China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 393: Entering the 21st Century The longest-running TV series in China

After the recording of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" was completed, He Fang invited a group of New York film judges to a gathering and explained to them the rules of the game and the benefits of being a judge for the He Fang New Film Awards.

After explaining this scene, He Fang identified more than twenty judges on the spot, and then he taught them one by one how to register on Tuantuan Video. After that, He Fang called Zhang Qian and asked him to implement the judge certification of these people. , and improve their information.

On the 24th, He Fang and Pan Zhilin went to London and Paris. The promotion in these two places was just a formality, which meant that they had been to Europe for promotion.

Of course, he also held two judges invitation receptions in London and Paris, inviting some of the judges who could join the New Film Award. Haosheng also explained the benefits of being a judge for the New Film Award.

In short, after some persuasion by He Fang, He Fang attracted more than 40 judges in Europe.

By the time He Fang and the others returned to China, the number of European and American judges for the New Film Awards had already exceeded the 100 mark. With the endorsement of these 100 people, it would be easier for Asian judges.

Whether it is to satirize or ridicule certain people, the reality is that when some Asian filmmakers watch European and American people join in, they feel that all obstacles are gone.

This is reality. They also need someone to endorse them. With European and American judges joining, it will be none of their business if anything happens in the future. After all, they are just followers.

Human nature is like this, so no one should laugh at anyone. When a person encounters the same thing in the same position, he may make the same decision.

Especially for people from Japan, South Korea or Southeast Asian countries, they follow what Europe and the United States do.

On February 2, He Fang and Pan Zhilin returned to the capital, and then called the other main creators over for a dinner. The main reason was He Fang thanked them for their tireless promotion in China.

After finishing all these things, he returned to Changsha and continued to prepare for "Pacific Rim 2". Of course, in early March, he had to preside over the launch ceremony of Tuanhuo Culture's "Fights Beyond the Sky".

The preparations for "Break the Sky" are almost complete, all the scenes have been determined, and the special effects modeling has been completed, including the special training of the actors.

On the 27th, He Fang went to the special training camp to see them. Sure enough, these actors were completely different from a few months ago.There is a sense of martial arts in their movements, which is a conditioned reflex formed by martial arts training.

On the contrary, their performance has definitely reached a higher level. After several months of special training, the most commonly used characters in martial arts TV series like this are chivalry, shock, anger, joy, tragedy, forbearance, insidiousness, bad intentions, and so on. The Smiling Tiger...all of them are extremely impressive.Even things like horse riding, archery, etiquette, language, etc. have been studied in depth.

This means that this group of actors is really not just going through the motions, but they have been trained to be completely in the style of "Fights Beyond the Sphere", whether they are non-literary or martial arts.

He Fang was very satisfied with this.In order to further test the results, He Fang tried to test Song Yi's level in the evening.

Sure enough, He Fang was very satisfied.

At this time, Zhang Mo also became very capable from his lack of confidence earlier. When reporting to He Fang on the preparations for "Break the Sky", his thoughts were clear and logical, and he answered He Fang's questions fluently.

In this regard, He Fang recognized everyone's work at the crew meeting of "Break the Sphere" and also agreed that the crew would officially start filming on March 3. The planned completion time is May 3, 2018, with a total of 5 days of filming and eight shots. There are 25 episodes in the season, and the average shooting time for each episode is 1150 days.

Of course, the filming time for the first season in the early stage may exceed the 11.5-day limit for one episode, but in the future, filming may be faster and faster, and the average time can be brought down.

11.5天是什么概念？就比拍一部电视电影的时长快一点吧，电视电影大概也就是15-20天。但是前期第一季，肯定也可能会用到15-20天一集的。

TV movies generally require an investment of less than 100 million, and the minimum investment is 40-60.But the budget for an episode of "Fights Break the Sphere" has reached 600 million, and the total investment is 6 million. This is no joke. He Fang is determined to create a high-quality TV series.

This is a very large TV drama crew. It is normal for a large crew like this to film for two or three years. Think about it, which of the four major classics was filmed in a few years?
The 36 episodes of "Dream of Red Mansions" were produced in 5 years, including 3 years of filming. "Journey to the West" has 25 episodes and was produced in 6 years. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has 84 episodes and was produced in 5 years, with a filming period of 3 years. "Water Margin" has 43 episodes, which took the shortest time among the four famous dramas. It also took 3 years and 8 months to complete.

The level of modern technology and supporting equipment has improved. It takes more than three years to shoot 100 episodes of "Fights Beyond the Sphere", right?Otherwise, where would the 6 million be spent?It's all money.Of course, this is also the TV series with the longest filming period in China in the 21st century.

Therefore, a TV series that can be completed in a few months, unless it is an urban drama, or a large-scale costume historical drama or a mythological fairy tale drama, cannot be completed within a few years.

