Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 468 You Do It...

Early in the morning on the 13th, Xu Chen had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then took a taxi to today's shooting location, the "Ancient City" shooting area of Huairou Film and Television Base.

"Huairou Film and Television Base" is also considered to be a very influential film and television shooting location in China.

Because it is very close to the center of Beijing, it became the favorite filming location for Beijing film and television companies in the 1990s and 2000s.

"The Mansion Gate", "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "The Warlords", as well as later "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Legend of Miyue", etc., were all filmed at the Huairou Base.

This place was originally built in the 90s as the "Feitian Film and Television City", which was expanded in the past two years and has become the current "Huairou Film and Television Base."

Today, an assistant director from the Baidu project production team contacted Xu Chen in advance by phone.

Following the instructions, Xu Chen took a taxi and arrived at the tall archway entrance of "Xingmei Jinsheng Film and Television City".

As soon as I got out of the taxi, a girl wearing a pocket overalls and a walkie-talkie on her chest came over:

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Xu?"

"I'm Xu Chen."

"Hello, Mr. Xu. I'm the assistant director Hu Jiahui who contacted you by phone. You can just call me Jiahui."

The assistant director had dark skin and looked like he often worked on location in the wind and sun.

"Teacher Amy is already on the set, and is still preparing for filming...

Let’s go this way.”

Hu Jiahui took Xu Chen and entered the film and television city through the main entrance.

The guard glanced at the work badge on Hu Jiahui's chest and did not stop her.

A sightseeing electric car was already waiting inside the gate, and Xu Chen got on it.

"Our filming area is at 'Ming and Qing Street'. We'll be there soon."

……

In fact, you just turn a corner and enter the "Ming and Qing Street" area.

All you can see are replicas of the streets and lanes of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which makes you feel like you are traveling through time and space. You can also see many familiar scenes from movies and TV series.

There weren't many people along the way.

The film and television city also charges admission to welcome visitors, but perhaps because it has just been expanded and has not yet been officially opened to the public, no tourists were seen.

I only ran into a crew filming a movie in an ancient mansion, but I didn't take a closer look to see what the movie was or whether there were any big stars...

After walking around for a while, we arrived at the shooting area of the Baidu project.

The crew set up four large tents in the rented shooting area.

About a dozen actors had already put on their makeup and were resting next to the "city wall" where they were going to be filmed. Among them was a "foreign" actor in a tuxedo.

"Tang Bohu" is also very eye-catching. In fact, when we were looking for an actor in the early stage, we deliberately found someone who was somewhat similar to Zhou Xingchi in image.

For the post-production dubbing, Zhou Xingchi’s exclusive dubbing artist Shi Banyu will be directly contacted.

This generation of netizens have all experienced the golden age of Hong Kong movies in the 90s, and they all have some filters and emotional impressions of Zhou Xingchi.

The use of Zhou Xingchi's Tang Bohu's image in this advertisement is naturally for resonance and communication...

Inside a tent, five or six staff members were busy working together.

Xu Chen saw Sun Amy from a distance, holding a script and communicating with the photographer.

In the crowd, there was a tall and thin girl, holding a walkie-talkie and giving orders.

She turned around and saw Hu Jiahui bringing Xu Chen over, so she quickly put down what she was doing and came out to greet them with a smile:

"Hello, Mr. Xu, I'm Bayu."

Director Bayu has a high ponytail, high cheekbones and nose bridge, wheat-colored skin, and a pair of long almond-shaped eyes.

She didn't wear any makeup, but her facial features were delicate and beautiful.

I already knew during the conference call that the other party was of mixed Han and Mongolian descent. Now that I see him in person, I can still clearly see the facial features of a minority ethnic group.

Xu Chen stretched out his hand and shook it:
"Hello, Director. I'm Xu Chen!"

When Sun Amy saw the "boss" coming, she also walked over obediently.

Xu Chen and Bayu exchanged a few words of greeting before saying:

"Director, please hurry up and don't bother to call me.

If you need my help, just call me anytime."

Bayu looked apologetic, but nodded and continued:

"We are currently debugging the equipment and rehearsing the movements. We will be able to start filming in about 20 minutes.

If you see anything inappropriate, please tell Jiahui at any time, she will give us feedback and we will adjust it immediately. "

Xu Chen smiled and said:
"Don't worry, I will definitely tell you if I see any problems."

