superstar director

Chapter 297 Efforts
Speaking of master Jin Yong's novels, there are really only a handful of successful film adaptations, only the two parts of Swordsman, and the third part is purely unrelated to the novel.

However, this "Swordsman" has not yet been written by Ning Cheng. It is estimated that this last martial arts novel he prepared will not appear in this world until many years ago.

However, the most important thing now is the movie "Dragon Inn". Seeing Wang Jing's thoughts on the new movie on TV, Ning Cheng suddenly remembered that the "Tianlong Babu: Tianshan Child Elder" in the previous life had Lin Qing Xia Xia participated in the role, he couldn't let the other party take the lead and steal Qiu Moyan's actor!
However, Ning Sheng is still looking forward to the other party's choice of "Dragon Babu" to adapt the movie. I don't know what script will be adapted in Wang Jing's hands if the director is changed, especially about Tianshan Child Elder and Xiaoyao School. , there are quite a lot of things that can be fabricated and fantasized, but I just hope that you don’t want to think of the martial arts film as a mythical sci-fi drama like the one in the previous life. It really makes people collapse just thinking about it!

Ning Cheng didn't care about other things at this meeting, he asked someone to ask for Lin Qingxia's phone number, and then called him directly.

"Hello? Who is it?" An inquiry came from the phone.

Ning Cheng took a deep breath and said, "Excuse me, is this Senior Lin Qingxia?" The other person responded, "I am, are you?"

Ning Chen hurriedly said, "Hello senior, I'm Ning Cheng, I sent you a martial arts script a few days ago, I don't know if you have read it, it's called "Dragon Inn"."

"Oh, it's Director Ning. I'm reading the script you mentioned, hehe——can't you wait for you to call now?" Ning Cheng could hear the joke in the other party's voice. I am interested in my script.

Ning Sheng immediately said, "I'm worried that you didn't read my script, or you chose another script, and there is no schedule, so I want to meet with you and tell you about this movie and your role in person. Look May I?"

Lin Qingxia thought about it for a while, and then said with a smile, "Okay, I ate too much at noon, and I just went to digest food. You know the teahouse next to the Imperial Park, right? Let's meet there."

"Okay, let's talk later!"

After hanging up the phone, Ning Cheng immediately went out to the meeting place, asked for a half-open private seat in the teahouse, and waited for the goddess to appear.

After doing it for a while, Ning Cheng discovered that this is a place where celebrities often come. In less than half an hour, four or five celebrities of all sizes appeared, and the guests and waiters here are obviously used to seeing celebrities often, so There is no commotion and screaming, so that guests can enjoy their services with peace of mind.

It's no wonder that after Ning Cheng came over, even though he took off his mask and was discovered by the waiter, he was only looked at a few times, but no one came to ask for an autograph or a group photo.

Realizing this, Ning Cheng simply took off his hat, drank tea at ease, and waited for Lin Qingxia to appear.

After another quarter of an hour, a woman in a red coat sat down opposite Ning Cheng, and Ning Cheng realized that the person he was waiting for had arrived.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now and didn't see you." Ning Cheng said politely.

Lin Damei smiled generously, raised her brows heroically, and said to Ning Cheng, "Don't be so polite, if you don't mind, just call me sister, don't always be seniors, you are all old."

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, Sister Lin, what do I want, I'll help you!"

Lin Qingxia waved her hand and called the waiter, "Old rules" and then said to Ning Sheng, "You're welcome, I come to this restaurant often, if you want to eat, I can recommend it to you."

Ning Cheng said, "Let's do it next time, I'm very full now."

"Okay, then let's talk about your movie." Lin Qingxia looked at Ning Cheng with a smile, as if waiting for Ning Cheng to give her a speech, very serious.

Ning Chen felt a little shy from being stared at, coughed lightly, and then began to tell the other party the general plot of the movie, as well as the role and characteristics of Qiu Moyan in the plot.

Just like when explaining to Zhang Manyu before, Ning Chen combined with the other party also needed to transform, and the reason why he needed to broaden the way of the play, talked about the benefits of this role in the next play.

Half an hour later, Ning Sheng finished all the introductions, and sincerely invited, "Sister Lin, believe me, this role will definitely broaden your career path, whether it's popularity or popularity, it will be of great benefit."

