Chapter 61: A luxurious lineup
That night, Yang Lin was so drunk that he stayed at the Peninsula Hotel. Jia Yuyao treated this "boyfriend" well and opened a suite on the top floor for him.
When he woke up the next morning, Yang Lin only felt a splitting headache and weakness. After drinking a bowl of hot hangover soup, he found that this beautiful waiter was always secretly looking at him, occasionally meeting Yang Lin's eyes, so he blushed and lowered his head. Yang Lin lamented, it seems that he is like a rare animal in this Peninsula Hotel, and everyone is full of curiosity about him. No way, who called him Jia Yuyao's "boyfriend" now? The "uncle" who is serious!
Yang Lin didn't care about being uncomfortable, so he washed up and left the room, and today "People on the Journey" officially started filming. Because of the matter of pulling advertisements to find sponsorship, the start of filming has been postponed again and again, and it must not be delayed any longer.
Jia Yuyao specially reserved a floor for the crew of "People on the Journey", and the income affected by this is not a small amount, of course, this is also stipulated in the "contract".
Yang Lin is now the producer and director, the number one person in the entire crew, of course, he doesn't have to do everything. By the time he arrived at the crew, Ju Jueliang and Wei Jiahui had already arranged the scenes and camera positions in accordance with the requirements of the script, and they would start filming immediately when Yang Lin arrived.
As soon as Yang Lin sat down on the chair specially set up for the producer next to the camera, he was not tall, and the round-faced and glasses-wearing drama manager brought a cup of tea, smiled all over his face, and said respectfully: "Producer, drink a cup of tea and moisten your throat." "Those who are familiar with Yang Lin know that this person has a problem. When he and coffee, he often drinks it all at once, as if he is drinking it cold and boiling. Only when drinking tea, will you taste it slowly. So, no one poured him coffee.
Yang Lin took the teacup and said thank you with a smile, and the guy said with a smile: "My name is Ma Chucheng, and everyone calls me Ah Cheng." I used to be on the Shaw Brothers side, but recently Brother Sheng told me that Producer Yang is a generous person with a bright future, especially his photography skills are very high, so he asked me to come and follow you. You can rest assured, I am hard-working, hard-working, can do anything, as long as I can learn something from you, please take care of me in the future. ”
Yang Lin was stunned, Ma Chucheng? That Ma Chucheng, who is good at shooting romantic love or action movies, is known for his strong sense of pictures, and is known as the "gold medal photographer"?
Pan Hengsheng, who was in charge of the machine on the side, said: "This kid is very diligent and talented, I think our crew is not too manpowered, so I asked him to come over to help." This kid can do anything, and he's clever. ”
Yang Lin smiled and said: "Look at what you said, the helper you Brother Sheng found is his own brother, can I ask him to do chores?" Just let him follow you and me, exercise, if you do a good job, there will be a chance. Turning to Ma Chucheng and said: "Everyone knows that I, Yang Lin, came from the scene record, and in my place, the director and the drama are treated equally." As long as you have the ability, I will give you the opportunity, not to mention anything else, to become a photographer or something. "NND, such good luck? This kid will be quite powerful in the future, a first-class figure in the Xiangjiang photography industry, but he has to polish it well, hold it in his hands, and never let it go.
His words gave Pan Hengsheng enough face, and gave Ma Chucheng infinite hope, and the two of them were grateful, and swore to work hard with the first-class and never have two hearts.
Every director or producer has his own set of "royal personnel", and every time he shoots a new film, he goes into battle collectively. In this way, everyone is often together, and they understand each other and cooperate tacitly, and it is difficult for outsiders to break into it. Yang Lin has just pulled up the mountain now, so he naturally wants to pull up the banner to recruit troops, especially such a god-level figure, how can he not help but be happy?
Looking at Wu Qihua and Zeng Huanqian who came over after putting on makeup in the distance, Yang Lin asked Du Qifeng on the side: "The actors are all in place, right?" ”
Du Qifeng nodded and said: "They are all in place, Fa Ge, who plays the captain of the security team, and Huang Yuehua, the deputy manager of the hotel, have already finished their makeup, and some other tricks have also arrived and are changing their clothes." ”
Du Qifeng's attention to this drama is even no less than "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". After all, when filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he was just one of the many assistant directors, and he was still not very important. But in this "People on the Journey", he is the only assistant director, and Yang Lin is in charge of the production and is responsible for all-round control, so in a sense, he is almost the director of this play. He doesn't care about the status of a director, what he cares about is that this is a God-given opportunity to train and test his level. So he is grateful to Yang Lin from the bottom of his heart, except for Yang Lin, no one can rest assured that this right will be handed over to a "rookie" director like him, not to mention such a "giant production" with an investment of more than 4 million?
Yang Lin said he was very satisfied. When the actors were first selected, "big-name" friends such as Zhou Yunfa and Liu Dehua, who had a good relationship, although they could not play the main role in the play due to schedule problems, were willing to try to find time to make cameo appearances in some small roles to show their support for Yang Lin.
Moreover, the trainees in the training class are all enthusiastic to sign up, hoping to play a role in the play, even if it is a trick. can perform in front of a director like Yang Lin who dares to reuse young people, many people can't ask for it.
