Chapter Eighty-Seven: Power On

As the Shaw Brothers train ran at high speed, the production, director, screenwriter, costumes, props, lighting, makeup and other departments were quickly formed, and under the command of Wang Zheng and Zeng Zhiwei, the start-up worship was held in Shaw Brothers Cinemas in a high-profile manner.

Today's Wang Zheng is no longer as unknown as when he filmed the first play, with the box office results of the previous two movies, he has become famous in Xiangjiang, and this drama has Zeng Zhiwei, whose reputation is no less than Wang Zheng, joined.

On the day of the start-up, reporters had already flocked to the scene, and after the main creators of the crew worshiped the gods and incense, a simple reporter interview session was held, Wang Zheng pushed the reporters' questions to Zeng Zhiwei, he is the chief director of this play, and he must be in front if necessary.

"Mr. Zeng Zhiwei, it is rumored that you left the New Art City because of the disagreement with the three giants of the New Art City, is it due to the uneven distribution of box office dividends?"

In the crowded crowd of reporters, a female reporter from Xiangjiang Entertainment Weekly asked Zeng Zhiwei bluntly.

Faced with such a tricky question, Zeng Zhiwei smiled faintly and retorted: "This statement is nonsense at all, I have a good relationship with Mai Jia and Shi Tian, as for why I left New Art City, it is because Shaw Brothers Pictures is more conducive to my future development." ”

"May I ask Director Wang Zheng, as we all know, the top two films at the annual box office today are Director Wang's "Crazy Stone" and Director Zeng's "Best Partner 2", and this time the two big directors jointly filmed "Happy Family", does that mean that the box office of this drama is expected to exceed 30 million Hong Kong dollars?" Seeing Zeng Zhiwei's answer so sleek, there is no news value to dig up, the female reporter wants to find a breakthrough from Wang Zheng, after all, the time of the latter's debut is far from being compared with the former.

Regarding the female reporter's statement that he deliberately distorted the facts, Wang Zheng also smiled faintly and corrected: "This beautiful reporter's statement is a little wrong, first of all, the play "Happy Family" will be directed by Director Zeng alone, and I only provide the script of this play. Secondly, the box office does not mean that you can sell as much as you want, before the movie is finished, the box office is not within the scope of our crew's consideration, our task now is to shoot this drama with our hearts, and use a good film to give back to the audience who have always supported our Shaw Brothers, as for how much the final box office can be, we will naturally know after the movie is released. ”

Wang Zheng's words were not revealed, and the reporters were speechless, and he left a little unwillingly until the end of the interview, and then the set was cleared, and the 84 version of "Happy Family" was officially launched.

The scene of the 92nd version of "Happy Family" in the previous life is very simple, the whole shooting took 13 days, the story only takes place in the villa, restaurant, K hall These scenes, the only highlight is that there is a scene of the Wa Kingdom. Although most of the scenes in this version produced by Shaw Brothers were also filmed in the studio, the crew planned to shoot for up to 5 months, so enough time can also make up for the lack of acting skills of the actors, and the film produced by repeated design and polishing will not be worse than the version of 92 in the later generations.

In the luxury villa area of Clear Water Bay, in the kitchen of a villa rented by the crew, the first shot of the first scene is being filmed.

Guan Zhilin, dressed as a grandmother, wore an apron, a pair of flat glasses under her fluffy short hair, and was dragging the ground with a mop in her hand.

"I believe in love, and I also believe in whether I can get love, ask the world at this moment..."

β€œcut。 Zhilin's voice is too soft, remember to hold your voice a little thicker and do it again. ”

Director Zeng Zhiwei shouted to stop and corrected, Wang Zheng and Zhou Xingchi, who were onlookers, couldn't help but laugh when they saw this scene, Guan Zhilin, who always appeared in everyone's sight as a goddess, played the role of a family teacher, it was really disobedient, but Zeng Zhiwei just wanted to give the audience such a sense of impact and continue to shoot the next one.

Guan Zhilin picked up the end of the mop and put it to his mouth, and sang in a high voice with a suppressed voice: "How many infatuated men are there in the world at this moment...... Ahem... ”

"Cut, although it is up this time, it is this feeling, and we will continue with this feeling. ”

Zeng Zhiwei tirelessly corrected, compared to the image of other directors as a tyrant on the set, he is undoubtedly a very mild-tempered director. It wasn't until this shot was NG nine times that Zeng Zhiwei was satisfied with the tenth reshoot, and only the Shaw family's great business could afford to burn the film so much. After Guan Zhilin's set of shots were filmed, it took a whole morning for the crew to stop and distribute boxed lunches.

The main creators of the crew gathered around the luxurious dining table in the living room of the villa, eating a boxed lunch, which was very disobedient. The rule of eating boxed lunches together is a rule set by Wang Zheng in the first two plays, whether it is the behind-the-scenes staff or the trick, or the starring, or even the director, they all eat a unified boxed lunch, although this play is not directed by him, but most of the staff are all from the first two plays all the way over, so the set of "Happy Family" still implements a unified boxed lunch, Zeng Zhiwei agrees with such a rule, and eats the boxed lunch with relish with a group of staff.

Looking at Zhou Xingchi, who was also eating with relish at the end of the table, Wang Zheng didn't dare to imagine the big-name behavior he played when filming this drama in later generations, eating shark fin or meals from designated restaurants, and often arriving late and leaving early every day for work, so that the whole crew was waiting for him every time, Wang Zheng didn't believe such rumors, but the original director of this film, Gao Zhisen, and the original screenwriter Gu Dezhao came out to break the news one after another, so that the people who eat melons must not doubt Zhou Xingchi's personality, but Xing Ye has never come forward to clarify these public opinions that are unfavorable to him, which makes Wang Zheng very admired, at least the star he sees now is not as swollen as rumored, as for whether it will be in the future, then wait until later。

"What are you thinking about, I'm so excited about the joke just now, right, punish you for eating this piece of fat!"

Just when Wang Zheng was a little distracted thinking about the past in his previous life, Guan Zhilin, who was sitting next to him, put a piece of fat meat in his lunch box and said dissatisfiedly.

Wang Zheng picked up the fat in the bowl, put it in his mouth and bit it, and tasted it with a back face: "You really don't know how to taste, fat meat is a good thing, it can whiten and nourish the skin." ”

"Really?" asked Guan Zhilin with wide eyes.

Wang Zheng smacked his lips: "Of course it's true, it can not only whiten and nourish the skin, but also nourish the kidneys and blood, nourish yin and moisturize dryness, and the benefits to women are great." ”

"It's strange to believe you!" Guan Zhilin threw him a roll of the eye.

After lunch, take a short break, and the afternoon shooting continued, although there was plenty of time to shoot slowly, Zeng Zhiwei decided to finish the shooting as soon as possible after discussing with Wang Zheng, so that there would be enough time to revise in post-production, and the shots that were not satisfied with the front could be overturned and reshot. Zeng Zhiwei wants to shoot this work perfectly, so that he can gain a firm foothold in Shaw Brothers.