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Chapter 266 Talking and Helping
After making up their minds to listen to cross talk, the two drove to Sanlitun.

It wasn't too late for the two of them to come, but they didn't even think about the luxurious boxes at the Sanlitun Theater, so they bought two lobby tickets for 60 yuan each.

In this way, he lost the idea of ​​looking forward to Guo Degang's appearance.

Today is different.

Since Guo Degang became a teacher of cross talk master Hou Yaowen in 04, he has gained inheritance and contacts, and he has BTV's strong support, and he has his own means, so the past three years have been prosperous.

Touring, special cross talks, appearances in variety shows, endorsements, hosts, guest appearances in movies and TV dramas, costumes, and being a judge.

Guo Degang ranked 1000th on the Forbes China Celebrity Wealth List last year with an annual income of more than 29 million yuan.

This income is much less than that of Fang Nan, who ranks first and whose annual income breaks through nine figures, but it is also beyond the reach of many people.

After becoming famous, Guo Degang was too busy. Standing on the stage was his apprentice He Yunwei, who was talking about the old traditional cross talk - "Old Cloth Head".

Fang Nan's listening was average, but he was quite curious about the person who talked about cross talk. It is said that this person on stage was loved by Lao Guo in his early years.

In the end, he was expelled from his master, and he was also given the word "cloud" by the way.

But this kid was also stubborn, so he turned around and worshiped Brother Hou Yaowen, Hou Yaohua, old Guo's enemy, as his teacher, and became the same generation as his former master, Lao Guo, and he was very coquettish.

Fang Nan is thinking about a big palace fight.

Gao Yuanyuan looked very happy.

Cross talk is a popular culture in Beijing and Tianjin, and she was often exposed to cross talk when she was a child.

From childhood to adulthood, I fell in love with listening to cross talk as a matter of course.

A few years ago, when BTV praised Guo Degang, all the broadcasts in Beijing were full of his jokes, and Gao Yuanyuan was unknowingly cultivated into half of Lao Guo's fans, commonly known as "tight wire".

Gao Yuanyuan ate pistachios happily.

Fang Nan took out the phone that buzzed.

Shi Xing, the screenwriter department of Tang Tang Film and Television, sent a message, saying that the first draft of the adapted script of "The Girl Who Chased Together in Those Years" had come out and asked him to do fine-tuning.

[Listening to cross talk in Sanlitun, I can't turn on the computer to receive it, let's talk about it in the evening]

After returning the message to Shi Xing, Yu Dong called again before he could put the phone back in his pocket.

"Look first, Yu Dong is on the phone, I'll go out and answer it."

"Ah."

After leaving the stadium, Fang Nan asked curiously, "Mr. Yu, what's the matter?"

"You haven't started to form the director team for the Spring Festival Gala yet, so please do me a favor while you're at it."

Yu Dong's Chinese was full of anxiety, and he was even a little subdued, as soon as he heard it, he had encountered some difficulties.

However, Fang Nan still puts the gentleman before the villain: "Let's talk about it first, from now to the beginning of next year, I don't have time to start any new projects."

He missed Yu Dong's kindness in investing in "The Unknown".

But he did not forget Bona's showmanship when he released "The Richest Man in Tomatoes".

So, I can help with small favors, but I don't need to borrow money, ask him to make a movie, etc.

"I asked you to accompany me on a trip to Cuandixia Village in Mentougou. There was a problem with the filming of "Certificate of Fame". The scene that should end in a week should be filmed in 10 days."

Knowing that the heart of a villain is the heart of a gentleman, Fang Nan didn't blush, but was full of wonder: "How can the shooting cycle on the notice be accurate to the second? Isn't it normal to be more than two or three days?"

There are too many external factors that lead to the slow progress of a scene.

The status of actors and accidents can cause the announcement of the day to fail.

But Chen Kexin, the director of "Certificate of Fame", is an old director who has been famous for a long time. He has not dealt with any emergencies, and Fang Nan can't figure out what is going on in Tokyu.

