"How does it feel to be a celebrity?" Yu Li jokingly asked about her own Woe Shui No. 1.

The circle of the entertainment industry is so big, and many times there are not many secrets to speak of.

The new film of cutting-edge director Luo Jianzhou wants to engage in a new film of Dunhuang Pictures, and it didn't take a few days for it to reach the ears of Yu Li, a well-informed agent.

She even knows a little more than the average person, such as the source of the little girl in front of her.

Shen Zhenyi was not shocked: "I don't have to feel it, I'm used to it." ”

Jealousy or something, she's been used to it since she was in kindergarten. The little boys, who have not yet been completely weaned, and even many little girls, often fight to be her playmates—the physical kind.

From kindergarten to elementary school, similar chaotic scenes around her were not uncommon. It wasn't until after middle school that this situation was rare - not because her charm had decreased, but because the flower messengers and anti-flower messengers were directly jealous, and they were generally transferred to behind-the-scenes operations.

So, what is this wave now, at least it hasn't reached the level of seeing red.

"Then I'll tell you something more interesting." Seeing that she didn't cooperate, Yu Li lowered her voice with some mystery: "Do you guess who will be the heroine of Director Luo's new film in the end?" ”

Shen Zhenyi was a little interested, it seemed that it should be someone she was familiar with: "I know?" ”

Yu Li showed a little imperceptible appreciation for her acuity, and revealed the answer with a smile: "Your classmate and roommate, Yang Qianyi." ”

Shen Zhenyi raised her eyebrows, and then understood.

Yu Li seemed to smile: "Director Luo also took a lot of effort to make you regret it." ”

Shen Zhenyi glanced at the agent and said lazily: "You think too much, it's just that the role is just right." ”

"Cut!" Yu Li was dissatisfied with her perfunctory.

Shen Zhenyi was helpless: "Sister Yu, you seem to be very idle, you have time to pay attention to these trivial gossip." ”

Yu Li smiled: "I really can't help but pay attention, don't you know, many people in the circle are watching the fun." ”

"Huh?" Shen Zhenyi was surprised, and said with a little surprise: "We shouldn't be so famous, right?" ”

"But Dunhuang has." Yu Li shrugged her shoulders and said with a smile: "In fact, as soon as the preparation of "Peking Holiday" began, the news spread that Dunhuang was going to open a new film again. As far as I know, many people in the circle are even betting on how likely the new film will be released. Immediately afterwards, it was rumored that he had a holiday with Luo Jianzhou, no, there were more people who were interested. ”

"It's because there are more people who are looking at decline." Shen Zhenyi pouted: "There are a lot of boring people." ”

Yu Li smiled: "Eating melons, no one thinks it's a big deal, right?" ”

Shen Zhenyi, hehe.

If she just eats melons, of course she agrees; But as a member of "melon", she can only be polite.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Your actor contract has been negotiated, I respect your opinion, and agree to the salary method of 100,000 yuan basic salary plus stepped sharing. "The selection of films is set by Xiao Nizi herself, and she doesn't have a moth in terms of salary, after all, she doesn't expect to get much of the newcomer's first contract.

Shen Zhenyi nodded.

"In addition, I have selected a life assistant for you, you can see when it is convenient to meet her, it is best to familiarize yourself before joining the group." Yu Li continued.

"That's going to be as soon as possible, because the boot time is estimated to be fast."

"Xiao Wang's efficiency is so high?" Yu Li was really surprised.

Shen Zhenyi smiled slightly: "That guy still has two brushes." ”

……

In fact, the preparation progress of "Peking Holiday" is not to say that it is advancing rapidly, at least it can be regarded as a thousand miles in a day.

In this process, the quality shown by Wang Wei is difficult to describe as a rookie.

In Dunhuang Pictures' largest open-plan office, rows of cork boards are plastered with index cards with hand-drawn scenes from the film. A board represents a scene shot of the film, and it is marked with the method of camera movement, the length of time, the dialogue, and so on. The standard of each painting is not high, but it is enough to express the visual effect that the sketch represents.

Every inch of space in the office seems to be filled with such cork boards. Hundreds or thousands of drawings are combined to create a smooth "visual script".

"This ...... Is that what you've been doing for the past two weeks? Wang Chuanqi swallowed.

Even when compared to his previous three major projects, the scale and detail in front of him are staggering.

Wang Wei is light: "Not only me, but also the efforts of the entire film crew including Lao Zhou, including art designers, lighting engineers, painters and action directors, I am just a director." ”

After all, Dunhuang Pictures has a deep heritage, even if the momentum plummets, its appeal in the industry is not comparable to many small companies. Therefore, less than ten days after the finalization of the "Peking Holiday" project, the main creative personnel such as scenery, lighting, makeup, and costumes were basically in place, most of which were the team of long-term cooperation with Dunhuang.

