This star’s style is wrong

"The Beginning" is being filmed intensively.

Since Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er still need to participate in the rehearsal for the Olympic opening ceremony, they have to take one or two days off every week to leave the crew to attend rehearsals.

Before Fang Xing leaves the crew, he will discuss the subsequent shooting plan with Zhang Yigao, down to the details of the arrangement of each shot.

Then Zhang Yigao was asked to take charge of the shooting. When Fang Xing came back, he reviewed the material to make sure there were no problems with the shots.

Zhang Yigao has no problem professionally.

Even though the occasional shots were a little different from what Fang Xing originally wanted, the quality was not bad.

This small problem can be corrected during post-production.

After "The Beginning" was launched, information about the show was naturally leaked.

It is also difficult to keep the general content of the script secret.

Therefore, companies in the film and television industry basically know what type of new drama Ark Culture is.

Science fiction, suspense, time loop.

In fact, "The Beginning" is not the first film and television drama with this concept. There have been many film and television dramas at home and abroad with similar plots.

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The new drama prepared by Pengcheng Capital, with a total investment of 70 million, signed Lin Yingxue, and wanted to suppress "The Beginning" and put "The Beginning" into a situation where there is no female protagonist.

Fang Xing turned around and directly cast Lu Xiang'er as the female lead. When the news spread, many people in the industry were not optimistic about it.

Many people in the industry suspected that Fang Xing was spending money to support his girlfriend.

This situation is very common in the entertainment industry.

In fact, many actresses who have just entered the entertainment industry and have endless resources have financial backers.

As for the relationship between the two, it's hard to say.

People in the industry have long been accustomed to the idea of ​​donors spending money to support people.

However, a project like this that spends money to promote people has a high probability of being made into a bad movie.

Therefore, after "The Beginning" was launched, many drama critics in the film and television industry felt that Fang Xing was ruining the good reputation created by "Wulin Gaiden".

In the entertainment industry, many people are paying attention to the filming progress of "The Beginning".

The Chen family, in particular, pays close attention to every move of the crew of "The Beginning".

Because this drama will affect the fat they eat.

Dachuan Audio is still struggling. It has mortgaged its real estate and insists on operating the company, and does not agree to bankruptcy and liquidation.

This bankruptcy liquidation case has been delayed for three months.

The Lu family now wants to wait for "The Beginning" to make money before turning around.

Naturally, the Chen family would not give the Lu family a chance to make a comeback, so when Ruide Film and Television was preparing for a new drama, Chen Lipeng made additional investment and asked Ruide Film and Television to also produce a suspense drama to suppress "The Beginning" in all aspects.

Based on the current news about "The Beginning", it looks like a bad movie no matter how you look at it.

With a small investment of 30 million, Fang Xing directed and acted, and also hired an 18th-tier director who had been in the directing industry for more than ten years and had never produced a single successful film.

In addition, in order to flatter his girlfriend, Fang Xing cast a violinist who had never acted before to play the female lead.

Taken together, this information basically labeled the show a "bad movie."

However, Chen Lipeng was still worried, so he asked Ruide Film and Television to also produce a suspense drama and broadcast it at the same time, crushing "The Beginning".

Two dramas of the same genre and in the same time period, the one being compared ended up being a mess.

This is what TV dramas are like. If there are no better choices at the same time and the audience is starved of dramas, they can still watch a slightly worse drama.

However, once a good drama is broadcast at the same time, in comparison, bad movies will become even more unwatchable.

When Ruide Film and Television was preparing to shoot a new drama, the script and director had not yet been determined.

Now, the management requires new dramas to be shot in the suspense genre. As long as there is a suitable script, it is not a big problem.

Moreover, Pengcheng Capital has invested an additional 10 million yuan for this purpose.

This money is enough to hire a second-tier suspense film director.

Since Pengcheng Capital was willing to spend money, the project progressed quickly.

Red Film and Television quickly secured a deal with a second-tier director who was famous for his suspense and detective dramas, and obtained a suspense crime script from a team of screenwriters with whom he often collaborated.

After the actors were finalized, filming started quickly.

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From the beginning, Fang Xing decided to film "The Beginning" just to solve the Lu family's dilemma, so the filming progressed very quickly.

Even before the filming is complete, post-production has already begun.

Moreover, during the filming stage, we had already negotiated with Penguin Video and the exclusive broadcast rights had been sold.

Just wait for the finished film to come out, and after Penguin Video has reviewed it, it can be scheduled to be broadcast immediately.

