Chapter 16 Singing and Falling at the Boot Conference
Time has flown by, and now it's the second half of September.
After more than half a month of preparation, Wang Meng's first film finally started filming.
When Wang Meng's parents learned that Wang Meng's first movie was about to start filming, the two didn't say anything, perhaps thinking of their own experience of starting a business 20 years ago, and they were very generous to Wang Meng.
Due to the recent big sale of "Bear Infested", Wang Zhiwei took out 200,000 yuan to Wang Meng, and Wang Meng did not twist it, after all, the money is not much, what else is it pretending to be.
It's nothing more than returning the money to your parents after the movie is released.
However, Wang Meng couldn't stand the expenditure and management of money, but fortunately, Zhou Hui, the cousin of the aunt's family, was born in finance.
Due to emotional reasons, Zhou Hui has been idle at home recently, and after hearing Wang Meng's request, she directly agreed.
Without financial prediction, Wang Meng's work is much easier.
On September 21, the major leading actors gathered in the play. The opening ceremony will be announced today, and filming will officially start tomorrow.
Thanks to the joining of several big names, the opening ceremony was well organized, and a lot of reporters were invited, and many came for several big-name actors.
This was all arranged by Zhang Lantian, and Wang Meng felt that he had discovered talents.
A hero and two gangs, Zhang Lantian planned the start-up ceremony and the crew's chores, and the assistant director Wang Peng was in charge of lighting, makeup, photography and other necessary preparations.
In addition to the arrival of several big-name stars, Wang Meng went to greet him in person, and Wang Meng, a few of his own family members who were on the play, just showed up to inform him.
After all, there are some contracts to be signed by sponsors, camera rentals, film selection, etc., and other miscellaneous work.
Wang Meng concluded that the director was really not done by ordinary people.
In fact, this is not the case, it is really Wang Meng who does not have a superb team, no assistants, vacancies for agents, and no secretaries. So busy, for sure.
After the cousin sorted out the belongings, out of concern for the cousin, sometimes made a cameo appearance in the role of secretary and assistant. Some scenes that do not require Wang Meng to attend are handled by cousins.
There are also Chen Chichi and Zheng Kai and others who were pulled into the strong ding, including Wang Jian of the Photography Department of Shanghai Opera and Liu Qingqing and others who were in the crew of "Wrong Love for a Life".
Zheng Kai, Chen Chichi, and Jiang Shuying were dragged by Zhang Lantian to communicate with several big-name leading actors, and by the way, they did what they could. The photographer Liu Jian was taken away by assistant director Wang Peng. As for makeup, Liu Qingqing has almost become Wang Meng's personal art director and makeup artist. Anyway, it's all about doing their best.
In this way, the entire crew was revitalized.
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In the backstage of the boot press conference, Wang Meng was dressing up......
The natural clothes rack, although there is no famous brand all over the body, but after being dressed up by the half-hung designer Liu Qingqing, it instantly looks a lot more mature.
This is also Wang Meng's request.
After all, if you look like a young man, it is difficult to get on the stage.
"Director Wang, is it okay? Everyone is ready. Zhang Lantian came over to inform.
"Alright. Wang Meng looked at himself in the mirror and took a deep breath, and followed Zhang Lantian to the backstage.
Come to the actors' backstage room. Including the big-name Pan Hong, Zhao Youliang, Ren Quan, Li Bingbing and others all stood up politely.
"Hello Mr. Pan, thank you for your support, I will depend on you for the next period of time. "Wang Meng came to Pan Hong's side first, after all, is it the biggest wrist here.
"Don't say that, I'm also very happy to participate, the script is very good, although Director Wang is young, I am personally very optimistic about you. Pan Hong replied very politely.
"It's an honor. ”
When Pan Hong came that day, there were two cars, and there were so many assistants, makeup, stylists, agents, etc., which made Wang Meng very nervous at that time.
"Thank you, thank you......" Wang Meng greeted politely, and Zhao Youliang, who came again, shook hands and signaled: "Teacher Zhao has worked hard for you." ”
"Senior Brother Ren Quan, Senior Sister Bingbing will work hard for everyone next. ”
"It's our luck that Director Wang invited us here......" Li Bingbing's communication skills are very strong, and he said: "After I read the script that day, I really didn't expect our Chinese director to have such a character, not to mention anything else, the plot and logic in it opened my eyes." ”
For the current Li Bingbing, he is not the international Li of later generations, and he is not as domineering as later generations. No, Wang Meng is now a director, and he may be excited to ask for an autograph.
