The King of Directors 2000

At 2013:12 a.m. on December 15, 9, the crew and crew of "La La Land" were preparing carefully, and the actors were also ready to go.

The makeup artist who applied makeup to Yue Ming was very quick with her hands and feet, applying powder and applying eyebrows.

It is still very cold in Chongqing today. According to the weather forecast, it will be extremely cold in Chongqing this winter. This cold wave will last until the end of the month.

The field workers all wore thick down coats.

The actors had nothing to do, their main attire was still summer style.

At this time, Yue Ming's body was shaking slightly. He was wearing a shirt and a suit. There was a thermal underwear inside the shirt, but he was still very cold.

The makeup artist couldn't help but glance at Yue Ming, with sympathy in his eyes.

The filming on the set of this movie had been going very quickly, but something went wrong in the last scene.

This scene is actually very simple. It is just a scene of the male protagonist playing the piano and showing off his skills.

If it were an ordinary movie, maybe a replacement would be hired.

However, this is a film that is going to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, so using a hand substitute will definitely lower the judges’ impression score.

Films participating in competition at the Cannes Film Festival must have original voices by actors.

Although there are no clear regulations on stand-ins, hand substitutes and foot substitutes.

But the style is there, and the judges at the Cannes Film Festival don't like this kind of trick.

When Yue Ming was filming this scene before, he was probably too tired or didn't practice enough. He stumbled when playing, without any bearing of a jazz master.

After Li Shengyao thought for a moment, he announced that the crew would take a two-day break.

It is said that the crew is taking a break, but in fact everyone knows that it is to let Yue Yueming rest and recuperate.

Regarding this point, the actors and production workers didn't say much. After all, Lee Sheng Yew has always been strict.

But now that he is back, the way everyone looks at Yue Ming is not so friendly.

The weather was so cold that no one wanted to drag out the last scene. Everyone wanted it to end quickly.

Especially the film crew. They followed Li Shengyao and their work intensity was inherently higher than that of the average crew.

Moreover, Li Shengyao has been filming three movies in a row, starting from September last year, and it has been almost fifteen months now, from Dalian to Tyrande, and then to Chongqing. These people are tired.

Before this, they had only one movie a year, which was very relaxing.

Not to mention that many people have long planned vacations. If they are delayed at this time, it will naturally be unpleasant.

The actors also have their work cut out for them.

Needless to say, Li Lianhua, her fashion resources have always been good.

Even Yue Yueming himself has many things to do. It is the end of the year and various business activities are coming.

Under such circumstances, everyone hopes that Yue Ming can perform well and finish filming the last scene as soon as possible.

The pressure can be imagined.

The makeup artist felt that other people were looking over at this moment, and she did not dare to look up. She could imagine how many people's expectations Yue Yueming's work carried today.

Finally put on makeup.

Li Shengyao stepped forward and patted Yue Ming on the shoulder, "Don't be stressed, don't worry, we all support you."

Hearing this, Yue Yueming nodded gratefully.

After a while, with the assistant director shouting to start, today's filming officially began.

Yue Ming sat in front of the piano and focused on playing. The camera gradually zoomed in and focused on Yue Ming's hands.

Li Shengyao soon discovered that the rhythm of the Guangdong Mingtan was messed up and did not match the rhythm of the piece.

This concludes today's first performance.

Two days ago, Xu Yueming's movements were stiff, his lips were dry, and his eyes were tired.

After two days of rest, Yue Yueming's condition is slightly better. Although his rhythm just now was messed up, his hands are flexible and he looks more powerful and skillful.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's rest for ten minutes and then come back."

Hearing this, the others glanced at Yue Yueming and said nothing more.

Yue Yueming himself felt a little embarrassed. He had been practicing this piano piece for almost a year, and he had already become very proficient in it.

But the rhythm just got messed up.

If paired with music, it would look weird, like the dubbing and lip sync don't match.

Although the audience may not be able to spot it, Lee Sheng-yew will certainly not allow such mistakes.

He then sat down and let the makeup artist mess around. He couldn't help turning his peripheral vision towards Li Shengyao, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Shengyao was not angry.

The makeup artist quickly helped Xu Yueming touch up her makeup.

Then all the film crew members got ready, and with a shout from the assistant director, Yue Yueming started the second performance.

Compared with the first time, this time it is more skillful and smooth, but overall, it lacks a bit of chicness and high-spiritedness.