"The key is that the crew director and high-level executives haven't got a clue yet. They said it will take a month to finish the filming. And the film's schedule has been set on December 12th, and Bona invested more than 12 million yuan in "Certificate of Fame."

Fang Nan understood but was even more confused.

The release date is approaching, he can understand.

After all, it will cost an extra sum of money to withdraw the file.

A week's episode turned into a month, which made him unbelievable, a little too outrageous.

Yu Dong was so anxious that Fang Nan had no choice but to report his current address and return to the venue.

"I'll leave later, and go to Mentougou with Yu Dong. Even if I come back at night, it will be late at night."

"What are you going there for?"

"There is a problem with the filming progress of the crew of "Certificate of Fame", Yu Dong asked me to accompany him to take a look."

"Tch, you shouldn't go. When I auditioned last year, Chen Kexin said that I was too beautiful to fit the role of the heroine in it, and then turned around and chose Xu Jinglei." Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and said dissatisfied.

In the original time and space, the two ices competed fiercely with each other.

Now that there is one more Gao Yuanyuan, and Liu Qianqian who is watching to catch up, the competition has become more intense.

There are many scenes of discord and the king not seeing the king a few years in advance.

But Fang Nan is still very eye-catching, Gao Yuanyuan is his woman.

"Isn't that good? It means you are more beautiful than Xu Jinglei!" The next moment, he blurted out with a smile.

Gao Yuanyuan turned his anger into joy: "That's true."

"It's time to go outside if I go outside. You'll make a good disguise and take a taxi back by yourself."

"Understood, you drink less."

After the whispered exchange, Fang Nan left the venue lightly. Just outside, Yu Dong didn't come, and Lao Guo arrived first.

After getting out of the car and looking around to find Fang Nan, Old Guo reached out his hand all the way.

"Oh, Director Fang, I've wanted to call on you for a long time."

Fang Nan shook hands with him, pretending to be regretful, and said, "It's a pity, I knew you would be on stage today, and I rejected Yu Dong just now."

"No pity, no pity, there must be a chance."

After stuffing Fang Nan with a few special tickets, Lao Guo explained with a smile: "Actually, I heard Shi Xing said that you are here, so I came here on purpose."

"Looking at it now, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Fang Dao is full of heaven, big ears, and thick palms. As the saying goes, big hands hold money securely, and big ears are rich in blessings. One look at you is a blessed person. I will live and die with you today." Blessing."

"Fortunately, it's a cross talk master, but the words are slippery."

Fang Nan teased Lao Guo, then asked curiously, "What's your relationship with Shi Xing?"

"It's a long story. Teacher Shi Xing used to be a planner at BTV Beijing Satellite TV. I often exchanged programs with him. Later, I made a name for myself and went back to Tianjin. He led a group of people to go back with me."

Fang Nan nodded without further questioning, but looked at Lao Guo meaningfully and said, "Are you interested in this year's Spring Festival Gala?"

"To tell you the truth, I'm sure I'm interested, but I'm afraid that some people won't like it."

"You mean the 315 slimming tea at the beginning of the year?"

Lao Guo nodded, leaned closer to Fang Nan, lowered his head, and said with a sincere tone of helplessness:

"Fang Dao, you don't know that the slimming tea is really useful for me, otherwise I wouldn't endorse it for others. But the person who can't stand it is CCTV, and we are saying that there are many mistakes. Anyway, if you suffer a loss, you will gain a wisdom. I will also I will learn from you and never endorse products again.”

Seeing Yu Dong's Dabang arrived, Fang Nan said shortly: "If you are interested in going on the Spring Festival Gala again, you can prepare one or two cross talks carefully. Whether it is OK or not, we will talk about it when the time comes, okay."

"Okay, don't worry about it."

Fang Nan nodded and walked towards Daben: "Would you like to say hello to Yu Dong?"

"I want what I want."

At the same time, Yu Dong got out of the car first: "Teacher Guo!"

After the two shook hands lightly, "Mr. Yu, hello, is there a problem between the two of you?" Old Guo asked curiously.