"Thank you for the compliment, the beauty and wisdom of the senior sister of the soldiers coexist, and it is an honor to cooperate this time. ”
"Huh...... Thank you Director Wang for your compliment. ”
"Senior Brother Ren Quan, you may not know, but I'm your fan. "Anyway, it's just a good story, fans are not fans, after all, it's not strange to have many people.
"Don't dare, don't dare. "Ren Quan is very polite, after all, it's not okay to be polite, and he doesn't count big names. Plus there is also a group of original teachers.
"Teacher Yu, Teacher Hu, Teacher Ma, thank you for your care, I don't want to say anything else, I won't let you down. These three are the teachers of the play, including Hu Jinqiang, who plays the role of biologist, Ma Jianguo, who is an archaeologist, and Yu Chen, who is a historian. are all unpaid performances.
Shu Ying, Chen Chichi, and Zheng Kai worked together. ”
"Hmmm......"
The three nodded their heads to indicate that they would not let him down.
"Teachers, it's almost time, the reporters have arrived, let's get started. Seeing Zhang Lantian glancing at himself, Wang Meng beckoned everyone.
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The host of this start-up ceremony is assistant director Wang Peng.
"Reporters, please be quiet, I would like to invite Wang Meng, the director of the crew of "This Man is from Earth", starring Ren Quan, starring Li Bingbing, starring Pan Hong, starring Zhao Youliang, ......"
Several people walked out of the backstage one by one, stretched out their hands to signal, and for a while the lights of the camera flickered, and the sound of 'click, click' was endless. Especially after several big names appeared, about two or three hundred students and some fan groups who got the news gathered at the scene, shouting the names of idols loudly.
At present, Wang Meng has no conditions to promote, it is nothing more than the support of the director department, and there is a top position on the school's homepage website.
That's it, after all, it is one of the three most powerful film and television schools in China, and many people still learned about the film information this time, and Wang Meng didn't pay much attention to some discussions in the society.
Actually, people didn't pay attention to him, and they all reported to a few celebrities.
There are also declining singers, but there are few.
Why? Because of the strong support of the director department, no media will deliberately offend, it is nothing more than all kinds of brain supplements.
However, that's it, and it doesn't seem like Wang Meng has anything to do.
Although Wang Meng's only comic "Bear Infested" is very popular. However, it's okay just in Shanghai, even if Shanghai is very popular, but people don't care about the author at all.
In fact, Wang Meng didn't know that his song "You at the Same Table" had become popular after being put on the Internet by his classmates. There are many record companies that come to the show and want to buy the rights.
However, he was blocked back by Director Lu of the director department, because Wang Meng can't be distracted now, and Director Lu thinks about waiting for Wang Meng to finish filming this movie.
After the leading actors sat down, the host Wang Peng began the warm-up of the cutscene.
"I would like to give the floor to the Vice President of the University......
Wang Meng didn't expect the vice principal to come. But he didn't refuse, and the topic that people talked about more was propaganda.
"Wang Meng, an outstanding director student of this school...... "Everyone doesn't care what the vice president says, this kind of state-owned formalism has long been used to reporters.
"This film is the world's first soft science fiction movie, China's first science fiction film, written and filmed by Wang Meng, this film tells the ...... that has survived for 14,000 years"
Wang Peng introduced a few sentences in general, and after seeing the reporter who was a little impatient below, he was decisively big, fast and urgent, and completed the introduction.
"Next, I would like to invite questions from journalists. Please keep things orderly, we have an hour to ask questions, thank you for your cooperation. ”
After speaking, the reporters in the lower row raised their hands.
"This lady, please ......," Wang Peng pointed to a female reporter in her thirties.
"Hello everyone, I'm Mi Ye, a reporter from [Film Weekly], may I ask Mr. Pan Hongpan, why did you star in this movie? After all, it's a small budget, a rookie director, and the main role in it is not you?
This is too insidious, just asking, you see that the director of this movie is **silk, the production is grassroots, and you are not the starring role, is there any unspoken rule in it.
