Chapter 85 The filming location turmoil
“Our drama has many locations and there is no suitable place near the imperial capital, so we contacted the film and television base in Guangdong Province.”
Zhou Xiaowen did not expect Zhang Yuan to hear that Guangdong After saying the word "province", the reaction was so big.
"Are you not liking the weather there, or are you afraid that you won't be used to the food there?"
The flying cockroaches are a bit scary... Zhang Yuan recalled his past life in Guangdong Province While working on the project, the little men on the construction site who were as big as dumplings had goosebumps all over their bodies.
But that's not why he was so excited.
"Director Zhou, have you watched the News Network recently?"
"I watch it occasionally, mainly because I don't have time." Zhou Xiaowen was drunk and his reaction was very slow. Even more confused.
Zhang Yuan frowned.
It is mid-November 2002.
At this point in time, a major event is happening in Guangdong Province that has changed the public health system in China!
At first, no one cared about this disaster.
This is just a flu, a few patients, a few cases of pneumonia.
Until it is relevant to everyone.
It was only years later that this disaster attracted attention.
In 2004, there was a TV series called "Water Moon Cave Sky", starring Yu Bo, Cai Shaofen, and Zhang Jin.
Yes, Cai Shaofen and Zhang Jin met in this drama and later got married.
The filming of this drama took place in early 2003, and the filming location was initially chosen in Guangdong Province.
As a result, after giving the order, the crew was shut down for half a year and almost went to work.
The filming was later changed to Suzhou, and this was able to continue.
After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, Zhou Xiaowen felt as if a gust of cool wind hit the back of his neck, and his whole body was agitated. Even the wine that was already eighty percent drunk made him sober at this moment!
If the filming location really affects the filming, or even causes the filming to be interrupted, then it will be a matter of life and death for the crew!
Zhang Dabeard is a person who likes grand ostentation. This time, the crew of "Dragon" is expected to have nearly a thousand people on board at the same time.
Among these thousand people, even if half of the temporary extras are removed, there are still nearly 500 permanent crew members.
There are so many people, if it takes a few months to not be able to shoot...
Zhou Xiaowen felt his scalp numb just thinking about it.
“Is it really that serious?” With a stubble on his face, he looked at Zhang Yuan with a hint of panic in his tone: “Isn’t this just a cold? Logically speaking, you should cover yourself with a quilt. Just cover up and sweat."
Zhang Yuan did not answer him directly, but gave a few examples.
“In 1918, before World War I, the Spanish Flu originated in the Lighthouse Country, killing 50 million people.”
“In 1957, the Great Flu broke out in western Guizhou, It swept the world within 8 months, killing millions of people.”
"In 1968, 15% of people in Hong Kong were infected with the Hong Kong Flu, and the number of deaths worldwide exceeded one million."
"In our country, colds are not taken seriously, but in fact this disease can be serious. It can range from a few sneezes to pneumonia, meningitis and myocarditis, it’s hard to say.”
“Oh…” Zhou Xiaowen pondered for a while, and then looked at Zhang through his serious eyes. Yuan gave an affirmative look: "I know, I will study this matter."
Without saying anything more, this topic was quite heavy, and the good atmosphere at the wine table had disappeared.
"Brother Yuan, let's go." Shu Chang pulled his sleeves.
"Don't you doubt what I said?" Zhang Yuan looked at the other party curiously.
But Shu Chang shook his head: "I believe you, it is better to be careful than to get into trouble."
Zhang Yuan sighed, they are both the same age, Shu Chang is much more mature than Liu Qianqian .
As expected, the children of poor people have already become rich.
Send Shu Chang back to her own community, oh, it should be said to be the community of relatives on her mother's side. This girl does not have her own real estate. Although she has started to make money, she is not yet a minor and still depends on others.
"You must have saved a lot of money over the years of acting, right?"
"Brother Yuan, how much money do you need, I will lend it to you, but... I don't have much saved."
Before he could continue, Shu Chang took the initiative to speak.
"I don't want to borrow money from you, at least not now."
Although he didn't mean to borrow money, the other party's attitude made him feel very warm.
In this world, a true friend is one who is willing to lend you money, and a true friend is one who is willing to pay you back.
“What I want to say is that if you have the opportunity, you should buy a house in the imperial capital as soon as possible. The more urban areas, the better.”
“I quite like living with my family. There are elders at home. "It's so lively." Shu Chang said, but still took his words into consideration.
"Sing, sing, you're back!" As soon as they arrived at the gate of the community, a middle-aged couple and a little baby were standing under the night, waiting for her return.
