The star is suspected of being mentally ill

Chapter 185 The True Meaning of the Set Tyrant

Life is really strange.

Not long ago, Lin Chen was a student of Yan University and had just graduated.

And now, he and Michael Coppola have become especially good friends.

Lin Chen was one of the first batch of 20 people sent to the United States by New World.

Unlike other people who dream of becoming a director or special effects artist.

Lin Chen joined Timo's crew as soon as he came to America.

Then Lin Chen discovered a strange thing.

In China, planners who belong to the power floor of the crew have a very high status in Hollywood.

After a long period of observation, Lin Chen discovered that the work of planners is particularly important in the film shooting of an industrial system.

This position is responsible for the desk work of the film other than the script. To put it simply, in addition to the script, this person must be responsible for the writing work of the entire crew.

In this way, this position involves almost every job of the crew.

So, Lin Chen went to Timo's crew and decided to start with the set.

And his goal is to become an excellent planner.

This is completely different from the experience of interns in China.

In Hengdian, everyone with a big fart is a teacher.

For example, in night scenes, in order to reflect the lighting, smoke needs to be arranged.

The specific method is to burn something, and then use a fan to fan out the smoke.

That's it, the director, the scene management, the assistant director, these people don't know the name of the person in charge of this job.

When yelling, you have to say, "Mr. Field Affairs, Department of Smoke." "Mr. Yan, come back!"

However, this kind of verbal respect is of no use.

Because of this kind of work, the scene is usually on the set all day long, but in fact, the monthly income is only four to five thousand. If there is a lot of overtime and red envelopes, it will only be seven to eight thousand.

Moreover, their work basically does not need to use their brains.

This also means that there is no room for growth.

However, Lin Chen now discovered that this job actually has huge room for growth.

And the reason is, standardization.

What is the indoor temperature, what is the outdoor temperature, and what is the air humidity?How much smoke is needed to achieve the moonlight scene depicted in the script.

In fact, it can be quantified.

There is no need for the photographer to see that the effect is not good, and then verbally shout 'Mr. Smoke, let's do it again'.

In fact, it should be the photographer who tells the planner what kind of shooting effect is needed.

Then, the planner will write down all the preparations needed for shooting this shot, and how much content there is.

Then distributed to each type of work.

You don't need to communicate ineffectively, and don't force the director to go crazy, you can do a good scene.

So, now that Lin Chen is on the set of "Lord of War", he has only one goal.

That is to reduce the number of times Han Zhou loses his temper.

As for Michael Coppola, it was because of Lin Chen's carefulness that the two became friends.

The reason is that there is a scene where Michael Coppola wants to show Yuri's feeling of loss, so he decided that this set of shots requires a wider shirt.

To highlight the image of Yuri's character that is not full enough in this state.

Although this can only give the audience a little feeling.

But it is because of this feeling that Michael Coppola will become a recognized actor.

However, what Michael Coppola did not expect was that when these scenes came, the costume and makeup teacher came to change his clothes.

Michael Coppola noticed that there was a clear description on the copy they held in their hands that in this scene, they needed to change themselves to a shirt of the same style but one size larger.

Michael was surprised, so he observed carefully and found that the preparations were very comprehensive.

I often see that there are various copywritings that need to be written.

And he also saved a lot of heart.

This kind of cooperative shooting is very cool, there is no need to move your mouth, as long as you start shooting, all conditions are the most suitable.

So, Michael chatted with Lin Chen, and talked about why Lin Chen made such arrangements.

Then Michael learned that Lin Chen had specially obtained a copy of his own information after the filming started.

Generally speaking, who doesn't know Michael?No one will look at the materials.

But Lin Chen memorized all the information.

After the evening scene was filmed, during the break, Michael lit a cigarette and found Lin Chen to chat again.

Lin Chen was wearing glasses and buried himself in writing.

Michael: "How many times have you been scolded by the director today?"

Michael knew that Lin Chen was doing a challenge, that is, to challenge not to be scolded by Han Zhou for a day.

Lin Chen looked up and smiled: "Zero times."