After two months of filming, "The Beginning" was announced to be completed.

Post-production is also in full swing.

After these news spread, there were more and more rumors that "The Beginning" was a bad movie.

Because people in the industry feel that "The Beginning" went from planning to completion too quickly.

Within two months, it was announced that it was finished.

If the investment in this film hadn't been so high, people in the industry would have suspected that Fang Xing was laundering money.

The only thing that gives theater critics a little bit of confidence is that the supporting actors are all good actors.

For ordinary viewers, they don't care too much about the identities of the veteran actors and supporting roles in the play.

Especially for dramas with mainly female audiences, the audience only pays attention to whether the male lead is handsome or not, and will not pay attention to whether the veteran actors in the drama are from the National Theater or Hengdian extras.

Professional drama critics pay more attention to the content and recognize the names of some veteran drama stars.

Therefore, in the eyes of some professional theater critics, the only outstanding feature of "The Beginning" is the actors from the National Theater.

However, the more this happened, the more angry the theater critics became, thinking that Fang Xing was destroying the veteran artist of the National Theater.

Some theater critics even said that if the veteran actors of the National Theater lose their jobs, Fang Xing will bear all the blame.

After "The Beginning" was announced to be finished, there have been more and more discussions about the show.

Many gossips from the filming period have been revealed one after another, and have also been on several hot searches.

Fans of "Wulin Gaiden" have a heated debate with critics.

[It's over, it's over, no matter how I watch "The Beginning", it feels like it's going to suck. Don't ruin the beautiful image of "Wulin Gaiden" in my mind, okay? 】

[Although I also admit that the violinist is very beautiful, but with such praise, it is difficult not to be bad. 】

[I also heard a big news: During the filming of "The Beginning", Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er had to take two days off each week to attend the opening ceremony rehearsal. 】

[It’s over, it’s over, then this drama is basically rotten to the core. 】

[The filming was completed in two months, and I even asked for leave during this period. Anyway, I don’t dare to watch this drama. Wait until the show comes out and Douya scores more than six points before you hit me. 】

[It’s still six points, and it’s a miracle to get more than three points. 】

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at the same time.

The suspense drama "Pillow Crime" being produced by Red Film and Television is also accelerating its progress.

This time, the actors hired by Red Film and Television are all young actors who can perform well.

The Chen family did not arrange Chen Wenhan into the drama again.

Chen Wenhan also looks down on this A-level investment with an investment of 70 million. With his status, he is not interested in non-S-level major investments.

Therefore, the dual-male cast of "Pillow Crime" hired new second-tier male actors, and they are very popular.

These two male leads alone earned 30 million yuan in salary, and one of them is from Red Film and Television, so they can raise this lineup.

In this way, plus 18 million Lin Yingxue.

The salary spent on the leading actors for the entire drama was nearly 50 million.

The amount of investment is very tight.

However, the production of this drama is entirely in accordance with the requirements of Pengcheng Capital, so Ruide Film and Television can continue to ask Pengcheng Capital for additional investment.

Since the request was made, and the cast was indeed very good, Pengcheng Capital felt comfortable making additional investment.

As a result, the investment in "Pillow Crime" with A-level investment has gradually reached 80 million.

This is already a large investment in A-level production.

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Because "The Beginning" was completed too quickly.

The Chen family's original idea was to use "Pillow Sin" to attack "The Beginning" and completely destroy "The Beginning".

The progress of "The Beginning" was so fast that Pengcheng Capital had to urge "Pillow Crime" to speed up.

Even the post-production of "Pillow Sin" was done as quickly as possible by adding money and jumping in line.

In the film and television industry, it is indeed easy to get things done if you have money.

As long as the money is given, the donor will always be satisfied.

One month after the filming of "The Beginning" was completed, "Pillow Crime" was also announced to be completed and entered post-production.

It's late May.

The post-production of "The Beginning" is basically completed. Under the supervision of Fang Xing, the first version of the final film editing was completed.

Moreover, the first version of the finished film was very complete, with very few areas that needed to be modified.

What needs to be discussed is the balance between suspense and clues.

One of the characteristics of suspense films is that they should guide the audience to think and find clues, but they should not let the audience see through the result too early.

Therefore, a balance needs to be found between giving clues and leaving suspense.

If there are too many clues, the audience may guess the outcome and lose confidence in the show.

There are too few clues, and the audience will be confused and confused, and they will think that this drama is "acting on something"?

