director of the millennium

Chapter 5
Wu Yuan waited for more than two months.

In a blink of an eye, the second semester of his sophomore year was almost over, and Wu Yuancai received a call from Wang Xiaoshuai confirming the startup.

"Hey, Yuan'er, where are you staying?"

"The preparations for the production team have been completed. Come to Fengzeyuan tomorrow, and everyone will gather together, and the leading actors will also get to know each other."

It was already mid-June, and the film academy was about to go on summer vacation. Joining the group at this time was a very good choice.

The only thing that makes Wu Yuan a little regretful is that summer vacation, the most suitable time for selling pirated discs, will be taken up.

In the past two months, in order to avoid the limelight, Wu Yuan's pirated disc business has slowed down a lot. At least in Dongcheng, he only dares to sell it every three to five days.

In addition, his part-time income in the past two months has also dropped sharply, and he barely earns 500 yuan a month.

Although the average annual salary of on-the-job employees in urban units across the country was 2000 yuan in 9371 and the average monthly salary was 780.9 yuan, the capital is the capital after all, and the average monthly salary of employees in the capital has exceeded 1300 yuan.

This is the average salary of employees, that is, the level "within the system." Wu Yuan, as the third generation of his family with a well-established system, naturally has to pay attention to it.

"I wonder how much money I can get from playing this leading role." Wu Yuan thought curiously.

His curiosity did not last long.

The next day, when Wang Xiaoshuai came to pick him up, he revealed the secret.

Wang Xiaoshuai drove the most popular Santana 2000 in recent years, and Wu Yuan's first sentence was: "This time you film "17-year-old Bicycle", and you can get 1 yuan for the film."

"So much?!" Wu Yuan was startled by Wang Xiaoshuai's words before he even cared about admiring this rather "retro" car.

This is the millennium, not 2020!
At a time when the marketization of the film industry has not yet begun, there is no such thing as a movie star.

At least in the Mainland, except for Jet Li and International Zhang, anyone who stars in a literary film, whether he is a leading actor or a supporting actor, will only get 5000 yuan, and a newcomer will only get 2000 yuan.

On the contrary, there is a lot of money for acting in a TV series. You can get two to three thousand for one episode, and more than ten or two million for a TV series.

However, TV dramas take a long time to shoot, and movies can be finished in a few to ten days, so the price is still acceptable.

But for Wu Yuan, a newcomer who acted in a movie for the first time, even if he was the leading actor, it was a bit exaggerated to receive 1 yuan.

"I am not short of money for this movie. From the beginning of preparation, many people are willing to invest in me."

While starting the car, Wang Xiaoshuai said nonchalantly:

"We are now in a transition period of relevant policies. Although the full marketization stage has not yet begun, it has been relaxed a lot."

"This "17-year-old Bicycle" only needs to pay the film studio to buy the label, and I can find anyone to get the rest of the funds."

"I have obtained funds from France and Baodao, and this group of people is really rich, and they give a lot and are refreshing."

"No matter how you say it, you are also my junior brother, and you still have to take care of your own people."

And this good thing? !

Wu Yuan was happy.

Wang Xiaoshuai is different from him. Before he started filming "17-year-old Bicycle", he had already won the Best Director Award at the Italian Smirnoff Art Film Festival, the Best Film Award at the Iron Saloni International Film Festival in Greece, and the Rotterdam Film Awards. International Film Critics Award, Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard.

Old Wang has not only become famous in China, he is also a well-known director in Europe. There is really no shortage of people to invest money in making literary films for him.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Wu Yuan thanked happily.

Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and snorted, "But don't talk nonsense, you are the one with the highest salary among the actors in the crew, and the other leading actor only gets 5000 yuan. If someone asks , You also said that the salary is only [-]."

"The extra 5000 yuan is not given to you for nothing. In addition to being the leading actor in the film crew, you will be given the job of running the film crew."

"Also, when you don't have any dramas, you have to take on part of the assistant director's work."

"Okay, it's on me!" Wu Yuan patted his chest and agreed without hesitation.

Film crew member, this is a position that has left a long lasting impression on Wu Yuan.

In the film film era, depending on the shooting conditions, every day or at least every week, the crew would have "film runners" responsible for transporting the exposed film to the laboratory, and then bringing back the processed samples.

This kind of printed sample is commonly known as "raw film".

Every time the raw film is received from the laboratory, there will be a check screening.

It is mainly for technical inspection, such as exposure, focus, and whether it is worn or not.

Of course, the most important thing is that the directors will discuss and judge the content and performance of the filmed images. If they are not satisfied, or have any new ideas after watching the samples, they may reshoot the next day.

What the film runner does is to transport the film back and forth, because the undeveloped film will lose a lot if something happens, so this job is very important.

For Wu Yuan, if he serves as a film runner, he can also participate in discussions about shooting materials every night.

This is the best opportunity to understand and learn a director's shooting skills and abilities in the film era!
Ordinary film runners are really just running errands, and they definitely don't have this opportunity, but Wu Yuan is not ordinary, the direct juniors these days are really the favorites of the seniors!
Every director who can stand up in the film industry has one or more senior brothers behind him to help!

This is why the mainland director circle, especially in the first 21 years of the 15st century, has been criticized for being closed and engaging in factions.

No, Wu Yuan is going to be with a good big brother!

The half-hour drive passed quickly amidst Wu Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai's chatter.

By the time they arrived at Fengze Garden, the rest of the "17-Year-Old Bicycle" crew had already arrived and were waiting in the box.

Wang Xiaoshuai, the biggest director of the whole crew, pushed open the door of the box with Wu Yuan, the cutie.

"Shh-"

Whether it was the actors or the crew, they all stood up from their chairs when they saw Wang Xiaoshuai.

These days, for independent films, the director is the biggest in the whole group, whether it is the producer or the producer, the director's rights cannot be shaken at all.

Even most directors are also producers, and there are no supervisors on the crew. They say everything on the crew, just like kings.

Following behind Wang Xiaoshuai, Wu Yuan looked curiously at the situation in the box.

Needless to say, the seven or eight crew members were all unfamiliar strangers.

But Wu Yuan was very familiar with the young people sitting at the central round table.

That young man with a shaved head, dark complexion, handsome appearance but extremely nervous, knew without asking that he was Cui Lin, the other male protagonist of "17 Years Old Bicycle".

And the two beauties standing on the left and right of him are superstars whom Wu Yuan knows so well!
"Gao Yuanyuan!"

"Weekly News!"

(End of this chapter)