Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 144 Let’s set a small goal first. (Subscribe)
"Hello, directors. I'm actress Zhou Yun, and the role I'm auditioning for is A-Chun."

There is some anxiety, some tension, but also some anticipation.

Zhou Yun introduced herself to Chen Cheng and Chen Desen.

Chen Cheng looked at Zhou Yun's information.

Then he asked, "Did you graduate from the Central Academy of Drama?"

"Yes."

"It seems like you've been in a lot of drama."

"I have indeed played a lot, but unfortunately, there is not a single role that people can remember."

"What do you think is the reason?"

"Well... I don't know. It could be that my acting skills are not good enough, or that I haven't encountered a good role, or there could be many other reasons."

"Why do you think Fourth Brother Deng likes Ah Chun?"

"Maybe we share the same suffering."

"you sure?"

"Love is a strange thing. This may be one reason. There are other reasons, but I think this is more reasonable."

"It seems that you have done a good job in studying the character of A-Chun."

"Teacher Liu, take Zhou Yun to the dressing room to put on makeup."

"what?"

Zhou Yun was stunned.

Chen Cheng said: "We want to confirm it further."

"Thank you, thank you, Director Chen."

Zhou Yun was extremely excited. She never thought that she could get to this point.

Although this kind of makeup does not mean that the role must be hers.

But this has already shown that the director has very strong intentions.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be allowed to wear makeup.

For many actors who don't have much intention, even if they ask you to audition, it's just a formality and then it's over.

After Zhou Yun went to put on makeup.

Chen Cheng continued to audition several other actors.

Classmate Zhu Xiaohua also walked in at this time.

The role that Zhu Xiaohua is going to audition for is Li Chongguang.

This role is also the role that Zhang Wei is going to audition for.

"Li Chongguang" is the son of the male protagonist "Li Yutang" and also the only son.

He was deeply inspired by Chen Shaobai's revolutionary ideas and died bravely.

This role was played by an actor from Taiwan in the previous life, but Chen Cheng won the mainland role in this drama.

"Xiaohua, here is a line, you try it."

Handing a script book to Zhu Xiaohua, Chen Cheng prepared to check on Zhu Xiaohua's situation.

It was beyond Chen Cheng's expectation.

It's much better than Zhang Wei's performance in the audition.

This surprised and delighted Chen Cheng.

did not expect.

There is such a talented actor in the class.

To know.

In the class in the previous life, only Yang Mi, Xiao Fei, Yuan Shanshan... and others were slightly famous.

Some other actors, like Chen Cheng, are in the third and fourth tier and are not very famous.

There are even many classmates who have already quit the circle, which is very regrettable.

"The lines are OK, Xiaohua, you go back first. If there is any news, we will inform you as soon as possible."

After Zhu Xiaohua.

The other one is a heavyweight celebrity named Hu Jun.

Hu Jun graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

In his early years, Hu Jun was performing in dramas.

In 1997, he won the Best Actor Award at the Italian Film Festival for his role in "East Palace, West Palace".

However, what made Hu Jun a household name was his role as Qiao Feng in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils in 03.

This version of Qiao Feng was domineering and brave, winning unanimous praise from the audience.

From then on, Hu Jun's career entered the fast lane.

"Hello, Mr. Hu Jun. I heard that you just finished acting in "The Storm of Chu and Han."

Although it was the first time I met Mr. Hu.

But in the circle, how could everyone not know each other?

As soon as Mr. Hu arrived, Chen Cheng started chatting with him.

"Oh, yes, I played Xiang Yu in The Storm of Chu and Han."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Haha, Mr. Hu, is it because after you played Qiao Feng that others think you are strong and powerful and can fight well?"

"Yes."

At this point, Hu Jun was a little depressed: "Actually, I am good at acting in literary dramas, but recently many dramas have asked me to play martial arts scenes."

"Then we'll ask you to perform a martial arts scene this time as well."

"That's fine with me. I'll just act in whatever the audience likes."

Before coming for the audition, Hu Jun was still a little nervous.

This legendary director Chen is very mysterious in the circle.

What a young genius.

What is the combination of literature and martial arts?

What an angry attack on the Hong Kong producer.

It is now rumored that he is a representative figure of the sixth generation of directors in China.

Although Hu Jun has become famous in recent years, he is also considered a big shot.

But in the eyes of directors like Chen Cheng, he knew that this meant nothing.

But what Hu Jun didn't expect was that Chen Cheng spoke in a very witty and humorous way, which immediately brought him closer.

This made Hu Jun relax a lot.

"By the way, Mr. Hu Jun, I want to see the effect of my makeup on you. I hope you have no objection. Of course, it might be a little harsh."

"No comment."

Hu Jun nodded.

Chen Cheng asked the staff to take Hu Jun to another dressing room.

Then I auditioned for a few more roles.

Several hours passed.

Both Zhou Yun and Hu Jun have finished their makeup.

Chen Cheng looked at him and said, "Zhou Yun, Achun's legs are disabled, you try to walk slowly."

Chen Cheng said to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun nodded and slowed down as Chen Cheng said.

