Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige and Wang Zhong made an appointment to have dinner together.
About this short script, Lu Yanhe said: "Director, have you wanted to shoot this story for a long time? It shouldn't be just written, right?"
"Well, I have written one before. The script couldn't be filmed, so I took a small section of the script and changed it," Wang Zhong said.
The reason why Lu Yanhe had this idea was that when Lu Yanhe read this script, he felt that there were many lines in it that did not look like they were written in just a few days. Many places looked polished at first glance. .
“Why can’t that script be filmed?” Lu Yanhe asked.
Wang Zhong said: "Now I can shoot even if I want to. At that time, I couldn't find investment."
"Isn't it a pity to make a short film now?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Wang Zhong: "What's a pity about this? It's good to be able to make it into a short film now."
Lu Yanhe asked: "Director, can you let me see your script? ?”
“Do you want to see it?”
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe said, "I read your short film script and I liked it very much."
Wang Zhong nodded, "Then I will send it to you when I get back."
Chen Bige turned to look Lu Yanhe asked: "You don't want to make Director Wang's script into a movie, do you?"
"No, no ." Lu Yanhe shook his head quickly and said, "I just want to learn from it. The director's script is very good. I know that the director has written another script, so I want to read it."
Chen Bige smiled. Said: "I thought you were going to add another item to your huge plan to shoot."
Lu Yanhe immediately said: "Sister Bige, in my huge waiting list, there are two movies starring you."
Chen Bige: "It's only now that I discovered how long it takes to prepare a movie from scratch. It’s hard work. In the past, I just accepted the script and just Just prepare for the performance, join the set when the time comes, and leave after filming. Just focus on acting."
Wang Zhong smiled, raised his hand and nodded at Chen Bige, "Yan He is such a thief. , after using the script to put you on the boat, he ran away and let you take the helm. "
Lu Yanhe quickly excused himself and said: "Director, I didn't mean that. It's just that Sister Bi Ge knows more people in this industry than me. It's easier for her to find people with the script than it is for me. "
Chen Bige chuckled. , said: "Let's just talk about it privately. I know how many people outside are jealous of me. Just give me a tailor-made script and leave it all to me. This kind of trust is rare. Xiao Lu, don't be afraid." Did I screw up your script?”
"You are Chen Bige, how could you let the project you starred in be messed up." Lu Yanhe said calmly, "Your name is more precious than mine."
Chen Bige made three consecutive noises.
“I don’t accept such unreasonable flattery.” Chen Bige glanced at Lu Yanhe, “I just debuted a few years longer than you. When I was your age, I didn’t know what I was doing.”< br>
Lu Yanhe asked: "As for the warlord in this short film, do you have a director?"
"I haven't thought of it yet. Do you have any recommendations?"
"I would like to recommend Teacher Jiang Jun." Lu Yanhe said frankly, "With his acting skills, there is definitely no problem in playing this kind of role. Because of his previous surgery, many producers were afraid to use him. This time, "Seventeen" "Layer" has become popular. I heard that there are still people who have concerns. I want everyone to see that the surgery has not affected him."
Chen Bige, who has also worked with Jiang Jun, heard this and also helped. He hurriedly said: "There is really no problem with Jiang Jun's acting skills in handling this kind of role."
Seeing that both of them said this, Wang Zhong nodded and said, "Then let him come."
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Jiang Jun had a very eye-catching performance in the drama "Seventeen Floors", and the discussion was quite high. However, in terms of the eye-catching degree of the character, he was still outdone by Chen Bige and others. occupied.
This drama is very popular now, and the teams of various companies are not idle.
Before, I was worried that this drama was not popular enough and marketing would be useless. Now I am trying every means to gain greater benefits from this popular drama.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige have the best character highlights and scenes, and they are "recommended" by the platform, so the investment in this aspect is relatively small.
For Li Yuefeng, Shen Yue, and Lin Chan, this can be said to be their most important battlefield this year.
