China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 570

"I see, okay, you are busy..."

Cao Xuan, who had just got on the bus from Xushi Airport, hung up the phone, couldn't help cursing, and Zhang Chong poked his head from the front seat.

"Boss, are you okay?"

"Sister Jiang called me and said that Jiao Enjun accepted the Japanese version of "The Love of Ghosts" and couldn't find time to act in "The Legend of Zhen Huan."

"The Love of Ghosts" is a classic Hollywood film. The Japanese Shochiku Film Company has obtained the copyright and wants to remake a Japanese version.

At the same time, Shochiku Films had great ambitions. It was not reconciled to only release in Japan, and intended to hit the Asian market, so it approached Jiao Enjun, who was popular in "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff".

Although the film may not be released in the mainland because of the "ghost", it is no problem for DVD and other markets.

Moreover, "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is very popular in Asia. Jiao Enjun is a familiar face in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea, which is more conducive to the promotion of the film.

At least in the view of Songzhu Yinghua, Jiao Enjun is much better than Song Seung Heon pushed by South Korea's Seagate.

Although the latter is a top Korean actor, he became popular in Asia with "Blue Life and Death" in his early years, but his popularity dropped greatly after enlisting in the army, and he just became popular in South Korea in the past two years.

With such popularity, compared with one of the two male protagonists of "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", which has dominated the Japanese box office market for two years, it obviously has no chance of winning.

In the end, Lao Jiao successfully won the role, and pushed the male lead of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" on the grounds of adapting to the role and learning Japanese.

"This……"

Zhang Chong didn't know how to comment, but Cao Xuan directly punctured Jiao Enjun's careful thinking.

"The fuck is getting used to Japanese, it's just that those women who watched "The Legend of Zhen Huan" are too difficult to deal with, so they found an excuse to slip away."

Cao Xuan massaged his temples with two fingers, feeling a little discouraged.

Before, he only thought about the luxurious lineup and made great efforts to gather stars, but he ignored that the lineup of female stars was too strong, which caused too much pressure on the male lead.

More importantly, there are things in the Second Palace.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" focuses on palace fights, and the roles the two have chosen do not have any intimate scenes, so there is no need to shy away too much during filming.

But the fight between the East and West Second Palaces in the key conference room was noticed by many people. Although the East and West Second Palaces calmed down when they returned home, they concentrated on supporting their disciples and younger sisters in their fights.

But in the eyes of outsiders, who knows if the two will compete in the crew, the gods will fight, and Chi Yu will be affected, especially the male lead.

The female stars in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" are already troublesome. Although Lao Jiao is popular enough, none of Fan Xiaopang is much worse than him.

Originally, he might not be able to suppress the situation, and with the addition of the East and West Palaces, the conflict has risen to another level, and even affected the boss's family affairs.

Lao Jiao was so insane that he accepted this scene and hid directly in Japan. The hero of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" could not be settled for a day, and he would never come back after being beaten to death.

"It's all old Liaozhai."

Cao Xuan sighed a little, Lao Jiao's running away, this role was held up.

Ordinary artists can't hold back the scene, and those who have enough weight to cast aside inappropriate ones, others either don't act in TV dramas, or they don't want to be involved in risks.

After all, acting is a trivial matter. If you offend a certain proprietress, blowing the pillow wind in Boss Cao's ear is equivalent to offending Fan Xing, a giant in the industry, and the gain outweighs the gain...

Not only Cao Xuan thought of this, but Zhang Chong, who had followed him for many years and honed his vision and thinking, also saw the embarrassment of this matter.

"Boss, besides you, I'm afraid no one else will dare to act."

"I?"

Cao Xuan's temples hurt even more. "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has more than 70 episodes. After filming this movie, he can't think about other things for at least half a year.

And the role of the male protagonist emperor is too miserable, he doesn't care about the scumbag, and in the end he was raped by several concubines, and then he was so angry that he was really aggrieved.

Besides, whoever said that he was always afraid of the fight between the East and the Second Palace, Cao Xuan was more afraid than him.

Lao Jiao can still run, he has no place to hide...

"Actually, acting in a TV series is quite good. You haven't acted in a TV series in six or seven years. In your words, you should be down to earth. A one- or two-hour movie is not as satisfying as dozens of TV series."

Zhang Chong didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and he couldn't help but invite Cao Xuan and Dongxi Ergong to play a Gongdou play together.

In his impression, Cao Xuan didn't seem to be acting with the East and West Palaces at the same time, plus a bunch of stars and actresses, tsk tsk, it would be too lively.

"Fuck off."