Pan Hong has experienced too many scenes like this, and now the news, you don't have anything to watch if it's plain, the more bizarre, the more incredible, the better it looks, and it would be better if it was a little darker.
Anyway, it's not uncommon for dogs to bite people, it's news that people bite dogs.
Pan Hong smiled: "First of all, I will answer this reporter's last question, which does not have the ulterior inside story you think." Secondly, why did he star in this movie, because the script of this movie is amazing. Among them, Director Wang's talent is impressive, if there is no reason, it is that the story is fascinating. ”
"That means you're out of a good script, and you don't care about the director?" asked a reporter from Movie Weekly.
"Hehe, you think too much, I said, a director who can write such a script, do you think I won't care?"
"That ......"
"I would like to ask the next reporter a question. Wang Peng quickly shifted the target.
At this time, Wang Meng was a little annoyed, Nima, I am the director who doesn't ask me first, just forget it, and still look down on me.
Laugh, though, and restraint.
"Hello everyone, I am Niu Cheng, a reporter from [Oriental Daily], I would like to ask Mr. Zhao Youliang, did you also participate in the 'such' film because of the script?"
Wang Meng suddenly laughed angrily, no one is optimistic about herself at all, what is a 'such' movie.
Zhao Youliang smiled: "Please don't speculate, in fact, Mr. Pan has said just now, the script is absolutely good, the director is absolutely powerful, they are all people with a little thin name, and they will never smash the signboard by themselves." ”
"Hello Ren Quan, I'm Zhang Wei from [Everyday Entertainment], may I ask you and Li Bingbing have cooperated on the same stage many times, and this time they are co-starring in your alma mater as the hero and heroine, does it show that your relationship is public?"
"No," Ren Quan.
"How can you make it public if you don't fall in love, this reporter, you are really funny. "Li Bingbing.
"Teacher Pan......"
"Teacher Zhao......"
"Ren Quan ......"
"Okay, please stay close to the topic, and we refuse to answer questions that are not related to this movie. Pan Hong looked a little out of control, but fortunately, she was experienced.
And Wang Meng, Jiang Shuying, Chen Chichi, etc. are like little cabbages that no one cares about, looking at them stupidly. This grievance is not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
And the reporter was also very depressed, and he couldn't even mention other topics? As for the world's first soft sci-fi, China's first sci-fi drama film thought it was bragging.
"I'm Liu Ming, a reporter from [Chinese Film], how did Director Wang come up with the theme of science fiction, everyone knows that science fiction has no soil for survival in China. Although movie fans like to watch it, they can watch all Hollywood science fiction films, what is your purpose, for hype? Or do you think that if you deceive the audience, will anyone watch your works in the future?"
After asking these questions, the scene instantly turned cold!!
"I bought a ......watch last year," Wang Meng muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, and said with a smile: "How does this reporter know that I am deceiving the audience, is it that the reporter comrade is unpredictable, or do you look down on Chinese directors and think that our Chinese directors will never improve?"
Wang Meng's words were indeed answered with unhappiness, this Nima has not started filming yet, and some people already think that they are filming nonsense, and no one will open the forest......
"Besides, who said that science fiction does not have the soil to survive in China, science fiction is not just a spaceship laser sword, please take a look at our propaganda poster, soft science fiction drama ......"
This Liu Ming was taken by Wang Meng, and asked again: "Isn't it difficult for Director Wang to be unconventional and hype?"
"Hehe......" Wang Meng smiled: "You think too much about this reporter." ”
"Please Director Wang don't avoid it, we have the right to know?"
"Hey, it's all introduced just now, especially Assistant Director Wang Peng has just introduced it, this reporter you may have deserted just now, haha......"
"Okay, we're running out of time, please the next one. Wang Peng saw that it was almost over, and hurriedly transferred.
"Wang Dao ......"
"Wang Dao ......"
It may be said that everyone thinks Wang Meng's answer is a bit interesting, and there are more questions about Wang Meng.
At last...... After the interview with Chen Chichi and Jiang Shuying, who finally showed their faces, this interview ended.
As for how the reporter will write it when he goes back, it depends on everyone's conscience.
Tomorrow will officially start, and after the start-up banquet was held in the evening, they all rested early.
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