Wang Shang didn't pay too much attention to the public opinion outside, and buried himself in writing the script at home.

Seven days later, a well-crafted script for "Old Boy" was completed, which was more complete than the one on Earth China, which had poor scenes, poor makeup, and not good acting skills in some places, and many plots ended in a hurry without unfolding, and the elements were a bit chaotic.

This time, Wang Shang stood on the shoulders of others, so naturally he would not make such a mistake again, and he must strive for perfection and make a touching masterpiece.

After Wang Shang completed the copyright certification, he couldn't wait to start preparing for the filming.

The first is to look for actors, there are not many actors involved in this micro-film, and there are only 5 main characters, Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao, School Flower, Bao Xiaobai, and Fat Girl. There are more than a dozen other roles, all of which are just a few shots, as long as the extras are fine.

Wang Shang went straight to Datang International with the script, and with the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in the past few days, Wang Shang also began to enter the eyes of several high-level executives of Datang Company. Moreover, Zheng Long, the director of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", also invited Wang Shang, the screenwriter, to join the crew and serve as the assistant director of the crew.

Wang Shang gladly accepted the invitation after receiving it. Although he was an experienced director in his previous life, he had not yet tried the practical operation of a director in this world, and now he can do it himself, so he naturally can't ask for it.

Of course, Wang Shang is just a rookie in the eyes of director Zheng Long, with no operating experience, just letting him play soy sauce, and he will not really let him be in charge of too many affairs. This is also in line with Wang Shang's intentions, because Wang Shang's focus is on the preparation of "Old Boy".

As soon as Wang Shang entered the Datang International Building, he met Director Zheng Long, and a few crew members who followed him, they looked like chickens and didn't dare to breathe, and it was estimated that Director Zheng Long's aura was too powerful.

"Xiao Wang, you're here, we're about to go out and choose a shooting location, do you want to go together?" Director Zheng Long is in his fifties, and he speaks kindly, which makes people feel comfortable, but his voice is a little loud. However, Wang Shang knows that directors generally have to have a loud voice in order to calm the audience.

When Wang Shang heard his title, he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Xiao Wang? Fortunately, my name is not Wang Ming, otherwise I would have become the busiest Xiao Ming in history. ”

However, he reacted quickly and replied without shyness: "Okay, I'll go and see it too." "For others to help connect the bridges, Wang Shang will never refuse.

But what Wang Shang didn't know was that several people found out that Wang Shang was not afraid of Zheng Long at all, it was really strange, anyone standing in front of Zheng Long, a big-name director, would be a little shaky.

Could it be that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers? This is the only explanation.

Zheng Long also found that Wang Shang's eyes were bright, without the slightest stage fright, and he couldn't help but glance at Wang Shanggao.

But how would they know that Wang Shang could be regarded as a middle-level director in his previous life, and he was also a film director, and he had already seen the world, so how could he have stage fright on such a small occasion.

However, Wang Shang didn't know that this performance made Zheng Longgao take a look, and when he went out to the door of Datang International Building, Zheng Long ordered exceptionally: "Xiao Wang and I make a car, you can solve it yourself." ”

Those staff members were envious and jealous, looking at Wang Shang with red eyes, and they all felt that Wang Shang's opportunity had come. Zheng Long's order indicated that he wanted to promote Wang Shang, which many people couldn't hate.

Wang Shang followed Zheng Long into the Mercedes-Benz without realizing it.

The car galloped all the way to the Modu Film and Television Base hundreds of miles away.

Wang Shang naturally didn't waste this great opportunity by sitting in the car in silence, and took out the script of "Old Boy" directly from his briefcase: "Director Zheng, I have written a new script in the past few days, can you help me read it?" Ask for advice. ”

When Zheng Long heard this, his eyes showed interest, "Okay, show me." ”

He liked the script of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" very much from the beginning, so he spoke highly of the screenwriting level of Wang Shang, a young man. After taking over the script from Wang Shang's hand, he began to read it seriously. But when he saw the second page, his originally relaxed expression began to become serious.

The sound in the car was silent, only the sound of Zheng Long's page turning and the sound of low and long breathing. Wang Shang could clearly feel that Director Zheng couldn't help but stop breathing when he saw the highlights of the plot, and only began to gasp after watching it.

Wang Shang smiled in his heart, knowing that this "Old Boy" had deeply moved the old man. From Wang Shang's point of view, the elements are more chaotic and the structure is more chaotic, and Wang Shang has naturally modified it more perfectly this time.

When Zheng Long finished reading the last page, he exhaled a long breath: "Okay!! That's great! This script is so good!! ”

He spit out three 'good' words in a row, he liked it so much, he turned his head to look at Wang Shang, and his eyes also showed the kind of look that he valued his juniors.

