Chapter 21: Reflections...
Since the middle of the year, the box office of "Feast" has not been very ideal, and Dongyang Media has not reached the scheduled income in terms of movies for the first time, Huang Zhongjun realized that it may not work to simply count on the movie, so Huang Zhongjun began to think of a way out.
What is the way out?
Make a TV series!
Huang Zhongjun's method is very simple, he invited the well-known creative team of TV series to join the company, interviewed the top producers in the country, and asked them to establish their own production studio in Dongyang, which is also the first time in Huaguo to try a TV drama producer studio...
At present, the most famous TV drama producer in the whole country is of course Zhang Jizhong, and all Jin Yong's dramas are remade by him...
Then there are Wu Yi, Zhang Qian, Yang Shanpu, Chen Jianfei, Hao Lin, Zhou Bingbing, Yi Weiping...
Zhang Jizhong is his biggest goal, Lao Zhang is very popular at this time, and his remake of Jin Yong's drama is basically a symbol of ratings!
The bearded man became famous not because of Jin Yong's drama, long before the martial arts, he was one of the producers of the old version of "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Love Burning Years", and the bearded man's professional and cultural level is still reliable...
Especially "Tianlong Babu", without investors - it belongs to CCTV's direct investment, half of the national project, and has gathered a bunch of suitable actors, coupled with the experience of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the bearded Jin Yong drama ushered in its peak!
"Dragon Babu" not only has high ratings, but also has a reputation that has hit the pinnacle of bearded Jin Yong dramas!
Of course, the ratings are not comparable to Huang Rihua, that thing is simulcast on multiple stations, and the ratings even affect the Spring Festival Gala...
Huang Zhongjun found the bearded man and said: "How big a TV series do you Zhang Jizhong want to make, I only listen to your words, how much do you want, how much I invest!"
I'm going, so refreshing?
So, Zhang Jizhong agreed...
The others didn't go so well, Wu Yi and Zhang Qian are already the heads of Yuehua's TV drama department...
Forget it, digging a general, Huang Zhongjun is already very satisfied!
The bearded man is also very satisfied, the biggest worry about making film and television dramas this year is the problem of funds!
The studio is affiliated with Dongyang Media, and within two months, he drummed up "A Bao's Story" and went to Huang Zhongjun with the investment form.
Huang Zhongjun looked at it,, this is not Jin Yong's drama!
Lao Tzu poached you just for Jin Yong's drama, what did you shoot "101 Dalmatians"?
So, I want to pay the bill...
It can't be said that he wants to repay the debt, but there is a problem with Dongyang Media's capital chain!
I have to say that "Feast", the production cost of 13 million US dollars almost squeezed out Dongyang's family funds, it is said that the overseas copyright was sold for 9 million US dollars, what about the calf, can such a wise drama sell for 9 million US dollars?
When Weinstein came to China, he said that he was bought out for $1 million!
If "Feast" could be earned, Mr. Ma would have transformed a long time ago, and people's love for the big director is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
The movie failed to make money, and the TV series project was not very smooth, so I can only count on the artist agency project to collect some commissions...
As for financing?
Hehe, the bearded name is very bluffing, but if it's not Jin Yong's drama, there won't be a few...
Originally, Chen Jinfei could still pit a few dollars, but unfortunately, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" has become Yuehua's project, is the Zhang family short of money?
Even if he is missing, he will not take Dongyang to play!
What's even more angry, Ye Jing and Huang Shuo have become producers under Yuehua!
At yesterday's Yuehua press conference, Huang Shuo, Ye Jing, and Liao Baogang made a collective appearance, blinding the eyes of many media...
Not only did it appear, but they also had two TV series and two film projects, Ye Jing served as the director, and Huang Shuo served as the screenwriter and producer!
Is this a new thing in the Beijing area?
What about Ma Xiaokang?
Yes, they are all the 'brothers' of the year, Ma Xiaokang was silent for several days...
As soon as the pants were silent, the Huang brothers were in a hurry, no, Huang Zhonglei set up a banquet to prepare a banquet and head wine, invited the third master to be a lobbyist, and then called Zhang Junsheng, only after convincing Zhang Junsheng, Huang Shuo and Ye Jing could go to the banquet...
