China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 190 "Lost Orphan" is completed

SC Province, MY City, BCQZ Autonomous County, Chenjiaba Town, Xihe Village, on the Iron Cable Bridge

The film crew and camera crew are carefully setting up the camera positions.

He Hua waved to Zhu Yilong, and Zhu Yilong came closer in three steps instead of two steps, listening to He Hua's arrangement: "You will walk like this for a while. When you get to that position, squat sideways. Do you remember?"

"remember."

"We'll try one first later."

"Okay." Zhu Yilong nodded, went to the monitor and carefully wrote down the place where He Hua pointed just now.

He Hua ignored him and picked up the big speaker on the table: "Su Lun, Su Lun"

Su Lun in the distance heard the voice and ran over: "Director."

"Have the arrangements been made for the children?"

"Okay, I've told them everything."

He Hua nodded with satisfaction. The filming of this movie went very smoothly, not only because the preliminary preparation work was done well and carefully, but also because he, the assistant director, also contributed a lot. The arranged work was always completed well. It seems that it can be done in the future. Give her more chances.

"Okay, hard work."

When everything is ready, filming begins.

Zhu Yilong took five or six steps forward, and the camera chased his back.

Suddenly, he slowed down and moved his head slightly, as if he was sizing up something. After a moment, he stopped, turned around and looked down at the bamboo leaves beside the bridge, and squatted down to explore.

"Ka, very good, one guarantee." He Hua shouted.

The others quickly returned to their previous positions, and so did Zhu Yilong, but the feeling just now flashed through his mind quickly, and he seemed to know what the director wanted.

It just seems too late, this is almost finished.

He Hua raised the loudspeaker again: "Attention, all units"

"Teacher Bai, Teacher Chi, thank you for coming to help."

As filming approaches, two more veteran actors have joined the crew - Bai Zhidi and Chi Peng.

These two names may not be familiar to the audience, but the characters they play are definitely memorable to everyone.

Bai Zhidi, Gongsun Wulong in "Wulin Gaiden", is the one who knows the magic of turtle shells, and Bai Zhantang's sunflower acupuncture hand is useless to him; Guoran's father Guo Changshan in "Let's Get Married"; and Guo Ran's father Guo Changshan in "In the Name of the People" Chen Yanshi, had he not been unwilling to recommend and help Qi Tongwei, Qi Tongwei would not have been able to embark on the road of no return.

The same goes for Chi Peng. Although she has never become a big star in her acting career, she has been working hard to portray various roles.

Many years ago, she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 4th Feitian Awards for her outstanding performance as the unemployed young Wu Yue in the TV series "Red Leaves, Beyond the Mountain".

In 08, she played the role of a simple and kind-hearted peasant mother who sent her relatives to the anti-Japanese battlefield in "Yimeng" directed by Guan Hu. With this role, she won the 28th Feitian Award for Outstanding Female. The actor was nominated and shortlisted for the [-]th Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Actress.

In the future, she will also appear in dramas such as "A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix", "Wenzhou Family", "Settle Down", and "Police Honor", becoming a "professional mother".

In short, both of them are very good actors, and He Hua asked them to play the biological parents of Zeng Shuai in the play.

"No, the director is too polite. It's not like you didn't pay me." Bai Zhidi is a very cheerful old man, and he smiles every time he speaks.

Although Chi Peng doesn't talk much, she works very seriously. A few simple pages of the script are filled with her analysis and understanding of the character.

Filming this kind of actor's scenes is the most labor-saving. Either one shot or a little communication can produce the effect that director He Hua wants.

Zhu Yilong and the many extras who were watching on the side were very impressed.

So the next shooting was very smooth and the progress was fast.

On the afternoon of the third day, the crew ushered in the most important family recognition and final scene.

In front of the camera, Zhu Yilong, who had cut his long hair into a crew cut, looked at a group of people on the bridge surrounding an old couple, with a banner behind them that read 'Welcome home', and his eyes were a little moist. Just open your eyes wide and try not to let it flow out.

But he seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, so he pretended to lower his head, adjust his clothes, and squeeze away tears.

After a long time, Zhu Yilong took a deep breath and walked forward.

Zhang Guoli, who came with him, watched this scene quietly.

The camera first chased Zhu Yilong's back, and then the couple and the crowd on the opposite side also started to move. They no longer waited quietly, but took two steps forward eagerly, and then slowed down.

The people on both sides got closer and closer until they stood together.

