Beijing, Huayi Film and Television Investment Company.

The elevator on the top floor opened with a "ding", and a young man, in a suit and leather shoes, walked out of the elevator, came to the secretary's workbench, and raised the document bag in his hand towards the young female secretary with a good face, and said lightly:

"Lili is beautiful again today, is Xiao Wang always there?"

The female secretary smiled and replied, "Director Ma is joking again, Mr. Wang is here, just waiting for you." ”

"Haha, that's okay, I'll go to Mr. Wang first, and I'll come back later, and Brother Ma will talk to you again."

The man laughed, turned and entered the hallway, came to the penultimate office with the "General Manager" logo, stood still, restrained his emotions, his expression became humble, and knocked lightly on the door twice.

"Enter"

A deep voice rang out, and the young man pushed open the door and stepped inside.

This is the headquarters of Beijing Huayi Film and Television Investment Company, and the young man is Ma Tao, deputy director of the production department of Huayi Company, who is here to report to General Manager Wang Zhonglei today.

The office is very large, there are nearly 100 square meters, the decoration is extremely luxurious, as soon as you enter the door, you will be greeted by a large floor-to-ceiling window, through which you can overlook the scenery of the small half of the city, giving people a feeling of being high in power.

From floor to ceiling, all materials are imported, the sofas are made of the finest leather, the marble floors are lined with exquisite antique vases, and the walls are adorned with precious works of art and collectibles.

On the north side is a large mahogany desk, behind which sits a middle-aged man who is not angry and arrogant, cutting a cigar intently.

This person is Wang Zhonglei, general manager of Huayi Company.

Ma Tao walked a few steps quickly, walked to the desk, bent down deeply, handed over the document with both hands, and said flatteringly:

"Mr. Wang, Director Feng's final project plan has come out, please take a look."

Wang Zhonglei didn't raise his head, still concentrating on cutting his cigar, and replied casually.

"Put it there, I'll look at it when I have time, you can tell me a brief."

"Okay, Mr. Wang. The whole film of "Assembly" plans to invest 40 million, and the total investment cost of external publicity is 80 million, and the preparation of the entire crew has been completed. “

"I heard a while ago that something happened to the crew, and there was a fire in the warehouse, and a batch of made props were burned?"

Wang Zhonglei still didn't raise his head, his voice was not loud, and his tone didn't change, but it was this calm and usual words that still made Ma Tao break out in a cold sweat, and quickly replied:

"Uh, yes Mr. Wang, it was caused by the poor management of the props warehouse, and the fire lost a batch of well-made props, and the value is estimated to reach several million."

"How did you deal with the production department?"

"Mr. Wang, all the relevant props responsible for all the responsibilities are fired, the industry is blocked, and they will definitely not be seen in the circle in the future."

"Well, you can't let the company suffer losses in vain, you have to make an example."

After saying this, Wang Zhonglei picked up the cut cigar and put it in his mouth, Ma Tao quickly took out the lighter, and lit it with a "click".

"Shhhh Is the budget enough?"

"It is likely to exceed the standard, and our production department has urgently applied for an additional budget of 10 million, and we still need Mr. Wang's signature."

Wang Zhonglei sat up, opened the documents on the table, and simply browsed.

While watching, he casually asked:

"Are the main actors all set?"

"Yes, Mr. Wang, because of the budget, the actor Director Feng agreed to use Zhang Hanyu, he can play with zero pay, and the second male lead uses Deng Chao."

"Hmm, Xiao Ming still doesn't want to act?"

"Uh, yes Mr. Wang, Brother Xiao Ming has another drama appointment."

"Okay."

Seeing that Wang Zhonglei turned to the last page, Ma Tao immediately handed over the signature pen, Wang Zhonglei took it naturally, and signed his name with Long Feifeng Dance.

When he was done, he leaned back and said, "Is there anything else?" “

"By the way, Mr. Wang, our partner has some ideas about the heroine of this drama and wants to replace them with them."

Wang Zhonglei picked up his cigar and took another puff.

"Who is the heroine?"

"It's called a statement, Feng Daoding."

"Well, you can talk about it, everything has a corresponding price, your production department will do it, do you have any problems with other actors?"

"There's nothing else, oh, the last actor is Sun Yi, Director Feng just decided two days ago."

"Sun Yi? Who? Sound familiar? ”

"Mr. Wang, he is the person who bought our investment share of "Soldier Assault" a while ago, a rookie actor, the tightest and out of the circle, and the best newcomer who just won the Hundred Flowers Award, it is said that he is a little related to Zhang Guoli."

As soon as Wang Zhonglei heard "Soldier Assault", he immediately remembered that this incident made their Huayi Company lose a lot of profits, although they did not lose money and made a lot of profits, but they did not make a lot of money, which made people very unhappy.

Wang Zhonglei narrowed his eyes and spat out a puff of smoke rings.

He was thinking about it in his head at the moment.