You must know that the male protagonist is very proud of his piano skills. Although his favorite traditional jazz is becoming less and less popular with the audience, as long as he touches the piano himself, his whole temperament becomes different.

After the second performance, Li Shengyao called to Yue Ming and explained the situation.

Yue Yueming immediately nodded to show that he understood.

So Yue Ming continued to shoot, and the rest of the shoot was taken five times.

The third, fourth, and fifth times performed well, and finally achieved the effect Lee Sheng-yao wanted.

These three times, Xu Yueming was like a pianist, very devoted, intoxicated, and his movements were nimble and unrestrained.

The last two passes did not work well.

Li Shengyao understood that the three times just now were probably the peak of Yue Yueming's performance and could not be improved any more. He clapped his hands and then stood up, "Okay, the performance just now was very good. It passed. pass."

When the actors and crew heard this, they all shouted.

Li Shengyao said a few words to Dapeng, and then led the members of the film crew to do the final finishing touches.

Although I have not heard of the film and video tapes from that film and television company being damaged, Lee Sheng-yew was still very cautious and asked the film crew to preserve them carefully and not to be careless.

After all the equipment was packed up, Li Shengyao arranged for the final ceremony.

Not long after, "La La Land" was officially wrapped, accompanied by cheers of "It's finished!"

Just like in the past, Li Shengyao led the assistant director to distribute red envelopes to the actors and crew.

Li Lianhua and Yue Ming were both very excited.

"Director, I learned a lot from this time acting. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"Director, let me toast you tonight."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Okay, let's meet at the wedding banquet tonight."

The work of Li Lianhua and Yue Ming is not over yet. They still need to do the final dubbing and record a song.

This song is a couple's duet specially composed by Lu Guanting for the male and female protagonists. It is not a theme song, but a movie promotion song. Li Shengyao is even busier, editing, scoring, fine editing, and special effects.

The editing and soundtrack were both good, but the final special effects were what worried Lee Sheng-yao the most.

Don't look at the movie footage, the special effects only last for tens of seconds, or a minute or two.

But it often takes several months to create a small picture.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, "La La Land" had several beautiful special effects. These special effects undoubtedly made the movie more exciting, made the male and female protagonists look more interesting, and made the atmosphere more romantic.

The American version of "La La Land" can be said to be a concrete manifestation of the industrialization of Hollywood movies.

This is a capability that mainland film and television does not have.

Of course it cannot be outsourced to a Hollywood special effects company or a Peninsula special effects company.

Mainland special effects companies will never have the opportunity to exercise.

What's more, Fenghua already has a special effects department, and relying on Fenghua's resources, it does very well.

As long as they continue to work hard and do this job well, Lee Sheng Yew will arrange the special effects department to produce animated films. If the animated films become popular, they can be spun off and released in beautiful countries to reap the benefits.

Under such circumstances, the special effects work must be done as quickly as possible to avoid insufficient working time for the special effects department.

So Li Shengyao is quite busy and he has no time to rest.

……

Just as Lee Shengyao planned, after the celebration banquet, Lee Shengyao quickly returned to Yanjing with the film reels, and then took people into the editing room and started editing "La La Land".

This film is a musical and has very high rhythm requirements. When editing, Lee Sheng-yew had to consider a lot.

In order to complete this work as soon as possible, Li Shengyao and three editors worked overtime, working ten hours a day.

It lasted until December 12, when Lee Sheng-yew did not work overtime, but took one night to attend the Fenghua Video Starlight Ceremony.

Now Tencent, Sohu, and Sina are all organizing the Starlight Ceremony, which is a messy pork-sharing award.

Naturally, Fenghua videos are also required.

It's not to compete with several other video websites, but to make money.

Those pork awards are not important. The trophies are all wholesale from Yiwu and cost thirty yuan each.

But the tickets from fans to enter the venue, the sponsorship fees from advertisers, and the revenue from uploading to the Internet are all profitable.

This is the reason why various platforms hold such pork-sharing awards.

Since this is the award ceremony of our own platform, I naturally have to attend.

So Li Shengyao took time out of his busy schedule to attend the Fenghua Starlight Ceremony.

He had been staring at the computer for ten hours a day, and his eyes couldn't stand it. At this time, his eyes were dry and he was very sleepy. It was still early, but he was yawning again and again.