There are many clues in the drama "The Beginning", but most of them are used to mislead the audience.

When filming these clues, Fang Xing's request was to film them as if they were real clues. The audience must believe that these clues are real and that this is the truth.

However, as the plot continues to develop, the plot continues to reverse, and then it is confirmed that these clues are false.

Fang Xing and Zhang Yigao had the most intense quarrel at this balance point.

"Director Fang, I think there are too many suspenses, which will make it difficult for many viewers to understand. The majority of viewers in the current TV drama market are women. We have to make it easy for most female viewers to understand the plot."

Zhang Yigao's current attitude of obeying the market is a bit overkill.

Ten years ago, when he was a director, he didn't care about the audience at all when he was filming, so he didn't get a chance to hold a guide tube for more than ten years.

Now, "The Beginning" is his chance to make a comeback.

However, the current reviews of "The Beginning" on the Internet are not very good, and everyone thinks "The Beginning" is a bad movie.

Zhang Yigao hopes to please the mainstream audience.

Fang Xing had a different idea: "A suspense film should have enough suspense, and the plot of this film is not complicated, so it is not difficult to understand.

“What’s more, there is not much overlap between audiences who like to watch suspense movies and those who like to watch idol dramas.

“Since we are making a suspense film, we should edit it according to the standards of a suspense film. The clues that should be hidden should be hidden, and the suspense should be left where it should be.

“Moreover, when I was talking about the scene with the actors, I had deliberately given clues to the audience through the eyes, micro-expressions, and some of the actors’ movements.

"I've given you enough clues."

Zhang Yigao quickly shook his head: "It is impossible for the audience to guess the relationship between the characters just by looking at them. There is no way for the audience to notice this kind of clues."

The two had a heated argument during the editing.

However, when he first invited Zhang Yigao to join the team, Fang Xing was vaccinated in advance and separated the big and small kings.

Therefore, as long as there is no dispute, Fang Xing's idea will prevail in the end.

Even though Zhang Yigao was a little dissatisfied, he had nothing to do.

Fortunately, he is the director of this show and filmed the whole process. He knows very well that this show is not as bad as the outside world says.

One of the reasons why it was completed so quickly is that the show was originally only planned to shoot 15 episodes.

The 15-episode drama was filmed by two directors, and most of the actors are veteran actors, who are rarely good at acting.

Repeated filming of a scene is often done just to find the possibility of another performance and to provide more material for later editing.

Therefore, Zhang Yigao still has confidence in this drama.

The only difference is how popular it is.

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Late May.

Penguin Video organized a film viewing party to review "The Beginning".

After reviewing the film, at Fang Xing's request, Penguin Video Vice President Li Xueying made the decision to sign an exclusive broadcast agreement and set the broadcast date for July.

And paid an advance payment totaling 30 million.

Usually, broadcast platforms do not pay advance payments to producers.

Because no one can guarantee what the results will be after the series is aired.

According to the normal repayment process, after "The Beginning" is broadcast, it will take at least three months for the repayment period.

But the Lu family's situation will become worse the longer time passes.

Therefore, Fang Xing's request for advance payment was so that Lu Xiang'er could get the return on investment in advance.

Of course, it is also clearly written in the agreement that if the broadcast revenue of "The Beginning" does not reach 30 million, then Ark Culture will have to return the advance payment.

In short, Li Xueying decided to pay the advance payment. It would not cause any loss to Penguin Video, but it would make Fang Xing owe a favor.

Li Xueying, the vice president, has been promoted from the film selection department, so she has a unique vision for film selection.

She dared to sign a 30 million advance payment just because she liked the show.

Moreover, with the presence of "Wulin Gaiden", a drama that has dominated the comedy category for a whole year, Fang Xing can owe a favor, and this transaction is a sure profit.

After Lu Xiang'er received the 30 million advance payment, the family's situation eased a lot.

However, she is also a little worried: "What if "The Beginning" doesn't make 30 million? And even if it can make 30 million, I can't take that much."

Fang Xing saw her eyes filled with tears when she was moved, and said with a smile: "If you don't make 30 million, you have to pay back the advance payment."

"Ah? Then this money can't be used." Lu Xiang'er frowned.

"Don't worry. Use it for emergency purposes first. Maybe your father's company will recover and be able to pay back the money." Fang Xing comforted her with a smile.

Although he said this, Fang Xing was very confident in "The Beginning". Making 30 million for this drama was just a trivial matter.