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Chapter 7 Here Comes the Beard

In the past two years, three major events have happened in the film industry.

One is the adoption of the "Film Management Regulations", which contains a crucial stipulation:

The state encourages enterprises, public institutions and other social organizations and individuals to participate in the production of films in the form of funding and investment.

This means that making films is no longer the privilege of certain people.

The era of state-owned studios is officially over on paper.

The other is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won an Oscar.

It became the first film in the history of Chinese-language films to win an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Ang Lee is completely a god in the Chinese film industry, and he is unparalleled in the limelight.

But you must know that when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in the mainland, audiences didn't like it.

It is not like a Chinese martial arts film, but more like a martial arts film for foreigners.

Therefore, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" only has a box office of 1500 million in the mainland.

But then it was released in North America, and the box office exceeded 1 million U.S. dollars, becoming the first foreign language film in the history of American movies to exceed 1 million U.S. dollars at the box office.

Borrowed by the Oscars, the film finally grossed a total of 2.05 million US dollars at the global box office.

The third one is Zhang Yimou.Inspired by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Yimou made "Hero".

In fact, Zhang Yimou wanted to make a martial arts film for a long time, but he couldn't find a script that suits him in the market, so he had to write an original script by himself in the end.

Especially after October 02, the publicity and hype of "Hero" was everywhere.

And Cheng Yu'an knew that "Hero" would be popular in this year's Lunar New Year.

Back to the crew of "Tian Long Ba Bu", everyone is waiting for it.

The bearded man is coming, bringing a group of reporters to visit the class.

At this time, Zhang Jizhong is undoubtedly the golden signboard of domestic TV dramas, especially martial arts dramas.

There is no need to introduce too much about his resume. In the 90s and 00s, Zhang Jizhong was at his peak.

"Dragon Babu" has been receiving a lot of media attention since it started filming, but it has been intensely filmed before, and no extra information has been released.

However, after more than two months of filming, Zhang Jizhong felt that the time was almost up, so he brought reporters to visit the set for publicity.

"We have spent tens of millions of dollars in both Yongkang and Dali to build Tianlong Babu Film and Television City. We are confident that "Tianlong Babu" will become a benchmark for martial arts dramas."

The bearded man introduced to reporters as he walked.

Zhang Jizhong and his team stood on the set and greeted Yu Min: "I'll take the reporter to see how you shoot and shoot, and then do interviews during the lunch break."

Yu Minsui devoted himself to filming again.

Zhang Jizhong watched with satisfaction. He is not responsible for the specific shooting, but he monitors the daily progress remotely.

"In terms of actors, we strive to restore Mr. Jin's description in the original novel. You see, Liu Yifei, who plays Wang Yuyan, is 15 years old, and Mu Wanqing is 19 years old. The ages of these actresses are very suitable for the original novel.

"Boldly using newcomers is also a feature of our show."

Zhang Jizhong said while shooting on the set.

At first he was quite satisfied, but as soon as Tianshan Child Elder appeared on stage, Zhang Jizhong's expression changed, but because of the presence of the reporter, he didn't have an attack.

However, the reporter has noticed the dissatisfaction in Zhang Jizhong's tone.

"Crack! Okay, it's over. Everyone rest!" Yu Min called a timeout.

"Old Yu, come here." Zhang Jizhong dismissed the reporter and called Yu Min back to the hotel.

"Who changed the appearance of Tianshan Child Elder!" Zhang Jizhong shouted immediately after closing the door.

"Producer, I think Tianshan Child Elder's appearance is more visually impactful, she..."

Before Yu Min could finish speaking, Zhang Jizhong interrupted: "Why didn't you report such an important thing as a change of look in advance!"

"Producer, that's it..."

But Zhang Jizhong obviously didn't listen to Yu Min's explanation: "Take a look at the footage shot a few days ago."

Zhang Jizhong wanted to see the specific effect.

Yu Min showed Zhang Jizhong the footage he had taken earlier, it was the scene where Xu Zhu rescued the child elder.

Outside the door, a bold reporter had already touched it quietly, and heard the quarrel between Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min inside the room.

Of course, the reporter didn't think it was a serious matter. Hearing that Yu Min had changed the character appearance on his own initiative, he immediately felt that there was news today.

While Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min were watching the material in the room, the reporters on the set had already started interviewing the actors.

"Zhiying, how did you feel about filming "Tian Long Ba Bu"?"

"It's very good. All the crew members are very professional and hardworking. The actors and friends are also very good. Everyone takes care of each other. It's very happy to be filming here."

Chen Hao had no expression on his face, but his eyes were rolled to the sky.

The reporter asked Chen Hao again: "Will it be a challenge to play such an unruly and self-willed girl like Ah Zi? Are you worried that the feature film will not be pleasing after it comes out?"

"I want to try a character like Ah Zi. As for the worry you said, I don't have to. The role of Ah Zi is not likely to attract the love of most audiences, but for actors, it is a very challenging role. "Chen Hao replied with a standard smile.

"Yifei, you have emotional scenes with Xiu Qinglin Zhiying in the play, they are so much older than you, will you feel pressure?"

Lin Zhiying is 13 years older than her, and Xiu Qing is 18 years older than her.

"It's okay," said 15-year-old Liu Yifei in a very mature manner. "I grew up in the United States. I am more mature in thinking and open-minded. I don't feel any pressure." (The author's original words can't be found, but this mean.)
"Shu Chang, your look is different from the makeup photos released before." The reporter cue to Shu Chang again,
"Does it look good?"

"Good-looking is very good-looking, why did you think of changing the look?"

"A few days ago when we were filming, our assistant director said that the original Tianshan Child Elder's appearance was too ugly, it was not good-looking to shoot, and the strange appearance was more likely to arouse the suspicion of Tianshan Child Elder's enemies, so he decided to let me change back to a normal girl. makeup and hair. My new look was designed by our assistant director himself.”

"Oh, is that so? Is the assistant director on set?"

"Yes," Shu Chang turned her head and waved to Cheng Yu'an not far away, "Director Cheng, here!"

Our director Cheng is squatting outside to eat the crew's boxed lunch. Today he has chicken legs. He secretly took two extra boxes and is sharing the spoils with Qin Ranqiu.

Hearing someone calling him, Cheng Yu'an was a little confused, got caught stealing chicken legs?
Seeing that it was Shu Chang who was being interviewed and calling him over, Cheng Yu'an wiped his mouth and walked forward.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment. My surname is Wu. Director Cheng looks so young." Reporter Wu didn't ask questions as soon as he came up, but started to chat.

"Our assistant director was admitted to the directing department at the age of 16, and he is only 20 years old this year." Liu Yifei came from the side with her mother Liu on her arm, and Liu Yifei introduced.

"Young and promising." Reporter Wu complimented him.

"Hey, congratulations." Cheng Yu'an didn't know what the reporter was going to do, so he didn't say much.

"I wonder if it's convenient for Director Cheng to accept an interview?" Reporter Wu asked.

"I'll forget it." Cheng Yu'an pushed with self-knowledge.

He is just an assistant director who comes to the crew to get familiar with the experience, at most he can put his name in the subtitles, not even counting as the core creator, so he really can't accept interviews.

"Director Yu Min and Producer Zhang are here, you can interview them, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first." Qin Ranqiu will eat up the two boxes of chicken legs if you don't leave.

Reporter Wu, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang were left staring at each other. They are newcomers who are eager to have the opportunity to show their faces when they make their debut.

　Here comes my brother.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)