You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 616 ① Thief Guo Fan ② Muscular man and gay ③ Xiaoming is ecstatic ④ Yan Zi is furious

Yang Mi came to visit the set with Liu Yifei, but when they left, it was just her and her daughter, while Liu Yifei stayed.

Although it's not Sissi's turn yet, it's only a few days away, so there's no need to go back and forth.

Moreover, Xixi can play a deterrent role here, and can also prevent her own powerful leaders from attracting many attentions.

It would be fine if it attracted butterflies, but what if it attracted wasps instead?

Doesn’t Jiang Wen know that she should keep some distance? She keeps pulling her husband to discuss the script and filming all day long. It’s okay for them to be together during filming, but they’re still sticking together after the filming!
That’s too much!

However, Wang Quan soon brought the crew back to Beijing. After the scenes in Zhangjiajie were finished, they would shoot the main scenes of the film in the studio of Butian Film Base in Beijing, and the shooting would continue until winter.

For this film, the base built two of the largest studios in Asia, one of which is filled with water to simulate the ocean, and the other is land.

Usually when one studio is in use, the other one is setting up the scene, and it is not until winter that exterior shots are taken in the northeast, so that Wang Quan can still take care of his family.

Filming in water has always been a very challenging project in the film industry. Wang Quan had not done much of this before, but Long Yang's "Life of Pi" and Wang Dao's "Legend of the Mermaid Pearl" are both of this type.

The company's technical staff has accumulated considerable experience, and Wang Quan even had a phone conversation with Cameron.

His "Avatar 2" is about the underwater world and is expected to start shooting next year.

Many domestic directors knew that Wang Quan had approved land and built a new studio in order to make a movie, so they all wanted to come and see how he shot the ocean scenes.

Not long after returning to Beijing, director Zhang Yimou came to visit the set.

He was accompanied by Huang Xiaoming and Yu Bo, the two male protagonists of "The Lost Tomb: My God" and the executive producer of "The Lost Tomb: My God" Guo Fan.

This movie has just been released and is considered the first Chinese-language blockbuster of the summer season.

They came to visit the set, and both movies made the news.

Wang Quan first congratulated Zhang Yimou, "The first day box office was 1.5 million, and the word of mouth was good. It's another 10 billion-level movie, which is cause for celebration!"

Lao Mouzi's face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, very brightly. It was the first time he felt the feeling of being praised for making a commercial blockbuster.

"The Lost Tomb" has an opening score of 7.5 on Douban, which is the highest-scoring commercial film by Zhang Yimou and the second highest score in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series after the first film in Wang Quan.

With the work of Zhang Yimou, the script controlled by Wang Dao, and the special effects details controlled by Guo Fan, "The Lost Tomb" is indeed an excellent commercial film.

The most valuable thing about it is that the three consecutive "Ghost Blows Out the Light" films have similar styles and fewer and fewer surprises due to the restrictions of royal power.

Zhang Yimou started a new film and didn't even use the nickname "Ghost Blows Out the Light". There were no duplicate actors and it was simply called "The Wrath of the West Hunan". It tells a bizarre story of the underworld in the Republic of China, but the story involves past events of the main plot of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Moreover, there is very little interference from royal power in this movie, so the film's aesthetic style is entirely Zhang Yimou's. After watching three "Ghost Blows Out the Light" movies in a row, I feel refreshed when watching this one.

Wang Quan chatted with Lao Mouzi for a few words, and Brother Xiao Ming also came over to talk.

This year he will release two blockbuster movies, one is "The Lost Tomb" and the other is "The Piano Tuner". One of them will start with a box office of 10 billion yuan and the other will start with a Douban score of 8 points.

These two movies in 16 have largely made up for his disadvantage of not playing the leading role in any other royal films. Among the four young actors, he can still rank second to first.

So he was very grateful to Wang Quan and insisted on making a guest appearance in "Xiao Yao You".

Unfortunately, Wang Quan doesn't need it. Chen Feiyu's role is not a cameo, it's a minor role. However, Huang Xiaoming's cameo is really a cameo. A super star like him will distract the audience to a certain extent and affect the immersive feeling of watching the movie.

As for those female stars he invited, the situation was different. At the same time, Wang Quan invited his wife Dabaobei to make a guest appearance through Huang Xiaoming.

Yu Bo was still as Buddhist as ever, not talking much. He followed Guo Fan to look here and there, and when he saw props that looked like old objects, he picked them up and looked at them. He seemed to like them very much and felt that they matched his own courtyard house very well.

Guo Fan is here to learn from others. He has already started preparations for "The Wandering Earth", which will start filming next year. He might be able to use both studios.

Although the first part of The Wandering Earth did not have any scenes set in the ocean, the second part was no exception.

At first, he thought superficially that "The Wandering Earth" was just a short story and that it would be enough to make a movie.