Michael was surprised: "Wow! It's time to complete the challenge!"

Lin Chen shook his head with a wry smile, "It's when Director Han loses his temper the most before the end of the day."

Michael shrugged: "So, Han Zhou is like a big director in the 70s and [-]s, a tyrant on the set, unlike the current director."

Lin Chen: "But you can't deny that filming under Director Han is too easy and simple."

"There seems to be endless knowledge in his mind."

Michael smiled: "With your ability, you can actually challenge to be an assistant director, not a planner."

Lin Chen stopped writing: "In the last film "Twilight", Director Teemo felt that I did a good job in field affairs, so this time he brought me along and asked me to be the deputy planner."

"Maybe in the next play, I will be the official deputy planner."

"The next play, maybe an assistant director, as an assistant director a few times, and finally become a director someday in ten years' time."

Michael: "But Han Zhou is only 24 years old."

Lin Chen smiled wryly: "If Director Han's knowledge is like an ocean, then I am at most a well."

"When I have a lake of knowledge one day, it will not be too late to be a director."

At this time, from the side under the light, next to the monitor, there was a loud voice: "Lin Chen!!"

"You special, come here!"

Michael sighed: "Oh, I was scolded again, and I still haven't been able to complete the challenge of not being scolded. We still have two or three days to finish."

Lin Chen got up: "In other words, I only have two or three days to learn more from Director Han."

When he got to the monitor, Lin Chen approached Han Zhou: "Director!"

Han Zhou: "Is this empty shot a plan you wrote?"

Lin Chen glanced at the monitor, it was an empty shot, to be precise, it was the facade of an apartment building.

In the plot, Yuri lives here.

But now this apartment building is actually newly built, and no one has moved in after the renovation.

So the crew shot the scene here.

When actually shooting the interior of the apartment, it was in a different location.

At this time, in the screen, it is a night scene.

This building has many windows.

Lights are on on almost all floors.

However, there is a vertical row of lights that are fully on.

The lights in the other vertical rows are turned on randomly, and less than [-]% of them turn on the lights.

Han Zhou pointed at the screen: "Light, what do you think?"

Lin Chen is very confident that he must have done nothing wrong this time.

"Director Han, I think so."

Han Zhou's face sank like water: "You say."

Lin Chen pointed at the screen: "This shot is expected to be preset at around nine o'clock in the evening in the plot."

"According to the contracted overtime hours, most of the wealthy people should be returning home after overtime work at this time."

"So, I expect, the whole building has the lights on in the living room."

Lin Chen pointed to the lights that were turned on vertically: "These are the living rooms."

"These dark rooms are the bedrooms."

"There were some people in the bedroom, so the bedroom lights were on."

"Most of the bedrooms haven't turned on the lights, because the average time to go to bed is after twelve o'clock."

After speaking, Lin Chen was very confident that he must have done nothing wrong this time.

Han Zhou: "Come on, here are the car keys. Let's drive around and remember not to scratch it. If you scratch it, you will pay for it."

Although Lin Chen had doubts, he did as he did.

Because he knew that if Director Han thought there was something wrong with this picture, then there must be something wrong.

But what exactly is the problem?
That's up to you to see for yourself.

Director Han doesn't give the answer directly every time.

Because Han Dao believes in it, he can verify it by himself, and the memory will be deeper.

Soon, Lin Chen was dazed in the New York night.

Americans, why don't you turn off the lights? !
Fuck!
Soon, Lin Chen drove back to the set.

Han Zhou is looking at other cameras.

After Lin Chen came over, he came to Han Zhou: "I'm sorry, Director Han, for slowing down the progress."

"I mistakenly substituted the domestic environmental conditions into the United States."

Han Zhou raised his head: "It's good to know, just write it again, and ask Chen Dayong to take another shot after finishing writing."

"This guy won't let go of a hawk if he doesn't see a rabbit. If you want him to retake this empty shot and buy a cigar, you can't do it."

Lin Chen smiled wryly.

This month, Chen Dayong has invited two boxes of cigars.

