Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 240 Director Candidates

When Zhang Yuanjun came to Hong Kong this time, he not only came by himself, but also brought money.

He was not familiar with the place in Hong Kong Island, and even when he wanted to start work, he was in doubt.

So he wanted to spend money to hire an established filmmaker in Hong Kong Island to be the producer of his "Source Code", so as to attract investment and organize for "Source Code" in Hong Kong Island.

Someone is willing to do this job.

Yinhuang has taken a fancy to this piece of meat, but Yinhuang himself does not want to vote for "Source Code" and do science fiction in Hong Kong Island?What are you thinking.

Yinhuang just wants to earn this agency fee.

Several old labels on Hong Kong Island, Golden Harvest sold themselves, Shaws ceased production, Yongsheng was half dead, Galaxy fell apart long ago, and only a few companies such as Yinhuang and Media Asia still maintained their output.

But the most urgent thing for "Source Code" now is to determine the director first.

Hong Kong Island also has many directors who can direct this type of film. Zhang Yuanjun and his team have also met many people in the past few days.

There are old directors and newcomers.

In fact, Zhang Yuanjun likes Xu Ke the most, but Xu Ke turned around with "Animal World", and he will no longer be a tool for Zhang Yuanjun.

It seems that this favor can only be found later.

Until "Detachment" was launched, the Hong Kong Island producer of "Source Code" was not confirmed, and the director was not found.

For the first time Zhang Yuanjun felt that making a film was so difficult.

Science fiction has great promise. "Source Code" is just a sci-fi critique. If the risk is not high, why don't you want to vote.

Zhang Yuanjun gritted his teeth: "Go to the director first. If they don't want to vote, I will vote. At worst, I will pay for it myself."

Li Yang is not a slow-moving director. The two small-budget films "Blind Shaft" and "Blind Mountain" have honed his efficiency in handling work.

But urban education is a new subject for him after all, and there will still be many new problems on the set.

Zhang Yuanjun also has a problem, and it's an acting problem.

He has shot a lot of commercial films, and the only literary film "Love Has an Afterlife" before that was to play against Yu Feihong, whose acting skills were "not that good".

Coupled with more than a year of drama training, Zhang Yuanjun feels uncomfortable in a professional literary film team like "Detachment".

Director Li Yang and heroine Huang Lu are both professionals in artistic films, not to mention Hui Yinghong and Ye Tong.

However, no one can say that Zhang Yuanjun's acting is bad, but that his state has not adjusted.

In most cases, Zhang Yuanjun is fine, but when he needs to perform, Zhang Yuanjun will get stuck.

But then again, who wouldn’t be NG on the set?

After finishing work that day, Zhang Yuanjun took off his make-up and went back to the hotel. He has guests tonight.

The studio colleagues said that they found a director, although he was a newcomer, but he had a lot of ideas, so they brought them to Hong Kong Island to meet.

He also played tricks and didn't tell Zhang Yuanjun the name of the other party.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, a man with a round head and an inch head wearing aggressive red-rimmed glasses appeared in front of Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled immediately: "They kept it a secret for me. Why don't they just say it's you?"

The visitor was Wuershan, whom Zhang Yuanjun had known for a long time. The Beijing city was engaged in advertising and installation art, and Wuershan’s studio was considered a big name.

He has also made movies, and in 04 "Soap Opera" won an international award.

However, four years have passed and I still haven't gotten a second directing opportunity.

He happened to be in Beijing and heard that Zhang Yuanjun's studio was looking for a director for a new project, so he recommended himself.

Wu Erfan has a good reputation in the advertising industry, and the studio was willing to give him a chance and brought him to Hong Kong Island.

"Have you read the script?" After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Yuanjun began to talk about business.

"I've seen it." Wu Erfan nodded, "I thought about it, a play like "Source Code"..."

Then, Wu Ershan told Zhang Yuanjun in detail the homework he had done in the past few days.Because he has some directing experience, Wuershan explained "Source Code" more technically.

He knew that the script of "Source Code" was written by Zhang Yuanjun. If he talked about the interpretation of the characters and plot of "Source Code" in front of him, he would definitely fail Zhang Yuanjun's torture.

So he started from technical perspectives such as scheduling and shots.

"I've spent a few more shots these days, take a look." Wu Ershan took out the manuscript paper from his bag.

Zhang Yuanjun was shocked in his heart, he came prepared and vowed to take it down.

Wu Ershan has been painting since elementary school and studied at the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Because of disagreement with the teachers, he dropped out of his sophomore year and was admitted to the Film Academy.

From here we can see that Urfan is a person with very strong executive ability and a very personal personality.

Urshan's manuscripts naturally reflect his professional background and are very beautiful.

But if the storyboard is to be beautiful, it has to be Feng Xiaogang's.

A few storyboard manuscripts are beautifully drawn, but the effect is mediocre, just enough.

Commercial films like "Source Code" don't care how superb the camera language is, as long as everything is enough.

"We are already building the crew, when can you start directing?" Zhang Yuanjun didn't talk nonsense.

"Tomorrow will be fine." Wu Erfan's heart was pounding, finally waiting for the opportunity.

But Zhang Yuanjun didn't tell him that the crew's investment was not in place, so he could only trick him into boarding the boat first.

"Okay. But you are a newcomer after all, so the director's salary may not be much."

"You tell me the number."

"17."

"Okay." Wu Ershan pretended to agree reluctantly, but in fact, the price in his mind was about 15.

Because Ning Hao, who was unknown at the time, was paid 15 yuan as director for "Crazy Stone".

He felt that 15 yuan should be considered a normal price for himself.

"But let's talk about the ugly things first. We will arrange two old producers and two experienced assistant directors to assist you. If you have any opinions on this aspect, we will communicate with you in advance."

"No problem, let's work together." Urshan knew that his first commercial film was a science fiction film, and the film studio would definitely intervene. He was mentally prepared for this.

"Okay, then let's make an agreement and return to the capital to sign the contract later."

Zhang Yuanjun and Wuershan shook hands and said goodbye. After returning to the hotel room, Zhang Yuanjun synchronized the news back to the capital.

Now the director has also been found. Although he is a novice, but fortunately he has experience before, and the old producer and executive will push behind him. It should not be difficult to get started.

The difficulty now is money.

The motion effects of "Source Code" need to be made in advance to see the effect. China Film Digital Hualong has already taken the order for "Source Code". It is estimated that these 400 million will be burned by China Film Digital within a month.

Not to mention the cost of setting, labor, and venue.

Zhang Yuanjun is ready to use his private money.

The last time Zhang Yuanjun was filming on the set was "Love Has an Afterlife". He hadn't been on the set for half a year, and Zhang Yuanjun was slow to find his status.

But a week after turning on the camera, Zhang Yuanjun gave others a different feeling.

Huang Lu couldn't keep up with him.

Zhang Yuanjun entered and left the play very quickly, and was very immersed when he entered the play.

When Huang Lu played with him, he would often be speechless.

Only assistant Xiao Zhao knows the reason. Liu Yifei will come to Hong Kong Island to perform in "Blind City" in a few days.

If Liu Yifei didn't come, Zhang Yuanjun's recovery would definitely not be so fast.

(End of this chapter)