When Zhou Yan heard about the sales of "Snow Flower" in Neon and Xiangjiang, it was already September 14th. However, because the release time was too short, he did not hear too specific data. He only heard that the sales were indeed good.
But no matter how well a single sells, the profit is far less than that of an album.
In fact, based on the unit price, the price of a single is not cheap, but the cost of a single cannot be avoided at all.
Leaving aside the upfront cost, the production cost after the album is recorded is not much different from that of a single, because it must be carried by CD or cassette.
No matter how many songs are contained in the carrier, the materials of the CD and cassette themselves will not change, and the labor costs are almost the same.
Tomson also considered making a new album for Nakamori Akina before, but there were no new songs. If a bunch of old songs were used to make a selection to fool the fans, it might not be worth the gain.
Of course, the main purpose of singles is not to make money, but to accumulate popularity. Akina Nakamori relied on "Snow Flower" to make a comeback.
As long as this turnaround battle is won, it will be much easier to make a new album later.
As for the situation of "Snow Flower", Zhou Yan only paid a little attention to it. The filming of "Time Traveler" was coming to an end at the end of the scene, and all his attention was here.
On the 14th, the last big scene at the end of the competition, that is, the wedding scene, was about to start shooting. The whole end of the competition was very lively.
Zhou Yan and the others did not publicize it to the outside world, but there were too many tourists at the end of the venue, and when the wedding was arranged in advance, some tourists saw it.
The tourists knew that the wedding scene was going to be filmed, and they were quite interested. Many tourists were planning to return, so they stayed for two days in order to watch them film the wedding scene.
On the day of the shooting, many tourists wanted to come and watch, which also caused a lot of trouble for the shooting.
In order to avoid gangs, the crew had to allocate some extra people to maintain order at the scene and "pull" the tourists to the farther shore to prevent them from entering the painting.
Fortunately, although the location arranged by the crew for the tourists is relatively far away, the view is wide and they can see the situation on the other side of the pier, so the tourists don't have much objection.
As soon as Zhou Yan left the dormitory area in the morning, he saw several villagers in Jiaochangwei, led by village chief Huang Youfa, selling telescopes to tourists.
It seems that the sales situation is not bad. Huang Youfa and his telescopes quickly sold most of them.
This scene stunned Zhou Yan. He couldn't help but turn around and ask Shen Yan behind him, "When did Village Chief Huang and the others get so many telescopes?"
Shen Yan said with a smile: "Perhaps Lao Huang had this idea a few days ago when he heard that we were going to shoot a wedding scene and have to stop tourists. I have to say that Lao Huang is quite business-minded. These telescopes of his , the purchase price is more than ten yuan, and the sale price is at least fifty or sixty yuan. I heard that there are high-end ones, which cost more than two hundred yuan."
Zhou Yan was amazed when he heard that. For those who are smart, it is not surprising that Huang Youfa was able to become the village chief. This guy was smarter than the average person, and he immediately discovered business opportunities.
At this stage, what tourists coming to the end of the field need most is a telescope. Moreover, this item has high profits, low losses, can be stored in large quantities, and can be sold later, so there is no need to worry about running out of stocks.
Over the years, Zhou Yan has also passed through many places, and he has finally understood that although local development is inseparable from national policies and guidelines, if a place can develop rapidly, there will always be one or two Smart people in power.
Before, Zhou Yan somewhat looked down upon grassroots cadres such as village chiefs, but later gradually discovered that in many places, it was these grassroots cadres that played a crucial role in the development.
When national policies are formulated, they are all the same in black and white, but they are handed down from level to level. When it reaches the lowest level, these grassroots cadres have the final power of interpretation.
As long as a grassroots cadre is a little left or a little right ideologically, his implementation of policies will be very different.
There are two neighboring villages. The cadres of one village are bold and courageous, while the cadres of the other village are timid. Within three to five years, there will be a significant difference in the development level of the two villages.
Why is it said that governing a big country is like cooking a small one? This is the reason. Because the composition of society is so complex, it is impossible to achieve perfect immediacy and accuracy. When policies are communicated and implemented, they will be affected for a long time. The inertia formed since then has been holding back.
