Zheng Xu nodded, and recognized this sentence.

"Hahaha! If this were another director, if he dared to come up with a script on the theme of a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and tell me that this was the main theme movie, I would tear the script apart and throw it in his face! ”

"But! It's you, don't say you're going to shoot a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, even if you just say, you're going to shoot a sneak attack on Washington, and you tell me that this is the main theme movie, I believe it! ”

"Hahahaha!" Lao Zhang, who was listening to this next to him, couldn't hold back, the Korean producer's words were a little wrong.

Zheng Xu leaned back on the sofa, put on a posture of Uncle Ge's paralysis, and said weakly: "Mr. Han, are you praising me?" Or is it to my detriment? ”

"Tsk... You person, I praise you, you are a young man, more suitable for the times than us old guys, young people have ideas, dare to think and dare to do, since this is the case, then go to rest assured and do it boldly, this way, isn't it by relying on people who dare to think and dare to do, step by step! ”

Don't care what the outside world says about Zheng Xu, but in the heart of the Korean producer, he admires Zheng Xu very much!

He is currently the most comprehensive development of all directors in China!

Although Zheng Xu may not have advantages in some aspects compared with directors like Lao Zhang, he also has no obvious shortcomings!

That's the scariest thing, some people seem mediocre, but their skills are developed very evenly!

Such a director, coupled with the advantage of age, is the most difficult to find!

This is Zheng Xu's biggest advantage.

And this product has a very strong ability to do things, a very stable personality, and a very down-to-earth person, on the surface he doesn't say who he is, but his past experience and achievements are still indisputable, secretly... People are sitting up straight, and the current Zheng Xu can't find much fault in other aspects except that he has no qualifications.

As for some other small details in private, it doesn't matter!

Zheng Xu is a director whose overall style is more Westernized, and to put it nicely, it is "international".

Whether it is a TV series or a movie he shoots, the overall style is more American.

He used to be mainly mixed in the American film and television industry, and the overall style naturally moved closer to the American style.

But this feature brings another advantage to Zheng Xu.

Internally, Zheng Xu's style may not be very dominant, but externally, he will have a big advantage!

Whether it is spreading culture or making normal movies, over the years, domestic audiences have accepted his film and television style, and foreign audiences can also accept his style.

In other words, as long as the film and television dramas he makes have a complete story logic, as long as he doesn't mess around, his films can be widely disseminated internationally!

Propaganda and propaganda are the goal, and communication is the process.

can't spread it, it can't spread, and it's a fart.

Among the famous directors of the younger generation now, whether it is Chen Sicheng or Ning Hao, even if they are more famous than Xu Guangtou or Jia Kezhang, they are not as good as Zheng Xu in this regard.

As for some older directors, let alone others.

The ability is there, but there are too many personal ideas, in addition to poor communication and management, a director with too many ideas is easy to mess things up, he wants to show more things, like a hodgepodge, but in the end of the filming, it is nothing, and even the most basic story cannot be expressed clearly.

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"Okay, when is the launch conference? How big are you going to drive? Do I need to do anything to prepare? What's your arrangement? ”

Zheng Xu asked several questions in one breath.

The reason why he particularly hates the launch conference is that there are too many reporters who come and they are not familiar with each other, so it would be good to say if the personnel were controllable, but this idea is not realistic at all.

Now, if the launch conference is officially held, there are all kinds of reporters who come, and there are people who ask all kinds of questions, with Zheng Xu's temper, it's okay to ask ordinary questions, and what to do if you ask some sensitive or hateful questions?

Will he be able to smash the reporter with the microphone then?

The thought of him sitting on the stage and being "interrogated" by a group of reporters like a prisoner made him feel uncomfortable.

The Korean producer looked at Zheng Xu, who was in a negative mood, and was a little helpless.

Which young person is not sharp, Zheng Xu is steady and steady, but sometimes he is too steady!

But this is not his normal state, his steadiness is sometimes pretended, let's take the interview as an example, Zheng Xu was not like this when he was abroad!

If a foreign reporter asks him any sensitive questions, he really dares to say that he will talk about everything crooked and heretical, and when his appetite does not match him, he will still scold other foreign reporters, known as a small steel cannon.

