Chapter Fifty-Eight: Many Matters
Although the opening of Dongcheng Film Company was not a sensation in Hong Kong, it did have a lot of media coverage the next day. One of the key reasons is that there are so many popular people coming to cheer. And what surprised them was that the boss of Dongcheng Film Company was actually the scandalous and controversial figure - Lu Yan.
Of course, everyone reports what they report. Most of the media are not very optimistic about this East City image, and the reason is very obvious.
Although it is said that it is now the golden cycle of Hong Kong films, the competition is extremely fierce. And even the old film company Shaw Brothers has begun to stop production, isn't such a small production company just looking for death!
What's more, the boss of Dongcheng Imaging is actually a young student in his early twenties, and he has no reputation in the circle at all. This is also one of the big reasons why those media directly sentenced them to death, no qualifications!
And there are only a few people in the backbone of the company, and there is only Cheng Xiaodong, a martial arts instructor with a good reputation and a good reputation.
Aside from the not-so-friendly comments, most of the media coverage focused on the entertainment stars who came to the opening celebration!
And many tabloids once again stirred up the cold rice between Lu Yan and Mi Xue, in fact, since Lu Yan went berserk in "Shanghai Night", the two have not had any contact at all.
However, these questions obviously could no longer confuse Lu Yan, and at this time he was gathering all the employees of the company for the company's first meeting.
Although there are fewer people, although there is a little shabby.
Although the image of Dongcheng is small, everyone has a passion!
"Although we are just getting started, I believe that sooner or later we will be able to impress everyone! I believe that everyone has read today's report. Speaking of this, Lu Yan said a little jokingly: "Most of the media in Hong Kong are grass on the wall. As long as we show strong results, will they still say the same thing today? You may think that this platform is a little small, but I guarantee that everyone can play independently! Whatever you have in mind, feel free to come to my office and find me. The current treatment may be a little worse, as long as we work hard, everything will be fine! I believe we can. ”
Although the opening remarks were not full of enthusiasm and excitement. But Liu Weiqiang and others were the first to applaud, as Lu Yan said. They firmly believe that as long as they work hard, they will get better.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I hope you all have a good year. In the new year, we will be busy! ”
In fact, not long after the opening of Dongcheng Image, everyone went on vacation. Because "True Colors of Heroes" needs to be restarted next year, there is nothing troublesome about the company.
On the contrary, Lu Yan and Liu Weiqiang often get together at night to discuss. The conference room has the feeling of a 'struggle room' in the new art city.
The core of everyone's main discussion is no longer the script and actors, because the stubborn Lu Yan is not allowed to be replaced at all.
It's not that he recognized those actors to death, but what has been formed in his heart is difficult to replace. If some actors are entangled in film contracts at that time, or refuse again and again, of course he can't help it.
"Regarding firearms, have you been contacted?" Lu Yan looked at Cheng Xiaodong and asked, this matter has been pressing on his heart.
Cheng Xiaodong nodded and said with a smile: "I have already contacted a firearms company, and the price is more reasonable!" ”
This kind of thing is really not a big deal for him.
Don't think that the guns in the movie are fake, in fact, most of them are real! And the bullets, of course, are also real.
In fact, gunfight movies also depend on the plot, if it is just inserted in the waist, it is basically a fake gun. But as long as it is to be pulled out, it must be a real gun.
If you want to shoot, you need to load real bullets, but such bullets are a little different from real bullets, called empty cartridges, which will fire when shot, but will not hurt people. Because of this, it is necessary to pay attention to the bullet after it is ejected when shooting. If the bullet casings run into the person's body, they will burn. And every gun out of the warehouse, you need to send a special person to take care of it, teach the actor the posture of holding the gun, and check the ammunition of the gun. And every bullet fired needs to be reported to the Hong Kong political axe within 24 hours.
It is precisely because of such complicated steps that Lu Yan has always regarded firearms as the top priority in the filming of "The True Color of Heroes"!
"Then Brother Ma's gun is set to be 'Black Star' Type 54, and as for Ajie, it is based on the Hong Kong police's gun ......"
Lu Yan cares very much about his first film, so he strives for precision and perfection in many details.
Liu Weiqiang nodded, and then said: "In terms of photography, I also asked a few friends to come over to help at that time, otherwise there will be insufficient manpower." In terms of salary, it's very easy to talk! ”
In terms of funds in the early stage, Lu Yan and they are indeed pinching. And I haven't negotiated the actors yet, so I can't talk about the investment of the filmmaker at all. After all, a large part of their investment also needs to be measured by the fame of the actors.
"Good! After the Chinese New Year, we started talking about actors. Here, I also wish you all a good New Year! Lu Yan smiled and arched his hand to everyone, and the Spring Festival was approaching in a few days.
"That ......" Du Kefeng hesitated, but couldn't help but speak: "Although I don't know much about the script, I still think that Ajie's role Rong Shao won't take it." Such an image is really not liked by the audience, and it will affect his image in the music industry very much! ”
"Lao Du, you don't have to worry about this. Leslie Cheung, I'll talk about it. Lu Yan smiled and waved his hand, Du Kefeng's authentic Cantonese surprised him at first.
"Okay!" Of course, Du Kefeng also hopes that Lu Yan can successfully convince Leslie Cheung, after all, the actor arrangement of the whole play belongs to Leslie Cheung and has great appeal.
Liu Weiqiang is still very confident in Lu Yan. However, he asked the same question a few days ago: "When the time comes, our equipment will ...... Yan Zai, I still mean to ask Boss Huang for them to borrow ......"
"No need!"
Liu Weiqiang obviously didn't know that Lu Yan had torn his face with Xinyicheng, so he couldn't understand why Lu Yan was so decisive.
Suddenly, Lu Yan smiled and said, "I have already borrowed the equipment!" ”
"Isn't it?" Everyone looked at Lu Yan in surprise, they didn't know anything about this matter.
"It was negotiated yesterday, I borrowed it from Brother Sanmao!"
Lu Yan himself didn't expect that Sammo Hung would openly agree after he raised it. Perhaps, they also hope that Lu Yan can succeed. After all, the current New Art City is indeed a little too powerful.
"As long as the Chinese New Year is over, we will start it immediately!"
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