Chapter 39: The Villagers Do Something
The time has come to July 25th, and the launching ceremony of "Let the Bullets Fly" was held in Beijing!
With the introduction of the host, Chow Yun-fat, Uncle Ge, Jiang Wen, Chen Kun, Shu Qi and others appeared one by one. Until this moment, the current media knows how powerful the cast of Chen Yongren's new work is.
Fa Ge, Uncle Ge, Jiang Wen, any one of them can hold up a movie alone, not to mention the popular first-line actor Chen Kun and others, as well as sexy goddesses, these people appear in the same movie at the same time, how attractive does this have to be?
Just seeing the lineup is already excited, what do you care about at this time, just pick up the camera is "click" and shoot non-stop, the reporters in the audience know very clearly that this is a super big news!
Subsequently, under the gaze of everyone, Chen Yongren walked on stage without hurry, Chen Yongren attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared, and I have to say that his aura is not inferior to Fa Ge and other bigwigs.
"Wow, that's handsome. "There is a female reporter who commits offstage.
Chen Yongren picked up the microphone, and after a brief politeness, he entered the reporter's question session.
The reporters in the audience couldn't hold back for a long time, and immediately some reporters couldn't wait to raise their hands and ask: "Director Chen, what type of movie is "Let the Bullets Fly?"
Chen Yongren looked at the reporter and replied: "You can watch this movie as a cool movie, if you are comfortable watching it, it is a comedy, and if you understand it, it is a tragedy." ”
There are too many metaphors and too many pits in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly", so it is inconvenient for Chen Yongren to elaborate.
Later, a reporter asked: "Director Chen, it seems that you have just finished the shooting of the last movie not long ago, and if you start shooting a new movie so soon, will the quality of the film be affected?
"Interstellar has done all the filming tasks, and the rest is slow post-production, and the post-production now doesn't have to worry about me at all, I just need to control the key links. And "Let the Bullets Fly" was after filming "Interstellar", reading books at home, occasionally getting inspiration to write it down, and then just had nothing to do, so it started filming immediately. Chen Yongren responded with a smile.
After listening to this, everyone on the stage couldn't help but roll their eyes in their hearts, how do they feel that making a movie is the same as playing, just shoot it, and the box office is quite high in the end, I really don't accept it. The reporters in the audience also sighed, 'This Chen Yongren's energy is really abundant, and he started filming again just after the filming of a movie, he is really not afraid of being tired'...
An hour later, the reporter's question session ended, and the start-up ceremony under the auspices of the host also ended.
After the opening ceremony, the media at the scene also raced against time to quickly announce several blockbuster news, and netizens were also stunned when they saw it, the lineup of this movie is too awesome!
"I'll go, this is stronger than the lineup of "Infernal Affairs", this movie has not yet been released and the box office has already exceeded one billion!"
"The three powerful veteran actors are on the same stage, just thinking about it, I want to watch it!"
"Let the bullets fly... I'm afraid it's going to fly to the sky."
On the Internet, countless movie fans are boiling and talking about it.
After the start-up ceremony, Chen Yongren and the crew set off to TS City, Jiangmen, GD Province, where the Goose City in the movie is located.
Goose City, in reality, is named Tingjiangwei, Duanfen Town, TS City.
There are a total of five watchtowers here, three of which stand near the river, and the arcades on the polder are still standing after decades of wind and rain, these arcades can be described as very exquisite architectural art, and the whole exudes a glorious brilliance.
Tingjiangwei is composed of a T-shaped straight street, on both sides are neat arcades, the gray carvings on the arcades have their own merits, and the windows are inlaid with several colors of glass.
This is built by an overseas Chinese, because he has spent a few years abroad, he has seen a lot of Western architecture, and then combined with Chinese characteristics, and finally built such a combination of Chinese and Western, rich in the characteristics of the times.
And the goose city in the movie still needs to be processed and transformed in order to make Tingjiangwei brand the goose city!
And the city gate is an important label, so as early as the beginning of July, when Chen Yongren just had the idea to shoot "Let the Bullets Fly", he asked someone to come here to investigate, and then after negotiating with the local villagers, he began to work overnight to transform it into the "Goose City" in the movie.
