Entertainment 1998

Chapter 529 528, Do you dare to take me?
After having breakfast in a cafeteria of Beijing Film Academy, Jiang Feng and Li Xing went to Huayi Brothers Media Company together.

As a producer, Li Xing had to ask Wang Zonglei, the previous producer, about the situation. How many actors were there in the crew? Who were they? What was the total budget of the film? How much of the budget had been spent so far in filming?

All these situations need to be understood, because as a director, Jiang Feng cannot say that he is shooting the movie "Big Shot" and the next budget is gone.

Jiang Feng’s mission was quite simple.

Up to now, "Big Shot" has been filmed halfway, and the video material is about 3 hours long. Jiang Feng must watch all the video material.

Because as a director, Jiang Feng needs to know which parts of the movie script have been filmed and can be used, and which parts have not been filmed or have been filmed but cannot be used...

He must have a clear idea about all of these, otherwise the next task cannot be carried out.

The person who accompanied Jiang Feng to watch the video materials was Ge You. This guy smiled a little embarrassedly when he met Jiang Feng at Huayi Brothers Media Company.

"Hey, Director, I drank a little too much last night, and I thought there was a girl at the Beijing Film Academy who looked a lot like my wife."

"Teacher Ge, what are you talking about?"

Before Ge You finished speaking, Jiang Feng looked confused.

"Um…"

Ge You wanted to say, don’t you know?

But in an instant, he understood what Jiang Feng meant. Jiang Feng was just giving him face and pretending not to know.

"Hey, it's nothing. I just drank too much last night. I wanted to ask you if I said anything nonsense."

"no!"

Jiang Feng shook his head and walked into the film viewing room.

[Lucy: Do you know Taylor?

You You touched his nose bridge and said: I know, a big-name director.

Lucy: Big shot, what do you mean?
Youyou: Big star.

Lucy: Did you know that he was coming to China to make a movie?

You You: I heard that he is going to remake "The Last Emperor".

Lucy: Is there something wrong with your nose?
Youyou puts down his hand. 】

Since it was just video footage without any editing or music, it looked a bit boring to others. However, Jiang Feng was watching it and taking notes seriously.

Make good records and mark next to the records, such as [this section can be used] or [cannot be used].

Jiang Feng watched the video very quickly, basically at three times the speed, because three hours of video material would take about four or five hours to watch, and Jiang Feng, who had hurriedly taken over the filming of this movie, did not have that kind of time.

Therefore, Jiang Feng could only look for video materials according to the movies in his memory, carefully watching those that could be used and quickly skipping those that were not needed.

And so, I was busy for the whole morning.

By the time of lunch at 12 noon, Jiang Feng already had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

Lunch was eaten at the restaurant downstairs. Since he had to go to see the filming location in the afternoon, Jiang Feng did not drink any alcohol. He simply ordered two stir-fried dishes and a bowl of mutton soup, which was enough for his lunch.

I thought that Ge You would accompany me on the rest of my trip in the afternoon, but Jiang Feng had just finished lunch and had not yet walked out of the restaurant when he saw Guan Xiulin waving at him while sitting in a business car.

"Hey, Director, here!

I'll take you to visit the filming locations."

...

I have to say that Wang Zonglei knows how to behave. Yesterday, when he was picked up at the airport, he took a Coaster, but Jiang Feng just said casually, "I don't like riding in a small car."

Today, the car that came to pick up Jiang Feng was changed to a Chrysler Voyager business car.

There weren't many people in the car.

Apart from the driver, there were Guan Xiulin and Jiang Feng.

Perhaps it was because they finally had a chance to be alone together, Guan Xiulin's smile was sweeter than the flowers. Not only did she sit down next to Jiang Feng, she also kept talking about the interesting things that happened during the filming of the movie "Big Shot" some time ago.

"Jiang Feng, do you know what the most interesting thing was when we were filming? It was when Ge Da Ye quit smoking. When we filmed the first scene, Ge Da Ye had quit smoking for two months. It can be said that he was at the most critical moment of completely stopping smoking and relapsing. Then, fat Fu Biao walked around in front of him every day with a cigarette.

They said they wanted to help him develop the strongest belief in quitting smoking, haha..."

"Jiang Feng, do you know that Uncle Ge can't speak English? In the clips of him speaking English in the video clips, he basically speaks one word at a time.

Sometimes, this even caused jokes. For example, one time when he went to the toilet, Uncle Ge forgot to bring paper, and the only foreigner with him was Donald Sutherland. So Uncle Ge shouted in the toilet, "hand, paper."

When Donald Sutherland heard him shouting, his face was full of disgust. He said, "Who are you, Ge You? You're nagging me when you're wiping my butt. Should I use my hands or paper? Haha..."

Perhaps because she had never encountered such a funny thing when filming in Hong Kong Island before, Guan Xiulin was laughing with her hands on her belly. Just as she was laughing, a silver Chrysler Grand Voyager arrived at the Forbidden City.

After the business car stopped, Jiang Feng got out of the car and looked at the magnificent building in front of him. He couldn't help but sigh, if I could travel back 20 years, I could probably shoot a movie in it.

But now, it seems that it is not working.

The movie "Big Shot" could only be filmed outside the Forbidden City, and the other scenes had to be shot in the Taimiao.

After expressing his feelings, Jiang Feng immediately got down to work, walking and inspecting various filming locations.

Meridian Gate Square is an important scene in the film. In the film, Taylor, played by Donald Sutherland, was filming "The Last Dynasty" in Beijing. The Meridian Gate Square of the Forbidden City was the base of the crew, and director Taylor's RV was parked here.

There is Quezuo Gate in Wumen Square. Here Youyou rides a motorcycle from the east side of Quezuo Gate to the west and enters Wumen Square.

Outside the east gate of the Forbidden City, You You rode a motorcycle from the Wumen Square where the crew was stationed, and rode from south to north under the red wall outside the east gate of the Forbidden City. On You You's left was the Wumen West Wing Tower.

The East Alley of the Forbidden City. Taylor had no inspiration for filming in the film. It was here that he discussed with Lucy and Youyou who were following him whether the emperor's life was a tragedy or a comedy.

...

While recalling the plot in the movie script, Jiang Feng surveyed the filming location that Feng Kuazi had already decided on. Feeling that it was pretty good, Jiang Feng ticked the script for filming;

If he felt that some scenes could be discussed further, he would circle them on the script; if he felt that they were really not feasible, Jiang Feng would just cross them out. There was nothing else he could do, as each director had his own ideas and some things could not be forced.

In this way, Jiang Feng was busy until 6 o'clock in the evening, when he finally finished the entire investigation. He sat back in the business car and looked at the records he had made. Jiang Feng felt that it was almost done, so he sent a text message to Wang Zonglei.

[Mr. Wang, the crew will officially start filming at 7:30 tomorrow morning.]

Wang Zonglei replied quickly, as if he was waiting for Jiang Feng's text message.

[Director Jiang Feng, awesome!]

I thought you would be able to take over this movie in two days? ! 】

[Well, don't worry, I have already greeted the actors and staff in the crew, and everyone will do their best to cooperate with you in directing this film. ]

〔OK, thanks.〕

Seeing Wang Zonglei's statement, Jiang Feng closed his phone and prepared to rest his eyes. He felt a little tired today, but at this moment, his phone suddenly vibrated.

[How about you take me tonight? ]

After seeing the text message, he turned to look at Guan Xiulin who was sitting next to him, but at this moment, she lowered her head shyly.

(End of this chapter)