Chapter 5: The Battle of the Two Dans

A break in the middle of filming. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info extras squatted next to the set to eat lunch, and the smell of the meals accumulated together with so many boxes of lunches came to the nose ferociously, making Gu Lian, who had not eaten breakfast, feel a little sick to his stomach.

This is a special courtyard for filming costume dramas, and the crew must finish filming all the scenes here today, and tomorrow it will be the turn of another crew to be stationed for filming. At this time, the cast and crew have a more leisurely attitude, and it seems that the scenes here are almost completed. Gu Lian carefully bypassed a "crew shooting, idlers are not allowed to enter" sign, and walked into the house in the middle of the courtyard. Most of the staff who were busy comforting her stomach didn't notice her, and a few people continued to eat with their heads down when they saw her and didn't care. Only during filming, the staff will be more strict with the people around the set.

It was a different story in the room. A small group of people were discussing something around a screen, and the screen was playing exactly what was being filmed today.

"Oops, this angle is ugly, no, director, you must cut this shot for me!" A woman in ancient costume wearing a small sleeved shirt and a garnet red floor-length skirt swayed the man sitting in front of the screen with coquettishness.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasty style buildings, I suddenly saw a woman wearing a dress similar to that of a lady in the Tang Dynasty, and for ordinary people, there was not much visual disobedience. A group of people in modern costumes and several figures in period costumes laughing and playing in an antique building, this strong contrast is called fresh.

This is the filming site of the series of mythological TV series "Dream Legend III" adapted from the high-profile "Fantasy World" online game in the latest production of Xia Yi Film and Television Production Co., Ltd. Xia Yi Company made a beautiful debut in the TV drama market with the first part of "Dream Legend" three years ago, and then focused on the costume youth idol drama, and the ratings were good, and it became one of the top three private film and television production companies in the mainland in a short period of time. In order to consolidate the TV market share to a higher level,Xia Yi continued to bet on the "Fantasy World" series this year,The investment and publicity of the third part greatly exceeded the first two,Industry insiders rumored that the show had signed an order intention with at least three powerful provincial TV stations before filming started,At present, it seems that it has signed a contract with more than one provincial satellite TV station。 It is estimated that after the completion of the show, various TV stations will start a tug-of-war over the premiere date and method of the show.

Sun Sisi, the head of Xia Yi Company, is named Selina (Selena), and everyone calls her Sister S, and the origin of this person and her Xia Yi Company is quite mysterious, as if they came out of the ground overnight. Some people say that Sister S was originally the secretary of a wealthy man in Hong Kong, but when she was old and decrepit, the rich man gave her a sum of money, and Sister S was unwilling to retire for the elderly, so she established a film and television production company, and mixed in the entertainment industry, but she was also like a fish in water. This kind of statement is an old-fashioned joke in the entertainment industry, but if a woman has a little bit of a relationship with the circle, twelve out of ten are related to the unspoken rules of support. There is no basis for what everyone says, and it is not enough to believe it.

Sister S's reputation in the circle is not bad, if she has any criticized "hobby", it is probably "picking up garbage", which is better called "turning waste into treasure". Among the main artists currently in Xia Yi's company, the first brother Li Chunnian is the student she carefully selected at the door of the Beiying examination center, the first sister is Liu Ying, a girl who was eliminated in the first round of a TV program in a talent show, and even the company's queen stylist in the behind-the-scenes production staff is Li Lianxiu, whose career was greatly affected by the divorce turmoil a few years ago. Li Chunnian and Liu Ying became an instant hit through the first part of "Dream Legend", and Li Lianxiu's tailor-made looks for them were beautiful, and they stood out in the costume dramas where the costume styles were generally magical, and they were praised again and again. These people are still the very proud results of Sister S, and they can be described as a successful example of achieving huge output with minimal input. I don't know how many times the value of these people when they signed the contract compared with the current market value of these people.

Because of these successful examples, Sister S, who has tasted the sweetness, still wants to repeat her old tricks, and after recently signing an old drama bone Zhang Nongwei who is almost difficult to turn over due to drug abuse, her vision is not only based on the artist, but also uses her brains to move the agent. Even if the company is on the rise and has a good momentum of development, Xia Yi Company is not wealthy, and it can only barely be regarded as a middle-class among many film and television companies with provincial TV backgrounds across the country, and the brokerage resources are even more stretched, and the company's artists can only play roles in the company's internally produced TV, and other influential entertainment industry activities are basically not in turn. It is impossible for a big-name agent to look at such a small company, and the agent who is halfway out of the house is obviously not well connected and can only do assistant work. After a long time, the company's artists are also fluctuating and unstable. Sister S urgently needs an experienced agent who is familiar with the domestic entertainment industry, and the lower the remuneration, the better. So, some time ago, Gu Lian, who did not sign a contract with the artist Tianjiao and Huayue's agent - Gu Lian, who has the title of "little senior" in the circle, entered Sister S's field of vision.

