Actor: Thank you.

A few days later, Hengdian.

"Hurry up today!"

“We will try to finish the filming as planned.”

Zhang Yuan was in an ancient costume scene, talking to Ning Hao and other staff members.

"I know, you're a busy man." Big Head continued.

"Zhang Yuan has to go to Hollywood to reshoot scenes later, and we can't delay his schedule."

"Everyone cheer up!"

"Oh!" everyone replied in unison.

"Good job!" Ning Hao responded by waving his hands.

What they are going to do today is what they had discussed with Jay Chou when they were in Taiwan before. He and Liu Qianqian will shoot the MV for "Blue and White Porcelain".

Ning Hao is now a director with a box office of 5000 million, and he no longer takes odd jobs like MVs.

But since Zhang Yuan asked him to, he came without hesitation.

After all, making new movies will still require spending other people’s money and using their resources.

This little thing must be done beautifully.

In the past, the song "Blue and White Porcelain", from its lyrics, melody, artistic conception, and even to the level of national style and Chinese sentiment, was a musical work of extremely high quality and had a certain historical status.

But even though this song is so successful, it has its share of criticisms.

That is, the MV is not worthy of this song!

MV, TV series, movies.

The quality and sophistication of these three forms of work increase in sequence.

It's not just a matter of shooting, but also props, lighting, and camera language, movie directors can crush ordinary MV directors.

For the same scene, a slight adjustment of the lighting can transform the picture from a cheap special effect to a full-blown high-end feel.

This is why Zhang Yuan wanted to pull Ning Hao over.

He is still very concerned about this MV.

Jay Chou was also present, having flown to Hengdian specially.

Although it was his song, Zhang Yuan basically had the final say on the set, and Jay Chou had no objection to this.

Because he was not the only one who found the director.

He also borrowed the martial arts director Chen Weitao.

I looked for this person because he is the martial arts director of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and is very familiar with both me and Liu Qianqian.

He was also the martial arts director of the suspended filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Zhang Yuan greeted Boss Cai, and the man came over.

Knowing that Zhang Yuan is now one of Tangren's shareholders and that the sales of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" depend on him, they must give him face.

There are also props. He also asked Huang Weimin to come.

When filming "New Liao Zhai", this animation master made the props and scenes so good that they almost failed to pass the review...

By spending a few days of his time helping to check the props, the details and quality of the entire scene immediately improved.

Finally, there is the venue.

The shooting scenes, especially the costume scenes, used the scenes that had been set up before for The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Since it has stopped shooting and no one is using it, I just made some minor modifications to it, which saved a lot of time.

From the director, martial arts director, props supervisor, to the venue and actors, everything was handled by Zhang Yuan.

Jay Chou couldn't even get a word in.

Before, he was thinking, my friend said he opened his own film and television company, but he is just a hands-off boss. Apart from investing money, it seems that he has not done anything else?
Now we know that they only need to make a few phone calls to find a team that is considered to be the best anywhere in the market.

If he doesn't make a move, it's fine. But once he does, it's always a high-end game.

"Oh, have you changed your clothes?"

Walking around the field, Zhang Yuan felt that what he needed was a white safety helmet.

Seeing a beautiful figure in blue appear, he went to greet her with a smile.

"Does it look good?" Liu Qianqian turned around in front of him with a doubtful look on her face.

"nice."

"But I think the original one looks better."

Zhang Yuan rubbed his brows.

He also asked someone to modify the costumes for the filming.

It was originally bright red and green.

The heroine was wearing a very pure green gauze dress and lying on a bright red satin bed sheet.

Can this look good?
I specially asked someone to remake a light blue, off-white, and very low-purity dress for her.

Her appearance and temperament are suitable for cooler dressing and she is not used to overly strong colors.

But her personality and taste are such that she likes colorful things, and she thinks this plain one is not as good as the original one.

"I..." Zhang Yuan thought about it. He had explained it before coming here, but her aesthetic taste was really worrying.

She and her mother are famous inventory liquidators, and they both like the old unsold stock in the clothing store.

I just never thought about why it couldn't be sold.

He had to explain it in a different way.

"Your clothes are meant to match me."

"My original set was dark black, so I had it remade in royal blue satin."

"Our clothes should match, the color of blue and white porcelain."

"Oh." She smiled and nodded: "That's fine!"

He also raised the issue of clothing color.

Originally, the boss's subordinates and he all wore dark clothes.

I'm the male protagonist. Is it okay for me to wear the same color as the soldiers?
Besides, it’s a night scene, and wearing dark colors won’t make the shot clear and the effect won’t be good.

So he came up with the idea of ​​adjusting the costumes of the male and female protagonists based on the blue and white colors of blue and white porcelain.

It not only highlights the character image, but also is well connected with the theme, and has been unanimously recognized.

Jay Chou also thinks this is a good idea.

He not only had ancient costumes modified, but also the costumes for reincarnation and postmodern dramas.

This time, the scene took a turn. He wore a white suit and asked Liu Qianqian to wear a royal blue dress.

