I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 207 Mental illness

"Ka, Brother Hu, come here!"

Brother Hu, wearing fur clothes and a hat, ran over immediately.

"Wan Dao!"

Brother Hu is now filled with frustration. He took this shot more than a dozen times but never got it right.

He finally understood what Liu Shishi said before coming here: if you go to act in "Huo Qubing", you will suffer.

"A Huns led the Han army under the threat of death. He was struggling internally. On the one hand, he was inner condemnation, and on the other hand, he was a person's survival instinct before death.

This kind of inner struggle is introverted and cannot be expressed externally. It has to be expressed through eyes and some small movements. "

Brother Hu was confused. He understood what Wan Qingshan meant, but with such a difficult performance, he...
"Well, Director Wan, I understand." Brother Hu replied blankly.

"You should rest for 5 minutes to adjust."

"Thank you, Director Wan."

Brother Hu walked to the rest area, and while his assistant fanned him, he took off his sweaty hat, closed his eyes and meditated on how to perform a restrained struggle.

On the side, He Bing, who was fanning himself, asked in a low voice, Hu Jun, who was so hot that he was shirtless,

"You have worked with Director Wan before. Has Director Wan always been so demanding?"

Hu Jun glanced at Wanqing Mountain, where he could blow a fan on the prairie. After a few envious glances, Hu Jun withdrew his gaze, touched the sweat on his forehead, and replied in a low voice,
"No, when I was filming "The True Meaning of Love," Director Wan didn't have high requirements. As long as it was passable, he wouldn't reshoot it."

"That's strange. Didn't the acting just now go well? Why did Director Wan keep shouting that it was stuck?"

"Who knows? Alas, the weather is so damn hot during the day and cold at night. I hope I can finish filming soon!"

After 5 minutes, the crew started filming again.

In the footage, Brother Hu, who was wearing a sloppy Huns costume, picked up the meat thrown by an extra actor playing a soldier and ate it hungrily.

After taking two bites, Brother Hu froze and raised his head slightly, his eyes blurred and hesitant.

Wan Qingshan behind the monitor sighed softly. Brother Hu's eyes were almost forgotten. More importantly, the expression on his face was still too exaggerated. The frowning brows and the corners of his mouth twitching from time to time were too much.

Although the expression was a bit exaggerated, Wan Qingshan got it right this time.

At the beginning, Lu Wei persuaded Wan Qingshan to shoot more material for the role of Brother Hu, cut one more movie, and submit it to the award.

Wan Qingshan was persuaded by Lu Wei to cut a movie with the nameless character Hu Ge as the protagonist, which is very suitable for participating in international film festivals, and is even more suitable for participating in the Oscars than "Huo Qubing".

The Oscars are not as politically correct as they will be in the future, but they are still there now, but not as serious as they will be in the future.

Between a war film and a literary film with an anti-war theme, the latter is definitely more likely to win the award. After all, they advertise freedom and peace, so they definitely can't slap themselves in the face.

So when filming Brother Hu's scenes, Wan Qingshan treated Brother Hu with the requirements of an artistic film.

But,,, the current Hu brother is not the Hu brother after the rebirth of the phoenix. Although he is talented in acting, he has not gone through many years of drama training and is far from Wan Qingshan's requirements for literary films.

After taking more than a dozen photos, the one just now still didn’t work, so Wanqingshan gave up.

He didn't want to overspend the crew by cutting one more movie.

Shooting war scenes in the prairie requires a lot of daily expenses. Although tents are set up on site for accommodation, the costs of food, electricity, and water are too high, and the expenses are much higher than shooting in a film and television city.

If you use drama to tease Brother Hu, the money in the account will definitely not be enough in the end. Wan Qingshan will not do such a thing.

But Wan Qingshan was not disappointed. After being persuaded by Lu Wei, Wan Qingshan thought about asking Qin Hao to play this role. He knew that it would be difficult to act with Brother Hu's current acting skills, so he planned to give him another role. .

But after thinking about it, come on, if you can cut one more piece, just cut one more piece. If you can’t, forget it. Don’t make it so troublesome.

The most important thing is to film "Huo Qubing" well, don't worry too much about other things.

I gave up editing one more artistic film, and the subsequent shooting speed was much faster.

