China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 5 The movie is finished

On that day, several media interviews with the crew of "Buried Alive" appeared online.

As expected, nine out of ten comments from netizens were critical and ridiculing.

But this can't change Chen Dong's mentality.

It’s not that he’s big-hearted.

The main reason is that the filming of "Buried Alive" has started. He is so busy every day that he has no time to talk to those keyboard warriors.

Previously, Chen Dong vowed in front of teacher Wang Jinsong that if everything goes well, "Buried Alive" will only take one week to complete.

Obviously,

He said this too early.

The filming didn't go well.

The main reason is that Jiang Wen has been unable to get into the role, or to be precise, the traces of his performance are a bit heavy.

It failed to perfectly interpret the emotions of the male protagonist going through the five stages of denial, anger, negotiation, despair, and acceptance.

"Kakaka..."

This is the word that the crew has heard the most from Chen Dong's mouth in the past few days.

And every time they heard the shout, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

Jiang Wen, the male protagonist who keeps being NG, is becoming more and more "honest"

This resulted in Chen Dong's authority as a director growing stronger day by day.

After four days of filming, less than one-fifth of the film's progress was completed. If this continues, the budget will definitely be overrun.

The producer sent by China Film had already talked to Chen Dong about this topic, and secretly advised him not to be too picky and to speed up the filming progress, otherwise...

Otherwise, if the money is gone, the movie may not be finished yet - Chen Dong knows.

But he is pursuing movies and will not compromise, especially the movies he directs.

And he believed that Jiang Wen, the leading actor, would not allow him to suddenly lower his requirements in order to keep up with the schedule.

In fact, Chen Dong could see that Jiang Wen's condition was getting better and better.

The reason why he became more and more 'honest' was that he gradually found the status of a leading actor instead of being manipulated by Chen Dong.

The filming came to the fifth day.

Early in the morning, Chen Dong saw Jiang Wen and was shocked by his appearance.

"Brother Jiang, have you put on your makeup so early?" he asked uncertainly.

"This is still the makeup I wore yesterday. Brother, I didn't sleep all night..."

Jiang Wen's voice was hoarse, and combined with his bloodshot eyes and depressed mental state, it seemed that what he said was true.

While Chen Dong secretly admired this person's professionalism, he was also a little worried about whether something would happen if he did this.

"Brother Jiang, why don't you go and rest first? The crew will have a day off today?"

"Excuse me, brother, I'm in very good condition now. I came to you just to urge you to turn on your phone as soon as possible."

In very good condition?

After being stunned for less than a second, Chen Dong reacted.

The state Jiang Wen mentioned refers to the state of the male protagonist.

Not to mention, when Chen Dong also took on the director's perspective and looked at Jiang Wenzhi in front of him, he did see the 'shadow of the male protagonist' in him.

Without further delay, he immediately organized the crew to start a new day of shooting.

"The recorder is on the board."

"Thirty-seventh shot once."

"action."

Chen Dong, who was sitting in the director's chair, stared intently at the screen in front of him. His expression changed from seriousness to excitement, because finally, Jiang Wen produced the effect he wanted.

"Ka... this one passed." After hearing what Chen Dong said, everyone in the crew looked over with surprise and suspicion.

Did they hear it correctly?

Did you pass the first one today?

No wonder everyone had such a reaction, because a few days ago, Director Chen would never have yelled at Jiang Wenbu for five, six, seven, eight or ninety times.

The producer sent by China Film Group nodded with satisfaction, thinking that although the young director had a tough talk, his actions were honest.

In the past, every time Jiang Wen failed, he would come over to see the effect of his performance, but today after he went through it once, he did not do so. Instead, he asked Chen Dong to strike while the iron was hot and quickly start filming the next one.

It happened that Chen Dong also wanted to make up for the time wasted before, so he happily agreed.

Jiang Wen was really into the scene, which greatly increased the speed of the subsequent filming.

Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, "Buried Alive" has been filmed for fifteen days.

As the last scene was called "click" by Chen Dong, more than a dozen pairs of eyes from the crew all looked at him.

"I announce that "Buried Alive" is finished!"

"Ooo."

"Director Chen is mighty."

It was exciting to wrap up the movie, but Chen Dong noticed that the leading actor Jiang Wen was not in the right state.

"Brother Jiang, are you okay?" Chen Dong stepped forward and asked with some concern.

Obviously, this person hasn't gotten over the drama yet.

"Damn it, I haven't played such a challenging role in a long time!"

Jiang Wen cursed loudly, feeling that he could express his emotions in this way, and then smiled bitterly at Chen Dong and shook his head: "But it should be fine. When I go back to cover myself with the quilt and have a good fucking sleep, it will probably be fine."

Chen Dong felt a lot more relaxed when he saw that Jiang Wen could still take care of the two mothers in just a few words, which meant that the problem was not big.

Before, Chen Dong was worried about overspending, and he was also worried about this. He didn't expect that now that the film is finished, the crew's account actually has more than 70,000 yuan left.

In this case, Chen Dong was not stingy. With a wave of his hand, he decided to hold a 'luxurious' closing banquet that night.

Because Jiang Wen's situation was quite special, he did not attend the wedding banquet. After wishing everyone a good meal and drink in advance, he was picked up by his wife Zhou Yun.

Although Jiang Wen, the leading actor, did not appear at the closing party of "Buried Alive", it did not affect the lively atmosphere that night.

"Director Chen, I respect you and wish "Buried Alive" a great box office success."

"I would also like to thank everyone for their dedicated efforts during this period... I won't say much, it's all in the wine, let's do it."

"Done..."

The next day, when Chen Dong returned to Nortel with the original video shot in the past half month, Nortel students had already gone on winter vacation.

During the two days of the final exam, Jiang Wen was in his best condition, so he, the director, did not take leave to take the exam.

But that doesn't mean he can escape.

Nortel, Performance Department, in teacher Wang Jinsong’s office.

"Teacher, you haven't had a holiday yet?"

Wang Jinsong ignored the student's unworthy question and asked, "Is the movie finished?"

"Yeah, let's wait for the post-production process."

Regarding the post-production aspect, Chen Dong had already packaged it up and given it to several seniors in the school before the movie started shooting. When they come back in the next year, they will start working on it.

As for today, he came to Wang Jinsong, firstly to say hello to him, the deputy director and class teacher, and secondly to inquire about the final exam.

"Accommodating? That's a good idea of ​​yours. Prepare well during this holiday and wait for the make-up exam when school starts next semester."

Completely ignoring the student's sudden panic and pretending to be pitiful, he once again added fuel to the fire: "Also, several teachers have asked me to give you a message. Your grades in each subject must not be less than eighty points. .”

"It's too late..."

(End of this chapter)