I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 165 Conquering the Entire Crew

Nortel, Office of the Dean.

"Let me be the supervisor?"

Zhang Yimou sat on the sofa, holding a cup of tea in his hand, looking at his old classmates in front of him with some disbelief.

I haven't even had a sip of the tea yet and you're already telling me the result.

He couldn't come up with this idea, right?

"Yimou, don't get excited!"

Zhang Huijun also knew that it was difficult to ask Zhang Yimou to do such a thing, but he still had to say what he should say: "Look, the school finally produced a student director, and you have seen the work, which is so well done. Beijing Film Academy must want to promote it well!"

"The TV and Film Department at the Central Academy of Drama is doing very well, and many of its graduates have won many awards at film festivals!"

"In the past two years, the number of students in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy has been snatched away by the Central Academy of Drama!"

As the dean, Zhang Huijun was obviously worried, but what did it have to do with Zhang Yimou? !
"Old Zhang, was this idea proposed by this kid Chen Jin?"

Zhang Yimou said this pointedly, and Zhang Huijun's tone stagnated: "You... why did you think of him?"

Isn’t this an artist from your studio?
You ask me instead?

“He invested in this movie!”

Zhang Yimou couldn't think of who else would think of letting him be the producer.

He had never done anything like this in his life.

Therefore, people in the circle will never mention it at all.

"It was mainly Xiao Guo who came to ask me to think of a solution. Xiao Guo did say it casually about the production..."

Zhang Huijun was talking there.

But in fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that when someone says something casually, they are actually doing it on purpose.

rinse~~
Zhang Yimou drank a sip of tea, and after a few seconds of silence, he smiled and said, "Isn't that Chen Jin's doing? How dare Xiao Guo do that? Okay, don't worry about it, I'll ask Chen Jin!"

"Lao Zhang, there's nothing wrong with being a producer. Let Chen Jin give you some!"

Zhang Huijun said this half jokingly and half seriously.

As an old classmate, he knew something about the situation between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping.

"Stop it!"

"It's hard to deal with this if interests are involved. My partners will also have some ideas!"

Zhang Yimou put the teacup on the table, then stood up and said, "Okay, I'll leave first. Call me if you need anything!"

"You... wait a little longer!"

"Zhang Li will be here soon!"

"Ok?"

Zhang Yimou frowned: "What is he doing here? Didn't he just start the machine?"

Zhang Li bought the TV rights to "The Flowers of War", and the three of them shared a dormitory.

"What you said, if you can come, why can't he come?"

"His movie investment is so huge, he must come to Beijing Film Academy to recruit some people, right?"

Zhang Li also just started shooting a centenary tribute film "The Revolution of 1911" last month. The investment is huge and the cast is unprecedented. It can be regarded as a film in which China Film Group competes with China Film.

Rumor has it that Cheng Long was a little angry because he didn't get a role in "The Founding of a Party", so he decided to direct one himself.

In fact, this is a rumor.

Cheng Long rejected the invitation from China Film Corporation and wanted to invest in a main-theme film himself to express his deep patriotism.

Moreover, what is very coincidental is that on the occasion of the centenary, this is also Jackie Chan’s 100th film.

Double hundred ecstasy.

Therefore, for the movie "The Revolution of 1911", he was given the title of chief director and the leading male role, and invited Zhang Li, the director with the best reputation in domestic TV dramas, to assist in co-production, and also brought in partners such as Radio, Film and Television, Changchun Film Studio, and Huaxia Film Group!

When Zhang Li heard about this lineup, he was obviously excited, and he and Cheng Long hit it off immediately.

He has filmed several dramas that have received rave reviews across the entire network but have poor ratings, such as "Republic" and "Ming Dynasty"... The ratings were not good, but the dramas were definitely good.

Finally, the movie "The Road of Life Is Long" directed by him last year became a hit. Zhang Li, who graduated from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy and has always been involved in the Beijing circle, wants to make movies. The whole circle is actually very clear about his desire to make movies.

His classmate Gu Changwei had already made a comeback as a director, so how could Zhang Li not have any ideas?

In fact, he has another identity - the photographer of Feng Xiaogang and Lao Ye. He was the photographer of "Big Shot", "Night Banquet", "A World Without Thieves", as well as "Red Cliff" which was released last year!
With such rich experience in blockbuster photography and directing, and the support of the entire Beijing circle, Zhang Li is full of confidence in his upcoming mega-investment movie.

Everyone has seen the box office record of "Founding of a Republic", so the main theme is very popular with investors nowadays, as if it can become popular with a big production and a big-name star lineup.

