I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 471: The financial deficit that Chitang Village is about to face, and the crew has a dispute
The village chief did not expect Ye Weijie to be so enthusiastic. He thought that Director Ye would think about it seriously before giving him an answer.

After all, road construction is a big deal. Once it starts, it is likely to affect the filming progress of the crew.

In addition, after Chitang Village was selected as the filming location, Ye Weijie emphasized to them more than once:

Do not move any brick or tile in Chitang Village, otherwise it will destroy the ancient charm they want to capture.

If you want to move anything, you have to inform the crew and only move after they agree.

The village chief was stunned for several seconds before he cautiously asked Director Ye: "So this matter is settled. Do you agree or object?"

Ye Weijie nodded: "I don't object. It's a good thing that you are really willing to build a road. Why should I refuse? Chitang Village is your village."

The village chief felt relieved, as if he was in a dream.

It all went so smoothly, it seemed unreal.

However, the next second, Ye Weijie threw out a "but".

The village chief's restless heart finally settled down, and he thought: It's finally here.

Ye Weijie: “It’s just that we can’t just build roads randomly, I hope the village chief can build them according to my ideas.

The idea is not to build a certain road, but you tell me the road you want to build, and I will tell you which road to build first based on the crew's filming schedule, and then build another road."

Ye Weijie paused and said deliberately: "Village Chief, this shouldn't be difficult to do, right?"

The village chief nodded hurriedly: "It's not difficult, as long as we really erect a monument of merit."

Ye Weijie laughed, "The crew did have such a monument during the filming of the plot, and in real life, if you want to erect a monument, there is absolutely no problem."

He thought for a while and said, "Well, I can give you a guarantee. The monument of merit that will be filmed after the TV series is broadcast will be the monument you erected, and none of the names on it will be changed."

The village chief responded quickly: "You mean, the merit tablet and the names of the villagers recorded in it can be shown on TV?"

Ye Weijie was about to nod casually when he suddenly remembered that media like "television" had a very special meaning in the old man's mind.

They may not be good at using their mobile phones, but they must watch TV.

So he put away his casual look, nodded solemnly and said, "I can guarantee that your monument of merit and your name will appear in the TV series."

The village chief held Ye Weijie's hand excitedly, almost spitting out saliva.

"Uncle, I'm telling you the truth. With your promise, the villagers will definitely be very enthusiastic in donating. It will bring honor to our family if we can erect a monument and a TV for our merits!"

I don’t know what he was thinking about, but after relaxing, the village chief sighed worriedly.

"You've given me a problem. What if the villagers are too enthusiastic about donating money and everyone wants to erect a monument and appear on TV, and they start fighting with each other? What should I do?"

Ye Weijie said jokingly: "Then why don't we just not appear on TV?"

The village chief glared at him and said, "Director Ye, how can you go back on your word? If you promised to appear on TV, then you must appear on TV!"

Next, the village chief discussed some things with Ye Weijie. If it weren’t for the fact that the shooting time was almost up, the village chief would not have wanted to let him go back.

On the way back, Ye Weijie whistled happily several times and said to Jinli with a smile:

"I'm such a genius at saving money. When I was discussing the plot with the screenwriter, I wondered whether Chiquan Village would be interested in following along, but I didn't have high expectations. I didn't expect that we actually guessed it right!"

Jinli was also very happy. If Chitang Village wanted to develop, it had to build roads.

It should be said that if any place wants to be developed, the roads must be unobstructed.

If a highway can be built near the village, it will attract a large number of tourists to visit.

But Jinli suddenly realized that road construction was actually quite expensive. If one really wanted to repair all the bumpy roads in Chitang Village, it would probably cost several million.

Although the Feng Shui formation of Chitang Village is no longer blocked by the Qi family and will become better and better in the future, it is only just recovering now.

The villagers were not rich to begin with, not to mention that there was a series of cultural and creative peripherals that they wanted to develop in the future.

As you can imagine, money is tight.

If everything can be done slowly and step by step, then everyone can relax and the pressure will be less.

But the biggest problem facing Chitang Village is that time waits for no one.

China's cultural and tourism industry has developed rapidly in recent years. Many dramas can be released online in the same year they are filmed. Once they are piled up, they may never have the chance to be broadcast again.