What is not good to learn, if you have to smoke cigars like Americans, it is too damn expensive.

But Lin Chen didn't leave directly, but asked, "Director Han, why don't Americans turn off the lights?"

Han Zhou: "When American people tell others to protect the environment, they shout loudly, and when it's their turn, they pretend to be fools."

"Currently, the per capita electricity consumption in the United States is 380 degrees per month, while in China it is 67 degrees."

"There are 14 billion people in China who consume 500 million barrels of oil every day, while the United States has 2000 million people who consume [-] million barrels of oil every day."

"If you look up the data yourself, you should know that in the United States, especially the night scenes of big cities like Twisting, the lights should be arranged brilliantly."

Lin Chen smiled: "The American guy is really not a good guy."

Han Zhou: "It's good to know."

"I remember a female singer named... Di Le. Last year, she flew hundreds of thousands of kilometers in private jets. The carbon emissions of one person are comparable to the annual carbon emissions of a small country in Africa."

"That's it, there are quite a few in the United States."

Han Zhou looked at Lin Chen: "So, you should remember, how to spend extravagantly and how to design the pictures of the United States in the future."

"You can only design that is not extravagant and wasteful, but it is impossible to design beyond the standard."

This time, Lin Chen made a mistake based on experience. According to his usual understanding, in a building, at eight or nine o'clock, the living room lights should be fully turned on, and the bedroom lights should be almost completely turned off.

After arriving in the United States, the crew of "Twilight" has been in a small place, so he hasn't been to big cities much.

Lin Chen was very busy shooting these shots recently, and didn’t have time to go shopping, so it’s normal not to know this knowledge.

However, this empty shot is still difficult to shoot.

Mainly it was about bribing the apartment manager to turn on the lights and then take the footage downstairs.

For this shot alone, it took half an hour to set up the venue.

After explaining why, Han Zhou looked at Lin Chen: "You are a bit stupid, but in the same batch as you, no one is willing to do this job, so you are the only one here."

"Use dim sum, don't learn anything after returning to China for a few years."

"I'm a director. I help you do things every day. Can I still do things myself?"

"Use your brain."

After Lin Chen was scolded, he would continue to write the copywriting. Michael: "What was scolded today? Is it brainless? Or bad writing?"

The pronunciation of Michael's "shabi" is quite similar, which is enough to explain the frequency of Han Zhou uttering the lyrics.

Lin Chen smiled: "Today, I scolded you for not using your brain."

Michael patted Lin Chen's shoulder: "You've put your heart into it."

"If you can't stand it, hang out with me, and I'll introduce you to other crews."

Lin Chen shook his head: "No."

Michael tilted his head: "Are you addicted to being scolded?"

Lin Chen: "Every time I get scolded, I learn something that other people don't care about or tell me."

"Growing every day."

"If no one scolds me anymore, either I have already learned it, or I am useless and can't continue in this business."

Michael smiled: "You are already very good, but now it is rare to see a studio tyrant with a style like Han Zhou."

Lin Chen: "Actually, working with Director Han is very good. He will never make a mistake. If he makes a mistake, he will definitely guide him."

"As for swearing... there is nothing to do. There are hundreds of people in the crew, and everyone makes mistakes every day. Many of them need to be corrected by him alone."

"Correcting hundreds of mistakes every day, no matter how good-tempered a person is, he has to scold his mother, right?"

Michael: "It seems that you have been conquered by his charisma."

"It's like those people in the 70s and [-]s were conquered by those great directors."

Lin Chen: "Now that the United States can't produce such a big director, it also shows...the American film industry is going downhill again."

Michael lit a cigarette: "Recently, a TV drama crew invited me to star in it. The first three episodes cost $7000 million."

Lin Chen was a little surprised: "The first three episodes? So much money?"

Michael nodded: "Our TV series here shoot one episode and broadcast one episode. The employer pays for the first three episodes according to the movie's specifications, and hires a film director and actors."

"After tricking the audience into the car, they are changing people."

