Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 237 You have to realize the gap!
In the quiet research room, there was only the sound of the keyboard and the humming fan blades of the computer host.

Chen Shiping sat in front of a computer and stared at the screen, his brows furrowed.

"The angle of this shot is wrong. Change the background video again and choose background material No. 13."

Chen Shiping reported in detail the empty mirror materials he had taken.

The technician scratched his head and changed to background number thirteen.

After waiting for about half an hour, the material was successfully replaced.

The technician looked at the newly replaced material and felt that it was no different from the previous one.

It's obviously all from the same angle.

After Chen Shiping took a closer look, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's it, keep doing it."

"Okay." The technician breathed a sigh of relief before continuing.

Chen Shiping then switched to the other side and continued to check the materials on other computers.

After spending a whole day in the research laboratory of Peking University, Chen Shiping felt that the biggest problem in developing special effects was software engineering.

It’s not about whether the technician’s skills are good or not.

Without awesome software, no matter how smart you are, you can’t create special effects.

When Cameron was filming The Terminator, he created a special effects studio to assist with special effects.

Developed a very powerful technology, and finally this special effects studio became the world's top special effects company.

Cameron also has many technical inventions that he made while making movies.

For example, the 3D that everyone is most familiar with includes underwater actuators, submarines, etc.

It's normal for him to be slow in making films. Not many directors would spend 10 million and seven years building a submarine just to shoot underwater scenes.

But Cameron was able to do it when he was filming Titanic.

Therefore, movies can also drive a technological revolution.

Of course the most important thing is to spend money and time.

Chen Shiping had plenty of time and was willing to spend money.

The equipment donated to Peking University are all the best, and Chen Shiping has never been fooled.

That's how it is in technology, if you fool others, they will fool you.

Chen Shiping has seen too many face-saving projects.

He doesn't want to go to Hollywood to find people to do special effects for his future movies.

Throw money!

It will take a few years to develop our own special effects technology and software.

The factory doesn't have much money now, but Chen Shiping is still willing to spend money!

This time, doing special effects on real lies is a good opportunity to research new technologies.

Chen Shiping provided a lot of financial support.

Fully support the development of special effects.

In the field of special effects, one step is slow and the other is slow.

As for the hardware, there is nothing Chen Shiping can do for the time being.

Only foreign equipment can be purchased.

People must clearly see the gap between themselves and others, and cannot be blindly arrogant. You cannot expect a loyal family to build hardware.

After Chen Shiping left Peking University, he went home.

Tao Huimin will go abroad the day after tomorrow to film Beijingers in New York.

This is a very good movie. After the movie is released during the Lunar New Year, the TV series will also be completed.

If you seize the time to do the post-production, you should be able to appear on CCTV's New Year's Eve drama after the new year.

Don't always think about going to the beautiful country to clean the dishes. The dishes are not that easy to clean.

If he really went there secretly, he might as well be wandering on the street.

Lafayette paid for it, didn't he?

At night, Chen Shiping stuffed a lot of things into Tao Huimin's box, still a little worried.

Tao Huimin was sitting on the sofa eating oranges, watching him pack her things with a smile on her face.

Things are turning, now it's your turn to pack my things.

"Don't think about it, I've got everything."

Tao Huimin walked up to Chen Shiping and stuffed an orange into his mouth and said with a smile: "A good family man."

"Don't worry, I'll be leaving for two months this time." Chen Shiping sighed and said, "I haven't been separated from you for so long."

"Okay, just like a child, if you go out to film this time, you won't be back for several months."

Tao Huimin jumped on Chen Shiping's back and hugged his neck and said, "It's time to water the cabbage."

"How many times do you want to water it?"

"The more, the better! It's best to water it overnight!"

"Greedy woman, be careful if you can't get out of bed tomorrow. Let's see how you get to the United States."

Chen Shiping walked into the bedroom holding Tao Huimin's butt with one hand and closed the bedroom door with a bang.

Early the next morning, Chen Shiping drove Tao Huimin to the airport.

Seeing Tao Huimin walking into the security check channel, Chen Shiping reluctantly withdrew his gaze and turned around to leave.

My wife is not at home and there is no food for lunch.

Find someone to help you with!
Chen Shiping ran to Yu Hua's house, had a meal, wiped his mouth and left.

After agreeing to Yu Hua's call in the drizzle, Chen Shiping did not plan to take the picture himself.

I really didn't have time, so I set my sights on Cheng Kaige.

I heard that the filming of his "Feng Yue" was not going well, and there is a high possibility that he will be thrown into the street.

