Chapter 753: A huge filming team
Xiying Film Studio has become increasingly difficult in the past two years, and the blame cannot be revealed.
In fact, it is not only Xiying Film Studio, but also other domestic film studios are similar to Xiying Film Studio. However, the speed of Xiying Film Studio's decline is really too fast, which is jaw-dropping.
Of course, it’s meaningless to talk about it on this occasion. Everyone made a few comments and quickly shifted the topic to this time cooperating with Warner Bros. to make a film.
"Minghua, this is the contract we are about to sign with Warner Bros., take a look." Wu Tianmin took out two thick documents from his bag in the room, which turned out to be in Chinese and English.
Fang Minghua took it over and flipped through a few pages, which detailed the rights and obligations of both parties, as well as the roles played by the creative staff of the two film companies in the play.
Producers: Michael Barnason (US), Wu Tianmin (Chinese)
Director: Spielberg (US) Zhang Yimou (Chinese)
Spiel Berg?
This is very famous.
Fang Minghua also met him.
That was in 1985. Fang Minghua was invited to Iowa to participate in an international writing program. Spielberg specifically found him and purchased the film adaptation rights for the novel "Catastrophe of the Sun".
Seeing Fang Minghua pay attention to this, Wu Tianmin took out another document and said:
"This is the list of main members of the crew and their division of labor."
Fang Minghua took the document Information, look with interest:
The producers and directors are the same as in the contract, and there are more detailed positions below:
Assistant Director:
David R. Ellis (USA) Robert Legato (USA) )
Photography: Michael Seritsen (US) Lu Le (Chinese)
Art: Stuart Clegg (US), Lee Sandos (US) John King (US)
Cao Jiuping (middle)
Editors: Luke Youngblood (U.S.) Angela Basson (U.S.) Du Yuan (middle)
Also music, action special effects, costumes, Props, makeup, perspective special effects, action special effects... all kinds of things, there are hundreds of people.
Among them, there are 20 visual effects people with the largest number of people!
"Warner Brothers said that this is only a preliminary list and may be added at any time according to shooting needs." Wu Tianmin added.
Fang Minghua nodded.
The scale is indeed huge, and Warner is spending a lot of money this time.
The elite troops and generals mobilized are mainly from the United States. The six people from China are actually here to learn.
Fang Minghua put down the crew information, picked up the contract, looked at it and asked, "Brother Wu, have you sent it to the country?"
"I'm sure, Mr. Song is very concerned about this matter. We have faxed the Chinese electronic version to China two days ago.”
"Okay, my wife can just read it." Fang Minghua immediately put the contract aside and explained with a smile: "I am really a layman in this aspect. I am not as good as you, Brother Wu, and I am not as good as my wife."
To be honest , Fang Minghua came just for formality, and another thing is that he came to visit everyone on behalf of his wife.
Putting the contract aside, everyone started chatting. Fang Minghua asked everyone if they were used to the food and accommodation in the United States.
When it comes to eating, everyone immediately starts complaining.
"Minghua, it doesn't matter where you live. The main thing is that I'm not used to eating. That hamburger is not as delicious as our Xijing Roujiamo!" The speaker this time was Lu Le, the photographer, and also Yan. Graduation.
"Yes, there are also noodles that are more delicious. They are not as delicious as the fried noodles and saozi noodles in Xijing!",
"Hey, the mutton is still delicious after soaking in it."
"Comrade Guys, do you know what I want to eat?" Du Yuan said in a loud voice.
“Hot pot!”
The other men said in unison.
"When I make a movie with you, no matter where I go, I have to have a hot pot meal at the end, right, Yimou?" Cao Jiuping turned around and asked Zhang Yimou with a smile.
Cao Jiuping is also from Xijing. He is about 40 years old. He is a student of the Oil Painting Department of Xijing Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation, he worked at Xi'an Film Studio and worked with Zhang Yimou for almost ten years. From the first "Red Sorghum" to now, Cao Jiuping has been the art director of all the films made by Zhang Yimou!
