Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 111 The 3rd TV Drama Festival

Chapter 111 The 3rd TV Drama Festival
"Chen Cheng, it's a pity that you don't become an actor."

After taking off his makeup, Andy Lau suddenly appeared in front of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng was stunned: "Brother Hua, I was also influenced by you before, so I got into the state now."

This is half true and half false.

It’s true, Chen Chengshi was so familiar with this scene in his previous life that he just acted it out directly.

It's fake.

Andy Lau hasn't even performed this scene yet.

But no matter what Chen Cheng said, Andy Lau also admired Chen Cheng's acting skills.

At the same time, he thought of something and said with a sigh, "You can be an artist, a martial arts instructor, and a director. Your future is so bright. Even if you want to be an actor, it will only take a few minutes."

this is normal.

Why Chen Cheng is not obsessed with acting now.

On the one hand, Chen Cheng was behind the scenes.

On the other hand, Chen Cheng also knew his own advantages.

As long as you reach a certain level behind the scenes, you can be an actor in no time.

even.

When the time comes, Chen Cheng can play whatever role he wants.

As for which role I want to play at that time, it depends on my mood.

……

In the following period, the filming of See the Dragon Resurrected went much more smoothly.

Even if they encountered some troubles, they were resolved with the efforts of Chen Cheng and other staff.

Two months later, the filming of See the Dragon Take Off His Armor was completed.

Chen Cheng and everyone else had a wrap-up banquet and then left the crew.

As for the subsequent editing, review, and distribution...it has nothing to do with Chen Cheng.

but.

When preparing to go back, director "Yu Ming" called Chen Cheng.

It is said that the third TV Drama Festival was holding an awards ceremony in the capital, and Chen Cheng was invited to attend.

Chen Cheng originally didn't want to participate.

Because such activities have little to do with him as the producer behind the scenes.

However, Chen Cheng had just finished filming "The Dragon Resurrection" and had nothing to do. Plus, he was planning to go back to school, so he agreed.

"Chen Cheng, here, here."

As soon as I arrived in BJ, Yang Mi came to pick me up at the airport.

Chen Cheng was a little surprised: "Mi Mi, how did you know my flight today?"

Yang Mi smiled and said, "I am also here to attend the award ceremony. I heard that I might win the grand prize. Then Director Yu also said that you would come, so I came to pick you up."

"Haha, the grand prize, the best newcomer?"

"It should be, but it's probably just a nomination, it can't be me."

“It’s good to be nominated.”

Although the TV Drama Festival is not as good as the three major TV drama awards.

But because it was hosted by Guangguang Media and the Radio and Television Program Production Association, and the many TV dramas invited were all very popular.

So the ratings are pretty good and it still has some influence.

"Chen Cheng, do you think I should make TV series or try the movie route?"

On the way, Chen Cheng was chatting with Yang Mi, and Yang Mi asked at this time.

Chen Cheng naturally knew what Yang Mi was thinking, and said, "You can try the film route, but I think you should focus on TV dramas in the next few years."

"why?"

"Movies look beautiful, but this is only for a small number of people. Although TV series are not as high-end as movies, they have a mass base and relatively abundant resources. As long as they are filmed, they will have good ratings. Even if the ratings are not very good, the audience will still like them. When your popularity rises to a certain level, it will be much smoother to consider filming. Otherwise, if you really suffer a setback when you switch to movies, you will not be able to adapt to filming TV series again."

"Too."

Yang Mi thought about it, nodded, and then asked, "What about you?"

"me."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "I am still working behind the scenes."

"Don't give me that. Director Yu is always very polite to you when he talks about you."

"Really? I haven't seen Director Yu for a long time."

Chen Cheng and Yu Ming hadn't seen each other for almost a year.

The last time we met was when we were on the set of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

……

half an hour.

Chen Cheng arrived at the hotel where the award ceremony was held.

Most people had not arrived yet, so Chen Cheng rested in the hotel.

Then, many people from the Condor Heroes crew came over.

The first to arrive was the male lead Huang Xiaoming.

Seeing Yang Mi, Huang Xiaoming greeted her, "Mi Mi, you're up so early."

Yang Mi said: "I just arrived too."

Just about to say it.

At this moment, Huang Xiaoming suddenly saw Chen Cheng and said in great surprise: "Chen Cheng, why are you here?"

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "I'm here to have a free meal. I heard there will be a sumptuous dinner after the awards ceremony tonight."

Huang Xiaoming said, "You are kidding again. If you want to eat for free, you can get it anywhere. You have been doing very well recently. Take me with you if you have the chance."

Chen Cheng replied: "I am just behind the scenes, I don't have the ability to do that."

