TV series is instructed by someone at the top, and the military personally supervised the production, in order to support Zhang Wei, the male number one, so I know what to do at this time.

This side is being introduced, and another person walked in at the door of the conference room, Zhang Wei saw that it was the popular star Zhang Duo, and he was a little surprised at the moment, you must know that with Zhang Duo's current fame and status, as long as he takes over the filming of TV series, most of them are mainly male leads, but I didn't expect that this time "Trumpet Loud" could invite him over to play for himself, which is not easy.

Zhang Duo has no star frame at all, which is not surprising, the director of this crew, Zang Honglei, can be said to be Zhang Duo's Bole, if it weren't for Zang Honglei's "Soldier Assault" back then, I'm afraid Zhang Duo would not have become popular so quickly.

After a while, another female star appeared, it was Yan Ni, whom Zhang Wei liked very much, and after the director's introduction, Zhang Wei learned that Yan Ni was specially invited by Zang Honglei to play a cameo role. Judging from the current cast, the lineup of the crew of "Loud and Bright" can be regarded as strong, although there is no traffic and fresh meat, but the actors here basically rely on their acting skills and skills to speak. It can be seen that although "Trumpet Loud" is a drama with a mission, the director and producer still put a lot of thought into it, so that the crew composed of real actors will not be too ugly after the shooting.

In the face of these old actors and actors with acting skills, Zhang Wei felt a kind of pressure, he is the male protagonist of this play, and he accounts for a lot of whether this drama can be brilliant or not.

Everyone met Zhang Wei under the introduction of the director, and they knew each other. Not long after everyone chatted together, three officers from the General Political Television Art Center arrived, and these three people attended the opening ceremony on behalf of the producer, but they did not participate in activities such as burning incense. After the three arrived and briefly introduced the filming requirements, core ideas and instructions of the General Political Department to the producers, directors and actors, they sat on the side of the conference room and said nothing. At this time, Zang Honglei asked everyone to go to the courtyard, seeing that the auspicious time for the start-up ceremony was about to arrive.

Everyone here has participated in the filming of many TV series, and they are all familiar with the process of the start-up ceremony, only Zhang Wei is a little unfamiliar, fortunately, he has also participated in the filming of "The World II", although the director of Xiangjiang and the mainland director of the start-up ceremony are different in details, but the process is also similar. However, when it comes to the biggest difference between this start-up ceremony and "The World II", that is, the position has changed, when "The World II" burns incense, Zhang Wei is ranked relatively late, but this time it is different, Zhang Wei is in the first echelon, following behind the director, standing side by side with Wei Ji'an, Zhang Duo, Yan Ni, Dong Jie, and he is still standing in the middle, which is commonly known as the C position.

In the midst of many "long guns and short guns", the start-up ceremony was completed smoothly according to the process. In the afternoon, filming of "Trumpet Loud" began.

There was no Zhang Wei in the first shooting scene in the afternoon, it was a young actor, that is, the juvenile version of Liu Ran and his parents' family. At first, Zhang Wei thought it was because there were no strict requirements for shooting children, but when it came to some adult shots, Zhang Wei found that it was not the case. However, he also knows that as an actor in the crew, even if he is the male number one, it is not his turn to point out how the director films, so he suppresses this doubt in his heart, but his impression of Zang Honglei will inevitably give birth to a feeling of "it is actually difficult to deserve under the fame".