The construction team outside the city is in full swing to build the city gate, which is now almost complete.
At present, all the crew members have arrived, and after resting and recuperating, filming can begin.
Just as Chen Yongren was watching the filming location, Uncle Ge came over and said in a low voice: "Director Chen, discuss something with you." ”
Chen Yongren smiled: "What do you say?"
"Can you just stop wearing this wig? It's hot enough, I can't stand wearing it for a while, and my head is sweating. Uncle Ge said bitterly.
Chen Yongren felt the breeze coming from the mountains, and asked with a smile: "It's not hot today, is it? This place is also a good place to escape the heat!"
Uncle Ge touched his head and said helplessly: "Ahem, the main thing is that I have been acting with a bald head for so many years and I am used to it." I always feel uncomfortable wearing a wig all of a sudden..."
Chen Yongren replied: "Uncle Ge, with your strength, I believe that you will be able to adapt to this little thing." And you've also read the script, if this character doesn't have sleek hair, it won't reflect the taste of charlatans..."
Uncle Ge thought about it for a while, and nodded.
Subsequently, everyone also checked into the hotel here.
In the afternoon, the person in charge of the construction team suddenly found Chen Yongren.
"Director Chen, I can't control this matter, you have to solve it quickly, otherwise the progress of the project will not be completed on time." The person in charge of the construction team said anxiously.
"What's the matter?"
"It's about building the gates and other renovations. Director Chen, haven't you discussed it with these villagers? These days, there are always people who come to our construction site to make trouble, arguing for us to stop the construction, saying that it affects their work and rest time. The person in charge responded.
Chen Yongren was puzzled and said, "No, right? I have agreed with the head of this village, signed the contract, and paid a rent." ”
"I don't know, anyway, they're making trouble over there right now, why don't you go over and take a look?"
"Okay, you can take me to see it. ”
Then the person in charge took Chen Yongren to the city gate, and at the gate, dozens of villagers gathered, because of the villagers' sprinkling, the workers had no choice but to stop working.
In the crowd, Chen Yongren saw the village head, Huang Youcai, an uncle who was over half a hundred years old.
Huang Youcai also saw Chen Yongren's arrival, and hurriedly walked over and came to Chen Yongren: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for your trouble." ”
The person in charge also whispered in Chen Yongren's ear: "It was the village chief who helped stop it just now, otherwise I'm afraid it would be a fight." ”
Hearing this, Chen Yongren's face softened, and he looked at the village chief and asked, "Village chief, what's going on? Didn't I pay your rent? Why do these villagers still come here to make trouble?"
Huang Youcai said apologetically: "Mr. Chen, don't worry, I'll let them go back immediately." ”
Huang Youcai walked to the crowd and shouted: "Everyone hurry back, don't affect people's construction here, if you do this, you will lose the face of our entire Tingjiangwei!"
These villagers are determined to do things, and they just don't leave.
A big man with a tattoo all over his body walked over, looked at the village chief and said stiffly: "Village chief, when they stop construction, we will leave." Otherwise, I'll them, hmph, we don't have a good life, and they don't want to have a good time!"
As soon as the words of this big man came out, he was immediately supported by the villagers.
"Yes, when they stop, we will leave!"
"Village Chief, you're our village chief, you can't help outsiders talk!"
"That's right, village chief, you have to be fair. ”
"The movement of these construction workers is so loud that we can't sleep!"
Hearing this, the workers of the construction team were not happy.
"Hey, hey, don't open your eyes and talk nonsense, we will stop the construction tomorrow as soon as it gets dark, who is making a noise to you!"
"Is it okay to talk troublesomely through the brain?"
Aunt Yi jumped out again and said, "What's the matter, we are not allowed to rest during the day?"
"It's nonsense, the construction site is not next to your house," said the worker.
"I have a good ear, don't give it," my mother also replied.
"Ear Spirit, I think you like to listen to other people's corners everywhere. ”
………
The more the two sides scolded, the more ugly it became.
Chen Yongren and the village chief couldn't stand it anymore, and they both stopped loudly: "Okay, don't talk about it." ”
Chen Yongren took a few steps forward, said coldly to these villagers, "I have paid you the rent and signed the contract, which has legal effect." If you make such a fuss again, I promise you won't end well!"