Moreover, policies change frequently, so there can be no backlog.

As the saying goes, "Good winds will help me soar to the sky." If Chitang Village wants to gain popularity and traffic in the field of cultural tourism, then the best way is to cooperate with the broadcast of "Yonglu."

This also means that their cultural and creative peripheral products must be in place quickly.

Once you miss this opportunity, if you still want to develop slowly, I'm afraid your fame and popularity will not live up to the past.

The huge investment in various industrial chains will put even greater pressure on the finances of Chitang Village.

There is no way, time waits for no one!

If we can save some money on road construction, it will also reduce some pressure on Chitang Village.

Jinli pondered and said, "Can Chitang Village get some government subsidies for road construction?
If we really want to build Chitang Village into a famous tourist village, we can’t just rely on the efforts of the villagers of Chitang Village. Every place should work together.”

Ye Weijie thought for a moment and said, “Before, I only planned to use the crew’s funds to repair a section of the road, and I didn’t think about repairing other roads. It’s just such a short section of road, and it’s impossible to get government subsidies.

But now that Chitang Village wants to build roads on a large scale, it should be able to get some subsidies.

I will send someone to talk to the village chief and see what he wants to do."

Ye Weijie said with some regret: "It's a pity that I still have to shoot, otherwise I would be happy to make this trip for them."

In recent months, because he had to visit various filming locations, he has become very familiar with the cultural and tourism departments of many places.

From being at a loss at the beginning to being confident now, he has also experienced a physical and spiritual transformation.

Ye Weijie thought that he must have inherited some of his grandfather's character.

My grandfather used to be a grassroots civil servant, specializing in rural support.

The reason why he chose this subject for shooting was also related to his grandfather.

Growing up, his grandfather has always been his role model.

The two returned to the crew to film.

The main part of the filming in the afternoon was Jinli's scenes. Driven by Jinli's righteousness, the villagers showed a complex emotion of "very moved, but had to refuse for the sake of face" after saying their lines.

Even the villagers themselves didn't know why, but once they looked into Jinli's eyes, they became timid unconsciously.

This kind of artistic expression may not make much sense at first glance.

Watching it more often actually adds an indescribable sense of comedy.

Even the staff wanted to laugh after watching it. At the shooting site, Ye Weijie, influenced by the atmosphere, could not hold back his serious expression and pointed out the mistakes made by the villagers and other actors in a joking manner, asking them to correct them quickly.

As for Jinli, Ye Weijie felt that she had her own ideas about the character of "Yuan Xiaoxiao".

It’s not that he didn’t think about correcting it. Yesterday’s filming was also done according to his ideas, but the result was not good.

Since filming it his way would not produce the effect that Jinli wanted to express, he simply gave Jinli the power to freely interpret the role.

This is the good thing about young directors. They are fearless and dare to try anything.

When shooting myself, I dare to try some new and interesting shots, and I dare to let the actors achieve the desired effect without interfering with the actors' expression.

This is unlike those famous directors, whose shooting routines are already fixed and they dare not break the framework.

Because if they continue to shoot in their original way, even if there is no guarantee of a huge success, at least they will not lose money.

For investors and directors, not losing money is a success.

But now film and television dramas are updated very quickly, and with the impact of short dramas and short videos, people have more choices for entertainment.

Even many famous directors cannot guarantee whether their previous methods can be accepted by the audience for a long time.

If a director does not know how to adapt and stubbornly sticks to the old ways, even the most famous director will have to be careful about losing his reputation in his later years and being accused of making a lot of money.

When Jinli was filming, there were many young actors who had no roles to play, and they were all gathered in Group A where she was filming, to observe and learn.

For them, an actor of Jinli's level is enough to bring them a lot of acting inspiration.

Even talented and experienced actors like Xu Wenwen are no exception.

She came to observe because she felt that it was difficult for her to perform the role of a village official.

Her talent cannot be ignited on this type of character, so she can only work hard to master it and cannot rely on a flash of inspiration.

But some young actors are really troublesome and are determined to go down the path of being a troublemaker and never turn back.

