This star is a bit cold

"This Man Came from Earth" is the name of Ye Che's upcoming movie, or in other words, the name of his world.

In fact, after Ye Che's revision and improvement, the script of this movie has little to do with the original work in terms of content. It only retains a basic framework and then fills in and interprets it.

As mentioned before, adapting to local conditions has certain challenges, and at the same time, it can better integrate into the Chinese film market.

In this world, if nothing unexpected happens, Ye Che's career focus must still be on China, which requires him to perfect and modify the more wonderful ideas in his mind one by one, such as this challenging As for career, Ye Che felt that it would be quite interesting to do it.

After all, he is not very short of money right now. He is still a little short of this. He also needs to prove something to some people. Fame is not bad. At least in a few fields, Ye Che can indeed be called a famous person. .

Of course, this minority seems outrageous to others.
How can anyone do such a good job of crossing borders all day long?

Even though he was not in short supply of fame and fortune, Ye Che was quite willing to do some creative work.

Ever since, after the variety show "Night of the Big Dipper" was completely finished, Ye Che, who had rested for about three or four days, was busy preparing to start work.

The first thing before starting work was naturally to contact Su Shibai to find an experienced assistant director for Ye Che. Although Ye Che was studying hard before and now, there are some things that cannot be learned in this industry. Those who have been struggling for several years really don’t understand it at all.

In addition to those on the surface, there are many secret ways!
Deal with the relevant departments, rent the venue, prevent anyone from causing trouble, and prevent the filming from being leaked.
It's not that Ye Che can't do things like this, but it's a bit troublesome to learn and apply them in practice. In this case, it's actually quite good to find a partner.

Yes, partner, that was indeed what Ye Che planned from the beginning. Although he should mainly be the one to host the filming, it doesn't really matter to give the other party the title of director. If the movie can really become a hit, the other party will In fact, you can get a lot of benefits from this.

It's just a pity that no one wants to be Ye Che's partner. When Ye Che just sent out the news that he was interested in participating in the movie, the directors who had a good relationship with Tianhui Entertainment were actually quite happy. One by one, they came together to build relationships with Ye Che and discuss cooperation issues.

Yes, at first they just thought that this young man with excellent acting skills wanted to make a movie and be the leading actor or something, but after talking about it in detail, they discovered that this young man actually wanted to be a director.
Directors: "?"

Although you have crossed many fields before, you have more or less traces to follow. If you can write good novels, it doesn't seem too surprising that you can write poems and write good scripts.

Although he debuted as a singer, it is said that he was obsessed with acting in college. In addition, when he appeared in variety shows, he was very camera-savvy. It is not too outrageous to have such awesome acting skills. Just treat yourself as a talented actor!
But why did you suddenly say you want to be a director?
The key is that you are quite honest. You just said, "I am a director out of interest. I have been studying for the past year. I feel that I may understand it almost, so I am ready to practice it."

Okay, okay, a director motivated by interest, right?
So who are we? !

When I was young, I was addicted to studying, my family was poor, and I had no movies to watch. I was lucky enough to enter college. After four years of working as a cow horse, I was lucky enough to learn one and a half moves. After I graduated, I worked for three years, studied for another three years, and accepted the squeeze of the company and small jobs for another three years. After trying his best, he emptied his savings and added the conditions of losing power and humiliating the country. With a bit of luck, he was able to achieve what he is today.
This is the voice of directors who are self-made. As for those second-generation directors or directors whose families already have financial resources, although their path may be a little smoother, they have definitely gone through hard work before they can achieve anything. Achievement.

After all, in the film industry, if you are good at it, you are good at it, and if you are not, you are not good at it. It doesn’t matter how many generations you make, if the movie you make is a bad movie, no one will buy it.

In the eyes of these people, if you want to become a pretty good director, you really need to learn too many things. If you just read a lot of things in books to see if they are useful, without concrete practice, it is absolutely impossible to succeed. of.

But what about now?
A young man who is interested suddenly wants to make a movie and cooperate with you. Not to mention this person is Ye Che, even the king of heaven cannot agree easily.
For the extremely competitive Chinese film industry, there are too many successful directors, moderately famous directors, and all kinds of directors who have struggled for most of their lives but have yet to make their mark.

As for movies, if you don't have a rich enough family background, then most of them need the investment by the fathers of the funders. With such fierce competition, the fathers of the funders often have many choices, which leads to the loss of credibility. Accumulation is really a very important thing for Chinese directors.

The important point is that you have to make the sponsor dads have confidence in you!
It doesn't matter if the film you make is bad, as long as you can make money, then we will still vote for you!

But if one day you pull a big deal and lose everything, or your reputation among the audience collapses, then you really need to think carefully about whether to invest again next time.
There are indeed few great directors, but there is indeed no shortage of such mid-level directors in the Chinese film industry. Except for a few who are difficult to fail, the remaining resources have to be fought for!
Of course, in addition to investing in directors who can make money, there are actually quite a few people who are keen on discovering low-level directors and supporting related groups.

The reason why some people are below is indeed because they are born with limitations and really have no chance. In this case, as long as the other party can bring a good script and the investment required is not large, some funder fathers will still Willing to pay for it.

In the Chinese film industry, which is full of talents, there really are directors who have been dormant for many years and then soar into the sky when they get an opportunity!
Regarding this, the Chinese government actually has corresponding support policies. As long as the procedures are complete and there is a guarantee, it is not difficult to get some start-up funds.