On the contrary, the grassroots level has flexibility. A grassroots cadre with a slightly forward vision can use the flexibility of this class to perfectly respond to policies.
"Director Zhou, do you want to tell Lao Huang and ask them to restrain themselves?" Shen Yan asked.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "As you said, when can we take charge of local cadres? Moreover, we borrowed other people's places to film, so it would be a good thing for them to benefit from us."
Ana Shen nodded, "Indeed, because he saw this business opportunity, Lao Huang was also very active in this matter. He specially arranged some villagers to help us maintain order and ensure that tourists can stay in the specific areas we arranged in advance. With their Help, our people will be much more relaxed, and Lao Liu and the others can withdraw, otherwise, our people will be really struggling."
People, there must be some driving force, Village Chief Huang and the others are not here. Helping the crew maintain order, but helping their village safeguard their interests.
There is a serious labor shortage in the village, but there are also many people who have no work to do. Of course they cherish the opportunity to make money.
As long as the tourists are stopped, they will have business.
If tourists run around, it will be difficult to sell their telescopes.
Zhou Yan glanced in the direction of Huang Youfa, smiled, and didn't say anything else. Then he went to the hero's house and started putting on makeup and changing clothes.
After making preparations, they went to the dock.
The pier is no longer what Zhou Yan and the others looked like before, and the entire embankment has been renovated by the crew.
The entire aisle was not carpeted, but flower petals were scattered all over the floor, forming a flower path.
Four rows of seats are arranged on both sides for relatives and friends to sit. This embankment is wide enough to accommodate four rows of seats, and the space is still spacious without making the aisle in the middle look cramped.
From the entrance to the end of the embankment, there are flowers and balloons everywhere for tens of meters, and even the stage is a greenhouse made of flowers and wooden shelves.
The layout of the entire pier is dreamlike.
Although the decoration is very small and fresh, and not luxurious at all, there are actually many places to spend money.
If nothing else, if there were fewer flowers arranged on the pier, there would be no way to create the effect it has today.
Originally, they could also choose to use plastic flowers. As long as the lens was not pointed at the flowers, they would not be satisfied. However, Zhou Yan ultimately did not choose to save money on this. After all, no matter how good the plastic flowers are, they cannot compare. Real flowers are vivid and beautiful.
And this also involves environmental protection issues. For example, if the petals scattered on the ground are replaced by plastic flowers, even if they pay more attention, many of them will definitely fall into the sea. Plastic flowers falling into the sea is a very troublesome thing. If environmentalists knew about it, it would be another troublesome matter.
Actually, this is not the final effect. Many flowers are still wrapped in the soil, and some flowers have not been placed because today is just a test shoot, so the arrangement of all the flowers is a bit wasteful.
When the actual shooting takes place, all the flowers will be taken out and placed, and the effect will be better.
The flowers scattered on the ground today will be replaced with new ones when the official shooting begins.
The camera positions and actors' positions have been arranged in advance. Just go to the scene today and directly test shoot. Moreover, the test shooting is also done with real guns, and it is not much different from the actual shooting.
At this time, there were several ships parked on the edge of the pier, two of which were equipped with small ship cranes.
Zhou Yan walked to the pier, and Shen Yan took the intercom and said: "Move the hanging basket over here."
Soon, one of the ship's cranes was hanging a crane The basket came to the dock.
After the hanging basket was stable, Zhou Yan stepped directly onto it, and then others followed the hanging basket into the air.
Compared with the large crane used on the "Titanic" shooting scene, the height of the crane they used was much different. When it was raised to the highest point, it was only a dozen meters above the level of the pier.
However, although the height is not as high as James's, the effect is actually similar. He stands on it with a loudspeaker, and it feels like he can see all the mountains at a glance.
Standing at a high place is advantageous. At least he has a clear view of the scene. If there is any problem, he can see it at a glance.
No, as soon as he got up, he saw that there was something wrong with the placement of the seats underneath, so he raised the loudspeaker and shouted, "Brother Liu, move the entire second row of seats to the east."
Liu Qing raised his head and made an "OK" gesture, then ran to move the chair.
