Chapter 168: Lunch for Two
"Everyone prepare, it's the official start of filming, repeat, it's the official start of filming!" The voice of the scene reporter has sounded several times, but there is still some chaos on the set, either here or there.
Director Zuihou had to take over the horn: "It's all quiet now!" Let the person who has found his place under the guidance of the field assistant do not move! Then remember your position and don't have any more problems! β
With these words, the set became more noisy again than just now, but it quickly subsided.
"Every shoot for the past two days?" Sean, who was standing on the set and took in all this, couldn't help but ask Vladimir.
"Yesterday was fine, but today is really going to be a little messy, after all, this is the first big scene." Vladimir explained.
"That's it, the appearance of about ten people is also a big scene?" Sean couldn't help but sneer.
As August is about to pass, "My Grand Greek Wedding" invested and produced by Reincarnation Pictures finally started shooting in Vancouver, as the owner of the company and the investor of the film, Sean, who is also a name among the producers, naturally wants to come and see it, this is the first movie he has produced.
However, after watching it, I was a little disappointed, both the scene scheduling and the quality of the personnel were not satisfactory. Although the director, cinematographer and others are quite experienced, and their resumes seem to be quite impressive, they are ultimately worse than the first-class personnel, and even those at the top of the second-rate level.
"They're all still in the run-in period, and it's all within the normal range when this happens," Vladimir defended him, "and it won't affect the progress, and these were all considered when making Jihua." β
"Todd, the director told me that you canceled this shot, weishenme?" A voice came at this time, and then Nia who was holding the script? Vadalas appeared in front of the two.
"Hello, Sean, I didn't expect you to be here." She then spotted Sean.
"At this time, the first movie I made, so it makes sense that I should come and watch it when it starts to show my support." Sean smiled and shook her hand.
"That's great," Nia thought of something and handed him the script in her hand, "I have already discussed with the director, this shot, this 360-degree rotating shot, is just used to show Tula's inner shijie, but I don't know weishenme, Todd canceled it after watching it." β
"The budget is not enough," Vladimir shrugged after Sean looked at it, "Our budget is already very tight, and all expenses need to be carefully calculated, and this shot was negotiated after coming to Vancouver, so naturally it is not in Jihua, and the cost is three or four times that of ordinary shots, so I vetoed it." β
"But this shot is very important, it is one of the concrete manifestations of Tula's mental activity, and I think it is very necessary to keep it," Nia said, looking at Sean, "I need your support, Sean." β
This woman ...... Sean felt the urge to roll his eyes. The key to getting the script from Nia in the first place was that they agreed to let her play the heroine and respect her script to the greatest extent.
Rao is like this, the other party still hesitated for a long time, after all, Reincarnation Pictures has only been established for a few months, and Sean, as the boss, is a young man who has just turned 20. Because of this, in order to ensure that the producer is in charge, Vladimir, who is the executive producer, needs to play the villain, and Sean, who is the producer, does not need to be on the set all the time, so he has to play the villain.
And for something like today, once Vladimir has already made a decision, Sean will at most comfort Nia for two words, and will not overturn the decision. Unexpectedly, the woman pulled him in as if she had forgotten this, and I don't know if she did it unintentionally, or if she really thought he was a 20-year-old young man who didn't do anything.
However, after all, Sean had just experienced the matter of eliminating the contradictions between Zach and Schumacher and Cohen, and he was quite handy in dealing with this problem, so he immediately looked at Vladimir: "Is that so?" β
"I stand by my opinion." Vladimir spread his hands.
"Hmm......" Sean made a thoughtful look, "Todd is right, after all, this is a rule that was set from the beginning, but Nia's opinion must also be considered, and we also said that we should respect your opinion......"
He suddenly raised his head and smiled: "That's it, let's not be busy shooting this shot, keep it first, and we will continue according to the original jihua." Then, try to save as much as possible in the middle of the shot, and if you still have a lot of money when the camera is closed, then do some reshooting, I don't think it's difficult. β
"That's fine," Vladimir said immediately, "if everyone is in good shape, and a lot of shots can be taken at once, then it will definitely save a lot." β
Now that the words have been said above, Nia can't ask for anything more, nodding her head to accept and leaving.
"I almost thought you'd say yes." After Nia left, Vladimir said this half-jokingly.
