Chapter Seventy-One: Progress is fast

Lin Mengchu registered a company called Beidou Investment Co., Ltd. The registered capital is one million, and there are two shareholders, and she and Chen Cheng each account for 50%. To invest in this "Nightclub", Beidou Company invested 500,000 yuan, accounting for 50 percent, Shenzhen Music Production Company invested 100,000 yuan, and the salaries of the staff responsible for the director, field affairs and other staff, plus the post-editing, also accounted for 50% of the investment.

Theoretically speaking, the discourse power of Shencheng Music Production Company and Beidou Company should be the same, or even higher, but Lao Zhang is an unprincipled person, Lin Mengchu said that what he wanted, he would do it, anyway, the total investment in the end was only one million, which was simply used by the second son of the Ye family to practice his relatives.

He saw this very clearly, and when he interviewed actors, he also followed Lin Mengchu. When Chen Cheng saw it, he shook his head again and again, and said, "Manager Zhang, you are a senior in the industry, and you have to put forward your own opinions." Chu Chu, don't talk for a while, listen to Manager Zhang. ”

Lao Zhang almost burst into tears, and finally added a position to the end of his surname. But he still remembered who was the real gold owner's father, looked at Lin Mengchu and said, "Isn't this okay?" ”

Lin Mengchu snorted, and said angrily: "Since classmate Chen said so, then it's better to do it." Lao Zhang, from now on, we will watch more, listen more and talk less, do you think this is good? ”

Can Lao Zhang still say badly? Miss Lin is right in everything she says. Of course, if he can hold the power in his hands, it will be more or less useful, and it will not be in vain that he accompanies the two young men to mess around here.

Excluding Lin Mengchu's nonsense, the progress of things suddenly became faster. In the hands of professionals, many things have a fixed set of standards and procedures, just like industrial processes. The audition began on November 16, the candidates were determined on the 20th, and the shooting started on the 22nd.

There are not many things that need Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu to do, that is, to watch how others do it every day, except for the script given by Chen Cheng, everything else is done by professionals. The director and other staff members are all from Shencheng Music Production, and they even have a screenwriter.

"What do you mean when they make screenwriters?" Lin Mengchu muttered in Chen Cheng's ear, "Don't you believe us?" ”

"After all, we are not this major, even if we read some relevant books, there will still be a lot of omissions, so people send one more person over to help check and fill in the gaps, isn't it a good thing? Anyway, we don't need to pay extra. ”

Lin Mengchu thought about it for a while, and then immediately felt happy. Spending your own money is completely different from spending someone else's money. Immediately, she saw the cartoon that Chen Cheng was drawing, "This is a storyboard?" ”

"yes, that's interesting, would you like to give it a try?"

Chen Cheng drew a net map very quickly, and he could finish a picture in ten minutes. The background of the picture is blurred, and only a few characters' expressions are vividly sketched with a few strokes. The male number one, the female number one, and other characters are all very similar to real people. Lin Mengchu found it interesting, took the drawing board and pencil, and then drew "brush, brush", and painted.

After a while, she finished drawing a pair, handed it to Chen Cheng, and asked with a smile, "How am I drawing?" ”

Chen Cheng looked at the stickman in the square, nodded, and said, "Very good!" ”

The director walked over and said, "The start-up ceremony is about to be held, so let's come over and offer incense together." ”

I don't know why, there is still a habit of sacrificing three animals in many industries, not only in the film and television industry, but also in the construction industry and many other industries. Maybe it's for peace of mind? The left and right are just a formality, Chen Cheng did not have any resistance, and stood in front of everyone with Lin Mengchu, leading six or seven actors and a large number of staff to incense on the big pig's head.

After the start-up ceremony, the pig's head meat was eaten by everyone, which was better than before, and there was no waste of food. Many years ago, the domestic atmosphere became to advocate consumption, all kinds of loans, installments, and thinking of ways to make the people spend money, and the tradition of "hard work and simplicity, self-reliance" that was propagated before has long disappeared.

"Hello Miss Lin," Xu Zheng, the actor of He Sanshui, walked up and said with a smile on his face: "The script is very good, I like it very much." ”

Xu Zheng, who has reached middle age, is not only bald, but also stronger, and his combat effectiveness is rising. When he saw Lin Mengchu's beautiful face and dressed up, he came forward to talk. Lin Mengchu shook his hand and said, "It is an honor for our company to be able to participate in Mr. Xu'.......s performance."

There was a smile on her face, and with a slight effort in her hand, the other party's face changed suddenly. Lin Mengchu let go of his palm and said with a smile: "In the next few days, please ask Mr. Xu." ”

Xu Zheng put his right hand behind him and looked at the other party in surprise, he never thought that such a beautiful girl could have so much strength. Although the other party is very tall and has long legs, this is too powerful!

