Rebirth 96: Begin the life of a monster from kindergarten

"Everyone is here, so I'll be brief!"

Han Shanping leaned back in his chair, one hand on the armrest and the other on the conference table, and said to his subordinate next to him: "Xiao Li, send everyone the schedule for the press conference the day after tomorrow!"

The young man called Xiao Li took a stack of documents and distributed them to everyone one by one.

The conference room was suddenly filled with the sound of flipping papers.

Han Shanping continued, "As a tribute film, the film "Founding of a Republic" is highly valued by the relevant leading departments, and the national film industry and the press are also paying close attention to it. Therefore, everyone should familiarize themselves with the process at tomorrow's press conference. In addition, the roles and scripts that everyone will play have been sent to everyone. Everyone should familiarize themselves with the roles after returning home today so that they can answer random questions from reporters at the press conference."

While listening to Han Shanping's speech, everyone was looking through the documents in their hands.

It's called a document, but it's just a few pages of paper. The leading actors such as Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Guoli have more scenes, so they only have less than ten pages of paper in their hands.

Zhang Yixing only had four pieces of paper in his hand.

Three of them are about the schedule of the press conference the day after tomorrow, and one is about the content of the role he plays.

Zhang Yixing took a look at the piece of paper. The text on it was only half a page and only three sentences.

Very easy job!

Let’s take a closer look at Cheng Long. He also plays a reporter and also has few lines.

Cheng Long whispered to Zhang Yixing, "Originally I asked to play a great man, but the image didn't fit, so I got a reporter instead!"

Zhang Yixing almost laughed out loud after hearing this. With his big nose, he would not be suitable to play any great man!

What's more, there are those special actors there. Just by standing there, they can surpass many people's hard performances.

Zhang Yixing was reluctant to complain about Cheng Long's excessive request, so he replied: "That's good. You still have "The Martian". If there are too many scenes here, it will affect the filming over there!"

"That's true!" Jackie Chan nodded, thinking that this was a good excuse. If a reporter asked him why he had so few roles, he could just use "The Martian" as an excuse.

Han Shanping then focused on the arrangements for the press conference and talked for half an hour before ending today's meeting.

Before the meeting ended, he said to Tang Guoqiang and other leading actors, "Old Tang, Guoli, Liu Jin, you guys, hurry up and join the crew as soon as the press conference is over. We will start shooting here first!"

Xu Qing asked at this time: "Director Han, how do the others arrange their schedules?"

Han Shanping replied: "Just come whenever you're called. It'll only be a one-day show at most, so it won't waste your time!"

"Then I understand!" Xu Qing nodded, and then seeing that everyone had stood up and prepared to leave, he packed up and left the meeting room.

At this time, Han Shanping said again: "Yihang, Kaige, Guoli, the three of you stay for a while!"

Zhang and his entourage had originally intended to talk to Han Shanping about things in Korea, so they hadn't stood up. When they heard Han Shanping wanted them to stay, they continued to wait in their seats.

After everyone left, the staff member named Xiao Li stood up and handed each of the three people a thick document.

This time it turned out to be the complete script of "The Founding of a Republic". Zhang and his party took a quick look and found that the content was more than twice that of an ordinary movie script.

Chen Kaige also finished reading the script and wondered, "If we shoot it this way, the movie Founding of a Republic will take more than four hours!"

Zhang Guoli seemed to have the same doubt. While continuing to read the script, he looked up at Han Shanping.

Han Shanping said: "This movie is a series of many historical events. There were so many things that happened in those years that after the script was completed, it completely exceeded the length of an ordinary movie. So I am a little hesitant now. Should I split it into two parts for release? Let me hear your opinions!"

Two episodes? Isn't this the same approach as in Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey"? It's just that the audience doesn't buy into this approach.

If it's too long in one episode, the audience will find it unbearable and it will directly scare away many viewers.

It is even more outrageous to divide it into two episodes. After all, "Founding of a Republic" is a mainstream movie. Even if there are many stars, do people still have to find out which episode their favorite stars appear in and then watch it selectively?

The most important thing is that Zhang and his party knew that the final result of "Founding of a Republic" was to be released directly with the length of a normal movie.

Therefore, the final content of the movie must be cut.

Chen Kaige shook his head and said, "This is a gift. How can you give a birthday gift? Give half first and then the other half."

Hearing Chen Kaige's analogy, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but laugh.

Han Shanping smiled and lit a cigarette, sighing, "What you said makes sense. If that's the case, then the movie can only be cut, but then there will be too much missing content!"

For a moment, there was silence in the conference room.

At this time, Zhang Guoli said: "I suggest that the movie should be shot according to the complete script. When the time comes, the cinema will show a condensed version, and as for the complete version, it can be broadcast on CCTV's movie channel. This will also be an explanation to some viewers!"

Hearing what Zhang Guoli said, Han Shanping's frown relaxed again.

Indeed, according to Zhang Guoli's suggestion, his problem is no longer a problem.

Moreover, in addition to the stars he actively invited, many other stars, including Chinese stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and overseas, also volunteered to star in this film, and he couldn't refuse them all.

Once the script is cut, it means that many people will not even have the opportunity to participate.

But if the movie was shot according to the complete script, those stars could have been put into the movie. As for the scenes being cut in the end, there was nothing that could have been done about it.

The opportunity is given to everyone. Although these shots were not used in the cinema version, they were all retained in the movie channel version!
No one can be offended!
Han Shanping blew out a smoke ring and seemed to be in a good mood. He laughed and said, "Guo Li's suggestion is good. Let's shoot it this way. As for the release, we can think about it slowly after the film is finished!"

Chen Kaige crossed his arms and nodded, apparently agreeing with Zhang Guoli's suggestion.

Zhang Yihang also looked at Zhang Guoli with interest. He felt that he was a really smart man. No wonder he was able to marry the popular Deng Jie when he was not famous, and became one of the top producers in China in his early years.

To be a long-lasting star, you not only need to have the ability, but also emotional intelligence!
The movie is only four hours long, and I feel exhausted just thinking about it! (End of this chapter)