China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 179 Shirley Yang

Although Guangguang obeyed Youhua's advice in the field of TV dramas, and paid as much as it wanted, it was because of the performance of Youhua Entertainment, and there were still several net profits from investments.

In addition, Guangguang Media entered the TV drama field at the beginning of the past two years, and lacked experience and needed to learn more from other companies.

But in the field of film, people's experience can be enriched.

Now Huang Lan has come up with the film project "Lost Orphaned" out of the blue. To be honest, you, Huang Lan, are not optimistic about the project even if you are a layman. If you take this project to attract investment, I am afraid that you will not treat the bright people as fools.

If it weren't for the sake of the previous cooperation, Li Xiaoping would have thrown this book away.

But after all, this is not the business of Enlight Pictures, and it also involves the cooperation of other subsidiaries, so Li Xiaoping just submitted her opinions and judgments on this project, together with the script, to the boss Wang Changtian.

Within two days, Wang Changtian called He Hua to ask him out for dinner.

Liu Yifei handed over the new coat she bought for her boyfriend: "How can we make a date for dinner?"

"It should be about "Lost Orphans." He Hua changed his shoes, took his coat and went out.

He Hua's guess was right. At the dinner table, Wang Changtian said cryptically: He Hua's career as a director has taken too long. Even if he is not short of money, he still needs to think more about the market. After all, investors look at this.

It is not easy for a new director to switch genres, especially for a director like He Hua who hasn't made any achievements yet.

If a person wants to gain market and industry recognition, he must succeed at least two or three times in the same category.

Isn't that what He Hua did when he first entered the industry as a screenwriter?In addition to "Little Chef", which was produced with her own money, she successively produced two popular TV series "Latent" and "Before Dawn", which became famous in the field of spy warfare before changing direction.

Now that you are a film director, you have just made a youth romance movie, and it has not been released yet, and you have no fart results, so you are going to make a road movie with a realistic theme. Is this reasonable?

If it weren't for you, you wouldn't bother to talk to me.

He Hua didn't refute, but just pulled up his trouser legs, revealing the scabbed scars on his legs:
"It was accidentally dropped while riding a motorcycle on the road. There are still several places on my body. I have only been running for a month, and that's it. That father has been running for 10 years."

"So I definitely want to make the movie. I can understand Mr. Wang's reluctance to invest, but I still have to ask Mr. Wang to help with the publicity and distribution."

In the end, Wang Changtian, who had a good drink, said that he would invest 200 million in it:
"Brother, we working in the media must have such a sense of social responsibility. I haven't said it yet, but I support you!"

After Guangguang Media invested 200 million, Huang Lan went to the top floor of the company's office building with the script, and found Mr. Wang, the coal boss who first invested in Youhua Entertainment.

When Mr. Wang heard about this theme, he was very generous and took out 400 million, accounting for 33.3% of the share.

In fact, since He Hua and the others brought Mr. Wang into the film and television investment industry, although he has not made a lot of money in the past few years, the overall income is still good.

So as long as Youhua wants something and it is reasonable, he will basically not refuse.

"It's already halfway done. By the way, the proprietress, she probably won't reject the project she suggested." Huang Lan thought to herself.

So Huang Lan got another 300 million from Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei.

"Sister Xiang, "Lost Orphans" has a bank loan of 300 million yuan."

"no problem."

After securing the investment, the preliminary preparations for "Lost Orphans" began.

He Hua originally wanted to find the former Zhao Fei to continue as the photographer, but he had already joined Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", so there was no way.

After thinking twice, He Huatuo contacted Yu Liwei, the photographer of Jia Zhangke, who is also from Shanxi.

Jia Zhangke's films have always been good at reflecting the changes of an era with the personal stories of small characters.

And what kind of space scene to choose to make a statement of time and place, psychological changes of characters, and social changes becomes particularly important.

And this highlights the photographer Yu Liwei's photography skills.

In "Tale of 24 Cities", Yu Liwei built an old military enterprise with a history of 40 years. The balanced composition in the film, the sense of orderly lines, and the gray-green representative color of the traditional military factory are all Yu Liwei. The added detail of this space complements the history and authenticity of the scene.

At the same time, Yu Liwei is also very good at shaping the atmosphere of the film with long shots, depicting the inner development of the characters, and highlighting the protagonist's mood.

The heart-to-heart conversation in the movie "Xiao Wu" and the two long shots of Xiao Wu being detained on the street at the end are both classic examples of showing the accumulation of inner emotions of the characters.