At the beginning, the transfer of investment shares was indeed the abolition of the independent TV drama department by Huayi, and it was urgent to withdraw funds for the preparation of the movie "Assembly Number", plus Wang Shuo in the Beijing circle interceded with Yu Feihong, and he agreed to this matter, but now it seems that the loss of nearly tens of millions of interests in vain is really uncomfortable.

For this Sun Yi, Wang Zhonglei is angry in his heart, he is not a person who has no room for people, but the obvious interests of tens of millions of people have to be blushing.

However, on the other hand, the energy of Wang Shuo, Yu Feihong, and Zhang Guoli in the circle should not be underestimated.

Ma Tao looked at Wang Zhonglei with a frown, eager to relieve the boss's worries, and suggested viciously:

"Mr. Wang, do you want to change him, and then notify several major companies to jointly block him?"

"Fart, I don't want to lose face? Those people are not easy to mess with. Do you also unite with other companies to make them laugh at us Huayi? ”

"Yes, yes, it's me who is too superficial and ill-conceived."

Ma Tao hurriedly lowered his head to admit his mistake, and the beads of sweat on his head were clearly visible.

Wang Zhonglei weighed it repeatedly for a while, but he still felt a little unscrupulous, and his teacher was unknown. will make people in the circle say that they Huayi bullies the small with the big and does not value credibility, the key is that the three of them are not easy to get along with, if Huayi repents, it is equivalent to slapping the three of them in the face.

But just ate this secret loss, didn't make any moves, and was still a little angry in my heart.

"In this way, it just so happens that you are also one of the producers, you go, sign this Sun Yi in, and in the future, you will be your own family, no matter what."

"Understood, Mr. Wang, uh, what if this kid doesn't know how to lift and refuses to sign?"

Wang Zhonglei chuckled.

"Hmph, don't sign, it's easy to do, change him, reject our Huayi people, in the future, he won't think about our Huayi projects, and he will not eat toasts, eat and drink, and say it everywhere."

After Ma Tao heard this, he immediately sent a sycophant.

"Mr. Wang, Gao Ming."

Northeast, wide shop.

At half past three o'clock in the morning, Sun Yi was sleeping in Zhengxiang, and he felt like he was being poked.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, don't sleep, hurry up, it's time."

"Uh~, Brother Bao, you let me sleep for a while, I'm too sleepy."

"No, the director said, I'm going to gather on the set at 4 o'clock, hurry up, it's going to be late."

Sun Yi opened his eyes in a daze, and the first thing he saw was Wang Baoqiang's iconic row of big white teeth.

There was a fierce struggle in my heart, and I barely crawled out of the warm bed.

As soon as I got off the ground, I immediately shivered from the cold.

The weather in the Northeast in November is close to freezing, and the filming site is still in the wilderness, the crew can only arrange accommodation in the nearest town, the heating is almost none, and it all depends on human flesh for heating, and Sun Yi, who was a native of the Northeast in his previous life, can't bear it.

At the end of October, he returned to Beijing from Hangzhou, he only stayed for two days, that is, in these two short days, he was not idle, and determined the publicity plan of "Those Years" with Qingying Studio, and after negotiation, he took out 500,000 yuan as publicity funds for network publicity, and his investment ratio also increased from the original 40% to 50%.

He also discussed with Taihe Mai Tian about the release of his second album.

He has already finished recording the album, and in October, he took time to use the break, averaging one song a day, and sometimes when he was in good shape, he could record two songs a day.

Taking advantage of the release of the album, it is planned to be released in late November to coincide with the movie promotion of "Those Years".

Back to the crew.

Sun Yi put on a sweater and pants, and complained while washing.

"Rub, this is not a human life."

The actors of the entire crew of "Assembly Number" got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to gather and start makeup, started filming at 7 o'clock in the morning, and finished filming until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a full 12 hours.

He has been here for several days, and after arriving here, he immediately asked director Feng Xiaogang for the script, and as expected, he was arranged to play a small supporting role, instructor Wang Jincun.

Not to mention, the characters are quite consistent with him.

Wang Jincun was an ordinary national normal student, a young and weak scholar, if there was no war, he would have sat in a quiet classroom to read and write, and after graduation he became an excellent teacher. But at that time, war was inevitable, as the instructor of the Ninth Company, he was timid and cowardly, followed the Ninth Company to participate in the blocking action to cover the large army, received inspiration on the battlefield, fought bravely, and finally died heroically.

This role, in terms of acting skills, is not too difficult for him, his physical fitness is also very good now, and he can also cope with the war scenes, but he has to get up at 3 o'clock every day, which makes him really uncomfortable.

When I came to the set, I started to put on makeup directly, changed into props and costumes after putting on makeup, and at 5 o'clock, I ate a few buns to pad my stomach, and then there was nothing to do, just wait.

The crew signed a contract with him for half a month, but in fact, he didn't have many scenes, an average of one or two scenes a day. Most of the time is waiting.

After all, Feng Xiaogang's crew will not concentrate on filming for a small supporting role for him.