Seeing this guy gloating, Cao Xuan became angry, turned his head and said to Zhu Jiang who was driving.

"Old Zhu, keep an eye on this guy. If he gets out of the car and takes his left foot first, half a month's salary will be deducted."

Zhu Jiang has a rigorous personality and is impeccable: "What if he steps his right foot first."

Cao Xuan: "Then you will be detained for fifteen days."

Zhang Chong: "..."

Although his wages were deducted, Zhang Chong didn't take it seriously. His income and wages were only a small part, and it was nothing to him if he deducted half a month's bonus. pain.

So he also knew that Cao Xuan was not angry, so he continued to propose with a smile.

"I'm telling the truth, everyone is rushing to make movies now. In fact, TV dramas are also quite influential. Don't you want to make Penguin popular? No one else is more popular than you."

Putting aside the idea of ​​watching the excitement, Zhang Chong really wants to see Cao Xuan act in a TV series, which is also the wish of many movie fans.

As Cao Xuan's assistant, he would occasionally go undercover for fans to inquire about information and fan tendencies, and to know something about the situation.

Cao Xuan has a huge number of fans, and if there are too many people, it is easy to split. They can be divided into three categories: music fans, movie fans, and individual fans.

There are countless sub-categories under the category. For example, personal fans are divided into CP fans, career fans, beauty fans, physical fans, action fans, scumbag fans, patriotic fans, character fans, fans love houses and black fans, inspirational fans, video fans, and so on. Fans for life goals and so on.

The same is true for movie fans, all kinds of messy classifications.

There are those who like Cao Xuan’s appearance in film and television, some who like Cao Xuan’s figure, some who like film and television CP, some who love Cao Xuan as a villain, some who love Cao Xuan’s martial arts, and Balabala who appreciates Cao Xuan’s acting skills.

Among them, movies and TV series are also important categories.

The former is okay, Cao Xuan's focus is on this, it's nothing more than arguing about the subject matter or revitalizing the Chinese language or hitting Hollywood.

The latter used to be torn apart internally, but now there is only one wish, that is, Cao Xuan to act in a TV series, regardless of the subject matter, and even the waiting is a bit hopeless.

Fearing that Cao Xuan wouldn't believe it, Zhang Chong asked Cao Xuan to turn on the computer and searched for "Is Cao Xuan in a TV series today?" on Baidu Tieba.

"There is still this kind of post bar!? Does Baidu post bar have an unlimited number of characters in the name?"

Cao Xuan was stunned, this is such a stupid name, but he clicked in and saw that the popularity was not bad, and he was almost catching up with many celebrities' fan posts.
Later, he also found a brother post bar [Has Cao Xuan released an album today], which is more popular than the previous post bar, and it even seems to be one of his fan bases.

"Look, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Seeing that Cao Xuan was watching seriously, Zhang Chong asked proudly, Cao Xuan nodded: "There are indeed quite a few people."

"Are you planning to act in The Legend of Zhen Huan?"

"Lets see."

Cao Xuan was a little hesitant. Filming a TV series was a trivial matter. With his current status and popularity, no one thought he was old-fashioned even if he was acting in a web series.

However, the shooting time of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is indeed too long, which will disrupt many of his original plans. This is what he struggles with the most.

.........

The specific filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" will be postponed to next year, so it can be temporarily put aside. Cao Xuan still needs to shoot "Let the Bullets Fly" first.

Xuzhou Airport is not too far from the Fanxingzaoshi sub-base. If the journey goes well, it will take more than two hours.

After watching the movie, Cao Xuan came to the set of "Let the Bullets Fly".

He took three days off for this awards ceremony, but because he went back and forth to the capital, and the plane was delayed due to the weather, Xiao Xiao spent half the morning overtime. Although he had called to say hello, he still had to show his face when he came back.

Coincidentally, when he came, there was no filming on the set, Lao Jiang and the leading actors were discussing the script, seeing him coming in, Lao Jiang immediately imitated the tone of the master in the movie and shouted.

"When the best actor comes, our crew will be stable. When the best actor comes, this movie will be completed."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Seeing Lao Jiang teasing himself with his lines, Cao Xuan couldn't help but give him the middle finger, Lao Jiang didn't care, and called everyone to applaud.

"Welcome Actor Cao to return with honor, everyone chirping chirping."

clap clap-

Everyone was very face-saving, the applause was like thunder, Cao Xuan also put away his middle finger, and bowed slightly to express his thanks.

After a brief welcome ceremony, the others dispersed, and only a few main creators got together to chat. Uncle Ge gave Cao Xuan a thumbs up with a smile.

