Chapter Seventy-One: A Chance Encounter
(I've had a cold these days.,The update is a little less.,Everyone's forgiveness.,I'll do my best to adjust it.) )
As the youngest director in the 300 million club, Chen Xiao did not feel too proud in his heart, but felt a lot of pressure.
These pressures come from various investors with a lot of money to come to him to make movies, from the olive branches thrown by various entertainment companies, and from the fact that he does not have a good script now.
Last night, when he was distraught, he saw the topic of Zhang Yang on Weibo, clicked on it out of curiosity, and saw a series of Weibo posts posted by Zhang Yang, and then he couldn't help but marvel.
He doesn't know much about advertising, but he can tell the difference between good and bad, and knows that the creativity of those two pictures is really good.
As for the promotional video, of course, it is full of flaws in the eyes of professionals like him, but apart from these details, the content and music alone are still remarkable. At least in this short video, he gives what he wants to present. This is the most important thing for a director.
In the end, he watched his show and was so happy. Later, I heard his song again, and I was quite touched. So I was a little curious about this person, so I learned a little about it. Finally, I heard that "Zhang Yang Laughing Talk" was planned and produced by him, and I was a little surprised.
Maybe it's for this reason that he was a little surprised when he saw him in the monitor just now, and then he came down without thinking about it, for this kind of capable person, of course he is willing to make friends, maybe there will be a chance to cooperate in the future? Even if you don't cooperate, it's good to be friends.
Hearing that he had a new show, Chen Xiao was not surprised. With his current appearance, there must be many people looking for him to start a show. It's the same reason that many people are looking for him to make movies now.
"I watched your show yesterday and it sang so well. ”
"Thank you, thank you. Zhang Yang didn't know whether to cry or laugh, he knew very well what he was singing about, but the person in front of him said that he sang well, and he couldn't hear a little hypocrisy. Obviously, this person's appreciation of music is also average......
Chen Xiao said curiously: "I heard that you operated this show from top to bottom?"
"How can you listen to these rumors. Where a program can be operated by one person, it is everyone's credit, everyone's credit. Zhang Yang hurriedly shook his head, and then shifted the topic to him: "Are you filming a new film?"
With polite words on his lips, he was still thinking about who this Chen Xiao was. I made up my mind that I must make up for these celebrities in the entertainment industry after I go back, otherwise I don't know how many embarrassing things like this will happen in the future.
Chen Xiao replied: "No, it's a favor for a friend and help him shoot two shots." A campus love scene. ”
"Campus love scene?" Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked around, wondering if he had heard it wrong.
Chen Xiao knew what he was thinking, and explained: "The plot that is being filmed now is that a few students come here to play, and it is a very important plot in the whole play, and that friend is not very confident, so he let me come." I owed him a small favor, and it was hard to refuse. ”
Zhang Yang suddenly realized, and just saw several actors in student uniforms walking up from the side of the arched bridge. The expressions of these people were so natural that if he hadn't already known that they were filming, he would have thought that they were tourists playing here.
"Director, the camera is over. Someone in the attic suddenly shouted.
"I'll come right over. Chen Xiao responded, pointed to the attic and said to Zhang Yang, "Are you interested in going over and having a look?"
Zhang Yang was surprised and asked, "Is it convenient?"
"What's inconvenient about this, let's go. Seeing that he didn't refuse, Chen Xiao was a little pleased.
"Then you're welcome. Seeing that the other party really meant to let him go over to take a look, Zhang Yang was no longer hypocritical, and said with a smile: "Actually, I came here today to see how these crews filmed and see if I could learn something." ”
"Then you've found the right person, I don't dare to do anything else in front of you, but I'm still more experienced than you in terms of shooting. Chen Xiao seemed to think of something, and said: "I have seen the promotional video you made, aside from the technical level, the shooting is not bad, very attractive, I am waiting to see what you shoot other things." ”
"Putting aside the technical level......" Zhang Yang was a little speechless, but he also knew that it was really difficult for professionals like them to get into the eyes of professionals like them.
Back in the attic, Chen Xiao continued to shoot, and Zhang Yang stood behind to observe carefully.
"Stop, stop, don't go too fast, be natural, don't be so stiff. ”
"The light is not good, the light is not good, do it all over again. ”
"Camera three, the picture is too bad, adjust it. ”
Listening to Chen Xiao commanding the audience in an orderly manner, Zhang Yang's eyes lit slightly, and he said in his heart that this should be the crew in his imagination, and this should be the work mode in his imagination.
Seeing that all the staff were so serious, he quietly took out his mobile phone and checked the name Chen Xiao.
