During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 117 Lu Chuan scolds and attacks Xin Hua Mian
  The preparation stage of a film is a careful and strategic process, just like building a house and making design drawings, the issues that need to be considered are very complicated.

Hollywood movies generally have a U-shaped structure. The preparation and post-production period are relatively long, but the shooting time is not that long. The same is true for regular domestic film crews.

However, when Wei Jin shoots movies, he does not completely follow this process, because all the pictures and shots are in his mind. As long as he strictly follows the shooting script, his movies are often shot very quickly.

Thanks to the preparation experience of the previous "Painted Skin", the preparation of "Xiu Chun Knife" this time was very smooth, and the costumes and props were also very detailed. Wei Jin could not accept that his work was shoddy.

After nearly a month of preparation, the actors also conducted action training for more than half a month.

On September 9, "Xiu Chun Knife" officially started shooting at the Huairou Film and Television Base.

The day of the launch also attracted many media to come for interviews. After briefly answering reporters' questions, Wei Jin led a group of main creators to hold a launch ceremony.

The investment in "Xiu Chun Knife" was as high as 2000 million, of which Wei Jin invested 600 million in remuneration, while the actors' remuneration was only million.

Huang Xiaoming, one of the top four mainland actors, received a salary of 150 million. These days, mainland male actors do not have as high a commercial value as female actors.

Because Wu Jing also has a job as a martial arts instructor and is an actor in Xiangjiang, he was given a total of 200 million, including the cost of the action team.

Hu Jun was paid 60 yuan, Zhao Wenzhuo was paid 80 yuan, and Duan Long was not yet famous at the moment, and the salary was even cheaper, only 20 yuan, and the other supporting actors together were less than 100 million.

What we were shooting tonight was a night scene. As we all know, night scenes are very difficult to shoot.

Two soldiers patrolling the city held up lanterns and spotted the Jin Yiwei hiding in the alley, then turned around and ran away.

The most important thing in this scene is the creation of the environment and atmosphere. When the protagonist appears under the faint firelight, he shows a sense of night murder.

"click"

Wei Jin looked at the camera on the monitor and frowned:

"Brother Xiao Ming, your expression is wrong. Shen Lian's setting is that of a relatively tragic and serious little character."

"I'm sorry, director, let me adjust it."

Huang Xiaoming was a little embarrassed when he filmed with Wei Jin for the first time.

"It's okay. It's not easy to shoot night scenes. It would be better if you do it more often. But you have to show your best and don't be affected by external things."

After "The Banquet" was released, its reputation and box office both collapsed.

The movie grossed 1200 million at the box office on its first day of release. During the four-day opening weekend, it earned 5500 yuan amidst boos from the audience.

This result seems good, but whether it is compared with "Painted Skin" or "Cohabitation in Time and Space", it is far behind, and it can't even compare with "Hero" and "Kung Fu" from previous years.

Judging from the first week's results, the industry can roughly estimate the final box office of "The Banquet". What's even worse is that the copyright has not been sold for much money. Compared with the production cost of 2000 million US dollars, losses are inevitable.

"The director joked, I am the third male lead in "The Night Banquet", so what does the box office reputation have to do with me?"

Huang Xiaoming smiled sarcastically and looked more openly.

"That's true. I heard that Director Feng was hit hard and has kept a low profile recently."

All the actors at the scene also began to discuss this matter. It seems that many people can't stand Feng Dapao's big mouth.

As if thinking of Feng Dapao's aggrieved look, Wei Jin also became a little happy, but he still put the filming task first:

"Okay, are you all ready? Get ready for action."

The movie "Embroidered Spring Knife" is not particularly stunning, but it looks good in all aspects, and it is a movie with a relatively high overall index.

Although it's not like those classic movies that can make people ponder over and over again, you can still get into it if you watch it once or twice more.

Of course, it's not without its flaws. For example, the characters are relatively depressing, and the male protagonist isn't even particularly likable, and it always feels a bit awkward.

Maybe it can’t be said to be awkward, because the movie is about small people in ancient times hanging out in the officialdom, and they are struggling to survive.

Therefore, Wei Jin also made some modifications to the plot to facilitate subsequent sequels. For example, in the final ending, the male protagonist and Ding Xiu chase down the villain and confront the Qing soldiers. The original version always looks very abrupt and seems to have been added abruptly. Feel. This version of the Wei and Jin Dynasties made some foreshadowing in some of the previous scenes to let the audience understand that the villain and Guanwai have already colluded, and to eliminate this abrupt feeling as much as possible.