But this is not a slowdown.

Zhou Yun originally had disabilities in both legs, so her walking was not only slow but also different from that of normal people.

So what Zhou Yun showed made people look like this person had something wrong with his legs, one leg was longer than the other.

Chen Cheng smiled.

He was very satisfied with Zhou Yun's performance.

Just now he deliberately asked Zhou Yun to walk slower.

If ordinary actors just follow the steps, slow down the pace, and do nothing else, they may be eliminated by Chen Cheng.

Zhou Yun not only slowed down her pace just right, but also consciously showed the character Achun's leg defects.

"Very good, Zhou Yun, you go back first, we will notify you when there is news."

"Thank you Director Chen, thank you makeup teacher."

Zhou Yun was excited.

she knows.

I am only one step away from the role of Achun.

"Teacher Hu Jun, your makeup looks fierce."

After Zhou Yun left, Chen Cheng stared at Hu Jun's makeup and said.

Mr. Hu said, "Yes, it's very fierce. I just looked in the mirror and it could scare a child to tears."

"Hahaha, this is exactly the effect we want."

Chen Cheng nodded: "Makeup teacher, remove Teacher Hu Jun's makeup first. Teacher Hu Jun, we will call you when there is news."

……

I tried out glasses in Hengdian for a week.

All the actors for the roles have been confirmed.

Chen Cheng stretched his back.

These two weeks of auditions were really tiring.

Fortunately, everything is settled.

Just as this side was settled, a problem arose on the side of Central City. Producer Chen Kexin immediately called Chen Cheng and summoned him to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

"Director Chen, what's going on here?"

In fact, Chen Cheng had also heard about the problems in Central City in recent days.

According to previous plan.

Originally, Central City was planned to be built in Hong Kong.

Later, I looked at the land prices in Hong Kong and found that they were too expensive and I couldn't afford to build it at all.

So I went to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The Shanghai Municipal Government was very sincere and gave the crew a piece of land at a reasonable price.

But after Central City was designed, problems arose again.

The problem is that the construction costs exceeded the budget.

"Chen Cheng, there is a problem. Our Central Ring City design has been completed and the budget is 6000 million."

"so tall."

Chen Cheng was also shocked.

This is 3000 million more than the previous 4000-2000 million.

2000 million is certainly not a lot for a building.

But for "The Siege of the City in October", which had already cost 1.5 million yuan, this has far exceeded the budget.

“Can the design be shortened?”

"It is possible, but after the reduction, the effect will be greatly reduced."

Chen Kexin took out the design drawings: "This time we invited a top architectural design team to restore the Central City of Hong Kong 100 years ago in a one-to-one manner. After our film is finished, we will build this place into a tourist attraction. Therefore, the Shanghai market sold the land to us at a relatively low price. However, the land is cheap, but because of this design, our budget has increased."

“Have you found other investors?”

"You know about investment. We were halfway short before. Later, China Film invested 5000 million, but we still needed 2000 million. I was so shameless that I risked my life to get the 2000 million. If I go again now, my reputation won't be a problem. But I'm afraid that even if I risk my reputation, I still won't be able to get 2000 million."

Chen Kexin's words also made Chen Cheng embarrassed.

The difference of 2000 million is not a small amount.

Not to mention, all the money that could be found had already been found.

impossible.

Now you are shamelessly asking those producers for help again.

Not to mention that you can't get it, if you go again, people will suspect that there is something wrong with your production.

"Director Chen, I have an idea."

"Chen Cheng, go ahead."

“We can try with some other real estate developers.”

"Real estate agent?"

"Yes, in fact, we don't have much advantage in the later development of Central Ring City. The real advantage lies in those real estate developers. They have mature business operation models and their ideas are more novel than ours. The location of our land is not bad. If we can attract these real estate developers, I believe it will have a certain effect."

"Hey, Chen Cheng, you're quite smart. Don't act in movies anymore. Try real estate instead."

"It's ok for me to just give some advice, but if you really want me to do it, don't let the house fall down."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed.

Chen Cheng's idea really brought a turning point for "The Siege of the City in October".

Upon learning that Central City would be looking for commercial real estate companies to jointly develop the property, many real estate companies flocked to the city.

Just a pity.

Although many real estate companies came and inspected the project.

But after comprehensive analysis, they refused on the grounds that the reconstruction cost was too high.

"These guys are smarter than anyone else."

Watching the real estate companies leave one after another, Chen Kexin felt like vomiting blood.

Chen Cheng comforted Chen Kexin and said, "Director Chen, these real estate companies are here to make money. No one will do anything that doesn't make money. The main problem on our side is that Central City is an old building that was restored before Hong Kong. If we want to develop it later, it will require a certain amount of reconstruction costs. Don't worry, it's only a few days, and there are still many real estate developers."

Although Chen Cheng was also anxious, he could only calm down.

It's not easy to make a movie.

Although Chen Cheng was not the only one in charge at this time, experiencing so many things has made him more calm.

……

A few days later.

The Hong Kong Central City project has won over a big shot.

