Chapter 88: Agreed
Zhou Bai was very happy to meet Yu Feihong again, but in view of Kang Jianyan's initial promise to invest because of Zhou Bai, he was more eager, and basically spent that day discussing the casting, shooting and other aspects of the movie, and he didn't have time to have a good chat with her.
Yu Feihong also understands very well, she is very indifferent to everything, and introduced Kang Jianli to Zhou Bai because she happened to know that Zhou Bai was making film investment, and the two were already familiar with each other, otherwise she would not have waded into this troubled water with her character.
That night, Zhou Bai met Huo Jianqi, the director of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", he looked much better than Lao Mouzi, and he was much younger, if it wasn't for Zhou Bai who happened to know that he was in the same class as Lao Mouzi and Brother Kai, it would be really difficult to treat them as peers when they met for the first time.
Speaking of Huo Jianqi, it is difficult to say that he is the first generation of directors, he is the same age as Lao Mouzi, and he is an alumnus of the same class, but in fact he is an out-and-out "young director", he only finished making his first movie in 96, according to the time, he belongs to the sixth generation, the reality is that the fifth generation is not qualified, and the sixth generation is too old, so that he laughs at himself in the future as a director of the fifth and a half generations.
Huo Jianqi was found by Kang Jian with a phone call, how can he hold it, he finally caught a financier who is willing to pay for a movie, this kind of stupid hat, uh, this kind of discerning investor is not common, hurry over and settle the investment matter, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Huo Jianqi has no opinion on the matter of selecting actors in Chinese opera, if it weren't for the fact that an investor withdrew his capital halfway in April, he would have gone to Chinese opera to select actors in June, and he went to Nortel a few days ago, but unfortunately he felt that it was still a little unsuitable, so he didn't settle down.
Speaking of the reason for the investor's withdrawal in April, it is really ridiculous, because Hua has a villa that he has a fancy for, so he took the funds to buy a house, and the promised investment is gone, Huo Jianqi really feels helpless, in this country, the attractiveness of a 70-year lease house is not ordinarily high.
"Brother Zhou, if you have a suitable candidate for the role, just recommend it to me, in fact, I think you are suitable for playing the role of your son, if you don't say you want to take a break for a while, I really hope you can play it. Huo Jianqi said to Zhou Bai when they were separated.
"Why is Director Huo so confident in me? I don't even think I'm suitable for the audition, this is too exalting for me. But it's my duty to introduce the actors, after all, we all want this movie to be more successful!" Zhou Bai twitched the corners of his mouth and said, you say this because I am an investor, what about the good festival?
In fact, this is Zhou Bai wronged Huo Jianqi, it's really not a compliment to him, people came after doing an investigation, when Kang Jianqi called him, Huo Jianqi's first thought was to tie Zhou Bai to the chariot The best way is to let him be the starring actor, thinking that Kang Jianqi mentioned that Zhou Bai had just finished acting in Lao Mouzi's movie, he specially called Lao Mouzi to ask for verification, and as a result, Lao Mouzi was full of praise for Zhou Bai, which also made Huo Jianqi feel at ease, although the idea of tying Zhou Bai to the chariot at the beginning was quite undisciplined.
Don't look at Huo Jianqi as a director who has only made one movie, but he has been in the film industry for more than ten years, and he has a lot of friendship with Lao Mouzi, Zhou Bai is an actor of Lao Mouzi, and you can find out if you have acting skills.
So when Huo Jianqi saw Zhou Bai, he took the initiative to mention letting Zhou Bai play the starring role, but Zhou Bai felt that first, Liu Ye made his debut in this movie, and he showed an excellent state in this movie, and the idea of replacing Liu Ye was instantly discarded by Zhou Bai, and secondly, Zhou Bai also felt that he should try some different ways of acting, such as drama or something, which is a great exercise for people.
Since getting the memory fragment by chance, Zhou Bai has never been eager to become famous, Xiaoyanzi will soon become popular all over the country, but how much time did she spend in order to transform, Fan Ye became famous early, and he couldn't get rid of the image of the golden lock for twenty years, even if he tried to break through the barrier several times, he still gave people the impression that he had no acting skills.
Zhou Bai never rejected commercialization, nor did he feel that commercialization was a shameful thing, but if he couldn't enjoy the fun of acting, neither business nor art would be attractive to him at all.
"Of course I have confidence in you, Lao Zhang is full of praise for you, it's really a pity that you can't act, I hope I can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, tomorrow I will wait for the arrival of Mr. Zhou Zhengli, and strive to sign the contract as soon as possible." Huo Jianqi shook hands with Zhou Bai and said, at this moment he was in a happy mood, sweeping away the anxiety of the previous months.
Making a movie is never an overnight thing, it involves the preparation of the crew, the selection of actors, and the adjustment of shooting.
"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is like this, it has been prepared for a long time, if it weren't for financial problems, filming would have started in July, and it had to be delayed until October.
Now that the investment has been preliminarily decided, all that remains is to sign the contract and select the actors, and you can start the film directly, and there are a large number of relevant staff Xiaoxiang Factory, which can be brought at any time.
When it comes to the speed of making movies, the whole world counts, and Xiangjiang is also one of the wonders.
A movie shoot can be done in a week, and the preparation time plus the editing and soundtrack can be done in half a month, Nima's speed is unique in the world.
Lao Jia held back a script for a few months and a half, but it only took Huang Baiming two nights to write "The Wrong Car", this is the gap, both the screenwriter and the director on the Xiangjiang side are used to being a fast gunner.
It took less than half a month to save the life of the king of sunglasses, "Happy Family 1992", which swept the box office record, took a total of 13 days, and the classic movie "Gunfire" took 19 days.
The filming actually took less than a week, think about so many action scenes, so many extras, and still maintain such a high quality, although the box office is not good enough to cause the second difficult birth, but it is still a classic film, it is simply a myth.
Of course, there are also super-fast movie shooting records in the mainland, that is, it may be a shame to say it, that is, the variety show movie "Where Are You Going, Dad", which was completed in five days and had a box office of up to 700 million, but it is difficult to say whether it is a movie or not, and it may not be a glorious thing anyway.
Zhou Bai thought that it seemed that he could only wait for the matter of "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog" to finish, and wait for Lao Jia to come back from the country of sticks, and by the way, he would ask Yu Feihong to get together.
Speaking of parties, Lao Jia stayed with Yu Feihong and Zhou Bai, it was really a strange style of painting, Lao Jia was a particularly angry youth, Yu Feihong was a particularly dignified lady, and Zhou Bai was a particularly cautious student.
This is Lao Jia's evaluation, but it is not Zhou Bai's nonsense.
Although Lao Jia is not a director, he is now also a well-known literary film director, and he is also a young man full of anger, he always feels that there are too many flies and dogs in the world, there are too many things to express, and drinking is also a booze, of course, is it still called a literary youth?
Yu Feihong is not only dignified in appearance, but also a genuine lady, indifferent, leisurely and independent, not flattering, not shallow, not even a drop of wine, any topic about art has its own unique opinions, which is completely different from Lao Jia's rough painting style.
Zhou Bai is a particularly low-key and cautious person, treating people and things like a student who adheres to the way of a gentleman in ancient times, not impatient or impatient, can drink wine but never get drunk, tea can never pretend, can talk about art and money, and is another magical style of painting.