The cast of "Xinhai" is only slightly worse than that of "The Founding of a Party", but the lead actor is Jackie Chan, which is why all investors are optimistic about this blockbuster.

Last month's launch conference once surpassed the popularity of "The Founding of a Party", mainly because the casting of "The Founding of a Party" disappointed netizens; unlike "Xinhai", the casting of Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Datou and Li Laoer was praised by the whole network.

The use of young actors is the biggest drawback of "The Founding of the Party". In fact, Huang Jianxin also had concerns in this regard, but there was no way. In the era of 1911, many people were indeed young people.

Unlike "Xinhai", those roles had to be played by veteran actors and senior actors.

"Listen to him!"

When Zhang Yimou heard that Zhang Li was coming, he had to leave.

Zhang Huijun didn't know that Zhang Weiping and Zhang Li were secretly trading the copyright of Jinling, and Zhang Yimou didn't want to tell him for fear of ruining their friendship.

"'The Founding of the Party' gave each actor a symbolic salary, but 'Xinhai' didn't pay a cent. It adopted the Hollywood box office sharing system!"

"The investment will not exceed 5000 million..."

After saying this, Zhang Yimou refused Zhang Huijun's retention and walked out of the office.

The so-called box office sharing system is a very popular method of making movies in Hollywood.

Jackie Chan is currently very popular in Hollywood, so he brought this "advanced" model to China, that is, actors perform without pay, and regard the pay as an investment in the film. After the movie is released and the box office reaches the expected level, the actors can participate in the dividends.

The actors of "Harry Potter" also signed this kind of cheating clause. The global box office was over 10 billion US dollars, but in the end Warner said it did not meet expectations and suffered heavy losses, up to 2 million US dollars...

The Americans are the best at having fun.

If someone dared to do this in China, the tax bureau would come to your door the next day.

"Xiao Pang, when will Chen Jin finish filming in Changsha?"

After getting in the car, Zhang Yimou couldn't help but ask Pang Liwei.

"Let me ask Xiao Pu. He said before that it would be on the 13th, and then he would go to the China Film Studio's film and television base next month!"

Pang Liwei was talking on the phone with Pu Lun.

His expression suddenly became strange as he said, "Tomorrow, Changsha will be finished shooting today!"

"what's the situation?"

Zhang Yimou was a little slow to react: "So many days in advance?"

"Xiao Pu doesn't know the situation either. Chen Jin told her!"

"Is the Third Master in charge of Changsha?"

Although Zhang Yimou did not want to get involved in "The Founding of a Party", he still knew something about it. After all, his own artist played an important role in it.

It's normal to be concerned.

"Yes, San Ye is in charge of Changsha. He has directed similar movies before!"

"There's something going on here, there must be something going on!"

The shooting was announced to end so many days in advance, either because of the progress or the actors... Zhang Yimou felt it should be the latter.

But he obviously would not have thought that it was Chen Jin who sped up the filming progress of the crew.

Because he had never seen the one played by Chen Jin.

"Wait for him to come back!" "Let him come to me first!"

Zhang Yimou originally wanted to ask Pang Liwei to make a phone call and ask, but now that he is back, it would be better to ask in person.

"it is good!"

Pang Liwei responded and drove towards the studio.

……

On the other side, the last scene of "The Founding of the Party" in Changsha.

boom!
Pan Yuemin pushed open the door of the normal dormitory and shouted anxiously: "Hey, did you hear it? People are protesting outside!"

Yuan Shikai signed the humiliating Twenty-One Demands with Japan.

wow——

Chen Jin suddenly sat up from the bed, holding a book, his brows furrowed and his expression cold.

He did not get out of bed immediately and rush out with Pan Yuemin and the others. Instead, he sat there thinking, with an increasingly solemn expression on his face.

"Pass!"

Han Sanpin smiled and shouted, the 10-day shoot was completed in less than 5 days.

This progress is indeed fast.

But everyone in the crew was actually very happy.

The film set is actually a very interesting place.

Actors who are not good at acting and are not serious, even if you are the male or female lead, or everyone knows that you are a relative, they will be polite to you at the beginning, but after a long time of filming, even if someone greets you with a smile in person, they are actually very annoyed with you behind your back.

A lot of the negative information and revelations were secretly leaked by these people.

Because the crew members work intensively for more than ten hours, the scenes that you have to reshoot over and over again but cannot pass means that they will finish work late, thus delaying their few sleep times.

