Chapter 104 A new official takes office
"Zhang Yuan, I'm leaving, take care of yourself." Zhou Xiaowen's face was as heavy as water.
Obviously he was also very surprised that the bearded man was so cruel and fired him, the chief director.
Of course, externally, they told him to rest, but everyone knew the meaning of "rest".
"Director Zhou, take this." Zhang Yuan took out an envelope from his arms.
While the two were chatting, Zhang Yuan took out an envelope from his coat pocket and handed it to the other party.
"This is it?" Zhou Xiaowen took it. When he took it, he felt that the envelope was quite thick, and it shouldn't be a letter inside.
When I opened it, I saw that they were all red 100-yuan bills.
"You introduced me to the business of box lunches for the crew. This is a reward for you in accordance with market rules."
Zhou Xiaowen's eyes turned red and he was very moved.
This guy is so good at what he does!
Director Zhou thought to himself, let alone providing help in times of crisis, it would be better for our industry not to add insult to injury.
As the chief director of the crew, he has passed countless people before and after him, passing cigarettes and water, and no one was polite to him.
Many actresses even tried to get into his bed.
But what about now?
He's leaving, and he's leaving in a disgraceful way.
Only a few came to see him off.
Many actors fell out with each other when they saw him losing power, but they were afraid that the bearded man would be regarded as his "partisan". When they saw him, they didn't even say hello, and they couldn't even see him.
It’s really cool to take a break.
Only Zhang Yuan has the same attitude before and after, never changing.
Moreover, he had already said that he would not want this kickback. Now that he was driven away, someone else would definitely not mention it.
But he not only raised it, but also took the money into his own hands.
He was deeply moved by this sentiment.
He pushed the money back into Zhang Yuan's hands and said nothing.
"It is enough if you have this heart."
Even the frustration of being driven away was diluted at this moment.
【Received thanks from Zhou Xiaowen, +2 for lens design, +1 for directing foundation, +3 for screen understanding! 】
“We will cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future.” Zhou Xiaowen shook his hand vigorously, and then left this sad place without looking back.
"Zhang Yuan, are you also going to see Director Zhou off?" Chen Hao came up behind him and said softly.
“You just said you would never talk to me again.” Zhang Yuan pretended to be angry.
"Okay, okay, I just blamed you wrongly." Chen Hao smiled playfully and took the initiative to step forward and hook her arm.
Gao Rui and Jiang Xin are also there. After all, the three of them are Director Zhou's people.
In fact, Shi Lan, the eldest sister with a busty figure, was also directed by Zhou. The two collaborated on a movie in 1991 called "Youth Without Regrets".
Seeing the intimacy between the two of them, Gao Rui said to himself that I was the one who came first...
"Xinxin."
"Huh?"
"Hook me." Gao Rui raised his arm.
"I won't hug you." Jiang Xin shook her head, went to the other side of Zhang Yuan, and hooked his arm.
"I didn't miss any of them..." Gao Feng followed behind, his teeth itching with anger.
"Zhang Yuan, you have to be careful." Chen Hao's expression gradually turned cold: "I heard that assistant director Ma..."
Chen Hao told the truth everything he heard.
Although these contents were within Zhang Yuan's expectations, he was still very grateful to the other party.
Hu Jun also knew, but didn’t say anything.
As an actor, it is normal for a dead Taoist friend to want to remove himself.
“I know, I don’t have any academic qualifications, and I don’t have much experience.”
"Now that Director Zhou is gone again, we have a conflict of interests, and he definitely wants to take action on me."
"Aren't you afraid?" Chen Hao asked curiously.
"Is it useful to be afraid?"
"It's useless."
"Then why are you still afraid." Zhang Yuan's words surprised Chen Hao.
Jiang Xin was straight-tempered and immediately praised: "What a man!"
"If you are fired one day, I will send you off like I sent Director Zhou today." Jiang Xin was naive again Then he said.
"Get out!"
......
The few just finished chatting, and Liu Qianqian suddenly found him, followed by her mother.
"Hello, aunt." Zhang Yuan took the initiative to say hello.
"Zhang Yuan, I heard some news. Someone sent a message to Director Zhang, saying that you have problems with your work attitude and ability." Liu Xiaoli, like Chen Hao and others, looked serious.
If it had been before, Liu Xiaoli would have kept this in her stomach even if she knew about it.
But she was grateful that he had helped Sissi deal with the paparazzi before, so she reciprocated and greeted him in advance.
“I know.”
"Then what are your plans?" Sissi asked nervously.
If Zhang Yuan was not on the crew, she would be much less happy.
"Let him be strong and let him be strong, and the breeze will blow on the hills."
"Let him be tyrannical and let him be tyrannical, and the bright moon will shine on the river." Zhang Yuan slowly revealed each word.
“What is this?” Sissi tilted her head.
"The general outline of the "Nine Yang Manual"."