How did he know that Zhang Junsheng was training actors, so he made two phone calls in a row, and finally Zhang Junsheng got through, and then he said, 'I'm Huang Zhonglei...', and the latter directly said, 'Lao Tzu is not available!'
Huang Zhonglei only reacted for a long time, he was rejected!
After so many years in the entertainment industry, no one has ever rejected Huang Zhonglei so directly!
Who are you 'Lao Tzu' with?
Deflated calf!
Gan Lin Niang!
The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I smashed the new mobile phone directly with a flick of my hand!
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No matter how Huang Zhonglei would react on the other end of the phone, Zhang Jun hung up the phone directly, his face unchanged: "Come, Yawen, let's continue!"
"Bring your contact lenses!"
This contact lens is specially made, and when you put it on, it really looks like a blind person's eyeball...
"You just play the piano, that's it!"
"Director, I... I don't know how to play the piano..."
Lu Yawen is embarrassed...
"You don't really need to play a tune, we'll dub it later, you just make a show, I'll be your hand..."
Zhang Junsheng explained, and then looked at Xianli: "Do you have a problem?"
“… No. ”
"Alright, let's get started!"
The camera focuses on Lu Yawen's face, he is sitting in a chair in front of the piano, his expression is relaxed, and he is ready to press the piano keys...
"Wait!"
Zhang Junsheng paused the shooting: "Normally, I will first press a few notes to listen to the crispness... No, do you know what a piano tuner is?"
“… I watched a lot of videos of the tuners last night, and I called my friends who studied music. ”
Lu Yawen nodded...
"Well, you put the middle finger of your right hand close to the tightrope and play the octave vigorously to feel if your lower finger vibrates. ”
Lu Yawen was embarrassed again: "Director, what is an octave?"
Zhang Junsheng chuckled a few times: "The piano octave is 12345671 eight notes... What I mean is that you have to play the tightrope that connects every key, and that's how I usually tune it!"
"Oh, I see!"
Lu Yawen nodded, Zhang Junsheng glanced at the fourth child who was carrying the camera, and officially started filming!
This shot is very simple, from near to far, the figure of the dancer gradually blurs...
Only the pianist's avatar is clear.
Lu Yawen first skillfully disassembled the piano frame, and then made a tuning posture according to Professor Zhang Junsheng's way...
The key is that his movements are very fake, and his blindness is a bit excessive, which is the kind of big honey performance that we commonly see: for fear that others will not know that he is blind, he deliberately groped forward to test it...
"No, don't pretend like that, real blind tuners don't need to be so tempting, they just need to touch it to know how to open the piano stand, and... Put the crutches away, Guangsheng pointed the camera at the crutches, and came to a big close-up!"
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Once he entered the state, Zhang Junsheng became very strict, and the entire crew had to be on call at any time and listen to his command.
The actors were quite cooperative, and they shot this one shot more than 20 times!
Lu Yawen's acting skills are a bit immature to be honest, and the single shot looks okay, but tomorrow Mr. Lu Zhong will come...
Now, Zhang Junsheng realized that he was doing evil!
In a play, casting is basically to follow the protagonist.
The quality and aura of the protagonist determine the layering of other characters. The supporting role can compete with the leading actor, but once the leading actor is crushed by the supporting role, it can only mean that the director is blind.
If you follow the normal shooting rhythm, Zhang Junsheng will definitely be blind this time...
Lu Zhong will definitely be able to suppress Lu Yawen...
Nima, in this way, the play is not good-looking...
What to do?
I really can't do it, so I won't give Mr. Lu a close-up, or a glimpse, so that it seems to feel more ...
Zeng Li's dancer didn't have much contact with the tuner, she and the office worker who only wore underwear, and the loving elderly couple were actually just quick skipped silhouettes, just because she danced, and she took off her clothes to dance, so the camera was a little more...
At the end of the day's shooting, today only filmed the dancing girl and the office worker with the lower body of Chiguo, after all, it is the first day, Lu Yawen needs to adapt, and the temporarily formed crew also needs to run in.