During my years at China Entertainment
Chapter 418 Reward for Zeng Li
Chapter 418 Reward for Zeng Li
The early preparations for a film are very important, including script breakdown, budget formulation, and production schedule.
The filming schedule must be based on location scouting and actor schedules, but Wei and Jin films have always been the top priority, and actors rarely get a big chance in this regard.
In addition, there are storyboards, storyboards, etc.
Generally speaking, the director does not need to be personally involved in the location scouting work. He only needs to ask the assistant director or other assistants to take some video footage as needed, and the director can select suitable scenic spots from them.
Chen Xi had been following Wei Jin for several years in this regard and was already very familiar with it and had considerable experience. He quickly selected several places.
"Huh? Why is there Dongguan?"
Wei Jin is a little strange. It may be that it takes several years for a film crew to go to this place.
"Boss, this place is pretty consistent with the script, and the government's preferential policies are also very generous."
Wei Jin nodded. Having a big director shoot a film is definitely the best way for a place to strengthen publicity, and the local relevant departments will naturally give their full support.
Generally speaking, the more backward the place is, the greater the support will be. On the contrary, Shanghai, Beijing and many film and television cities are relatively less concerned because there are so many filming crews.
However, when shooting a movie, you cannot simply look at the discount, you still have to choose the right scene, which can save you a lot of trouble during the shooting.
After some thought, Wei Jin made a decision.
"Let's go to the Magic City, where we'll be more mature in all aspects."
"Okay, I'll finalize it later."
After reporting on the project progress for a while, Chen Xi said goodbye and left. Wei Jin went to the script safe, took out a stack of scripts and began to select.
After a while, he selected a script and left the company.
He told Lao Zhu to go all the way to Beijing Film Academy, drive the car straight into the campus, and park in the parking space of the Directing Department.
He first went to fight Teacher Jiang, and then knocked on the door of the department director's office with ease.
"Teacher, are you busy?"
Tian Zhuangzhuang looked up and greeted with a smile, "Wei Jin is here, sit down."
Wei Jin nodded and sat down opposite his mentor.
"Teacher, regarding what I mentioned before, I have selected a script. Please take a look at it and see if you like it."
As he spoke, Wei Jin handed over the book he had carefully selected.
"it is good."
Tian Zhuangzhuang was not polite. After taking it, he saw the four big words on the cover - "Outstanding Citizen". He raised his eyebrows, then calmed down and read it carefully. For a while, the only sound in the office was the rustling of papers.
About ten minutes later, Tian Zhuangzhuang closed the script, with an indescribable emotion on his old face.
"Wei Jin, your play is very sophisticated. It satirizes the ignorance of the villagers and the arrogance of the intellectuals. This is exactly the dilemma faced by all those who have fled their hometowns in modern times. It's really good, and it's well written."
Seeing that his mentor seemed immersed in memories, Wei Jin didn't know what to say and could only listen quietly.
After a long while, Tian Zhuangzhuang seemed to come back to his senses, looking at his proud disciple with a smile on his face.
"Hey, I'm old now, I just like to reminisce about the past, but I'm sorry to make you laugh."
"Teachers worry too much. Every experience in life is a treasure. Students just think that their experience is too little and too shallow."
After being modest for a moment, Wei Jin changed the subject and asked, "I wonder if the teacher is satisfied with this script?"
"I am satisfied. Very satisfied. Please leave the script with me. I will study it carefully and start when I am sure of it."
"Okay, teacher, don't worry, take your time."
Now that he was here, Wei Jin was in no hurry to leave. After saying goodbye to his mentor, he went to chat with Teacher Cao for a while. The latter was currently working on the storyboard script for "Dear" and seemed unhurried.
Wei Jin didn't care about this. His favorite lead actor, Huang Bo, was also busy promoting the movie during this period. Plus, he had almost no schedule this year, so he was not in a hurry at all.
Afterwards, Wei Jin went to the editing room of Beijing Film Academy to learn about the progress of "Beijing Loves Seattle".
Teacher Xue is actually doing post-production with a group of students.
"Hello, Senior Brother Wei."
"Hello, Senior Brother Wei."
"Well, hello."
Wei Jin responded with a smile and turned to Teacher Xue.
