King of Rolls' China Entertainment Tour

Chapter 264 Logistics Preparations for "Datang"

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, as soon as Yu Hao lifted the quilt, he heard Gao Yuanyuan say leisurely: "Brother, have you been so busy recently? I haven't seen you for several days."

Yu Hao moved his body, shrugged and said helplessly: "You know, I'm preparing a new movie recently, an ancient war movie, a movie involving real history. I can't be as hasty as before.

The Tang Dynasty's weapons, armor, coins, customs, war horses and other historical issues must be carefully crafted in every aspect, and cannot be careless, otherwise people will say that I am fooling people, and this time I am still competing for the prize, scolding It's not just me,

Therefore, I have been quite busy lately either looking up historical materials or talking to relevant history professors about this issue. "

Gao Yuanyuan opened her mouth wide and said in confusion: "Brother, do you need to be so serious? If you do this, you will have to spend a lot of money, material resources, and energy.

How about we just follow that short story, wouldn't there be prizes for that one? It’s okay if we take our time. There’s no need to make it so big at the beginning. I’m afraid I’ll tire my senior brother. "

Yu Hao said meaningfully: "What would the effect be if I photographed the Tang Dynasty from its peak to decline through the Anxi Army's perspective, and then captured the spirit of the Anxi Army?"

Gao Yuanyuan frowned. After thinking for a while, she bit her finger and said with a cute expression: "I don't know much about the story of Anxi Army, but it is not easy to film all this story." thing,

From a military perspective, the peak should be calculated from the Zhenguan period, and the decline is after the Anshi Rebellion. Can such a complete story be told clearly in just 90 to 120 minutes?

What's more, with your temperament, senior brother, you will never just take pictures of things that others have taken. You must have things that you want to take. Is it too difficult to explain everything clearly in such a short time?

Senior brother, if you like this story, we can definitely make a TV series and tell these stories bit by bit. It’s not impossible. "

Yu Hao shook his head, and then said with high spirits: "When you play movies, you have to play something different and challenging. TV dramas and so on are still not as enjoyable as movies, and the touch is not as refreshing as movies."

Gao Yuanyuan bit her lips lightly, and then said with a sad face: "The budget is quite large. Just those weapons cost a lot of money, and those war horses. Why does the movie have to take a month to shoot? It still costs a lot of money. A lot of money,

Besides, it’s hard to find actors for war scenes, right? Even if they are all group performances, hundreds of people will cost a lot in a month. Add in the money spent on building the city before, and the total budget will probably be over 100 million, right?

Moreover, brother, you haven’t received any investment or sponsorship for this film, so it’s really a bit big in your eyes. "

Yu Hao shook his head and smiled: "No, first of all, for the money to build the city, you can refer to Poet Chen's Film and Television City. It can be repaid in one or two years. The rest is earned and cannot be lost.

You don’t need to prepare too many weapons or anything like that. You only need to prepare one or two hundred. For the rest, just find some other ones to make ends meet. You can even use special effects instead.

There won't be too many war scenes. Too many scenes will easily fatigue the audience. Add in all the other expenses, at most 20 million, or even 10 million will be enough. "

Gao Yuanyuan looked at Yu Hao's firm eyes and advised again: "Okay, even if you are prepared for these, what about the script? Since it is for winning prizes, why not be more artistic? Is such a war drama okay?

If I remember correctly, those sergeants of the Tang Dynasty were active in the Middle East for a lot of time during their peak period, right? There are even some from Europe. If you make a film like this and participate in European film festivals, will people really buy it? "

Yu Hao shook his head and smiled: "According to our schedule, we can participate in the Berlin Film Festival. This film festival pays more attention to this aspect. How long has it been between the Tang Dynasty and now? Do they still care about this? They are all businessmen,

Even if I can't win an award, through this film festival, I can show my films to the world and let them know that the prosperity of a strong man is never just talk. "

Looking at Yu Hao who was determined to take the photo, Gao Yuanyuan said with a helpless smile: "Well, since senior brother has decided, I won't advise you, and I won't hold him back. I plan to go to that magazine company, senior brother, what do you think? Can I?"

Yu Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, but are you sure? Don't think about it anymore?"

Gao Yuanyuan complained ruthlessly: "Senior brother, you are so lavish, sooner or later you have to beg for food. Just the balance of those planes and yachts will require you to work hard for several years, and there are also loans from our company.