He Hua also took a fancy to this.

Yu Liwei has already completed the production of his own film at this moment, and just had time, he briefly chatted with He Hua about the content of the film and the thoughts he wanted to express, and then agreed.

With spare energy to do photography for the team, the company can handle the rest of the drama, art, service, recording, etc.

In mid-November, the crew of "Lost Orphans" conducted an audition for actors, and finally settled on Zhang Guoli and Zhu Yilong.

"Here is the shooting record we went to Guo Gangtang to do before. Uncle Zhang, you can take a good look at it. I will give you his phone number when it is finished. If you have any questions, you can call me or him." He Hua pointed A stack of CDs said.

"Okay, I'll take it back and take a good look at it." Zhang Guoli nodded.

After Zhang Guoli left, He Hua turned to look at Zhu Yilong:

"Actually, Huang Xuan's performance is better, do you know that?"

"Ah" Zhu Yilong, who was originally complacent about being able to stand out among a group of people and get the role, was suddenly confused.

Yes, in terms of overall performance, Huang Xuan was indeed much better than Zhu Yilong who had just left school. It was just the scene in Zhu Yilong's final audition where Zeng Shuai met his biological parents. The emotional expression and lingering look in his eyes moved He Hua.

"The movie is expected to start shooting in early January, I hope to see your progress then, if the performance does not satisfy me"

There was no need to say anything else. He Hua gave Zhu Yilong a look and let him understand for himself, then left directly.

In addition to these two characters, there are also a few characters with a bit of a role in the play, such as the girl who kindly provided clues, the aunt who slapped her hand, Zeng Shuai's biological parents, the traffic police on the highway, and He Hua's newly added Several important passer-by roles, these He Hua handed over to the assistant director Su Lun to handle.

It was a test for her to take on the role of assistant director for the first time.

The preparatory stage of the film is a meticulous and strategic process, just like building a house and making blueprints, you need to consider all aspects, how to run water and electricity, heat insulation in summer, heat preservation in winter, etc. As perfect as possible.

Before the official start, every prop, every shot, and every person must be thoughtful, otherwise it is easy to go wrong during shooting.

For He Hua's last film "Those Years", the preparatory work was not done properly, and he started to work when he recruited people, and then there were frequent incidents during filming, which delayed a lot of time. This time He Hua has to learn a lesson.

Except for the newcomer to the camera team of "Lost Orphan", the others have basically done 2-3 projects in Youhua. They have rich experience, so the cooperation is very smooth.

In the following time, He Hua would go to the company basically every day, and held a meeting with the heads of the various teams of the "Lost Orphaned" crew to discuss the specific shooting process.

Decompose the script, split it one by one according to the basic elements such as scenes, locations, actors, etc., and at the same time carefully mark the required props, equipment, etc. and formulate the corresponding shooting time.

Finally, it will be integrated into a production schedule, allowing the production team to coordinate and formulate a detailed shooting plan.

When the filming starts, every member of the crew will have a copy, and they will know what to do and what not to do.

If there is a problem at that time, it is not a problem of work ability, but a problem of work attitude.

After the shooting plan comes out, the producer can also make a corresponding budget plan according to this plan. A good producer can also help the crew save a lot of money.

Huang Lan did a good job in the past, and now the producer of "Lost Orphaned" is Yu Jiajia, who is a senior assistant.

The little girl joined the company when she was preparing for "Little Chef". She has been working hard in Youhua for more than three years, from a front desk girl who can do everything to an assistant to the general manager. Now she is determined to learn more. He Hua and Huang Lan Also willing to give her this opportunity.

During He Hua's busy period, You Hua's new project has also made progress.

The script of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Exquisite Ancient City" has finally been completed after several revisions. If there are any subsequent changes, it will be a matter of director and shooting.

It's just that the script has been finalized, but Huang Lan has been unable to make up her mind about who to direct. There are too few TV dramas and movies of this kind, and this project is too important. It is related to the subsequent development of the entire series and the company's future IP. In the end, Huang Lan handed over the choice to He Hua.

After much consideration, He Hua came up with two names: Sun Molong and Fei Zhenxiang.

Sun Molong is also a general of the "Mountain Shadow Department". He was a photographer at first and then a director.

