my movie years

Chapter 138 Preparations for "The Undertaker"

"What award do you want to win for "The Prestige?"

Sitting in the small office, Da Mimi asked Zhang Hao with great interest.

Zhang Hao was combing Da Mimi's hair with a comb, and teased Da Mimi's hairline, teasingly said: "Mimi, your hairline is a bit dangerous!"

"Oh, I hate it." Da Mi Mi patted Zhang Hao's mischievous hand away: "People are asking you about something serious!"

"What I'm talking about is also a serious matter!" Zhang Hao had a smile on his face, seeing Da Mi Mi's face turned serious, and instantly returned to seriousness: "Depending on the situation, this year's Golden Rooster and Horse Awards must be registered."

In fact, this year's Golden Rooster Award is selected every two years, Zhang Hao is very likely to be shortlisted for two consecutive works.

Originally, Cai Runping suggested to concentrate on the award for "Fatal Magic", and not to apply for "Genius Gunner".

After thinking about it, Zhang Hao decided to nominate "Genius Gunner" for the Golden Rooster Award.

This is mainly for Da Mi Mi, Da Mi Mi is his girlfriend anyway, in addition to business achievements, Zhang Hao will also help with some awards.

"I don't have much hope of winning an award this time, but it would be nice to get a nomination. In the future, I will polish my acting skills and get a best actress trophy." Zhang Hao put down his comb and tied Da Mi Mi into a ponytail.

Da Mimi held Zhang Hao's hand and said, "Or I'll let it go."

"Why forget it? Your performance in "Genius Gunner" is very good. If you don't get an award, you can get a nomination. Encourage young actors!" Zhang Hao said with his eyes wide open.

Da Mi Mi chuckled: "Looking at the way you speak, you are old-fashioned, and those who don't know think you are an old cadre!"

Zhang Hao pursed his lips and said, "What are you talking about, I am the young director Zhang Hao."

The story was divided into two parts, Hua Tsai, who was far away on Hong Kong Island, studied in the funeral home for half a month, and also learned to play the cello every day, which made Hua Tsai's wife think that Andy was mentally ill.

However, Hua Tsai didn't tell her about it, and Sister-in-law Tian Wang was also a little worried, so she called a close friend to come and have a look.

"Hua Zai, I heard that you have been going to the funeral parlor recently, what are you doing?" Fa Ge came to Hua Zai's house as a guest when he was free.

Andy said, "It's not that I have accepted a movie directed by Mainland Zhang Hao, so I will prepare more."

"You mean the director of "The Prestige", right? His movie was released on Hong Kong Island in the past two days, and I went to see it." Fa Ge sighed a little: "What do you think about the brains of young directors now? How can they think about it?" Come up with such a wonderful story?"

"Yeah, it just so happened that there was an opportunity to cooperate, so I took it." Andy Hua said.

"Oh, then his play is related to the funeral home, so you go to the funeral home every day?" Fa Ge asked again.

"Yeah, at first I thought it was a horror movie, but Director Zhang communicated with me on the phone a few days ago. It has a very good story, and the script will be given to me in two days."

Now that Hua Tsai is not ill, Brother Fa felt relieved, and left without saving dinner.

Hua Tsai still skipped dinner as usual, and went back to his study to practice cello.

Jin Shijie, who was far away in Baodao, also received Zhang Hao's invitation. He was a little surprised. How did a mainland director find out his name and come to him to act?

After learning that it was recommended by Li Xuejian, Jin Shijie suddenly realized.

Jin Shijie and Li Xuejian met once, when the drama "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" was touring in the mainland.

So Jin Shijie accepted Zhang Hao's invitation without much hesitation.

Within a few days, Hua Tsai, Jin Shijie, and Zhou Xun had already given the script of "The Undertaker".

Zhou Xun read the script with relish, and at the same time became very interested in Zhang Hao.

I really don't understand why a director playing with his brain would come up with such a heartwarming story.

Although it is said that in "Manslaughter", Zhang Hao filmed the father-daughter relationship to the fullest, but everyone pays more attention to the plot of the battle of wits and courage.

Subsequent "Genius Gunner" and "Fatal Magic" basically continued this thought process and created certain Zhang's suspenseful plots.

But "The Undertaker" completely abandoned the genre that Zhang Hao was good at, and brought such a special story this time, Zhou Xun believed that Zhang Hao wanted to transform.

Any aspiring director will not be limited to one or two themes, but will try a variety of themes. Zhang Hao is also considered a very aspiring director.

then:

"I accepted this movie, help me to negotiate, the salary depends on it." Zhou Xun said.

The agent nodded, expressing his understanding, and went to talk to the producer Liu Hao.

This "The Undertaker" is independently invested and produced by Haotian Studio, and China Film and Bona have agreed to the release of the film.

Originally, I wanted to come in and take part in it, but for an award-winning literary and artistic film, the investment scale is not large, and Haotian Studio can fully afford it, so I didn't let other companies participate.

Zhang Hao has achieved great success in three consecutive films, and has a certain amount of capital. The script of this film is also good.

In addition to Hua Tsai Jin Shijie and Zhou Xun, quite powerful old drama Guxi Meijuan and Ni Dahong have joined.