Qianqian still didn't understand, but Liu Xiaoli did.
“When a boy of his age encounters something like this, he will either get into chaos and be in panic all day long.”
“Otherwise, he will jump up and down, run around trying to make connections, and be eager to show off and win new friends. The master’s love.”
“I have never seen anyone so calm.”
Liu Xiaoli looked at Zhang Yuan and nodded slightly.
The next day, a "newcomer" came to the crew.
Long hair parted in the middle, with a chubby body and a bulging belly, he speaks fluent Mandarin.
It is the new director Ju Jueliang.
This guy just finished all the work on "Legend of the Condor Heroes" last month and returned to his hometown in Xiangjiang to rest. Within a few days, he was called to take over again by the bearded man.
Big Beard wanted to reshoot the two major events, the Battle of Yanmen Pass and the Battle of Shaoshi Mountain. Zhou Xiaowen disagreed life and death, and the conflict eventually intensified.
So when Ju Jueliang arrived, Big Beard asked him to take pictures of Shaoshi Mountain first.
This scene is huge.
The three protagonist brothers, the four villains, the Shaolin troupe, the Beggar Clan, the Xingxiu Sect... almost all the actors were present.
The filming scene was crowded, with more than 500 people including just one actor and extras, making the scene huge.
This is Bearded's favorite style.
Ju Jueliang sat down on the director's chair and looked around the audience. The first thing he saw in the crowd was not the male lead, Hu Jun.
Not Lin Zhiying, who has been famous for a long time.
Not the innocent and lovely Liu Qianqian.
It was Zhang Yuan who was waving his fan, mumbling, and reciting his lines.
Fatty Ju remembered what Big Beard and Ma Peng had said when they had a meeting with him last night.
"Zhou Xiaowen has many connections with actors, let's see if their performance meets the requirements."
"Especially the one named Zhang Yuan!" After the bearded man finished speaking, Ma Peng immediately answered He said: "He has only junior qualifications and no academic qualifications. Logically speaking, he is not qualified to appear on the crew."
When the bearded man heard what Ma Peng said, he thought of Zhang Yuan's performance during the audition.
He recognized it.
But Ma Peng belongs to him and the investors, and he cannot deny his own people's opinions.
This is what happens in Jianghu. Human relationships are sometimes more important than right and wrong.
Ju Jueliang first looked up and down in the distance at Zhang Yuan who had finished putting on his makeup and put on his costume.
"Temperament, appearance, and condition are all fine."
From the appearance alone, Fatty Ju did not see the problems Ma Peng mentioned.
The first scene today features Zhang Yuan.
The content of the shooting is Murong Fu and Zhuang Juxian teaming up to fight Xiao Feng.
Zhang Yuan was tied to the top of a pillar of a pavilion, as if he was about to attack from top to bottom. What needs to be filmed in this section is his psychology and eye scenes.
“Revival is a big deal, fame is a small matter.”
"If I could help the heroes of the world to get rid of this great harm in martial arts..."
This paragraph is an inner monologue and does not need to be read out.
Zhang Yuan recited the lines silently in his heart, and at the same time, the expression on his face slowly changed.
He Murong Fu is well-known and a hero in the world.
But now we have to join forces with others to fight two against one.
Bei Qiao Feng and Nan Murong are equally famous.
Now that he can't fight one-on-one, what will happen to his face if word spreads about this?
At this time, Zhang Yuan still had a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
“The position of leader of the martial arts alliance belongs to me!”
“At that time, with a raised voice, there is hope for the revival of Dayan!”
But the burden of reviving the Yan Kingdom was so heavy that it overwhelmed everything else.
A trace of violence flashed in Zhang Yuan's eyes, and then, this trace of violence slowly expanded, gradually occupying all of his pupils.
In less than two seconds, his expression was completely different. The gentleman's look had been completely replaced by ruthlessness and viciousness.
He turned his wrist to make a sword flower gesture, and wiped his fingers across the blade of the sword.
Then his eyes froze and he stabbed forward.
"Stuck!" Ju Jueliang held his chin: "It's over, next one."
At this moment, the "replacement" director's heart was filled with ups and downs.
“This person’s performance is completely different from what Ma Peng said!”
The first scene he came to the crew was played over and over again. As a superstitious director in Xiangjiang, Ju Jueliang was very interested in Zhang Yuan. The stranger took an immediate liking to him.
“There is no problem with my acting skills, even outstanding at this age.”
"And the scene just now was filmed while being tied up in mid-air."
"He is still as calm as usual and his performance is stable, which is really not easy."
Fat Ju took advantage of the props and camera crew I changed the scene and camera position and thought about it carefully.
“Let’s watch his fighting scene again.”
“Come on, hit me if you can!” Lin Zhiying, who plays Duan Yu, said provocatively towards Zhang Yuan.
At this moment, Du Duyu took action to help his elder brother out of trouble.
