China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 158 Trivia
After the official start of work after the Chinese New Year, He Hua suddenly became busy and had no time to learn to draw.

The crew of "The Age of Awakening" gathered again in North Putuo Film and Television City and started filming BJ's scenes.

"Puff puff puff f*cking puff. Fuck"

As soon as He Hua went to the scene to check the situation, he ate a mouthful of dry soil.

Everyone sitting near the monitor was happy to see him, Kong Sheng joked with a smile:
"Huazi, do you know what kind of life we ​​have been living these days?"

He Hua just wanted to speak, but the pain in his mouth came up again, he quickly waved: "Water, bring me a bottle of water."

After the staff handed him water, he rinsed his mouth several times to feel better.

"How long will this be going on?"

"It will take another two days to spread it evenly." Jian Chuanhe who was on the side replied.

"alright."

He Hua decided to come back three days later, feeling really uncomfortable with his mouth full of dirt.

Why is there dirt?

This is actually the crew restoring the dusty scene of BJ City in the early 20th century.

Crews are using blowers these days to blow up truckloads of dry dirt and sand so they look more natural when they fall down.

When actually shooting, the same method will be used to create a visual effect of yellow sand all over the sky.

While chatting, He Hua thought of a question, looked at Zhang Kaizhou and asked:
"How did you find the group performers? Especially those peddlers and Shulaibao."

The number of group performances needed here is relatively large, so they should be arranged in advance, so as not to delay the shooting.

"No problem, I've already contacted them. Shulaibao and the old man Qiulijiao. I went to the Quyi Association. They are very enthusiastic."

"That's good."

Shulaibao is a form of folk art with a relatively long history. At first, it was sung by beggars to ask for rewards. Most of them are composed and sung now, so they are loved by ordinary people.

He Hua thinks that the use of them in the original book is very good. It not only has a market atmosphere, but also can explain the changes in the political arena during this period more simply and clearly.

So He Hua kept this piece intact.

Also playing the same role are the "Xiaorehun" sung by the pear paste candy seller, and the big drum sung by Mr. Shouchang at the worker's house in Changxindian.

After talking again, He Hua saw that the time was almost up, so he greeted everyone and drove back to the company to attend the script seminar of "Floating and Sinking".

Youhua Entertainment currently has three screenwriting studios, and the one responsible for the script creation of "Floating and Sinking" is Xingkong Studio, which has just obtained the script authorship right with the success of "Snail House".

They started writing in December last year, and handed in the script when they went to work two days ago.

He Hua read it by himself, and exchanged opinions with his teacher Gu Yan.

Gu Yan is now considered as a non-staff member of Youhua, and will help Youhua do some script review and evaluation work.

He Hua has also watched the original TV series adapted from "Floating and Sinking", and the novel has been greatly changed in the play.

The protagonist in the novel, Qiao Li, is a typical Cinderella of a foreign company. From the front desk to the secretary to the president, to sales, and then to the [-] million order, every step is the result of her careful planning.

In the TV series, Qiao Li's workplace scenes are greatly compressed, and she loses her relationship as soon as she comes up. Later, when she sees a handsome guy with a nosebleed and a handsome uncle, she can't help being excited, looking like a nympho.

Sales director Lu Fan, Qiao Li's boss, in the novel he is calm and elegant, willing to "die for a confidant", but in the TV series he is described as a suave and romantic lover, and all kinds of female salesmen, female customers Playing ambiguously.

There is also Wang Guilin, the director of a state-owned enterprise who acts in a low-key manner. In the novel, the unfathomable scheming and city mansion have become a handsome middle-aged handsome man in the TV series, who is upright and honest.

And so on, and so on, the people who watched frowned.

He Hua understands that TV dramas have their own market and considerations, but it is very puzzling to turn a thrilling novel about workplace business warfare into an urban emotional drama about you and me. What about the story?
So He Hua only made one request after reading the novel and TV series: the theme of business warfare in the workplace cannot be changed, and a real workplace struggle drama should be made.

However, the ratings of such a drama are estimated to be inferior to the original version.

The script submitted by Xingkong Studio also followed He Hua's opinion, retained the wonderful plots in the novel, and depicted the thrilling shopping mall game.

And they also took a different approach, inserting some troubles in her life when describing the protagonist Qiao Li's career growth from Cinderella to gold medal sales.

For example, if her parents want her to go back to her hometown, she sometimes feels tired and wants to give up;

When she reached her age, her family urged her to get married, and as soon as she returned home, she faced the nagging of her seven aunts and eight aunts. She couldn't bear it, and she fought back against the group of people with sharp remarks, which aroused complaints from her family.

There is also her final love belonging. They created an original character, a teacher in the history department of the university, who loves reading and cooking, and gave Qiao Li a shelter from the wind.

He Hua expressed his approval for this, and the degree of relaxation is more conducive to the shaping of the character.

However, he made some comments:
"The restructuring of state-owned enterprises still needs to be carefully processed. For example, what is their daily life like? They don't go to work until 9:10, go to drink tea, play poker, play chess, and have relationships with households and examination editors. What’s the difference? And what is their attitude towards the factory restructuring? Don’t be afraid of the review, write it out first and we’ll discuss it later.”

"If you only write about the mediation between the factory director and foreign companies, the script will appear relatively empty"

Then everyone discussed some details, and finally He Hua made a concluding speech:

"Polish the script well, we strive to make this drama a benchmark for workplace dramas!"

In addition to these, preparations for the movie "Those Years" have also begun.

Liu Yifei listened to He Hua's suggestion and established a new company - Yili Media, with her as the legal person and her mother Liu Xiaoli as the general manager of the company. Later, she will find professionals to be in charge of the company's operations. Now she is only involved in film investment.

The two companies co-financed the film "Those Years".

The total investment was 1000 million, Youhua took 600 million and Yili 400 million.

However, the 1000 million is only the agreed investment amount. In fact, Youhua used He Hua's directing + script + film and television adaptation rights to directly offset the 200 million share.

It can't be counted as a offset, as He Hua, as a well-known screenwriter, can rely on the script to get a share of the film's box office.

And becoming a director is naturally because of the persuasion of his girlfriend.

So the actual account is only 800 million.

Out of the 800 million, 100 million was also paid to Red Starwood as Liu Yifei's film remuneration.

Now there is only 700 million production costs left, and He Hua didn’t even think about inviting any big names. Except for Liu Yifei, it’s good to choose some newcomers for other roles, so you don’t have to “wear it” in a limited budget like other directors. Shackles dance".

(End of this chapter)