China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 57 Can an illiterate person become a director?
After the actors greeted each other, director Li Yuan took the main seat and delivered a speech.

After he finished speaking, he began to introduce the crew and creators, followed by the self-introductions of the main actors.

Cao Rong, the leading actor and action director, was the first to stand up.

After he finished speaking in Cantonese, he sat down and spoke so fast that he didn't care whether others understood him or not.

Then there are the second male lead Lu Hanbiao of this drama, the third male lead Huang Haibing who plays Tang Monk, the fourth male lead Zhang Yonggang who plays Wutian Buddha, and Lin Xuan's role can only be regarded as the fifth male lead.

The morning meeting ended, and the crew reading meeting began in the afternoon.

What shocked Lin Xuan was that the lead actor Cao Rong couldn't read the script.

There was an assistant sitting next to his seat, and he was specially asked to read to him.

The actors present looked at each other in shock when they saw this.

This is the first time I encountered a male lead who couldn't understand the script. The key is that this person is still the executive director of the scene.

Can this scene really be filmed?

There is a question mark in everyone's mind.

This is the difference between mainland actors and Hong Kong actors.

Mainland actors are basically selected from the three major universities.

After nine years of compulsory education, these people are not very knowledgeable, but they still have basic cultural literacy.

After all, there are still very few extra performers like Lin Xuan who directly debut as actors.

The actors in Xianggang, especially the martial arts actors, have basically never read books, and the same is true for Cao Rong.

He started practicing martial arts at the age of ten and worked as a policeman for three years relying on his family connections. Then he was admitted to ATV and became a martial arts actor, and then became a martial arts instructor.

To be honest, in terms of the level of martial arts instruction alone, he is ranked among the best in the industry.

But if you want to talk about other things... then you can only haha.

The afternoon script reading meeting ended, and Lin Xuan stood up and prepared to leave the conference room.

Suddenly I saw Cao Rong talking to Lao Qian, and he looked impatient without saying a few words.

Lin Xuan thought for a while without going back to the room, and then stood outside the conference room waiting for Qian Yanqiu to come out.

A few minutes later, Lao Qian came out of the conference room with a look of shit on his face.

Coming to his room, Qian Yanqiu started to complain.

"Lin Xuan, our drama is over."

Lin Xuan was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Cao Rong has done something wrong again."

Qian Yanqiu was on the verge of tears: "He just asked me a question: Are Tathagata Buddha and Sakyamuni the same person?

At first I thought he was asking a Buddhist question and quickly apologized.

I am really embarrassed to say that I wrote it according to the title in the novel "Journey to the West". Sometimes I wrote about Tathagata and sometimes I wrote about Sakyamuni.

But after hearing this, he said to me with a confused face: Just tell me, are these two people the same person in "Journey to the West"?

I was speechless at the time. Even a teenager could answer this kind of question casually, but he still asked me. "

After hearing this, Lin Xuan also felt a little incredible.

"Didn't he serve as the martial arts instructor in "Journey to the West Sequel"? He also played the role of Prince Mo'ang. I don't know about that."

"I asked him, and he said that he had never read the original work of Journey to the West, nor even the TV series."

"This..." Lin Xuan felt ridiculous and didn't know what to say.

It's understandable that you haven't read the book and can't understand the original work, but you haven't even watched the drama you made, which is a bit too much.

"It's unbelievable, so I said let's put this drama on hold."

Qian Yanqiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, feeling very disappointed.

Lin Xuan sighed, not knowing whether to comfort him or himself, and said:
"Don't be discouraged. Director Li Yuan is here and there are other directors to assist. As long as he faithfully follows the script, there shouldn't be any big problems."

Qian Yanqiu sneered and said without hope: "I hope so."

Hear what Lao Qian said, and then think of the confusing logic and abrupt plot development of "Journey to the West".

Lin Xuan couldn't help but start playing drums in his heart.

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Three days later, the launch ceremony of "Journey to the West" was held at the Diaoyutai Film and Television Base in Qin Province.

Lin Xuan put on makeup, put on a wig, and put on Qiao Ling'er's white costume.

A handsome young man appeared on the set and immediately became the most handsome boy in the room. The actresses and staff members of the crew came over to ask for photos.

The male god in ancient costume is so terrifying.

Ma Yashu and Juanzi saw the movement here and came to join in the fun.

"Wow, you look so handsome in costume."

The two of them looked at him with surprise on their faces and watery eyes.

Lin Xuan is already very handsome in casual clothes, but he didn't expect that ancient costumes could be taken to another level.

"You two are not bad, you are both beautiful."

As business compliments each other, Lin Xuan also replied a few words.

And what he said was not a lie.

Ma Yashu was wearing a white dress and holding a sword in her hand, looking heroic.

Juanzi is wearing a light green palace dress and has pigtails. She is an elegant lady.

After the opening ceremony, the film crew prepared to start shooting.

Since there were no shots of Lin Xuan, he simply walked around the film and television base with the two girls.

The three of them were walking around and found that there were many children in the base.

Their faces were dirty, their clothes were torn, and they were obviously malnourished.

"Why are there so many children here?" Juanzi asked with a frown.

Lin Xuan shook his head: "I don't know, let's find someone to ask."