And then...... They were summoned by Wang Wei's envoy to turn around.

Wang Weicai will not be stupid enough to paint by himself, he is only responsible for guiding...... Well, it can also be said that only the mouth cannon is responsible.

"I see." Wang Chuanqi looked at Zhou Lin, who was lying on the side and had no love, and expressed deep sympathy.

Zhou Lin didn't want to speak, he just wanted to be quiet.

He never thought that he would experience such intense work in the early preparations.

When he heard Wang Wei say that he wanted the film crew to complete most of the creative design before the start of filming, Zhou Lin did not move; When he heard the director say that the time should be within half a month, Zhou Lin was going crazy.

Do you know how much work is going on? Compress the workload of one or two months to half a month, even if you don't consider the labor law, there is still an animal protection law in China, can you be a person as a director?

As a result, the director is really not a good person!

"A great director once said that in a movie, all the shots are shot in the director's head long before the actual shooting. I didn't have a very intuitive feeling before, but now I believe it. Zhou Lin withdrew his empty gaze and suddenly sighed.

Wang Chuanqi was curious: "What do you say?" ”

"You know, during the filming of a film, in order to get a huge crew to coordinate the work, the best way to explain the script, explain the director's intent and the requirements of the job is to 'see,' and that's what storyboards do."

"Hmm."

"The problem is that most directors will turn words into images when they read the script, but this kind of image is relatively blurry, and it is even difficult to achieve in real shooting, so it is necessary to refer to the opinions of other creators such as photographers and art directors." Zhou Lin clicked on the storyboard: "Director Wang is very different. ”

"The image in his mind is so clear, he has a specific plan for the framing composition, the layout of the characters, the camera angle, and even the relationship between light and dark, sometimes I really doubt that he has a finished film in his mind, just waiting to calmly turn it into reality step by step." Zhou Lin joked while exclaiming.

Wang Chuanqi had only one question after hearing this, he looked at Wang Wei: "How long have you been thinking about this script?" ”

Wang Wei raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhou Lin smiled bitterly: "I want to ask too." Lao Wang, you don't know, if the boss only makes requests to his subordinates, and then he goes to his own clubhouse, the subordinates can still scold a few black-hearted bosses to get angry; The worst thing is that the boss can roll better than you, and he forces you to scold people in the back......"

Wang Chuanqi scolded with a smile: "Saying this in front of your boss, I think you really owe the scolding." ”

Zhou Lin continued to lie down: "I haven't finished yet." Tired is really tired, and cool is really cool. ”

Part-time workers know that the most annoying thing is that the boss has made a lot of requests but doesn't even have a fart direction, and sometimes he can't even make a bad request, in short, he doesn't know what he wants, but he just wants to, and when you meet this kind of boss, you can't wait to kick him away.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with the boss no matter how hard he writes, so you are generally kicked away by him if you can't fulfill the requirements.

Like Wang Wei, the requirements are a little more, but people have stomach materials, and they can come up with real results by following him, and they can't ask for more for the boss.

But the boss was clearly never a kind creature.

"That's where it goes." Wang Wei had an expression of "don't think that you don't have to work because you don't have to work", and said: "I think that it is often difficult to achieve an effective balance between self-directing and self-acting. But now the situation forced me to do this. ”

- In the end, because there was no better candidate, the actor still finalized him.

With a sigh, Wang Wei continued: "As a humble rookie, don't expect me to have the ability to defy the sky. So, if there's anything that can be done before the shoot, go for it – it's anything! ”

"After all, the main creators behind the scenes, including Lao Zhou, I don't know how to describe your excellence, so I can only continue to burden you."

Zhou Lin was busy and silent, and he was suddenly a little scared.

After half a month, whenever Wang Wei said that he was excellent, his hairs stood on end like a reflex.

Wang Wei had already turned to Xu Daoxing: "Old Xu, what about you?" ”

Xu Daoxing was also instigated: "Everything went well." ”

"In terms of supporting roles, I had the first round of auditions with the two casting assistant directors, and the candidates who passed each role took a short film related to the plot for you to make your final selection, or arranged a second round of auditions."

Wang Wei bowed: "After the meeting, I will go over to decide on the candidates, what about the location?" ”

"The location scouting specialist has preliminarily delineated a few locations, and plans to take the director and other main creators to survey the location in two days."

"Good."

"And the equipment ......"

