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Chapter 123 "Assembly Number" [Two in One]

Beijing, Huayi Film and Television Investment Company.

The elevator on the top floor opened with a ding. A young man in a suit and leather shoes walked out of the elevator and came to the secretary's workbench. He raised the document bag in his hand towards the pretty young female secretary and said frivolously:
"Lili looks beautiful again today. Is Mr. Wang here?"

The female secretary smiled charmingly and replied: "Director Ma is joking again. Mr. Wang is here, waiting for you."

"Haha, okay, I'll go find Mr. Wang first. I'll be back later, and Brother Ma will chat with you."

The man laughed, turned and entered the corridor, and came to the penultimate office with the "General Manager" sign. He stood still, calmed down his emotions, his expression became humble, and he knocked gently on the door twice.

"Enter"

A deep voice came, and the young man opened the door and walked in.

This is the headquarters of Huayi Film and Television Investment Company in Beijing. The young man is Ma Tao, deputy director of the production department of Huayi Company. Today he is here to report to general manager Wang Zhonglei.

The office is very large, nearly a hundred square meters, and the decoration is extremely luxurious. As soon as you enter, you will see a large floor-to-ceiling window. Through it, you can overlook the scenery of half of the city, giving people a feeling of being high and powerful.

Exquisiteness is everywhere from the floor to the ceiling, all materials are imported, the sofas are made of fine leather, exquisite antique vases are placed on the marble floor, and the walls are decorated with various precious works of art and collectibles. .

On the north side is a huge mahogany desk. Behind the desk is sitting a middle-aged man who is not angry and proud, and is cutting a cigar intently at the moment.

This person is Wang Zhonglei, general manager of Huayi Company.

Ma Tao walked a few steps quickly, walked to the desk, bent deeply, handed over the documents with both hands, and said flatteringly:
"Mr. Wang, the final project plan for Director Feng's film is out. Please take a look."

Wang Zhonglei didn't even raise his head, still concentrating on cutting his cigar, and replied casually.

"Leave it there. I'll look at it when I have time. Please tell me briefly."

"Okay, Mr. Wang. The entire movie "Assembly" plans to invest 4000 million, and the total investment cost for external publicity is 8000 million. The preparations for the entire crew have been completed. The shooting location is Kuandian in the northeast. Director Feng just took the lead yesterday. The team sets off."

"I heard something happened to the crew a while ago. There was a fire in the warehouse and a batch of prepared props were burned?"

Wang Zhonglei still did not raise his head, his voice was not loud, and his tone did not change much, but his calm words still made Ma Tao break out in a cold sweat, and he quickly replied:
"Uh, yes, Mr. Wang, it was caused by poor management of the props warehouse. A batch of made props were lost in the fire, and the value is estimated to be several million."

"How did your production department handle it?"

"Mr. Wang, all those responsible for the relevant props have been fired and banned from the industry. They will never be seen in the circle in the future."

"Well, we can't let the company suffer losses for nothing, we must kill him as a warning to others."

After saying this, Wang Zhonglei picked up the cut cigar and put it in his mouth. Ma Tao quickly took out the lighter and lit it with a "click" sound.

"Hiss. Is the budget enough?"

"It is likely to exceed the standard. Our production department has urgently applied for an additional budget of 1000 million, and we still need your signature, Mr. Wang."

Wang Zhonglei sat up, opened the files on the table, and started browsing briefly.

While watching, he asked casually:

"Have all the main actors been cast?"

"Yes, Mr. Wang, because of budget issues, Director Feng has agreed to use Zhang Hanyu as the male lead. He can play the role for zero pay. The second male lead is Deng Chao."

"Well, Xiao Ming still doesn't want to act?"

"Uh, yes, Mr. Wang, brother Xiao Ming has another acting appointment."

"alright."

Seeing Wang Zhonglei turn to the last page, Ma Tao immediately handed over the signature pen. Wang Zhonglei took it naturally and signed his name with flying colors.

After finishing, he leaned back and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"By the way, Mr. Wang, our partner has some ideas about the heroine of this drama and wants to replace her with one of them."

Wang Zhonglei picked up the cigar and took another puff.

"Who is the mistress?"

"It's called a statement, made by Director Feng."

"Well, we can negotiate. Everything has a corresponding price. Your production department will handle it. Are there any other problems with other actors?"

"There's nothing else. Oh, the last actor is Sun Yi. Director Feng just decided on it two days ago."

"Sun Yi? Who? Does it sound familiar?"

"Mr. Wang is the person who bought our investment share in "Soldier Assault" a while ago. He is a new actor. He is relatively out of the industry. He just won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Newcomer. It is said that he is somewhat related to Zhang Guoli."

When Wang Zhonglei heard "Soldier Assault", he immediately remembered that this incident caused their Huayi Company to lose a lot of profits. Although they did not lose money and made a lot of profits, they did not make a big profit, which made people very upset. Happy.

Wang Zhonglei narrowed his eyes and blew out a smoke ring.

He was also thinking in his mind at the moment.

