Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 55 The boss is here
On the afternoon of June 6, Fan Bingbing was shot by several arrows and fainted in a pool of blood, completing all his scenes.

"Bingbing has finished filming." Li Qiutang led the applause. She was the first of the four main actors in "No One" to finish filming.

The assistant director gave her flowers. She held the flowers, still in her costume, and smiled, "Thank you, everyone, for your hard work."

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "Do you want to pull out the arrows in your body before talking? It's bleeding and there are so many arrows stuck in your body. It's scary." Fan Bingbing's upper body was now covered with thorns like a hedgehog.

"No, this is the medal I got for filming this scene." Fan Bingbing smiled, but still asked the staff to pull out all the arrows in his body.

"Thank you all for your hard work. I'm leaving now." Fan Bingbing bowed slightly to all the staff members, waved her hand, and left. She had other crews to catch up with.

After Fan Bingbing finished filming, there were only two scenes left in Hengdian for "No One in My Eyes", one big and one small. The big one was Cheng Xiazi breaking into Yuwen Mansion alone, and the small one was Ni Yan filing a complaint.

The crew decided to film Ni Yan's complaint first, leaving time for props and set-up, and to redecorate the Yuwen Mansion.

Because Li Qiutang and Cao Dun had to shoot this scene in black and white, Li Qiutang asked the martial arts director to design a flaming sword for Cheng Xiazi. The orange-yellow color of the flame would be more dazzling and better looking in the black and white picture!

As for the flaming sword, Li Qiutang plans to actually shoot it.

In the original fight scene of "Arrogant", the knife was on fire, but the fire dragon that was swung out used special effects. Li Qiutang did not intend to use it, and he asked the martial arts director to find a way to solve it. The martial arts director took Zhao Wenzhuo to rehearse over and over again, and came up with solutions over and over again.

In the end, no one knows which genius came up with the idea, but they got inspiration from low-temperature candles and added appropriate adhesives, allowing the actors to more easily swing out a better-looking fire dragon. The flame temperature is not high, only about 30 to 50 degrees, so safety is guaranteed.

Li Qiutang took some time off from the set to come over and watch the results of Zhao Wenzhuo and the others' practice. The results were really spectacular, so Li Qiutang joked, "Practice a few more times, and you can go out and perform on the street. Others can spit wine and fire, but you can do this."

There is only one move that I still haven't mastered. After Cheng Xiazi kills someone with a flaming knife, he has to swing the knife very coolly to extinguish the flames. Zhao Wenzhuo said, "I almost dislocated my arm from swinging it so hard. I can only succeed two or three times out of ten."

Li Qiutang said: "I think it will take another two days for me to be ready, but it will be quicker for you."

The production director praised the upcoming fight scene to Wang Zhonglei, and Wang Zhonglei finally came to Hengdian on the day of shooting.

"I came to see the show. Lao Qi said this is the best scene in the whole show, so I must come."

Wang Zhonglei already knew that Li Qiutang wanted to shoot the fight scene in black and white. His first reaction was to oppose it, but he later changed his mind and thought he could give it a try to see the effect.

Cheng the Blind breaks into Yuwen Mansion alone. There are four fighting scenes in total. The first three are divided into the three courtyards of Yuwen Mansion, with a fight in each courtyard. These three scenes were shot in black and white. Finally, he enters the inner hall of Yuwen Mansion, fights a fierce battle with Yuwen Ying and his confidants, and successfully kills Yuwen Ying.

It was not until Wang Zhonglei arrived at the scene that he realized that the black and white that Li Qiutang was talking about was not the black and white he understood. Li Qiutang did not use the black and white of old movies, but boldly used black and white in his art style.

Sure enough, Li Qiutang would not be so bold as to provoke the audience.

However, this kind of artistic style is quite bold for a young director.

In order to achieve this black and white effect, Li Qiutang requested that this drama be shot in snow.

It was extremely hot in Hengdian in June. In order to create the snow scene, the crew bought two tons of fertilizer!

There is no way, the grease is too expensive and the crew of "No One in My Heart" can't afford it.

The result was that the place was stinking! And it was a pungent smell!
But that’s how filming works. If the conditions aren’t there, you have to find ways to create them. As long as you can achieve the desired filming effect, you have to use all possible means.

But the scene really stinks.

"Come on, let's shoot quickly." Li Qiutang came out of the set and sat back in the director's booth. "Set preparation, 3-2-1, record."

This should be the first time that Wang Zhonglei saw Li Qiutang filming. Although he was not very old, he was really good in the crew. He directed all kinds of work to cooperate with him, and everyone listened to him. He was not sidelined by the producer or supervisor.

Wang Zhonglei spent three days in Hengdian, not only watching Li Qiutang filming, but also watching some pre-filmed footage. From now on, the action scenes, which are the biggest selling point of "No One in My Eyes", satisfy him.

Of course, Wang Zhonglei came not only to visit the set and inspect the work, but also to solve problems!
The difficulty is that the crew of "No One" is running out of money.

Huayi announced that it invested 3000 million yuan in "No One in Despair", but Li Qiutang actually only received 2200 million yuan. From the preparation to now, the money has been almost spent. According to the estimation of the production director, the remaining money can at most support Li Qiutang to finish filming in Hengdian and then move to Western Studios. When he goes to Western Studios, there will be no money to start filming "No One in Despair".

Wang Zhonglei knew that young directors like Li Qiutang were not so obedient and easy to deal with.

Wang Zhonglei made a malicious guess. If he were Li Qiutang, he would try every means to overspend on "No One" as his first film in collaboration with Huayi!

One possibility is to make money for myself, and the other is to show my attitude to the company: I will not let you control me. If you want me to finish the filming, you have to pay me more.

Wang Zhonglei did not refuse the crew's request for additional investment, but he did not agree immediately either. He first found the cashier and financial officer of the crew and personally inquired about the crew's expenses.

But he soon put financial matters aside because he confirmed one thing: Li Qiutang implemented strict alcohol control on the set of "Arrogant" and even assigned someone to supervise.

Wang Zhonglei has worked on dozens of film crews, big and small, and has never seen a crew that prohibits alcohol!

"No need to look at it, just for this reason, I will invest the money." Wang Zhonglei showed the likable appearance of an open-minded boss.

The crew of "No One" was of course very happy to get the boss's promise.

However, in a corner where no one knew, Wang Zhonglei hinted to Li Qiutang that he should pay part of the money himself to "advance and retreat together" with the company.

This is a bit of a hooligan!

I'm filming for your company, and you want me to pay?!
It is the director’s working principle not to use his own money to make movies.

Besides, Li Qiutang didn’t ask for much, just 1000 million. Huayi wouldn’t ask the director to contribute even a share of the 1000 million.

In fact, Li Qiutang did not invest because of risks.

He enjoyed filming "No One" and felt that the quality would be good, but he couldn't grasp the pulse of today's audiences!

Although costume action movies are very popular nowadays, "No One in My Eyes" was, after all, derived from an online movie and has undergone his own subversive adaptation. He doesn't know whether the audience will like it.

Is "Sword Rain" not good? How much did it sell for?

But Huayi wants the director to share the 1000 million with him, which is a bit stingy.

But after all, it was only 1000 million. Although Wang Zhonglei hinted that Li Qiutang should also contribute some, he did not insist too much and just said that he would go back to the company and think about it carefully.

　No matter who you work with, it won't be smooth sailing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)