Sun Yi basically messes around in the crew every day, mostly props and stunt groups, and he wants to learn how to watch war scenes.

"Assembly Number" is adapted from Yang Jinyuan's "Lawsuit", which tells the story of Gu Zidi, the commander of the Ninth Company, who accepted a task of blocking the war during the Liberation War, and he agreed with the regiment commander to use the assembly number as an order to retreat. When his comrades died one by one, Gu Zidi had doubts about whether the trumpet sounded, and he vowed to find the truth of the story.

In Sun Yi's view, "Assembly Number" can be regarded as a good movie in any case, opening a new chapter in Chinese war-themed films.

Especially in the theme of the civil war, it abandons the traditional heroism and romanticism, and restores the cruelty and absurdity of war. It does not praise or even criticize, but tells a story of extreme cruelty and confusion from a sober narrative perspective.

The story of that war, of that history, of humanity, is a big step forward.

In past movies, soldiers are hardworking and brave to sacrifice in order to obey the overall situation.

But Gu Zidi is not like this, he will question: "You are afraid of biting to death, we are not afraid of biting to death?" ”

In past war films, soldiers died for nihilistic ideals and doctrines and invisible people,

But in "Assembly Number", Jiang Maocai died for his visible brother, and Wang Jincun died for visible trust.

They didn't say a word of empty and beautiful nonsense.

The whole film not only questions the so-called sacrifice, but also affirms the value of sacrifice, which is definitely a milestone for the main theme of war.

At this time, Feng Xiaogang was still a very reliable cook.

But these have little to do with Sun Yi, he is now paying attention to the crew's stunt shooting, which he can learn.

I remember when I saw this film for the first time in my previous life, the shock in my heart was difficult to add.

Is this a movie that we can make in China?

There is a sense of déjà vu of "Saving Private Ryan".

"Assembly Number" uses the stunt team of the stick film "Tai Chi Flag Flying", and of course, there are also Chinese stuntmen in the crew.

Sun Yi has known one in the past few days.

"Shenghe~"

"Eh, uncle~"

Hearing this "uncle", Sun Yi patted his head helplessly.

I'm only 19 now, and I'm called Uncle Cheng, but this uncle's name makes sense, so he is helpless.

Sheng He's full name is Sun Shenghe, 20 years old this year, one year older than Sun Yi, his hometown is in Kuandian, he has been a soldier in the army for 4 years, this year because his father was paralyzed in bed by an accidental stroke, and his sister married away from home, leaving him as an only son, so he could only retire home and take care of his parents.

After 4 years of training in the army, I learned knowledge and increased my horizons, and after returning home, I didn't want to work like this for another life facing the loess with my back to the sky.

He is not lazy, he is also honest and diligent, and he was soon hired by the crew to become an extra, once filming an explosion scene, the explosives buried in advance were not exploded, and the professionals of the stunt team happened to be absent from the set, and he volunteered to eliminate the fault.

Later, I learned that he had been an engineer in the army for 4 years, specializing in playing explosives, and the assistant director learned that he was directly transferred to the blasting stunt team in Huaxia.

Sun Yi went to the stunt group to wander around when he had nothing to do for a while, and the stick was tightly covered, except for director Feng Xiaogang, no one else was allowed to go over to watch it, for fear of being stolen, and he was very stingy.

He could only come to the Huaxia stunt group, and he got acquainted with Sun Shenghe back and forth, and the two chatted and learned that each other was still their own family, a pair of genealogies, and they could be regarded as relatives who came out of the five suits.

Because Sun Yi spoke out in the capital in this life, he did not name him according to his generation, and his father was a generation of Xu characters, the same generation as Sun Sheng and his grandfather.

He heard that Sheng and his father had suffered a stroke and were bedridden at home, so he took the time to visit and left a sum of money.

After that, Sheng He called him uncle when he met.

"Is there a big task today?"

"It's done, there are a total of 4 fields, 16 groups of explosives, and they are all set."

Sun Yi leaned into Sheng and whispered:

"How's that gang of sticks?"

"It's okay, it's pretty powerful, but they're different from what I played in the army, he should have added something extra to the explosives, it looks fierce, the fire, the smoke and dust are very big, and the actual power is much smaller than the real guys in the army."

"This is a movie, you want to use real guys, do you want to play to death for us actors?"

After listening to this, Sheng He was a little embarrassed for a while, scratching his head and smirking.

"Do you like this?"

"I like it, I play this every day in the army, I've been home for almost a year, and I'm holding it back."

You're like an explosive maniac.

However, it's a talent.

Sun Yi wrapped his arms around Sheng He's shoulder.

"You study hard, and when the time comes, I'll take you out to make a film, and we'll do this scene too."

When Sheng He heard this, he could still play with explosives in the future, his eyes lit up, and the chickens nodded frequently like eating rice.

"Yes, uncle."

Sun Yi was chatting with Sheng He when he suddenly heard someone calling him over there.

"Sun Yi, Sun Yi, come here, the producer is looking for you."

Producer, what are you looking for me?

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