The initial transfer of the investment share was indeed due to the fact that Huayi was dismantling its independent TV drama department and urgently needed funds to prepare for the movie "Assembly Number". In addition, Wang Shuo of the Beijing Circle interceded with Yu Feihong, so he agreed to this matter. But now it seems that losing nearly tens of millions of profits for nothing really makes people feel uncomfortable.

Wang Zhonglei was angry with Sun Yi. He was not an unforgiving person, but the obvious benefits of tens of millions made people jealous.

However, on the other hand, the power of Wang Shuo, Yu Feihong, and Zhang Guoli in the circle should not be underestimated. They actually agreed and signed the contract in black and white, but now they regret it, and the impact is indeed bad.

Ma Tao looked at Wang Zhonglei's frown and was eager to relieve his boss's worries, so he suggested fiercely:

"Mr. Wang, how about replacing him and then notifying several major companies to jointly ban him?"

"Fart, I don't want to lose face? Those people are not easy to mess with. Are you going to join forces with other companies and let them laugh at us, Huayi?"

"Yes, yes, I am too superficial and not thoughtful enough."

Ma Tao quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake, and the beads of sweat on his forehead were clearly visible.

Wang Zhonglei weighed it repeatedly for a while, but still felt that it was a bit unreasonable. The teacher came from nowhere.People in the circle will say that Huayi uses the big to bully the small and does not value credibility. The key point is that those three people are not easy to get along with. If Huayi regrets, it will be equivalent to a slap in the face of the three of them.

But I just suffered this secret loss without making any moves, and I still felt a little bit unhappy.

"In this case, you happen to be one of the producers. Go ahead and sign Sun Yi in. From now on, it will be easy for your family to do anything."

"I understand, Mr. Wang, uh, what if this guy doesn't know how to praise and refuses to sign?"

Wang Zhonglei chuckled.

"Humph, don't sign, it's easy to handle. If it were him, the person who rejected our Huayi would not think about any of our Huayi's projects from now on. Moreover, he was the one who refused to eat the toast and drank the fine wine. He said it wherever he went. out."

After Ma Tao heard this, he immediately flattered him.

"Mr. Wang, Gao Ming."

Northeast, Kuandian.

At 3:[-] in the morning, Sun Yi was sleeping soundly when he felt like he was being stabbed.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, don't sleep, get up quickly, it's time."

"Uh~, Brother Bao, please let me sleep for a while, I'm too sleepy."

"No, the director said that we have to meet at the set at 4 o'clock. Hurry up, it's going to be late."

Sun Yi opened his eyes in a daze, and the first thing he saw was Wang Baoqiang's iconic row of white teeth.

After a fierce struggle in his heart, he reluctantly crawled out of the warm bed.As soon as I hit the ground, I immediately shivered from the cold.

The weather in the Northeast in November is already close to freezing, and the filming site is still in the wilderness. The crew can only arrange accommodation in the nearest small town. The heating is almost non-existent and they rely entirely on human flesh for warmth. Sun Yi, who was a Northeasterner in his previous life, also Can't bear it.

He returned to Beijing from Hangzhou at the end of October. He only stayed for two days. Even in these two short days, he was not idle. He finalized the promotion plan for "Those Years" with Qingying Film Studio. After consultation, he got 10 was allocated as publicity funds for online promotion, and his investment ratio increased from the original 50% to 40%.
I also discussed the release of his second album with Taihe Maitian.

He has finished recording the album. He took some time off in October to record one song a day on average. Sometimes when he is in good condition, he can record two songs a day.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the album's release, we plan to release it in late November in conjunction with the promotion of the movie "Those Years".

Back to the crew.

Sun Yi put on a sweater and woolen trousers and complained while washing up.

"Shit, this is not how people live."

The entire cast of "Assembly Number" got up at 4 a.m. to start putting on makeup, started filming at 7 a.m., and continued filming at 4 p.m., a full 12 hours. This was because it was dark very early in Kuandian, otherwise longer.

He had been here for several days. After arriving, he immediately asked director Feng Xiaogang for the script. As expected, he was assigned a small supporting role, instructor Wang Jincun.

Not to mention, the character is quite consistent with himself.

Wang Jincun was an ordinary student at the National Normal University. He was young and a weak scholar. If there had been no war, he would have been sitting in a quiet classroom, reading and writing, and became an outstanding teacher after graduation.But at that time, war was inevitable. As the instructor of the Ninth Company, he was timid and cowardly. He followed the Ninth Company to participate in the blocking operation to cover the large forces. He was inspired on the battlefield, fought bravely, and finally died heroically.

This role is not too difficult for him in terms of acting skills. His current physical fitness is also very good, and he can handle the war scenes. However, he has to get up at 3 o'clock every day, which makes him really uncomfortable.

When I came to the set, I started putting on makeup directly. After putting on makeup, I changed into props and costumes. At about 5 o'clock, I ate a few steamed buns to cushion my stomach, and then I had nothing to do and just waited.

The crew signed a contract with him for half a month, but actually he didn't have many scenes, only one or two scenes a day on average.Most of the time was spent waiting.

After all, Feng Xiaogang's crew would not concentrate on shooting for his small supporting role.

