Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 225 - Entering the set (please follow up)
Since it was not officially launched, the crew of "Operation Icebreaker" did not specifically notify the media of this small-scale assembly in Yangcheng.

However, many reporters with extraordinary abilities were able to locate the studio very accurately and worked tirelessly from midnight to early morning.

When a group of people from the "Ice Breaking Operation" crew arrived, they immediately swarmed forward with "long guns and short cannons" on their shoulders and began to output wildly.

Director Liu Zhangmu, who came to the set first with the set, camera, lighting and other functional departments, was helpless in the face of the buzzing reporters.

"We have not arranged a temporary press conference or organized a media open day, so please don't hang around here and delay the crew's work." Director Liu Zhangmu shouted loudly.

This is his first time as a director of a TV series. Before that, he worked "odd jobs" in the industry as a camera director and executive director.

Therefore, Liu Zhangmu cherished this opportunity very much and made full and comprehensive preparations in order not to hold back the two partners.

"Director Liu, we're just going to ask three questions. Can you please be a little more accommodating?" The lean guy squeezed in the front row begged after glancing at the work badge hanging around Liu Zhangmu's neck.

To be honest, it was not easy for this group of reporters. Liu Zhangmu glanced at his tired face, and then asked everyone to quiet down and not disturb the crew.

"Director Liu, this is Chen Yu's first [cross-border] role as the male lead in a drama series. What expectations does the creative team have for his performance?" The lean guy was very assertive and very covert while asking questions. He fiddled with the work ID card he wore on his chest.

Liu Zhangmu's eyes dropped and he froze for two seconds, and then he took the phone with great enthusiasm.

The selection of Chen Yu as the male lead in "Operation Icebreaker" was the optimal solution given by iQiyi's big data intelligent casting system "Yihui" after model derivation.

At the same time, the creative team also recognized the result after many meetings and discussions, so Liu Zhangmu said with a smile that Chen Yu was expected to play the male lead.

There are some truths and some lies in his answer.

It is true that iQiyi's casting system did recommend Chen Yu to play the role first. Chen Yu's fit with the character is nearly 30% higher than that of Huang Jingyu, who ranked second.

What is false is that only the executives of the Ministry of Public Security and iQiyi recognized the result. Three directors, including Liu Zhangmu himself, and a group of screenwriters had doubts about it.

Director Fu Dongyu’s best candidate is the pure and capable Duan Yihong;
Director Li Jinrui hopes that Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi or Zhang Jiayi can star;
It needs to be emphasized here that Fu Dongyu and Li Jinrui are by no means looking down on male artists born in the 1980s, but they are afraid that a group of young actors lack social experience and social hammering, and are unable to fully interpret the male lead that has gone through repeated revisions and adjustments, thus wasting the efforts of the creative team.

But Liu Zhangmu hopes to invite Zhu Yawen or Zhang Luyi to audition.

He firmly believes that male artists born in the 1980s have the solid shoulders to shoulder this important task.

It's a pity that Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi and Zhang Jiayi are not allowed to participate in the film due to their schedule; while Duan Yihong, Zhu Yawen and Zhang Luyi are more resistant to this type of role.

On the other hand, Zhou Yiwei, Li Guangjie and Wang Chuanjun were interested in joining the cast to audition, but at that time iQiyi and Emmanuel were just about to sign a contract, so they had no choice but to decline.

To be honest, except for Chen Yu, Huang Jingyu and Wang Yibo, male artists born in the 1990s are all peripheral substitutes.

But in the end, the three directors "surrendered" to the Ministry of Public Security and iQiyi and agreed to use Chen Yu as the male lead.

But after these two days of getting along, Fu Dongyu and Chen Yu became closer and closer, while Li Jinrui looked down on Chen Yu's "gongzi brother" behavior in daily life.

He disliked the fact that the suite given by the crew was not good, so he directly cashed in the accommodation subsidy and then added money to find a hotel himself. This practice was regarded by Li Jinrui as an act that affected unity.

Fu Dongyu and Liu Zhangmu both advised Li Jinrui not to worry about anything other than work.

But Li Jinrui firmly believes that as long as he is on the crew, actors should pay attention to their food, clothing, housing and transportation!
"Chen Yu is a very easy person to get along with. He has both Chinese restraint and American humor. It's a pleasure to work with him."

After hearing Liu Zhangmu's answer, the reporter from "Star Weekly" immediately smiled sweetly and bowed slightly to him.

When Liu Zhangmu saw this, he immediately returned the salute, but he was complaining in his heart. Liu Zhangmu felt that the little girl in front of him had little future development.

If someone takes it seriously when they say good things about their idol, is that reporter still your sister?
If he reproduced all Li Jinrui's exact words criticizing Chen Yu, would the gentle and quiet little girl in front of him beat himself up?
At this moment, Liu Zhangmu, who was making repeated slanders, took the microphone from Southern Metropolis Daily and was ready to answer the question of "There is no female protagonist in "Operation Icebreaker"."

From Liu Zhangmu's perspective, this question was very insidious.

Because there seems to be a vicious trap of women's rights hidden in it.

This is the disadvantage of not giving reporters red envelopes or travel expenses.

Liu Zhangmu took a deep look at the eighth wife in front of him and kept greeting her family in his heart.

At the beginning, "My Commander, My Group" and "Soldier Assault" did not have female protagonists. Why didn't anyone jump out and shake their fists at these two dramas?

There are so many military-themed dramas that deal with relationships between men and women, so why should we let them go?

