Chapter 223: The Strange Director
"Hey, I really don't want to move." In the hotel, Xu Chuan looked ahead blankly.
"Brother Chuan, it's time to put on makeup, the event is about to start." A girl opened her mouth and said that this girl was Xu Chuan's personal makeup artist.
In addition to this makeup artist, Xu Chuan also has a personal stylist. When it comes to his coffee position, people in these two positions can't be saved.
"I can't sit still, so can I lie down?" Xu Chuan sat down in his chair and spoke.
After speaking, Xu Chuan didn't wait for the makeup artist to reply, but walked to the sofa and lay down on his own.
Seeing this, the makeup artist took the things with a little crying and laughing, and began to put on makeup for Xu Chuan, who was lying down.
It's October 10th now, and 16 days have passed since the large-scale screening of "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
After such a long time of release, the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has reached more than 2.8 billion, and it can be said that it is a sure thing to reach the estimated target of 3 billion.
Of course, the current box office potential is basically exhausted, and reaching 3 billion is not a big problem, but the possibility of exceeding too much is almost zero.
But it doesn't matter, this movie is already profitable. When the movie is drawn at the end of this month, you can sell another wave of online broadcast rights and broadcast rights from other channels, and then it will be another income.
Therefore, the publicity for "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has been much smaller, and the offline roadshow has also stopped. It doesn't have much effect to spend money on this part, and there is really no need to waste too much money.
But only one-third of the time for the release has passed, and it is definitely not possible to not promote it at all, and you still have to participate in some activities.
For example, Xu Chuan is going to accept an exclusive interview arranged by Station D today and talk to some well-known UP masters. Similar events will be scheduled in the future, but not too many.
"Why are you lying?" In the room, Cai Meng's voice sounded, she had just been working outside, and when she entered the door, she saw Xu Chuan lying there being made up by the makeup artist, and her expression couldn't help but become weird.
"Brother Chuan said he was a little tired." The stylist whispered, because Xu Chuan, who was lying down, was closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, she was not good at speaking loudly.
However, with this makeup on, Xu Chuan, who was lying there, felt a little wrong.
Lie down, close your eyes, and put on makeup.
There is nothing wrong with these keywords on their own.
How can it be combined so weirdly?
Thinking of this, Xu Chuan's eyes opened, and he turned over directly and said, "No, you can't lie down and put on makeup, it's like tidying up your remains." ”
"Poof~Hey, hey, hey, hey......" As soon as Xu Chuan's words came out, the people in the room couldn't hold back at all.
The makeup artist was even more trembling with laughter, and the brush in his hand was unstable. In fact, she felt a little strange just now, but she didn't know where it was strange.
"Brother Chuan, are you going to the new product launch conference of Huawei on the 15th?" After Xu Chuan sat back in the chair, Cai Meng also pulled a chair and sat on the side to travel with him, which is something that the two of them have to do every day.
"Is Yi Cheng going to the opening?" Xu Chuan said when he heard this.
"Yes, they opened this press conference with the promotional song and MV we made for them. The news of Orange's global endorsement of the P series will also be officially announced together. Cai Meng nodded.
"I still won't go, you see if anyone in the studio wants to go, give them the invitation." Xu Chuan thought for a while and then spoke.
"Okay." Cai Mengyan took the tablet in his hand and recorded it.
"By the way, how is the "A Picture from Space" ad being filmed so far?" Xu Chuan then asked.
Both the MV for "Dream it possible" and "A Photo from Space" are all in charge of Futsukigawa.
Of course, the person in charge is responsible, and the specific execution of the shooting is still to find a professional team from another company, and Shuangmuchuan does not have the ability to shoot this kind of project.
Hearing Xu Chuan's question, Cai Meng opened his mobile phone and looked at the progress of the project and said: "I just finished the scene, mainly because the real-life props of the space station and the moon lander are more troublesome to make, and now it should be time to start filming." ”
"Do I have any important arrangements for tomorrow, if not, let's go to the scene tomorrow to see."
To be honest, Xu Chuan is still interested in how this kind of advertising film with a bit of "science fiction" flavor is filmed.