I heard that Cao Jiuping and Du Yuan live in the same building in the family area of Xiying Studio, and they are door to door, so they are very close to each other.
Zhang Yimou nodded: "I'm convinced, why does this girl like hot pot so much?"
"It's a pity that in Burbank, let alone hot pot, you can't even find a Chinese restaurant." Du Yuan complained.
"A small town with a population of less than 100,000 is not as populous as a county in China. What can you expect?" Tao Jing took over the conversation and said.
Tao Jing was admitted to the Recording Department of Yanjing Film Academy in 1978 and now works at Tianjin Film Studio. He is also the only person in Zhang Yimou's team who is not from Xi Film Studio.
That's true.
Seeing everyone complaining about the food, Fang Minghua said: "How about I treat everyone to a hot pot meal?"
"Where is the hot pot here?" Du Yuan asked.
“This doesn’t exist. There is in Los Angeles Chinatown. Let’s go to Los Angeles Chinatown to eat!” Fang Minghua said with a smile.
"Okay, let's go now!" Du Yuan was the most active, and the others hurriedly joined in the fun.
But Wu Tianmin was a little hesitant.
"Minghua, it's still an hour's train ride to downtown Los Angeles, so here we go."
"Don't worry, if we can't catch the train when we get back, we'll take a taxi and I'll cover the round trip fare, so that you, Mr. Song, won't have to say that you went to Los Angeles just to have a hot pot meal." Fang Minghua joked.
Wu Tianmin laughed loudly: "If you don't tell your wife, how will she know? Besides, Mr. Song is not such a stingy person. I'm just worried about everyone's safety. In this case, everyone should go and translate and return Call those two foreigners too!"
"Don't worry, I'll just put my luggage down and just talk to you. I don't have my own room yet," Fang Minghua said.
Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the lobby. Everyone took three taxis and went straight to the train station, then took the train to Los Angeles Union Station, then changed to the subway, and finally arrived in Chinatown.
Los Angeles’ Chinatown is connected to the historic district and is one of the major Chinese gathering places on the west coast of the United States.
Standing at the street corner, there is an antique Chinese archway at the gate.
“Wow, this is Chinatown? It’s just like our country.” Du Yuan came here for the first time and couldn’t help but sigh when she saw this scene.
“It’s more like Xiangjiang, both in traditional Chinese characters.” Zhang Yimou said.
He has been to Xiangjiang and has a deeper experience.
“Let’s go in quickly and find the hot pot!” Wu Tianmin urged.
Everyone looked around while walking, and soon found a Chinese restaurant called "Chongqing Yaomei Old Hotpot".
This store name makes people feel very friendly.
There is no need to look any further, everyone immediately entered the store, which has a traditional Chinese antique flavor. Although it is still some time before dinner, there are already diners in the hot pot restaurant, not just yellow-skinned Chinese. There is actually a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes.
Just facing the red hot pot with bubbling oil, aren't they afraid of spicy food?
Everyone gathered around the table and served Chongqing’s traditional nine-square grid. Looking at the red pot bottom with bubbling oil and smelling the tangy aroma, even Fang Minghua, who doesn’t usually eat hot pot at home, People are drooling now.
Duck blood, duck intestines, beef rolls, loin slices, hairy tripe, enoki mushrooms, tribute vegetables, bean skins... everyone ordered a lot of them, and everyone started eating and drinking.
The more you eat it, the more delicious it becomes, especially in winter. People who eat it are sweating all over, and it feels really good to drink some beer.
The two foreigners also wanted to try this spicy, more refreshing taste. Unfortunately, they couldn't resist it after two bites. They ordered two bottles of Coke and drank it in one go. They couldn't help but gasp. Finally, they were given another one. I changed the tomato pot and went to the table next to me to eat by myself.
Everyone chatted while eating, and naturally the topic of the movie shooting came up.
"Brother Wu, I think the crew has basically been decided. Have you found the actors yet?" Fang Minghua asked after taking a sip of beer.
(End of this chapter)