"How is that possible?" Sean shook his head, "The budget is all set, and as a producer, overspending is absolutely unacceptable, even if it's James?" Cameron, this is what you taught me. β
"Zuihou didn't mean that." Vladimir immediately quipped.
"I know, I'm just giving an example," Sean laughed as well, "even James?" Cameron wants to overspend, and it's not my turn to pay for it - everything is going well? β
This sudden turn of words was clueless, but Vladimir still knew what he meant, and immediately nodded: "It's going well, don't worry." β
Although the actual cost is about 3 million, the cost on the book is written as 6 million, so the accounts must be done well from the beginning, and many of the reduced fees must be returned after being spent, so Sean asked - since all Hollywood is doing this, there is no need for him to be excluded.
"Since all is going well, I'll go back, and I'll still be all in your hands, Todd." Sean stretched, just as Galen ran over.
"Sandy's phone." He handed his phone to him.
"Great." Sean, who knew what it would be, immediately took it, "Hey, Sandy, how's it going?" β
"I've emailed all the information to your mailbox, see for yourself, and call me if you have any questions." Sanders said this over there, because he didn't follow Sean to Canada because of the mission he had given him earlier.
βhaodeγβ After a brief answer, Sean asked where he could access the Internet, and then beckoned Galen to bring his laptop.
Soon he opened the email sent by Sanders and looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and after only a few lines, Sean's expression changed slightly, and he was a little excited, as if to say: Sure enough. After taking some time to read the story and the origin of the script, he immediately called Sanders.
"Very good, Sandy, this is it, thank you." Sean said happily, "I'll be right back......
At this point, he suddenly stopped, then rolled his eyes, as if thinking of something: "I'll be back soon, and before that you go and communicate with Fred, I want the role of the prop master, okay?" β
"The role of the prop master?" Sanders sighed lowly over there, seeming a little helpless, "Okay, I see." β
"Then I'll call Fred right away." Sean knew that he had roughly guessed what he wanted to do, so he hung up the phone with a grin and called the agent again.
"Hey, Sean, aren't you going to Vancouver? How can you call me when you are available? Or is there something wrong with the movie that I need to solve? FrΓ©derick's haha voice was soon heard over there.
"That's right, Fred," Sean paused, "I have news for you, and you'd better be prepared. β
"Mental preparation? Did you see the script you wanted from my desk again? The agent asked jokingly.
Sean couldn't help pinching the bridge of his nose: "I gotta say, Fred, your instincts are accurate. β
"Of course...... Wait a minute! Are you really flipping through the script on my desk again? Frederick's voice suddenly became a lot louder, which made Sean take a lot away for a while.
"I've asked Sandy to do a preliminary investigation, and he'll be talking to you right away, I want the prop master role, that's all." Sean quickly hung up the phone and let out a long sigh.
Okay, now it's your own business.
"Here, Sandy." As Sanders walked into the dining room, Frederick's voice rang out, and he was waving to him from the window seat.
Taking a deep breath, Sanders walked over, sat down and nodded calmly, "Hello, Fred." β
After hesitating for a few seconds, he glanced around before he added, "Frankly, I didn't expect you to ask me to meet here." β
"I think Galen's Chinese food tastes very good, and you guys like to eat it, so I want to try Chinese food from different restaurants, I don't think you mind?" Having said that, before Sanders could answer, Frederick had already beckoned the waiter over.
Sanders didn't say much, he remained calm, and after ordering, he chatted casually with Frederick without saying a word.
"Adriana? Lima? Good choice, Sean is very discerning, Victoria's Secret models are much better than those who are as thin as bones, especially the upper circumference, it is difficult to become an underwear model without a pair of plump upper circumference, I am really envious. As lunch progressed, Frederick turned the conversation to women.
"And what about you, Sandy, don't tell me you don't have a date, this is Los Angeles, and you want to have sex with celebrities." He laughed as if there was no barrier between them.
"But I'm not a star, and I don't have Sean's ability to deal with women." Sanders shrugged.
"That's not necessarily, you're the assistant of the star, just by virtue of this, the flesh and bones will lean on you." Frederick smiled, and there seemed to be something in his words.
"I said, are we going to talk about women today?" Sanders finally asked.
"How many months have you been in Los Angeles?" Frederick then put away his smile.