But no matter how fast it goes, it's already the end of November when filming is completed, long past the time for the General Administration to select movies and send them to the Oscars.

It took nearly half a year from the start of filming to the end in June. This speed was much slower than Zhang Yimou's filming of "The City of Golden Armor".

But for Wan Qingshan, it exceeded his expectations. He originally thought he would be able to shoot next year.

The crew had just finished filming and while the staff was packing their things, Tao Gong ran over.

"Director Wan, Director Wan, a few reporters came outside and said they wanted to interview you."

Wan Qingshan's eyes widened. At the Wuxi Film and Television Base, it was normal for reporters to follow the crew, but when they got here, no reporters followed.

Deep into the prairie, there are few people and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. No reporter would come and suffer this.

"Since they have all come here, it is unreasonable not to accept an interview. Let them come in."

After a while, Tao Gong came over with three reporters who were tired of traveling.

"Don't you have any news to write about recently? You actually came all the way to interview me." Wan Qingshan said with a smile.

The three reporters were very surprised. After looking at each other, one of them whispered,

"Director Wan, do you really not know why we came to interview you?"

This situation made Wan Qingshan suddenly feel nervous. Could it be that something happened to Chen Yumo and the company?

But in an instant, Wan Qingshan gave up this idea. Although there was no signal here, the troops who came to act as extras did have satellite phones. If something big happened, Chen Yumo could contact him through Grandpa Feng.

"I really don't know. Please tell me what's going on before you do the interview, so that I don't know how to answer you later."

The reporter didn't want to explain the matter clearly to Wan Qingshan, so he wanted Wan Qingshan to answer in confusion, but the meaning of Wan Qingshan's words was obvious. If you don't tell me the matter, then I won't answer, so they could only start the matter from the beginning. I said it to the end.

After a moment, Wan Qingshan understood what was going on and couldn't help but smile.

Regarding Wan Qingshan's incident on the "Red Cliff" crew, Han Sanping and Wu Kebo worked hard to take care of the crew and reporters and suppress it.

But there is no airtight wall. Two days ago, this matter suddenly spread. What he said to Wu Yusen, "You are just a director who can't get along in Hollywood," caused a lot of discussion among the outside world.

When this was all spread, other reporters no longer cared about Han Sanping and reported everything. They also reported that his filming of "Wind Talkers" in Hollywood led to the bankruptcy and sale of MMG.

Of course, they did not dare to step on the red line and did not report Wu Yusen's "Mainland boy" saying that he looked down on mainlanders and Hu Jun and others' strikeout because of this.

If they dare to report such a harmful policy, the higher-ups will cause trouble for them.

The media interviewed many people about this matter for the sake of topic. Mainland artists and directors, except for Yu Bo, Huang Xiaolei, and Ling Xiaosu who supported him, the rest basically remained silent.

However, the artists and directors in Hong Kong all support Wu Yusen, saying that Mimeigao's bankruptcy was not because of Wu Yusen, but because Wan Qingshan was a little too arrogant and did not know how to respect his predecessors.

Wan Qingshan's previous blog incident caused many fans of Hong Kong stars to be very dissatisfied with him.

This incident made some fans who felt that the Hong Kong star was the best in the world even more dissatisfied, and they went to blogs to scold him.

And the fans of Wanqingshan also scolded them below - the people who scolded Wanqingshan.

Because of Chen Yumo's previous blog incident, she held back and did not end it personally, allowing the two waves of people to scold each other on the blog.

Cursing and cursing, he went to the Tianya Forum to scold the main battlefield.

Because when Wan Qingshan promoted "Painted Skin" before, he said that he would invest [-] million to clear the names of mainland actors, which left a good reputation among passers-by.

Even with this incident, passers-by's impression of Wan Qingshan is that he is talented and responsible, but just a little proud.

Now that the scolding war is on the Tianya Forum, all these passers-by will help Wan Qingshan, causing those fans who support Hong Kong stars to dare not say a word.

There was too much hot news to report in Wanqingshan about this matter, so these three reporters worked tirelessly to find Wanqingshan in the prairie for the news.

"You have already said what happened, then I will abide by the agreement and start the interview."

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, a reporter immediately opened the recorder and asked,
"Director Wan, can you evaluate Director Wu Yusen?"