"We have all read the reports, the Chinese Grand Slam, the first one in the three places on both sides of the strait."

"I'm Wo Liheng. Mr. Ge is the best actor in Cannes, and Lao Jiang has won many awards abroad. Compared with you two, I am far behind."

"That's not true."

Lao Jiang was filled with righteous indignation: "You have won many foreign awards, right? The Grammys combined have broken through double digits. Many people have won the three major film festivals. With so many Grammys, Asians are all unique. one serving."

"Music is different from movies, you have to learn."

"You won the Chinese Grand Slam before you were 35 years old. It will be a matter of time for an international actor."

"I remember that Mr. Ge was only 37 years old when he won Cannes. It was even more remarkable."

"It's not as good as Director Jiang. He won the Hundred Flowers Best Actor award at the age of 24. He's a success at a young age."

The three of them were modest to each other at first, and then put aside the business together to brag about each other. They were happy to praise each other, but Liao Dao and the others next to them felt that their hearts were being stabbed crazily.

However, the producer next to him, Ma Ke, had a bright spot. The previous title of "Let the Bullets Fly" was the cooperation of the three best actors, and it was also one of the biggest gimmicks of this movie.

But today, the three of them praised each other for business, which made him realize that there is still room for digging into this gimmick.

There is not only one Best Actor among the three, the three Best Actors are a bit stingy, and it is more exciting to directly count the trophies.

Cao Xuan Golden Rooster, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, Huabiao, Hundred Flowers Grand Slam, a total of 5 trophies.

Director Jiang Wen has achieved even higher achievements, and the best actor trophies are not too many. He has only won Hundred Flowers Best Best Actor twice, a total of 2.

Uncle Ge is also a big producer of trophies, with Cannes, Golden Rooster and two Hundred Flowers, a total of 4 Best Actor trophies.

In addition, Shao Bin, who plays the second child, also has a gorgeous watch. Fan Xiaopang has just won the Golden Horse Best Actress, and has a total of 13 Best Actor and Best Actress trophies.

And these are all mainstream authoritative trophies. If you count all the other trophies with low gold content or not in the mainstream, you can't win 30.

Apart from other things, Cao Xuan's messy Best Actor Awards alone can't fall below double digits.

In the college student film festival [Best Actor] alone, Cao Xuan won three awards for "When a Man Is in Love", "New World" and "Painted Skin".

In addition, he won the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award for best actor with "New World", "Xiu Chun Knife 2" won a Singapore film festival best actor, "New Police Story" seems to have a Philippine best actor trophy, and he also won a Changchun film Festival Golden Deer actor.

Blockbuster or action films such as "Painted Skin", "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" and "Hurricane Rescue" series are not favored by film awards, but they have won several so-called Chinese or Asian film awards and other miscellaneous movie stars.

"Save Mr. My" won not only one Golden Horse Best Actor this year, but also two or three other Best Actors.

For some awards, Cao Xuan went to the scene to practice for the organizers, and he would record a VCR as a thank you.

Sometimes, Cao Xuan himself didn't even know that he had won an award. He didn't know that he had gained another Best Actor until he received the trophy from someone in the mail or through media channels.

These so-called film kings are too weak to show off, and Cao Xuan doesn't like to talk about it, but sometimes with these trophies, his "grand slam" is more convincing.

Marco didn't pay attention to these trophies, but the publicity can be used.

When the time comes, make a movie poster, the layout is divided into upper and lower, above are the half-length photos of the five main creators of "Let the Bullets Fly", with the three giants in the middle, Fan Xiaopang and Shao Bin around.

Underneath are the densely packed trophies of actor and actress, the miscellaneous awards are shrunk and placed in one corner, and the authoritative awards are enlarged and placed in the middle.

No matter what happens, smashing dozens of trophies will make everyone confused, and it can also create the feeling of a master playing, increase the popularity, and attract the audience.

Although Ma Ke looks like an "eight-year-old", he is a qualified producer with a unique vision and is especially good at grasping key topics.

For example, "Snail House", which he was the producer of last month, hit the airwaves, and it focused on many sensitive topics, which led to its suspension.

However, it didn't take long before the show started to rebroadcast on those local stations, and the number of online broadcasts was also very high, and because of this, the popularity of the TV series became even better, and it became the biggest hit TV series at the end of 2009.

Teacher Zeng's proud student Wen Zhang became an instant hit and became one of the most popular young students. He is also one of the few students in Class 02 of the Chinese Opera who did not rely on the stars.

Cao Xuan returned to the capital for a meeting this time, and some high-level officials suggested that he be recruited to Fanxing.

