Chapter 71 Morning Exercise, Making Things
At three o'clock in the evening, Zhang Chen appeared outside Fan Binbin's room on time.
Turn the handle gently and it is indeed unlocked.
Push the door and enter.
Only the wall lamp was still on in the room, and Fan Binbin was looking at him with charming eyes.
As expected, he is a top-notch vixen. With just one look, the Supreme Treasure transforms into Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong took out the golden cudgel: "Fairy, there was a fierce battle last night without a winner. Let's fight again today~"
Half an hour later, both sides of the battle were still alive. Sun Wukong used seventy-two transformations, but he did not completely subdue the goblin. Instead, his own blue bar was cleared by the opponent's star-absorbing technique.
Temporary truce.
The warring parties lay on the bed waiting for the CD cooling time.
Fan Binbin took the opportunity to talk to Zhang Chen about the route issue that he had thought about during the day.
“Do you think it’s okay for me to take the beautiful route?”
“That’s great.”
If I didn’t want to reveal my identity as a time traveler, Zhang Chen dared to pat his chest and promise.
"Don't deal with me, I'm talking to you about business." Fan Binbin slapped Zhang Chen's mischievous hand away dissatisfied.
There was nothing left to do, so Zhang Chen had to sit upright and said: "What I said is true. From the first time we met, I knew that you would definitely be suitable for this route. Otherwise, why would I arrange your scene like this?"
Fan Binbin tilted his head and thought for a while, "Really?"
"More real than pearls."
"Then tell me what it was like to see me for the first time and why it felt right. ” Fan Binbin suddenly became curious.
“How does it feel?”
Zhang Chen looked at the roof with a look of reminiscence: "It feels like...
Raindrops have fallen on the Antarctic,
Concrete has been laid on the construction site,
The magma flows into the sea, and
the wings of the chick can finally fly.”
"?"
"Can you make it simpler?"
"That's it."
"Ah, you are going to die..."
Dispute It started again, but this time Sun Wukong obviously had the upper hand. After all, he had an indestructible body. As long as he was given enough time, even grinding could kill the goblin.
Of course, if the goblin is durable enough, it may be possible to grind an iron pestle into a needle.
......
The next morning, Fan Binbin, who had eaten soy milk and fried dough sticks, was still fast asleep. Zhang Chen crept out of the room, but happened to meet Chen Xi who had gotten up early again. And meet.
“Good morning, director~”
“If you were a reporter, you would definitely make a fortune.”
Chen Xi thought that his salary would be increased by another thousand today, but it was not.
At nine o'clock, the crew gathered.
Today we filmed the water tank scene. The water tank is not far from the beach, more than 100 meters away, on the other side of the beach.
This is a huge man-made water tank of 500 square meters. The crew filled it with seawater in advance and also arranged reefs and other props.
This is also the basic way of shooting ocean scenes. Generally, except for the necessary long-range shots, which are shot in real life, other close-up shots are shot in the water tank.
That year's "Titanic" was filmed in a giant water tank of 1.3 million liters.
Zhang Chen’s "Shark Beach" does not require such a large one, 500 square meters is enough.
The first scene is the scene where the surfboard is knocked over and the heroine is dragged away by the shark.
This scene was shot with wirea, and the crew specially hired an action team for this purpose.
In this regard, the best performer is the Hong Kong team. Action movies in Hong Kong have been using Wia extensively for a long time, and even Hollywood has learned from them.
Fan Binbin stood in the water and got ready. The tide device at the other end of the water tank started working, simulating waves and making the water surface no longer calm.
“3…2…1…action~”
The action team began to pull Wia, and Fan Binbin was dragged through the water, creating the effect of being attacked by a shark.
“Click~”
The first time the effect was not satisfactory, Fan Binbin’s expression was wrong, so he took the photo a second time.
The second time, the cameraman failed to keep up, so he took the picture a third time. The third time the blood bag exploded at the wrong time, so he took a fourth picture.
For the fourth time, I finally passed.