This is an area that he has not been exposed to but will definitely be exposed to in the future.
So it's really necessary to go to the site and have a look.
"Not tomorrow, Brother Chuan, you can go the day after tomorrow." Cai Meng shook his head and said.
"The day after tomorrow? In this way, after participating in the activities of that D station, let's go straight over. Xu Chuan said after looking at the time.
"Okay."
After chatting about this matter, the two began to communicate about other work.
About an hour later, Xu Chuan and his party were ready to go out.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Chuan and his party, who were almost busy, went directly to the shooting site of "A Photo from Space".
Hearing that Xu Chuan was coming, the director of the commercial immediately ran over to greet him in three steps and two steps.
"Director Hu, hard work." After Xu Chuan saw the director, he took the initiative to greet him.
The director's name is Hu Anze, and he should be thirty-four years old this year. The production team of this commercial is from Xingtang, so Hu Anze was also recommended to Xu Chuan by Xingtang.
However, although the recommended company is Xingtang, Hu Anze is not a contracted director on Xingtang's side, he has his own studio.
"Hello Mr. Xu, I have long wanted to invite you to come over to guide the work, but I am afraid that you are too busy to bother, I am much more down-to-earth when I see you coming over today." As soon as Hu Anze held Xu Chuan's hand, he immediately came to a sycophant.
In the face of this sycophant, Xu Chuan could only follow the nonsense.
Just tugging and pulling, the group entered the studio under the leadership of Hu Anze.
As soon as I entered, I immediately saw two eye-catching things.
One is the space station warehouse, and the other is the lunar lander and the restored lunar environment.
"Mr. Xu, this is what we restored one-to-one based on public information." Hu Anze saw Xu Chuan staring at the space station, so he took the initiative to introduce it.
Before Xu Chuan could speak, he was heard to continue to speak: "But this thing is actually an empty shell of a gourd painting scoop, and there is nothing in it." Depending on your advertising plan, we only need to take the appearance. ”
Xu Chuan nodded when he heard this: "It's not easy to build such a beautiful empty shell." ”
After saying that, he raised his feet and walked towards the space station props. When he got closer, he raised his head and looked at it carefully.
What is surprising and surprising is that the texture of this space station is really good.
Just looking at this real scene is more exquisite than the similar scenes in many movies that have been processed. If this scene is processed after filming, maybe the texture can be improved a lot.
"Who built this scene? Is it also the team of Xingtang? Xu Chuan looked at it for a while and then turned to Hu Anze and asked.
"That's not it, Xingtang's budget for this scene is too high, I found another team, and Fu Wanwan Fu confirmed this matter in advance." When Hu Anze heard this, he immediately replied.
"It feels pretty good." Xu Chuan said and reached out to touch it again.
"Mr. Xu, you don't know, when building this scene, Director Hu had to watch every detail here. That's why I made such a good texture. At this time, the assistant director next to him suddenly smiled.
"Tsk...... This is what should be done, what are you talking about. Immediately afterwards, I heard Hu Anze's voice teaching the assistant director.
When Xu Chuan heard this, he glanced back and forth at the two of them with some amusement.
He didn't know if this was Hu Anze himself asking for credit, or if the assistant director was filming Hu Anze's sycophants to help him ask for credit. But it's nothing to invite credit when things are done, and Xu Chuan doesn't hate this kind of behavior.
Who prescribes that people who do things well have to wait silently for their superiors to discover the results of their work?
There are more blind superiors, but don't be stupid. If you have merit, you have to find a way to let the people above know.
Thinking of this, Xu Chuan opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Director Hu has worked hard, if this advertisement works well, I believe that there will be many opportunities for Mr. Fu to cooperate with you in the future." ”
"Look at what you're saying, it's all within your bounds." Hu Anze said with a grinning white tooth.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Chuan went to see the moon scene again, and then sat in Hu Anze's monitor area and watched him shoot this commercial.
As a contestant who has filmed two TV series and one movie. Whether a director's ability works or not, Xu Chuan can still see it.
And Juanze's methodical appearance proves that he has quite good control of the scene.