Gu Lian has not joined Huayue since she was humiliated in public at Mo Wanlin's banquet, and the land in Beijing will not be able to stay at least recently. When she was considering whether to go to Hong Kong or simply take a gap period, she received an invitation from Xia Yi, which is located in Hengdian Town, Dongyang City. Strictly speaking, Gu Lian is not very familiar with the brokerage business of film and television artists.

She made her debut with music with Tianjiao, and if she talks about the production and release of albums, she will never be stunned if she has handled these things single-handedly. After that, Tianjiao received a lot of film and television invitations, and Gu Lian also considered that Tianjiao had reached a transition period and could not appear as a high-profile teenager for the rest of his life, so he began to get in touch with some film and television things. A successful agent, in China, it is unrealistic to only bring singers, even if the king and queen of the music industry, there are very few who do not contact film and television. Therefore, Gu Lian has long thought about contacting film and television agents. Tianjiao's joining Huayue was an opportunity for her, not only to give up Tianjiao, a difficult partner, but also to use Huayue's rich film and television brokerage resources to recharge and learn to expand her network to further improve.

Huayue can't go, although there are acquaintances in Hong Kong, it is equivalent to starting over, and Xia Yi's company is a little smaller, but it is also a professional film and television company, with good development potential, and it is not a drop in price if you don't make a phoenix tail and make a chicken head. Gu Lian didn't think about it for long, and came to Xia Yi. Sister S really welcomed her warmly, made her the director of agency, and responded to her requests at first. Gu Lian didn't have to do anything in the first few days, she inspected the company by herself, and Sister S promised that she could choose any artist in the company, and she would bring whichever she wanted, and she didn't even mind that she brought other artists to Xia Yi. When she said the last sentence, Sister S winked at Gu Lian, the shadow of her long and thick false eyelashes couldn't cover the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and her face was full of "you know" expression. Gu Lian was a little embarrassed, so she could only smile wordlessly.

It's not just about bringing artists - Gu Lian has been in the company for two days, and after learning about the company's general situation and some ongoing projects, she thinks that Sister S seems to have too many expectations for her agent. In view of the company's financial resources, if several dramas start at the same time, there is obviously insufficient liquidity. Sister S also hopes that Gu Lian can help her introduce some big names in Beijing's business community and attract some investments, of course, it would be better if she directly led people to invest.

These have invisibly added a lot of pressure to Gu Lian.

Today, Gu Lian offered to go to the set of Hengdian Film and Television City to see the filming of "Dream III", and Sister S naturally agreed without saying a word. took the initiative to arrange a car and asked the secretary Xiaolin to take her over, if it wasn't for the appointment of a client at night, Sister S would have wanted to take her to the set to introduce her personally.

Xia Yi's company headquarters is located on the main street of Hengdian Town, not far from the studio, about half an hour's drive. On the way, the secretary Xiao Lin enthusiastically said a lot to Gu Lian, these days it is mainly Xiao Lin who takes Gu Lian to get familiar with the company's situation, and after these two days of getting along, the two have become familiar with each other. Xiao Lin is a girl in her early 20s, claiming to be Sister S's distant cousin, with average appearance, with the generosity and liveliness that a girl of this age should have, and she is short of Gu Lian's "Sister Gu", although Gu Lian always feels harsh when she listens to the voice "Sister Gu".

In the circle, this "sister" is not something that can be called casually, and there are a lot of exquisiteness. But seeing Xiao Lin's innocent smile, he went with her. The first thing Xiao Lin asked Gu Lian in private was about Tianjiao, and at this time, Gu Lian also knew that this little girl was a fan of Tianjiao. Of course, no matter how much she hated Tianjiao in her heart, Gu Lian could only talk to Xiao Lin in general terms on the surface, and there was no need to say what she knew about Tianjiao's true face, so she didn't need to say it to sweep the little girl's interest.