Huang Xiaoming looked like he was crying: "Junior brother, you can't do this. After all, I am your senior brother."

This was naturally to establish a relationship with Chen Cheng.

In fact, Chen Cheng and Huang Xiaoming had an average relationship.

When we were filming The Return of the Condor Heroes before, we were just filming and we didn’t have any particularly deep friendships.

Of course the relationship is not bad.

Anyway, we are just ordinary friends or ordinary alumni.

So Chen Cheng was neither enthusiastic nor cold towards Huang Xiaoming.

Huang Xiaoming also knew that his relationship with Chen Cheng was not that close, and saying more would only make Chen Cheng disgusted.

After Huang Xiaoming, the next person to come here was Liu Yi from The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Chen Cheng and Liu Yi had dealt with each other.

During the auditions for The Return of the Condor Heroes, Chen Cheng and Liu Yi worked together to select actors.

When he saw Liu Yi, Chen Cheng greeted him first: "Teacher Liu, here."

Liu Yi was also extremely surprised when he saw Chen Cheng: "Director Chen, you are here too."

"Teacher Liu, it's too polite for you to call me Director Chen."

Liu Yi said, "If we don't call you Director Chen, what should we call you? Everyone knows your ability. You are not like us screenwriters who are just here to go through the motions."

What Liu Yi said was true.

That is to say, this award includes an award called "Best Screenwriter".

But on the crew.

The status of a screenwriter is not high, and many directors often ignore them.

Even some well-known actors often change their lines.

However, for Chen Cheng, he still respects the screenwriter very much.

Therefore, since he started working behind the scenes, even though he served as an assistant director, Chen Cheng rarely changed the lines or scripts.

One is that changing the script is disrespectful to the screenwriter.

The other story was written by the screenwriter, who knows this story better than others.

Do you think that you can write better stories and lines than the screenwriter?

Changing the script and the lines is not only disrespectful to the screenwriter, but also a case of an amateur directing an expert.

So Chen Cheng and Liu Yi talked about this issue, and Liu Yi regarded Chen Cheng as a kindred spirit. He said, "Director Chen, in the future, I hope you guys can give more suggestions on this kind of phenomenon, so that some directors... let alone some actors, will come to change the script."

Chen Cheng shook his head: "I'm not a big shot."

Then some other people arrived.

Those who were familiar with Chen Cheng came over to say hello.

Some of them didn't have a very good relationship with Chen Cheng and wanted to say hello, but were embarrassed to do so.

Chen Cheng didn't feel much.

Chen Cheng would take the initiative to say hello to those he knew.

If you are not familiar with them, just nod your head.

……

12 o'clock noon.

Director Yu Ming and producer Zhang Jizhong then arrived.

Hearing that Chen Cheng had been waiting for two hours, Zhang Jizhong quickly asked the hotel to arrange lunch.

Moreover, Chen Cheng was pulled to the upper seat.

Chen Cheng sat aside modestly.

Zhang Jizhong declined several times and finally gave up.

seat.

Zhang Jizhong toasted Chen Cheng from time to time and asked a series of questions about movies.

He also said he wanted to make a movie someday.

Chen Cheng suggested that he could just give movies a try but should focus on TV series as his main career.

As for the reason.

Chen Cheng also said that the movie model is completely different from the TV series model.

If a TV series is not well made, there are resources to recover the money as a guarantee. Even if it cannot be recovered, the difference will not be much.

Movies are different.

Not to mention whether there is anyone to invest in you, even if there is, the director will be under tremendous pressure if he suffers a loss.

The industry has said so.

A director only has one chance to make it.

If you fail to get up once, the investors will never trust you again.

Even if you are a well-known director, you only have three chances.

If you lose three times.

Excuse me.

You will no longer be qualified to make movies.

If you want to shoot again, you can only raise money yourself.

But do you think you can succeed by raising money on your own?
Many directors have gone bankrupt trying to raise money to make movies.

Even a superstar like Andy Lau suffers terrible losses from making movies, let alone others.

"Director Chen, your words really sounded the alarm for me. This movie is really not that easy to make."

Zhang Jizhong thanks Chen Cheng.

The others around were listening quietly, no one interrupted, nor did they dare to interrupt.

Maybe they know.

A year ago, Chen Cheng was still far behind them.

But a year passed.

The situation is completely reversed.

Even if it is Zhang Jizhong.

A year ago, Chen Cheng was just an assistant to Yu Ming, a director under Zhang Jizhong.

What now.

When facing Chen Cheng, Zhang Jizhong had to call him Director Chen.

……

7 pm.

The third TV Drama Festival officially begins.