Maybe it will be even worse than in the original time and space.

So Chen Shiping was ready to extend an olive branch to him.

Give comrade the poet another chance.

Taking advantage of the good sunshine in the afternoon, Chen Shiping went to the family courtyard to find Mr. Cheng and pushed him around the courtyard.

A few days later, Cheng Kaige finished the project and returned home exhausted. Before his butt was even hot from sitting, the old man came to talk to him.

Cheng Kaige has always been in debt to his father, and facing him is like facing his own unbearable past.

But this time he didn't listen to the old man's words and directly refused the request to film Chen Shiping.

"Dad, I have to do the post-production of a new film, so I don't have time."

"Two weeks is enough for you to do post-production. I have already agreed with Director Chen. By the time you finish post-production, the crew will be ready."

The old man did not leave any way for Cheng Kaige to escape, and directly settled the matter.

Chen Shiping's future is limitless, and now he is willing to take the initiative to accept Cheng Kaige. This means that the old man has found a stable way out for his son.

Cheng Kaige felt very sad, but finally acquiesced.

He also knew in his heart that Fengyue was probably on his deathbed. Since Chen Shiping took the initiative, he had to go along with it.

At the very least, Chen Shiping took the initiative to talk to him.

Not a shame!

After Cheng Kaige comforted himself a few words in his mind, he went to the editing room and started editing.

If Cheng Kaige's thoughts were known to other people, they would definitely laugh out loud.

Director Chen asked you to make a film to give you face!
You still feel embarrassed or something!

Where does the confidence come from!
Xu Qing also returned to the capital, but she did not go to Chen Shiping immediately.

Now Chen Shiping isn't even working on a new movie, and when he goes there, he prevaricates him.

It is true that Chen Shiping is not working on new movies, but that does not prevent him from producing.

It has been several years since I promised Yu Hua a movie, and it is only now being fulfilled. It must be shot well. What's more, Cheng Kaige likes to mess around, so the preparations must be done well and not give him a chance to show off!
The most important thing is that this novel is very chaotic. Although Yu Hua fixed it in a specific scene, it is still fragmented.

At that time, avant-garde literature was on the rise, and Yu Hua also wrote in an avant-garde style.

To sum it up in a simple sentence, it is to disrupt the narrative and play with words to increase the difficulty of reading!

Chen Shiping spent a lot of time just sorting out these fragmented plots, and finally had to find a thread to connect them together.

Chen Shiping sometimes wonders if he had not copied Xu Sanguan, would he not have to work so hard!
Sigh. You have to pay what you owe to others. Who makes Yu Hua his friend?

The novel unfolds from the protagonist's memories, from the age of six to adulthood.

There are many characters involved.

There are too many and complex characters in this novel. Chen Shiping deleted many characters and mixed many complicated character stories together.

Among Yu Hua's novels, this debut novel is undoubtedly the most difficult to adapt.

Like a child gibbering when he has a high fever.

The script was easy to revise, but it was difficult to decide on the role. Chen Shiping had to go through a special casting process.

For example, there are actors in three age groups of the three protagonist brothers, and there are also girls that the three protagonist brothers fell in love with when they were young and ignorant.

Chen Shiping wanted to give Yu Hua a stick every time he sorted out all the messy characters.

Just write a novel, why make it so complicated?

Chen Shiping wandered over to Nortel to see if there were any suitable actors among this year's freshmen.

In the Jiusan Performance Class, Chen Shiping's eyes swept over the faces, and finally landed on a little girl with very fair skin.

"What's your name?" Chen Shiping asked standing on the podium.

The little girl looked very excited and stood up quickly and said, "My name is Jia Jingwen, hello, Director Chen!"

It turned out to be her. Disappointment flashed through Chen Shiping's heart. He spoke too eloquently and was not suitable.

Although I am very satisfied with her image, there is nothing I can do if her lines are not good.

Yu Feihong saw the disappointment in Chen Shiping's eyes and couldn't help but take the initiative to say: "Jingwen, don't speak with a Taiwanese accent and introduce yourself again!"

Jia Jingwen then turned around and said quickly: "My name is Jia Jingwen. I come from Wanwan. I am nineteen years old. I have filmed several commercials and two movies before!"

After finishing speaking in one breath, Jia Jingwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at Chen Shiping expectantly, hoping that he would choose her!
Chen Shiping just nodded slightly and looked at the other girl.

It is said that she is the school beauty of Nortel University as a freshman and a hot topic in Beijing circles, Xu Jinglei.

But to be honest, young Xu Jinglei is quite good-looking.

