The king of all people

Chapter 215 Budget Overrun
It is really not an easy task to manage a movie, especially for a "newcomer" like Li Xian who is first exposed to directing work.

Many plots in the script of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" appeared in summer, but this time Li Xian and their filming cycle is in winter, especially in November and December, which is like falling into the ice cave of BJ The place……

Faced with the endless work files on the table every day, and the shooting time that required him to constantly switch roles, Li Xian instinctively felt that his temper was becoming more and more out of control.

After Jay Chou came to BJ to play a cameo, Li Xian distributed the remuneration of the actors along the way.Although except for a few well-known actors, the others were all newcomers without any experience, but they couldn't stand the crowd, and Li Xian's money began to be tight.

Besides, although Li Xian recruited Han Li as the assistant director of the film, after all, the other party is just an immature director who has never made a film and only has some experience in short films.The two learned a lot through communication, but unknowingly wasted a lot of resources.Problems such as film and equipment use skills piled up, and the limit that was originally intended to be paid only for equipment has already exceeded expectations early...

Only half of the 800 million funds promised by Baidu Group for the "post bar copywriting" remuneration has been obtained now. According to the contract, Li Xian will not be able to get the other half until next year. Although "Those Years" was only filmed for one month, and the crew was trying their best to be frugal during the filming, but according to the statistics yesterday, 400W has been burned up to now, which is three-fifths of Li Xian's savings...

Li Xian encountered a problem, that is, "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" exceeded the budget.

Li Xian knows that his father Li Daishuang's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the factory has opened several branches in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, but even if the film is overrun, Li Xian has no intention of asking his family to borrow money to make up for it.His parents worried about him in the last life, and he was finally born again. He didn't want the two old people to worry about his affairs again...

In addition, Li Xian did not tell the crew about the budget overrun. Even Fan Bingbing, Han Li and others did not know the current financial situation of the crew.Everyone agreed that "Those Years" has been filmed in an orderly manner for a month now, and it should be successfully completed in the next ten days, and it will be released.

Li Xian was carrying the lingering pressure alone, and his physical condition inevitably suffered a serious decline.

On this day, the crew moved the set to a video game store in a shopping mall in BJ City, and a large game console was placed in the corner.

Here, I want to record a scene where Ke Jingteng and several buddies skip class and play games.

Although Li Xian's mental and physical condition is not good, after all, his acting skills are there. After being "taught" by Han Li in an NG, he quickly regained his level and recorded his own scenes.But I don’t know why, the two newcomers Xu Liang and Yao Zhuangzhuang who were also in this scene seem to have taken the wrong medicine today. The two of them made an agreement and they shot several times in a row but failed. Either they were laughing or their eyes were empty...

That's right, Li Xian once said at the beginning that "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" is a youth movie with a fresh style, and it is enough for the actors to behave naturally and not artificially.But this does not mean that you can do anything wrong, completely disregarding the effect of the shooting.

If Li Xian edited the shots of their laughter and the empty-eyed, absent-minded scenes into the finished film, even if the audience can choose to ignore it, the department reviewing the film may not necessarily let him pass... After all, this kind of violation Once there are more pictures with a sense of harmony, it will affect the overall look and feel of the whole film and bring the film down a notch.

Not only Xu Liang and Yao Zhuangzhuang, but even Hu Tao and some other extras have become a little "loofer". Today's scene was recorded in the game hall. Everyone may be infected by the playful atmosphere here, or maybe it is I feel that Li Xian has a very good personality some time ago, even if they make mistakes, they will patiently guide them...

At the post-shooting stage of the movie, these newcomers who were "electrically shocked" for the first time became impatient and exaggerated.

Since this scene was a joint shot of several people, Xu Liang and Yao Zhuangzhuang did not pass, which meant that Li Xian had to accompany them to repeat the shooting endlessly. an action.

Frowning, Li Xian felt a flame of anger rising in his heart.In the past few days, due to the overrun of the film budget and the matter of the new book "Notes on Tomb Raiders", he has not had a good night's sleep for nearly a week... In order not to worry or cause psychological burden to these people, he did not inform them of the film budget The overspending thing.

But they are becoming more and more careless, treating filming as a joke...

"Let's do it all over again, with desserts on top." Li Xian signaled the clerk to pull down the slate, walked back to the game console and pointed at the camera, ready to repeat the action just now.

Fan Bingbing was the first to hear that Li Xian's tone was different.In the past two days, she didn't have much acting role. Although the crew was in BJ, she didn't choose to rest at home, but followed the crew tossing and turning.Although he has never been a director, Fan Bingbing can understand that this is a very hard job...

Li Xian's tone sounded calm and emotionless, but she could hear the suppressed emotions hidden in it... Biting her lip, in order not to prevent them from recording, Fan Bingbing gave up and stepped forward to comfort Li Xian plan.

Immediately afterwards, the sixth pass began.It's just a simple shot that requires the three actors to show the feeling of excitement and worry after skipping class in front of the game console, but it is repeated abruptly until the sixth time.

Xu Liang and Yao Zhuangzhuang were standing on either side of Li Xian's body. It's not like they didn't feel that Li Xian's state was wrong, but Li Xian's tense expression was so different from his usual patient and peaceful appearance. One couldn't hold back. The two actually laughed out loud at the same time.

The photographer's lens recorded this picture into the film at the exact moment. At this moment, on the screen of the game console next to the three of them, the melody of the racing game was playing a "buzzing" prelude.

The atmosphere exploded at this moment.

"What are you doing?! If you don't want to shoot, you should make it clear as soon as possible. Now the whole crew is waiting for this shot. It's already the sixth time. How many times do you two plan to shoot? Keep smiling, Didn't you take your medicine in the morning?!"

Li Xian was completely irritated by the performance of these two people, and the emotions that had been suppressed for several days were released immediately.With the two of them in this state of play, I'm afraid they might not be able to finish recording this simple scene even if they have wasted all the film!
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