But inspired by Director Quan, he discovered that the background of The Wandering Earth could be expanded to many things, and that it could be explained clearly only with a main story, a prequel, and a sequel.

So in addition to the complete version of the first script, they also started planning the prequel and sequel, and left a hook when filming the first part, making the layout from the beginning.

But he still asked worriedly: "Director, what if the first film loses money?"

Wang Quan said calmly: "As long as the score is over 7, no matter how much compensation is paid, we can open the second part."

These words gave Guo Fan the courage to give it a try.

"Director, can I come over and continue to be your assistant director?" Guo Fan looked at the scene in front of him and the various filming equipment he had never seen before, and couldn't help but feel itchy.

Wang Quan chuckled: "We should also give some opportunities to the junior brothers behind us. Although I have eight assistant directors, each one is very important and needs to be full-time and on call at any time. Can you do it?"

He definitely can't do it. Although there is still about a year before "The Wandering Earth" starts shooting, he is also very busy every day. He knows how strong Director Quan's ability is to make light of heavy tasks when he is actually involved in a large project with an investment of hundreds of millions.

However, seeing that he was so eager to learn, Wang Quan also gave him a nominal title of producer. He could come to the crew at any time and check the shooting diary and behind-the-scenes footage of "Xiao Yao You" at any time.

It just so happened that he had nothing to do today, and when Zhang Yimou and the others were getting ready to leave, Guo Fan was still on the crew.

Now Liu Yifei has joined the crew, playing a pirate leader who is highly skilled in martial arts but whose scheming is even stronger than his martial arts.

She is also a widow.

What is being filmed now is the process of her growing from a weak woman to a female pirate king, which will be interspersed with the memories of the first part.

The actor who played Liu Yifei's deceased husband was her classmate Zhu Yawen.

Zhu Yawen was very happy as he finally got to act with Concubine Yi. He was most happy when he got to play the role of Wang Quan. Although it only took three days to shoot, it was enough.

He feels that his look and character are so attractive.

During the crucial filming period, Jiang Wen kept staring at his muscular body. There were no scenes for him, but Jiang Wen came almost every day.

Zhu Yawen trained these muscles hard for "Operation Mekong", but the requirements for "Xiao Yao You" were higher, so he continued to train. He used to have a very artistic temperament, but now he has become a muscular man, which is very attractive to gays.

"Director Jiang, do you have anything to say to me?"

After finishing the last day of filming, Zhu Yawen finally plucked up the courage to ask Jiang Wen a question.

Jiang Wen asked him back, "Do you dare to take a role that exposes your butt?"

Zhu Yawen said directly: "Why should I be afraid of accepting this? It's not like I'm showing my dick."

Of course, if it's a director like Wang Quan or Jiang Wen, it's not impossible to discuss exposing the bird, as long as his wife doesn't mind. After all, family disgrace should not be made public. Jiang Wen nodded, "Okay, I have a play next year and I'm short of a leading actor. You can be one of the candidates, but I can't make the final decision on whether to use you or not."

He is not Wang Quan. Although he will invest in his own works, there are other investors. Everyone has a say in the actors. He has already decided that he will play the second male lead and his wife will play the first female lead, so the male lead should be decided by other investment bosses, otherwise he will appear to be autocratic. There should still be some democracy in making movies.

After hearing this, Zhu Yawen returned to the company and immediately talked to Mr. Li Xing about it.

Now he is the top star of Hesong Media, and he is the leading actor in Jiang Wen’s movie. In the Chinese entertainment industry, he may be second only to the leading actors of Wang Quan and Zhang Yimou.

What Lao Jiang said was very clear, he wanted your company to make an effort.

Li Xing immediately made a cross-border call to his sister Li Bingbing in Hollywood, and then asked someone to find out who else was eyeing the role.

Then I heard that Wanwan Capital wanted to help Peng Yuyan get this role.

After two years of depression, Peng Yuyan has now returned to the mainland and starred in director Lu Chuan's new film "The Wolf of the Desert", which will be released in the summer.

Li Bingbing knew that Wang Quan didn't like Peng Yuyan, as if that boy had expressed his affection for Concubine Liu Yi.

So Li Bingbing gave Li Xing a death order, "This role must be won by Zhu Yawen, even if we have to invest part of it as well."

Of course, this investment is equivalent to bringing capital into the group, and the treatment is different from that of the original investors.

It’s a pity that Wang Quan didn’t know, otherwise he would have to persuade her that in 2025, as he could foresee, Lao Jiang’s works would have no investment value.

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Huang Xiaoming went around with the crew of "The Lost Tomb: My God" to promote the film. The box office has reached 8 million yuan, and 10 billion yuan is just around the corner. The role of Chen Yulou played by him was also very well received, and was said to be the funny part of the film. It seems that the audience likes him to play comedies. He is also the funny part in "Leng Feng".