That's how filming is. It doesn't matter if the actors perform well. This is a matter of cooperation between multiple types of work. All departments must cooperate tacitly so that the camera can present it perfectly.
Fan Binbin was resting in a bath towel. The scene just now was about being dragged underwater. She filmed it several times and almost choked.
Zhang Chen sat in front of the monitor and watched the replay of the effects. Fan Binbin was dragged away, and then the surrounding seawater quickly turned red, which was dyed red by the blood flowing from her own wounds.
In the playback, the two wires are clearly visible, but it doesn't matter. As long as the expression is in place and the timing is coordinated, the wires can be removed later.
But the price is not cheap, 3,000 per piece.
“Okay, this is passed.”
During meal time, the crew gathered together in twos and threes to eat.
Don’t think that seafood at the beach is cheap. It’s small fish and shrimps, serious sea fish, crabs, sea cucumbers, lobsters, etc. Whatever the price in the mainland is, the price here is.
So what the crew usually eats is similar to what they eat in mainland China.
During this period, Zhang Chen has been suffering from the same problem as eating.
Every day I cook with rice, and those who cook with rice have already had enough.
The key point is that the rice here is not delicious. Southern rice can be cooked several seasons a year and can feed people. However, the taste is really incomparable with the Northeast rice often eaten in the north.
As for Zhang Chen and Ning Hao, who are from Coal Province, they wanted to eat noodles more, but they didn’t have any.
People in Hainan don’t eat noodles at all. The only pasta you can find here is dried noodles, but people in the coal province don’t eat them at all.
When eating, Zhang Chen usually likes to get together with his good brothers. Fan Binbin has been pestering him a lot in the past two days, so he stayed together. "I heard that "Ghost 2" was released a few days ago. Why didn't the crew ask you to promote it together?" Zhang Chen chatted and gossiped while eating.
"Thousand Planes 2" can be said to be a big deal, with a production cost of 80 million, and a lot of stars as supporting actors, just to help Cheng Long support his son.
Cai Zhuoyan, Chung Xingtong, Edison Chen, Donnie Yen, Chen Bolin, Liang Jiahui, Daniel Wu, Fan Binbin...
Cheng Long is worthy of the title of eldest brother. It is enough for all these stars to make a few movies, but they all come to support Prince Long.
The name Jaycee Chan officially entered the public eye after this movie.
It’s a pity that I didn’t hold it up.
Fan Binbin took a piece of green vegetables into his mouth and chewed: "There are many stars in the crew. I am just a soy sauce star. It will be the same with or without me."
A few days After getting along with each other, she also learned these new terms in Zhang Chen's mouth, such as soy sauce, black powder, green tea whore...
Fan Binbin's tone was a little sour, because it wasn't that she wasn't going, but that the crew of "Ghost 2" didn't call her at all, probably because they thought she, the only mainlander in the crew, was dispensable.
Zhang Chen wanted to comfort her, but it would be okay if he didn’t go. He clearly remembers that the box office of this film did not exceed 30 million, and it can be said that he lost all his money.
The Emperor spent a lot of money to befriend Cheng Long. In 2001, Cheng Long and Jiahe parted ways. In order to win over Cheng Long, he spent HK$300 million on Jackie Chan's new film "The Dragon Reborn".
Although the film did not perform well after its release and suffered a huge loss, the continuous investment allowed the two to establish a good relationship, and Cheng Long finally agreed to join.
Afterwards, Emperor and Cheng Long jointly funded the establishment of Cheng Long Emperor Film Co., Ltd., and the first film is "New Police Story", which will be released this year.
But Zhang Chen knew that this was also a street kid.
Although "New Police Story" follows the name of "Police Story", it is actually a completely different setting.
In terms of excitement, it is not as good as the previous ones.
The protagonist is no longer the brave police detective Chen Jiaju, and there are no iconic big scenes like Cheng Long’s in the past. It also adds old and new settings.
Probably to return a favor, the film cast King Xie Bi.
To be fair, Xie Biwang worked very hard. He learned from Cheng Long and did not need a stand-in for dangerous moves, but performed the battle himself.