Sun Yi basically hangs out on the set every day, mostly with the props and stunt crew. He wants to learn how war scenes are shot.

"Assembly" is adapted from Yang Jinyuan's novel "The Lawsuit". It tells the story of Gu Zidi, commander of the Ninth Company, who accepted a mission to block the war during the War of Liberation. He and the regiment leader agreed to use the assembly as the order to retreat.When his comrades were killed one by one, Gu Zidi had doubts about whether the trumpet sounded, and he vowed to find the truth.

In Sun Yi's opinion, "Assembly" can be considered a good movie no matter what, and it has opened a new chapter in Chinese war-themed movies.

Especially in the subject of civil war, it abandons traditional heroic and romantic techniques and restores the ruthlessness and absurdity of war.It does not praise or even criticize, but tells an extremely cruel and confusing story from a calm narrative perspective.

It's a big step forward in telling about that war, that period of history, and human nature.

In past movies, soldiers worked hard and had the courage to sacrifice in order to obey the overall situation.
But Gu Zidi is not like this. He will question: "You are afraid of being bitten to death, but we are not afraid of being bitten to death?"

In war movies of the past, soldiers died for nihilistic ideals and doctrines and invisible people;

But in "Assembly", Jiang Maocai died for his visible brothers, and Wang Jincun died for his visible trust.

They didn't say a word of empty and beautiful nonsense.

The entire film not only questions the so-called sacrifice, but also affirms the value of sacrifice. It can definitely be regarded as a milestone in the theme of war.

At this time, Feng Xiaogang was still a very reliable cook.

But these have little to do with Sun Yi. He is now focusing on the crew's stunt shooting, and this is something he can learn.

I remember the first time I saw this movie in my previous life, I was so shocked that it was hard to overstate.

Is this a movie that we in China can make?
There is a sense of déjà vu in Saving Private Ryan.

"Assembly" employs the stunt team from the Bangzi film "The Flying Tai Chi Flag". Of course, the crew also has Chinese stunt people who work with it.

Sun Yi has known someone in the past few days.

"Shenghe~"

"Hey, uncle~"

Hearing this "uncle", Sun Yi helplessly patted his forehead.

He is only 19 now, and he is already being called uncle, but the call he makes is quite reasonable, which makes him helpless.

Sheng He's full name is Sun Shenghe. He is 20 years old this year, one year older than Sun Yi. His hometown is in Kuandian. He has been a soldier in the army for 4 years. This year, his father suffered an accidental stroke and was paralyzed in bed. His sister married away from home, leaving only As an only son, he had no choice but to return home from the army and take care of his parents.

After four years of training in the army, I gained knowledge and broadened my horizons. After returning home, I no longer wanted to work like this for the rest of my life. I heard that a film crew was coming near my hometown and was looking for extras, so I signed up.

He is not lazy in appearance and is honest and hard-working. He was quickly hired as an extra by the crew. During an explosion scene, the explosives that had been planted in advance did not explode. The professional staff of the stunt team happened to be away from the set, so he volunteered to troubleshoot the problem. .

Later I learned that he had been an engineer in the army for four years, specializing in demolition. The deputy director found out that he directly transferred him to the demolition stunt team here in China.

Sun Yi went to the stunt team for a walk when he had nothing to do these days. The stick was covered tightly. Except for the director Feng Xiaogang, no one else was allowed to go over to watch, for fear of being stolen. He was very stingy.

He could only come to the Chinese stunt team, and he became familiar with Sun Shenghe over time. The two chatted and learned that they were from the same family, had a pair of genealogies, and could be regarded as relatives who came out of the fifth server.

Since Sun Yi was making a name for himself in the capital in this life, he was not named according to his seniority. My father was from the generation named Xu, the same generation as Sun Sheng and his grandfather.

He heard that Sheng He's father had suffered a stroke and was bedridden at home, so he took the time to visit and left a sum of money.

After that, Sheng He called him uncle when they met.

"Is today's mission heavy?"

"It's alright. A total of 4 sites and 16 groups of explosives have been set."

Sun Yi leaned close to Sheng He's ear and whispered:
"What's the level of those guys?"

"It's okay, it's pretty powerful, but they are different from what I played in the army. He should have added something extra to the explosives. It looks very powerful, with lots of fire, smoke and dust, but it is actually more powerful than the real ones in the army. It’s much smaller.”

"This is a movie. You have to use real people. Do you want us actors to die?"

After hearing this, Sheng He felt a little embarrassed for a moment, scratching his head and giggling.

"Do you like doing this?"

"I like it. I played this every day in the army. It's been almost a year since I came home. I feel very depressed."

You seem like an explosion maniac.

However, he is a talent.

Sun Yi put his arm around Sheng He's shoulders.

"You should follow suit and learn from me. When the time comes, I will take you out to shoot a movie, and we will also do this scene."

When Sheng He heard that he would be able to play with explosives in the future, his eyes lit up and he nodded like a chicken eating rice.

"Okay, Uncle."

Sun Yi was chatting with Sheng He when he suddenly heard someone calling him over there.

"Sun Yi, Sun Yi, come here quickly, the producer is looking for you."

Producer, what do you want from me?
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