If they can rely on this drama to come up with a few topics that really break the circle, then they can reap more dividends.
This is true whether it is to further improve your status or other aspects.
Jiang Jun's age is here, and the role he plays is not an "idol-type" character that is "very popular", and the agency does not feel that he is worthy of a large investment in exchange for a bigger investment. of commercial value.
So, although the audience who watched this drama knew him and liked his performance, they were not effectively converted into his fans.
Of course, because this drama is indeed very popular, even if he doesn't attract fans, he can still get some dividends from the drama "Seventeenth Floor". At least, there are many more programs to invite him.
Jiang Jun pushed a lot.
When Lu Yanhe heard about this, he felt strange.
Although Teacher Jiang Jun is not that short of money, this is not a matter of lack of money, but a hard-earned exposure opportunity. If Teacher Jiang Jun can seize this publicity window, maybe His popularity will increase greatly, which will also be helpful for him to take on future roles.
Lu Yanhe went to ask Teacher Jiang Jun why he didn’t accept those programs?
He thought Jiang Jun was a bit noble as an actor.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Jun said: ""Seventeenth Floor" has not finished broadcasting yet, but these programs that come to me all hope that I can appear as the character in "Seventeenth Floor" and The characters in "Seventeenth Floor" came to record the show, so I refused. This was not good and would affect the audience's experience of watching "Seventeenth Floor" later. ”
After Lu Yanhe listened to Jiang Jun's explanation, he only had one feeling in his heart: he was in awe.
The reason why the program team would make such a request to Jiang Jun is actually because Jiang Jun himself is not famous enough and wants to use the popularity of "Seventeenth Floor" to increase topics and traffic for the program.
Jiang Jun refused to record programs in this image in order to protect his character image in "Seventeen Floors".
Lu Yanhe said: "Okay, Teacher Jiang, I understand what you said and learn from you."
Jiang Jun smiled bitterly and said: "I am not worthy of learning."
Lu Yanhe: "I have learned a lot from you, Teacher Jiang. I am calling you today because I have another thing. I want you to help me play a role."
Jiang Jun: "Okay. , I will take over your "Squid Game" and "Wulin Gaiden" later. There is no other drama, and there is always time. You can just greet me."
Jiang Jun didn't ask a question and just agreed. down.
"Teacher Jiang, this is a short film, not a TV series." Lu Yanhe said, "Director Wang Zhong, Sister Bi Ge and I have a movie to make. Before that, we want to make a short film first. It feels like, try it, there is a warlord in it There are not many roles, but the requirements for actors are very high, so I want to ask you to help out."
"Oh, there is such a big cast," Jiang Jun said with a smile. I took advantage of you again.”
"Why take advantage?" Lu Yanhe said, "I'm relieved that you can help."
Jiang Jun smiled and said nothing more. Of course, he knew exactly what was going on.
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Although it is a short film, it cost a lot of money to film this set of people.
Xin Zixing went to negotiate cooperation with several brands. They just wanted their own brand to appear in the film.
But this short film is a film with the background of the Republic of China, so how can it be exposed?
Xin Zixing read the script for a long time, and continued to communicate with the director Wang Zhong's team, and finally got the sponsorship from a camera brand.
The premise of sponsorship is that the filming equipment of this film must use products of this brand, and after the short film is online, it must specifically bear the name of this brand, indicating that the entire film was shot with this brand of camera Shoot.
But this sponsorship was not enough, so Xin Zixing reported to her boss and tried to cover the rest of the filming funds.
She said: "Although this is a short film, it will definitely attract a lot of attention and can bring a lot of traffic to our Yemai.com."
In order to convince the senior management, she made three reports before finally relying on Based on the reputation she has built over the past few years, such a fund was approved.
When shooting a short film, there are ways to shoot hundreds of thousands, there are ways to shoot millions, and of course, there are ways to shoot tens of millions.
For this short film, Wang Zhong is the director and Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige are the leading actors. The remuneration for the three of them cannot be low.
