On the evening of April 30th, Zhou Yan started filming the scene where Zhou Xuewen meets Lin Lin for the first time.
For this scene, the crew waited from morning to afternoon, just to wait until the light in the office was the best.
Towards evening, the light in the office finally met Zhou Yan's requirements.
But as soon as we started filming, there was a noise from behind.
Hearing the noise, Zhou Yan slammed the table, "Who is making the noise!"
His shot shocked everyone at the scene, and the surrounding area fell silent instantly.
Seeing that it was quiet, Zhou Yan gave Zhu Lin a gesture, "You continue."
Zhu Lin was also startled just now. When Zhou Yan asked him to continue, she took a breath and started again. Find status.
After all, he is a professional actor, and he quickly regained his form.
After Zhu Lin finished her personal shot, Li Xuejian walked in again.
In order to ensure that there would be no mistakes in this scene, Zhou Yan had led them to rehearse it many times before, and both of them were already very familiar with both the moves and the lines.
So for the subsequent filming, the two of them did very well, and they passed in just one shot.
"Very good, one more thing."
When the second shooting was over, Zhou Yan turned around and asked, "What did you do just now, so noisy?"
After he finished asking, Xu Feng walked out of the crowd and said with a smile, "Director Zhou, I'm really sorry for disturbing your filming."
Seeing Xu Feng coming, Zhou Yan made a textbook face change, and his face was instantly filled with smiles, "Sister Feng, you didn't tell me in advance when you were coming, so I could have someone pick you up."
" You are insinuating that I came at the wrong time."
"No, no, absolutely not. I am so happy that Sister Feng can come." Zhou Yan stood up and said loudly. Mr. Xu came to visit the team. To celebrate, our crew will take an eighteen-hour holiday.”
Many people initially thought that Mr. Xu was too proud to give Zhou Yan a day off as soon as she came, but after thinking about it, they found out. No, it's around six o'clock in the evening now. The eighteen-hour holiday will last until around eight o'clock tomorrow. Doesn't that mean we're starting work normally?
Xu Feng rolled his eyes at Zhou Yan, and then said with a smile, "Forget it's a holiday, let Director Zhou finish work early tomorrow, and I'll treat everyone to dinner."
"Going to the city?" Zhou Yan asked.
"No, it's fine just here. I'll make the arrangements."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Xu."
Others also followed suit to say thank you. , "Thank you, Mr. Xu."
"No thank you, no thank you."
Zhou Yan explained a few words to the deputy directors, and then said to Xu Feng, "Go to my office."
"Okay."
After the two arrived in the office, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Sister Feng, you came too fast. I thought you would have to wait for a while."
"I was fine, so I came over. I was shocked by you just now at the scene, and I still It’s the first time I’ve seen you with such a bad temper.”
“I finally got the right light, and I was really anxious.”
"It's understandable. In fact, it's good for you to get angry for nothing, otherwise the staff will be scared."
"No, why didn't I understand? Sister Feng, I don't get angry, they are afraid, I get angry Are they not afraid of temper anymore? "
"Because people who lose their temper are human. Controlling emotions is a skill, but a person can control his emotions very well at all times. A terrible thing."
Zhou Yan nodded, "It makes sense, but I don't think you usually lose your temper, Sister Feng."
"I lose my temper. My two sons have husbands, so you can’t separate them,” Xu Feng said with a smile.
"That's really a pity. By the way, you've read the script of "Winner". How did it go?"
"I really want to tell you this. After reading the script, I was deeply moved. A very good story. But although the script is good, it still needs a good director. If you don’t recommend Huo Jianqi, I think Wang Xiaoshuai is suitable for this script.”
Zhou Yan understands Xu Feng’s thoughts, no matter what. , Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhou Yan have worked together three times, and the first two times were successful. Wang Xiaoshuai's independently produced films also won awards. Xu Feng must trust him very much.
But Huo Jianqi is different. Huo Jianqi has never directed any movie independently before and has been doing art design for other movies.
In terms of resume, Huo Jianqi is not convincing at all. His only advantage is Zhou Yan's recommendation.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Huo Jianqi is definitely more suitable for this movie than Wang Xiaoshuai. Sister Feng, you have to believe me on this, not only in terms of style, but also in that the creator of this script, Su Xiaowei, is Huo Jianqi's wife."
