The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 184: A Play within a Play and Proportion
September 9, during a break in the filming of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

“You have to learn the language of the camera, and any film uses a variety of shots.

Generally speaking, it can be divided into five categories: long shot, panoramic shot, mid shot, close-up, and close-up.

It is also divided into large panorama and large close-up.

The form of each single shot is composed of four aspects: scene, angle, movement form, and length.
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Tian Zhuangzhuang gives Zhang Chen extra lessons every day after Zhang Chen finishes his performance.

He couldn't teach anything else, but he knew everything about film shooting techniques and even the composition of a film.

As a director who has been making movies for most of his life, he now gives Zhang Chen individual lessons, which can be regarded as a preparation for his teaching at Beijing Film Academy next year.

"Director Tian, the more you teach me, the more I want to make a movie. How about I get a few more cameras from the company so that we can shoot a movie-quality MV?"

"Why, do you have a new song?"

"I guess so. If possible, I can make an OST for The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber."

Zhang Chen has not forgotten the original intention of filming the TV series. After so many days of shooting, he has found several suitable songs.

During the past few days of learning with Tian Zhuangzhuang, he also developed a strong interest in "telling stories with the camera."

This reminded him of the diverse hobbies of rich people.

Some people like golf, some like collecting, some like hunting, and some like horse riding. These hobbies basically cannot escape two important factors.

1. To meet social needs, such as sports like golf. This sport for the rich is more often the favorite occasion for wealthy people to talk business.

2. Spiritual needs. Money can be seen as material needs. So when you have endless money, you will get spiritual satisfaction, which is simply a sense of pleasure.

At this point, showing off wealth becomes the best choice for most wealthy people. For example, art collection. The feeling of having a unique piece that you don’t have can greatly satisfy the vanity of the wealthy.

In addition, although the pursuit of certain works of art is rare, there are still some wealthy people who will try it, but they are not as good as professionals and are too embarrassed to show it.

For example, some people will spend money to hold a concert by themselves, and some people will spend money to invite a group of big stars to accompany them to shoot a movie.

And Zhang Chen seems to have found his own way to achieve spiritual enrichment.

In the past, he obtained pleasure by producing high-quality songs one after another. When these songs became global bestsellers, he would win awards, be praised, and receive sales dividends.

But after he won the Grammy Awards, he no longer had the anticipation before the awards were presented.

It’s hard to feel a sense of recognition when someone praises your song.

After making more money, all the album dividends seem to have become a string of useless numbers.

emptiness.

This is Zhang Chen’s most intuitive feeling this year.

After he released the album, he hasn't paid attention to its performance for a long time.

However, Tian Zhuangzhuang's teaching during this period aroused his strong interest in photography.

Perhaps there is a slight connection between the language of the camera and her songs over the years.

He particularly wanted to combine the two and turn each song into a complete story.

Perhaps this is the original intention of some singers to make their songs into movies?

"Director Tian, wait a minute. We'll get started tomorrow. This is a song in ancient style. The scenery, costumes, props, actors, etc. are all ready. I'll say hello to Director Yang."

Do what you want to do, and do as you please if you have money.

Zhang Chen felt that if he was forced to stay in the crew for several months, he would go crazy.

Especially in this TV series, he has to play an indecisive "central air conditioner", and the torment he feels when facing those female stars is even more miserable.

If he was the kind of person who would find a couple on the crew when filming a movie, maybe he would enjoy it.

But the key point is that his identity does not allow her to do so.

Besides, the spies that Sun Fangping placed next to her were not just for show.

In that case, I can only find some fun on my own.

The next day, everyone in the crew gathered around Zhang Chen.

They had just heard that Zhang Chen was going to set up a small crew within the crew. Putting aside the question of whether this was against the rules, this would give many actors who came to play supporting roles or who wanted to show their faces more opportunities.

"Zhang Chen, you can do it. I know I'm brave, but you're braver than me. Aren't you afraid that Director Yang will be angry if you do this?"

Jiang Wen walked around the machine that Chenguang Entertainment had just delivered and marveled at it.

In his opinion, Zhang Chen's behavior was undoubtedly an attempt to flatter Yang Tao.

What do you mean, Zhang Chen? It seems that Director Yang Tao couldn't shoot the scene you wanted, so he came up with this after Tian Zhuangzhuang came, to challenge Yang Tao, right?

"I'm just worried that Director Yang will get tired. I'm already very grateful to him for helping to make a movie for the company. I don't dare to add extra workload to him. Besides, this is just a song I just wrote on a whim."

If Yang Tao didn't say this well, he would lose face.

After all, he was a director hired by his own company. If Zhang Chen offended him in public like this, it would seem that he has no manners.

Finally, the same logic applies to the song he had just written. It was not a plan that Zhang Chen made after Tian Zhuangzhuang came. It was just a coincidence that the song was just written when Tian Zhuangzhuang was teaching.

"That's not very nice of you. I've been so idle lately. After all, I'm a director. Have you ever considered letting me participate in your project?"