Photographic works include the TV series "Crossing the Guandong", "The Line of Life and Death", "All Quiet in Peking", "Nirvana in Fire", the movies "Single Fire", "Rebirth of Beichuan", etc.;

Director's works include "Parents' Love", "Two Families in Wenzhou", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" and so on.

First of all, I have to say that the training mechanism of Shanying's "teaching and mentoring" has really cultivated a lot of talents, from Zhang Xinjian, Kong Sheng to the next batch of Li Xue, Sun Molong, Zhang Kaizhou, Jian Chuanhe, Zhang Yongxin, Zhou You, everyone Can stand alone.

And these people have directly built a unique "Shandong director universe" with their stable output of works and strong quality control, supporting half of the national drama.

Secondly, a camera that does not want to be a director is not a good camera.

In the domestic film and television industry, many famous directors are from photography and videography, and this feature is especially obvious among the Shanying group.

Kong Sheng first entered the industry as a camera assistant, then "turned regular" to become the main photographer, and finally became a director.

Sun Molong also took the same route, which made them extremely good at controlling the picture effects such as color and tone.

When He Hua saw Sun Molong's works, the first thing he felt was that the foundation was solid, and his camera language rarely had superfluous and meaningless show-offs; secondly, the details were handled with a sense of hierarchy, which made him quite satisfied.

As for Fei Zhenxiang, this person studied under Guan Hu. To be honest, He Hua didn't know him very well.

But what made him famous were several tomb-robbing dramas starring Pan Yueming, such as "Angry Qingxi Xiangxi" and "Longling Miku".

These two dramas are remarkable in terms of art, setting, camera language, etc., the story rhythm is relatively good, and the screen is full of immersion, which shows his directing skills.

It's just that the overturned "Yunnan Bug Valley" made He Hua realize that this is a director who needs script support very much.

With a good script, he may surprise you.

It's just that it was 7-8 years later, and He Hua couldn't guarantee the level of these two people now, so He Hua asked Huang Lan to bring these two people in for a discussion before making a decision.

Although she didn't understand why she was looking for two inexperienced people, Huang Lan still did as she wanted. Who let He Hua's record stand there? Aren't Zhang Kaizhou and Xue Xiaolu the boss's eyesight to recognize talents?

Sun Molong, who received the call, didn't want to come at first. He felt that his current pace was very good, he could learn a lot every day, and lived a fulfilling life. There would be opportunities to direct in the future, so don't worry.

It was Hou Hongliang and Kong Sheng who persuaded him to go over and have a look, and come back if he failed. Both He Hua and Youhua Entertainment Company are still good.

After the two came over, He Hua invited them to a meal and handed over the script and novel at the same time:

"You can take a look first. If you have any ideas, we can talk about it after we finish. We don't care whether you are in the hotel or home during this period, but the script information cannot be leaked. This is very important."

"I'm sure you've seen the title, Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City, Ghost Blowing the Lantern, this is a series, and there may be 3-5 episodes, so I hope you will seize the opportunity seriously."

Sun Molong and Fei Zhenxiang looked at each other, took the script and turned it over.

"Don't worry, eat first, the food will not taste good when it gets cold"

After entertaining the two of them, He Hua came home and saw Liu Yifei sitting on the sofa reading a book, and couldn't help asking:
"Hey, what about the script I showed you?"

Liu Yifei replied casually without looking up: "I saw it."

He Hua walked over and lay down on the sofa, putting his head on his girlfriend's lap:
"Look, then what? You don't have any ideas?"

Liu Yifei made a mark with a bookmark, closed the book, and then looked down at her boyfriend:

"You want me to play that Shirley Young, right?"

He Hua looked at his girlfriend's eyes that seemed to be talking, and nodded.

"But I don't like it." Liu Yifei pouted and frowned slightly: "I want to play some meaningful and challenging roles, just like Liu Mei before."

But someone praised you for your good performance, and then you forgot that you didn't "awaken" when you disliked this role before?He Hua complained in his heart, but he still reminded her:

"We will make a series of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". This character will have a big bonus in the future. You really have to think about it carefully."

But Liu Yifei still shook her head firmly, she really doesn't care about these now.

"Okay, then we'll find another actor, don't regret it."

Liu Yifei opened the book and continued to read, ignoring him.

He Hua was also speechless: It's a common problem of becoming famous at a young age. You have everything early, and then you don't cherish it.

A week later, He Hua interviewed Sun Molong and Fei Zhenxiang.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses, and in the end He Hua decided to co-direct the play together.

(End of this chapter)