my movie years

Chapter 419 I want to do the big project myself
I responded to the call from above to promote positive energy in society and take pictures of good people and good deeds.

But although the words are loud, things are not so easy to do.

First of all, this is not something Zhang Hao can accomplish as a director.If you want to complete the above explanation, you must gather more film practitioners to complete it.

A few days after the meeting with the boss, Zhang Hao summoned a dozen directors, including Guo Fan, Chen Sicheng, Wen Muye, Ning Hao, and Lu Yang, to hold an online video conference.

"This is the current situation. This is not mandatory. You can shoot whenever you want and on any subject. There are no requirements." Zhang Hao finished the above arrangement.

"Director Zhang, let me ask, who will film the part about the epidemic? I am very interested in this story." Chen Sicheng asked.

Zhang Hao replied: "I heard from Mr. Yu of Bona and others that it seems that the original cast of "Captain of China" is very interested in this."

Chen Sicheng looked disappointed, his job had been taken away.

"But it doesn't matter," Zhang Hao changed the subject and said, "You can also participate and make another film.

It’s just that we have to respect the facts and make the movie good. "

Chen Sicheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

Ning Hao said that he wanted to make a movie about last year's fire. Although there are several movies on this subject, most of them are fictional stories.

Ning Hao believes that fictional stories are far less moving than real stories.

Just like receiving a mission, more than a dozen directors attending the meeting promised to make a related film.There are so many touching stories, so don’t worry about running out of things to shoot.

However, the time span of these stories will be very long. Zhang Hao asked all directors not to shoot with the mentality of completing the task. There is no requirement that the task must be completed.

Therefore, everyone must focus on the movie itself. How to make a good movie is what should be considered.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. This big job was finally assigned.

Guo Fan poured a glass of water for Zhang Hao and asked, "What kind of movie do you plan to make?"

Zhang Hao thought for a while and said: "I plan to make a story about the earthquake..."

Guo Fan instantly understood: "This is probably only possible if you take action."

"You said that, I'm going to be proud." Zhang Hao laughed.

Although the task was arranged and the words were spoken, Zhang Hao still had other tasks on his shoulders.

This is not because "My Motherland and Me" did well. The higher-ups felt that Zhang Hao was capable of taking on more tasks, so they assigned him another major task.

Strictly speaking, the content arranged in the previous meetings with the directors is not as important as this one. This project is the main theme.

According to the previous plan, Bona had a project called "Changjin Lake", and the famous military playwright and screenwriter Lan Xiaolong was hired to write the script.

Bona's Yu Dong also talked to Zhang Hao, hoping that Zhang Hao would co-direct with Chen Gege and Xu Laoguai.

Of course, who will be the chief director will be discussed later.One has sufficient qualifications and the other has good grades, both are qualified.

But in front of Zhang Hao, mentioning his qualifications is of no use, especially since Chen Gege still has issues with him. It is estimated that Lao Chen is not willing to cooperate with him.

So during the meeting with the superiors, Zhang Hao once again proposed a new plan.

Guo Fan has already filmed "The Battle of Songgu Ridge" which is expected to be released during the Spring Festival next year. After Guan Dahu finished filming "Eight Hundred", he also filmed "King Kong River" on an ad hoc basis and is currently in theaters.

But everyone knows that the five battles cannot be told in one movie. It may be able to tell a story, but it cannot show the entire content.

So Zhang Hao directly planned to make a trilogy to show the contents of the five battles in a panoramic manner.

This idea was stolen from Chen, but frankly speaking, Chen's idea was very good, but the film was mediocre, and it felt weird to include his son from across the Pacific Ocean.

Oh, Lao Chen said that his son has changed his nationality, which is even more strange.If it's good, I'll come, if it's not good, I'll leave.How to say it specifically is hard to describe.

Zhang Hao's plan was obviously more attractive than Bona's plan, so the higher-ups agreed to the plan and would coordinate relations to cooperate with Zhang Hao.

Bona already had a cooperative relationship with Zhang Hao, so he directly merged the "Changjin Lake" project with Zhang Hao's plan, and Lan Xiaolong had to rewrite the script.

So the leadership of this project fell into the hands of Zhang Hao. The first thing Zhang Hao did was to kick Lao Chen out of the project.

In order to show that he was not just facing Old Chen, Zhang Hao also kicked Old Monster Xu out.

Old Chen was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do. Old Monster Xu also complained a little bit, but it was no use.It is not his turn to dictate the projects that Zhang Hao controls.

The superiors were worried that Zhang Hao could not handle such a large project by himself, so they persuaded Zhang Hao to find two more well-known directors to work with him.

Zhang Hao directly refused, and the reason was very simple: "The creative concepts are different. Everyone is a director and everyone listens to me. It is inevitable that they will gossip behind my back. I should do it myself!"

My production team has several excellent assistant directors and executive directors, as well as an excellent team of producers, which is enough. "

The superiors were helpless after hearing this. Thinking of Zhang Hao's past achievements and trusting him, they agreed to let Zhang Hao direct alone.

The project has been finalized, but it still needs to be prepared in advance, starting with script work.

This is the first time that another screenwriter has participated in Zhang Hao's film. In the past, Zhang Hao had done all the screenwriting work.

As a screenwriter with military themes, Lan Xiaolong's famous works include "Soldier Assault" and "My Commander, My Regiment".

It can be said that the quality of the screenwriter's works is quite good, and he has won the Magnolia Best Screenplay Award twice.

Lan Xiaolong was still a little nervous about cooperating with Zhang Hao. After all, Zhang Hao himself was very good at screenwriting, so he was afraid that Zhang Hao would not be satisfied with what he wrote.

But unexpectedly, the first time they met and communicated with Zhang Hao, the two of them were extremely happy.

In the Chinese film industry, no, even in Hollywood, screenwriters actually receive very little status, treatment and respect.

It’s not a big secret that the industry doesn’t pay much attention to screenwriters.

Hollywood can still have general strikes from time to time, and the Writers Guild takes care of it, although it's useless.

But screenwriters in the Chinese film and television industry are really no better than pigs or dogs.

It's a bit hard to say, but it's the truth.

So Zhang Hao was able to treat Lan Xiaolong as an equal, which surprised Lan Xiaolong. He had never received such courtesy.

Zhang Hao will complete the screenwriting work with Lan Xiaolong.

Although there is history as a reference, there is no accurate film template to guide Zhang Hao on how to complete this project.

Lan Xiaolong gave Zhang Hao a lot of help in screenwriting work.

The screenwriting work carried out in advance did not disrupt Zhang Hao's planned plan.According to previous plans, Zhang Hao officially put Da Liu's work "Rural Teacher" on the agenda.

This is the first film project in which Zhang Hao cannot draw from his previous works. It is also the first time that Zhang Hao's true film directing skills are tested. The pressure is still quite high.

After many discussions and repeated deliberation with Da Liu, Zhang Hao revised the script more than a dozen times before finally settling on the script of "Country Teacher".

Then came the preparatory process. Team members ended their long vacations, survived waves of isolation, gathered again, and started working.

　A few days ago, I was full of confidence to write a Chinese entertainment book. However, after seeing so many Chinese entertainments in Qidian City, I suddenly lost my mood to write. I was struggling...

　　
　
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