"I can't comment. I just told the truth, but people said I was arrogant. Now I don't dare to say anything."

Wan Qingshan seemed to be admitting defeat, but the expression on his face was very indifferent, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

After finishing speaking, Wan Qingshan thought of something, so he gestured with his eyes to the open recorder in the hands of the three reporters.

The three reporters were stunned for a moment, and immediately turned off the recorder, and then heard Wan Qingshan's voice.

"We all benefit from each other. If you interview me, I will answer whatever I can, but I also want to trouble you with something."

After the three reporters looked at each other, one reporter said, "Director Wan, as long as we can help, we will definitely help. But if it is something we can't do, then there is nothing we can do."

"Don't worry, this matter is very simple for you. I just want you to write in the direction that when you report, I was criticized and ostracized by these seniors in the Hong Kong film and television industry because I didn't understand the world and told the truth.

Well, to be more serious, this incident caused me to feel depressed and even caused me to see a psychiatrist. After returning to Beijing, I can go to the mental hospital and cooperate with you in taking some photos. "

The three reporters stared. If this was written, then the feeling that the outside world was overly proud of Wan Qingshan would disappear immediately, and they would even sympathize with Wan Qingshan.

Then, the three people's eyes lit up. If they really reported it like this, the topic would become even more popular. "The great director got mentally ill because of one sentence!"

Besides, this can also establish a good relationship with Wan Qingshan, which will make it easier to interview in the future.

So the three people immediately nodded and agreed, and then continued the interview.

"Director Wan and former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Wen Jun, said that there are people in Hong Kong and there is a market in the mainland. Only by working together can we develop the film industry. We cannot hinder cooperation between the two places just because of some people's remarks. What do you think about the film industry? Juan’s words.”

Wan Qingshan's pupils shrank slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "I agree with this very much. I myself have also made efforts for film and television cooperation between the two places.

After Qingshan Cinema Line acquired Golden Harvest Cinema Line, I asked many people from the original Golden Harvest Cinema Line to come to the mainland for development.

Their experience will definitely bring new development to Qingshan Cinema Line.In order to have more cooperation between the two places, I will ask Castle Peak Cinemas to spend 100 million to recruit more people with cinema experience in Hong Kong Island to develop in the mainland. "

"Wan Dao, you are criticized by many netizens for being complacent and arrogant. What do you think?"

"I actually regret it now. I regret that I shouldn't have told the truth. At the same time, I am confused now. I wonder if telling the truth is also a sin."

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The reporter's interview didn't end until the crew packed up their things.

Then, Wan Qingshan invited reporters to return to a nearby town with the crew to hold a closing banquet.

The next day, Wan Qingshan flew back to the capital with the crew, including Yan Dong, Brother Hu, Hu Jun, and Duan Yihong, who had come to the grassland for filming, and three reporters. The rest of the crew's affairs were left to Tao Gong. .

After returning to the capital, Wan Qingshan didn't rest. He dressed up and went to the mental hospital to make the three reporters look scared.

Then, Wan Qingshan stuffed a red envelope into each of the three reporters and flew to find Chen Yumo.

Wan Qingshan has never left the crew since the filming started. When the crew was at the Wuxi Film and Television Base, Chen Yumo came to see him four or five times, but later he went to shoot a war scene. It was too far away, so Chen Yumo didn't come. But we haven’t seen each other for a long time.

While Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo were releasing each other, three reporters reported the news.

With the processing of pen and ink, Wan Qingshan became a stupid young man who did not understand the world, so he told the truth when facing Wu Yusen.But because of this truth, I was collectively besieged by the Hong Kong film and television industry. In addition, I was reviled by a lot of people on the blog, which almost caused me to become mentally ill.

As soon as the news came out, passers-by who were already biased towards Wanqingshan immediately went to the Wanqingshan blog to express their support for Wanqingshan. At the same time, they also criticized those who were still scolding Wanqingshan on the blog until they dared not come forward.

This news deceived people outside, and also deceived many people in the industry.

As a result, Wan Qingshan had just finished his release and was about to come for the second round when he received calls one after another.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm fine, don't worry."

"I'm really fine. I asked the reporter to publish the news."

"Okay, you can figure out the later stages of the movie. Try to arrange it before May."

"Don't worry, I will definitely go."