As the first assistant director, Xu Daoxing's burden is not light, and he reported for more than ten minutes when he fell alone.

In the end, Wang Wei sighed: "Excellent, too good." Without Lao Xu, I don't know what to do, if I don't add a burden to you, is it reasonable? ”

Xu Daoxing: "......" is inexplicably familiar, and inexplicably afraid.

Wang Wei looked at the third party without delay: "Old Wang? ”

Wang Chuanqi was excited: "The tentative budget of the film is 8 million yuan, the advance fund of 6 million yuan has been received, and the remaining 2 million yuan will be raised soon, and it will be added appropriately according to the needs of publicity in the future." ”

This guy eventually got the title of associate producer. After all, there is indeed no one more suitable for managing money in Dunhuang than him, especially after the producer ran away with money.

Since the male and female protagonists are both newcomers, he is sure that the actor's salary will be compressed within 1 million yuan, and with the advertising placement sponsorship of the two companies, the adequacy of the budget has been greatly guaranteed.

Wang Wei is very satisfied, of course, the more money in the initial stage, the better, and the happiness of being born in Rome is so simple and simple.

"I need to get a detailed budget before I start shooting, and I don't want to overspend just by taking a picture." Wang Wei admonished.

"No problem."

……

At the end of a preparatory meeting, Wang Chuanqi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhou Lin and Xu Daoxing also breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.

Seeing this, the servants were stunned.

When I touched my eyes, I suddenly felt a sense of relief.

They all felt some kind of pressure in front of Wang Wei, which in itself said something.

This means that Wang Wei's control over the crew is deep enough.

This kind of control does not mean that you have to hold the crew firmly in your hands and do everything yourself - although this is a common mistake made by many inexperienced novice directors.

After all, making a movie is not something that can be done on your own. If the director has to do everything himself, he will not be able to distinguish the priorities, and the whole filming process will be a mess.

Now Wang Wei is obviously not like this. He tries to grasp the general direction, as long as he can delegate to others, he will let go, and then he also has the energy to deal with those things that must be solved by him himself. For example, make sure your team is given the time, motivation and creative direction they need to successfully complete the pre-production process.

Well, it's a time crunch of 100 million points, and an incentive of 100 million points.

"Hey, what do you mean by that 'my cub is finally out' look?"

"Ahem......" Zhou Lin and Xu Daoxing were seen, and they could only avoid Wang Wei's eyes with haha.

Wang Chuanqi, who is a serious elder, is not false at all: "You don't understand, we were really worried before." ”

"What are you worried about, worried about Luo Jianzhou's line?" Wang Wei snorted.

This kind of gossip has always been the fastest.

"Ha......" Speaking of this, Wang Chuanqi smiled, "I'm really not worried about this." If we can really connect with him, at least it means that our film can be released smoothly, and I am too late to be happy. ”

What you say makes so much sense that I have no words to object.

It's just, how miserable are you to put the demands so low?

Anyway, Wang Wei didn't even have the heart to complain.

"I'm talking about something else." Lao Wang's tone became slightly serious: "You have also been in contact, you should know that the level of the main creative team behind the crew is very good, right." ”

Wang Wei nodded, agreeing with this.

Although there are not many big names in it, if you want to talk about the real level, let's put it this way, in Huayu, where the film industry was not very developed in the previous life, it is difficult for a first-class director to have this configuration.

Even in the modern world, this kind of team configuration of quality is not something that a rookie director dares to think. Again, this is a gift from my grandfather.

"These teams, recruited by the old man or brought out in person, have not left for the time being, but it does not mean that they will never leave." Wang Chuanqi had a bitter face, "I also have a showdown, after three unbearable years, it has now reached a critical point - if Dunhuang does not improve, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop them from finding another way, including Lao Zhou and Lao Xu." ”

Zhou Lin and Xu Daoxing shrugged, but they didn't refute.

No one wants to sink with a broken ship, that's obvious.

Wang Chuanqi smiled again: "I wanted to tell you not to take it lightly, but now, they don't dare to take it lightly." ”

Zhou and Xu are related.

The atmosphere was a little serious for a while.

"There should be a low and dignified BGM here, and then I impassionedly have a thick chicken soup like 'I can only succeed and not fail, and let me lead you to recast glory', and finally you are as excited as chicken blood, isn't it more appropriate for the occasion?" Wang Wei said quietly.

The other servants couldn't help but think of that scene.

"Poof...... Good secondary two. ”

"Scalp tingling."

"Mom, think about goosebumps."

"So, please mellow fuck off!" This is the kind care that comes from the director.

……