Chen Cheng handed the storyboard he drew to the director and said, "This is what I drew according to the script, you can see if you can use it." ”

Director Li, who also has no name, took a look at the results of the storyboard and couldn't help but admire: "The painting is so good!" I didn't expect you to have such a skill, well, can you borrow me and take it back? ”

Chen Cheng is nearly two meters tall, wide and thick, and powerful, looking like a social person who is more suitable for holding a knife than a pen.

"This is a copy, director, you can just take it."

Lin Mengchu beckoned to the side, "Chen Cheng!" ”

He walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"This is my classmate Chen Cheng, who is also my boyfriend, who is responsible for the logistics of the crew, and you can also find him if you have other things." Lin Mengchu took Chen Cheng's arm and said with a smile: "This is Teacher Xu Zheng, the top priority of our movie, you have to meet any requirements." ”

Xu Zheng looked up at Chen Cheng, who was full of muscles, and muttered in his heart, but he still smiled, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Then please Mr. Chen." ”

Chen Cheng smiled, shook hands with the other party, and said, "Teacher Xu is polite, if you have any orders, just say it directly." ”

After the opening ceremony, the actors all went back to rest and prepare for the next day's shooting. The crew went to check the venue first, and after making sure everything was correct, they drove back to the hotel.

In the evening, Director Li finished reading the thick stack of storyboards, and he was more sure in his heart. This movie is originally very simple, and with such a detailed storyboard, it can be shot by one person. The only problem is to look at the performance of the actors, but this time the actors have all filmed many works, and they don't need to play at a super level, as long as they play normally.

The crew started filming on time. The first act is usually a relatively simple scene, and this shot is no exception. The movie "Nightclub" is not about a nightclub, but a supermarket that is open in the middle of the night. The protagonist He Sanshui is an unemployed vagrant who has reached middle age but has achieved nothing. He won 9,500 yuan in the supermarket, but the proprietress kept defaulting on it, so he hijacked the supermarket staff at night, tied the heroine to the lounge at the back, he and another staff member sold things at the front desk, and all the money received was put into his pocket.

The first scene is the scene where He Sanshui meets the proprietress Wang Sufen. Wang Sufen soaks on the mahjong table every night, rarely comes to the supermarket, and only comes back to get money when she loses everything. But this time she came back and opened the cash register to see that it was empty, so she said angrily: "What about the money? ”

The voice of the protagonist He Sanshui came from outside the screen, "The money is here!" ”

As soon as the picture turned, the half-bald protagonist had a cigarette in his mouth, clasped his hands around his chest, and said to the proprietress: "Wang Sufen, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

This scene is very simple, mainly relying on the expression on the face of the male protagonist to support the comedic effect. When Xu Zhengren reached middle age, it was when he began to be greasy, and he played the role of He Sanshui vividly, as if there was really such a middle-aged down-and-out man who had no job, his wife left him, and then indulged in buying lottery tickets.

After one shooting, Director Li shouted behind the camera: "It's over!" ”

He stepped forward with a spring breeze on his face and said to Xu Zheng: "Teacher Xu, you acted so well!" ”

Of course, good acting skills are of course, Xu is from a professional class, he has filmed many film and television works in his early years, and he has been polished in the repertory theater for so many years, are his acting skills bad? Xu Zheng smiled and said politely: "Where is it, there is still room for improvement!" ”

He took the initiative to say: "I think it can be interpreted in different ways, director, why don't we try again?" ”

Try it and die...... Ahem, that's nonsense. Director Li was very comfortable in his heart, and he was happy to do it with the aura actors, he sat back at the back of the camera, and shouted loudly with a loudspeaker: "The one just now is over, but let's shoot a few more!" ”

The bald Xu Zheng's combat power is ten times stronger than when he first debuted? With the same role and the same scene, he changed five different ways of acting in a row, and soon established a core position in the crew. Those textbook-like deductions, although they are not superb, and they are a little exaggerated, but they are just right in the comedy.

There are some similarities between comedy and stage plays, and dramas need to have some exaggeration, but they can't be as big as stage plays. Therefore, actors who are born in stage plays and dramas generally have to be a little bit more restrained when they first switch careers to make movies.

And Xu Zheng's middle-aged bald performance can almost be said to be just right. However, he himself was still not satisfied, and after seeing the effect of the shooting, he said: "It's still a little bit worse." ”

Director Li exclaimed: "It's already good! Let's move on. ”

Xu Zheng's acting skills are not bad, and Li Xiaolu and several other supporting roles are also very experienced, so the accuracy of the shooting is fast, and there are few times when they get stuck. It was originally scheduled to take 20 days to shoot, but it only took 10 days for the main plot to be filmed. If Xu Zheng hadn't been too strict with himself, he would have been able to shoot all of them in six or seven days.