It was also through these young actors that Xu Wenwen discovered that some male actors are actually more narrow-minded than female actors, as narrow-minded as a needle tip.

"Jinli's performance is great, she usually gets it right in one take, with zero mistakes throughout."

The young actor first threw out the topic, holding Jinli high, and then said casually:

"But I think the tone of her line could be changed."

Other actors said: "She is a top star, she must have her reasons for handling it this way."

Actor: “Yeah, I’m not saying that she handled it wrongly. She’s acted in so many hit dramas and is much more capable than me. Everything she does must have a purpose.

I just made a small suggestion. Listen to me. Can you change that line to this..."

After listening to this, the other actors were a little puzzled and said, "But I think after you changed it, it lost its original flavor. Village officials should be real and down-to-earth, not too flowery!"

The actor said: "But according to the current plot, they have only been village officials for less than a week, and they are very student-like. The way they speak cannot be changed in a short time. I think the vocabulary can be made more advanced."

Xu Wenwen snorted lightly and was about to speak when a clear and bright female voice came from behind her.

"Are you sure? I think there's something wrong with your thinking."

The young actor's expression immediately turned ugly. "Wang Hongdou, can you please stop contradicting me? I was clearly very humble and wanted to discuss with other actors, but you always jumped out to question me."

The young actress named "Wang Hongdou" curled her lips and said, "I didn't say anything excessive, Ma Mingqi, do you think that when you communicate with others, they must follow your wishes? Is it not okay for me to express some different opinions?"

Ma Mingqi complained, "You're not raising any objections, you're just finding fault!"

Wang Hongdou: "No, I didn't. You misunderstood me. I was just correcting what I said wrong."

Ma Mingqi was so angry that he laughed and shouted a little loudly: "Okay, you are right, tell me what you think, I want to see what you say!"

Because his voice was a little loud, and it happened to be the actor's turn to rest, it attracted the attention of Jinli and the director.

Jinli and Chen Qin looked at each other, with confusion in Jinli's eyes.

Chen Qin shook her head. "I don't know either. It seems like they just started arguing all of a sudden."

There was a high possibility that a conflict had occurred within the crew. Jinli did not want to go forward and planned to let Chen Qin go to inquire about the news.

She saw Ye Weijie walking over out of the corner of her eye, thought for a while, and followed him.

Some things cannot be avoided just because you want to.

And some responsibilities should also be borne by the leading actor.

Ye Weijie walked over to them and asked, "What are you doing? Arguing?"

Ma Mingqi said without thinking: "We didn't argue, director. I just had different opinions with Wang Hongdou. We were discussing the plot and lines."

Ye Weijie originally wanted to say that this was not a discussion at all, it was simply a quarrel, and he even wanted to scold them.

But when he heard them say they were discussing the plot, Ye Weijie became interested.

He sat down on the empty chair in the middle with his arms and legs spread out, and glanced at everyone before saying:
"It seems that you are not too busy and have quite some free time, but it's good that you focus on the script.

I suggest you come to this meeting every week and send me the discussion topics and content.”

After saying this, the other young actors smiled bitterly.

They like to discuss but don’t like to make reports. If they have that free time, they might as well play some games.

It is said to be a suggestion, but in fact, things have already been arranged.

Ye Weijie ignored their little tricks and said, "Tell me about your discussion just now. I will argue with you and see who is right."

Ma Mingqi took the lead in expressing his views, and then looked at Wang Hongdou.

He didn't dare look at the director, nor did he dare look at Jinli who was standing nearby, for fear that the two of them would guess his little thoughts.

Wang Hongdou looked calm and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Director, I think what Ma Mingqi said is wrong."

Ye Weijie asked with interest: "What do you think is wrong? I think it makes some sense."

Jinli glanced at Director Ye and felt that he was deliberately putting pressure on the little girl.

Wang Hongdou said: "Young college students, who can speak elegantly? Shouldn't they use popular Internet buzzwords? Shouldn't they be abstract? Who can use elegant words like the ancients? Shouldn't they occasionally swear?"

What the hell!

Everyone was shocked in their hearts at the same time.

Because what was said is so true that I am speechless.

Didi! Who has a Tsinghua and Peking University alumni group? I feel like it’s a sure thing~