In addition, senior brother, you have a temper that comes out of your own thoughts. I guess there will be more places to spend money in the future. If I don't think about making money for senior brother, I'm afraid I will have to beg for food from you sooner or later. "

Yu Hao smiled awkwardly, then rubbed her dog's head, and said with a tender look: "Yuanyuan still knows that she feels sorry for me, but don't worry, I won't do anything random, and I won't do unnecessary waste.

Now that you have decided to go to a magazine company, go for it. If you have any questions, just tell me directly. I don’t want you to be bullied by anyone, no matter in any way. "

Gao Yuanyuan took Yu Hao's hand, intertwined their fingers, and said with a happy smile: "Don't worry, I'm not stupid, how can I be so ignorant, then, let's go to work together later."

At 8:30 in the morning, Yu Hao and Xu Qing came to an antique store. Xu Qing contacted this store specially and was said to be very famous in the industry.

When I arrived at the lobby, I saw a rough-looking middle-aged man already standing at the door, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Yu Hao and the other two, the rugged man smiled enthusiastically and said, "Director Yu, Xu Qing, I've been waiting for you two to come."

Yu Hao chuckled and said: "This is Brother Li, right? I have admired you for a long time. Senior sister told me that you can create authentic ancient weapons here?"

The man opposite him patted his chest and assured: "Director Yu, when it comes to movies and TV shows, you are an expert, but when it comes to making ancient weapons, my shop is also well-known.

Most of the weapons for the crews of "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" were made here, and most of the props used in the film and television studios were also made by us. We have long-term cooperation. "

Yu Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then it seems we are in the right place. I wonder, Brother Li, if you can build the armor and weapons of the Anxi Army?"

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Zhajia? Mingguang Armor? Changshuo? Mo Dao?"

Yu Hao smiled and said: "Professional, do you have any ready-made ones? Try them?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Okay, just in time, we have a pair of Mingguang Armor and a few Tang Hengdao."

Afterwards, several people came to a warehouse in the backyard. In front of them were a variety of weapons and armors. There were eighteen types of weapons. Brother Li took out a pair of armors from a pile of boxes.

Yu Hao's eyes lit up after reading it, yes, this is the Mingguang Armor.

I tried it on and found that it weighed about twenty kilograms. Seeing this, Yu Hao couldn't help but frown.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "Director Yu, I know what you mean, but for armor, it is rare to order a twenty-pound armor. In the past, not many people could wear the forty-pound armor. Let alone brandishing a weapon.”

Yu Hao frowned, and then said helplessly: "Okay, let's do it this way. By the way, in the later stage, we need to show a sense of age. Can you do it?"

The man chuckled and said: "Little problem, this is what we are best at. We have a ready-made Hengdao. I will take you two to try it."

Then, the three of them came to the other side and took out a horizontal knife. They could feel the cold light. Yu Hao took it out and weighed it in his hand to try it. It was about seven or eight pounds.

Then he took the horizontal knife and went to a wooden pier in the backyard, placed a bottle of mineral water, and slashed it down, making a neat cut.

Xu Qing was a little surprised when she saw this.

Yu Hao smiled and said: "The water bottle is too simple. I can use this thing to chop up your wooden block. Is that okay?"

The man smiled and said, "No problem, this one is half-opened, so feel free to try it, Director Yu." Yu Hao picked up the knife, held it with both hands, moved his body, and slashed the knife down. The handle of the knife sank directly into the wooden pier, which was about ten centimeters by visual inspection. deep.

Seeing this, Yu Hao couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "Okay."

Later, he tried the armor and found that it was okay. After negotiating the price, Yu Hao directly ordered two hundred sets of armor, swords, and armor, and reserved a lot of them for the protagonist group.

Then we set off again, contacted the owner of a horse farm in the northwest, and made an appointment with yellow geldings and Western horses according to the requirements in the movie...

In this way, in about a week, these early logistical preparations were finally completed.

I also contacted several martial arts instructors and ancient war instructors for war scenes.

After these preparations were completed, Liu Heping called: "Mr. Yu, we are almost ready for the book. Would you like to come over and take a look?"

Even though it was a phone call, Yu Hao could still feel the fatigue.

Yu Hao smiled and said: "Okay, but Teacher Liu, this is just a hobby, are you ready now? You are not perfunctory with me, right?"