But let’s not talk about Cao Xuantong’s disagreement, even if he wants to dig it, it’s too late. Wen Zhang participated in "Ocean Paradise" this year.

Holding such a big thick leg, there is still a bit of teacher-student relationship in Nishinomiya Niangniang, the girlfriend also has contacts in the Beijing and Shanghai circles, plus the halo of the Chinese opera star Class 02 and many old classmates such as Liu Tianxian. Looking forward, Cao Xuan felt that he had a bright future.

The premise is to change that dog's temper, and don't kill yourself......

It is worth mentioning that Wen Zhang and Ma Ke have a good relationship. Later, he was able to star in Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", and it is hard to say that Ma Ke was not involved in it.

Even Cao Xuan recognizes Ma Ke's ability. Fanxing, the producer of "Let the Bullets Fly", is currently helping him.

You must know that Fanxing owns 50% of the share of "Let the Bullets Fly". In the past, most of the production crews with such a share were Fanxing's main director.

……

Back in the afternoon of "Let the Bullets Fly", Cao Xuan started filming.

The production crew will start up in late October, and according to the original plan, Cao Xuan will be able to wrap up and leave in less than 10 days.

But the key lies in Lao Jianggou Ri's love to change the script!
Especially the main show, which has been changed over and over again. It is conservatively estimated that Cao Xuan's role will be completed by the end of 2009.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan can point out the direction from time to time, which saves a lot of time. Otherwise, Cao Xuan's solar calendar will be completed at the end of the year, and it will be high incense if it can be completed before the Spring Festival.

For example, the scene of the Hongmen Banquet in the Huangfu is being filmed now. The script stated that the filming time was 1 day. At the same time, because it was the main scene, an extra day was specially added for backup.

But when the filming started, the script time didn't count at all. The first two days didn't even start the machine. The three of Cao Xuan repeatedly discussed the script.

It wasn't until the third day that the filming officially started, but it was also a change of filming, and it took almost a week to finish filming one after another.

During this period, all the actors and staff of the crew have been exhausted.

Cao Xuan doesn't really appreciate or adapt to this kind of work style, especially for someone like him who believes that efficiency is king...it's too tortured.

When he worked with several Xiangjiang directors in the past, he occasionally felt that their filming speed was too fast, and they were suspected of "shoddy production".

But compared to Jiang Wen, he began to miss those quick shooters again...

Cao Xuan also understands why many of those Xiangjiang actors are annoyed by Wang Sunglasses.

Lao Jiang's delay is only based on the day, and the week is counted against the sky, while Wang Sunglass is still based on the month and year.

At least Jiang Wen still respected the actors. We chatted about the script together, and had a general shooting direction in mind. The latter heard that he treated the actors as tools and didn't even have a script. He just gave the actors a scene to let the actors play freely. Wang Sunglasses didn't even know if he would use the lens.

Although Cao Xuan disliked Jiang's ink marks, at least he could bear it. If Wang Shajing's filming method was like that, he would have turned his back on him long ago.

In fact, having said that, although Lao Jiang's filming method is not common in the film industry, it is not too out of the ordinary.

The reason why Cao Xuan thought he was slow was mainly because he knew the finished film, and then he gave the direction both openly and secretly, but Jiang Wen didn't listen, and insisted on trying each plan, which in his opinion was a waste of time to a large extent.

In fact, Jiang Wen himself was not feeling well.

After filming for more than a month, Cao Xuan has his own ideas for almost 60% of the scenes, and the activity is particularly high.

Jiang Wen considers himself to be an actor who likes to "make trouble" for the director, and compared with Cao Xuan, he is considered an honest person.

That's all. After all, Jiang Wen, a well-known drama tyrant, knew it well. He had imagined it with himself as the prototype in advance, and had enough vaccinations, so he could accept it psychologically.

The most damning thing is that many of Cao Xuan's ideas coincided with his own, and they were often adopted by him after trials.

This made Jiang Wen pleasantly surprised that Cao Xuan and himself were hard to know. At the same time, there was also the pain of being robbed of their brains and deprived of the director's sense of accomplishment. The fun of directing was greatly reduced.

Because of this, he wanted to overthrow Cao Xuan's proposal and prove himself even more.

Cao Xuan was just a simple reminder. Seeing that he was getting less and less enlightened, and his words became more and more explicit, and he became more and more "dramatic". Jiang Wen couldn't help copying notes, but also wanted to try other ideas to refute Cao Xuan.

To some extent, the two fell into a vicious circle, constantly competing.

