Chapter 518: Watching a Movie

After eating, Jiang Xia was abused by Chu Zhijun for two more plates before returning from Chu Zhijun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he got home and washed up, Jiang Xia was still busy with his work.

The life of a bachelor is as simple as that, he doesn't play games, he doesn't watch TV series and movies, he doesn't even read novels, and he doesn't have much to do except be busy with work.

The storyboard script is almost drawn, some classic shots are drawn, and the rest depends on the on-site arrangement.

After drawing the sub-scenes, Jiang Xia continued to write scripts and novels.

The script of "God of Gamblers" was taken out, and "The Saint of Gambling" and "The Gambler" were also written by the way, anyway, as long as you want to, there are always things to do.

When the next day was about to get off work, Du Rong came to find Jiang Xia.

"Director Jiang, this is the identity of the two male leading actors circled according to your requirements, take a look. Du Rong spoke like a businessman.

Jiang Xia didn't care, he didn't want to make friends with Hengying's people, as long as he could complete the work he requested, he was happy that everyone would be businesslike and efficient enough.

"Thank you, Director. Jiang Xia routinely thanked him, and then took the information Du Rong gave him and looked through it.

When I had a meeting yesterday, I said all the requirements for selecting actors, Jiang Xia's requirements are very difficult, the age is limited, and the level of actors is also limited, actors of the same age are very difficult to find, let Jiang Xia screen by himself, I don't know how slow it is. Du Rong seemed to be very simple to do, and after looking for it in Hengying's database, he took it out for him.

"It's all good, the script has been approved, and they can be notified to audition. The filming time is from the end of October to the beginning of December, and only when there is a schedule can we cooperate. The other supporting actors, a week's time, screen, give me a form, and then audition, and strive to get the main actors within two weeks. By the way, gambling king Chen Jincheng, I promised Mr. Chu Zhijun Chu and gave him a chance to audition. Jiangxia said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it. Du Rong said lightly.

Walking out of Jiangxia's office, Du Rong scolded himself: "The villain has a will." ”

Jiang Xia didn't know that Du Rong was scolding him, but he didn't mind if he knew, just do his job well. The crew of "God of Gamblers" has not yet been formed, but preparations have already begun.

Each department of Hengying has transferred some people to start preparations for "God of Gamblers" directly, and when the crew is formed, they will directly enter the group.

The heads of each department are not fully responsible, and they all assign the people below to do it. Even the people who give it are people with average ability in the team. On the surface, Jiang Xia doesn't make trouble, but there are still small actions in the secret. They just knew that Jiang Xia was not familiar with Hengying's people, and they didn't know who was strong, and even Cheng Xin didn't understand it, and they weren't afraid that Cheng Xin would see through it.

Several directors have a tacit understanding that they are causing some trouble to Jiang Xia, and they can't grasp the handle at all.

They just want Jiang Xia to know that Hengying makes movies, and they can't do without a few of their old guys, you Jiang Xia want to be on top when a newcomer comes, and you are not qualified enough, so you don't want to say two good words, and command them as people, who are you when you are?

Think about other people in the company making movies, they all come to pull the relationship set, and they want to stuff a few capable people into their team. The directors of the entire company have to look at their faces, how old are you Jiang Xia? and you are in command? If you don't give you some color, others still think that we old guys are easy to bully!

Jiang Xia didn't know the psychology of several supervisors at all, and he couldn't imagine that a few of them took face so seriously, if he knew, he would definitely say that it was no wonder that Hengying couldn't make any good movies, so many people held important positions, and it was strange that they could have good works.

"The actor can get it in two weeks, and in the props, the guns don't need to be prepared, the dice need to be prepared, and some gambling equipment, even playing cards, need to be prepared. However, there is an advertising department to attract investment and pull advertising, and it depends on which one is used, which is so troublesome. Jiang Xia muttered to himself.

"The costumes are better prepared, and it was a little colder when shooting, but the whole was acceptable. And it is also a season to wear a trench coat, and the classic shape of the God of Gamblers can be replicated. ”

"There's nothing to say about the cinematography, there's nothing to say about the recording, just look at the actors. However, the stunts and actions on the blasting side have to be prepared by the stunt department, and I don't know what they can prepare, but fortunately they don't need to use much. There are only a lot of close-quarters fighting scenes used by gambling saints, so I don't want to do so much, so let's shoot the God of Gamblers first. ”

After careful calculation, Jiang Xia's pressure is not great, as long as the acting skills of the two male protagonists are in place, the quality of this drama can be maintained at a level.