The ceremony was broadcast live by Capital Television, and the host was someone Chen Cheng was not familiar with.

The guests who came to present the awards were all big names and veterans in the television industry.

Chen Cheng's seat was in the third row.

This position is neither front nor back.

According to Chen Cheng's original position in the Condor Heroes crew, it was impossible for him to even have a position.

But the situation was different now, and the organizers did not dare to arrange Chen Cheng to the back.

As for the front, they did want to.

But after all, the people in front are all on-camera staff, so we still need to give them more camera exposure.

Like most awards.

The 3rd TV Drama Storm Theater has designed awards for the Top Ten TV Dramas, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Screenwriter, Best Producer, Best TV Drama, Lifetime Achievement... and other awards.

At the same time, some of these awards are shocking.

Because he also set up the Most Popular Actor Award and the Most Popular Actress Award.

This is a bit embarrassing.

Aren’t the best actor and actress the most popular?
Or you might ask this question at this time.

Which one is more valuable, the best actor and actress or the most popular actor and actress?

You have to say that the best actor and actress awards are of high quality.

Then I have to talk to you about it. Everyone is the best, so why does your best have the highest value?
Is there a first and second highest?
This may be a difficult philosophical question to answer.

but.

This is also the norm in the industry.

Many awards have some confusing names to attract audiences who are unaware of the truth.

Chen Cheng didn't care.

He just came to watch the fun, and he didn't get any prize.

"Unfortunately, I'm not the best newcomer."

The Best Newcomer award was given out relatively early.

As Yang Mi predicted, she was nominated, but it was not her who won the award in the end, but Zhou Yiwei.

His representative work is called "Sunshine is Like a Flower".

Chen Cheng had never seen it and was not familiar with Zhou Yiwei.

Chen Cheng smiled and comforted Yang Mi, saying, "It's okay. If you didn't win the Best Newcomer award, you can win the Best Actress award in the future."

"I don't know when it will happen."

"Who knows what's going on in the industry? There are a lot of opportunities for actors in front of the camera. You can become famous without realizing it."

Chen Cheng was relatively calm.

There are advantages to being behind the scenes.

There are also advantages in front of the stage.

The advantage in front of the camera is that when traffic comes, no one can stop it.

But the disadvantages are also obvious.

Once the traffic is gone and your acting skills can no longer support it, you will soon exit the circle.

……

"Where is Mr. Zhang Guoli?"

"I think I went to the bathroom."

"He's going to present the awards soon. Call Teacher Zhang Guoli to urge him. Also, talk to the director to adjust the order of the awards."

no way.

Sometimes there are some unexpected things happening during the award ceremony.

This is not.

The guest teacher Zhang Guoli unexpectedly had a stomachache.

But the organizer originally thought of waiting for Zhang Guoli to come out of the toilet before letting him go on stage.

But Zhang Guoli came out of the toilet, staggering, and said, "I don't think I can go on stage this time. I have no strength left in my body."

This made the organizers feel a little embarrassed.

What if I can’t play?

We have to change people.

It’s easy to change people, but who should we replace?

Teacher Zhang Guoli is not comparable to ordinary guests.

Say.

This is an award for the Best Actress, and it carries a lot of weight.

"Or, ask Daoming to go up."

"Teacher Daoming has already awarded it."

"Then let's give it again."

"It's OK...but the audience may have some opinions."

It's not impossible to go on stage twice to present awards, but it does have some flaws.

"How about asking Teacher Chen Cheng to present the awards?"

At this time.

The assistant director in the studio suggested.

"Teacher Chen Cheng, who is this?"

"He was the assistant of Director Yu of The Condor Heroes before."

"Director Yu's assistant... puff..."

Someone laughed out loud: "Lao Liu, you must be kidding. Instead of asking Director Yu's assistant to present the award, you might as well ask me to go."

"I haven't finished talking yet."

Deputy Director Liu said: "He was indeed Director Yu's assistant last year. Later, he was the martial arts instructor of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and the first assistant director of The Lotus Lantern. He also participated in Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower as the deputy art director. He designed the makeup for Zhou Renfa and Gong Li. Not long ago, he also served as the art director of Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon..."

Listening to Deputy Director Liu's introduction, the other organizers were stunned.

This upgrade speed is simply cheating.

Not only cheating.

Not only do they upgrade quickly, they also upgrade to a higher level track.

Look at the crew that people have joined.

Not to mention "Curse of the Golden Flower", even "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon" is not something that most people can get into.

It’s like the award for Best Actor was originally given here, and suddenly a Best Actor came along.

This is totally not on a different level.

"I can see it."

Everyone looked at it.

With such qualifications, who would dare to say no?

Then the problem is coming.