Lin Qingxia nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, before I came to see you, I discussed with the agent that I want to take your play."

"Really?" Ning Cheng was pleasantly surprised, "That's really great. With Sister Lin joining us, our movie will definitely be more exciting."

Lin Qingxia continued, "I have inquired about you. Although you have only made one movie, as long as you participate in TV dramas, no matter whether you direct them or not, they will be a great success, and your biggest role in it is the screenwriting. A good script , as long as the director is not too bad, I believe that the film produced will not be that bad. What's more, as you said, I really need to change, I can't always act in literary films and those love films with children, commercial blockbusters Not less, I hope our cooperation this time can be smooth sailing and win-win cooperation!"

Ning Sheng raised his teacup as a signal and said, "Happy cooperation!"

After the two of them had finished their preliminary talks, it was enough for the people below to do the contract. After sitting for a while, she heard Ning Cheng say that the leading actor of the movie had not been confirmed yet, and while waiting for Liang Jiahui's response, Lin Qingxia directly took out her mobile phone and said, " Take advantage of the free time today, get it done as soon as possible, and then we can start working as soon as possible, I will call him and ask."

Ning Sheng asked curiously, "Do you know Liang Jiahui? No, are you familiar with him?"

Lin Qingxia dialed the phone and said with a smile, "I'm not very familiar with her, but I have met and chatted a few times at friends' banquets, and I think he is nice." At this time, the phone was connected.

"Hi, Ah Hui, I'm Lin Qingxia, are you free now? I'm at the teahouse next to the Imperial Park, and director Ning Sheng is also there. Come over and have a seat. Ning Cheng wants to talk to you about a film called " The new movie of "Dragon Inn", oh, you have read the script, that's just right, come over and have a chat, okay, we'll wait for you, see you later!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qingxia smiled and said, "Okay, he will come over in a while, director, you can get him done with a few words, and then I will start work!"

Ning Cheng scratched his head and said, "Sister Lin was joking, I'm not sure that I can convince others."

Lin Qingxia said, "You don't need to convince me. Ah Hui is very serious about the script. If he doesn't want to act in your play, he won't come to meet. Since he is willing to come and talk, it means he wants to talk to you, the director. As for the script, as long as you are not a fake director and you are serious enough about the script, you don’t need to say anything, he will take the initiative to act.”

Lin Qingxia's words were quickly verified. Half an hour later, Ning Sheng asked Liang Jiahui a few questions about the role of Zhou Huai'an, and after answering them seriously, Ning Sheng talked about the filming plan for the movie, and the actor Liang Jiahui said Agreed to join the video.

From the beginning to the end, Ning Sheng didn't have time to take the initiative to ask for another invitation, and Liang Jiahui didn't make any bargains. He proposed a bunch of conditions and ideas, determined some questions about the movie that he wanted to know, and then solved the problems, and successfully reached a cooperation. .

After finishing the final two protagonists in one day, Ning Cheng was in a good mood when he left.Then I got busy the next day, calling the crew to go to Dunhuang to shoot.

When the crew arrived at the destination, they held the opening ceremony hastily, and did not call the reporters to start any press conference. "Dragon Inn" just started filming quietly.

However, for a movie that includes three movie kings and actresses, the total investment amount exceeds [-] million, and it is estimated to be around [-] million in the end. The [-] million investment with Lan Yingzhu sounds like half of it, but whether it is acting skills or the script Ning Cheng believed that maybe his side was slightly better.

But a week later, after Wang Jing really announced the entire lineup at the opening press conference in Kyoto, Ning Cheng couldn't help being shocked, not to mention other movie fans, who were even more excited by Wang Jing's trump card this time!
Zhang Guorong played the male lead Xu Zhu, Gong Li played Wu Xingyun, one of the three major heroines, Liu Jialin played Li Qiushui, one of the three major heroines, and Zhang Min played A Zi, one of the three major heroines.

In addition to these four protagonists, there are guest appearances and special performances by Er Dongsheng, Liu Jialiang, Zheng Shaoqiu, Ti Lung and other superstars. It can be said that this movie has attracted the craziest exposure and pursuit of this year's entertainment media before it even started shooting.

The director is different, the leading actor has also changed by more than half, and the investment has doubled by countless times. Ning Sheng no longer knows what kind of wonderful play such a hand of cards will be played by Wang Jing, but these pressures make him feel more serious about his own. Shoot more seriously.