Nowadays, "Operation Icebreaker" wants to make it pure. Is there anything wrong with it? Who would like to watch it mixed with the bloody plot of mother-in-law and mother?

Both the Ministry of Public Security and iQiyi were extremely dissatisfied with the previous four versions of the script, which were close to fifty-three episodes each, and threw them back for the creative team to revise over and over again.

The three directors, together with the screenwriter team, the script supervisor and the editor and reviewer, added and deleted, and finally completed this version of thirty-seven episodes. It is full of "dry goods". Even if the shooting budget increased by 4.7 million yuan, iQiyi was willing to pay for it and praised it repeatedly.

As a result, some people will jump out and ask why "Operation Ice Breaking" does not have a female protagonist. Liu Zhangmu feels that his ability to hold back his temper now is already a sign of extremely high quality.

Damn, even the original heroine Dilraba and Li Mozhi, who wants to bring money into the group, have no objections. What qualifications do you have to pretend to be the "messenger of justice"?
But Liu Zhangmu couldn't criticize her. He could only emphasize the plot structure, main line and other elements of "Operation Ice Breaking" with a warm look on his face.

In any case, it is just a matter of using charlatanism to avoid and prevaricate the core of the problem.

After answering the three questions, Liu Zhangmu, who was full of anger, said goodbye to the reporters who were still unfinished.

At the same time, he also made a phone call in front of this group of reporters to tell the follow-up troops the current situation around the set.

As a result, this group of reporters could only chase Chen Yu, Wang Jinsong, Fu Dongyu and others to take photos, and they were not even able to interview or ask questions.

At 7:20 in the morning, Chen Yu, who was staying alone at the Poly Intercontinental Hotel, was the first to arrive at the set, and reporters immediately surrounded him at the entrance.

Chen Yu raised his hand and tapped his tightly closed mouth to express that he had nothing to say.

Even though a group of reporters loudly begged Chen Yu to answer just one question, the latter ignored them and strolled into the set leisurely.

"Want to try a bowl of rice rolls?" Art director Wang Ligang pointed to the maza beside him, while Liu Xuesheng gently shook the pig's knuckle noodles he just bought at Chen Yu.

"I don't have that kind of luck." Chen Yu bowed his hands to the two of them and trotted into the dressing room.

The crew of "Operation Ice Breaking" specially asked Li Dongtian, the recognized "godfather of makeup" in China, to design and modify Chen Yu's face.

But after looking at Chen Yu’s bare-faced photos in detail, teacher Li Dongtian said there was no need to ask him for this job.

Because Chen Yu's foundation was so good, Mr. Li Dongtian was not interested in taking on business that lacked challenges.

Therefore, the crew could only invite Yang Ying and Tang Yan's royal makeup artist Chun Nan, who were in Yangcheng, to cooperate with the stylist to give Chen Yu one-on-one service.

In fact, when Chen Yu is not filming action scenes such as fighting or chasing and escaping, there is really no need for Chen Yu to wear makeup.

"Do you have any good opinions about the first scene?" Director Fu Dongyu, who had just arrived on the set, walked into the dressing room and asked Chen Yu and Wu Gang.

Wu Gang, who was wearing foundation, shook his head, while Chen Yu said that he didn't have a domestic driver's license, so he wouldn't be stopped by the traffic police for driving and detained.

In addition, Chen Yu believes that there should be no criminal gangs or organizations in China that would dare to kill people with knives in broad daylight, except of course for middle school and high school students who fight in groups.

"I think what Xiao Chen just said is right. Even if we are acting, life is higher than life, but we cannot be detached from life, right?" Wu Gang knocked on the armrest.

In fact, Wu Gang's words meant to remind Fu Dongyu not to "go too far". If he was stuck in the review due to the "correctness" issue, wouldn't it be in vain?

Wu Gang saw that Fu Dongyu was still a little hesitant and said, the consultants of the Ministry of Public Security and the reviewers of Radio and Television are not the same people. What we want to make is a TV series and not an internal reference film.

"[Reality] requires some compromise on [passing the review]." Originally, Wu Gang should not have said such "depressing" words.

But he likes this drama very much and does not want "Icebreaker" to be backlogged and banned for unexplainable reasons.

After Fu Dongyu was silent for a long time, he decided not to make changes. He needed extremely arrogant criminals to set off "Dongshan" who was covered by the black network.

Chun Nan, who was washing Chen Yu's face, patted the latter's forehead to express his support for Fu Dongyu. Wu Gang's lips squirmed a few times but in the end he did not make any more words to advise.

Feng Yuanzheng, Wu Gang's old classmate and colleague, commented that he was indecisive and good at talking but never achieved results. To put it more bluntly: he had ideas and ideas but lacked persistence. When discussing issues, he easily backed down when others refuted them. Or even compromise directly.

After Fu Dongyu left the dressing room in a rage, Wu Gang began to lead Chen Yu in dialogue.

After going back and forth several times, Wu Gang found that although Chen Yu spoke softly, his original voice was very comfortable.

And with a little bit of skill, you can turn laziness into fatigue.

Wu Gang was very pleased that Chen Yu, who was born in Yeluzi, had passable script skills.

"Has Zhang Songwen taught you any skills in this area?" At this time, Wu Gang had already walked to Chen Yu and asked kindly.

Of course, Chen Yu told the truth that he had taught three types, but the one he had practiced best was only the one he had just shown.

"It's enough, it's enough." Wu Gang, who was born in Yanjing People's Art Theater, said with a smile.

Based on this alone, Chen Yu can surpass 70% of the artists born in the 1990s.

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