Turn on the camera to worship God, this is the tradition of Xiangjiang people to make movies!

Since Meng Chao has entered the Film and Television Association founded by the people of Xiangjiang, the routine customs naturally have to follow, but Meng Chao himself does not believe in this set, if worshipping God can bless the box office hits, then Chinese movies will not be so sluggish.

However, this time the start-up of "Happy Ghost" still caused a lot of turmoil, and now under the premise of the downturn in the film industry, many big directors are not very daring to start playing, but they didn't expect Meng Chao, a newcomer who has never even played a supporting actor in a movie, to dare to invest in making a movie by himself.

After the news came out, a few people expressed optimism, thinking that young filmmakers might be able to drive a new trend in the film industry and cause a ripple in the seemingly backwater film industry, but more people still felt that Meng Chao was beyond his means!

"If you make a little money, you don't know what your last name is? Making a movie, isn't that a waste of money? ”

"Young people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, think that everyone can make a movie well?"

"I haven't seen every big director almost lose money at the box office, why is he a newcomer? If you can fight, you can be as famous as Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao on Jiahe's side, but I heard that he hasn't learned any kung fu, right? ”

"What kind of film can he make, science fiction film? Don't think that if you look a little handsome, you can trick people into the movie theater, and that's the kind of unknown little girl who will spend more than a dozen yuan to go to the movie theater to see the little white face! ”

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These are all things that Meng Chao has heard recently, and I believe that no matter how ugly the version is, there are them!

Many people in the film and television city are not optimistic about Meng Chao, and they all say that he is looking for death behind his back, of course, they dare to talk about it behind their backs, and Meng Chao is too lazy to pay attention to it!

Who's behind no one's back? Who doesn't talk about people behind their backs?

If you want to do something that others dare not do, you don't need to be afraid of other people's comments and doubts, because the only thing you can do is to slap them in the face with the fact of success!

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At the scene of turning on the machine to worship God, Meng Chao finally recognized a person.

That is the photographer Huang Baiming found through the film and television association for their movie "Happy Ghost", this person has long hair fluttering, but the appearance under the long hair is extremely abstract.

So much so that Meng Chao felt familiar when he looked at the photo for the first time, but he couldn't remember it until he saw me, and he didn't know that this guy was Qiu Litao who had changed from photographer to director in the parallel world?

Meng Chao's devoured memory has the impression of him himself in a literary film called "New Love", he plays a frustrated musician, who only appears for a few dozen seconds, and he really can't recognize it if he doesn't look for the cast.

However, for his works, it is shocking to say, this gentleman is definitely the king of alternative films of Xiangjiang movies in the parallel world, and the names of the films he shoots can be seen from his alternative Cheng dù, such as "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun", "Ebola Virus", "Seize She", "Yin and Yang Road", "I Don't Sell My Body, I Sell the Palace", ......

Of course, in addition to the director, this gentleman was indeed an excellent photographer in the early days, and he shot "Heroes and Heroes", "The Inside of the Law", "The Case of the Three Wolves" and other films in the parallel world, and the photography has its own set of techniques!

Therefore, "Happy Ghost" can get such a professional photographer, which is a good harvest for Meng Chao, who is new to the film industry.

On December 23, 1985, on Christmas Eve, Meng Chao earned hundreds of thousands of yuan by doing live broadcasts for more than a week after devouring a memory that did not belong to him, and then he was full of interest and found Huang Baiming, who he met in the film and television city, and the two hit it off, and then contacted Gao Zhisen, Qiu Litao, Guan Zhilin, Li Lizhen and others to start filming the first movie belonging to Meng Chao!

The start-up worship ceremony was held in Huaxia Film and Television City, because no one was optimistic, so there were almost no media reporters present, and even peers were very rare, and the entire crew of more than 20 people, plus dozens of onlookers, made up the current embarrassing scene.

However, everything is difficult at the beginning, and Meng Chao doesn't expect his first movie to cause much of a sensation!

But before worshipping God, the embarrassment of the scene was finally alleviated to a certain extent, Yan Siye, who played Meng Chao's boss in "Whampoa Fengyun", Guan Zhilin's father Guan Shan still brought several officials from the Xiangjiang Film and Television Association to congratulate, and the scene was a little lively.

The field staff carried the tribute to the gods on the altar, and then put the special roast suckling pig and some fruits, and then Meng Chao led the worship of the gods.

However, Meng Chao was a little very curious at the scene: it is said that the policeman worships Guan Gong, the carpenter worships Bai Luban, the fishing worships Mazu, the judge worships Bao Gong, and the author of Xianxia novels worships the owner of the Pearl Building, so what kind of god does the movie worship?

David Grisfeld, the father of montage? Or Lai Man-wai?

When Meng Chao was thinking wildly, the worship had slowly ended, and a group of staff began to decorate the broken temple, Gao Zhisen, who was instructed by Meng Chao to direct the title, was directing on the spot, he was originally just a small assistant director, and was appreciated by Meng Chao as the director of "Happy Ghost", and his heart was naturally full of gratitude, and he wanted to make this movie well!

Because this is his first film, and it is still a film directed by Zhengzheng, if the box office hits the street too ugly, then he will have to be beaten back to the prototype to be an assistant director, and it is difficult for anyone to invite him even if he wants to be a director.

So the change of identity made Gao Zhisen more serious, but he also lacked the majesty of a director for the time being, and he was extremely polite to the people below, fortunately, this is a comedy in itself, and everyone will not be so bitter and bitter when filming.

"Producer Meng, do you think it's okay to deal with it like this?"

The person who was arranged by Meng Chao to be the head of the field affairs was an acquaintance, that is, Li Cong, the field manager of "Whampoa Fengyun", this is also an eight-sided exquisite person, Meng Chao is greedy because his ability to coordinate work is particularly strong, so he asked him to help.

At this time, Meng Chao also had no saft: "Brother Cong, it's okay to call me Meng Chao or Ah Chao, it's too polite, I'm not used to it, you see that our first scene was a broken temple, so the door frame over there is a little more broken, and it's better to get some spider silk and dust in the corner......"

"Understood."

The scene was built very quickly under the supervision of Meng Chao and Gao Zhisen, and after completion, the lighting, cameras and other equipment began to be placed in the corresponding positions.

Because of the development of computer technology, the original sound effects and lightning will be put into the later stage to make zuò.