Looking at the momentum of Chen Yongren's words, these villagers were also a little weak-hearted, after all, they also knew that what Chen Yongren said was the truth.
A big man replied: "You are the big boss, we are small villagers, but there are some things you don't know, but they affect our income." ”
"What's the matter?" Chen Yongren asked.
Dahan replied: "The contract you signed with the village chief lasted for half a year, but you only gave three million, and we all felt that the money was too little!"
The population here is not very large, but it is not much less, and every family is divided, and there is not much left.
Hearing this, Chen Yongren was also angry, the money was almost given away for nothing, and three million were given to them in Chen Yongren's opinion, and he only occupied some public areas, and did not affect anyone's life, and said unhappily at the moment: "Three million is too little? ”
The village chief sighed on the side and said, "It's not a problem, it's all because I didn't figure out the consequences in advance." ”
Dahan continued: "We are also a tourist attraction, every year people come here to travel to escape the summer, and this time is the time when there are the most tourists, but you build and renovate houses here, occupy a lot of space, and you are here for a few months, or the tourist season, driving away tourists." ”
The aunt also interjected and said: "If the tourists are gone, our business will be poor, and there will be no income, your three million looks like a lot, but there is not much money to the individual, and it is not enough for us to lose money, so if we continue like this, we can't live this day." ”
"That is, the village chief must have been confused at the beginning, otherwise how could he sign this contract with you. Another aunt said.
Hearing this, Huang Youcai also smiled embarrassedly, he only knew that Chen Yongren was going to film here, and he signed the contract without asking anything clearly, but he didn't expect it to have such a big impact on the villagers, and it also caused them to come directly to the construction site to make trouble.
Chen Yongren can also figure out why these villagers came to make trouble, and they blocked other people's money for a long time, as the saying goes, selling people's money is like killing their parents, no wonder people will come to make trouble.
Dahan then said: "Mr. Chen, you just say, how to solve this matter. Either you ask the construction team to stop, or we change the contract, the previous contract was too unfair to us. ”
Chen Yongren shook his head and said: "It is impossible to stop the construction, and now it is almost completed, and it is impossible to finish it!"
When the villagers heard this, they became anxious again, and just wanted to shout loudly, Chen Yongren continued: "However, I can give you a little extra compensation. ”
Chen Yongren pointed to the city gate and asked the person in charge, "How long will it take for the work here and the city gate to be completed?"
"If everything goes well, it can all be done in three days. The person in charge affirmed that if it weren't for this group of villagers, they would have completed the work a long time ago.
The construction team only needs to build a small city gate on the basis of the original fortress, and then engrave the word 'goose city', so the amount of work is actually not large, with the current technology, the time is absolutely sufficient.
Chen Yongren thought for a while and said: "In this way, I will compensate everyone with another million, and I promise that before October 1st, all the shooting tasks will be completed." And when the movie is released, your fame will only grow, and the number of tourists will only increase!"
The villagers also discussed it with each other, and they all thought it was very good, and they also took an extra million to compensate.
The village chief looked at the crowd: "Everyone has no opinion on this proposal, right?!"
The villagers shook their heads and said they had no opinion.
The village chief also breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at Chen Yongren and thanked him: "Mr. Chen, thank you." This time it has brought you so much trouble, thank you for your understanding! If there is anything you need to help, just mention it, our big guys will definitely do their best to help!"
Chen Yongren shook his head and smiled, and said: "It's okay, just do what you have to do, I won't let everyone suffer, but I also hope that such a thing will not happen again." "If you take out an extra million in exchange for a harmonious shooting environment, Chen Yongren is quite willing, not to mention that it is indeed in the way of people's money.
After the problem was solved, the villagers left one after another, and then Chen Yongren also turned to the person in charge of the construction team and said: "Now that the problem is solved, the trouble is gone, I hope you will work hard to complete it as soon as possible." ”
The person in charge nodded and said, "It will definitely be completed on time." ”
Later, Chen Yongren also returned to the hotel, and "Let the Bullets Fly" will start filming in other locations in the evening, and the filming task here will not be until early August.