After checking out the special training camp, I went to see what stage the special effects department had reached in the modeling and production of "Fights Beyond the Sky". I also went to see a large studio that was specially used for "Fights Beyond the Sky". Check whether the virtual production technology has been debugged.

After everything was checked, He Fang organized a meeting for the "Fights Break the Sphere" crew, mainly to listen to their report on the preparation work.

As the producer of this TV series, you have to be concerned about it. Although everyone knows that he is the hands-off boss, that is only in the later stage. He still needs to be taken care of in the early stage.

It took more than two hours to complete this meeting. After the meeting, the entire crew was basically ready to officially start shooting.

"Director He, there are a few things, um... Several scenic spots have contacted me privately, hoping that we can place the TV series in their scenic spots. They are willing to pay part of the cost, or reduce some local expenses. For example, food Accommodation and transportation expenses.”

After the meeting, Zhang Mo talked about this matter with He Fang alone.She never mentioned this because the scenic spot promised Zhang Mo that if the shooting scene could be moved to their scenic spot, they would privately give Zhang Mo some benefits.

So Zhang Mo was very confused whether to talk about this or not.

She had looked at those scenic spots. To be honest, they were a little bit different, but she couldn't say they were completely bad. Even if they were slightly modified later, they wouldn't be bad.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Mo thought that no matter where He Fang allowed it or not, just ask him if He Fang didn't allow it.

In fact, in this middle step, Zhang Mo knew the twists and turns as soon as he said where to go, and roughly understood what it meant.

He thought for a moment, "To be honest, we are all directors, and we often have similar scenes to choose from when selecting scenes, but why is one of them the final choice and not the others?

Obviously, we selected certain scenes because they bring beauty to the director's picture and shock to the audience's hearts.If you choose another scene, the beauty may be less, and the shock in the audience's heart may be less.

One point is missing here, one point is missing there, and in the end the audience will find the whole drama good, but not shocking.If such a result occurs, then I think it is not a matter of money, but a matter of regret for a director or producer. It is a pity that he gave up his persistence for that little money when he could obviously do better. "

When Zhang Mo heard what He Fang said, his face turned red with embarrassment, "What Director He said was that I got sidetracked and was confused by other people's money temptations."

Zhang Mo apologized quickly.

He Fang smiled and said, "This is normal. Don't blame yourself. 98 out of a hundred directors will make decisions to save money. After all, it's just a little bit different, but it saves a lot of money for the crew, so why not No?"

"Oh, well, why don't the other two make this decision?" Zhang Mo asked.

"There are two more? One is a lunatic who insists on art and does not allow his art to have any flaws, so he doesn't care about money. For example, like Jiang Wen, he never cares about the cost when making a film, he only cares about whether it reaches his own level. The art of wanting.

There is another person like me who pursues some art, but it is not entirely because of art, it is purely because I am not short of money.So, since there is no shortage of money, why should we sacrifice so much?What's the point? "

After He Fang finished speaking, Zhang Mo laughed and nodded, as if she had let go of a burden of desire in her heart.

"Okay, Director He, I understand. Thank you, I feel lighter physically and mentally." Zhang Mo finished speaking and left.

He Fang looked at Zhang Mo who was walking away, and he also made a playful expression.Zhang Mo is not a pure pursuer of art, she will compromise on some things.Of course, this does not mean that it is wrong or heinous for her to have such thoughts. This is a thought that a normal person would have.

This is like Zhang Yimou, he is a director who can compromise.For example, compromise with business, such as compromise with capital.

People like Jiang Wen can’t, not even people like Chen Kaige.Although Chen Kaige's subsequent films have been criticized by others, no matter how much his fans criticize him, he still makes movies that people will criticize. This is also a kind of uncompromising.

It does not mean that not compromising is good, but compromising is bad.Will He Fang compromise?Of course he does. In order to have his movies distributed globally, he made different compromises with big Hollywood companies.

What He Fang told Zhang Mo was not that compromise was not allowed, but that there was no need to compromise when there was no shortage of money.

……

After finishing the matter of "Battle Breaker", the only thing left is to attend the launch ceremony in early March. Everyone else has already started working on it.

"Director He, when will you join the team?" He Fang was going home to take care of his children after busy work, but who knew that Fan Bingbing came to call.

"Hey, you are so positive? Aren't you a busy person? You are busy making money every day. Why do you have time to think about joining the group?" He Fang teased.

"Yeah, I've always been more positive."

“3月10进组吧，4月2号开机，熟悉个20天差不多了。”

"Okay, just in time. I went back to Hong Kong to buy some children's clothes. I'll come over on the 9th to see your children. How about it?"

"..." He Fang was speechless and thought for a while: "Aren't you afraid of rumors? I don't want the children to misunderstand."

"Don't worry, I'm not afraid. Besides, I will keep it confidential."

(End of this chapter)