What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 215 Higher Pursuit

China Film's film and television production center is the former Beijing Film Studio. There are studios with advanced facilities for rent, as well as supporting post-production services, and the fees are reasonable.

However, "The Three-Body Problem" was only filmed in the studio for three days, and took advantage of the good weather to go to the Red Bank base first.

Yang Shu didn't let Da Liu go up the mountain with the group, there was no need for that, the script was already polished very maturely, and there was basically no need to make major adjustments at the last minute.

If you want to change individual lines, there is no need for him to ponder over those one or two sentences, the sense of ritual is greater than the practical effect.

Liu is very busy in the second half of this year. The filming of "The Wandering Earth" started. Yang Shu was very considerate and asked him to take care of that side.

This is really high-spirited, Yang Shu is young, he likes to take care of his peers, and he is already well-known in the industry. He has supported movies released in the same schedule more than once before, and this time he supports movies with the same theme.

It is not difficult for one person to do a good deed, but it is difficult to always do good deeds in this way, so poplar is undoubtedly a good fighter on the literary front.

"The Wandering Earth" is produced and released by China Film Group, and has received a lot of support, but the support is far from enough.

The investors of this film are the company of China Film Group and director Guo Fan. At the beginning, the project was not favored. Looking at the amount of investment, it can be calculated that the theme cannot be supported, so that even the selected male protagonist broke the contract and ran away. In the end, the male protagonist The women's capital has started newcomers, including the heroine Zhao Maimai.

Later, it was Wu Jing who joined the film and invested an additional 6000 million yuan, which made the film popular.

Brother Chao and Wu Jing are indeed good friends. They have exactly the same business model. After they are optimistic about a project, they invest and star in it. They share the same fate.

Yang Shu thought about whether he was an artist or a businessman in this life.

This classification does not seem to be very important. De Gangzi said that an artist who cannot sell tickets is not a good artist, so he finally concluded that he has an artist's soul, but what he does is a businessman's business.

In the past four years, no matter what subjects he has photographed, the first thing he considers is not metaphysical things like artistic value, but real money issues such as commercial prospects and whether he can make money.

There is nothing to reflect on in this regard. In the business world, this is the measure of success.

Since he is a businessman, he has to do a good job in business, so it is in line with his market plan to support "The Wandering Earth" to be filmed first and to be filmed well.

In recent years, there has been a lot of voices on the Internet calling for "Three-Body" to be filmed. There may be misunderstandings in the dissemination of information. Usually, people pay more attention to the topics they are interested in, so that it is easy to misjudge its importance.

Yang Shu's advantage is that he has always understood that sci-fi themes lack fertile soil that can be quickly cultivated in the mainland. Although sci-fi fans are shouting loudly, they are still only a minority.

The success of "The Wandering Earth" is an example, and the success factors are more complicated. On the one hand, the quality of the film has broken through the original low-level level, and finally has the appearance of a blockbuster, which can be regarded as saving face for the mainland film and television industry.

On the other hand, Wu Jing's box office appeal, everyone is willing to go to the theater to watch his movies, and the love of science fiction is relatively secondary.

Facts also proved this point. Immediately after the release of "Shanghai Fortress", the quality and reputation of the film were very poor. The craze for science fiction quickly faded, and even fell further to the bottom, so that no decent movie projects were approved for the next few years.

Yang Shu supports "The Wandering Earth", but he is not willing to be a plower. Science fiction themes need a step-by-step growth in the market. "Three-Body Problem" is undoubtedly more suitable for climbing up than "The Wandering Earth", becoming a higher-level s work.

So supporting "The Wandering Earth" is also plowing the ground for "The Three-Body Problem". Although this film is still being filmed, China Film has already set the 2019 Spring Festival schedule, which is February next year, and has given high expectations.

And if the filming and production of "Three-Body" goes well, it is planned to be broadcast in April next year. By then, "The Wandering Earth" has just been withdrawn, and the popularity of science fiction is still at its highest level.

Of course, this is not a hype, it is just a commercial optimization consideration.

After all, Yang Shu is much more famous than Guo Fan, and the anticipation of "Three-Body Problem" is much higher than that of "The Wandering Earth".

In fact, many domestic audiences had never even heard of the novel "The Wandering Earth" before Wu Jing joined the film, and "The Three-Body Problem" is almost a household name.

Yangshu's Hongan base is built on the Yinshan mountain range, which traverses Zhangjiakou and divides Chahar Province in the Republic of China into Bashang and Baxia.

There is a simple road in the base. Although it has not been maintained for ten years, it is of military grade after all, and it is still very solid and smooth.