Except for the fact that the plot has not changed much, Ning Sheng puts [-]% of his energy into making the whole movie, from props to costumes, from group performances to special effects. Sheng specially spent a lot of money to invite a professional cavalry team. Although it cost nearly one million a day, but looking at the rumbling invincible torrent captured in the camera, Ning Sheng felt that the money was worth it!
"Everyone on your marks, let's start shooting!"

It is already very hot in the desert in June. Although most of the scenes of "Dragon Inn" are in the inn, or at night, the inn in the wind and sand is not as comfortable as outside. There are dreams and heat, everyone's sweat There is no need to pour water on yourself anymore. Standing inside, you will be sweating profusely in a while.

"Ka, pause for a while, everyone take a rest." Ning Cheng shouted with a loudspeaker.

Everyone else hurried to drink water, Ning Cheng called Zhang Man and said, "Sister Man, let go a little more, don't have any psychological burden, and completely forget the feeling of Xiaojiabiyu in the past, you are a proprietress who runs a black shop , in order to make money, even selling human-meat-buns—”

Ning Cheng was not satisfied with Zhang Manyu's performance just now, but instead of yelling, he called over to explain the role carefully and help the actor get into the mood. One of the reasons to cooperate again.

If I had a choice, I wouldn’t want to work with a director who yells and swears all day long. Everyone wants to be kind and happy to complete the work. It’s just that during the filming process, the actors will always appear to make people feel uncomfortable. Where the director is not satisfied.

Some directors can tolerate it once or twice, and some have a good temper and can endure three or four times, but there are also bad tempered, or unwilling to endure because of their own success, unless there are special circumstances, or the identity of the actor is not ordinary.

Otherwise, being criticized by the director as an actor is almost a natural habit.

Ning Sheng is naturally not the kind of person who has a good temper and will not get angry no matter what, but compared to scolding others, Ning Sheng will be more patient with actors who are willing to work hard, obedient, and serious, while for those with poor acting skills, Those who are not obedient have little patience.

And Ning Sheng's impatience, besides swearing at people, will also let unrepentant people be kicked out from the crew at any time, just like that Gu Feng was kicked out.

So, in the final analysis, in the crew, as long as both parties are serious, it is not so difficult for everyone to cooperate happily.

The acting skills of the three leading actors chosen by Ning Cheng are unquestionable, especially Liang Jiahui's understanding of the characters and the script made Ning Sheng very relieved. Even if there are occasional problems, just mention it a little bit, or repeat it a few times for the other party to find out. It can be done quickly.

In contrast to the two heroines, Lin Qingxia may have a heroic spirit in her character that is not weak, so she quickly found her feeling when she played the heroine of the rivers and lakes, the most troublesome role of Zhang Manyu.

In the past, Zhang Manyu's roles and characters were very different from Jin Xiangyu, the proprietress, just like the difference between a good student and a street gangster, or the difference between a scholarly family and a beggar family. It is difficult to perfectly integrate into the role.

But a good actor is always learning and improving, and there are two Golden Tripod Award-winning actor and actress supporting roles. Zhang Manyu finally won the role of Jin Xiangyu completely after joining the group for a month.

And Ning Sheng deliberately moved the important scene of gold and jade to the back, this would be just the right time.

"Ning Chen's new movie "Dragon Inn" is being filmed in the desert. Zhang Manyu, Lin Qingxia, and Liang Jiahui are the three best actors and actresses gathered together. The lineup should not be underestimated!"

The news of "Dragon Inn" was still exposed, but Ning Sheng blocked the news in order not to affect the status of the actors of the crew, and did not allow reporters to join the crew, so the outside world's understanding of this movie is really limited, not to mention, there is "Tianshan Child Elder". "The big stars of the production crew attracted attention with a high profile, and not many media insisted on Ning Sheng's side.

In the blink of an eye, it was July, and Ding Xuan, who was taken to the United States by President Zheng to continue making music and released an album solo, finally returned to China, but Ning Sheng didn't have time to meet him, and Ding Xuan was also busy with publicity, so he didn't have time to visit the set. But the good news is that Ding Xuan's English album is selling well in North America this time, with 500 million copies sold in January, which is considered a success in gaining a firm foothold in Europe and the United States.

(End of this chapter)