Zhang Yuan and Lin Zhiying looked at each other, and the fight was about to begin!
“Ah!!!”
Zhang Yuan took action, swinging his sword from left to right, from the bottom to the side, this is a drawing move in swordsmanship.
Lin Zhiying hurriedly followed the trick and bent down.
Unexpectedly, before he could adjust his posture, Zhang Yuan stabbed him in the abdomen with his backhand.
These two scenes looked thrilling in the film, but they were actually sped up during post-editing.
In order to cooperate with Lin Zhiying, Zhang Yuan slowed down his movements by a full 50%.
"Stuck!" Ju Jueliang shouted: "Get on the substitute."
"I heard that he has practiced martial arts, but this time he looked average."
Xiaozhi exited, and following the previous action, a professional martial arts substitute appeared.
Looking at Zhang Yuan's fighting performance at this time, Ju Jueliang's eyes immediately lit up.
Drawing the sword is like a strong wind passing by.
Cleaving a sword is like a sharp ax cutting through a mountain.
The stabbing sword seemed to suddenly appear with a cold light.
Pressing the sword is like Mount Tai descending from the sky.
Every move is flexible and elegant, really the same as the way Murong Fu wields his sword in Fatty Ju's mind.
And even though the speed is twice as fast as before, the movements are still so precise, and the cooperation with professional martial arts is perfect, there is no missed or forgotten move at all.
"It seems that Xiaozhi was holding him back just now." Ju Jueliang finally understood.
"Stuck! Next game".
Good luck!
It’s really smooth.
The two scenes arranged for him, both civil and military, were all done in one go.
Ju Jueliang was happy and said to himself that this young man is very good.
"Liangsheng."
"Brother Yuan Bing."
Seeing that it was Yuan Bing coming to his side, Ju Jueliang stood up and greeted him politely.
The two are from the same hometown, and the other is a senior, so Ju Jueliang still respects Yuan Bing.
"Brother Bing, I just have something to ask you..."
As soon as Director Ju told Zhang Yuan's situation and Ma Peng's words, Yuan Bing immediately laughed and said The crew’s box lunch business was explained in detail.
"No wonder!" Ju Jue patted his thigh.
"That makes sense."
"I said this kid performed very well, why is Ma Peng saying he is so miserable."
Yuan Bing took it He took a sip of tea and said: "This Ma Peng turned out to be a restaurant owner."
"Later I met an investor and through matchmaking, I entered the film and television industry."
"Big Beard hired him because of the investor's face."
"Oh..." Director Ju understood now.
Yuan Bing seemed to be expressing the importance of Ma Peng, but he was actually telling the truth.
"This person is not from our industry at all..."
But Zhang Yuan is a member of the industry, and he knows he has a bright future just by looking at his performance.
So Yuan Bing gave Fatty Ju hints on how to deal with and speak when people are in front of others.
At the same time, Yuan Bing also secretly gave Zhang Yuan, the junior he was optimistic about, a little help.
At night.
Zhang Dahu, Ma Peng, and Ju Jueliang came to the room again for a meeting to summarize the first day's work.
“This drama is difficult and the process may take longer.”
After Fatty Ju finished his analysis, he waited for the two men to ask questions.
"How about the actor's performance?" The bearded man tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers and asked.
"Lin Zhiying's fighting scenes are average, so he needs to use a body double."
"Liu Qianqian's acting skills need to be improved, but she does look beautiful."
Fat Ju is very sophisticated and worldly.
The producer asked, and he certainly couldn't say that everyone was fine and that everything was fine.
The bearded man will doubt his vision.
So he mentioned two people, but there were financial backers behind these two people, and they couldn't move even if they raised their beards.
In this way, the task is completed and no one is offended.
"What about Zhang Yuan's performance?" Ma Peng couldn't wait to ask.
Fatty Ju secretly laughed in his heart, he knew that an old boy like you would ask.
“Outstanding image, solid acting skills, well-prepared for the scenes, and can do most of the work by myself without the need for a stand-in.”
“Oh…” The bearded man thought for a while: “That’s pretty good. . ”
In fact, this evaluation is consistent with his feeling during the audition.
"I guess he is trying to show off when he sees the new director." Ma Peng chewed his tongue quietly.
"Then let's take another look."
Zhang Bearded weighed it up. After all, Ma Peng had a personal relationship with the investor, and he had to pay attention to his opinions.
Moreover, the role of Murong Fu does not have as many scenes as Qiao Feng, Xu Zhu, and Duan Yu. If the character is replaced now, the loss in reshoots will be within an acceptable range.
When Ma Peng saw this, a sinister smile appeared on his lips.
“If I don’t get rid of you, the boy who is blocking my way of making money, my surname will not be Ma!”
As everyone knows, although this person is very calculating, he did not expect it.
His good life will come to an abrupt end because of an unexpected arrival...
(End of this chapter)