"Your script is very good, and it can be said that it is one of the few masterpieces I have seen over the years. It's a pity that I've made up my mind not to be a film director anymore, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to make it. ”

Wang Shang was sweating when he heard this, and thought to himself: "It's good that you don't direct, otherwise I don't know if I want to let you shoot it well, you must know that this is the film I want to make." ”

After Zheng Long sighed, he suddenly noticed a problem: "By the way, this script seems to be very short, it shouldn't be a movie." ”

Wang Shang hurriedly explained: "This is a micro-film, that is, a foreign short film, when I was writing the script, I felt that if I made a movie, it would be easy to cause delay, so I made it into a micro-film form." I came here today to choose a few roles and prepare for filming. ”

"You're going to shoot?" Zheng Long was shocked when he heard this, his eyes involuntarily stared at Wang Shang, and then sighed, "You are a novice, if you are a director, I am afraid that I will not be able to shoot that taste." ”

Wang Shang couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart when he heard this, and secretly thought: "I'm not a novice, I was an experienced director in my previous life." ”

Zheng Long naturally didn't know what Wang Shang was thinking, and said: "Since you want to shoot, in order not to waste this script, you will stay in the crew during this time, and you will be responsible for directing part of the plot and increasing your experience, and I will point you by the side." ”

Zheng Long looked at this young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and suddenly had a desire to lift him.

Wang Shang was moved in his heart and thanked him again and again.

In the following week, Zheng Long really generously gave Wang Shang a chance to direct "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which made everyone in the crew hot, and those assistant directors were even more jealous.

But soon they were no longer jealous, because Wang Shang's performance surprised them, although they were very rusty in the first two days, but from the third day onwards, they entered the state of 'super god', not only very familiar with the affairs of the crew, but also very experienced in the process of directing and shooting.

"NG, stop!!"

"Concubine Hua, your current performance is not right, the pride you want to show should not be the arrogance of the nouveau riche, that will only make Concubine Hua have no connotation."

The continuous appearance of various NGs such as this fully shows Wang Shang's mastery of the director's work, which makes those tired actors both resentful and shocked. Coupled with the fact that he wrote the script, no one is more familiar with the characters than him.

Zheng Long naturally supports Wang Shangding, because Zheng Long's directing concept is to strive for excellence and make good TV series.

That's not all, during the filming process, Wang Shang also proposed new shooting techniques to make the crew's shooting level to a higher level. Even director Zheng Long was full of praise for this new shooting technique, and personally asked Wang Shang for advice.

"Is this still a newcomer? The director's technique is so skillful, although he was a little rusty at the beginning, but now this level has reached the level of a senior director, right?! ”

"What a genius!!"

Everyone was shocked!!

By this time, Zheng Long no longer doubted whether Wang Shang could shoot "Old Boy" well, and he loved Wang Shang's talent even more.

In the following days, in order to hype "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Datang International spread the news that Wang Shang took over the baton of director Zheng Longda and partially directed "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and at the same time kept boasting about how high Wang Shang's directing level is.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the media.

"The genius rookie director has appeared, and Director Zheng Longda praised it!"

"Wang Shang is not only an excellent screenwriter, but also an excellent director."

""The Legend of Zhen Huan" let a newcomer shoot it, and I will resolutely not watch it in the future!"

"Wang Shang? That beast scum directed "The Legend of Zhen Huan"? ”

"The Legend of ** Zhen Huan" is in charge of a novice, and the level is worrying!"

Datang International vigorously supported Wang Shang, and the Modu Media Academy vigorously belittled Wang Shang, the two sides came and went, and it was very lively, and the media was also fishing in troubled waters, pulling around, how exaggerated and appalling how to come.

For a time, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" became well-known to more people, and the ranking on the Baidu Fengyun search list continued to improve.

And Datang International and Wang Shang covered their mouths behind their backs and snickered.

On December 15, 2000, when "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was halfway through filming, Wang Shang began to leave the crew and select actors for "Old Boy".

During this time, Wang Shang and Datang International cooperated with each other to play a beautiful propaganda battle, and the two sides were in the honeymoon period, so they also cooperated with Wang Shang's actor selection, anyway, they were not choosing big-name actors.

Soon, Wang Shang selected the four important roles of Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao, Bao Xiaobai, and fat girl Zhang Mo, but the school flower role actor was not selected for a long time.

In his previous life, Wang Shang felt that the school girl actor in "Old Boy" was not very suitable to play the role of the school girl.

Among the school flower roles in all film and television works, Wang Shang feels that Shen Jiayi in "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" is the best candidate for the school flower.

As soon as "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" was broadcast, Shen Jiayi's image became popular all over the country, although she was not too beautiful, she had an incomparable affinity, which caused an unforgettable memory in the minds of countless people.

With the spread of the movie, a sentence began to take root in the hearts of the people: When I was young, everyone had a Shen Jiayi in their hearts.

It can be seen that Shen Jiayi's school flower image is undoubtedly the most successful.

And Wang Shang is to find out Shen Jiayi in this world.