After living together in the crew for so many days, Jiang Wen also understood Zhang Chen's personality. When they first met, he felt that Zhang Chen was a big boss and a big star, and it was very oppressive when talking to him.

But after interacting with him on the crew, he found that Zhang Chen was very easy to get along with when he was not working, especially when the young girl Liu Yifei was around, he was no different from an ordinary young man.

Moreover, Zhang Chen would also ask him for some knowledge about film shooting, so as a result, the relationship between the two became much closer and they were not so unfamiliar with each other in speaking.

"You don't have to act every day, so there's no need to run around with the crew every day."

Not all actors appear in every episode. As the actor who plays Xie Xun, Jiang Wen doesn’t actually have many scenes.

So logically speaking, there is no need for Jiang Wen to stay in the crew all the time.

"You're talking as if I can go somewhere else and do something else if I don't stay in the crew. Besides, isn't this just waiting for something that interests me?"

Jiang Wen is currently in a ban period for directing, so it is impossible for him to make a movie, and he is not particularly interested in TV series.

But now Zhang Chen said he wanted to shoot an MV with a movie quality, which aroused his interest.

Although the film is not long, at least it is shot in the style of a movie.

Even if I can't direct it myself, it would be nice to just give some suggestions from the sidelines.

"Then let's play together?"

Jiang Wen has said so much, so just come.

Zhang Chen himself is confident that he can make this MV well. With Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jiang Wen and even Yang Tao who is free, and three directors by his side to guide him on the spot, how can he not make a good MV?

As for whether it will cause disputes among several directors over some conceptual issues.

That's what Zhang Chen is happy to see, a collision of creative ideas, which also helps Zhang Chen absorb the knowledge of these directors.

"Come on, come on, write the song first, and then we'll discuss how to write the script."

Half an hour later, Zhang Chen's room was filled with a group of people.

Zhang Chen himself, the three directors Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jiang Wen and Yang Tao, the three screenwriters of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" Chen Bing, Zhang Min and Wei Xin, and the producer Li Xiaoping.

"Isn't this too big of a fuss? I just want to shoot a music video, there's no need to make such a big fuss, right?"

Zhang Chen was speechless as he looked at the luxurious lineup in front of him.

Originally, he just wanted to discuss with the two directors who had nothing to do.

But Yang Tao also wanted to exchange ideas with the two directors. When the three screenwriters heard that Zhang Chen's song was going to be adapted into a script, they immediately put down their work and rushed over.

As the chief manager of Morning Light Entertainment, Li Xiaoping originally came only to deliver some equipment and meet the boss by the way. However, when she heard the boss's plan, she volunteered to take on the job of producer.

After all, even if you are just shooting a MV, you have to sign a contract with the actors, so the producer has to step in.

So even though the filming of this MV hasn’t started yet, the five internal organs are already complete, and they are particularly powerful.

"I'm free anyway, so I might as well kill some time."

Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at the lyrics given by Zhang Chen and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

"Well, let me make it clear that I can't afford to pay all of you."

"Such a big boss, but so stingy." Jiang Wen choked, "Okay, we are itching to do something, so we won't charge you."

However, although Zhang Chen said so, he was also prepared to give some big red envelopes to the people present, so as not to let them work in vain.

"From the lyrics you wrote, it seems like you were heartbroken by the woman in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and want to retire from the martial arts world?"

After reading the lyrics, Jiang Wen made a pertinent summary.

"That's how I've been feeling these past few days. You don't know how exhausted I am from juggling between several women every day."

"How old are you? Shouldn't you be thinking about dating a few more girls now? You invested in this drama, and you found all these beautiful actresses. Don't you really have any ideas?"

Jiang Wen didn't believe that Zhang Chen had no thoughts about these actresses.

It can be said that "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" has brought together some of the most beautiful actresses in the Chinese entertainment industry. If someone else played the role of Zhang Wuji, they would probably be very happy.

Besides, for those in the entertainment industry, especially someone like Zhang Chen who is rich, powerful, talented, good-looking and young, I wonder how many female stars would consider him as the best candidate for a partner.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Zhang Chen waves his hand, countless actresses will offer themselves to him.

"Proportion. I value these two words very much."

Zhang Chen didn't explain much, he just said this one sentence, and everyone at the scene understood.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Chen is a person who attaches great importance to hierarchy and does not want his subordinates to think about things that they should not think about.

If Zhang Chen does something that is not in line with the status of boss and employee in this crew, he will feel very insecure.

This is the distorted psychology that arises after suddenly becoming rich.

Zhang Chen has also reflected on this, but for the sake of his life, it is better to act cautiously.

He has already earned enough wealth to squander for several lifetimes, and doesn't want to lose everything because of some trivial matter.

It's not worth it to fail for a woman.

　My updates are becoming more and more unstable. I'll see if I can update the three chapters in the morning. If I feel sleepy, I'll have to wait for more than 8 hours.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)