Chi Peng's trembling hand stretched out towards Zhu Yilong, his lips trembled slightly, and he kept repeating in a voice that only three people could hear: "I'm dripping baby, I'm dripping baby."

Hearing Zhu Yilong's bitterness, he lowered his head and put his face on Chi Peng's hand, feeling the warmth of her palm, his voice choked with sobs: "Mom, I'm back!"

"I'm a baby! I'm a big hair!" Chi Peng could no longer control her emotions. She hugged Zhu Yilong in front of her hard and burst into tears.

Bai Zhidi didn't say anything, he just raised his dark and rough hands and wiped them hard on his face, trying to hug his wife and children, but in the end he just kept stroking Zhu Yilong's head with his right hand:

"Just come back, just come back!"

The surrounding villagers watched this scene, wiping their tears and turning around.

zoom out
Finally, with a "click", the more than three-month filming of "Lost Orphan" came to an end.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

"It's not hard, I can learn a lot from you."

"Really? Then it seems that the next film can put more burden on you."

"Thank you Director!"

"Director, do you have a new project?"

"No, no, I'm just saying that after finishing this movie, I'm going to take a good break and won't start any new projects for the time being."

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At the end of March, the crew of "Lost Orphans" arranged a wedding banquet. Everyone had become familiar with each other after having been together for so long, and chatted with each other about the next arrangements.

He Hua went from table to table, chatting and toasting everyone with two glasses of wine. The atmosphere was lively.

An acquaintance of He Hua, Liu Yan, also came to the banquet.

She was specially arranged by Guangming to interview and record the program.

The main reason is that before the release of "Those Years", He Hua was not well-known in the film industry, so he did nothing at the press conference and early stage publicity for "The Lost Orphan".

Now that He Hua is a newly-minted 'genius director', 'billion-dollar director' and 'commercial director', news that attracts attention like the completion of a movie cannot be ignored.

What's more, the announcement of "Lost Orphan" is also in the hands of Raytheon, and they need to warm up in advance.

After the meal, He Hua, who was slightly tipsy, accepted Liu Yan's interview. It was not considered an interview. The two just sat together and chatted. The program team felt that this was more attractive, and He Hua didn't care.

"Have you felt any changes since becoming a great director?"

"No." "Impossible, I don't believe there has been no change." Liu Yan knows this circle too well, so she doesn't believe it at all.

He Hua tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Nothing has really changed. By the way, does having more phone calls count?"

"Oh, I don't believe no one asked you to make a movie."

"There must be."

"Isn't this a change?"

"So many people have asked me to write scripts before. Isn't this the same thing?"

"What about the crew? Are there any people who didn't trust you before, but now they obey you?"

"I'm the boss, okay? Who dares, don't want to do it?"

The two of them were facing each other tit for tat, and they were talking to each other. It was obvious at a glance that these two people must have a very good relationship.

"Hey, are you going to specialize in movies in the future?" Liu Yan asked curiously.

He Hua shook his head: "Not necessarily. It depends on what you like. I don't think there is much difference between movies and TV series."

"But the movie just listens"

He Hua interrupted: "They are all things to entertain the public."

Didn't David Fincher, who made "Fight Club" and "The Social Network," also make web series such as "House of Cards" and "Mindhunter"?After that, didn’t Martin Scorsese, Quentin, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the Wachowski sisters and other major foreign directors all leave?

Domestically, Feng Xiaogang's "Echo" and "North and South" didn't turn out well either.

So it’s useless to despise this and that, only to produce good works is the real thing.

After the filming of the movie was over, He Hua returned to BJ and handed over the rough-edited materials to the post-production team, who then carried out fine editing, color grading, special effects, soundtrack and other work.

The Rays also released news on this day:
"He Hua's new film "Lost Orphan" was completed yesterday, and the creative team raised a toast to celebrate."

"He Hua's new film "Lost Orphan" tells the story of a father's 10-year search for a son. It is expected to be released in June. Let's look forward to it together."

As soon as the news came out, some people questioned why they had just made a good fresh movie and suddenly turned to this kind of subject. Could it be that they wanted to take a literary route?
Of course, there was also a lot of applause, because in the video interview released by the light, when Liu Yan asked He Hua how he came up with the idea of ​​filming this subject.

He Hua's answer directly stuffed sugar into everyone's mouths.

"In the beginning, a fan of my family asked her to help forward the 'child search information'. You also know that my family is the kind of person who can find a house to take care of stray cats. He is very kind. When she saw this, she felt a little bit I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I thought of helping them, and then”

"I still hope everyone can pay more attention to this group."