The well-known old actor Wang Fuli also introduced his son Wang Xiao, and joined the crew after a simple audition.

There is also Mai Mai, who once again cooperates with Zhang Hao, playing a little girl, but there are not many roles.

The determination of a role inevitably involves various human relationships.As long as it doesn't affect the shooting and there is normal casting, Zhang Hao usually wants to save face.

The lineup of Hua Tsai and Zhou Xun this time is also quite interesting. Although it is a literary film, the media still pays much attention to it.

But "The Undertaker" is very low-key, apart from the announcement of the cast on Haotian Studio's Weibo, there is no other action, not even a launch conference.

It was revealed on Weibo that the title of the film is "The Undertaker", which also aroused a lot of speculation from the media and netizens.

"What is an undertaker?"

"It's the funeral parlor who cleans up the corpse, carries the corpse, puts makeup on the corpse, etc. It's very eerie."

"I'll go, is Director Zhang going to make a horror movie?"

"It looks like it, but doesn't it mean that there can't be ghosts?"

"Who knows? Let's see."

Regardless of the public opinion, "The Undertaker" has entered the preparatory period, and all the actors gathered in the capital to learn about the Undertaker.

The color tone and art style of the film, Zhang Hao also repeatedly held meetings with the director of photography, art director, lighting director and others to determine.

The filming location is set in Hualin, a small town in the northeast. There are hills and hills at the back, and there is an endless plain in front.

When a film crew came to Hualin to shoot, the local government of course attached great importance to it, because it was also an opportunity for publicity for their own city, so it gave a lot of convenience with the green light all the way.

Even a local funeral home in the city, after coordination, lent it to the crew for filming without charging money.

After two or three years of training, Zhang Hao's team cooperated very tacitly, and completed the work according to his own job, and continuously gathered it to Zhang Hao.

Because Guo Fan is already independent, Zhang Hao still needs an assistant director to help him.

In fact, there can be many assistant directors, with a large crew, there may even be more than ten assistant directors.Sometimes both executive and assistant directors are considered assistant directors.

But when the people below shouted, they always called the director directly.

Just like the unspoken rules in officialdom, no one likes to be called a deputy.

Compared with the complicated personnel struggles in the officialdom, the crew is relatively simple. There is an absolute rule, that is, the director is the boss of the entire crew.

Especially for a well-known director like Zhang Hao, his control over the crew is not comparable to that of a novice director.

Knowing that Zhang Hao was looking for a suitable assistant director, Ning Hao specially called Zhang Hao and recommended one of his subordinates.

"Junior Brother, this Song Yunhui has been working with me since "Green Grass". I heard that you are short of manpower, so I will introduce him to you." Ning Hao said on the phone.

"Since it is the candidate introduced by the senior brother, I will naturally not refuse. Let him come over to chat tomorrow. If there is no problem, let him go." Naturally, Zhang Hao would not refuse Ning Hao's kindness.

"Well, I'll let him come to see you tomorrow."

The next day, Zhang Hao and Song Yunhui met. He was a big man with a big beard, 1.9 meters tall, with a burly figure and a rather fierce look.

Song Yunhui doesn't talk much, he is the kind of assistant director with strong execution ability. Seeing that he is very solid in speaking and doing things, Zhang Hao accepted him smoothly and participated in the preparation of "The Undertaker"
This is different from Guo Fan, Guo Fan is also very strong in execution, and the tasks arranged by Zhang Hao are all completed very well.But Guo Fan also has a lot of ideas. On the set of "Fatal Magic", he also proposed many new ideas for Zhang Hao.

But now that Guo Fan is promising, "Shark Beach" will be released soon, and after he becomes a hit, he will become a hot new director in the circle.

Guo Fan also knows how this opportunity came about, so he is very grateful to Zhang Hao.

Logically speaking, Zhang Hao should take this opportunity to let Guo Fan sign a long-term contract with his studio, and then tie Guo Fan to death for his own use.

But Zhang Hao did not do that. When Guo Fan excitedly expressed his willingness to sign a new contract with Haotian Studio, Zhang Hao told him not to make emotional decisions.

"Old Guo, I know you want to repay, but please don't make impulsive decisions." Zhang Hao comforted Guo Fan and said, ""Shark Beach" has not yet been released. If it is successful, you must be in demand. You may wish to think about it when the time comes." The conditions of other companies, for the sake of their own future.

If the box office is not good and no one wants you, it will not be too late for you to come back. "

Guo Fan was even more moved: "Thank you Director Zhang, you can still think about me like this, but I have already considered it clearly. Regardless of whether "Shark Beach" is a success at the box office, I will sign a new director with Haotian Studio." contract."

"If you think about it carefully, I won't say anything more. We will continue to cooperate happily in the future." Zhang Hao smiled and shook hands with Guo Fan.

"Pleasant to work with."

The hands of the two big men were tightly held together, full of affection.

On Friday, August 3.8th, "The Prestige" ushered in the theater weekend.The box office of the previous film has reached [-] million, making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the first half of the year.

The investors who participated in the investment were all smiles, not only the huge income from the box office, but also the income from copyright peripherals.