Bayu smiled and turned to Hu Jiahui and said:
"Jiahui, take Mr. Xu to the surveillance rest area first. Party A's client should be here soon."...

The director went back to work.

Sun Amy greeted Xu Chen and went back to work on the storyboard.

Xu Chen couldn't sit still, so he wandered around the busy crew and took the opportunity to take a look at the actors' costumes.

This film emphasizes creativity and does not pursue exquisite pictures or elegant style. The key to its success or failure lies in the acting skills and performance of these actors.

Xu Chen had not participated in the actor interviews before, but he watched the audition videos carefully, especially the actors who played the leading roles of Tang Bohu and the foreigner, all of whom were carefully selected by "Little Mr. Xu".

……

After a while, two sightseeing buses drove over slowly, and a group of seven or eight people got off.

Xu Chen turned around and saw Zhao Ling and Miao Xiaoyu from Baidu, and he knew that they were the client's group.

The person in the crowd, being served by Zhao Ling, was Li Yanhong's wife, Melissa Ma Dongmin, the boss lady of Baidu.

Ma Dongmin is petite and wore a black suit. She walked at the front of the crowd and looked very imposing.

It also fits the gossip on the Internet. She actually looks a bit like Ma Yun from Hangzhou...

Here, Xu Chen and director Bayu have already greeted them warmly.

Zhao Ling quickly helped introduce:

“This is Melissa Ma, Vice President of Baidu Group.

This is Mr. Xu Chen from Dongchen Advertising, and this is Director Bayu..."

Ma Dongmin smiled gently and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xu Chen and Bayu respectively.

After a brief greeting, he turned his attention to Xu Chen:
"Mr. Xu... looks so young!"

A very unexpected expression.

Xu Chen joked:
"To serve an innovative Internet company like Baidu, we naturally need young and energetic ideas."

It seems that he was talking about creativity in an evasive way, but it was also a double entendre.

He did not deliberately explain his "youth", but he also cleverly addressed the confusion and doubts that might be hidden in his words.

Ma Dongmin was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily.

Xu Chen's simple reply was light yet appropriate, and it left a very good first impression on Ma Dongmin.

The director's intercom rang.

She looked back and said:

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Xu, we are about to start filming.

The three of you can just go to the monitoring lounge. There will be two assistant directors there, so just give them any feedback you have.”

Zhao Ling: "Teacher Bayu, just go and do your work."

Bayu nodded, turned around and trotted away.

……

The shooting area has already been scheduled, and Xu Chen, accompanied by two leaders from Party A, sat in the rest area.

Xu Chen originally wanted to find some topics to talk about and get closer to the lady boss of Baidu, but he had already noticed that Melissa was a very serious person at work.

Since he knew who was the person, Mr. Xu didn't bother pretending to be polite.

Ma Dongmin picked up the shooting script on the table and looked at it, while Xu Chen very naturally talked about some key points of today's shooting.

He did not go into detail about the shooting process, execution plan, etc. After all, as the vice president and the boss's wife, Ma Dongmin would not really pay attention to too many trivial execution details.

What Xu Chen was actually talking about was the strategic and core-oriented thinking of this commercial.

For example, why such a creative form was chosen, the settings and symbolic meanings of Tang Bohu, foreigners, and the audience, and the clever implantation of several major selling points in Baidu searches, etc.

After all, I had never reported or proposed to Ma Dongmin face to face before, so I took this opportunity to sell the manuscript again and reach a consensus on the strategy.

The strategic thinking behind it is actually quite complicated, but Xu Chen still managed to explain it succinctly.

Basically, the key to the problem can be pointed out in two or three sentences.

Ma Dongmin listened carefully without saying a word.

After Xu Chen had finished speaking, Ma Dongmin closed the script in his hand and said:

"very good!"

She only said three words, then turned her head to look at Zhao Ling behind her, as if she was exchanging some information with her through her eyes.

Xu Chen was a little confused and just smiled.

Ma Dongmin cleared his throat and said to Zhao Ling:

"Did you hear what Mr. Xu just said?

If Robin still has questions, just repeat to him exactly what Mr. Xu just said!
He studies technology every day, what does he know about marketing and promotion?!
According to the plan he chose, this wave of promotion would be a pure waste of money!"

Ma Dongmin's words were sharp and he did not give any face to Baidu's founder Robin Li.

