This director needs to apologize

Chapter 55: Being unconscious is justifiable

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the five-party agreement was finally finalized, and we could finally have a serious meal.

This time, Chen Yiming and Ma Yunteng were not driven away ruthlessly, and the group moved to the Magic City Restaurant in the bungalow next door.

In a large private room with three round tables, Chen and Ma were forcibly dragged to the main table.

A circle of cold dishes had been placed on the table. As soon as people sat down, Chen Yiming saw three bottles of white wine on the turntable, and he was stunned for a moment.

He can't do this!
He called the waiter and whispered to order a few bottles of beer, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Uncle Gao.

"Director Chen, Director Chen, you must drink it down. I will listen to you when making a movie. You must listen to me when drinking. Just follow the rules of our army.

After clearing 3 tables, if you still want to drink beer, feel free to do so. "

Chen Yiming's eyes darkened. There were nearly 3 people at 20 tables. Clear the level?It’s just an intravenous drip, right?

Da Zhuang, who was trying to pull off the alcohol test, could not be used as a shield. The two of them were arranged to sit opposite each other, and they had to shout to speak.

Chen Yiming couldn't describe the battle that night because he was the first to fall unconscious.

When Chen Yiming regained consciousness, it was already Monday. He had no idea how he spent 24 hours on Sunday.

I walked into the company rubbing my head, and suddenly found that there were a lot more people, and the number of phone calls doubled again compared to last week.

He thought for a moment that he was still drunk, so he might have gone to the wrong floor, right?
Fortunately, Xiaomei came forward to meet him in time, grabbed him and left in a hurry.

"Director Chen, why are you here? There are a lot of things waiting for you to confirm."

When people entered the office, before Xiao Mei started reporting, Da Zhuang also came in.

"Yi Ming, the first investment from Moying has been paid in. With the 1000 million we transferred in, the initial budget has been put in place. You have to get a charter for how to burn it."

Xiaomei also hurriedly interjected, ""Holiday in the Magic City" has been released, and the box office has already exceeded 1.5 million. Do we still have a celebration party? Tang and Song have asked twice."

Chen Yiming's hangover head hurt even more. He waved his hand to stop the chattering between the two of them, "Let's do it one by one. Let me take a drink of water first."

The first is the ending of "Holiday in the Magic City". The trio really don't have the energy anymore, so the celebration party cannot be without it, at least the red envelopes must be distributed.

The result of the discussion was to ask the Demon Shadow Distribution Department to take care of it, and Boss Cai of Tang and Song Dynasties and Guyuehe Gangbangchangzi would act as hosts.

Bo Jue can only be represented by Ma Yunteng, and Chen Yiming really has no time.

By the way, the domestic box office of "Holiday" is set at 1.68 million, which is a very auspicious number.

In terms of overseas distribution, the three locations in Wandao, Hong Kong and Bangguo are hosted by Moying and will be released one after another within a week of New Year's Day.

It is an agent for distribution, and Platinum Jue can still get a profit or two, but it is just a mosquito leg.

The rest of the world is Warner Bros.'s business. Since it is a buyout and distribution, the so-called global box office can only be used to brag. Platinum will not get a dime, so there is no need to care.

The adaptation rights finally came to 240 million nut coins, and Sister Shen used a few concessions in exchange for a lump sum payment. However, Platinum Jue cannot get it yet, and it will have to wait until at least March or April next year.

Domestic box office sharing is even slower. The half-year accounting period is at least a minimum. It would be ideal if all the revenue could be accounted for before August next year.

On the other hand, Warner Bros. was very pleased with the transfer of the 2000 million Chinese national currency buyout fee for the distribution rights, and promptly helped Platinum fill in the hole for Jueji's investment.

Next up is the "1951" project, with so many complicated matters that I can't even sort them out.

However, Chen Yiming kept in mind the first principle of film and television production, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.

Now "1951" is no longer a matter of Platinum Jue. From a legal perspective, this is a project controlled by Jueji Company.

Therefore, by straightening out the framework of Jueji as soon as possible, the project can proceed smoothly.

If Bo Juejue is still messing around in a daze, there will be big problems sooner or later.

At the specific implementation level, there is no need to trouble those big bosses. Da Zhuang can just take the lead in contacting all parties.

According to the results of the negotiations on Saturday, Ma Yunteng will urge the following items to be implemented as soon as possible before New Year's Day, which is Thursday.

One is the administrative affairs of Jueji, which have been agreed to be handled by Moying Investment, the largest shareholder.

Therefore, Da Zhuang had to contact Manager Mo and ask the group's personnel, finance, legal and other administrative personnel to arrive as soon as possible. There were a lot of contracts to be signed and large amounts of expenditures to be paid and recorded. It really couldn't be delayed.