"Oh, it turns out we are still a husband and wife team. If I find another director, it will be like beating a mandarin duck. I really can't do this. Okay, since you think Huo Jianqi can do it, then let him do it. I have full trust in you. "
After these years of cooperation, Xu Feng has become more and more trusting of Zhou Yan. If she only trusted Zhou Yan's personal talent before, she now also trusts Zhou Yan's vision of people.
Wang Xiaoshuai and Senior Lu, whom Zhou Yan recommended before, performed very well.
Ten thousand steps back, Zhou Yan was wrong this time. The loss was only more than one million, which was nothing to the current Tomson.
Tomson has developed so well in the past few years that it can help the Tomson Group.
Something happened to Xu Feng’s husband Tang Junnian before, and he needed 20 million, which was all given from Tomson Film Company.
If Tomson Company didn't make any money, this level would really take some effort.
"How about I call Huo Jianqi over for a chat?" Zhou Yan asked.
Xu Feng nodded, "Okay, but I want to ask you first, how much do you think is appropriate for this movie."
"For this script, one million to one and a half million should be enough. Too much money will put too much pressure on Huo Jian."
"Okay, I probably know, you Invite him over and let me talk to him.”
“Yes.”
Then Zhou Yan called Huo Jianqi to the office, and Xu Feng told Huo Jianqi face to face that he was willing to give them the movie. Investing one million, the model is still the same as before, which is to cooperate with Yanjing Film Studio.
Huo Jianqi was naturally very excited when he heard the good news and kept thanking Xu Feng.
"Mr. Xu, thank you so much."
Xu Feng said with a smile, "You should thank your wife and Zhou Yan. Without your wife, there wouldn't be such a good script. Without Zhou Yan's recommendation, I wouldn't have it either. I will trust you."
"Yes, I am very grateful to Director Zhou."
The reason why Xu Feng said this was to cultivate a relationship with Zhou Yan. After all, for her, Huo Jianqi. Thanking you doesn't help.
“Of course, I hope you don’t disappoint me, I will personally serve as the producer of this movie.”
Zhou Yan joked, "Then he will be under a lot of pressure."
"What you said is like how difficult I am, whether it is you or Chen Kaige, when I was working as a producer , Aren’t they all here to solve your problems? When did they ever create problems for you?”
“Yes, yes, I made a mistake.”
……
The next day, Xu Feng stayed with the group for a day.
In the evening, the crew ended work early, and Xu Feng also arranged a feast. She had people buy the ingredients yesterday and cooked them directly in the cafeteria.
After dinner in the evening, Xu Feng left that night. Before leaving, she told Zhou Yan something. The remake rights of "The Sixth Sense" had been confirmed to be given to Colombia. The final negotiation was The royalties are US$1.55 million.
Warner also offered the same price, but Xu Feng knew about Zhou's cooperation with Columbia, so he didn't get too stuck on the copyright fee and gave it to Columbia directly.
In fact, even if you don’t care about Zhou’s face, Xu Feng will probably give it to Columbia in the end. After all, because of Zhou’s participation, Columbia directly raised the filming budget to 20 million US dollars, and it’s not even Including the copyright fee of US$1.55 million.
In this way, Columbia will have an advantage over Warner.
However, if it weren't for Zhou's company, Xu Feng would definitely delay the matter further.
Of course, when signing the contract, Xu Feng also kept a careful eye on it and wrote the budget and five-year period in the contract. If Columbia does not film within five years, the right to reshoot will be void. .
Actually, Xu Feng doesn’t need to worry about this, because when Zhou was discussing cooperation with Columbia, he stipulated that the film must be produced within three years, which was much stricter than the five years stipulated by Tomson.
Columbia didn't care at all about these terms, because they bought the rights to remake "The Sixth Sense" and originally planned to start filming immediately.
Their plan is to start shooting the movie in the second half of this year and release it next year. After all, major studios focus on efficiency.
Now that the rights to reshoot have been won and the director has basically been decided, they will need to find a reliable screenwriter and then decide on the actors.
As the male protagonist, Zhou Yan has decided on Bruce Willis or Kevin Costner, and the most important ones left are the young male protagonist and the female protagonist.
......
"Spring in the Cowherd Class" finished shooting all the shots on May 16th, which was a little faster than the original plan because the concert shots were not shot. Saved some time.
On the day the movie was finalized, Jiangjuntuo was very lively, and the crew held a grand finals banquet.
After being tense for more than a month, everyone breathed a sigh of relief on the final day.
Some staff who have not worked with Zhou Yan before are lamenting Zhou Yan's high efficiency, while those old people who have worked with Zhou Yan several times are lamenting that this filming is the best among all Zhou Yan's film shootings. The most insipid and most efficient one.