After seeing the information that popped up inside, Zhang Yang finally remembered where he had heard of this name.
On the day he first came to this world, the news reported that his "Uneven Road" became the biggest dark horse of the year.
This is almost a typical example of a small and broad film, because the investment in this drama is only more than 10 million, but the box office is full of 300 million! Not only did the investor make a lot of money, but he himself became famous because of this drama.
What's more important is that the investment in this drama was brought over by himself with great painstaking efforts, and before filming, many people were not optimistic, but he still persevered under huge pressure. The beautiful palmares that he handed in at the end proved that his persistence was worth it.
The footage of this place was filmed for a full afternoon, although it was also back and forth, but Zhang Yang benefited a lot, and he could learn different things from each reshoot. Because the reason for their reshoot is different every time.
Sometimes he raised a question or didn't understand something, Chen Xiao also knew everything, and after an afternoon, he also learned a lot of things, thinking that today's hundreds of yuan were very worth it!
Chen Xiao has always been very polite to him, so polite that he wondered if he had another purpose, after all, he can now be said to be a big director, and he is much stronger than him in terms of status and fame, so there is no reason to be so polite to him for no reason.
At the end of work, Chen Xiao found him: "Let's go have a meal together?"
"Okay, I invite you, thank you for your teaching today. Zhang Yang didn't refuse, a big director with no temper can be willing to make friends with him, he has no reason to refuse. What's more, I asked him so many questions just now, and it is also appropriate to invite him to a meal to deepen his feelings.
Even if he really had an ulterior purpose...... He also wanted to know what his purpose was.
"It's too early to teach each other, so that's what to do. Chen Xiao smiled, "I know there is a place where the food is not bad, take you to taste it." ”
The two walked out of the film and television city, stopped in front of the parking lot, and looked at each other with a smile.
However, neither man moved.
Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment.
Chen Xiao also raised his eyebrows.
After a few seconds, they seemed to think of something, and their eyes widened at the same time.
"You don't have a car?"
"You don't have a car either?"
The two sentences were uttered almost simultaneously.
The two were relatively silent, and then laughed again.
"You are such a big director and don't have a car?" Zhang Yang looked at Chen Xiao and felt a little incredible.
Chen Xiao asked rhetorically: "You are both an advertisement and a novel, and you have done two episodes of the show later, why don't you have a car?"
Zhang Yang couldn't cry or laugh.
The two ended up taking a taxi. However, this little episode brought the relationship between the two one step closer.
After getting into the car, Zhang Yanglao stared at Chen Xiao, obviously still unable to figure out how he didn't have a car.
"Don't look at me like that, a month ago, all my belongings were less than 100,000 yuan. Chen Xiao knew what he was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "Even if the movie is released now, the share I deserve has not yet arrived, so I am still a poor man." ”
"Wouldn't it?" Zhang Yang didn't believe it.
"It's true. Chen Xiao glanced at Zhang Yang and quipped: "What about you, what's the matter with you? Don't say you don't have any money." ”
"You're right. Zhang Yang replied: "The advertisement is actually not much money, I used it to exchange the right to speak for a show with the company, and now the show is not over, I can't share the money." ”
""New Solutions to the Four Great Inventions"? You used it to exchange the miracle video for the right to speak in "Zhang Yang's Laughter"?" Chen Xiao stared at Zhang Yang as if he had discovered a new continent, with a look of surprise.
"That's right. Zhang Yang nodded with a wry smile, "Otherwise, what company do you think will give a show to a hairy boy who has just graduated?"
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "That's right, since this show was exchanged for advertising, then the contract you signed with Miracle Video should be a cooperation contract, right?"
"Yes. This is no secret, and there is no need to deny it.
"Did you expect him to have the results he has now?"
"I knew it wasn't going to be bad, but I couldn't tell how good it was, and the results were a little bit better than I expected. ”
"So you're free?"
"Yes. Zhang Yang nodded and found a reason that made sense: "I don't like to be tied up very much, so the contracts are signed for the show, and there are no signatories." ”
Chen Xiao glanced at him thoughtfully.
More than forty minutes later, the two came to a Hunan restaurant, found a small box, ordered a few dishes, and Chen Xiao went straight to the point.
"You just said that you are a free body, based on your performance during this time, there should be many companies to poach you now, right?"
"There are quite a few. The corners of Zhang Yang's eyes jumped, as if he had guessed what his purpose was for looking for himself.
Chen Xiao asked, "Then what do you think?"
"Huh?" Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "What do you mean? You don't want to poach me too, do you?"