As soon as they finished talking about the chair issue, Zhou Yan looked in the direction of Chen Derong again, "Chen Derong, are you wearing the wrong clothes? You should be wearing No. 7 clothes for this scene."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Chen Derong's heart trembled. She didn't expect that Zhou Yan could even discover such details.
For today’s scene, she really should wear size seven clothes.
It’s just that wearing No. 7 clothes was a bit inconvenient. She thought, since today was a test shoot, it would be okay if she didn’t wear the right clothes, so she tried to muddle through.
She didn't dare to explain anything and immediately responded, "I'll change it right away."
When she said yes, she got up and ran away.
Zhou Yan frowned and said, "What happened to the costume team? Do you still need me to keep an eye on the clothes? Check immediately to see if everyone's clothes are correct. Although today is a test shoot, But these things must be done according to the official shooting, and nothing can be careless.”
Several people in the costume team did not dare to speak, and silently checked the costumes of other actors.
Most people are actually used to Zhou Yan's attention to detail, but people like Xu Guanwen who have not worked with Zhou Yan for a long time are secretly amazed.
Director Zhou’s memory is so good, he can even remember what clothes the actors wore in which scenes?
What surprised them was that Zhou Yan could not only remember what clothes the actors should wear, but also the seats of the guests.
There were actors sitting in the wrong position at the scene, and Zhou Yan was always able to point it out immediately and guide them to the correct position.
No one feels that Zhou Yan is making a fuss. Things like guest seating may seem small, but in fact it is very likely to affect the final shooting effect.
The seating arrangement of guests must not only consider the rationality of reality, but also the coordination of the picture. Different people are different in height, short, fat and thin, and wear different colors. When everyone is combined, the effect will be different. .
The colors of the flowers arranged on the embankment are not static. From the entrance to the stage, the colors gradually become brighter and brighter, and gradually become bluer, blending better with the sea and sky. .
When shooting the push shot later, there was a change in tone.
The colors of the actors' costumes are naturally not randomly arranged. Their costumes will change with the color of the flowers, so they will not appear abrupt when the camera moves forward.
Of course, the arrangement of these details is not all Zhou Yan’s credit. In order to achieve the desired effect, Zhou Yan studied with costume designer and visual director Dong Wenmiao for several days before finally deciding I decided on this plan.
Even for this plan, Dong Wenmiao led several people from the costume team to temporarily make several sets of clothes for the actors.
After all, when I was designing this scene, I didn’t have these ideas.
The changes in this scene also caused Dong Wenmiao to worry a lot. Originally, she was not going to come to the scene and let other colleagues do all the work. But just because of this scene, she had to come to the scene and personally follow the scene. Zhou Yan contacted.
Zhou Yan directed the crane on the hanging basket for more than an hour. When the details were almost grasped, he let the crane be lowered for him.
If he hadn't been performing this scene himself, he would have been on top and not come down. The effect of standing on top and directing was so good.
This is also the disadvantage of directing and acting. Many things must be left to others. This time when filming "Space Traveler", many things that he was responsible for before were handed over to Zhao Fei and a few assistants. The director is responsible.
As soon as Zhou Yan came down here, Wang Zuxian had already walked to the entrance of the embankment surrounded by everyone, like a bride waiting to enter.
When Wang Zuxian, who was wearing a red dress, appeared, a cheer came from the distance. These sounds came from the tourists who were watching in the distance.
Although the distance is far away, they can't stand up to their loud noises, and some can still be heard here.
Many tourists were waiting there early in the morning just for this moment. When they saw Wang Zuxian appearing, they thought the filming of the scene was about to officially start, so they inevitably cheered a little louder.
This was not the first time Zhou Yan saw Wang Zuxian wearing this dress, but when he saw her standing at the entrance of the embankment, surrounded by flowers, he still raised his eyebrows.
This dress was made by Dong Wenmiao himself. From a distance, it looks like a traditional Chinese dress, but when you get closer, you can see that there are many small details that are eye-catching, such as the lace on the cuffs and The large U-shaped neckline makes the overall style playful and not as solemn as a traditional dress. (End of chapter)