This statement and this move made countless passers-by fall in love with this couple. That’s right, they don’t follow just one person, but only pay attention to their relationship.

However, some people say that he is seeking fame or making profits.

He Hua ignored it for the time being and continued to live his own life.

His girlfriend was away, so he went to Shanghai to shoot magazine covers and commercials. After resting at home for two days, he drove his girlfriend's Land Rover to work in the company.

As for his car, since his girlfriend has it, why buy it? Isn’t it a waste of money?

When I arrived at the company, I listened to work reports and held a summary meeting. The whole morning passed quickly.

In the afternoon, the finance department reported the cost statistics for "Lost Orphan" again. He Hua didn't read much and just put it aside.

Anyway, the profits from this movie will be donated in the end, and the loss will only be a few million, so there is no need to watch it again.

After thinking about it, He Hua simply called Huang Lan and drove to Beiputuo Film and Television City to conduct a surprise inspection of "The Ancient City".

After the New Year, the filming of Youhua's two new dramas started at the same time. At that time, the company also held a huge launch conference for the two dramas at the same venue.

Countless media swarmed in, and the three directors and creative actors of the two dramas instantly felt the market's recognition of 'Youhua Drama'.

Fortunately for Li Bingbing and Pan Yueming, they were both popular and such scenes had long been commonplace, but others were not like them.

The three directors were either newbies or the kind of behind-the-scenes workers that no one paid much attention to. How could they have experienced this kind of battle? Seeing this situation, they were excited, excited, and also terrified.

They have realized that this is probably their best opportunity, and they must not miss the opportunity to reach the sky in one step.

The actors of "No." also had the same feelings as them. If they had not starred in this drama, they might never have had the opportunity to appear in front of so many media in their lives.

The media at the scene did not treat them any differently. All the actors were surrounded and questioned for a long time. After all, no one knew who would become popular next in "Youhua Drama".

Isn’t Chen Xiao just an example?Who would have thought that he, who played the buffoon in "The Age of Awakening", would be the first to take the lead.

After the press conference, the two crews went their separate ways. Xu Jizhou took "No." to Hengdian, while Sun Molong and Fei Zhenxiang headed into Beiputuo Film and Television City.

It has been nearly forty days of filming now. He Hua has been busy filming the movie before. Now that he has some free time, of course he wants to come over and check out the situation.

"Huh? Does this girl look familiar?"

As soon as He Hua and Huang Lan walked to an earthen building on the set, they saw several people walking out of it. Among them was a girl wearing old clothes who looked familiar to He Hua.

Now that the company has many things going on, no matter how talented Huang Lan is, she can't grasp the details of each project, so she doesn't know them either.

"Her name is Jiao Junyan, she plays the role of Yingzi in the play, and these two days happened to be filming the scene of the Liao and Jin ancient tombs fighting Hongji." Jiajia, the producer beside her, introduced.

"Jiao Junyan, Jiao Junyan" He Hua muttered twice, and suddenly remembered where he had seen her before: "I remembered, this girl came to the interview for "Little Chef", but she seemed to have long hair at the time."

"You still remember it very clearly." Huang Lan was speechless.

"Haha, at that time I thought this girl should cut her hair short, long hair doesn't look good."

While talking and laughing, they walked into the building.

As soon as they entered, a two-meter-three-meter-tall giant caught the attention of He Hua and others. Coupled with Fu Huadao, he really looked like a red-haired zombie.

This is the basketball player Sun Mingming specially invited by the crew from BJ Shougang. He is 2.35 meters tall, and it is perfect for him to play the role of Hong Jian in the book.

He Hua moved his eyes away from Sun Mingming and looked at the surrounding walls, lamp posts, the coffin in the middle, and the detailed carvings in some places. He Hua nodded secretly.

Let’s not talk about whether the picture is good or not. This level of care is not in vain for the company’s strong support for them.

At this time, Fei Zhenxiang also saw He Hua and Huang Lan who came to inspect the work, and hurried forward.

After a few simple greetings, He Hua sat next to the monitor and waved casually:

"You guys are busy with your business, and I'll take a look. I'll take a look at which scene you're going to shoot later."

Fei Zhenxiang quickly handed over the script and then arranged for filming.

"Ready to boot, 3, start"

Pan Yueming, Jiang Chao, and Jiao Junyan started fighting around Sun Mingming.

Not bad, just a little rough.

He Hua commented in his heart.

(End of this chapter)