This big shot is none other than Wanda’s CEO, Wang Jianlin.

Speaking of Wang Jianlin.

He came here not because he really likes the Central City project.

mainly.

Wanda Real Estate, owned by Wang Jianlin, has established the Wanda Cinema Line and built many cinemas.

Therefore, Wanda is not just a real estate company, but a comprehensive industrial group integrating business, entertainment, film and television, and finance.

The current Wanda is obviously not as powerful as it will be in the future.

But even if Wanda is not as powerful as it is in later generations, for ordinary people, Wanda is still a giant.

"Director Chen, I'll come and talk to President Wang later."

Knowing that Wang Jianlin would come, Chen Cheng suddenly became interested.

Chen Kexin nodded: "Other real estate companies have left in the past few days, and Wanda is the only one that is more powerful. If we can cooperate with Wanda, we will have the funds."

"Ah."

Chen Cheng nodded.

10 o'clock in the morning.

Wang Jianlin, accompanied by a group of people, came to the site of the Central City project.

Looking at the project site where construction has not started yet.

Wang Jianlin looked at the blueprint and said, "Central City, you guys are really crazy. You build a city for every movie you make. If real estate is so easy to do, we won't have any food to eat."

Chen Cheng stepped forward and said, "Mr. Wang, you can't say that. Our original intention was just to make a good movie, but the investment in Zhongchenghuan is indeed a bit large. But being big is not without its advantages. I believe you also know that culture and tourism can be effectively combined. And movies can empower culture. In the future, when Zhonghuan City is developed, it will not only be a very good tourist destination, but also a super shopping paradise."

"Oh, boy, who are you?"

"My name is Chen Cheng, and I'm the co-director of this show."

“Such a young co-director?”

"Ambition is not afraid of age. When it comes to making movies, it's not just about who is older that can make movies. It's just like running a real estate business, it's not about who has more experience that can do well in real estate."

"That makes sense."

Wang Jianlin suddenly became interested in the young man in front of him.

"Then tell me, what are the advantages of your Central Ring City?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Cheng said, "I won't talk about the previous advantages. I think that our Central City is very consistent with the concept of Wanda shopping center."

"How to say?"

"Currently, the well-known shopping malls in the country are still in a relatively low-level development model. Most of them just combine some big stores, some brand stores, restaurants, including video games, movies, etc. But the scale is not large. I think the complex is in urgent need of upgrading and building a super commercial complex."

"You have a very good eye."

Chen Cheng went on to say: "To build a super shopping mall, we must add shopping streets, five-star hotels, apartments, office buildings, etc. on the existing basis. Then, at this point, such a large shopping complex is not just about shopping, it also includes office, leisure, entertainment, and almost all the businesses related to our lives."

What Chen Cheng said was exactly the concept of the third to fourth generation of large shopping malls in later generations.

of course.

Chen Cheng is not an expert on real estate or large shopping malls.

But he had seen too much in his previous life, even if Chen Cheng just expressed this idea.

All of a sudden, Wang Jianlin was listening attentively.

See this.

Chen Cheng said, "Mr. Wang, you see, our street can be turned into a large shopping street. This shopping street is inside the mall, which is equivalent to the pedestrian street in the past. In addition, there is an open space on this side. If Wanda needs it, it can be turned into a 5-star hotel. In this way, culture + tourism + rest + office + catering... a super large complex will be born."

Chen Cheng kept talking.

Although he is not a professional.

But this general concept far exceeded Wang Jianlin's imagination.

This made Wang Jianlin extremely excited: "Good boy, your ideas are very advanced."

"It's not really ahead of its time, but most people probably haven't thought about it before. If it's done this way, then the entire Central City will become a landmark shopping mall for all large complexes."

"good."

Wang Jianlin nodded from time to time.

Looking at Chen Cheng, Wang Jianlin suddenly said, "Brothers, how about you stop being directors and work with me?"

"Thank you, Mr. Wang. Actually, all I have said just now are just my wild thoughts. Although it is forward-looking, I don't have the ability to implement it. It is only because I am here with you that I dare to express such thoughts. If it were anyone else, I would not say anything."

“Yes, your concept is indeed very advanced and attractive. But to build such a mall, it also requires a huge investment.”

Wang Jianlin was calculating in his heart.

Chen Cheng said, "It does require a huge investment. However, I have learned about your experience when you were young. When you were young, you retired from the army and became a state cadre. However, you were not satisfied with this stable life. So you started a business and established Wanda Real Estate. Over the years, you have brought Wanda Real Estate to a very high scale. If you ask me to summarize your first half of life, I would say one thing."

"Which sentence?"

Chen Cheng blurted out, "It is not enough for young people to have dreams, they must also bravely take the first step. As the saying goes, Tsinghua University and Peking University are not as good as courage."

"Tsinghua University and Peking University are great, but it's better to be brave."

Wang Jianlin clapped his hands.

These words really touched his heart.

Chen Cheng nodded and continued, "Boss Wang, how about we set a small goal and invest 1 million yuan in him first?"

(End of this chapter)