A few years ago, when he was in China, he also had a bit of this attribute, and later, with the increasing fame, the style of this product has become more and more low-key, since a few years ago by reporters from Japan and South Korea, blocked on the set, the whole person is also vigilant.

Later, he slowly didn't even take interviews, usually at work, at home or when he went out to film, and reporters couldn't catch him, let alone interviews.

Influenced by him, all of them flashed media people, from the gatekeeper to the doorman, and then to the actors who often appear in film and television dramas in the acting department, they don't like to show their faces, except for acting, they usually don't take interviews much.

Some actors in the entertainment industry, in addition to competing for resources and roles in various film and television dramas, the other biggest battlefield is commercial endorsement.

In order to endorse various international brands, some actresses have even developed into spraying each other on the Internet, fans spraying each other, and secretly committing black hands and the like.

But the gang of people at Flashing Media basically seem to have taken over a few advertising endorsements except for Lei Jiayin when he was most short of money before, and later he didn't even accept Lei Jiayin.

No one else in the company answered, although Zheng Xu, the boss, did not positively emphasize that he could not accept advertising endorsements, but...

Others just follow him, don't accept commercial endorsements, and Lei Jiayin doesn't want to isolate himself, and after making money, he has rarely taken on dramas and advertisements outside in the past two years.

Even if the company usually has no resources, he just mixes in the company and doesn't like to go out.

This has led to a very strange phenomenon, although the stars of Twinkle Media have participated in the filming of many film and television dramas, are famous, and the advertising price is very expensive, but they just can't be invited, people are not uncommon in this way, in their cognitive understanding, actors are the job of the company, but it is not the job of the company to shoot advertisements with external endorsements!

I don't want to do something that has nothing to do with the company.

No one is short of this money, no matter from all aspects, Flashy Media is a very closed, very xenophobic film and television production company, it has been like this from beginning to end, and over time, no one is curious.

There are not many artists and friends in the circle, there are not many enemies, and there is not much contact, not so much that they are in the entertainment industry, sometimes it is better to say that they are in the business circle, and they are considered stars in the alternative "workplace".

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"In this way, if you don't talk about it at that time, you can probably introduce the theme of the movie, as well as the shooting time and plan, participate in the star lineup, etc., and I'll talk about the rest, or let Lao Zhang talk about it too, or just use the two of you as a flashpoint to promote it."

"Okay."

Zheng Xu thought about it and felt that it would be okay to arrange it this way, as long as he was asked to participate less, he should sit for a while and be a mascot.

"That's right..."

Han Producer, suddenly remembered one thing, today I was only curious about Zheng Xu's interview, and almost forgot another important thing.

Turning his head to look at Lao Zhang, the Korean producer hesitated slightly.

"What's wrong!? Look at what I'm doing, what's inconvenient to say in front of me? Lao Zhang was stunned by the look in the eyes of the Korean producer.

"No, no, hey... Zheng Dao'er, aren't you recruiting retired soldiers there... This one... Are you still recruiting when you're older? ”

Producer Han slapped Lao Zhang's leg perfunctorily twice with his right hand, which was considered to comfort him and make him not think about it, but his eyes looked at Zheng Xu and asked a strange question.

“？？？”

Zheng Xu blinked, an older retired soldier?

can be specifically mentioned by the Korean producer, this identity should be unusual, right?

This kind of person, as for coming to the flashing media?

Zheng Xu is still very compelling in his heart, his company, for some "professional" people, the attraction is not to that extent.

"Move... It's a move, Korean producer, if you have something, just say it..."

Zheng Xu thinks that this is a Korean producer who wants to stuff people into his company, or is it called supervision?

There is no way to avoid this kind of thing, and if you want to go up, this is also how it should be.

He is mainly worried, what if he can't get along with that kind of big temper and big shelf?

At that time, everyone will not be happy on face.

"Shhhh To be precise, it's not retired, people are retired, and my brother is not ready to continue to work, people want to rest and rest. ”

The Korean producer took out the cigarette case, let it around, and all three of them lit cigarettes.

