Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 240 Chen Cheng's second role as the leading actor
“Remember Those Years?”

"Do you still remember the one who was ranked first on the three lists?"

"Remember that boy?"

Liang Shi, a well-known independent film critic in China, published an article in the media titled "Young people are never lacking in pride."

This article can be said to have completely started the battle between Chen Cheng and Hollywood.

"I never thought that Chen Cheng would stand up at this time."

"Yes, other directors either changed the release date or withdrew it, but Chen Cheng rose to the challenge."

"Young people are always full of pride. It's really well written. Although I don't know what Chinese Partners is about, I will support Chen Cheng."

[Young people are never lacking in pride]

This article is like a battle manifesto.

He ignited a flame in the hearts of a group of young people.

Following from that.

Thousands of movie fans entered the cinema.

……

And on the other side was Chen Cheng.

After "Chinese Partners", he didn't pay much attention to this film.

Not paying attention does not mean not wanting to pay attention.

instead.

Chen Cheng paid more attention to this film than any other films he had made before.

But paying too much attention is not good either.

I pay too much attention to it and fail to do anything well.

This is not.

On that day, Chen Cheng continued to set new box office records.

even.

Almost every ten minutes.

Chen Cheng needs to refresh once.

Behind.

What's more, Chen Cheng refreshes every minute.

What's even crazier is...

One minute.

Chen Cheng swiped it dozens of times.

Chen Cheng is not a saint.

He also has a desire to win.

Even if he knew.

His film was released suddenly at a bad time.

In this battle, he is likely to lose.

But he still couldn't help but constantly refresh the box office.

"No way."

This has been refreshing for three or four hours in a row, Chen Cheng knows.

If they continue to break new box office records like this, they will really become addicted.

Find something to do.

I thought about it.

Chen Cheng called Cai Yinong of Tangren.

After receiving Chen Cheng's call, Cai Yinong seemed very surprised: "Director Chen, you actually have time to call me? Tell me, what's the matter."

"I can't chat with you if I have nothing to do."

"Tsk, you don't have time to chat."

"Okay. There is one thing indeed. How are you doing in Formosa?"

"What do you mean by how well you are doing?"

"I just have a movie that I want to shoot in Taiwan. As you know, I'm not very familiar with Taiwan, so I wanted to find you."

"Small things."

Cai Yinong said: "What movie?"

"It's a film that I don't know how to describe."

"Director, who are you looking for?"

"I."

"That's fine too. What about male No. 1?"

"also me."

"You're finally willing to appear on camera?"

"Find something to do."

"What do you mean by find something to do?"

Cai Yinong was a little confused at first.

Then I remembered Chen Cheng’s recently released movie “Chinese Partners”.

"I almost forgot, didn't you release a movie recently?"

"Correct."

"So you still have time to film?"

"Why do I need to do anything when the movie is released? The release period is one month. Should I do nothing during this month and just keep an eye on the box office?"

"Haha, your film is not simple. The media said that you are going to compete with Hollywood. You have great ambition. How about it? Are you confident?"

“Not much confidence.”

Chen Cheng is telling the truth.

Although he really wanted to knock them down.

But this world.

Not everything will always go as you wish.

"It's rare that you also have times when you lack confidence."

"Haha, you think I'm a genius."

"Isn't it?"

"Uh, okay. Where are you? I'll talk to you about it in a few days when I finish writing the script. By the way, how about you be the co-producer of my film?"

"Am I a producer?"

"Miss Cai, you guys at Tang have always wanted to make movies, why don't you give it a try?"

"Oh my god, you are giving me a huge benefit."

"It doesn't count."

Chen Cheng shook his head: "I am not familiar with Taiwan, so I can only find someone familiar. You being a co-producer is also helping me."

"OK, no problem."

Cai Yinong agreed without much thought, and then asked, "How much is the investment?"

"2000."

"so little?"

"Not bad. If my director's salary wasn't included, this film could have been made for more than 1000 million."

"Oh my god, Director Chen, I thought you wanted to help me make a movie. Give me a 1000 million movie to try my hand at."

"Miss Cai, you don't look down on a 1000 million movie. The investment in those years was only over 1000 million."

“Do you think this film can surpass those years?”

"In terms of influence, maybe not. But the box office is no better than before... I think it's totally fine if the box office exceeds those years."

“Then we’ll invest 1000 million.”

"Pfft..."