"Teacher Xue, how is the current progress?"
"It's still early. I estimate it will be finished in June."
Xue Xiaolu felt a little embarrassed. He asked his students to help him, but the progress was really embarrassing.
Wei Jin nodded and glanced at the progress. It was less than one-third done, so it was indeed cut very thinly.
"Teacher Xue, just follow your own pace. I plan to release the movie in November, so there is no problem with the time."
"That's good."
It's late November.
News came from Lin Yufen that the filming of "Left Ear" was going very smoothly.
Currently, the crew is filming the main scenes on Dongshan Island in Fujian. It is estimated that they will move to Xiamen in a month to shoot the university scenes. The film is expected to be wrapped in early June.
It was similar for Lu Yang. After getting familiar with the shooting environment for a few days, the filming of "One Man's Martial Arts" officially started.
At the same time, in the film market, the big ship from the other side of the ocean has surpassed the 8 million mark in box office revenue, and the single-day box office still remains at a high level of 2000 million.
Other imported films such as "Battleship", "Ghost Rider" and "Miami Action" also began to be released, and the situation of a number of domestic films became increasingly difficult.
"Whiplash" has been released for three weeks and has grossed 2.37 million yuan, but its potential has almost been exhausted so far, with daily box office revenue of less than five million yuan.
The final frenzy of promotion has already begun for the upcoming movies, and SPL 2 is among them.
For this movie, both the main creators and the producers Shanhe Media and Yinghuang have great expectations, so the publicity is overwhelming. Director Benny Chan also started the publicity tour early with the main creators, frequently appearing in various popular variety shows.
Several trailers of the movie have also caused a great deal of heat on the Internet, especially the fight scenes between the villain Zhang Jing in a suit, Wu Jing, and Tony Jaa, which were both violent and elegant, making netizens exclaim that it was exciting.
The title of "suit thug" became popular on the Internet for a while.
In addition, the co-production blockbuster "Pacific Rim", which cost 1.5 million US dollars, has also started pre-release warm-up, and a large number of posters have appeared in the promotion positions of major theaters.
Above the vast ocean, between the dark clouds and lightning, several mecha giants with a strong Chinese style are either running, standing, or soaring into the air. They are very impressive and look very powerful.
At the bottom of the poster is the name of the movie, the producers, and the time the movie will be released.
There is no need for the producers to say hello, the media and the Internet will report it spontaneously.
The industry has once again been reminded that the movie will be released in less than two months!
Unlike imported films, "Pacific Rim" is a co-production, in which the Chinese side accounts for more than 5%.
Add to that the power of the three major domestic producers and the cinema chains they can influence, and industry insiders can imagine with their butts how high the screening schedule for this movie will be when it is released!
Fan Bingbing is very concerned about this movie that will help him go international. Even when he was in the crew of "Shendu Dragon King", he posted several Weibo posts to help promote it and posted some behind-the-scenes photos of himself in Hong Kong and Warner Studios.
Looking at the neatly arranged "expectations" from fans and moviegoers under her Weibo, Fan Bingbing's beautiful face was filled with a smile.
Ning Hao's film "The Great Robbery" had its premiere.
As the largest investor in this film, Xiao Ma attaches great importance to it and sent out invitation letters throughout the industry early on.
As a veteran commercial director, Ning Hao's appeal in the circle is unquestionable. Therefore, today's premiere attracted quite a lot of people, both industry insiders and actors in the circle, who came to show their support. It is incomparable to the previous day's "The Ordinary Man".
A group of main creators stood on the stage. Ning Hao was dressed like a gangster, looking a bit reckless.
"Nowadays, domestic films can only fight guerrilla warfare in the face of Hollywood blockbusters. There is no other way. But I want to say that as long as they can't kill me, "The Heist" will bite the bullet and rush forward, and will bite off a piece of meat even if it dies."
Afterwards, several actors also shouted out bold words, showing the intention of making a desperate effort.
Perhaps influenced by the founder Li Ming, Xiao Ma is different from Guangdong and doesn’t like so many fancy things. After the interview, he started playing the main film directly.
Wei Jin had watched this movie many times when he was editing it, so today he was mainly chatting with Zhong Lifang.
Wei Jin has coveted this woman for a long time.
