Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 638 Do it with confidence
The office fell silent for a moment. Liu Tianxian saw Fang Hongzheng lowering his head, thinking about something.

Fang Hong was thinking about the feasibility, but it was difficult to arrange someone of Liu Tianwang's status, because no matter how he arranged it, he would be scolded by Liu Tianwang's fans.

Those fans didn't even mention that their idol, of such a star status, actually played a supporting role to Liu Tianxian. If they wanted to give justice to King Liu, they might end up facing a public boycott.

This thing is easy to be led by the rhythm.

That's what happened with "The Great Wall". King Liu played a supporting role for Jing Tian, ​​and his fans protested against her ranking, making quite a big fuss.

Some fans are obsessed with their idols and will resist and get tangled up in their names, whether they come first or last.

Another reason is that King Liu is such a big star that it is really difficult to arrange a role for him. It would not work if he had fewer parts.

As for those foreign fans, just ignore them. There is a firewall anyway, so they can just ignore them and not be bothered by them. And he doesn’t know English.

Of course, if you want to expect King Liu to carry the box office, that is unrealistic. He can't carry much box office.

Jiang Zhiqiang crossed his legs and said nothing. He let them talk first and if they couldn't reach an agreement, it would be his fault.

"To be honest, King Liu, the risk of asking you for help is still very high." Fang Hong looked up and said.

"I understand this, but don't worry, I will handle it." King Liu also knows that he has many fans, and some fans think that he has been "wronged" and want to seek "justice" for him.

"Well, since you think you can handle it, I'll give Mr. Jiang some face and you just wait for the arrangements." Fang Hong decided to hire him.

It is still possible to squeeze in a role. There are many roles in this movie. As for which role to give it to, we still need to discuss it.

He didn't know what arrangements were made with the Han girl.

"Thank you, Principal." King Liu relaxed.

Being able to act in the principal's movie is equivalent to getting close to the mainland circle.

In essence, he has always wanted to enter the mainland film and television circle, but there are no opportunities and no one accepts him.

Everyone else has their own circle, so why should they accept him? With his status as a big star, the pay he asks for is not something that ordinary crews can afford.

Invite him alone and invite many other actors.

This is also the embarrassing situation of being too big a star but not being able to carry the box office. Basically no one wants him, and only his own Hong Kong circle is willing to cooperate with him.

"I owe the principal a huge favor, haha." Jiang Zhiqiang thought the principal was very smart.

I said that deliberately to give him face, so that he would have to owe me a favor.

"What's the point of favors? It's just you helping me and I helping you." Fang Hong said this again.

"Yes, help each other." Liu Tianxian also agreed.

"Haha, that's true." Jiang Zhiqiang didn't discuss this topic with them. After all, he was the one who introduced them, so he should owe them this favor.

King Liu also seemed a little embarrassed and could only make up for it and repay the favor later.

This is the basic end of the conversation. Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian have to rush back to the capital to deal with some matters.

When the two returned to the capital, they met with Han Jianv and Zhang Hongsen, as well as two other consultants, one of whom was the director of the Mars Research Institute.

The other is from the National Space Science Center, an expert on deep space exploration missions.

These two people were introduced by Zhang Hongsen in order to assist them in shooting such an international blockbuster.

Ordinary people generally cannot get in touch with such scientific researchers and can only seek help from them.

This drama is different from the low-Earth orbit of "Gravity", which can be found by looking up information, while the deep space of Mars belongs to another planet.

The temperature, climate and seasons of Mars all require answers from experts; and the rotation period of Mars' low-Earth orbit is different from that of the Earth, so how should time be marked?

For example, it takes 365 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun, while Mars takes 687 days.

Inviting consultant experts is to avoid making common sense mistakes. If many things are filmed according to the logic of life and space on Earth, it is definitely not advisable and will be criticized.

After all, this is a hardcore science fiction movie, and many things need to have details.

"Thank you for your help, both of you. This movie will still need your help." Fang Hong shook hands with them.

Liu Tianxian was also very polite.

"It's what we deserve. Being able to support our country's cultural and artistic undertakings is also a recognition of our profession." said a middle-aged man.

After meeting and chatting with the two experts for a while, a few people saw them off and they would follow the team later.

Fang Hong told Han Jianv that King Liu wanted to join "The Martian".