The color of the outfit is still blue and white porcelain, but because the object of death has changed after reincarnation, the clothes must also change accordingly.

These kinds of details are very common in movies, but are never considered when shooting music videos.

Of course, more often than not, the cost of the MV is limited, so people just wear whatever they can borrow, and few people spend money on custom-made costumes.

"Zhang Yuan, I'm sorry about what happened last time. Old Chen drank too much." Liu Xiaoli also came forward and greeted him.

"It's okay. A gentleman should be harmonious but different."

"It's normal for everyone to have their own ideas. It's all for Sissi's own good anyway."

"Oh, yes, it's all for her own good." Aunt Liu tried to smooth things over.

"When you have time later, we can meet up and talk."

"No problem." Zhang Yuan agreed readily.

"You're not angry?" Xiaolongnu, who was dressed in ancient costume, asked tentatively after her mother left.

"It's okay, I'm not that petty."

"I knew it." She felt relieved.

After returning home that day, Zhang Yuan thought about it again.

Then I figured it out.

You are obsessed with appearances!

Whether it was Baoqiang or Liu Qianqian, when dealing with their problems, he tied himself to the two of them together to think about solutions.

Naturally, you won’t get any results and will get into trouble.

Putting his emotions first affected his judgment.

But if you return to the way you usually deal with other things, this matter will not be so complicated.

Just because Liu Qianqian is going to suffer a loss doesn’t mean he will suffer a loss too.

Because she was not his employee.

And if something happens to her, putting aside the emotional factors, it may not be a bad thing for me.

It is better to find ways to maximize your own interests first, so that you will be able to help her in return.

Saving the country by taking a roundabout way is also saving the country.

Seeing that his mood had returned to normal, Liu Qianqian excitedly talked to him for a long time.

"Okay, let's talk about it after we finish work. I'm going to go change into my costume first."

Come to the dressing room.

"Brother Yuan!" Chen Chuhe, who had changed into a cloak with a fur scarf and leather boots, greeted him.

He was originally supposed to be the male lead in this MV.

But with myself, he has to stand aside.

However, Zhang Yuan did not let him down too much and still arranged a role for him.

After all, I promised to take care of his father.

This MV will definitely be a hit with me in it, and it will also help him gain popularity and make him more familiar to the public.

The role assigned to him is the villain.

That is, the ancient bully and the modern gang boss.

Chen Chuhe looked at his appearance in the mirror and was somewhat dissatisfied.

"I don't think playing a villain is suitable for me. I don't like it."

"No, you are very suitable. This role belongs to you. No one else can do it." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder.

"Really?" Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, he looked at himself in the mirror again: "I seem to be quite good-looking."

This person's character is not yet mature enough, so just a compliment will suffice.

And Zhang Yuan was not exaggerating when he said that this role belonged to him.

Bully plus gangster, in the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are only two people who can play this role: him and Xiang Zuo.

With your family, you have a life playing this role!
Others are just acting, but yours is real.

Xiang Zuo should, maybe, probably not want to see me, so there is only you.

By the time they had all changed their clothes, Ning Hao's clothes had almost been changed.

After all, he is a film director. Once the lights are turned on, the texture immediately improves.

call!
Hanging on a wire, Zhang Yuan jumped over the heads of the extras, struck a stance after landing, and began to fight with the miscellaneous soldiers according to the set of moves.

"Card!"

"very good!"

Ning Hao clapped his hands.

After Zhang Yuan finished his move, he performed a sword dance and then threw the prop into the hands of his assistant.

"You are good at ancient costume fighting scenes." Ning Hao gave him a thumbs up.

The movements are vigorous and the person is energetic, and the photos look good.

The sword was wielded with incredible fluidity.

"It's okay." Zhang Yuan didn't even break a sweat.

Compared with the sword duel with Uncle Long in "Rush Hour 3", this is simply child's play, it's too easy.

After working with Uncle Long many times, the fighting scenes of ordinary people seem like slow motion in his eyes.

"By the way, how is the preparation for your new film going?"

"The script is basically finalized."

"You've already drafted three or four manuscripts." Zhang Yuan laughed kindly.

"Scripts are meant to be revised at any time. If you don't make any changes, you're a cuckold." Ning Hao replied unconvinced, "We're contacting the actors now."

“It is estimated that filming will start in a few months.”

Zhang Yuan roughly calculated the time.

Shooting, post-production, review, and partnering.

It will definitely not be able to make it to the Spring Festival schedule next year.

However, the Spring Festival period is a battleground and it is difficult to get a release date.

Try to sell a lot of box office during the summer vacation.

After chatting with him, we continued filming.

After three days of hard work, I finally finished the last shot.

"Woooooooo..."

With the fire hose blasting overhead, Liu Qianqian, on the stone pavement outside Hengdian, hugged him, whose chest was stained with blood, and burst into tears.

"Card!"

"knock off."

Ning Hao jumped up from his chair, and their assistants hurriedly brought him a dry towel.

"You cried well just now."

"If I really die one day, you just do this." Zhang Yuan joked with her in the lounge.