Chen Cheng burst into tears and said, "You wish. I will give you an investment quota of 200 million."

Mature will be cooked.

Chen Cheng is not the kind of person who would throw away all his principles when he sees a beautiful woman.

Say.

He didn't even take off his pants.

You can't just do whatever you want.

……

"Brother Cheng, why are you in the office every day these days?"

"Writing a script."

"A new movie?"

"Correct."

Nortel.

Han Jianu came to Chen Cheng's office.

"Brother Cheng, that's awesome... You don't know your Chinese partner."

"Hey, don't say that."

Chen Cheng stopped Han Jianu from continuing: "Don't mention Chinese partners to me?"

"What?"

"I am so tired. I have been checking the box office for the past few days. My eyes are tired."

"clear."

They all studied directing.

Han Jianu also knows about Chen Cheng's current situation.

"Yeah, don't mention you, I've been raking in the box office."

"Yeah, it's better not to watch it. I'll take another look when it starts showing."

"Hahaha, are you so calm?"

"I just can't wait, so I'm preparing a new film."

talking.

Chen Cheng pointed at the script.

"Brother Cheng, what type of movie is this?"

“An urban violent crime film.”

After thinking about it, Chen Cheng could only categorize him this way.

"An urban violent crime film. What category is this? A police and gangster film?"

"No."

"A gangster movie?"

"Not at all."

"What is that?" "Don't worry about the classification, everyone will know when the time comes."

Some films are indeed difficult to categorize.

Just like this one.

"Tell me about the plot. I, an inexperienced director, can help you analyze it."

"also."

Chen Cheng smiled.

Han Jianu is the daughter of Han Sanping.

The last time he went to Han Sanping's house, Chen Cheng also knew how much Han Sanping valued his daughter.

just.

It’s not that your father is so powerful that his daughter can inherit his genes.

Sometimes, this is also a helpless thing.

That being the case.

You can take Han Jianu with you.

After thinking for a while, Chen Cheng said, "Have you heard of the story of Zhou Chu eliminating the three evils?"

"of course."

Han Jianu said: "This story comes from Shishuo Xinyu, which tells about a man named Zhou Chu in the Jin Dynasty. When he was young, he was strong and skilled in martial arts. But he relied on his strong body to bully the common people from time to time. The common people called him the three evils along with the fierce tiger on the south mountain and the dragon on the west."

"One day, Zhou Chu suddenly found that many people didn't want to play with him, and he felt very bored. He caught a man and asked him why. The man said, we have three evils here. As long as you get rid of the three evils, everyone will regard you as a hero. Then, everyone will like you. So Zhou Chu went to Nanshan alone, fought with the evil tiger, and killed it. Then he went west into the water. After three days and three nights, he chased the dragon for dozens of miles and killed it."

"Finally, he asked the man what the third harm was. The man said fearfully, the third harm is you. Only then did Zhou Chu come to his senses. From then on, Zhou Chu began to work hard and learn from masters, studying both civil and military skills. Finally, he was highly valued by the court and was awarded the title of General Jianwei. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of General Pingxi and the title of Marquis Xiao."

Han Jianu has a very good foundation in literature and she can talk eloquently for a while.

"Not bad, not bad, you are indeed worthy of being a graduate student of the Directing Department of our Beijing Film Academy."

Chen Cheng applauded slightly.

Studying the directing department at Beijing Film Academy doesn't just require learning directing, one also has to learn literature.

Therefore, directors who graduate from the directing department of Beijing Normal University are often good at screenwriting.

"Brother Cheng, are you going to film Zhou Chu eliminating the three evils?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng nodded, but then shook his head: "However, the story of Zhou Chu eliminating the three evils I'm talking about here is not a story from ancient times, it's a story that happened in modern times."

Chen Cheng began to tell this story: "There was a young man named Chen Guilin. Because he was ignorant, he joined the underworld at a very young age. Because he was ruthless, he became the number one killer of the gang at that time and had a high reputation in the underworld. Once, after he killed another big boss, he began his life in exile."

"Although Chen Guilin did a lot of bad things, he was always worried about his grandmother. But his grandmother was old and fell ill. She couldn't survive the operation and died. After his grandmother died, Chen Guilin suddenly came to his senses. He felt that he had done a lot of bad things in the past. At this time, he learned that he had advanced lung cancer. Then he decided to turn himself in."