This surprised the daughter of the Han family. She asked, "How does he arrange it?"

"The plot and the roles of each character remain unchanged. See if there are any scenes with more important roles for him and arrange for him to play them," Fang Hong said.

"The commander of the Mars mission, that is, the captain, has the second most important role. The other role is the director of the Mars mission of the space agency, which was given to Chen Daoming. The other role is the director of the space agency, who doesn't have many scenes."

Han Jianv said, and then said again: "I suggest the role of Mars Commander. The role is very important and the image and age are suitable."

"Sure." Fang Hong had no objection. He didn't care about the size of the role. As long as he could get the job, it was fine. After all, he had promised the other party.

In the original movie, this role was played by Jessica Chastain, but here it was changed to Liu Tianwang, with the gender swapped.

It's not good that all the main supporting roles are women.

Jessica Chass plays the role of a NASA representative, she doesn’t have many scenes and is just a cooperating rescue team.

Zhang Hongsen didn't care who played the role, but was concerned about another thing. He asked, "How do you plan to deal with the political elements in this play?"

"The Martian" involves politics, and he came here just to ask questions, and he has an idea in mind.

In the original version, the United States hesitated in seeking cooperation because of the issue of technical confidentiality.

There is also the issue of public opinion, which has triggered doubts from their media, that is, "the United States relies on foreign aid"!
The reason they gave was also ridiculous, which was: "collaborating for a common human goal"!
Of course, the current version is that the United States has put pressure on us and made some unreasonable demands, portraying the United States as a villain that disregards human life.

And there is a character who engages in political dealings with them, that is, breaking down national barriers and cooperating with multiple parties, which is a bit idealistic.

But when it comes to movies, there’s always some YY!

It’s not good to always play with one country, only when multiple countries are involved can the movie look high-end.

This role is played by Chen Daoming, and he just needs to perform the negotiation feeling like in "My 1919".

They also actively carried out rescue operations, coordinated ground forces to formulate rescue plans, and sought funding from multiple sources when there was a lack of funds.

In politically difficult situations, break through political difficulties.

"This can only downplay politics and tell a humane story, conveying the theme of 'common destiny of mankind' and amplifying it, explaining all the difficulties of rescue. Of course, this may be too idealistic, but it still exists to blacken the other side." Fang Hong explained. The story background of this play is definitely based on China, but the sinister intentions of imperialism must be filmed.

There has to be a villain, which is a bit difficult. If everything goes too smoothly, it will be boring and unchallenging. Anyway, this movie is a local movie in the United States, so it's okay to criticize it a little.

Don't they often bomb the White House themselves?

Jiang Zhiqiang and Global will solve it when the time comes. This is what Jiang Zhiqiang does.

"As long as it's not too high-level, it's fine. It's okay if it's a little excessive. The theme of a community with a shared future for mankind is very good." Zhang Hongsen praised and encouraged him.

As long as it doesn't involve the president or something, it doesn't matter if there are some scandals.

The later movie "Crazy Alien" smeared the other party to death, but it was still released, but it was banned in the United States.

"Nezha 2" is such an obvious metaphor for American hegemony, yet it still landed in North America.

"Aren't you afraid that my movie will be banned on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and not be released?" Fang Hong said with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, just shoot boldly. If they can enter our market, we can also enter their market. If the other party is sensitive, we also have countermeasures. Their movies also have good box office here." Zhang Hongsen also smiled, giving him confidence.

Hollywood movies are not failing in this market like they did later on, and now every movie still has huge box office revenue.

"Okay, okay. With Director Zhang's words, I can do it with confidence." Fang Hong slapped his thigh.

Everyone else just smiled, and basically all the preliminary preparations for the movie "The Martian" and some uncertain factors were settled.

As long as his superiors allow him to shoot boldly, he is still confident. After all, the other side often blackens us, too.

Afterwards, Fang Hong met with the main creators of the play.

Apart from the behind-the-scenes team which remains the same, there are still quite a lot of actors.

Liu Tianxian is naturally the female lead, and her specialties are botanist and mechanical engineer; the commander, who is also the captain in the play, is played by Liu Tianwang.

Matt Damon plays the European space representative, who is also a supporting role.