"Puh, puh, puh!" She immediately smacked her lips and complained, "Touching the corner of the table."

"You can't say such things casually."

"Can't bear to see me die?"

"Of course, who else can practice sword with me?" She untied the clip of her wig: "But this time I see you, it seems that you are more powerful than before."

"Hey, it would be even better if you could film with me."

"Just like before."

Zhang Yuan didn't reply.

This movie belongs to Hua Yi, it's impossible for me to ask for a role.

I took the initiative to ask for a role, don’t ask me if there is a role for me.

Whenever I go, they will definitely lower the price.

Besides, I haven’t been paid for the TV series yet, so I don’t trust them.

“Here, there’s a rough cut, let’s take a look.” Big Head walked in very efficiently, holding a laptop.

I didn't do any post-production, I just edited the materials and showed them.

"Oh, that's good!" After watching it, Jay Chou's squinting eyes widened.

The effect was far better than he imagined.

The main thing is people!

When movie actors do this, it’s a dimensionality reduction attack.

He now feels that with this effect, it is not a loss for him to give up half of the copyrights of the songs.

This will definitely be the highest quality MV among all my works.

"Once everything is done, I'll organize a single and MV launch event for you."

"And warm up for the movie."

"OK, I will definitely cooperate." Jay Chou agreed readily.

On the other side, inside Huayi’s office building.

"Hello!"

The Wang brothers are hosting a Hollywood team.

The two brothers appeared at the reception together, which shows that they value each other very much.

And this team is the main creative team of "Double J Project".

Except for the martial arts director, the director, producer, screenwriter, music, art director, visual effects, and even props and sets of this film are all dominated by foreign teams.

Basically, white people have the final say.

This is the ambition of the Wang brothers. After all, white people are more familiar with the tastes of foreign audiences. If they want to make money abroad, they have to listen to them.

Even the most important casting rights are mostly controlled by foreigners.

It is true that the Wang brothers chose Liu Qianqian, but they also obtained the consent of the foreign team before deciding to use her.

Her character is called Golden Swallow.

There was a Hong Kong movie of the same name in 68, and it was a classic role played by Zheng Peipei.

It is also the most famous image of a Chinese female hero.

There are many people interested in this role alone.

The first to be affected is the international chapter!

She has always been proactive and went directly to the two brothers of the Wang family.

But Xiao Wang thinks, we’ve already given you the role in “Night Banquet”, and you haven’t signed a contract with us, so you still want a role?
So I didn't agree.

This woman had a good idea and contacted the Hollywood crew.

I thought that my Jade Fox was so famous, and I was the only one who could play the female fighter role.

The two brothers of the Wang family disagreed, saying that the foreigner must be an expert at judging.

The result was unexpectedly rejected.

The white people didn't like her either.

Because of the box office failure of "Memoirs of a Geisha", she has been blacklisted by Hollywood.

The North American market is very cruel. It would rather try its luck with newcomers than use losers.

What’s more, international seals are more expensive.

"This is the most popular female star in China right now and also a well-known artist in our company, Li Bingbing." Xiao Wang introduced.

Li Bingbing felt comfortable when he heard the words “most popular”.

At least there is no competition from Fat Fan this time.

Hua Yi had approached Fan Bingbing before, but the condition for her to perform was to renew her contract, after all, her contract was about to expire.

This is where Fan Bingbing's strength lies.

It was a good opportunity, but she still felt that it was more important to get away from Huayi and no longer live under someone else's roof.

So in the end, the role of the White-haired Witch fell into the hands of Li Bingbing.

Fan Bingbing also played the White-Haired Witch in her later life. I wonder if it was to make up for the opportunity she lost this time.

Just like Hu Mei, after being kicked out of the crew of Dream of Red Mansions, she had been obsessed with making one herself.

"Hello, Ms. Li." The director shook hands with Li Bingbing.

This time the director and producer were all here, and in addition to investigating domestic filming locations, they also had to complete all the domestic casting work.

This film also has foreign scenes.

Today, the Wang brothers asked Li Bingbing to come for an audition.

After performing sword skills and body movements for the foreigners on the spot, the heroic Sister Li received a lot of applause.

She also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if the foreigner could pass this test, there wouldn't be any big problem.

"Very good, Miss Li, she should be able to meet our filming needs." The white director wearing round-frame glasses said with a smile.

"Next, there are still many roles that need to be confirmed." When Xiao Wang saw that Li Bingbing passed, he first nodded to his artist, and then started chatting with the white director.

"In the next week, I will arrange for all the outstanding actors I can find to audition."

"You can choose whatever you want."

"That's good."

After that, the two groups went to find a place to have dinner.

In addition to Li Bingbing, Huo Siyan and Hua Yi's first wine jar were also pulled over.

Miss Hao is always there when she is drinking, but never when she is filming.

The top resources in the company were never available to her.

But even if you take what others have left, it is still a lot easier than earning a living on your own outside.

The foreigners were all entertained and we started working officially in the next few days.

However, the Wang brothers did not expect that the work would not go smoothly.

Because the foreigners were not satisfied with the people I found later... (End of this chapter)