"However, the bids for TV dramas have been getting higher and higher recently. The film industry...is indeed getting more and more sluggish."

Lin Chen thought inwardly.

Michael: "What are you thinking?"

Lin Chen: "I'm thinking of learning everything I need to learn before Hollywood dies... Ahem, I'm thinking that even if the American film industry is not good enough, it's better than the Chinese film industry. I still have to study hard."

"After all, the life and death of an industry has nothing to do with individuals."

"Even in the worst era, there must be a good crew."

What Lin Chen said was the truth, but, when talking to Michael, a Yankee, it's better to be more reserved.

Michael didn't care about this, took a puff of a cigarette, and looked into the distance: "I communicated with the Chinese people in the crew, and they all said that Director Han is very good.",

"But I rarely communicate with Director Han. Is he really good enough to know everything?"

Lin Chen: "You can't say anything."

"I can only say that he knows what I know, and if I don't, I need to learn from him. I don't know if he knows it, but when I need to know something and I don't know it, I can ask Director Han. He will definitely know it." .”

Michael: "Isn't that the same thing, that is, knowing everything? So, omniscience and omnipotence?"

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, Michael: "It seems that there is still a reason for his novel fans to call him God."

"But I don't believe he can do anything."

Lin Chen smiled: "I don't know anything else. One day I saw the cook of the film crew asking Director Han how to cook."

Michael, who was smoking a cigarette, was choked: "Ahem, ahem, ahem... Director Han still cares about this?"

Lin Chen: "If you don't believe me, go and have a look tomorrow."

Michael really didn't believe in this evil. The next day, he wandered to the logistics in his free time.

After staying in this crew for a long time, Michael is quite used to eating Chinese food, and he can eat unheard of but delicious food every day.

Today, I saw my recent old friend, peanuts.

Michael found a Huaguo staff member and asked the chef what to eat today.

The name of the dish translated by the chef is shocking.

What a couple's lung slices, what braised lion's head.

Michael knew that such a strange dish name meant that the dish must be delicious.

Michael likes to eat peanuts very much recently. This kind of stuff is used to make sauce in the West. There are many ways to eat it in China, especially when it is fried with chicken. It is called diced chicken. It is delicious.

When I inquired today, it was said to be peanuts with a strange flavor?

Unheard of, how weird?Michael waited to try it out.

Then, Michael saw that the cook was in trouble. After checking the recipe, the cook did not start frying peanuts, but was thinking about a problem.

Since peanuts need to be fried at low temperature.

If it is not deep-fried, it will not be crispy enough, and if it is over-fried, it will be old, so how to judge whether the peanuts are fried well?
You must know that the peanuts are starched, and the naked eye cannot tell whether they are fried or not.

In the end, he chose to ask Han Zhou.

Because Han Zhou knows how to cook, he often tells him the recipes of dishes he has never heard of and asks him to cook them.

Han Zhou also knew the recipes of the dishes he didn't understand.

Therefore, this time it is more convenient to ask Han Zhou, which is more reliable than the Internet. After all, there are often many wrong answers on the Internet.

But when cooking, if you use the wrong answer, you will overturn the car.

After the cook asked Han Zhou, he got the answer in seconds, and happily went to try the strange-flavored peanuts.

After being translated by the Chinese staff, Michael probably understood what he asked.

Michael is also very curious, how can such a dish that cannot be seen visually be fried just right.

And then Michael just sits here, waiting for an answer.

In the end, according to what Han Zhou said, the cook quickly fried the peanuts.

The answer is also very simple. Peanuts can’t be seen and the frying is not done. Wouldn’t it be over if you throw something that can visually measure the temperature and fry it together?

Throw a clove of garlic down, the garlic will be slightly fried, and the peanuts will be ready.

Michael has been on the set for a long time, and he has become more and more curious about Han Zhou.

This Chinese man seems to be omnipotent, just as the staff said.

But Michael still has one regret.

That is, I have heard many people say that Han Zhou's acting skills are particularly good.

But this time Han Zhou is only a director, not an actor.

Michael really wanted to play a rivalry with Han Zhou.