The people in the courtyard in Beijing are not blind. If the girl is not good-looking, why would they come to watch her?

This group of people went to the Haohao Song and Dance Troupe when they were young, and when they were older, they came to the Film Academy to fool little girls.

Not much serious stuff.

When Xu Jinglei saw Chen Shiping looking at her, she immediately smiled with eight teeth.

I just don’t know if I want to stand up.

When Chen Shiping selected Jia Jingwen, she was still very jealous.

I think I’m much prettier than Jia Jingwen, why not choose me!
Chen Shiping stayed on Xu Jinglei's body for a moment and then moved away.

Xu Jinglei is a little older, and the most important thing is that she looks much more mature, which does not match the role.

Chen Shiping finally pointed at Jia Jingwen and another girl with a somewhat sunny appearance.

Yu Feihong smiled and said: "Jingwen and Liu Ling, come to the office with me."

On the way out, she pulled Chen Shiping and asked if he wanted to choose an actor.

Chen Shiping did not agree. This year there were mostly girls, few male students, and the quality was not very good.

Liu Ling, who was just called, and Chen Shiping also picked up the number after hearing her name.

She had acted in two hit dramas, The Secret Corner and Do You Know, but she was already old at that time.

It is true that people do not become famous until they are middle-aged. It is indeed a pity that they had beautiful faces when they were young.

This is how this circle works. If you want to get ahead, you have to endure it. If you endure it, you may not be able to succeed, but if you don't endure it, you definitely won't be popular.

Because those who don’t need to stay up are already popular from the beginning.

For example, Xu Jinglei attracted a lot of attention from the first day of school and became the so-called freshman beauty.

After Chen Shiping selected them, he went back to the factory.

Also choose older actors, there are quite a few in the troupe.

As for the actor, Chen Shiping had already thought about it from the beginning.

Huang Haibo, Fu Dalong and Jiang Wu.

There is no need to worry about Fu Dalong's acting skills.

Although Jiang Wu's acting skills are not very good, he looks fierce even if he is big or small, so he happens to be the best brother who plays the male lead.

Because Chen Shiping chose Jia Jingwen and Liu Ling, Nortel soon became lively.

Xu Jinglei, the school beauty, has been reduced to a foil.

Xu Jinglei felt very unwilling, but had no choice.

She knew very well that she was far, far away from people like Chen Shiping.

As a person, the most important thing is to be able to see yourself clearly.

So it would be more suitable for me to go drink with rock singers in small alleys.

After a few days of busy work, Chen Shiping completed the preparations for Shouting in the Drizzle.

Cheng Kaige also finished the post-production work of Fengyue and took it to the bureau for review, but unfortunately he was beaten back.

Cheng Kaige couldn't understand why his movie couldn't pass the review, and he couldn't help but lose his temper at home.

From the film's financing to filming to final review, nothing went smoothly.

This once again destroyed the confidence he had finally built up in the United States.

When Mr. Cheng saw him like this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The old man also knew that he had put in a lot of effort, and he also understood that this was Cheng Kaige's last wish.

Finally, he took the initiative and said: "It's not that the movie is bad, it's that the review has become stricter. I'll find someone to help you smooth it over."

Cheng Kaige asked subconsciously: "Who are you going to find?"

The old man paused and said, "Chen Shiping."

Cheng Kaige returned to his room after being silent for a while.

Even now, he is still unwilling to admit personally that he is not as good as Chen Shiping, and he is even less willing to face the big problem here, which may only need a phone call from the other party to solve it.

Chen Shiping was a little surprised when he saw Mr. Cheng in his office.

I thought Cheng Kaige regretted it and didn't want to take the photo of Shouting in the Drizzle.

After chatting for a while, I realized that it was the old man who came to plead for mercy.

Chen Shiping was quite speechless. For a man as big as Cheng Kaige, he asked the sick old man to go out and have relations for him.

What's the use of maintaining your poor self-esteem and face?
Chen Shiping did not immediately agree to the old man's request, but went to take a look at Fengyue.

He wasn't sure if there was any difference between what Cheng Kaige took this time and what he took in the original time and space.

After Chen Shiping read it, he agreed to the old man.

It's not easy for the elderly either, please be considerate.

There aren't many sensitive issues in the movie, it's just that the characters are made too ugly.

It is understandable that the bureau did not agree.

But the problem wasn't that big. After Chen Shiping made a phone call, the movie was approved.

When Mr. Cheng returned home and shared the news with Cheng Kaige, he remained silent for even longer.

It is said that people are not confused when they reach forty, but why is he becoming more and more confused.

(End of this chapter)