This made Xu Chuan couldn't help but ask curiously between shooting: "Has Director Hu ever filmed similar advertising works before?" ”
"That's not true, don't laugh at it, this is the first commercial I shot." Hearing this, Hu Anze hurriedly said, he has nothing to hide, and Fu Wanwan has all the information.
As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan was a little surprised, he just knew that there was such a director to shoot, but his understanding of Hu Anze was basically his basic information.
"Brother Chuan, Director Hu used to be a film director." Cai Meng did some homework on Hu Anze's resume on the way here, so he interjected at this time to remind.
"It makes you laugh, it's true that two movies were made, but neither of them did well at the box office. Compared to your "The Richest Man in Xihong City", it is even less worth mentioning. When Hu Anze heard this, he immediately scratched his head a little embarrassed.
Hearing this, Xu Chuan was a little confused.
Although it is said that advertising directors mix well, their ability to make money is not as good as those directors at the top of the pyramid, and most directors are completely true, and even earn more than them.
But in the directorial circle, the director of the advertising film can be said to be at the bottom of the chain of contempt.
Hu Anze, a person who has made two movies, even if he is "degenerate", then he should "degenerate" to places like Internet University.
Why are you going to shoot commercials now?
However, Xu Chuan is really hard to ask this question, so he can only open his mouth and say: "The film market is like this, and no one can guarantee that they will succeed." I'm just lucky, and I'm sure you'll have that luck in the future. ”
"I promise you." Hu Anze smiled when he heard this.
At the same time, he could also feel the doubts in Xu Chuan's heart, so he took the initiative to explain: "Actually, I didn't plan to shoot this advertisement.
But first of all, I really like your advertising plan. The second reason is that I want to shoot this kind of short film with sci-fi scenes to find a feeling. ”
"Brother Chuan, Director Hu's last movie was a science fiction film." Cai Meng added at the right time.
"Small-cost sci-fi." Juanze himself added.
"Oh, that's right." Xu Chuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, "It's good, I'm actually interested in science fiction-themed movies." ”
"Really? That's great, and I'd love to talk to you if I have time. When Hu Anze heard this, he immediately spoke.
"Wow." Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled.
After talking about this topic, the two of them didn't continue to talk about it, and there were shooting tasks on the scene, so it was impossible to talk about it all the time.
Soon, about an hour later, Xu Chuan came out of the shooting scene with someone.
After getting in the car, Xu Chuan immediately said to Cai Meng: "Call up Hu Anze's information and show it to me." ”
"I've already sent you your phone." Cai Meng replied.
After Xu Chuan and Hu Anze finished chatting, she guessed that Xu Chuan would read Hu Anze's information, so she sent it to Xu Chuan's mobile phone in advance.
Xu Chuan immediately turned on his mobile phone when he heard this, and then found Hu Anze's information and looked at it.
After reading it, he couldn't help but frown.
He found that he still underestimated Juanze.
The guy made two films, the first was a romance film, and then won awards in Tokyo and Berlin.
Xu Chuan has even seen the second film, called "Confusion Time and Space", and this film is indeed a small-budget sci-fi film.
But that doesn't mean the film is cheap. On the contrary, the quality of the shooting is actually very good.
How to describe it, it's like a science fiction movie on Earth called "The Night the Comet Comed". There is not even a single special effects scene in the whole film, the main scene is a house.
But it clearly tells the story of a parallel world intersecting.
"The person was recommended by Xingtang, right?" Xu Chuan continued to confirm to Cai Meng.
"Yes."
"That's weird, with his results, he won't be reduced to making commercials."
"Didn't he just explain...... No, Brother Chuan, did he do it on purpose, the purpose of making the commercial is to deal with you. Cai Meng analyzed.
"If it was pushed over by Xingtang, there is really a possibility. This kid can't be trying to pull investment from me, right? After all, I had just taken over Advance Fund at that time. Others don't know about this, but the Star Hall must know. ”
"I said how strange it is. Brother Chuan, I think his wish is about to come to fruition, and now we have found out. ”
"What nonsense, if he really has the ability to make a good science fiction movie, I will invest in him." Xu Chuan said with a smile.
(End of chapter)