Uncle Ge is actually a little annoyed that Jiang Wen's filming is getting slower and slower, after all, his schedule is also very tight.

But watching the two of them torture each other, the boredom in their hearts will disappear a lot, and they will enter the state of watching fun, and even stand faintly by Cao Xuan's side, hoping to help themselves.

In the inner room of the Huang Mansion, the plastic wrap on the table was removed, ready to start shooting.

This Hongmen Banquet took almost a week to film, and the dishes on the table were changed twice. Fortunately, it was winter, and if it was summer, it would be sour for half a day.

Of course, there are almost no scenes of eating in this scene, and the actors don't eat the rotten food, but if a bunch of rotten food is placed in front of them, the appearance and smell are always unappetizing, which affects the performance of the actors.

The scene of the Hongmen Banquet is very interesting, the three people each have [-] minds, they are tempted back and forth, they talk nine falsehoods and one truth, and they connect with each other during the period, full of routines and anti-routines, and at the same time, the roles of both sides are a bit like chickens and ducks Speaking, it happens to be very right, giving the audience pleasure and satisfaction from God's perspective.

This is also the reason why Jiang Wen has repeatedly read the script. His films pay great attention to the condensed lines, especially after "Let the Bullets Fly", it almost reached the point of paranoia.

There is a story, and the plot is fine, but I still have to ponder over the lines over and over again, repeatedly refining the design, and requiring the lines to be natural, interesting, deep, and intriguing.

Even Jiang Wen can develop plots or movies for the sake of lines, in his words——

This dumpling was made for this bit of vinegar.

That's why the lines of "Let the Bullets Fly" are so classic that they are "inscribed on the World Heritage List". After more than ten years after the movie was released, it is still unforgettable.

"The boss is often empty-handed. Every day when he opens his eyes, hundreds of people are waiting for me to serve them. How many mouthfuls can really fall into my mouth?"

"We don't have the guts to suppress bandits, but we still have the guts to make money in the name of suppressing bandits, and it's huge!"

"I thought that if you drink the wine one sip at a time, you will walk step by step! If you take a big step, it's easy to scratch your head. You should distinguish the dollar first, and then talk about the legwork."

"Then at that moment, exactly at this moment."

"U.S. dollar, US dollar!"

"..."

Cao Xuan suggested or helped modify almost one-third of the above lines, and Uncle Ge also added a few sentences.

Jiang Wen was more of an experiment, and then had to admit that he underestimated the heroes of the world.

The difficulty of this scene lies in the script and the lines. After confirming the lines of the script, it was actually very easy to act. The three film stars were fully fired, and the scene was crazy. They acted happily, and outsiders seemed to enjoy it.

Bai Bing, a subsidiary of Yinghuang, played a guest role as a maid, Daiyu Qingwen. Boss Yang and Lao Jiang worked well together in the last movie, so this time "Let the Bullets Fly" also participated in the investment.

Uncle Ge put away the diamonds, secretly kissed Bai Bing, and then smiled triumphantly.

"Aren't they Daiyu and Qingwen? Why is there a woman here?"

Jiang Wen glanced at the servant girl, and said with interest: "Could it be that her name is Daiyu Qingwen?"

"Say you don't pretend to be confused, and give it an oriental name——"

Cao Xuan pointed at the two, shaking his fingers, and the three looked at each other, shouted their names in unison, and laughed tacitly.

"Daiyu Qingwenzi! Hahaha..."

There was a scream, and another one died suddenly. Uncle Ge got up in panic. Cao Xuan didn't give them time to react, and raised the wine bottle in his hand to touch him.

"Master, Gao!"

Turning to look at Jiang Wen again, raising a bottle to toast.

"County magistrate, be tough!"

Jiang Wen and Uncle Ge looked at each other, raised the wine bottle, and shouted in unison: "Master Huang is tall and hard!!!"

"Card!"

The executive director called to stop, and the old man Ge chatted with the boy, took a sip of the water in the bottle, and laughed.

"Haha, it's been a long time since I've had this much fun."

Cao Xuan also felt comfortable all over. It was indeed torturous to repeat the lines before, but the lines were edited and acted really cool, and it was very emotional.

Jiang Wen even watched the replay and laughed from ear to ear, forgetting all his little thoughts. As long as the movie is shot well, other things are trivial and not worth mentioning.

The others heaved a sigh of relief, the filming of this scene was finally over.

In the past few days, Cao and Jiang have tortured each other, and they have also suffered a great crime. Many people even swear in their hearts that they will not act with these two at the same time in the future, and their brains hurt...

(End of this chapter)