The second is the investment from the remaining three parties including Golden Shield, which must be in place before the Spring Festival, and the executive producer of the team must be confirmed as soon as possible. The majority of the money spent on "1951" was in the preparation period. If there is not enough money, nothing can be done.

The good news is that the equipment and personnel for setting up the scenery are in charge of the military, and they can do the work first and then settle the bill.

Jueji only needs to deal with the travel expenses of the crew in the early stage, as well as the allowances and condolences for the construction officers and soldiers.

After arranging the matter of Jueji, the next big thing is that the big and small girls are eager to find Chen Yiming to make up their minds.

Form a group!

Actors, scenery, props, equipment, and almost all matters related to shooting, all have to be finalized by him.

Not to mention that Chen Yiming hasn't even finished a literary script yet, and the veteran's visit schedule is still waiting to be notified.

Chen Yiming's career as a director who took the blame in his previous life has played a positive role at this time.

Knocking on the blackboard, the second principle of film and television production is that the director is not a creator first, but a project manager, and decomposing tasks is his first job.

In terms of setting the scene, the director actually plays the role of checking for omissions and filling in the gaps. When it comes to professionalism, he must also be the art director of the film.

So Lin Xiaolin from the American Film Studio was invited again, and the business trip allowance was doubled, and the restoration work of the Tianma Mountain battlefield was fully entrusted to him.

Chen Yiming only needs to ensure that the scene meets the general principle of shooting needs. As for the specific setting, it is a matter of three-party cooperation between Lin Xiao, Captain Fan and the war history consultant.

The consultant ensured that the scene conformed to the details of war history and military principles. Lin Xiao made partial modifications based on shooting needs and film aesthetics, and Captain Fan was responsible for the actual construction.

Chen Yiming can keep track of the progress of the construction as long as he exchanges opinions with Lin Dashantong on the phone every night.

It’s not that Chen Yiming can just let go and never go to the site, but he doesn’t need to stay on the construction site all the time. At least in the busiest early stage, a lot of time and energy can be saved.

The equipment aspect, that is, the modification of the camera truck, was also thrown out by him, and the deputy director Fu Ruixiang took over the task.

After all, Xiangrui had spent a few years working in Hollywood, and had worked with a lot of film crews there. He actually knew more than Chen Yiming about how the photography platform could better cooperate with the camera.

What she lacks is just a half-step of vision as a time traveler. With Chen Yiming's reminder, it is not difficult to be a good sub-project manager.

Anyway, there is no need for Xiangrui to actually take action. She is the party A and is responsible for explaining the specific needs to the car modification master of the Phantom Factory.

The follow-up step is to modify, test and debug, which is a pure grind.

As the director of photography for "1951", we can no longer find our brothers from the documentary channel. Even Xiangrui is not qualified.

Chen Yiming has asked Xie Qianli to invite Mr. Sang Ping, a famous photographer from Bayi Factory.

More than 30 years ago, China imitated Mao's five-part World War II epic film "Advance" and filmed the "Liberation" trilogy, which is known as China's most difficult-to-reproduce war classic.

The six chief photographers of that film were all the most powerful "treasures" in the Chinese film industry at that time, and Sang Ping was the youngest among them.

It was Chen Yiming's best choice to hire 63-year-old Sang Ping as the director of photography for "1951".

More importantly, as soon as Mr. Sang Ping joined the team, the person in charge of the three-piece set of photography, lighting and recording was already in place. As long as Chen Yiming managed the connection between the Steadicam photographer and Sang Ping, he could start to talk about the follow-up shooting.

The last and most complicated thing is the preparation of props.

"1951" is a movie based on real war history, so the props and costumes must be 100% restored as much as possible.

There are thousands of pieces of military uniforms, equipment, firearms, and military equipment from both warring parties, and the printouts are several meters long.

This piece was entrusted to Moying Studio by Chen Yiming, and Xiaomei, the production director, was responsible for following up.

In fact, Bayi Factory has more experience in this aspect, but out of the original intention of Malaysian Dong to lead the gift project, it was still handed over to Moying Factory.

The military uniforms need to be re-customized according to the figures of the participating soldiers, and then distressed. The tailoring team of Moying Factory is nationally famous, and they are better at this than Bayi Factory.

In terms of props, Moying Factory does lack some knowledge. Fortunately, there are very few battle scenes in "1951" and there are not many military equipment that need to be customized.

A large number of firearms for group performances are from afar, and the precision requirements are not high. Just go to the rental company in Hengcheng.

The Type [-] model guns stored there correspond exactly to the number of dead Japanese soldiers.

(End of this chapter)