Walking the red carpet with Chen Hao, after entering the awards venue, the lights were not very bright, and Li Shengyao felt even sleepier.

Just when he was about to be lazy and squint, Wu Jing came over.

He first said hello, and then said: "Director, I have found the direction of my next movie. I want to make our Chinese Rambo. What do you think?"

When Li Shengyao heard this, he became more energetic. He knew that what Wu Jing wanted to produce was "Wolf Warrior". He smiled and nodded, "This is a good idea, you can try it."

He paused and thought of the script creation of "Wolf Warrior 2" in his previous life. Wu Jing invited many Internet military masters, and then said: "You can find authors who are good at writing military novels in Internet novels to write the script for you. They write The script is sharper and more fashionable, and more in line with the tastes of young people."

Wu Jing received Li Shengyao's advice and was very happy, "Okay, I will prepare the script carefully."

Wu Jing then left, and then Lu Yang, Huang Bo, and Bao Qiang all came to Li Shengyao for advice.

They all wanted to make new movies. Among them, Huang Bo and Bao Qiang saw Xu Zheng being so successful, and they were excited and wanted to be directors themselves.

Chen Sicheng also came over, "Director, I have written the movie script of "Modern Love Story", do you want to read it?"

"Don't look anymore, I believe in your ability. You go to Fenghua tomorrow and I will tell the people in the investment department how much it will cost. You can just discuss it."

Chen Gou did not expect that Li Shengyao trusted him so much and was very happy, "Director, I will make this movie well and I will never let you down."

Li Shengyao finally found time to participate in his own business activities. He thought he could be lazy, but he didn't expect that there would be an endless stream of people coming to pay homage to the dock.

It wasn't until the awards show started that Lee Sheng-yew got some rest time. Without any hesitation, he crossed his arms and then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

An hour and a half later, the awards ceremony ended, and Lee Sheng-yew went to the celebration banquet with others.

Chen Hao has a special status and has long since withdrawn from the industry. However, as Li Shengyao's woman, she naturally has people to fawn over.

Li Shengyao was still sleepy, so he said hello to all his friends, then went into the lounge, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

After about half an hour of sleep, Li Shengyao regained some energy when someone knocked on the door outside.

"Director, can I come in?"

It was the sound of great power. Li Shengyao stood up and opened the door of the lounge.

Da Mi Mi walked into the lounge with a strong smell of perfume. She was wearing a purple dress with two basketballs exposed, which was very conspicuous.

Probably because he had drunk some wine, his face was slightly red, and his eyes were delicate and delicate.

But when she entered the lounge, she threw herself into the sofa.

"Oh, I'm so exhausted."

Da Mi Mi reached out and pulled the corner of Li Shengyao's clothes, "It's better for you to take it easy, I'm really going to collapse from exhaustion and I even have dark circles under my eyes."

Li Shengyao sat down and put his right hand around Da Mi Mi's waist. Then he lowered his head and kissed her for a while.

"I'm also very tired. I'm going to go blind these days."

"How is that possible? Why are you so tired? Isn't "La La Land" finished?"

"In post-production, this film will participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival. The special effects part will take a long time. I can only speed up the previous production."

Da Mi Mi nodded, then looked up and said, "Christmas will be in two days. Brother, I have three days off. Do you want me to accompany you?"

Da Mi Mi has completed the filming of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" and will go south to Shanghai after Christmas to participate in the filming of "Tiny Times 34".

She hasn't found a boyfriend in the past few years, so she naturally needs one.

The last time I had a passionate night with Lee Sing-yew at the Venice Film Festival, I cursed her the next day, but later I thought about it and realized that Director Lee was really in good health.

Taking advantage of the three-day holiday, I wanted to renew our relationship.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao glanced at the career line of Da Power, then reached out and pinched it, "Forget it, I don't have time recently. I have to edit "La La Land". When I finish editing, the film will be handed over to I can take a break for Lu Guanting's music, and we will discuss it again then."

Da Mi Mi twisted his waist and stood up, threw two basketballs into Li Shengyao's face, and said provocatively: "Brother, are you really not going to accompany me?"

Li Shengyao reacted immediately. He really has no resistance to big basketball.

I have loved the NBA since I was a child and dreamed of becoming a ball-handling god.

But now he really doesn't dare to waste time.

"If you don't want to accompany me, come next January and I will go to Shanghai to find you."

(End of this chapter)