"Uncle, aunt." Shu Chang trotted forward immediately, and at the same time picked up the little girl on the ground who looked to be only three or four years old: "Juanjuan, are you coming to pick me up?"
"Sister, sister..." The child's speech was still a little unclear.
The middle-aged couple nodded towards Zhang Yuan and thanked him for sending Shu Chang home.
At the same time, seeing that Zhang Yuan looked dignified and upright, he seemed relieved.
Zhang Yuan thought of what Zhou Xiaowen said not long ago. "The beasts in our industry still care about age?"
It seems that Shu Chang's relatives are also worried that their daughter will be forced into prostitution.
If the person who came to see her off was not Zhang Yuan, but a fat uncle with a big belly, both uncle and aunt would probably be green in the face.
Zhang Yuan greeted the two parents and chatted a few words casually.
Just now he was far away and it was dark, but now that he was closer, he felt that the little girl in Shu Chang's arms looked very familiar.
"Little Nezha..."
Without saying anything else, he hurried home soon after.
The next few days were peaceful. He went to Guangde Building to hang out when he had time. The three people were very enthusiastic about him.
If you have time, you have to go to the lunch box restaurant to keep an eye on it. The orders have been growing recently, with an average of more than 400 orders a day, and the growth momentum continues.
Zhao Jin and Cao Jianjun are honest people. They know that it is not easy to go from extra performers to small bosses, so they did not cut corners or use spoiled ingredients to fool people.
Zhang Yuan gave them 20% of the income per person because he was afraid that they would not make money and use their brains elsewhere.
However, as orders increase, manpower is increasingly stretched.
Cao Jianjun suggested that if necessary, he had many comrades in the cooking class who could be contacted.
Zhang Yuan said he would consider it himself.
In this way, more than ten days passed.
On this day, Zhou Xiaowen called him. His voice sounded extremely happy, as if he had married a new wife.
"Hahaha, Zhang Yuan, you have given me a long face!"
This guy was so excited that he almost had a male duck's voice.
What's going on?
After Zhang Yuan talked to him about Guangdong Province that day, Zhou Xiaowen thought about it again and again, and the next day he talked to Zhang Beard about this topic.
Who would have thought that the bearded man would become hairy on the spot.
"I came to you to be a director. It is my right as a producer to choose locations!"
Big Beard subconsciously thought that Zhou Xiaowen was trying to compete with him for power.
It was blocked back with just one stroke, which made Lao Zhou very angry.
However, Zhou Xiaowen was still well-educated and did not get angry with Zhang Yuan for raising opinions just because he was criticized.
Until this morning, Zhang, with a big beard and a cheerful face, found Director Zhou in a soft voice and politely talked to him about the filming location.
"Xiaowen, I thought about it. The scenery in Guangdong Province is not suitable, and it is better near Zhejiang."
Zhang Jizhong said it was inappropriate. In fact, after Zhou Xiaowen finished speaking, he asked someone to investigate Check out the situation.
In the entertainment industry, there are some prominent figures, some are bad, some are evil, and some are perverted, but none are stupid.
Through the analysis of the information sent, Lao Zhang also felt that something was wrong. To be on the safe side, he planned to change the shooting location.
This is how this morning came about.
"You don't know, the bearded man is very polite when he talks to me." Zhou Xiaowen exclaimed proudly.
Ever since he took this job, he has been competing with the bearded man.
This time, with the advice given by Zhang Yuan, he was able to win against the bearded man. How could he not be happy?
“Congratulations, Director Zhou.”
“Hi, Tongxi, it has to be you, you are really thoughtful and observant.”
"If it weren't for you, if something went wrong later, the entire crew would be blinded."
[Received a thank you from Zhou Xiaowen, +3 for photography skills, +2 for camera movement, and +2 for drinking capacity! 】
"By the way, the contract will be signed in a few days. The contract has been drawn up for you." Zhou Xiaowen's tone suddenly became much lower.
“But you also know that Lao Zhang likes to push his salary, and the actor in our drama only costs 300,000 yuan.”
“It’s not 300,000 yuan per episode, it’s a package price of 3 One hundred thousand.”
"So for your role as the fourth male lead, you can only be paid 30,000 yuan."
Zhang Yuan looked bitter, why did he keep getting better and better?
I already got 120,000 for "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".
Zhou Xiaowen seemed to expect that he would be silent, then he chuckled a few times and spoke again.
"I know you must be too little, but this film will be helpful to your future career and fame."
"Besides, since the salary is less, we can find ways to make up for it from other places."
"Where?" Zhang Yuan was confused.
“At the banquet that day, you said that you were in the lunch box business for the crew, right.”
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(End of this chapter)