In this way, the small supporting roles and small dragon sets in this drama are all current or future stars.
Take a look at the list of members of the "Luxury Dragon Set Group" in this play: Zhou Yanfa , Liu Dehua , Chen Yulian , Ouyang Zhenhua , Wu Zhenyu , Zhou Xingchi , Li Zixiong , Wu Junru ....
Maybe ten or twenty years later, when people turn out this play again, they will be surprised to find: Wow! This drama is very powerful, look at it, who is the actor, who is the actress, who is the actress....
It's also quite interesting, and many classic episodes of wireless are like this. Originally, a young actor with no name could only play tricks in the play, but later became a film and television superstar, such examples abound, just like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
At this time, several young people came over with a smile, and when they saw Yang Lin, they immediately shouted respectfully: "Brother Lin! ”
Yang Lin saw that the "dragon team" in the play had arrived.
Ouyang Zhenhua was the most active, and he squeezed his eyebrows and said: "Brother Lin, you are simply the idol in my heart and the mentor of life!" Not only is the career thriving, but the love scene is also a triumphant song, and the brothers are proud of you! As he spoke, he stretched out his thumb and shook it.
In fact, Yang Lin's age is not as big as these people, but it is not too much. In particular, Yang Lin has a "mature heart", and the communication is very affectionate and natural, and the relationship between everyone is very close, and he often makes some small jokes.
Wu Zhenyu pulled the person behind him and said, "Brother Lin, Ah Xing has an idea and wants to talk to you." Zhou Xingchi was hiding behind him, but he pulled him out, his face was a little red.
Yang Lin smiled secretly, Xing Ye was really introverted when he was young. He said, "Tell me what you think." ”
Zhou Xingchi said with some twist: "That's the case, I think most of our actors in this drama are young actors, if we can add more old actors, both the ratings and the quality of the TV series can be improved." ”
"Hehe," Yang Lin smiled, this star master is really "dedicated", and he is still playing tricks, so he is staring at what the producer should do. He tried his best to be tactful, but he could also make Zhou Xingchi understand: "Each play has a different style and different characteristics. It's impossible to use all the means that can boost ratings. It's just going to make a hodgepodge, and anyone can take a bite, but no one will say it's good. It's the same with people, everyone has different characteristics, some have advantages and some have disadvantages. But there are no absolutes in the world, sometimes advantages become disadvantages, and sometimes disadvantages become advantages. As a director, you must learn to be tolerant, and you can't demand others with your own standards, because your own standards are not necessarily completely correct. Tolerance and understanding are the essence that a good director should have, after all, a person's ability is limited. ”
His words can be described as meaningful, but it is still a little early to say it, and I don't know if Zhou Xingchi can understand it.
Before he crossed over, many big names who cooperated with Zhou Xingchi expressed their "dissatisfaction" with Zhou Xingchi to varying degrees, and some people even called him a "tyrant", too arrogant and too self-conscious.
Stephen Chow, who was highly prolific back then, was supported by Wang Jing behind the scenes, and his partner also had Wu Mengda, at that time, Zhou Xingchi was prolific every year, and his department became popular for several years, before he laid the foundation for the status of "Star Master".
Later, Zhou Xingchi was worth hundreds of millions, opened his own film company, and had a large number of subordinates, but his movies could not go back to the past. Although he claims that low yield is for high quality, but in essence? There is a lot of investment in movies, but they are all put on Hollywood-like stunts. In fact, the biggest advantage of his movies is the dialogue, in the late 80s and 90s, there were Hong Kong comedy masters and film companies behind the scenes, the script didn't have to worry about him, the actors didn't have to worry about him, the producer didn't have to worry about him, and the publicity didn't have to worry about him, he just had to play his role well, of course, his salary was also low, generally tens to two or three million. Now that he has set up his own company, each film may make dozens of times more money than before, but it cannot be denied that his influence is gradually declining, and he is now able to maintain the status of "the king of comedy" because there is no one to challenge him yet.
A person's ability is limited, even if the glory of the year was mainly created by himself, but he alone cannot continue at all. The current Zhou Xingchi is just a "dragon set", and thanks to Yang Lin, a "fan", he will have a few more lines, and he is a little confused about Yang Lin's words that are a bit esoteric and a little off-topic.
Yang Lin didn't explain much, just waved his hand: "Start work!" ”
The basic plot and picture effects have long been deeply rooted in Yang Lin's mind, and the filming is much smoother. In addition, since this drama is defined as a "youth idol drama", it is a plot that attracts people and adds popular elements, and there are no too high requirements for acting skills, and the shooting speed is very fast.
Wei Jiahui and Ju Jueliang, Yang Lin was so satisfied that he couldn't do it. The drama is arranged in an orderly manner, the division of labor is clear, and the entire crew performs its own duties and runs smoothly.
I have to say that Yang Lin is very satisfied with the performance of this "luxury dragon suit". Although these people were not famous at this time, and they did not have the perfect acting skills in the future, they all have their own characteristics, and their abilities are obviously much beyond other tricks. Success is not a fluke, it is precisely because they all have a deep foundation that they can soar to the sky and become famous all over the world when the opportunity comes!
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