After finishing the day's shooting, Wei Jin returned to the room. Not long after, Liu Yan came in with the room card.

As the soul of the crew, the director had a hard day. As the heroine, of course Liu Yan had to help the director soothe his emotions and relax his body. However, this scene was seen by the new assistant Bai Bin.

At this time, she finally understood why Wei Jin's assistant was favored
  "Wu Jing, what's wrong with you? Is this the level of an action actor?"

"Huang Xiaoming, my expression is stunned."

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Seeing the director going crazy, everyone on the crew was a little confused. They were fine a few days ago, and they don't feel like there's any big problem today. What's going on?
  As if aware of everyone's thoughts, Wei Jin also felt that he had gone too far.

"Sorry, everyone takes a break for half an hour."

Wei Jin got up and left the monitor, came to the nanny's car, and fell into deep thought:
  A few days ago, he was reminding Huang Xiaoming not to be affected by external events. Unexpectedly, it would be his turn today, and Wei Jin laughed at himself.

But it's no wonder that Wei Jin got angry. In the past two days, two idiots publicly attacked him in the media.

Zhang Weiping, the dog basket, told the media at the promotion meeting of "Golden Armor":
  "As a top domestic director, Lao Mouzi's artistic achievements are obvious to all, and his commercial achievements are also second to none. Why should he hand over his Olympic qualifications to a young child? Are his achievements comparable to those of Lao Mouzi? It hurts Zhongyong. Are there not enough examples?"

His words were full of dissatisfaction with Wei and Jin, and he even questioned whether there was a shady story behind the film selection.

For no other reason than "Room", it has officially obtained the quota for this year's Olympic Games.

After receiving support from the film bureau, Wei Jin took the time to visit his mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang and the school's Dean Zhang. After the older generation's intervention, the qualifications were finally determined, and the road to overseas Olympics has begun.

This move angered Zhang Weiping. You know, the benefits brought by the Olympic film competition are not small. Wei Jin was blocking Zhang Weiping's financial path.

Forget it, after all, there is a conflict of interests, but Wei Jin never expected the other idiot.

Lu Chuan, who also graduated from the Nortel Directing Department, as a senior of Wei Jin, actually said publicly:

"Big directors still have to make serious movies, and they only make small-budget productions that are sensational and will not help the development of the industry."

This guy's speech seemed like he was jealous of the achievements of "Cohabitation in Time and Space", but in fact he was siding with Zhang Weiping, saying that Wei Jin had little contribution to the film industry and should not be given the qualification to compete in the Olympics.

Lu Chuan's mentally retarded operation made Wei and Jin laugh angrily. How dare a shameless director dare to point fingers at him despite the shadow of his family?
  Regarding Lu Chuan's mentally retarded behavior, Wei Jin did not tolerate it and directly asked the company to issue a notice:

"Our company solemnly declares that we will never cooperate with directors suspected of plagiarism at any time."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chuan was immediately off guard. Wei Jin was alluding to the plagiarism incident of Lu Chuan's "Kekexili".

In June this year, Lu Chuan was sued. A director named Liu Yujun believed that Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" had plagiarized his work "Tibetan Antelopes and Me - The Glacier Flows Here" and sued Lu Chuan to the court.

Although the matter ultimately did not cause too much trouble under the pressure of several major investors in "Kekexili" and a group of old antiques in the industry, people in the industry regarded this matter as a joke.

Others started shooting documentaries in 91, but it took ten years to shoot them. However, Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" was shot in 04. The plot concept, creative scenes, scene atmosphere, visual background, shot composition, and even the dialogue are exactly the same. , Do you really think that all insiders are fools?

Lu Chuan is a half-assed director, and if Wei Jin is damaged, it will be damaged as well. Is it possible that the academy still wants to help him out?
  However, Zhang Weiping is a businessman, and scolding him will only increase the popularity of "Golden Armor", but it will not cause any loss to him.

Wei Jin was not a broad-minded person. After thinking about it, he took out the phone:

"Mr. Yang, let's arrange for "Ip Man" to be released during the Lunar New Year period. We will coordinate the specific schedule."

"Old Chen, "Room" should be scheduled for the Lunar New Year period, and North America will follow suit."

"Mr. Han, help me look at the Lunar New Year film schedule. There's nothing wrong. I just feel unhappy with Zhang Weiping. I have to give him a big gift."

This time Wei Jin planned to snipe "Golden Armor" back and forth to let Zhang Weiping know not to speak loudly to him.
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