Any classic movie, not only a classic script, must have actors to perform, the actors' performances are not in place, no matter how classic the role is, it can be played as an idiot, no matter how classic the movie, the original artistic conception will be damaged, so we must be cautious in choosing actors.

When filming "Star Wish", Jiang Xia was very relieved and bold to go on the stage, that is, he was confident in himself and Gong Shan. The main actors are just the two of them, and there are not many other actors who are outstanding, but they can mix it up if they don't know how to act.

"God of Gamblers" is different, there are many roles, even the supporting roles have enough scenes and are important enough. The movie is more than 120 minutes long, and some details are well done.

Whether a movie is classic or not, sometimes it is not how hard the protagonist plays, but how well the supporting roles are played.

For example, in the movie "God of Gamblers", if Gao Yi can't play the feeling of jealousy and vicious betrayal, it will lose a lot of color. If Wu Mengda hadn't played the role of the black boss who was obscene, greedy for money, lustful, and afraid of death, he would have lost a lot of color if he ransomed Chen Xiaodao. Even the gangster leader played by Cheng Kuian, who is not a big mouth, cannot reflect Chen Xiaodao's helplessness as a gangster.

There are many similar examples, and sometimes a golden supporting role is better than the second protagonist. As a supporting role to add color to the movie, the most commendable thing is the cameo of Feng Yuanzheng and Fan Wei in the movie "No Thieves in the World". In just a few minutes, there are only three or two lines, which not only makes the audience remember them, but also adds color to the movie.

It is precisely because Jiang Xia knows that the supporting role is important, so Jiang Xia invited Chu Zhijun to come in "Star Wish", and the role of Zhen Baozhu made his old drama even more intriguing.

Du Rong went to invite the actors, and Jiang Xia buried himself in the office and continued to take advantage of the time when he was not busy to do his own things.

When he told Cheng Xin before, he thought about making a blockbuster.

What is a blockbuster? The pure production cost alone must be 100 million yuan before it can be called a blockbuster.

The box office is happy with a small cost, but a director who has not made a movie with a cost of more than 100 million is a big director?

Whether in the previous life or in this life, Hollywood is a blockbuster, and as soon as it is released, it is like a flood of beasts, crushing the box office all over the world.

Jiang Xia doesn't want to have a hard time with Hollywood for the time being, he has stayed in Hollywood and in the United States. He knew that in order to get a good result at the box office in the world, North America, the world's No. 1 box office, must be broken.

Gongshan Studio's ability is not good, and it will not consider releasing "Star Wish" in North America and other places at all. In comparison, Hengying's foundation is much harder, and it has gathered two old film companies, and there are some channels in North America, not to mention Southeast Asia, which is the old base camp.

Jiang Xia's "God of Gamblers" is not ready to go to North America to test the waters, the movie he is going to test the waters is put on the blockbuster to be made next year, although he has not decided what to shoot, but he always has to go to the North American box office to take a look at the world over there. Foreign language movies in North America have always been bad at the box office, and Jiang Xia is ready to make a Chinese movie and make an impact.

The core of each movie is different, and the core of Eastern and Western movies is also different. Hollywood's movie horror is terrifying, and their entire collective, with decades of hard work, has delivered movies to the world, spread the cultural core of Chinese films, and let people all over the world accept it.

The whole process is subtle and silent. The more you accept Hollywood's cultural exports, the more you like to watch Hollywood movies, the better Hollywood movies sell.

How to fight against Hollywood has become a problem almost all over the world.

Hong Kong once did it, and during the glorious period of the 80s and 90s, the entire Asian box office belonged to Hong Kong, and even many people counterattacked Hollywood. However, Hong Kong movies quickly declined and failed to resist.

The decline of Hong Kong movies happened to be after the return, so everyone gave the pot to the Celestial Empire, how wronged.

The real reason is that Hollywood's impact is too great, and Hong Kong has not resisted.

Think about it, "Titanic" was like a giant at that time, sweeping the world, the cost was 200 million US dollars, at the exchange rate at the time, it was 1.6 billion RMB, even if it was converted into Hong Kong dollars, it would cost 1300 million.