After organizing the language, the Korean producer began to explain: "This one, and yours are also a professional counterpart, he is also engaged in the media, didn't you ask me to help you find a naval expert some time ago, I pondered, take a look around, there are a few candidates, but either people are not rich in time, or they have other things to do." ”

The Korean producer gave Zheng Xu a "you know" look.

"In the end, I thought of an acquaintance, my old man, some time ago, retired in July, at the beginning of this month, it was completely idle, I talked to him, what about him... I've been doing this all my life, and I can't be idle, so I want to make a video self-media that you are popular now. ”

"Oh..."

When the leader only gives you one choice, it is no choice!

Looking at the statement of the Korean producer, this person is the naval expert he found for Zheng Xu.

After all, you can't shoot blindly, Zheng Xu made two preparations, in order to reflect the professionalism of the film and television dramas he filmed.

Regarding some professional knowledge related to naval warfare, Yishanyi Media does not have talents in this area, so it can only rely on foreign aid.

At that time, whether it is the tactical formation of the task force marching on the sea, or the formation of fighter bombing, and so on, it is necessary for experts familiar with this aspect of the Navy to give guidance and opinions on the spot.

And this work is not short-term, but long-term!

From the beginning of film shooting to post-production, the intermittent time in between adds up to at least half a year!

On the one hand, Zheng Xu asked the Korean producer to find a way to find someone, and on the other hand, he also asked Nosaka Qingqing to help him see if he could bring over a naval expert in the island country, preferably the kind of person whose family conditions are not very good, or who has a specific understanding of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

When Nosaka Qingqing contacted him a few days ago, he only said that there were results, but what the specific results were, Nosaka Qingqing didn't elaborate.

In this way, there is a domestic naval expert and a naval expert from an island country, and the two of them have discussed, and on the premise of paying attention to history and professionalism, they have to make the shots look good!

"Okay, where are the people? Need me to visit or what? ”

Now that the Korean producer has confirmed the personnel, Zheng Xu is no longer hypocritical, let's talk about it first, you can't hide it, can you get along well, let's talk about it then!

"There's no need to rush this, it's going to be the National Day, people want to accompany their families at home, and wait for us to finish the press conference on the 2nd, on the afternoon of the 2nd, or on the 3rd, people will come over again." It's okay, people are in the province, Cangzhou people, not far away. ”

"Okay."

In the past few days, the crew has adjusted in advance, whether it is arranging the venue, transporting, or planning equipment, it will take time to adjust, and after the National Day in two days, the filming will officially start after the start-up press conference.

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October 2, 2015.

It is suitable to travel, move, sign a contract, trade, open a business, install machinery, fire and beam.

Zheng Xu doesn't care much about this, but if someone cares, he can only follow the crowd.

Just after the start-up press conference in the morning, Zheng Xu, who finally passed the test in a fool, changed into sportswear.

When filming, you don't have to dress so seriously, it's not conducive to work!

Put on a small vest, Zheng Xu waited for people at the Oriental Movie Capital Underwater Photography Base.

At noon, when he finished lunch, Lao Han answered the phone, and the naval expert came over.

Originally, Zheng Xu also wanted to follow him to pick up people, but he was stopped by Han Producer.

Thinking of this retired naval professional, Zheng Xu was still a little curious.

This person should be about the same age as the Korean producer, the Korean producer calls him a dude, he should be slightly older than the Korean producer, and then, he has to work in the media industry.

Zheng Xu didn't pay much attention to this aspect, but a few qualified people also appeared in his mind.

Shaking his head, he looked at a "task force" soaking in the large pool of the underwater photography base.

The model team has placed various protective boxes in the surrounding open space.

It was filled with all kinds of models needed for this shoot.

At this point... There are several staff members in waterproof suits who are busy in the water.

"Mr. Zheng, hasn't that gentleman arrived yet?"

Next to Zheng Xu stood a low, gray-haired old man.

Just looking at this face, it looks a little old.

What do you say, I only arrived yesterday, islander.

is considered a civil science expert, who has never been in the military in his life, but this product has studied the military field very thoroughly, especially the naval history of the island country.

