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Chapter 402 "Manslaughter"

Ping Caina was born in 92 and is almost 20 years old now, but playing a high school girl like Pingping is not peacekeeping.

And it looks very good.

Although Ping Cai Na's image is good, she is not very popular in Thailand. The Hallyu wave has been too strong in recent years. Not to mention Thailand, China is also a fan of Korea.

Therefore, Ping Caina is only a third-tier actor in Thailand, and it is normal if she does not receive a play for two or three years.

She was so happy to receive a play like "Manslaughter" this time.

Although the director Xin Yukun is a newcomer, everyone in the Asian film circle knows Cheng Yuan. "Manslaughter" was written by Cheng Yuan himself and served as the producer. No one will refuse his film.

If it weren't for the fact that the female artist of Yuanyuan Company could not find a high school student who was too young to play Pingping, and it was also for the convenience of filming in Thailand, Yuanyuan would not have given the role of Pingping to a Thai actor.

Ping Caina can't speak Chinese, and Cheng Yu'an can't understand Thai. After Sawadika, the two switched to English for a few words.

Cheng Yu'an would maintain a vague sense of distance when communicating with strangers. Heping Caina said a few words, and seeing the other party's nervousness, Cheng Yu'an stopped talking and encouraged her to do a good job in filming.

Cheng Yu'an's arrival did not stop Xin Yukun from working. After communicating with the main creators for an hour, the crew resumed work.

Cheng Yu'an and Xin Yukun sat by the monitor, exchanging experience while filming.

"I want to make this story a perfect crime." Xin Yukun said.

"No." Cheng Yu'an shook his head, "The first draft of the script was a perfect crime, but we still have to release it in China, so Li Weijie must be punished."

From the perspective of script creation, of course Cheng Yu'an also prefers perfect crime.

But as Cheng Yu'an said, this film still has to be screened in China, and the perfect crime cannot pass the test of the General Administration.

However, in terms of the script, Cheng Yu'an and his screenwriting team have made more detailed improvements.

The original domestic version of "Manslaughter" has a very fatal shortcoming-the lack of detailed descriptions of the protagonist Li Weijie's daily life, which made him seem too smart and omnipotent when he arranged the entire anti-reconnaissance bureau.

Just a senior movie fan can arrange such a perfect game through a huge amount of viewing. This arrangement is not enough to convince the audience, and even makes the audience feel that the director and screenwriter are insulting their IQ.

In Cheng Yu'an's script, a large amount of space was used in the early stage to pave the way for Li Weijie, who is almost illiterate-only finished elementary school, but is open-minded, studious and thoughtful.

It weakens his relationship with the case itself as a super fan - the idea that watching two crime movies and being able to play the entire police department in the palm of his hand is too bullshit.

Moreover, Cheng Yu'an deleted the particularly funny line "Check his movie viewing records for a year for me", this line simply does not treat the audience as human beings.

The price of doing this is that the duration of the film will be extended, which is expected to be 30-40 minutes longer than the original Chinese version.

But this will make the whole story more complete and more convincing.

The shooting period of "Manslaughter" was given for 3 months, and it will be finished in mid-January next year at the latest, and it will be taken to Cannes in May, and it will be released in December for the Lunar New Year.

Cheng Yu'an stayed with the crew until the end of the night before returning to the hotel.

After going back, I experienced the local characteristic - Thai massage with Xia Yu.

Cheng Yu'an came to Thailand not only to visit "Manslaughter", he also had another mission.

Let's show the scene of "Lost in Thailand" which will start next year.

The first "People on the Journey" made a lot of money. This kind of road movie can be performed again in another place. They were busy with the preliminary preparations in China, and Cheng Yuan, the big boss, took over the work of the scene and brought people to Thailand first to have a look.

The next day, Cheng Yu'an left the hotel refreshed and took people to see the scenery.

"Lost in Thailand" set the protagonist Xu Lang to go to Chiang Mai, Thailand, so Cheng Yu'an and his party drove to Chiang Mai, enjoying the scenery along the way.

While Director Cheng was leisurely inspecting the filming locations in Thailand, the domestic schedule gradually stabilized.

The biggest winner of the National Day file must be "Painted Skin 2". As of now, the box office of the movie has exceeded 6 million, and there are still 800-1000 million new daily additions on weekdays after the holiday.

According to the situation in previous years, after the National Day file, a few Hollywood blockbusters will be released to boost the market and prevent the market from falling too badly.

But this year is very deserted, only "Never Ending" will be on the 13th, and "Green Lantern" will be on the 20th.

The former is the work of a big film company, and it becomes stronger when you take drugs. It cost 2700 million US dollars, 1.6 million worldwide, and 7900 million at the North American box office. It has already made a lot of money.

There is no market for this kind of drug-addicted film in China, and it was bought by Huaxia Films in batches. Huaxia actually wanted Cheng Yu'an to help promote this film, but they ignored it remotely.

By the way, another drug-addicted film "Super Body" by a major film company is already working on the script and preliminary preparations.

Let alone "Green Lantern", mainland audiences are too unfamiliar with this hero.

Both films failed to make any splashes when they were released.

After staying in Thailand for a week, Cheng Yuan returned to China.

After getting off the plane, Cheng Yuan was surrounded by reporters:
"Director Cheng, what do you think of Zhang Weiping's statement?"

"Director Cheng, please say a few words."

"Cheng Dao, Zhang Weiping said that remote media is shameless theft, what do you think?"

Cheng Yu'an was stunned. During the past few days in Thailand, he hadn't received any domestic news, so he asked the familiar reporter, "What did Zhang Weiping say about me?"

"Zhang Weiping accused Long-distance Media on Weibo of contacting Zhang Yimou privately for two years and wanted to sign with Director Zhang. What do you think of Director Cheng?"

"Director Zhang is a great director whom I respect very much. Our contact is a normal film cooperation. I don't think there is anything to blame for this. What's more, Director Zhang hasn't agreed to cooperate with us yet."

"But Zhang Weiping said that Director Zhang is the contracted director of Heart Screen, and by doing so remotely, he is poaching the corner of Heart Screen."

Cheng Yu'an said: "As far as I know, the contract between Director Zhang and Xinxiang has expired long ago, and has not been renewed. Our contact cannot be said to be poaching. Besides, even if it is really poaching, it is a normal phenomenon in the industry. .”

"But the two have worked together for 16 years, and they have always been recognized as golden partners by the outside world."

"I have never thought that Zhang Weiping is an excellent producer. His success today is entirely due to Zhang Yimou. Besides, as long as he is not hopelessly stupid, anyone with Zhang Yimou will not will do worse than him."

Now that Zhang Weiping put it on the table, Cheng Yu'an was not polite: "Zhang Weiping doesn't understand movies, and has interfered with Director Zhang's creation many times. If it weren't for him, Director Zhang would have achieved even higher achievements than he is now."

After Cheng Yu'an finished speaking, he got in the car and left.

(End of this chapter)