The cost can catch up with the total box office income of the whole of Hong Kong in two years, and those film companies in Hong Kong, who dares to play like this? A king of sunglasses who makes a "East Evil and West Poison" almost drags down a company and makes a blockbuster? I can't even think of it.

In the final analysis, Hong Kong is still too small, and if Hong Kong could have the current market at that time, backed by the Celestial Empire's box office, and wrestling with Hollywood, it may not be impossible to compete with each other.

Jiang Xia is ambitious, he has the resources of a whole world, this world does not have the giant ship "Titanic", if you really take it out, Jiang Xia is also confident that it will hit the first box office in film history.

Of course, that was all after that, Jiang Xia is not the truck driver now, and it is impossible to make that movie.

The blockbuster he wants to make must be a domestic movie.

Jiang Xia didn't even think about changing Hollywood blockbusters to China and changing actors. The first blockbuster, Jiangxia is to copy and copy domestic movies, and the core is a movie that Chinese can understand.

Because of this, Jiang Xia doesn't know what to make, there are not many domestic blockbusters, and even fewer good movies. And you have to think about the script strictly, in case you shoot something like "Night Banquet", or even "Legend of the Gods", Jiang Xia might as well find a piece of tofu and crash to death.

The preparation cycle of the blockbuster is long, and Jiang Xia's plan is to finish writing the script of the blockbuster before the official start of filming "God of Gamblers".

The last day of September.

In the afternoon, Cheng Xin called Jiang Xia and said, "Let's eat together in the evening." ”

"Oh, yes. Jiang Xia agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xia continued to write the "Superstar" series, and after two months of hard work, Jiang Xia finally finished writing the rough script, and the rest of the time was to refine the script, revise it to no problems, and revise it to be wonderful.

The script is pure English, this is the first time Jiang Xia created the script, using not familiar Chinese, it is not easy to create, if it is not for the experience of Beckham and other stars, he would not have been able to write the rough script so quickly.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xia went to audition for actors.

The selection of the actors of "God of Gamblers" has begun, although all aspects are not ready, but there is still time to prepare, and the actors need to be set first, so that they can reserve the schedule.

Not only today, but also in the next week, we have to select the actors, and screen and choose one by one.

Jiang Xia himself does not act, the actors he chooses think that his acting skills should not be too bad for himself at least, if it is really too bad, then he can only say goodbye. The best actors to choose are better than their own acting skills, so that they will be interesting.

Before getting off work, Cheng Xin called Jiang Xia and asked him to drive downstairs and wait for her.

Jiang Xia went downstairs in advance and waited for Cheng Xin in advance.

When Cheng Xin got off work at five o'clock, she came down early with a bodyguard and sat directly in Jiangxia's car, but the female bodyguard did not sit in, but stood by the car door.

"Where are you going?" Jiang Xia asked.

As he spoke, he was about to drive, and he thought that the bodyguard was just here to see Cheng Xin off.

"You sit in the back. Cheng Xin said.

Jiang Xia glanced at the bodyguard wearing sunglasses, and could only sit in the back obediently. Co-author Cheng Xin took the driver with him, which saved him trouble.

After the car drove away, Jiang Xia asked, "Why did you call me to eat today?

"After eating, go to the movies. Cheng Xin said.

"Watching a movie?" Jiang Xia looked sideways at Cheng Xin and said in surprise, "Isn't the movie theater opened by your family?

"The movie theater is run by my family, and I have to go to the movie theater to watch a movie, is there a problem?" asked Cheng Xin.

"Uh, no problem, I'm brain-dead. Jiang Xia reacted, his brain cramped just now.

Cheng Xin glanced at him and stopped talking.

This time, the place to eat was not the western restaurant last time, but an island cuisine.

"Remember, you're not used to cooking. Cheng Xin said to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia nodded and said, "Well, I'm not used to eating." ”

"Then come and try it, eat slowly, there are still hours left in the movie, and you can go shopping after eating. Cheng Xin said.

"Hours?"

Jiang Xia looked at his watch, it was only half past six, several hours, it was almost midnight, and suddenly Jiang Xia had a flash of inspiration, midnight, isn't it zero o'clock, today is September 30th, isn't it October 1st after 0:00?

On October 1, National Day, the movie "Star Wish" was released!

"You're not going to see the stars, are you?"