For China in this world, film export has long been an important way of exporting ideology, so it is normal to have support.

Getting back to the subject, in short, for those directors who are doing well, they actually cherish their feathers and will not easily do anything that will damage their reputation. Working with an actor with very good acting skills is such a big deal. One thing, they really want to blame each other.

However, if the other party wants to be a director, most of them have just been nannies for the other party in the past, so forget it, they are not idle with nothing to do.
If the conditions offered by the other party are high enough, such as agreeing to star in their movie, then you can really consider it.However, looking at Ye Che's attitude, it seemed that he was really sincerely looking for a partner, rather than engaging in some exchange of interests. In this case, things would be really difficult to handle.

Therefore, these directors all declined politely.

After the rejection, the news had actually spread among the director circle privately. Most people just listened to it for fun, thinking it was just some genius’s whim, but they may not actually put it into practice. In short, These people did not regard Ye Che as an opponent at all.

When looking for a partner to no avail, Ye Che, who was still a little bit headache at that time, heard that Su Shibai had taken the initiative to take over the matter, and then he must have gone through some twists and turns that Ye Che was not sure about. In short, the deputy The director was found, and Su Shibai had already made it clear how Ye Che should treat his assistant director:

"Use him harshly! Use him to death! Just treat him as a complete tool. I have given him so many benefits, not just for him to enjoy!"

Regarding this, Su Shibai actually put a lot of thought into it. He not only had rich experience, could teach Ye Che some real things, but also had pretty good business ability, and gave Ye Che some guidance. Finally, And the most important thing is that he can have the nerve to obey the request of Ye Che, a cute new director.

One thing to say, it is really difficult to collect these points. If possible, Su Shibai didn't want Ye Che to have an unpleasant experience, so he still tried his best to find it. .

After searching around, I found a fairly suitable candidate like Gong Zhengyi. Although the price paid was not small, it should make Ye Che's directorial journey a lot more comfortable.

Su Shibai really had no objection to Ye Che's idea of ​​becoming a director out of interest.

Since Ma Zai wants to play, let him play. I, the boss, will take care of it for him.
All in all, after hearing Su Shibai's statement, Ye Che was indeed not too polite to his assistant director. After chatting for a while, Ye Che handed over some trivial matters to the other party to prepare. Ye Che Here, I am only responsible for the most core issues such as shooting and casting.

If you are a partner, it is definitely not easy to arrange like this, but since the other party has received the benefits, there is really nothing to say. Taking benefits from others naturally requires doing things honestly, which is very fair.

Gong Zhengyi, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, didn't have any objections. He was even a little surprised that Ye Che had arranged very few things.

Find a relatively open and quiet house with a sense of life, and then provide various equipment and contact the relevant staff of the organization. Things like these are really easy for Gong Zhengyi, a veteran in the director circle. matter.

After all, everyone knows everything about movies. Gong Zhengyi will not be too surprised when he meets a director who is inappropriate or extremely demanding and demands anything.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about Gong Zhengyi’s personal experience, such as the actual scene of the explosion of a ten-story building, the whole process of a serial car accident, going to the relatively dangerous wilderness, saying that it was just to shoot an outdoor scene, but one person was not paying attention. , we have followed the guide to the habitat of the beasts.
People who are engaged in art are sometimes a little bit crazy, and people who are engaged in film are no exception.
After having these experiences, like Ye Che's requests, Gong Zhengyi felt that it was as simple as playing house.

Of course Gong Zhengyi has also read the script of the movie to be made. To be honest, it has potential, but Gong Zhengyi doesn't think that a rookie like Ye Che can present this brainstorming movie well. In the end, it was up to him, Gong Zhengyi, to clean up the mess.

Help is a help, but Gong Zhengyi thinks it is best not to have too much connection with this film. After all, Ye Che is so popular now, even if he just made a mediocre film, he has great expectations for Ye Che. The audience will be disappointed.

At that time, in order to maintain Ye Che's reputation as a top-notch person, it is not impossible to blame others for the blame.
Gong Zhengyi has seen many things like this in the entertainment industry, so he should still keep an eye on it.

After Ye Che's request was conveyed, it only took less than a week for Gong Zhengyi to build the prototype of a small crew. If the film was shot according to Ye Che's script, it would not require many people.

During the time when Gong Zhengyi was building the prototype of the crew, Ye Che was naturally not idle, and began to carefully select the suitable actors in his mind.

This is actually not difficult. You can count the characters needed for this movie on your fingers. But at the same time, they really need to have strong acting skills so that they can manage to live in an extremely closed space. Unfolding story.

There isn't much excitement to begin with. If the actors' various details are not in place, how can it be fun?
So, these days, Ye Che went to find a lot of old actors who were not very famous, but whose acting skills were really good and matched the age of the characters in the script, and the candidates were basically decided one after another.

It is worth mentioning that during the process of recruiting actors, Ye Che also made a relatively bold move, which was to bring Mr. Xu into the crew.
There is indeed a knowledgeable scholar like Mr. Xu in the script, and Mr. Xu himself plays the role. To a certain extent, it can be considered a 100% restoration. As for the acting issue, to be honest, it may be because he has appeared on many programs. Or maybe he just acted as he is, the old man's acting skills seem to be pretty good.

There were no problems during the initial audition. The details may depend on how the subsequent filming goes.

To sum up, within two weeks after the show "Night of the Big Dipper" ended, Ye Che and his reluctant assistant director had prepared everything that needed to be prepared, and the next step was to officially start Time to shoot. (End of chapter)