"As a result, on the way to surrender, Chen Guilin saw the three wanted criminals posted by the police, and he was ranked third. So, before surrendering, he wanted to do something big and kill the first and second wanted criminals. In the end, Chen Guilin killed the second and first wanted criminals in his own way. In the end, Chen Guilin surrendered. But because Chen Guilin had killed many people before, injured the police, and had a series of criminal records, Chen Guilin could not escape death..."

The story ends here.

"what do you think?"

"I feel the story is very innovative and unlike the traditional police and gangster films."

"There have been too many police and gangster movies in the past, and people are not interested in watching them."

Chen Cheng said.

of course.

This film is more exciting, but not just here.

There are also exciting scenes where the protagonist shoots people in the head.

"Do you have time to go to Treasure Island with me?"

"what?"

"I'm the director of this film, and I want to hire an assistant director. Please help me."

"But I can't... I haven't directed any films."

"Who said you've never directed before? You've made a lot of comedy shorts."

"Does this count?"

"Of course it counts."

Chen Cheng said, "All new directors come here this way. How can you be given such an awesome film right away? Come on, I'll protect you. After a while, you will surely impress your father."

"Brother Cheng, really?"

"of course it's true."

It would be fine if we don’t talk about anything else.

Let’s talk about dad.

Han Jianu, who was originally timid, took the initiative to say, "Okay, Cheng, I'll go. But, Cheng, I really don't know how to direct. Since you are helping me like this, I will give you tuition fees."

"Pfft..."

"real."

Han Jianv said seriously: "A great director like you is hard to find even with a lantern. I am the lucky one."

"Okay, okay, okay...just pay the 1000 yuan tuition fee first."

"Yes, Master."

talking.

Han Jianu actually took out 1000 yuan from her bag.

Chen Cheng held back his laughter and still accepted the 1000 yuan tuition fee.

……

Cai Yinong is very efficient in her work.

Before Chen Cheng finished writing his script, she had already brought in a behind-the-scenes team for him.

of course.

In fact, Chen Cheng has a team behind the scenes.

Wu Jingyuan, Zhang Lu... can all be pulled over.

But it is in Taiwan after all.

In order to make a better film, Chen Cheng's first choice was the team in Taiwan.

but.

The assistant director couldn't really be Han Jianuo.

He brought Han Jianu with him so that she could study.

and so.

Chen Cheng brought Zhang Lu to serve as the deputy director of the drama.

The original investment was more than 1000 million.

Chen Cheng didn't do anything too stupid.

After finding a group of actors and adding the male lead Chen Cheng, they were ready to start filming.

of course.

Chen Cheng asked Cai Yinong to play a role as well.

This role.

She is the woman who has been singing in the New Heart House.

It’s just that Chen Cheng is very low-key.

But when filming started in Taiwan, a famous director came to the crew and congratulated Chen Cheng.

This great director.

It is the treasure island and the world-renowned director Li Ani.

He is also the one who filmed the classic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

His film "Brokeback Mountain" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival.

Simultaneously.

The film he shot also won the Academy Award for Best Director.

He is also the first Chinese director to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

His most recent film was “Taking Woodstock.”

This movie didn't do very well at the box office though.

But at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival, it was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Chen Cheng didn't expect this.

This top director actually came to his own crew.

……

Li An is a director who looks very gentle.

He spoke softly.

Although he came to the crew this time, he didn't have anything to do, he just wanted to meet Chen Cheng.

but.

Chen Cheng was also very happy to meet Li Anu.

and.

Chen Cheng also discussed movies with him.

Simultaneously.

Li An was also in the crew watching the first shot shot by Chen Cheng.

First shot.

Naturally, the person being filmed is the male lead, Chen Cheng.

This shot is very simple.

The plot says so.

At the funeral of a gangster, many of his followers were discussing a top killer in the underworld, Chen Guilin.

But how would he know?

The top killer was Chen Guilin, who looked harmless and even a little cute.

And what is he doing?

Like many of his younger brothers, he was busy eating his lunch box.

but.

The style of painting changed.

Throw away the lunch box.

Take out the gun you carry with you.

He pushed through the crowd.

He shot at Brother Tietou.

One shot hits.

But Chen Guilin has always been cautious in doing things.

Even if one shot hits.

He still fired nine more shots.

It was after watching this mirror.

Li An said to Chen Cheng: "I feel your film will be a big hit."

(End of this chapter)