But it’s useless, no one will accept this.
Cheng Long's movies are a bit outdated, and I'm tired of watching the big scenes.
But when thinking of King Xie Bi, Zhang Chen thought of the crew of "Little Fish and Flowers".
It seems that there is no news about them beating Bai Longma during this period. Could it be that the matter is almost settled?
This is not okay.
The filming of "Shark Beach" will take several days. If Fan Binbin is called back at this time, their crew will have to stop immediately, which will be a big loss.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen didn’t feel like eating anymore. He turned to Fan Binbin and asked: "Binbin, have you contacted the crew of "Little Fish and Flowers" recently? How are they handling the matter? "
Fan Binbin shook his head when he heard this: "I don't know, I haven't contacted them since I came here. But I called Sister Hua a few days ago, and she mentioned it casually. Jing and the others have contacted a crisis public relations company, and the heat of this matter is almost over.”
“It’s not okay to be suppressed.”
Zhang Chen is thinking that "Shark Beach" will take at least a week to complete, so it seems that he has to speed up.
"Chen Xi, let me inform everyone that work will start half an hour after dinner. We have to hurry up."
From the afternoon on, the atmosphere in the crew was obviously tense.
Fortunately, the crew of "Shark Beach" are basically the original cast of "Dark Invasion", and this is their second film together.
We have already gotten along well with each other, and we have a tacit understanding of our cooperation, so the filming progress can be very fast.
In one day, they filmed what would normally take a day and a half.
In the evening, do some shameful things as usual.
According to the habits developed in the past, the two would chat every time during halftime, and occasionally there would be an overtime match.
But not today.
While waiting for the CD, Zhang Chen made a phone call.
The call was to Zhang Xiaobei, the reporter from the Beijing News.
Every time we were interviewed before, this guy liked to dig holes for Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen thought this guy was a person and might be useful in the future, so he left his phone number.
Isn’t this useful?
Zhang Chen didn’t say anything else on the phone. He just commented on everything that happened on the set of "Little Fish and Flowers" and complained about the different treatment of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and mainland actors.
“Yes, I just can’t stand the stinky face of Hong Kong Islanders. While taking the benefits we give, they still call us idiots...”
"In terms of box office, none of them has a movie that exceeds 100 million, and I don't know where the sense of superiority comes from..."
"Hong Kong Islanders are human beings, but mainlanders are not human beings?"
"If you ask me, I shouldn't be so eager to treat them well. In order to ensure the vitality of Hong Kong films, the CEPA agreement gives Hong Kong films the same treatment as mainland films. Let's look at what they do. A group of immature people. White-eyed wolf..."
Zhang Chen was not polite at all. Zhang Xiaobei on the opposite side was elated because he had received a bonus of 2,000 yuan.
This is simply a windfall.
Director Zhang Chen is such a good person.
Fan Binbin next to her was full of worry. She didn't dare to speak out until Zhang Chen hung up the phone: "You said that, are you really okay?"
"Is something wrong? What's the matter? ? Why can they still block me?"
"You are not afraid of the Hong Kong box office..."
"Hong Kong is no longer the past, if you can get a box office of over 10 million, you can be ranked first. It’s in the top ten of the year, and with the box office in Hong Kong, it wouldn’t be a pity to throw it away.”
"Then you're not afraid that they will really ban you?"
"Are you kidding? This is the mainland, you overestimate their energy."
Zhang Chen is not worried at all, he But there are memories for future generations.
In later generations, the mainland film market did not begin to rise until 2012. Starting with "囧囧", it exploded all the way.
The entire film market is full of vitality. Main themes, comedies, realistic themes, cartoons, any theme can create miracles, with frequent hits.
That was the real end for Hong Kong filmmakers. Hong Kong local films were gone, the Southeast Asian market was also lost, and their last hope was the mainland market.
Coupled with the talent gap, Hong Kong movies have completely declined, and what was once Eastern Hollywood has been reduced to a second- or even third-rate market.
……
Please give me a monthly pass
(End of this chapter)