my movie years

Chapter 10 Appoint the leading role (please recommend, please collect~)

"Old Guo, are you busy now?"

"What are you busy with? I'm free at home and take care of the kids." Guo Tao was playing with his son's toys and dealing with the manager on the phone.

Guo Tao started his career very early. Since 1991, he starred in the first movie "Three Brothers of Bitterness and Joy" and stepped into the show business circle, but it was not until Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" that he made a name for himself.

But after that, although Guo Tao's career has improved, but not much.After all, in the current environment of the film industry, there are very few opportunities for mainland actors to actually get their turn. There are too many monks and too few food, and the pressure of competition is also high.

After "Crazy Stone", he only starred in two films, "Falling Leaves Return to Root" and "Wedding 2008", one with Uncle Benshan and one with Tao Hong, and then he was idle.

"Haha, I know you're not busy, I have a project here, do you want to take it?" the manager asked with a smile.

"Pick up, pick up, as long as it's not a tertiary movie, I'll pick up anything now." Guo Tao said.

"Don't worry, let me tell you about this project." The agent explained: "This project is invested by China Film and Bona. It is a small and medium-budget movie called "Manslaughter" and it is a suspense movie. .”

"The project of China Film and Bona? Sure, big company, guaranteed." Guo Tao was moved.

"It's a big company, but the director is very young, only 22 years old. I'm afraid it's some young master playing the game. Would you like to think about it?"

Guo Tao was surprised: "A 22-year-old director? Is it real?"

"Really, it has been spread all over the circle. The director's name is Zhang Hao. I heard that the relationship between the family and the third master is good. In the past, the family belonged to Beijing Film Studio. This time, it is because of the relationship with the third master that he became the director." the broker explained.

"This..." Guo Tao was a little suspicious, but when he thought that he had been resting for so long and no project came to him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Is there a script? I'll make a decision after reading the script."

"Yes, I'll send it to you." The agent sent the script to Li Guotao via email.

After Guo Tao read the script, he hesitated for a long time. The script is a good script, so he still has the ability to distinguish.

But a good script does not mean that the director can make a good movie. This director named Zhang Hao is too young, which makes people worry.

Compared to Guo Tao's hesitation, Yu Feihong immediately agreed.

Yu Feihong made his debut very early. In 1979, he participated in the first movie "Bamboo".

After that, the works continued, and he also directed and acted in a movie "Love Has an Afterlife".

After reading the script of "Manslaughter", Yu Feihong accepted the invitation without hesitation.

The heroine has been decided, but Guo Tao is still hesitating. After learning about the situation, Zhang Hao and Liu Hao said, "Tell Guo Tao's agent that if we don't reply before next Monday, we will change."

Liu Hao nodded and went to communicate with Guo Tao's manager.

Other film roles were also settled one after another. What surprised Zhang Hao most was that Xu Qing attended a reception held by Bona and heard Zhang Hao and Yu Dong talking about the preparations for "Manslaughter". The role of La Yun.

Without Chen Chong, it's okay to have Xu Qing here, so Zhang Hao didn't refuse.

The role of Du Peng was given to Jiang Wu. He was not picky, and he didn't think Zhang Hao was young, so he took over directly.For the remaining roles, after some auditions, they all had suitable candidates to play.

These days, if there are movies to act in, it's good if you have the money to get it. Who cares if the director is a melon egg or not.Besides, it's enough to use the money to make a movie, and the movie's loss of money is something that investors should worry about.

With this kind of thinking, the scene of the actors rejecting Zhang Hao's prediction did not appear, and everyone agreed without any consideration.

Except for Guo Tao who hesitated, but before the deadline, Guo Tao also took over the project, and the entire "Manslaughter" actor selection stage is over.

From mid-October to the end of November, the preliminary preparations for "Manslaughter" have come to an end.After that, Zhang Hao convened the leading actors in a meeting room prepared for him by China Film, and explained his script, story concept, and general shooting plan for the first time.

"This time we finished the whole filming in Thailand. I hope everyone can cooperate well, shoot seriously, and return safely. I wish our film a success." Zhang Hao called the crew members for the last time, saying this.

Because of his youth, although everyone doesn't say anything on the surface, they still look down on him in their hearts, especially the assistant director Cui Lihui, who is the most dissatisfied with Zhang Hao.

Cui Lihui has been in the industry for more than ten years, and he will be 37 this year. He has been working as a deputy for others. Seeing the young Zhang Hao become a director, his heart is instantly unbalanced.

Cui Lihui believes that Zhang Hao became a director because of his family background.So Cui Lihui started to think carefully, and repeatedly quarreled with Zhang Hao at work.

For example, in the choice of the heroine, Zhang Hao had already decided on Yu Feihong, but Cui Lihui thought that Zeng Li was more suitable, so he talked back to Zhang Hao at the project preparation meeting.

"I think Zeng Li is more suitable, and it's better to choose Zeng Li as the heroine." Cui Lihui widened his eyes, stood up, and tried to use his high position to oppress Zhang Hao who was sitting on the chair.

Zhang Hao looked at Liu Hao, saw that he didn't say anything, so he smiled slightly and said: "However, the crew has already appointed Yu Feihong, and he has also agreed to sign the actor contract. We will breach the contract if we temporarily change roles."

"I'm thinking about it for the crew. I think that if Zeng Li plays the heroine, the probability of the film's success will be greater. We can pay liquidated damages. Anyway, there is an investment of 500 million yuan." It's all about to crumble.

Zhang Hao, He De, He Neng, actually directed a film for the first time, and it was a production with an investment of 500 million. He is envious and jealous!
"I want you to be clear. First of all, the 500 million investment is used to shoot the film, not to pay liquidated damages. Secondly, the choice of the heroine has already been decided. This is my responsibility as a director.

As for you, you only need to do your job and leave the rest alone, Assistant Director Cui. "The last deputy director Cui, Zhang Hao emphasized his tone.
This is to remind Cui Lihui what his current position is.

The implication is that this is Lao Tzu's crew, and Lao Tzu's business, you can just do your own thing well, and stay out of other's business.

Cui Lihui is not an idiot who can get into the position of assistant director, so he can understand Zhang Hao's voice-over.

Although he dissatisfied with Zhang Hao, the director is the director, and he has absolute authority as long as the crew and producers do not interfere.

Looking at the situation of the producer Liu Hao, I'm afraid he won't sing against Zhang Hao.

After that, Cui Lihui sang against Zhang Hao many times, euphemistically saying that it was for the good of the crew and to hold the name of righteousness.

The key point is that the ideas he put forward are very insightful. It can be seen that he is indeed rich in experience. Even Zhang Hao can't figure out his pain, so he can only endure him.

But Zhang Hao is not a fuel-efficient lamp. No matter how reasonable Cui Lihui said, Zhang Hao insisted on one point. I am the director, and I am responsible for everything on the crew. If there is any problem, it is also my responsibility.

But if someone does something deliberately, I am responsible, and the person who caused the trouble should not even try to run away.

As I said before, the big deal is that if you fail, you can go back and inherit the family property, but the person who fights inside will definitely not be able to get along.Among other things, neither China Film Group nor Bona can spare that person.

So in the face of doubts and contempt, and people like Cui Lihui who dared to jump out and sing the opposite, Zhang Hao was very calm.He didn't come to fight and quarrel, he came to work, to complete the task of filming.

With the work contract, Zhang Hao restrained the crew very well. Although there were some twists and turns, he still successfully completed the construction of the crew.

At the beginning of December, the first snow fell in Beijing, and Zhang Hao and Liu Hao had already set off for Thailand with the crew of "Manslaughter".

(End of this chapter)