Kobayashi said that the filming schedule of "Dream Three" was very tight. After waiting near the set for a while, seeing that everyone was having lunch, Gu Lian was ready to go in and have a look.

"Director Xu!" Xiao Lin Jiao, who had been following Gu Lian's side, shouted to the director sitting in front of the camera screen with a smile, greeted everyone, and hooked shoulders with the woman in red in ancient costume very affectionately. It seems that this little girl is very familiar with everyone. After saying hello for a while, Xiao Lin didn't forget his mission, and hurriedly pulled Gu Lian forward to introduce everyone, "Director Xu, this is Gu Lian, Sister Gu, Sister S called you, right?" ”

Gu Lian felt the eyes of the people around him focus, nodded to show friendship, and dispersed again. Everyone has something to do. The director looked at Gu Lian, smiled symbolically, and shook hands with Gu Lian, "Welcome, welcome, just take a look, if you don't understand anything, just ask me directly." ”

"It's nothing, I'm just here to learn." Gu Lian smiled modestly.

The woman in ancient costume looked at her curiously, thought of something, and exclaimed, "Ah, it turns out that you are the one, Tianjiao's agent?" Sister S is so amazing, even you have been poached! I'm Ling Feiya, Sister Gu will take care of me in the future! The young and beautiful Ling Feiya leaned together to hold Gu Lian with both hands, and strained it, looking at Gu Lian's smile with a deep meaning.

"Humph!" A sneer suddenly came from the corner, and the person who made the sound was obviously deliberately making it heard.

Gu Lian turned around and saw a woman in blue dress with bright makeup coming out from behind the curtain in the corner in front of him, walking past everyone with a script in her hand, without looking at others, but saying in her mouth, "I advise some people not to stretch their hands too long, many things, if they are not yours, they are not yours, and it is useless to stretch your hands long!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ling Feiya's face became a little ugly, and the surrounding people looked at the tense atmosphere between the two, and after a pause, they did their own thing, as if they didn't see it.

"Director, after resting for so long, it's time for me to start this scene, right? I'm going to go to the SPA after the end! The woman in blue said to Director Xu in a reserved tone.

"Start now, start now! Everyone's ready! Director Xu gave an order, and the scattered set became orderly, and everyone immediately got ready for it.

Gu Lian hurriedly sat in a corner that did not affect the shooting and watched quietly.

"What are you dragging, don't you just shoot for two more years, and you really think you're a sister!" Xiao Lin sat next to Gu Lian, looked at the back of the woman in blue and whispered disdainfully. She seemed to be more inclined to Ling Feiya.

Gu Lian has done a lot of homework before and after coming to Xia Yi, this woman in blue is Liu Ying, the current Xia Yi's first sister, looking at her makeup at the moment, it is not at all the pure and lovely image when she first starred in the first part of "Dream Legend". Ling Feiya is another newcomer that Xia Yi plans to launch in "Dream Three", the titular second female, but she has more roles than the female one.

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and a company cannot have two first flowers. Ling Feiya is a latecomer, and Liu Ying will not have a good face for her. However, Liu Ying has accepted some commercial performances without the permission of the company in the past six months, and there are also some invitations to private dinners, and the company has reminded her many times openly and secretly, Liu Ying still goes her own way, and Sister S is not as enthusiastic about her as before.

If you really want to bring the artists of Xia Yi Company, you have to think about it. Gu Lian secretly thought about it.

Xiao Lin found Gu Lian a script for assistant director Guan Ming, but at this time, the assistant director was busy around the theater and couldn't use the script.

In terms of plot, it is nothing more than a mythical love story of beautiful dream reincarnation and reincarnation, these are not the focus of Gu Lian's concern, and after turning a few pages, he directly turned to the shooting schedule of the last dozen pages.

Completed scenes, unfinished scenes, parts that need to be carried out immediately, parts that can be slowed down, as well as trivial and complicated projects such as venues, prop arrangements, actors' appearances, etc., are reflected in these progress records, and there are some traces of alteration and correction. It seems that this assistant director is a very cautious and careful person. There are some actors whose names are circled, and Kobayashi said that it means that these actors have not yet joined the group, and each drama involves a lot of supporting roles, so the actors should be notified to join the group according to the progress of the play. Not every actor will join the group at the start of the film, especially for some veteran and powerful supporting actors, it is common to string several crews at the same time.

Gu Lian unconsciously touched the familiar name with his hand on the progress chart. Chenxing.