"What game? I'm in trouble. I specially asked Director Fang to help me go to Mentougou, where more than [-] million yuan was thrown." Yu Dong said bitterly.

"Hey, then you two hurry up, this is big business."

Yu Dong: "Then we're leaving, and come over to cheer you on when we have time."

"thanks, thanks!"

Da Ben slowly drove away from the Sanlitun Theater while Lao Guo clasped his fists in gratitude.

"Who did Fang Nan come with?" Old Guo asked Jin Zi, the apprentice behind him.

"I went in and took a look just now. That girl is very good-looking. She looks like Gao Yuanyuan. Do you want to invite her to a box that is not open to the public?"

Lao Guo pondered: "I'll go in person, which row is her seat?"

He didn't want to speculate on the relationship between Fang Nan and Gao Yuanyuan, but the two of them could sit and watch cross talk together, so they had a very close friendship.

What's more, with Gao Yuanyuan alone, he had to greet him in person.

Their line of business is no different from the service industry.

The audience is the parents of food and clothing.

On the other end, Fang Nan and Yu Dong chatted about the "Certificate of Tou Ming", and learned from Yu Dongkou that the total investment of the "Certificate of Tou Ming" reached more than 3 million.

In terms of actors' remuneration, the remunerations of the four leading actors Li Lianlian, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei are 1 million, 1600 million, 1300 million and 300 million respectively.
Fang Nan clicked his tongue when he heard it, and was even more curious about how this movie made money.
Li Lianlian's salary of [-] million yuan is indeed a conscience price.

When he was in Hollywood in his early years, his salary was as high as 1500 million US dollars, and he was a real first-line star.

But today is different.

The movie he will star in is a Hollywood-style vernacular Kung Fu movie. In short, it is about fighting, the action is good-looking, and with Hollywood's distribution capabilities, global audiences are willing to buy it.

Will the world's largest film market be unacceptable if it is replaced by Chinese films?

European audiences may not like it either.

This is a question of cultural differences. How many foreigners are willing to read "Certificate of Voting Names" to learn about this period of history?
That's why Lao Mouzi's "Hero" sold well abroad.

So "Heroes" did not explore the philosophy of war until the end of the film by killing or not killing Qin Shihuang.

During the rest of the time, Li Lian was asked to find someone to fight and show his skills to foreign audiences.

In "Certificate of Voting", Li Lianlian's own advantages are covered up from the beginning to the end. The ancient Chinese cold weapon war?
Humanistic care?

Who wants to watch?

Just hope to earn dollars?

"Too naive!" Fang Nan cursed in his heart.

After hearing Fang Nan's analysis, Yu Dong slapped his knee indignantly: "Damn it, I regret trusting Chen Kexin."

"In my opinion, you should be prepared mentally. I agree with Chen Kexin's directing skills. "Certificate of Fame" will be a good movie. It will be difficult to make money! It depends on how much you guys lose."

After being provoked by Fang Nan's few words, Yu Dong, who was outside Mentougou, had completely lost his face.

Looking at the dark crowd on the set, nearly a hundred crew cars, cranes, and shooting equipment, he couldn't help feeling dizzy. These are all money!
"Mr. Yu, Director Fang."

Fang Nan shook hands with Chen Kexin and action director Chen Xiaodong who rushed over: "Hi, Director Chen, just finished a round of filming?"

Chen Kexin pushed his glasses: "Well, let the actors rest for 10 minutes. Your costume drama project is finished? I heard that there are many large-scale war scenes in it."

"As soon as I got home in the morning, I was dragged here by Mr. Yu in the afternoon."

As he spoke, Fang Nan shaded the sun with his hands, and took advantage of the afterglow of the evening to glance at the set of "Certificate of Fame", "Compared to the scenes on your side, the so-called war scenes in "Painted Skin" are child's play."

"Mr. Yu, Director Fang, go into the room and talk."

Chen Kexin pointed to the model house not far away, Fang Nan thought it was specially built to place the monitor.