Coupled with the information that Nosaka Qingqing spent a lot of money to get, it can be regarded as barely enough.

This old man was holding a stack of printed materials in his hand, with Chinese and Japanese on it, and the records were very messy.

These materials are some of the information about the Pearl Harbor operation that Nosaka Qingqing can collect in their country at present, and the rest of the information is brought by the old man himself.

Zheng Xu looked at his mobile phone and found that the text message from the Korean producer had arrived, smiled, put away his mobile phone and said, "When the person arrives, I'll pick it up at the door." ”

Ignoring the little old man, Zheng Xu greeted Xiao Kai in the distance and pointed to the door.

...............

When he met Han Producer, Zheng Xu was attracted by the so-called retired naval expert behind him!

Zheng Xu never expected that it was this one who came!

His hair is a little white, but the main feature of his entire face is his big nose!

This person Zheng Xu is very familiar, um... To be precise, he knew that this was indeed a Navy-related "expert", and he was indeed engaged in the media industry, but...

"Producer Han, I didn't expect you to invite this here, hello Mr. Zhang, I have admired the name for a long time!"

Zheng Xu smiled, and shook the old man's outstretched hand with extremely enthusiastic hands.

"Haha, Director Zheng, didn't expect that, right? I'm an old guy who came to you, do you want to go through the process? ”

Slightly nasal, but instantly recognizable!

The old man surnamed Zhang in front of him is not simple!

People from Bac Ha Province, I won't talk much about other sensitive positions, just talk about his personal welfare.

Since 1993, he has been enjoying the special official allowance of the state, with the rank of deputy army.

With such a great god, Zheng Xu didn't expect that the Korean producer could invite him.

Zheng Xu suddenly remembered that the Korean producer seemed to have asked him a few days ago if he could recruit veterans.

Recruit!

Must recruit!

What should I do if I can't get along?

How can you not get along?

It's too much to get along with!

"No, no, about your entry procedures, I will personally handle it for you, don't worry, Mr. Zhang, you will treat this place as your home in the future, if it is inconvenient for you, you can also not go to the company, you can stay at home, if there is any problem, I will call you!"

"Hahaha, I'm retired, I want to do something I like, prepare half a small column, and I can't rest all the time, just right, Lao Han said, you lack a military expert here, and you are a company specializing in the film and television industry, I came over with a cheeky face, and Director Zheng will have to take care of it more in the future."

"You're laughing! Let's stop standing here, go in and say, just right, I'll introduce you to a devil today, this is my deputy for you. ”

"Oh?" Teacher Zhang was stunned when he heard Zheng Xu's words.

Devil? What's that?

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"Takeda! Come on, come on, I'll introduce you to it. ”

Zheng Xu led Mr. Zhang and Han Producer into the underwater photography base, and waved to the devil experts in the distance.

Zheng Xu's attitude towards him was much more casual, like a subordinate.

"Takeda, this is a retired military expert in the navy that I invited, Zhang Zhaozhong and Teacher Zhang, you will be his deputy in the future, and if you encounter some problems that he doesn't know very well, you are responsible for improving them."

"Hi~ Hello, Mr. Zhang."

The little old man named Takeda, with a very standard 88-degree bow, paused for more than ten seconds before straightening up.

Zhang Zhaozhong, Teacher Zhang, was stunned by this goods.

"Teacher Zhang, this one's name is Takeda Yong. He was a civilian from an island country, but his ancestors participated in the Pearl Harbor operation, and he was a non-commissioned officer on an aircraft carrier at that time, who was responsible for recording information, and his family had some information at that time. ”

Zhang Zhaozhong nodded with a look of sudden realization.

The non-commissioned officer Zheng Xu said is not this kind of military position in China, but the military position of the navy of the island country.

As for the island countries, due to some well-known reasons, the contradictions between their army and navy are very serious, even so serious that the screws of the same model of aircraft, the army version and the navy version are not the same!

The non-commissioned officer in the navy of the island country does not refer to an ordinary soldier, he corresponds to a captain-level officer.