Don't get me wrong, it's just an appreciation of his abilities.
However, Xiao Ma's development is pretty good at the moment. It is involved in many big projects in the circle, and its pace of acquiring digital fields and laying out the special effects industry is also moving forward firmly. Although Zhong Lifang heard the meaning of solicitation in Wei Jin's words, she still politely expressed her refusal.
Wei Jin was not surprised at all. Li Ming had done Zhong Lifang a favor, so poaching her would not be so easy. However, he had enough patience.
After the premiere, Wei Jin returned to his villa in Yanjiao.
As expected, Dudu had fallen asleep under Zeng Li's power.
In the pink children's room, Wei Jin smiled like an auntie as she quietly admired the little girl's sleeping posture.
After washing up, Wei Jin came to the room and saw Zeng Li still writing at the desk. He couldn't help but feel curious. He walked closer and saw that he was writing biographies of the characters in "Hidden in the Dust".
Zhang Yimou is very concerned about this drama and does many things personally. He just selected the filming location a few days ago, which is in Gansu Province.
It is estimated that it will start filming after May 1st, which is similar to the progress of Wei and Jin.
Seeing that Sister Li was writing seriously, Wei Jin did not disturb her and lay on the bed to browse her phone.
A piece of news from Hong Kong caught his attention. Chen Jiashang is really brave.
Just today, this veteran director in the Hong Kong circle sharply criticized his colleagues in the Hong Kong circle in front of the Hong Kong media.
"Since the signing of CEPA, the co-production policy has helped Hong Kong's film industry survive for nearly a decade, but in recent years, many people still fail to understand the situation and eat when they hold the bowl, and then curse when they put the bowl down.
Nowadays, the mainland has no shortage of funds, actors, or markets, and even the production teams are becoming more and more professional, but some people still maintain a condescending attitude.
Do we really need the mainland to completely abandon the Hong Kong market before we can wake up? In my opinion, these people just want to lead Hong Kong films into an abyss of hatred and loathing. It will be over sooner or later!"
At this moment, the Hong Kong circle was in an uproar and internal strife had begun.
Honestly speaking, Wei Jin is quite impressed by Chen Jiashang's actions. The latter is sincerely considering the development of the Hong Kong circle, but this speech of regretting someone's failure to meet his expectations probably won't have any effect.
After all, no one can wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
Wei Jin was still sighing when Zeng Li handed him a notebook filled with his thoughts.
"Xiao Jin, can you help me check if my analysis is correct?"
Looking at Zeng Li's serious eyes, Wei Jin knew that she always respected movies.
"it is good."
After taking the notebook, Wei Jin looked at the neat and beautiful handwriting and was mesmerized for a moment.
The heroine of "Hidden in the Dust", Cao Guiying, is an abandoned middle-aged rural woman from the lower class. She is also a cripple and walks with a limp. She suffers from urinary incontinence regardless of the occasion and you can't tell when she will wet her pants.
She was abandoned by her brother and sister-in-law in a wooden shed exposed to wind and rain. She was weak and cold all year round, unable to do any physical work, unable to give birth, and was sloppy, just like the "crazy woman" in the village.
Such a role is definitely challenging for Zeng Li.
Fortunately, Zeng Li had experience of rural life when filming "The Hidden Corner", and had similar feelings of despair when filming "Room".
Therefore, in this character biography, Zeng Li has a very good grasp of the role. She has given a very fitting description of the heroine's behavior, actions, motives, expressions, and even eyes.
After a long while, Wei Jin closed his notebook, reached out and hugged the beauty in his arms.
"Sister Li, you did a great job."
"Really?" Zeng Li seemed relieved.
Wei Jin took a deep sniff at the tip of Zeng Li's hair, then buried his head in the softness and answered in a muffled voice.
"Of course, Sister Li, you have worked so hard, I will reward you well tonight."
Wei Jin's skills are pretty good, and with the constant small movements of his hands, the mature sister soon couldn't hold back and sent out signals of pleasure.
Seeing that the beauty could not bear the temptation, Wei Jin stopped wasting time and quickly untied the two of them so that they could face each other frankly.
In the beauty's expectant gaze, Wei Jin blew the horn of attack.
(End of this chapter)
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