This is not a luxury. In this regard, Chen Kaige is the best. I heard that he is filming. If he has the conditions, he would like to put the monitor in the villa and use the walkie-talkie to remotely control the crew.

"Brother Lian, Brother Hua, Teacher Jin, Old Xu!"

He greeted the main actors who were lying or standing in several places with the crew, and Fang Nan followed them into the model room.

Just as they sat down in front of the monitor, Li Lianlian and several leading actors came in, followed by Mr. Xu.

"Master is here?" Chen Kexin got up and smiled and teased Mr. Xu whom he specially invited.

"I'll watch you get out of the car." After greeting Fang Nan and Yu Dong, Old Freak Xu walked to the monitor: "What's the situation now?"

"I don't have much experience in shooting big scenes, and I always feel that the shots I made are not effective. We now have 1500 extras, 500 staff, and more than 100 horses, but the shots I made are not grand enough. You see Look."

The camera played, Fang Nan took a look at it, the scene of catching and killing each other was very lively, the camera of the three leading actors was also clearly captured, and the charge of the two armies was okay.

But as Chen Kexin said, it is not grand enough.

Fighting like a child playing house.

At the end of the scene, Fang Nan calmly took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and threw the whole pack to Mr. Xu next to him. Mr. Xu took out one and continued to throw it down.

Everyone swallowed their clouds and smoke for a while, but Chen Xiaodong's half-master, Old Monster Xu, spoke first.

No one in the house, including Fang Nan, had ever directed such a big scene.

Chen Kexin used to shoot all romantic literary films,
Only Lao Mouzi dispatched so many people in all of China, so it's really hard to say why, and it can only be explained by the more experienced Xu Laoguai.

"For an action scene directed by Xiaodong, did you divide the 1500 people into three parts when you filmed it? This is wrong. It should be 1500 people combined to shoot the enemy scene, and then all of them changed their clothes to shoot our scene. .”

"When the two sides are charging, shoot the people in front, the crowd fights together, and then use the overhead shot in the air, the same is true for the horses, so that the crowd will appear dense, as if fighting a big battle."

"Master, what are you talking about? Of course I know that, because the costumes are changed frequently, the art director has a lot of opinions on me."

After Chen Xiaodong finished speaking, photographer Bao Dexi nodded in support.

"Then how could this be?" Old Freak Xu rubbed his chin.

Old Monster Xu looked at the camera, Fang Nan said, "I don't think it's confusing enough, how did you capture the camera?"

"For normal capture, we have 15 cameras. In addition to the fixed machines for capturing the main actors, there are also many temporary machines for capturing horses and group performances." Director of Photography Bao Dexi explained.

Fang Nan wasn't frustrated, and asked again, "What's the order of filming?"

"Sequential shooting, queue, charge, fight."

"How many times can you NG in a day?"

"There are more than 2000 people at the scene, and it will get dark once or twice in the NG, and we have to wait until the next day." Chen Kexin took the initiative to explain.

Fang Nan fumbled for a cigarette and found nothing. After giving up, he said seriously, "There is something wrong with your filming."

Seeing that Fang Nan found something wrong, people inside and outside the house looked at his ordinary face.

"What's the problem?" Chen Kexin asked anxiously.

"In such a big scene, just standing in line can tire people out, and then they run and charge again. It's their turn to be strong in the final part of the fight? Dire?"

"Snapped"

Old Freak Xu slapped his hands suddenly: "Fang Dao, that's right in one sentence, that's what it means. This scene should start with the inside and then the outside. Xiaodong, try pulling people up."

"It's going to get dark soon, and the time won't catch up. Let's do it tomorrow." Chen Kexin said.

After hearing this, Yu Dong, who was behind the crowd, clicked his lips unconsciously, and thought, "Well, today's more than 200 million is gone again."

The result will be known tomorrow, and Yu Dong is desperately unwilling to let Fang Nan go back. For this reason, he even spent tens of thousands to set up a banquet.

(End of this chapter)