As for the specific rank of the lieutenant, this Zheng Xu is not clear.

But to make a movie with the theme of a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, to be able to invite such a person to come over and provide professional knowledge support, Zhang Zhaozhong feels that Zheng Xu's ability is still quite strong, and the channels are complete!

"Oh... May I ask if there is any information? ”

Out of professional sensitivity, Zhang Zhaozhong was very interested in the "family heirloom information" that Zheng Xu said about this Takeda Yong.

"Show it to Mr. Zhang."

"Hi~"

Isamu Takeda handed over the thick book of materials in his hand with both hands.

Zheng Xu explained: "Some of the original documents are not good on paper, but they are printed out of the photos we have taken, and the original is stored in the hotel warehouse." ”

Zhang Zhaozhong nodded and flipped through it casually.

Just a few flips, Zhang Zhaozhong's hand suddenly moved.

This page is a record of a meeting, a meeting of the task force when it deviates from course during the voyage, and it is an internal meeting on their own ship.

This kind of information, let's say it's useless, how many years have passed since the war, it's really useless.

But it's not useless, for Zhang Zhaozhong, this kind of relatively out-of-the-way information, even he has no way to get it, if you study it carefully, it still has a certain research value!

At least I can analyze some of the combat systems, conference modes and other things of the navies of the island countries in the past.

"Zheng Dao'er, can you give me a copy of these materials then?"

"No problem, you can read all the materials casually, and you can take copies with you."

Zheng Xu didn't understand what these things were of use elsewhere, but if Mr. Zhang wanted it, he would give it to him, anyway, there were a few copies of it.

"Hahaha, I'm really here right, I will gain as soon as I enter the door today!"

Zhang Zhaozhong looked very happy, flashing and flashing in this place, as expected, there will be unexpected gains as soon as they come, and I don't know if there will be some other gains in the future.

"Teacher Zhang, you see, this is the model we prepared, and now we are encountering some difficulties."

Zheng Xu didn't continue to reminisce, people have already come, since he is not in a hurry to go to the hotel, then work first, and compliment a few words, the first is because Mr. Zhang is old.

Second, no matter how you say it, Mr. Zhang's position before retirement is not low, and a few compliments should be given!

Zhang Zhaozhong looked in the direction of Zheng Xu's finger.

In the shallow area of the entire pool, dozens of ships of various types floated on the water.

Zheng Xu handed the telescope hanging on his chest to Zhang Zhaozhong and said, "Teacher Zhang, you use the telescope to take a closer look." The biggest difficulty we are encountering now is how to cooperate with the wave machine and how much strength to use to achieve the effect of sea navigation, that is, to shoot the various attitudes of the task force on the sea. ”

The model itself certainly does not have the displacement of tens of millions of tons like a real ship.

Shoot in this kind of pool.

How big are the waves?

What level of ups and downs should the ship reach?

Ships of different tonnage and displacement have different fluctuations when sailing!

This is not a matter of looking for information, so many search ships, if you collect information one by one, it will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse?

It's not enough to rely on post-production special effects, and there is no information in the media special effects department!

You can't fool around, since you want to shoot for reality, there must be someone in the audience who knows how to do it.

Even if the shooting is not bad, you can't let people find too many slots at a glance.

You can't take an aircraft carrier with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons and photograph the feeling of a fishing boat, right?

That's too fake, although this is the devil's fleet, but that can't be taken blindly.

Zheng Xu wants a sense of history and realism!

If it's too rubbish, how can he stuff private goods into it?

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Zhang Zhaozhong took the telescope handed by Zheng Xu and looked at it carefully, and what appeared in his sight made him a little frightened!

Just far away, I can only roughly see the outline, the pool of the underwater photography base is not small!

Now take a closer look with the binoculars, this "fleet" on the water, if you ignore the staff who are busy wearing waterproof suits next to you, the details of these ship models are enough to confuse the real!

One of the smaller ship models is being tested for exhaust under the arrangement of the staff.

A slightly dense black smoke came out of the chimney of the ship model, and it was the first time Zhang Zhaozhong had seen this level of movie prop model!