The three of them went to the staff of the film and television base to ask about the situation.

The staff explained: “These children are orphans from nearby towns.

They are too young to go out to work and have no source of income. Their lives are very difficult and they are basically in a state of not having enough to eat.The leaders of the base called them over to help the crew do odd jobs to make ends meet, so as not to starve them to death and prevent them from going astray. "

So this is ah.

Looking at the emaciated bodies of these children and the stains on their faces, Lin Xuan frowned and felt a little sour.

He traveled here more than ten years later.

Although young people at that time lived a stressful life, at least they did not have food and clothing problems.

But it's only 99, the country has not yet joined the WTO, the economy has not yet taken off, and many people across the country still don't have enough to eat.

The two girls were in a low mood and their eyes were red. They also discussed with Lin Xuan what they could do.

Although they are small and weak, the problem is right in front of them. Something must be done to at least allow these children to have enough to eat.

After finishing work and returning to the hotel in the evening, Lin Xuan found producer Wang Lin and told him about the situation.

The producer was filled with emotion after hearing this, but the crew has limited funds and is not a charity, so what can it do to help?

Lin Xuan had already thought of his idea before coming and suggested:
"Producer Wang, when I was staying on the set, I found that there were a lot of leftover meals from the set every day. Let's give these meals to these children for free."

"Okay, this is a good idea. This way we won't waste food." Wang Lin was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.

After the problem was solved, Lin Xuan told Ma Yashu and Juanzi the good news.

The two were quite moved after hearing this and said that he was smart and caring.

So Lin Xuan naturally received two good guy cards.

The next day, the producer took Lin Xuan and others to find people at the base to explain the situation.

The person in charge of the base was very happy about this and called the children over to bow and thank them.

The children were very happy to hear that they could have food to eat.

Lin Xuan and the two girls even took a photo with them.

It didn't take long for the incident to spread throughout the crew.

Li Yuan and Lao Qian specially praised him.

Even the ordinary staff showed a little more respect than before when they saw Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan was in a good mood.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of charity.

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Lin Xuan's shooting schedule is relatively late.

So for a few days after the crew started shooting, there was no role for him.

But he didn't stay in the hotel and sleep.

Instead, I came to the scene to observe the filming and see how Cao Rong directed the scene.

After observing for a few days, he found that the filming of the crew was not smooth.

The first is the language issue. Cao Rong and his Wu Xing only speak Cantonese.

Guangpu, who is forcefully spoken, is even more incomprehensible to mainlanders, as it seems to be another language.

The second problem is the script. Cao Rong couldn't understand the script, so he had to have it read to him. This scene was simply ridiculous.

But even after the assistant read it, he still couldn't understand why the character said these words.

So he deleted all the lines and dialogues that he couldn't understand. Among them, the most deleted lines were Lu Hanbiao's lines.

On this day, the crew will be filming the scenes between Monkey King and Zhu Bajie.

Halfway through the filming, Cao Rong used the knife again and cut off many literary scenes.

Lu Hanbiao finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he got angry on the spot and scolded Cao Rong for not reading the script, deleting it at will, filming randomly according to his temper, and turning a literary drama into a martial arts drama.

Cao Rong couldn't stand this anger, so he started to chirp a lot, and the two of them had a quarrel on the set.

The male and female actors are quarreling, and today's scene will definitely not be filmed.

And good things don’t go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

As soon as Lin Xuan returned to the hotel, Ma Yashu and Juanzi came over to ask him about his situation.

"The great director wanted to delete the play and deleted many literary plays. Teacher Lu was not happy, so we quarreled with him."

"Ah, are they noisy?"

"I think it's quite fierce. I've already sent my regards to my family."

"Then what should we do? We won't stop filming."

The two of them don't have much filming experience, and this is probably the first time they have encountered such a big thing.

His expression was very worried, and he was deeply afraid that this matter would affect his role in the show.

"I don't know. It depends on whether the chief director can appease the two of them."

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In the evening, the chief director Li Yuan rushed over from the provincial capital, ready to be the peacemaker and mediate the conflict between the two.

Cao Rong's attitude was very firm. Not only did he want Lu Hanbiao to apologize, he also wanted to completely revise the script and delete all the "superfluous" plots.

He was a big boss, so Li Yuan had no choice but to agree to his request and ask Qian Yanqiu to help change the script.

Qian Yanqiu left the crew after starting the filming and went to the provincial capital to film a TV series.

Cao Rong was very dissatisfied with this at the time and believed that the screenwriter was not present and it would be inconvenient for him to modify the script.

Lao Qian responded: "In the mainland film and television industry, no outstanding screenwriter will stay on the set every day."

Lin Xuan was very excited when he heard this, he was so domineering.

That night, Lin Xuan was resting in his room when he suddenly received a call from Qian Yanqiu.

"What's up, old money?"

"Lin Xuan, let me tell you, that Cao Rong is a idiot!"

Lin Xuan knew something was wrong when he heard his tone.

He quickly got up from the bed and asked, "What happened to him?"

　The dispute between Qian and Cao happened in 20. I looked up the information and ate a lot, and finally decided to take Qian as the guide. If you are interested, you can check it out.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)