"Mr. Jiang, I'm fine. I asked the reporter to publish the news."

"No, Mr. Jiang, think about it, I was filming in the grassland before. How can I read blogs online in the grassland, right?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Jiang, do you think I am the kind of person who gets depressed because of the abuse from outsiders?"

"I'm fine, it's fine, Linlin, just help me arrange the rest of my work."

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After Wan Qingshan explained to everyone who called, the phone became clear.

Then, Wan Qingshan stopped caring about everything and continued to finish the unfinished business.

Because filming in the prairie was too tiring, and he hadn't seen Chen Yumo for a long time, Wan Qingshan was addicted to Wenrou Township and couldn't bear to leave. For this reason, he even refused invitations to various conferences at the end of the year.

It wasn't until mid-December that Han Sanping, who couldn't wait, made two consecutive calls, and Li Yancheng's call, that Wan Qingshan had to leave the gentleness and fly back to the capital.

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"Qingshan, it doesn't matter if the movie missed the General Administration's selection and was sent to the Oscars, but it's been half a month since filming, and the post-production of the movie hasn't started yet. Isn't it too delayed?"

Wan Qingshan picked up the water glass and took a sip of water, and said with a smile, "Director Han, I have been busy in the past six months. Now that the filming is finished, why don't you let me take a good rest?"

"I won't let you rest, I'm not the old landowner I used to be.

I want you to set the tone of post-production first and don’t let the film material lie there. It won’t matter how you rest later. "

"Okay, okay, Director Han, I'll do the post-production in a moment."

Then, Wan Qingshan changed the topic and asked about "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

"By the way, Director Han, why did you ask "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to change its schedule? You also know that it was previously scheduled."

Wan Qingshan flew back to the capital not because of Han Sanping's urging call, but because of Li Yancheng's call.

It was Lu Bing's first time as a director. The filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was a bit slow. It took three months to complete the filming. If we were to work on post-production, it would be mid-November.

It's already mid-November, so the release time will definitely be scheduled for the Spring Festival.

As early as a month ago, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was scheduled to be released on January 20th, just in time to coincide with the release of "The Name of the Investor" on December 20th.

Although there is Zhou Xingchi's "Yangtze River No. 7" in the Spring Festival period, the competition in the next few months is not small. There are many Hollywood movies and Hong Kong movies. Rather than competing with these movies during the ordinary period, it is better to compete with them during the Spring Festival period. Released.

Two days ago, Li Yancheng was preparing to arrange actor promotions when he suddenly received a call from Han Sanping, asking the film to be rescheduled and postponed to the end of February.

Facing Han Sanping, Li Yancheng didn't have the guts to ask why, so he called Wan Qingshan to tell him.

A trace of anger flashed in Han Sanping's eyes, and he whispered, "Qingshan, I asked "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to be rescheduled for the sake of the movie.

The first part of "Red Cliff" was originally planned to be released in July, but something unexpected happened and it was moved forward to the Spring Festival. It will be announced tomorrow.

I asked "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to be rescheduled for the sake of the box office of the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

The Spring Festival stalls have "Red Cliff" and "Yangtze River No. [-]", which have become a meat grinding ground. It is not appropriate for "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to be released at this time.

Not only "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has been rescheduled, but also movies with potential box office that were originally released during the Spring Festival, I contacted them and asked them to reschedule them. "

Wan Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly and showed a sly smile.

"Director Han, you made rules at the beginning to avoid competition among blockbusters. You had to set the schedule three months in advance and report to you. However, "Red Cliff" suddenly came to the Spring Festival to compete with "Yangtze River No. [-]". Isn’t it against the rules?”

Han Sanping was silent for a moment with a gloomy expression on his face, and then he said, "I won't hide it from you. I have no choice but to change the schedule of "Red Cliff".

The Japanese and Korean copyrights for "Red Cliff" were already sold when filming started.

Two days ago, Wu Yusen and the film dealers from the island country who bought "Red Cliff" went to the film bureau together, with the slogan that the two countries would release it at the same time, which would increase the two film and television cooperation. He hoped that the release time of "Red Cliff" in China would be the same as that in the island country. The release time is the same.