It's a pity that the filming of "Lord of War" has reached the last moment and will be finished soon.

In this circle, the next collaboration may be decades away.

Another day passed, and "Lord of War" was finished.

Michael brought a bottle of wine and gave it to Han Zhou.

Han Zhou felt a little strange. He didn't have much personal relationship with Michael, and he wasn't very familiar with him. Why would he give a gift to the director after he finished filming an actor?

The point is, didn't you prepare gifts for each other?

After Michael handed the wine to Han Zhou, he said, "Han, I hope to have the opportunity to act with you."

Acting opposite?

Han Zhou smiled: "I will have a chance in the future, maybe I will come to Hollywood in a few years."

Michael Coppola shrugged: "Or I can go to Huaguo to participate in your film shooting? Contact me if you have a chance."

At the end, Michael: "I know, the Huaguo staff in the crew all said that your knowledge is as rich as the sea."

"So, I have a question I want to ask you."

Han Zhou smiled: "You say."

Michael whispered: "That's right, a man, after doing that too much, then... Well, you know, what should I do?"

Han Zhou suppressed a smile: "I really don't know."

Michael: "You must know, you want to hide it, right? Is it an exclusive formula? I can spend money."

Han Zhou: "I really don't know, but I can ask someone to help you find an old Chinese doctor."

Michael excitedly: "Alright!"

This arduous and glorious task fell to Yang Hong.

Yang Hong was puzzled.

Han Zhou is young, why seek an old Chinese doctor to treat this area?
Could it be that in the United States recently, there are too many golden retrievers in the crew, and the vitality is seriously damaged?

……

Timo, Chen Dayong, Lin Chen and others bid farewell to Han Zhou, and then continued to struggle in the United States.

Han Zhou wanted to return home quickly.

The annual Spring Festival Gala is about to start again.

This year, the program group did not invite Han Zhou to perform.

But Han Zhou was still invited to watch.

At the same time, Han Zhou was also invited to instruct the military choir on the spot.

Because this year, "My Motherland" will be performed on the Spring Festival Gala.

Director Ren said this, of course Han Zhou had to go.

However, Han Zhou's main thoughts are all on the movie market.

The investment in "Kung Fu" is too big.

It stands to reason that as long as Kungfu can win the annual box office champion, according to the current movie box office market, it will definitely not lose money, and it will make a lot of money.

But how difficult is it?

But this time, after a long time, Han Zhou has a variety show plan again, mainly to go to variety shows and promote "Kung Fu".

This time, New World will shoot, produce and distribute a movie completely independently.

Everything has to be done by Han Zhou.

If you don't do it well, you will rush to the street.

If it's done well, then a new movie should be on the agenda.

……

For the Spring Festival Gala, as always, the overall ratings are decreasing.

This year, Wang Chuyang took the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

Of course, it has nothing to do with New World fart, it is operated by Wang Xiya.

New World did not arrange for anyone to log into the Spring Festival Gala this year.

Although Director Ren said that he could win three places for Han Zhou.

But Han Zhou felt that now was not the time.

Lu Jin is not suitable for the party now.

After Li Xinqi came back, she has not made her first album yet.

Han Zhou himself was not free.

The current three giants in New World are not suitable for participating in the Spring Festival Gala, so there is no need to consume the favor of the director.

After the Spring Festival Gala, Han Zhou called his mother.

Sure enough, both the mother and the old man were still awake.

During the Spring Festival, Yanjing was empty, and Han Zhou spent this year at the Yanjing branch.

In the morning, the main creative team of "Kung Fu" gathered together, aiming at the Bauhinia Cinema in Luowang Mansion, the premiere of "Kung Fu".

At the same time, the main creative team of "Predecessor Cycle 2" also held a premiere ceremony in this cinema.

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After tooth extraction, say it hurts, it doesn't hurt.

Just uncomfortable.

try my best.

I feel that this chapter is not well written.

I originally wanted to ask for a day off, but in the end I wrote a chapter, and I will adjust it tomorrow.

Ask for a monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)