But I don’t know how much economic return such a short film can bring.
Short films, unlike feature films, do not have a mature sales channel.
In fact, short films rely largely on certain funds or advertising sponsorships.
However, on the other hand, short films are the "only way" that many directors will go through when they first enter this industry.
It’s rare for a director to be able to shoot a feature film right off the bat.
Especially auteur-type directors or film festival-type directors start with short films.
Xin Zixing feels that "City Travel" is a stable program, but apart from that, what else can be done?
Xin Zixing came up with this short film project.
Based on her own advantages and strengths, she has accumulated a lot of resources for artists, advertisers and local governments in the past few years. With that combination, the "Short Film Project" is actually the most suitable place for her to take the next step.
For example, some local governments want to shoot local promotional videos, and some advertisers want to customize advertising videos for their products, etc. These were all projects that people had approached her about and discussed cooperation with, but she didn't follow up on them because of her own work schedule at the time.
Now Xin Zixing wants to do this.
On the one hand, some talented and capable directors can be discovered and help the industry see them through short films like this. On the other hand, she can also expand her career territory, not just limited to the field of urban documentaries.
Huang Kairen has already made a plan to make the relationship public and is preparing to make the official announcement on Chinese Valentine's Day.
Xin Zixing thought, then she could stand beside Huang Kairen seriously.
She didn’t want others to think that she was a dodder flower who had to rely on Huang Kairen for her existence.
She can also help Huang Kairen.
She has her own power.
It was at this time that she learned about Lu Yanhe and Wang Zhong’s plan to try out a short film.
Xin Zixing is keenly aware that this is a good starting point for her to start her "short film project".
So, she immediately contacted Lu Yanhe.
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"The down payment must be made before this Friday. Sister Miao, this is not a matter of two days early and two days late. They are just waiting for our money to start the pot." Xin Zixin urged the financial department to make the payment while placing the order. Car, stepping on high heels and walking into the studio in front of me.
Lu Yanhe and the others are here today to try on makeup.
She came here specifically to take a look.
"Hello, director." When Xin Zixing saw Wang Zhong, he immediately stretched out his hand with a smile and shook hands with Wang Zhong, "Are they putting on makeup?"
"Yes, they are all still putting on makeup. . " Wang Zhong looked at the girl with exquisite makeup in front of him. He has been in contact with her these days and has seen this girl's execution ability. He has even thought about poaching her to him.
But after knowing his position in Yemai Network, Wang Zhong gave up his thoughts.
There is no way anyone would leave everything at Yemai.com to work for him.
Xin Zixing asked: "Director, when are we going to shoot this short film?"
Wang Zhong said: "We have to wait until Xiao Lu finishes filming "River of Silence", which is estimated to be in October. After he finished filming "River of Silence", he had to record the third season of "Young Days"."
Wang Zhong was actually very clear about Lu Yanhe's subsequent arrangements.
Xin Zixing nodded, "Okay, then we have relatively plenty of time and are not so nervous."
At this time, Lu Yanhe and the others came out.
In addition to them, there are also several characters, although they only have one or two lines or one or two scenes, they all came here for styling today.
Wang Zhong looked at it one by one. Whether it was the requirements for details or other aspects, he did not lower his requirements because this was just a short film.
Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige and Jiang Jun talked about some things during the filming of "Seventeen Floors". Not knowing what they were talking about, they suddenly burst into laughter.
Everyone looked at them in surprise.
Xin Zixing noticed that the young actors looked at Lu Yanhe and the others with more or less envy and yearning.
Especially when looking at Lu Yanhe.
Compared with Lu Yanhe's age, they are only a little older, but their current status is far beyond what they can match.
Xin Zixing smiled slightly and said nothing.
She understood their feelings.
At this time, she heard Wang Zhong say to them: "Everyone, please think about it more. Don't wait for me to tell you. Although there are not many roles, if you act well, you will still get good shots. Don't Waste any shot" (End of Chapter)