For this reason, the film bureau couldn't refuse, and I couldn't refuse either. They could only let "Red Cliff" and "Yangtze River No. [-]" compete. "

Wan Qingshan was very surprised. Forget it from Wu Yusen, he is just a director. Wouldn't it be good for "Red Cliff" to be released in August?
Domestic Protection Month, it’s summer vacation, it’s no worse than the Spring Festival schedule, why did he mention the Spring Festival schedule to release it? This offended both Zhou Xingchi and Han Sanping

Wan Qingshan thought for a moment and asked, "Director Han, does this have any grudge against Zhou Xingchi?"

Han Sanping let out a long sigh and said, "No grudge, it was Wu Yusen who negotiated to release the movie together in the mainland and island countries on the condition of signing investment in three movies.

As for Wu Yusen,,"

Han Sanping looked deeply at Wanqing Mountain and said helplessly, "It's also because of you."

"Because of me? Director Han, what does this mean?"

"What else do you mean? The reporter reported that what you said on the set of "Red Cliff" has already caused the outside world to have deep doubts about him, an international director.

So he wanted to use "Red Cliff" to prove himself and hoped that the movie would be released as soon as possible.

He has mentioned before that "Red Cliff" should be released as soon as possible.

However, there was "Assembly" in November, "A Letter of Voting" at the end of December, and "Yangtze No. 7" in early February, so Wu Kebo and I ignored Wu Yusen's suggestion and scheduled the first part of "Red Cliff" to be released in July. The second part is scheduled to be released in December.

But the trouble you caused this time made the outside world not only question him, but also scolded him for relying on his old age and neglecting his old age, and united with the Hong Kong film and television industry to suppress you.

He approached me and Wu Kebo several times some time ago, hoping to release the movie early, but Wu Kebo and I rejected it, so he only offered investment in three movies as a condition. "

Wan Qingshan opened his mouth, but then didn't say anything. He couldn't say anything.

After the news about him came out, Wan Qingshan was also aware of the abuse against Wu Yusen on the Internet, but he did not expect that Wu Yusen would react so strongly.

But thinking that Wu Yusen actually wanted to rely on "Red Cliff" to save his reputation, Wan Qingshan couldn't help but smile.

When Han Sanping saw this, he scolded, "You are happy now. You have brought Wu Yusen to this point."

"Director Han, it's not me who brought him to this point. If he hadn't been bent on praising Lin Zhiling and causing trouble, then I wouldn't have caused trouble on the set of "Red Cliff"."

"According to what you say, Wu Kebo and I have to be blamed in the end. If we hadn't invested in the filming of "Red Cliff", this would not have happened."

"Director Han, if you think so, then there's nothing I can do about it. Things are like this anyway.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" can be adjusted to another level, and there is no loss to me. "

Wan Qingshan looked indifferent, which made Han Sanping shake his head slightly and look a little depressed.

"It doesn't matter to you, but this incident has turned the rules I made for the box office of Chinese-language movies into a joke.

No one will definitely abide by this rule in the future, and when the time comes, I won’t be able to say anything. "

Han Sanping's words made Wan Qingshan fall silent.

After a while, Wan Qingshan opened his mouth and said,

"Director Han, although I deceived you in order to release "The True Meaning of Love", my words are not unreasonable. Chinese-language films that rely on protection cannot go far.

In a market economy, only competition can force manufacturers to make good products. The same goes for movies. If you can make a lot of money by relying on protected movies, the result will be a strange circle. Movies do not pursue quality, but pursue protection. "

Han Sanping looked deeply at Wanqing Mountain and said, "Okay, you have your theory, I have my method of doing things, so we won't discuss this matter anymore.

You should seize the time to do the post-production of "Huo Qubing". The first part of "Red Cliff" will not be released in July, so do you have any objections to releasing "Huo Qubing" in July? "

"No objection. With such a good schedule, what can I say about it?"

Then, Wan Qingshan left Han Sanping's office and called Li Yancheng, asking him to listen to Han Sanping's decision to move the release date of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to the end of February.

Then, Wan Qingshan approached Tao Gong and brought the film materials of "Huo Qubing" to Qingshan Media to find Lu Bing for post-production.

Wan Qingshan originally thought that there would be nothing else during this period, which would allow him to work on the post-production with peace of mind, but just after deciding on the movie sequence, Han Sanping called him and asked him to meet, his tone clearly filled with anger.

(End of this chapter)