It is not easy to spend tens of millions of US dollars to let these two famous Hollywood actors play supporting roles. After all, it is a matter of downgrading their status, so naturally it takes money to settle it.

The two Hollywood actors didn't come to the meeting and will join the crew later.

The other four astronauts are system operators, or computer experts, played by Zhao Xiaodao.

She is the youngest female member of the team and is responsible for spacecraft systems and communications technology.

After all, she has been in this company for so long, so if there are good film resources, they will naturally be given to her.

Zhao Xiaodao is also ambitious and wants to act in a movie!

"Xiaodao, you should lose some weight and make your face thinner. You will look like a bun." Fang Hong said at the meeting.

This made the people at the meeting want to laugh but feel embarrassed. They could only purse their lips and not make any sound. What the principal said was still quite serious.

Liu Tianxian turned to look at Zhao Xiaodao, and saw that his face was indeed quite round.

During this period, Zhao Xiaodao did not diet and indeed gained some weight. Zhao Xiaodao's lips moved as he secretly complained, "You look like a stick!"

She just said it in her heart without saying it out loud.

This is just a small episode. The medical officer and biologist was given to Zhang Yi, who is responsible for the health management of the entire team and has a calm personality.

The role of the pilot chemist was given to Lei Datou. This character is humorous and serves to adjust the atmosphere.

He is good at this kind of role, so it is a good fit.

The last engineer and physicist was given to Bai Yu, who had very few roles and was just a cameo.

But he is not famous now, and even starring in "Bouquet" did not raise his status much.

The six astronauts are Liu Tianxian, Liu Tianwang, Zhao Xiaodao, Zhang Yi, Lei Datou and Bai Yu.

The rest of the ground team is Chen Daoming, the Mars mission manager. His role is very important in breaking the international deadlock and gaining high-level support.

It’s just that this character is not on “Mars”, so he will not be filming with Liu Tianxian.

This play will be divided into two groups for shooting. One group is on "Mars", which is the survival situation of the protagonist played by Liu Tianxian on "Mars".

This part will be shot by Fang Hong, and of course the assistant director Shen Ao will definitely follow him.

The other group of scenes is set on the "Earth" or on the "spaceship". This scene can be shot in Beijing or in a studio, and there is no need to go to the Western Regions.

This part was shot independently by Wen Muye, but of course the central idea was still directed by Fang Hong.

Wen Muye has filmed several dramas and has been trained to be able to shoot independently. Besides, Fang Hong will also check the materials he shoots.

So apart from the scenes where the astronauts had some contact with Liu Tianxian, the other actors had no contact with Liu Tianxian.

If we want to make contact, it has to be a remote connection between heaven and earth.

And basically in the Western Regions, it’s Liu Tianxian’s one-man show!
After everything was arranged, a few days later, Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian reported the situation to their two mothers and prepared to set off for the Western Regions.

Liu Xiaoli was fine, as she had experienced this many times; but Xu Liyun was still not used to it and kept giving repeated warnings.

"Be careful over there. I heard it's very cold at night, so keep warm!"

"Yes, Mom. We are a big team, not just one or two people. It will be safe, don't worry!" Liu Tianxian comforted.

Xu Liyun nodded and said nothing more.

All the filming materials for "The Martian" have been shipped to the Western Regions.

We are going to build a "Mars" base in the Western Regions.

Just like the "Mars" base in the movies and a space capsule, the project requires quite a lot of work.

Most of this movie was shot on location. No matter how realistic the special effects are, they are not as real as the real scenes. Besides, such an environment already exists in China.

The filming location is in the Gobi Desert near Yizhou District, HM City in the Western Regions, and its name is: Hongliuxia Mars Base!
There is a related Mars Research Institute under the Academy of Sciences. Of course, you can't go to the core area. There are open areas on the periphery that serve as science education bases and tourist attractions, which are operated by the local government and aerospace technology.

The crew had communicated with them and told them to pick any outer area they liked and assign it to them for filming.

After all, there are tourist attractions here, so as long as you don’t go to the core area, there will be no problem in other places.

The landform of this place is also very peculiar. The soil and rocks are reddish-brown, and it is dominated by black Gobi and arid climate, which is highly similar to the surface environment of Mars.

Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian must first go to the Western Regions to learn about the filming location and adapt to it, otherwise how can he do it without knowing the situation?

(End of this chapter)