"Tut-tut, a lot of money, right? You ship models are extravagant. ”

Zhang Zhaozhong secretly smacked his tongue, although he didn't play this kind of thing, but he also knew more or less about the approximate price range of these models.

There are two main types of models, one is movable and the other is immovable.

In general, it is also divided into the finished model of the assembly line production line, this model has been assembled, the coating is complete, the details are not in place, it can be used as a small ornament, the general price, dozens, hundreds, thousands of prices are available, and the kind of tens of thousands is large, not much.

And those handmade models are even more expensive, generally divided into one to seven hundred, one to three hundred and five, and one to one hundred according to the size, this is converted according to the proportion of the model and the real ship, one to seven hundred ship model, probably the length of the forearm, the larger one is calculated on the line.

These handmade models pay more attention to detail, and the small details of various ships will be taken into account, and the money will be calculated according to the craftsmanship of the maker.

Even if it is the kind of cheaper one, it will almost have to start with hundreds or a thousand, and now these models in the pool, Zhang Zhaozhong secretly estimated that the cost of each ship will not be less than five figures.

Those large ship models such as aircraft carriers will be more expensive!

Think about the theme of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, whether it is the warships of the island countries or the warships of the US military, there are hundreds of them combined.

How much does it cost to build these prop ship models alone!

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"Hahaha, you don't have to care about the funds, just say that all kinds of data needed for this shooting, with Takeda to help you, how long will it take for Mr. Zhang to come up with an opinion? We're not in a hurry to shoot these shots, I can give you about a month or so. ”

What is the cost of making a model?

The models that are here today, both in and out of the water, are worth more than 15 million in total!

But what is the total budget for this movie?

One hundred million!

It doesn't seem like much money, but most of the expenses have been saved, and this is pure shooting funds.

The crew's logistics and equipment rental are free of charge here.

If you count all these expenses, you have to add at least another 20 million or 30 million.

The big old king is very angry!

They set up a special group for fund reimbursement, not to say that Zheng Xu doesn't need to give money for all the expenses here.

Instead, all the expenses of the crew went through the procedures normally, and then took various bills to the special team stationed in Wanda for reimbursement, and reported as much as they spent!

Including the money for the crew to cook and buy ingredients, the big boss has given it all!

In addition, in essence, this is a main theme movie, and the salaries of the actors and actresses of Flashy Media are very low, and the overall shooting budget is still very generous.

This is not a project hosted by Lao Han, but there is no such thing as zero pay.

This is what Zheng Xu insisted on, the actor's salary can be low, but it can't be without, everything is in accordance with the process of commercial films.

"That's okay, I'll go back to the hotel now, I'll study all the information, this Mr. Takeda, let's go, Director Zheng is urging to work, hahahaha."

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Inside a Japanese-style izakaya.

Ronin Samurai dressed as Rega Yin, with a scruffy beard on his face.

People like him, in this era, should not be in the current island country.

The front-line war is tight, and the island country has even pulled up the boy scouts, let alone an adult "strong man" like Lei Jiayin?

But... Privilege is everywhere in this world, and Regayin is the beneficiary of this class.

As a samurai family, his identity background was that he returned to China after being wounded on the front line, and his devil father also died on the front line.

The old lady of the family has committed suicide.

He was the only one left, barely getting by with two meager pensions, and occasionally came to this izakaya to sit, but he drank too much every time.

As soon as this product drinks too much, it will lose its temper at the boss.

"Yaga! Where's my roast bird? Are you afraid that I won't be able to pay? If you dare to snub me like this in the Yan Country, I will kill you with one sword! ”

Rhaejayin's eyes were red and drunk, and he grabbed the wine glass and smashed it at the boss.

The owner of this tavern was a rather ugly-looking lame middle-aged man, and he didn't dodge it, and he was hit on the head.

The boss combs the traditional tin hair of the island country, which is the kind of head that is bare from front to back, only a little hair on both sides of the head, like a bald man, and under the back of the head, there is a small short braid like a rat's tail, facing down!

This hairstyle is a common hairstyle for civilian men in island countries, that is, his rank is lower than that of Rega Yin!

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