At the same time, if the leading actors perform badly, they will also feel that their work is of little value, because if their crew produces a hit drama, they may get a salary increase when they go to the next crew in the future, regardless of the type of work they do, such as photography, makeup, costumes, lighting, etc.

As for those actors who you just started to work with and are not known to others, if they are polite, have good professional skills and are able to endure hardships, within a few days, all the staff will greet you with a smile, and... will be eager to work with you again.

Watching the actors perform on the spot will make the crew members, even a small stagehand, feel that time flies by quickly, and feel proud and valuable as a part of a good drama crew.

This will make you respect the actors more, even if no one knows you when you first join the crew.

This is what Chen Jin is like today.

Han Sanping's team goes without saying, but the only two people who can conquer everyone are him and Li Xuejian.

"Dinner party tonight!"

"We'll go home tomorrow!"

Han Sanpin was speaking loudly.

"Oh oh oh~~~"

The whole crew was in harmony and everyone was shouting loudly.

The shoot was relaxing, we finished work early, and then we had dinner together on the last night. What could be more enjoyable than this?
Many people are still not satisfied.

Because watching Chen Jin filming is really a pleasant and touching experience.

"Brother Jin, can we take a photo together?"

"Brother Jin, I want to hug you!"

"Brother Jin~~"

One by one, the crew members came up to talk to Chen Jin or take photos with him, and some girls even hugged him. Mainly, he was still in costume, so the sense of immersion was very strong.

When a drama becomes popular and is posted online, it actually all serves as traffic.

After dealing with the crew gently, Chen Jin came to the dressing room.

The next filming location is the Huairou Film and Television Base in the imperial capital, a temporary filming location of Peking University in the Republic of China built by China Film. Filming will not start until next month, and the director will be Taro Lukawa as expected.

"Brother Jin, you don't look like yourself at all after taking off your makeup!"

"How do you manage to switch so freely?"

Pan Yuemin looked at Chen Jin carefully, and it was indeed difficult to overlap him with the male lead. In fact, Chen Jin deliberately switched back to his usual appearance.

If he really were to act, his temperament would be immediately highlighted.

But there is no need for this. Actors are still there to serve the roles. They cannot be like Teacher Gu Le, who has become the shadow of that person in real life.

But it’s everyone’s choice. It’s good for him to be a special actor at his age.

At Chen Jin's age, it is time for him to strive hard and he should not be constrained by his special type.

After walking out of the dressing room chatting and laughing with Pan Yuemin, Chen Jin saw a pretty figure standing there, looking at her phone.

"You didn't go to the dinner?"

Chen Jin glanced at Li Wei.

"Waiting for you~~"

Li Wei said this sweetly. Pan Yuemin, who was standing next to him, winked wildly and left tactfully.

"Hey~~"

Chen Jin has had quite a few rival scenes with Pan Yuemin these days.

This is a pretty good actor.

Because of this, after Chen Jin knew some things about his future, she couldn't have a serious conversation with him.

His wife Dong Jie is much more popular than him now.

He also played an important figure in "The Founding of a Party" and had a lot of scenes; he just had a child a few years ago, and the two of them seem to be very loving now, and Pan Yueming also talked about it with him.

But if nothing unexpected happened, brother Dazhi should have stood up and kicked.

"Would you mind giving him some artillery helmets when you can?"

Chen Jin couldn't help thinking, it was rare for Li Yan to see Chen Jin so silent: "What's wrong, my dear teacher?"

“The shoot is over, a little sad!”

Chen Jin was talking nonsense, but unexpectedly Li Xiao hummed, and his mood was a little low: "Yeah, me too, it feels like time flies so fast..."

"..."

Women are always so sentimental. Chen Jin regretted saying what she just said.

"Don't think too much, everything will be fine when we get to the next crew!"

Chen Jin picked up the phone, but Li Wei said, "Well, luckily you're still here!"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Chen Jin beside her, with some expectation in the corner of her eyes.

But Chen Jin was sending a message, so it seemed like he didn’t hear it?

Or was it intentional?
Li Xun blinked. Chen Jin indeed didn't hear it because he saw the message Guo Xun sent him.

"Dean Zhang hasn't figured it out yet?"

"Lao Mouzi is such a stubborn person..."

Chen Jin raised his head and looked at the crew vehicle not far away. There was a man wearing a hat smoking and chatting happily with the photographer Lao Zhao.

Who else could it be if not Han Sanpin? !

"Has Master San finished watching the movie?"

Chen Jin thought about this and prepared to ask indirectly.

He had already sent him the master tape of "Love Is Not Blind" a few days ago, but the other party has not responded yet!

(End of this chapter)