Especially Huayi, who invested in Zhang Hao's movie for the first time, reaped the rewards, and even Mr. Wang began to like Zhang Hao.

No way, who doesn't like a good director who keeps bringing benefits to himself!

It's a pity that this director actually went to make literary films instead of commercial films, otherwise Huayi would continue to participate.

Counting the lucrative return on investment, the assistant under him reported with a wink: "Mr. Lei, "Shark Beach" is released, and Mr. Jun invites you to watch the premiere together."

Xiao Wang frowned when he heard this, and his good mood was instantly broken.

Originally, for the project of "Shark Beach", the king was always away, and he was in charge.Because the film was not directed by Zhang Hao himself, President Xiao Wang withdrew from the investment.

It's okay, the key is that Wanda Films came together like a dog that smelled the defense and invested in "Shark Beach".

It's nothing, the most important thing is that Mr. Wang scolded Mr. Wang after he came back from Hong Kong Island, which made Mr. Wang very unhappy.

"Isn't it just "Shark Beach"? It's not a film directed by Zhang Hao himself, so it's nothing if we don't invest in it." President Xiao Wang retorted.

The king said earnestly: "Leizi, you have to take a long-term view. Do you think it's just a movie? What you lose is to continue to invest in Zhang Hao's follow-up projects."

"We didn't say we won't continue to invest in his films, but if we don't invest in this one, we will continue to invest in the next one!" Mr. Wang expressed his inner thoughts.

He is not optimistic about the project "Shark Beach" and Guo Fan, a newbie, but he doesn't like Zhang Hao's personal style. Xiao Wang also has to admit that Zhang Hao can always make those movies that seem to lose money and sell them well.

Who knows that the king is even more angry: "Do you think it's that easy to come back after you quit? Needless to say, China Film, Guozihao, other companies, Bona, Wanda, and even Enlight Pictures, which one is not eyeing?

I even heard that Ma Yun wants to develop the entertainment industry and plans to set up Ali Pictures, and his goal is to go straight to Zhang Hao. "

The Wang brothers are quite powerful in the entertainment industry, but they are nothing in front of Ali and Wanda, they can crush themselves to death with one finger.

I heard that Ma Yun praised Zhang Hao more than once in private, and even established Alibaba Pictures because Ma Yun watched Zhang Hao's movies.

Ma Yun was a bit disgraced later, but in 2011, he was an out-and-out business giant.

Such a person is interested in Zhang Hao, a young director, why Xiao Wang still pushes Zhang Hao out.

What Dawang always values ​​is not the gains and losses of a movie, but the people behind the movie.

The film "Shark Beach" is a film that Zhang Hao participated in the screenwriting and served as the producer, and the starring role is still Da Mi Mi.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is a film project Zhang Hao made in order to praise his girlfriend. Although the director Guo Fan is a newcomer, who doesn't know that Zhang Hao trusts Guo Fan very much.

Not investing in "Shark Beach" at this time, on the surface, it seems that they don't trust Guo Fan, but in fact they don't trust Zhang Hao.

What would Zhang Hao think?And there are so many investors eyeing it.

Mr. Wang, on the other hand, was a bit disapproving. He thought it was enough for the company to have Feng Dapao, and there were several directors from Hong Kong Island who went north to cooperate. They could completely ignore Zhang Hao.

It can only be said that the two brothers had a lot of differences on the issue of Zhang Hao.

And at this time, to attend the premiere of "Shark Beach", the king always wanted to repair the relationship with Zhang Hao.But Xiao Wang was obviously not happy, so he seemed extremely resistant.

Compared with Xiao Wang's haze, the person in charge of Wanda Pictures was very concerned. On the eve of the release of "Shark Beach", he kept in communication with Wanda Cinemas.

"I said, Lao Zhao, this is a project that our big boss attaches great importance to. You must pay attention to the convenience of film arrangement in theaters."

"Definitely, I've already made arrangements. It's all the best theaters, the best time slots, and the filming rate of "Shark Beach" is guaranteed."

"That's good. Thank you for your support. I'll treat you to dinner when the movie sells well at the box office."

Wanda Pictures is actually the largest investor in the movie "Shark Shore". Naturally, they don't want the box office to hit the street, and they don't want 1000 million yuan to just go to waste.

After negotiating this matter with the theater company, the person in charge said with a smile on his face, "Young Onion, why are you here?"

Cong Shao said: "My dad is very concerned about the premiere of "Shark Beach". He was going to come in person, but he went to England on a temporary business trip, so he sent me over to take a look."

"Oh, the project that the big boss is concerned about, of course we will do our best, don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem." The person in charge assured.

"Well," Shao Cong nodded, and then asked, "Well, will Director Zhang Hao be present?"

"Of course, it was filmed by his subordinate Guo Fan, and he is also the producer of the film. And the starring role of the film is also his girlfriend, so of course he has to come to the platform." The person in charge replied.

"That's good, I've wanted to chat with him for a long time." Cong Shao's face flashed with excitement.

　Riwan was too difficult, and today I finally couldn't hold on anymore.But don't worry, I'm adjusting my status and trying to continue tomorrow.

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