Chen Jiashang is very pragmatic, this is Zhou Bai's evaluation of Chen Jiashang, at least he did not see the arrogance and arrogance of looking down on mainlanders, when communicating, he was not slow or slow, more Zhou Bai saw a kind of wisdom from him that had been tempered by life for a long time.

Peng Haoxiang is very talented, and even said that his brain turns very fast, he has a very set of ideas about movie shots and movie narratives, and he is very mature, and he does not lose his face and lose his temper because others disagree with him.

The signing was very smooth, basically this time Zhou Bai has explained the conditions in detail, maybe this will show that he is not sincere enough, after all, you invite people to come and put forward so many conditions, but Zhou Bai feels that in order to avoid unnecessary disputes and misunderstandings, it is better to explain things clearly in advance.

The treatment expenses of the Xiangjiang team are relatively large, and Zhou Bai must control these as much as possible within a controllable range, so before the start of filming, he made a detailed budget table, and after Chen Jiashang signed a contract with Peng Haoxiang, the controllability was higher.

The crew has officially entered the intense preparatory stage, and the actor issues are basically connected, the main roles in the movie have been decided, Zhou Bai and Yuan Yu are the male and female protagonists, needless to say, Deng Chao plays the heroine's younger brother, Liu Ye plays the hero's good friend, and the roles of restaurants and villagers have been selected, the heroine's father Zhou Bai invited Teng Rujun to play, and the role of the doctor invited the senior brother Hu Jun of the Chinese opera to play.

A movie with an investment cost of about 13 million, Huayi's Wang Jinhua was very excited, and originally wanted to fight for the heroine to Huayi's Li Bingbing, but she knew that after the heroine decided Yuan Xiang, she gave up directly and got another supporting actress role.

Anyway, it's a favor, Zhou Bai doesn't care, Li Bingbing's acting skills are really not good at this time, but the advantage is that she is beautiful and not a heroine, so there is no big problem.

Now Li Bingbing is almost mixed in various TV series, she graduated from the drama, and she is also a little flower in the film and television industry, she previously collaborated with Zhang Yuan in "Going Home for the New Year", and won the Best Actress Award at the Singapore International Film Festival, but this award has little influence and does not improve her much.

The role played by Liu Ye is the character who is neither male nor female in the original plot, but Zhou Bai changed this role, because as a comedy, it is inevitable that there are some lines in the original version that are relatively large, and if you want to be released smoothly, I don't know how much to cut, so he simply changed the setting.

Changing this role to an orientation is a bit of a mystery, especially dick, a little yellow role, in fact, if you can invite Uncle Ge, it will be more suitable for this role, but unfortunately Uncle Ge is difficult to invite, and the cost of the movie is restricted, so there is no way to offer a relatively high salary.

"The official shooting time can be set on August 1st, and the shooting location has been found, there is a village that meets the requirements on this side of the South China Sea, which is the one we were looking for a few days ago, I have rented some houses here, and if there are necessary scenes, I can only build them now, and I have paid some money to the village, and the contract has been signed. Liu Guoyang said.

"Considering that there are a lot of crew members, has the accommodation been booked? and at that time, there are children and elderly people in our crew, and we must be equipped with a professional with nursing knowledge. Zhou Bai said.

"Well, the hotel has been booked, it is a small city over there, just by the sea, we have signed a contract with the hotel, the room has been reserved, and we have rented a house in the local area, we are ready, the nursing staff has not been contacted yet, I will see if I can find a local one." Liu Guoyang said that he has been almost following Zhou Bai and Chen Jiashang everywhere these days, after all, there are too many things to be busy.

"Is there any problem with Director Chen?"

"Filming equipment is a problem, you have to transport the shooting equipment here first, I wonder if the film crew should come here first, according to the shooting plan to bring things into the customs first, you can let them shoot some scenery shots to familiarize themselves with the equipment. Chen Jiashang said.

"There are also extras, this must be found first, costumes, makeup and props must be prepared in advance, we are not in Xiangjiang or Hengdian now, the extras have to recruit a group first, otherwise it will be troublesome if they can't find anyone at that time." Chen Jiashang continued, speaking of which, this is also a headache, the filming is not in Hengdian, and it is difficult to find extras.

Why do so many crews like to go to Hengdian to start filming, in addition to the buildings and equipment they want, it is very convenient to recruit actors, and even Hengdian will take the initiative to help the crew and help the crew solve problems, it is not just a shooting base, but a place where industries are concentrated.

"We still have to recruit some actors with the crew, the customs declaration of shooting equipment must be in advance, Director Chen's proposal is very good, we first let the shooting team get familiar with the environment, and the boat must be prepared, if you prepare during the shooting, I am afraid that if there is a temporary problem, it will delay the shooting. Zhou Bai nodded and said.

"The propaganda department is still in the process of being formed, and I have asked Xiao Li to contact some media, but because the relationship has not yet been established, this may be more difficult. Liu Guoyang said.

"There is no need to rush the propaganda thing, the start-up shooting is not too much publicity, the main thing at present is to familiarize Xiao Li with the propaganda work first, and the publicity and distribution must come step by step, you can't be in a hurry, you know the urine of the domestic media, and you will have to spend a lot of money at that time. ”

"By the way, how is the matter of filing and filming with the local department? Although we have obtained a filming permit for this film, we still have to file with the local government, so that they don't have nothing to trouble us. Zhou Bai asked instead.

"This is now being done by Yuan Xi, by the way, the matter of advertising sponsorship is going well, there are five or six companies interested in our film, but their prices are not very high. Liu Guoyang said.

"Are there only five or six companies, and how much do they offer?" Zhou Bai said with a wry smile.

Liu Guoyang thinks that it is not bad that five or six companies are interested in sponsoring film advertising, but in Zhou Bai's opinion, this number is too small, and now the reputation of Baiyang Studio is too small, so there are only so few companies interested in film advertising, if it is changed to Feng Xiaogang's movie or Zhang Yimou's movie, it is definitely more than that.

Chen Jiashang is a director in Hong Kong, and his popularity among mainland companies is not too high, and the current market is not familiar with such things as film advertising, so there are so few companies interested in various reasons.

"Well, there is a clothing company that is willing to provide clothing, and there is an advertising fee of 100,000 yuan, there are two food companies that are willing to provide 200,000 yuan of advertising expenses, and there are jewelry companies that are willing to provide jewelry, but they all require that the name of the brand must appear. Liu Guoyang said.

"Clothing can be considered, but we don't need their advertising costs, so there will be no close-ups of their brands, let's talk about the rest, the kind of very blunt brand lens close-ups don't be, I can't look at this kind of funds, and it will affect the audience. Zhou Bai waved his hand and said.

Making a good movie is his goal, this is the first goal, advertising sponsorship is the icing on the cake, if it affects the quality of the movie, or will affect the audience's viewing effect, Zhou Bai would rather refuse directly.

"There are a lot of things, we still have to do it little by little, and we have to be ready to start filming soon. ”