The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 105 Action Guidance
Qian Zhuoqun said with a sad face: "Second Madam, we don't have that many carpenters."

Madam Gong Er said: "If there is no carpenter, then find a way to get one. Many villages in the east have joined my expedition this time. You should go and find a carpenter quickly."

Qian Zhuoqun muttered, "Even with so many light vehicles, there aren't enough musket soldiers."

Madam Gong Er: "So I have to ask my uncle to help me recruit blacksmiths and soldiers in those villages."

Qian Zhuoqun: “…”

Qian Zhuoqun was really at a loss for words. He had finally completed a light cart and thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but more light carts were still waiting for him, as well as more bird guns.

Okay, okay, after all, I am the only literate person in the rebel army, right?
Oh, when can I get some educated people to help me?
At this time, Yue Wenxuan was editing the video again.

In this battle between the rebels and the bandits, the number of people reached 500 to 500. If it were shown on a short video on Tik Tok, it would definitely be a luxurious production.

Yue Wenxuan used several cameras with different focal lengths, including overhead views of the battlefield, low-altitude views just overhead, and close-up views with the lens focused to the level of a person's face.

Now all he had to do was convert and process these shots, stitch them together, and then cut them into 1-2 minute short videos to play in episodes...

It's in operation.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

When I picked up the phone, it turned out to be the boss of Qiu Zhi Shen Guang calling.

Yue Wenxuan answered the phone with a smile: "Boss, do you have any new ideas? Are there any new models to promote?"

The boss said, uncharacteristically, "Mr. Yue, I'm here to introduce a friend to you."

Yue Wenxuan was surprised: "Huh?"

The boss said, "I have a friend who makes movies and wanted to contact you, but maybe you were too busy, or you had too many text messages on Douyin and didn't read them. He tried to contact you for two days but couldn't get through. He knew I was your partner, so he contacted you through me."

Yue Wenxuan was surprised: "Why would the filmmakers come to me?"

Boss: "I can't explain it clearly. Please open WeChat and we can set up a voice chat group. It will be easier to talk."

Yue Wenxuan opened WeChat and his boss pulled him into a multi-person voice chat.

A middle-aged man's voice rang out, "Hello, Mr. Yue. My name is Zhang. I'm a small-time director. I'm currently filming a film about ancient wars. After watching your film, Plastic World, I feel that your action design for war is very professional. The war scenes you filmed with plastic figures can be called a true reproduction of ancient war scenes. I would like to invite you to join my crew as an action director and help me design the war scenes. The compensation is guaranteed to be satisfactory."

"Huh?" Yue Wenxuan was stunned. How could I take this job? That was impossible! I knew nothing about war scene design.

He instinctively wanted to refuse...

But Director Zhang continued, "The film I'm about to shoot is based on an alternate history, and one of the characters is based on Qi Jiguang. Of course, there are no Japanese pirates in this alternate history, and this general based on Qi Jiguang is responsible for fighting bandits... I want to design a realistic and exciting battle."

Hearing what he said, Yue Wenxuan thought: Huh? Isn't the video I'm editing the subject he wants?

So, the so-called war action design actually just requires giving him a video and letting him shoot according to it. Thinking of this, Yue Wenxuan didn't refuse directly: "Director Zhang, to be honest, I'm working on a war scene in the plastic world. The theme happens to overlap with your scene."

"Huh?" Director Zhang was stunned. "This...what do you mean?"

Yue Wenxuan laughed: "I have made a lot of materials, but when I uploaded it to Tik Tok, many scenes were cut out and I could only put up part of it. Those extra parts..."

Director Zhang suddenly understood. "You mean you can sell me the extra footage? I can just shoot it as is, and I won't need any direction for the war scenes?"

"Yes!" Yue Wenxuan said with a smile, "That's exactly what happened. How about this, I'll show you a short clip first."

He took out the video of the rebel army suppressing the bandits, randomly cut out a small clip from it, and sent it to Director Zhang as discarded material that he didn't intend to use.

This video is incredible!
Director Zhang took a closer look and saw five hundred plastic figures attacking each other in a battle formation. From a bird's-eye view, he could see it all clearly.

Each little figure has different movements, and each little figure has lifelike details.

This special effects production...

The funds are burning, oh no, they are exploding!

Director Zhang watched for less than a minute and was completely shocked.

"Such...high quality..." Director Zhang was tempted: "Why not give me all the footage? If you only give me some clips...that would be a bit..."

Yue Wenxuan: "You are also in the industry, you should know that the job of action director has limited value. Even if you offer the highest salary in the industry, the income is not as much as I can make by posting a video on Tik Tok to use a shared bike. I am afraid that I can't even recoup the production costs."

Director Zhang was a little embarrassed. What he said was true. The remuneration for an action director is not high, or rather, the upper limit is not high. However, when posting videos on Tik Tok with shared photos of shared bikes, the upper limit is sky-high and it is not on the same level.

The battle between these 500 plastic men and 500 plastic men was so elaborate that I don't know how much the special effects production cost. The small reward I received as the action director was not even enough to cover the cost of just a few dozen seconds.

Yue Wenxuan: "I certainly can't sell you all of them. I'll give you some of the materials I don't need. You can use them and it won't conflict with my plastic world. I don't want a high reward either. Just think of it as recycling waste materials. Any money I can get is enough."

Director Zhang thought about it carefully: This is not bad. I can spend less budget on my side, but the materials I get are also top-notch.

The material is so clear that I only need to take out some clips from it and shoot them into my own movie. Then the war scenes will be the best in the country, and it will be no problem to beat the ancient war films of the same period.

"make a deal!"

"The contract will be sent over immediately."

Director Zhang was really a small director. He had little popularity in the industry and little funding, so he couldn't hire those well-known action designers. But after he got Yue Wenxuan's materials, his confidence suddenly increased.

Today, I, a small director, am going to be a big catfish in the film industry, hahahaha!
all!
Director Zhang took the one-minute clip Yue Wenxuan had just given him and started to act out the show. He yelled at his extras, "You guys, come over here... You guys, stand over there... The main character, you stand here... You'll do this... and then do this... Props, where are the props? Place a big rock here for me..."

(End of this chapter)