Zhao Ling smiled apologetically but did not dare to speak in return.

Xu Chen understood in his heart that it turned out that it was still related to Robin Li Yanhong.

After all, in the previous project competition, Li Yanhong chose the proposal from another company.

But after Zhao Ling showed the plan to Ma Dongmin privately, she changed it to Dongchen Advertising's plan.

Maybe privately, Baidu boss Robin Li still doesn’t quite understand or is unconvinced.

But due to the tyranny of the boss lady Melissa, I had no choice but to accept it.

Ma Dongmin turned to look at Xu Chen again, and said with a serious expression:

"Our promotion at the beginning of the year is very important. In addition to the online advertising videos, we also have a series of actions.

Mr. Xu should also understand the project background...

Currently, the competition between Baidu and Google for the domestic search market has entered a positional battle and a war of attrition.

In the next six months to a year, we will basically know the outcome.”

When saying this, Ma Dongmin's tone still revealed obvious confidence.

After being reborn, Xu Chen naturally knew that it would not be long before Google, which had suffered setbacks in various aspects in the country, would announce its "withdrawal" from the domestic market.

In this battle for the top search engine, Baidu was indeed the winner, becoming one of the BAT big three Internet giants along with Tencent and Alibaba.

Unfortunately, a few years or even decades later, Baidu gradually fell behind due to the public opinion crisis over medical advertising and a series of business decision mistakes.

As a person who has been reborn, Xu Chen does not want to really get involved in the future of this Internet giant for the time being. After all, there is no clear benefit to him yet.

But you can build a relationship first, and then see...

Ma Dongmin continued:
"Boss Xu's idea is the key to our decisive battle!
So, don’t make any mistakes! "

Xu Chen also deliberately put on a serious look:
"It is an honor for me and Dongchen Advertising to be able to participate in this project of Baidu and personally experience this 'battle of the century' in the Chinese Internet world.

We will definitely do our best to contribute to the development of our own search engine!"

Mr. Xu is very good at things like supporting the main role and providing emotional value.

Although her words sounded a bit childish, it could be seen from Ma Dongmin's expression that the "boss lady" enjoyed it very much.

Ma Dongmin smiled with approval and said:

"Boss Xu, I feel relieved with your words!

I don't know much about advertising shooting, but I came here specially this time just because I'm afraid that you and the production team won't take it seriously.

After all, this commercial is so important to us.”

Xu Chen once again solemnly assured:

“Don’t worry, Mr. Ma, there will be no problem with the quality of the film, we will definitely do a good job.

And I am very confident about the spread of the film after it is released, it will definitely be a big hit!"

Ma Dongmin smiled approvingly, but turned to look at his subordinate Zhao Ling beside him.

Zhao Ling was obviously a little timid in front of Melissa. She just smiled and never said anything.

……

……

The filming proceeded step by step.

There are a lot of actor scheduling involved, so it is still very tiring.

With the boss of Party A present and Ma Dongmin having just given him some instructions, the supervisor Xu Chen naturally worked diligently.

He stared at the monitor meticulously and pulled assistant director Hu Jiahui to his side.

Even if there were some minor shooting deviations and opinions, Xu Chen asked the assistant director to feedback them through the intercom.

This was naturally done for the proprietress Ma Dongmin to see.

The assistant director was very cooperative, but he was probably a little speechless in his heart. After all, Mr. Xu was watching too closely...

Near noon, Ma Dongmin cleared his throat slightly.

Zhao Ling on the side understood and said:
"Mr. Xu, I'm sorry to bother you with the photoshoot this afternoon!
Melissa has a group meeting to attend."

Xu Chen smiled and said, "Boss Ma, Boss Zhao, rest assured, I will keep a close eye on it."

Ma Dongmin showed approval: "Director Xu is very serious and professional. I feel relieved to have you around!"

As he spoke, Ma Dongmin stood up.

Xu Chen put down his headphones and quickly sent Ma Dongmin and Zhao Ling out.

Walking to the sightseeing bus that came to pick people up, Ma Dongmin shook hands with Xu Chen again.

She smiled and said:
"I admire Mr. Xu very much. I wonder if he is interested in joining Baidu?"

She glanced at Zhao Ling beside her and said with a smile:
"You will be the vice president of marketing. Zhao Ling will report to you."

Xu Chen: “Ah?!”

Zhao Ling: (O_O|||)︴……

(End of this chapter)