During the filming process, many people even felt that the movie was a bit too bland, especially the two veteran actors Li Xuejian and Wang Xueqi, who did not perform well.
There seems to be no explosive scenes in the whole movie. Some of the scenes that look very inspirational are just over-the-top and not passionate at all.
In fact, the movie can also be made more passionate, such as how Zhou Xuewen and his choir overcame difficulties and obstacles and finally became famous.
But this is not the case in the movie. Zhou Xuewen worked hard to form a choir, but ultimately left sadly.
But no one doubts that this movie can be successful because the director is Zhou Yan. The old people who follow Zhou Yan all know how magical Zhou Yan is in movies, and this movie is Zhou Yan's strong point. All the music in it was done by Zhou Yan himself.
Even though the story looks very dull when shot, the music in it is really nice, especially the voice of the child named Li Haining, who has a really nice voice.
The music in the movie alone is worth the price of admission.
...
On the second day after the wedding banquet, Zhou Yan ran into the editing room and stared at the editor as he cut the film.
Not long after he arrived in the editing room, a bunch of people gathered around him, including several assistant directors and some people in the factory, such as Wang Junzheng, who were all very curious about Zhou Yan's new movie.
Even Han Sanping came over to take a look.
Editor Lao Yang looked at the large group of people gathered behind him and felt very stressed. When editing "Farewell My Concubine" before, it did not receive such attention.
However, everyone watched for a while and left in a sensible manner, without further delaying the editor's work.
In the end, only Han Sanping stayed and pulled Zhou Yan aside.
He said with a smile, "You are so efficient. The filming of "The Sixth Sense" has just been completed, and Huo Jianqi's new movie is about to start filming."
"Mr. Xu has already told us You said it, right?"
"Yes, she said it is expected to cost more than two million. Huo Jianqi is a new director, and Mr. Xu is really courageous."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "When I made my first movie, the cost finally reached 8 million. That's called courage."
Han Sanping couldn't help but twitch his lips, "What are you doing? Are you playing with me?"
"No, I just want to say that Mr. Xu is indeed very courageous."
In fact, when Zhou Yan was filming "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", The budget was not that big at first, and the reason why Xu Feng chose Zhou Yan was because of Hou Xiaoxian's recommendation.
In addition, Zhou Yan had already made a short film at that time and won an award at the film festival, so he had some qualifications.
But Zhou Yan was also very strange, because Xu Feng told Huo Jianqi that he would give one million, but he told Han Sanping that he would give two million.
Probably they want Han Sanping to pay attention to this project.
"It just so happens that your movie is finished filming. I will directly transfer some people from your team to work with Huo Jian. We have just worked together and are familiar with them."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, Very good, people from Yanjing Factory, isn’t this all a matter of your words, Third Brother?”
“No, I actually want to tell you that I want Jiang Mengfei and Hong Xin to be together. One was seconded to Yanjing Factory.”
Zhou Yan said unexpectedly, "Are you still paying attention to them?"
"That's natural. They are all old people who have cooperated with you several times. Of course I have to pay attention to them."
"There are so many people in Yanjing Factory, so there is no need to transfer people, right?"
Han Sanping shook his head, "Although there are many people, there may not be many that are really useful. Jiang Mengfei and the others are your people, and you are My brother, they will always be with me."
Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes. It seems that Han Sanping does not have enough control over the Yanjing factory.
That's right, the original factions of these people in Yanjing Factory are very complicated. Even if they are of the same mind as Han Sanping on the surface, they may not be the same secretly.
Jiang Mengfei and Hong Xin were from the Chang'an Factory and were seconded to the Yanjing Factory. They were basically clean and had nothing to do with any of the factions in the Yanjing Factory.
With Zhou Yan's relationship, these people will naturally support Han Sanping very much.
Zhou Yan naturally agreed to this matter. He had always wanted to bring Jiang Mengfei and the others together to form a fixed team, but it was unrealistic to ask them all to give up their establishment and work in his studio.
It would be best if Han Sanping could transfer them here.
"Do you want me to tell them about this?"
"You don't have to do anything. You just need to ask them who wants to stay, and then give me a list."
"Okay, I understand."
......
As soon as Hong Xin arrived at the studio, she saw Jiang Mengfei sighing.
"Why, the movie is finished, and you're not happy to have time to rest?"
"It's natural to be happy to have a rest, but now that the movie is finished, we are about to return to Chang'an."