Liu Heping complained: "Mr. Yu, where do you think we are? We are working on the script day and night, but you think it is inappropriate without even reading it. Isn't it too arbitrary?"

Yu Hao laughed and said: "I believe in your ability, Mr. Liu, but it feels a bit fast. I heard before that good books take several months of hard work."

Liu Heping chuckled and said: "That's them. Director Yu, didn't you get your notebook out very quickly? Besides, we didn't do it ourselves. For the sake of this notebook, we risked our lives.

During this period, we found a lot of professors from the history department, many of whom were at the archaeological site. We called them in the middle of the night to chat. I think we should have lived up to Mr. Yu’s expectations. "

Yu Hao said with respect: "Uncle Liu, you have worked hard during this period, we will go over now."

On the way back, Xu Qing pinched her eyebrows and said, "Junior brother, is the book ready so soon? Are they fooling you?"

Yu Hao shook his head and smiled: "These are not the kind of masters who are fooling around. Besides, I am not an inexperienced master. I will know when the time comes."

Xu Qiang said with emotion: "Junior brother, I feel that all the energy you spent on filming TV series before was not as hard as this time. Also, the expenses are the most."

Yu Hao put her head on his lap, pressed it on her head and said, "It's okay. I know how much I weigh, and I won't do such mindless things. Don't worry."

Xu Qing lay on Yu Hao's lap and curled her lips and said, "No one can persuade you now. I just hope that the result won't disappoint you too much. I don't want to see you disappointed."

Yu Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Senior sister, when do you think I have done something thankless? Also, why do you always think that I can't succeed? Haven't I proven my strength time and time again?"

Xu Qing smiled bitterly and said: "But, why don't you look at your previous experience? I started out in idol dramas. One TV series became popular. Although the subsequent dramas are different from the first one, they are mostly based on this foundation." of,

The same goes for your first movie. Although it is a romantic drama, it is not very different. It does not break out of the shell of your idol drama audience.

But, you are different now. It is said that it is a literary film. It cost 50 million to build the city alone. This time, it also spent a lot of money to restore the weapons of the Tang Dynasty. I said, do you need to be so serious?

Isn't it enough to just fool around? This is how everyone plays. If they follow your approach, all investors will cry to death. "

Yu Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "Sister, this is the difference in understanding between us. You think it is unnecessary and you are wasting your money. But I did the same thing in my last movie. Can it have the current box office?

Don't tell the truth, but you can't fool people. This is not a once or twice thing. This is a director's reputation, which is the most important thing. "

Xu Qing looked up at Yu Hao. After a long time, she still didn't see any sign of giving up, so she could only smile bitterly:

"Okay, my fault, you convinced me. If you want to do this, then it's up to you. I support it unconditionally."

Yu Hao chuckled and said, "It's just the different thinking between the director and the actors. The actors want to make their own script well, while the director thinks about the overall picture and sell it better."

After returning to the company, Yu Hao dove into the writers room.

At this time, Liu Heping and others were no longer as well-dressed as before. The boss Fan was gone. They all had messy hair and two deep dark circles under their eyes. The room was also filled with smoke and there were cigarette butts everywhere.

Seeing such a scene, Yu Hao felt confident.

Seeing Yu Hao come in, Liu Heping quickly pulled Yu Hao in front of him, held Yu Hao down and sat down. Then he pointed to the printed documents on the table and said with a proud face: "Mr. Yu, take a look."

Yu Hao didn't have any ink marks either, so he took the script and started reading it.

After scanning the opening clip, Yu Hao's eyes lit up.

The plot he told a few people started with a refugee being subdued by Tang Bing, who had fainted before, while stealing his belongings. Tang Bing then escorted the refugee on a journey to deliver money, and the story unfolded from there.

The adapted plot is more touching:

The previous plot remained unchanged, but a lot of details were added. After the old man woke up, he first looked around with a wary face, then subconsciously drew his knife. Hearing the begging for mercy from the other side, he put away the knife and asked: "Tang people?"

After confirming his identity, his face softened a little, and his tone lost the previous indifference, and then he said to the refugee: "Young gentleman, please remove my armor and apply medicine for me."

After the refugee skillfully helped the old man remove his armor, he saw the criss-crossing wounds, including knife wounds and arrow wounds, which looked particularly hideous and terrifying. The refugee swallowed unconsciously.

The refugee then asked cautiously: "Master Jun, are you the Anxi Army?"

(End of this chapter)