After more than two months of construction, the original radar station was magically transformed by the crew into a sci-fi atmosphere, which is different from the level of technology in the 70s and [-]s in everyone's impression.

After all, this is a secret plan to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. It is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and it cannot appear in everyone's impression.

The base originally had a powerful internal combustion generator set that could drive the radar, but it has been sealed.

It's a pity that after multiple contacts, it is not allowed to activate without authorization, and the power supply on the base cannot be restored.

If there is no electricity, it is impossible to live permanently. The crew’s plan to set up camp on the spot fell through, so they had to live in the nearest Shangyi, and it took three hours to go back and forth every day.

Shooting is very hard. I get up at 05:30 every morning and start to make up on the mountain. Usually, I can start shooting at nine o'clock.

There are a lot of night scenes in the play, so we set off at noon and start filming in the evening, and work didn't stop until midnight.

The performance of the empress is very professional. She works nearly ten hours a day and never complains of suffering or tiredness.

The performance also satisfied Yang Shu, wearing a green military uniform and two simple braids, he still looks like a person in his 20s.

She is very suitable to wear police uniforms and military uniforms. In the famous work "Jade Guanyin", she is a policewoman, wearing old-fashioned green police uniforms.

In "Blood Romance" co-operated with Liu Ye, he also wears a green military uniform, which is very similar to the appearance in "Three-Body Problem", but the military uniform is older and more plain.

The first time Niangniang and Brother Chao worked together was to co-star in "Happiness is Like a Flower". Both of them were dressed in green military uniforms in the 70s.

It's been more than ten years since I went around, and now I'm wearing the green uniform again. In fact, it's really like what Brother Chao said, and I don't feel much has changed.

Although Zhangjiakou is next door to the capital, Shangyi is located in the northwest corner, more than 300 kilometers away from the capital, which also stopped some people from going home for a stroll and honestly filming in the mountains.

A few kilometers away from the base is the Shirenbei Geological Park. It is also a mountainous area with strange rocks like Meng Lianggu when he filmed "Warrior".

When the crew was resting, and when they returned to the county at night and couldn't sleep, everyone would get together to chat. The empress and Yang Shu could talk about almost everything.

She asked Yang Shu more than once: "Are you and Manman a couple?"

Niangniang and sister Tao are very good friends, and this can be regarded as love for Wu and Wu.

Every time Yang Shu denies it with guilt: "We haven't even thought about it yet, why are the Xiongnu at home before they are destroyed."

The production of "The Last Days of Devils" was completed, and Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu's work was completed, so they both joined the "Three-Body Problem" crew naturally, and together they took on the job of producers, and were responsible for planning and managing the show's money and property.

This time Liu Man followed Yang Shu into the base for filming, while Jiang Shiyu stayed in the capital to arrange and prepare for the follow-up filming.

Of course the empress could see their triangular relationship, but unmarried men and women are not considered a big deal in the circle, not mentioning Jiang Shiyu is to not embarrass Yang Shu.

However, when they gossip occasionally, what they talk about most is work. The empress is very concerned about why Yang Shu never participates in the awards.

"The quality of your works is very good. It is very likely that you will win the award. This is good for you and the future development of the participating actors. Why don't you participate?"

Although Sun Li has been working in the Buddhist department in recent years, she has two similarities with Sister Tao. One is that she is keen on singing and has released several albums.

In addition, he is keen on winning awards. Since becoming famous, he has participated in various award ceremonies to win various awards, and has accumulated dozens of awards.

It is true that Yang Shu has never participated in any awards. He only wants to make money and does not compete with his peers.

Besides, he, Liu Man, and Jiang Shiyu are self-managed, and they don't need to rely on awards to obtain more resources. If there is no need, there will be no motivation.

"You are the most profitable entertainer in the circle in recent years. I have read the list. In 4 years, you have accumulated more than 60 billion, which is 2 times that of the second place, Zhou Jielun, 2.5 times that of Manman and Shishi, and 3 times that of Zhouxun. Four times as much as me and Liu Tao, isn't that enough?"

Yang Shu understands what the empress means, it will be boring to make money from filming year after year, but she is a bit boring, and she should have higher requirements.

After all, no matter how much money you have, what you eat all day is fruits and vegetables, and you have to hesitate for a long time to eat meat. No matter how much real estate you buy, you can only live in one place a day. Billions seem to be enough.

Yang Shu has already considered this aspect. If the "Three-Body Problem" trilogy is successful, his assets will further increase significantly, and making money is indeed not a priority.

"When I finish "Three-Body Problem", if I have the ability, I will try to shoot some works that can win international honors, and try to honor my ancestors."

(End of this chapter)