"Then What should I do? I have to go back sooner or later."
"How about I go tell Lao Zhou and let me stay in his studio? His film studio needs people anyway."
< br>“You don’t want to be a staff member? And Zhou Yan has no project now, so he can support you in vain?”
"Then I don't want..." Jiang Mengfei originally wanted to say he didn't want the money, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind and said, "I can ask for less salary."
"No matter how little you ask for, it will still be a pressure for Zhou Yan. "
Jiang Mengfei curled his lips. He knew that Hong Xin was right, and if he really wanted to stay, he would have nothing to do every day, and he would be anxious.
He looked at Lin Juan not far away again, "Juan'er, do you want to stay?"
Lin Juan lowered her head and fiddled with the small alarm clock on the table, "I Either way.”
Hong Xin rolled her eyes at Jiang Mengfei and signaled Jiang Mengfei to stop talking.
They all know what Lin Juan thinks about Zhou Yan.
Originally Hong Xin thought that Lin Juan's thoughts would fade as time went by, but now it seems that this girl is stuck and can't get out.
Lin Juan is already quite old, but she has never talked about marriage, and she has never even had a boyfriend.
Sometimes Hong Xin also lamented that it was not a good thing to meet someone who was too stunning when he was young. Zhou Yan left such a deep mark on Lin Juan's heart.
Fortunately, when she met Zhou Yan back then, she was no longer a young girl in love with her, and she was no longer resistant to Zhou Yan, otherwise she would have been like Lin Juan.
Hong Xin sighed, silly girl Lin Juan, Zhou Yan is like a star in the sky, just look up occasionally, if you insist on getting close, you will burn yourself.
Among them, the one who wants to stay the most is definitely Lin Juan.
Jiang Mengfei at least made a mistake, and quickly turned to ask Hong Ben on the other side, "Brother Ben, what about you, do you want to stay?"
Hong Ben said with a smile, " Of course I do, but Director Hong is right, we can’t let Director Zhou support us if we don’t have any projects in between. After working with Director Zhou a few times, we feel a little uncomfortable working with other directors now.”
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"Of course I'm not happy, I have less money and a lot of work, and I'm still angry. Lao Zhou is so generous and open-minded in his work."
"That's right."
......
How many times While people were chatting, Zhou Yan walked in with a smile, "What are you talking about?"
Hong Xinxiao said immediately, "It's nothing, they are all talking about filming."
Zhou Yan nodded and looked around the office, "How many people are there from Chang'an Factory?"
"I have a day off today. Many people didn't come. What do you want, old Zhou?" Jiang Mengfei? asked.
"Well, I have one thing to tell you. Director Huo Jianqi is about to shoot a new movie, which is also invested by Tomson and is cooperating with Yanjing Factory. Director Han values you very much. His I mean, let me second you to Yanjing Factory and let me ask you who is willing."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, several people in the office looked at each other in surprise.
They were still talking about this just now, and Zhou Yan came to ask for secondment. This must be too coincidental.
Jiang Mengfei immediately raised his hand, "I'll be the first to sign up."
Hong Ben raised his hand, "I'll sign up too."
Zhou Yan looked at Hong Xin, who thought for a moment and nodded. He said, "I probably have no problem, but I need to discuss it with my family."
"Well, no problem, don't worry, you can give me an answer in the next few days."
< br>Then Zhou Yan looked at Lin Juan again, "Juan'er, where are you."
Lin Juan looked at the table and nodded, "I can do it."
"I won't ask the others one by one. Hong Ben, you are responsible for informing and summarizing everyone's opinions to me later."
“Okay, Director Zhou, don’t worry.”
“By the way, Zhou Yan, after we come here, how will we arrange food, accommodation and office work? The food, accommodation and offices in Yanjing Factory are quite good. Are you nervous?”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, “It’s okay, it’s still the same, I’ll take care of food, accommodation and work.”
"Then you can support us?" Jiang Mengfei said.
"No, at least the wages are paid by the Yanjing factory." Zhou Yan smiled, "Don't think too much, come here if you have the conditions, and go back if you don't. No matter what, Next time I make a movie, I will still look for you."
"Understood."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, you are busy, I'm leaving."
After Zhou Yan left, Jiang Mengfei clenched his fist and said, "What is a dream coming true? This is a dream coming true."
Lin Juan raised her head and glanced at Jiang Mengfei's clenched fist, with a smile on her face.
When Hong Xin saw the smile on Lin Juan's face, she sighed deeply. (End of this chapter)