When Huang Xiaoming returned to his home in Beijing, his wife Dabaobe seemed to be in a bad mood.

He understood that "The Lost Tomb" and "Independence Day 2" were released on the same day, and Yang Ying played an important role in "Independence Day 2", which was equivalent to the third female role.

As a result, the sequel of this once global annual box office champion flopped in North America, and its performance in mainland China was also not ideal, being outperformed by "The Lost Tomb: My God". It now grosses less than 300 million yuan, and Dabaobei's acting skills are even more suppressed.

"It's okay, dear. I have good news for you."

"I also have good news." Yang Ying said.

Huang Xiaoming: "From your look, it doesn't look like good news."

"Yes, it's good news for you. You've always wanted a child, haven't you?" Yang Ying took out the test report, "I'm pregnant."

Huang Xiaoming was so excited that he almost jumped up. He really wanted to hug Yang Ying and spin around, but he was worried about hurting the little cells in his stomach.

"What about your good news?" Yang Ying asked after he had vented.

"Oh, it's like this. I went to visit Director Quan a while ago, and he invited you to play a cameo role."

"Ah, really!"

Yang Ying was more excited than Huang Xiaoming. Brother Xiaoming quickly advised her to calm down and said he would not have said it if he had known it earlier.

Yang Ying rolled her eyes and said, "Husband, you see I'm still so young, why don't we just give up the child for now? I'm afraid it will affect Director Quan's film."

Huang Xiaoming would definitely not agree, "It's just a cameo, not much of a role."

"One minute?"

Huang Xiaoming: “It seems not.”

"Ah, you won't give me even a minute of screen time?" Yang Ying waved her hand. "Forget it. If I'm pregnant by then, I'll just postpone it."

Huang Xiaoming: "Wait a minute, let me ask."

A few minutes later, Huang Xiaoming said happily: "Bad news, it's indeed not a minute, just a few seconds, and there are no lines, but the good news is that it will be filmed next year, and by then you will have unloaded, so it can still be filmed!"

Yang Ying: “…”

"The Piano Tuner" is scheduled to be released in early August. Huang Xiaoming is the brightest star in this summer season, and everything is happy for him.

But his Swallow hasn't been so happy lately.

First, just after the filming of "No Other Love" directed by her was completed, some netizens revealed that her male lead Dai Liren had made poisonous remarks against Taiwan.

Then another netizen revealed that the actress in the film, Japanese actress Kiko Mizuhara, also made emulsification remarks.

It's just a bit of a beep.

She swore that she really didn't mean it, but considering her previous photo-taking incident, netizens were immediately outraged and started digging up her past.

So Zhao Yanzi could only delete Mizuhara Kiko's role. It was okay since she had few scenes, but Dai Li Shixin was the male lead, so how could she delete him? Did she have to use some face-changing technology?
This is not the end. The movie was already upsetting enough, and then she and her husband’s business also ran into problems, and they were very big problems.

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"Ah, is this our crew? It's so grand!" After the holiday, Meng Ziyi did not go back to her hometown, but directly joined the crew of "Xiao Yao You" and took over Xiaotian's shift.

Xiaotian took over the work from her for three days, and the three assistants also accompanied Director Quan for three days in various ways. Then Xiaotian completely resigned from the assistant job and flew to Shanghai.

Entering July, "The Lost Tomb: Wrath of the West Hunan" successfully broke through 10 billion. billion is difficult to achieve, after all, it is a spin-off, and the blockbusters of July are about to be released one after another.

"Pacific Rim 2" and "Big Fish and Begonia" were released at the same time at the beginning of the month.

And there are also films like Qiankun's "The Monkey King", Lu Chuan's "The Wolf of the Desert", Cheng Long and Fan Bingbing's "Skiptrace", Yinghuang's "The Legend of the Gods", and Golden Harvest's "Cold War 2".

Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.

The crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" is currently shooting some exterior scenes here, which is the part about forced demolition at the beginning of the film. The emotions are very high, and Wu Jing is aiming to shoot it %. As for how much will be approved in the end, it depends on the power of the Jinling Military Region and Wang Dao. That is not something he should consider.

Everything came together, and after shooting this scene, the crew took seven days off before switching locations.

During these seven days off, he will promote Pacific Rim 2 in China, which is his first Hollywood blockbuster as the lead actor. I won't mention The Mummy 3, it's embarrassing.

When he met with the main creators in Beijing, he only saw Miyoshi Ayaka, Sometani Shota and Han Dongjun.

It’s normal that the male lead John Boyega didn’t come, after all, he is responsible for the North American promotion. But why didn’t the female lead come either?

"Is Jun Ji-hyun also going to North America?" he asked.

Younger brother Han Dongjun shook his head: "She can't come, Brother Jing, haven't you heard about it..."

(End of this chapter)