Even after being reborn, you're still in the entertainment industry?

Chapter 152 Gong Li's Lighting Stand

After giving Sheng Yunxuan a brief explanation, Qin Qianrong didn't stay on set for long before leaving in a hurry.

Qin Qianrong is indeed quite busy; after all, she is the vice president of Ciwen Oriental.

Aside from personally managing Sheng Yunxuan, she was in charge of all the artist affairs in the company.

I took some time out of my busy schedule today to come to the film set with Sheng Yunxuan, because I was a little worried and wanted to come and check on things.

Seeing that Sheng Yunxuan performed well during filming, and that Zhang Yimou quite admired him, plus the good relationship with Jay Chou, she naturally felt relieved.

Before leaving, she specifically called Fang Lan over and carefully explained some precautions.

Fang Lan, who was originally just Sheng Yunxuan's assistant, has now been promoted to become his personal agent.

As her agent, Qin Qianrong is responsible for contacting film and television resources, helping Sheng Yunxuan with his album, and participating in the company's artist affairs. She is really too busy to handle everything.

Moreover, given Sheng Yunxuan's current fame and status, it's impossible for the company to only provide him with an assistant and a driver as before.

Rumors are circulating that Sheng Yunxuan is worth over 100 million yuan. It would be too inappropriate for Ciwen to assign him such meager staff!

This displeased Sheng Yunxuan, who then paid the penalty for breach of contract and quit, leaving the company with no recourse...

Therefore, Sheng Yunxuan's entourage has now officially expanded into a team.

From now on, Qin Qianrong will only be responsible for overseeing the overall development direction and negotiating some important resources for Sheng Yunxuan.

Fang Lan, who was Sheng Yunxuan's assistant, became his personal agent, responsible for following his itinerary and handling some daily affairs.

Tan Tao, who was by his side, no longer needed to act as both driver and bodyguard, and could now focus on driving. Ciwen Company hired two more bodyguards to handle Sheng Yunxuan's security outside.

As an aside, Sheng Yunxuan doesn't actually need bodyguards.

Sheng Yunxuan usually keeps a low profile, but he is actually very skilled, almost like a superhuman...

But if it's a company advantage, why not take advantage of it?

Even Ji Yong, the former paparazzi whom Sheng Yunxuan used to pay himself, has now been given a formal position, specifically responsible for managing Sheng Yunxuan's online image, and receiving an additional salary from Ciwen...

It's not that Sheng Yunxuan wanted to act like a big shot or put on a show.

But once the company provides Sheng Yunxuan with a full team of assistants, stylists and other staff, he will probably be surrounded by a dozen or twenty people when he goes out in the future!
After Qin Qianrong left, Sheng Yunxuan stayed in the film crew and focused on filming.

The atmosphere on set was rather so-so; whenever Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat were around, the filming location would become quite oppressive.

This subtle, tense atmosphere of confrontation actually fits the character settings in the plot, so Zhang Yimou simply ignored it.

As long as the two of them can complete the filming mission smoothly, he will pretend he doesn't know anything. Anyway, no matter how bad his temper is, no one will dare to vent it on him.

It's tough on the staff on set and the supporting actors and extras. They have to be extremely careful and barely dare to breathe, serving everyone with utmost care...

Looking at the footage on the monitor, Zhang Yimou was somewhat dissatisfied with the lighting effects presented by these shots, and directly shouted:

"Stop for a second, lighting technician, come here!"

The lighting technician from the crew rushed over and began listening to Zhang Yimou's suggestions for adjustments.

Upon realizing that the lighting needed adjustment, Gong Li and Zhou Runfa simply turned around and left, getting into the van provided by the production crew to rest.

The bigger the star, the more comfortable the acting job!
For example, when the director needs to adjust the camera position and lighting angle, the actors, including the supporting actors and extras, have to obediently wait on the sidelines to cooperate.

Actors like Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat can simply go back and wait. They'll be called back to continue filming once things are ready here.

The current situation is actually acceptable, including the use of body doubles, which is understandable.

But in the following years, things started to get out of control.

Some actors, relying on their fame and popularity, don't even bother to memorize their lines. They just start reciting "one, two, three, four, five" on set and then use post-production dubbing to cut corners.

Even worse, some actors don't even come to the film set and rely on post-production to cut out their faces.

So, she doesn't have to do anything; she can just show her face and get tens or even hundreds of millions in film fees for nothing. This is truly unacceptable to the public...

But I digress. Let's get back to the filming location.

With Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat absent, the filming set was noticeably more lively and less oppressive.

Sheng Yunxuan didn't go back either. With nothing else to do, he wandered around the set, listening to Zhang Yimou adjusting camera positions, lighting angles, and so on.

This is deliberately creating some trouble to help him break out of character and get rid of the role's influence as soon as possible.

He is also very interested in directing, since he has many movie and TV series clips from his past life in his mind, and he feels it would be a waste not to film them.

In a few years, it won't be "actors become singers" anymore; people will start to say "actors become directors"!
Sheng Yunxuan had also considered "changing careers," otherwise he always felt that his time in the entertainment industry was incomplete.

During this year's Spring Festival, he filmed a well-received short film about the New Year, which was also laying the foundation for his future career as a director...

Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly one of the top directors in China today, especially skilled in camera work.

This is a perfect opportunity for Sheng Yunxuan to learn from the masters!

Zhang Yimou personally made some adjustments, and the lighting technician immediately nodded and began readjusting the lights.

"Quickly find a replacement lighting technician to test the lights!" Zhang Yimou shouted again.

Adjusting the lights was something Gong Li couldn't possibly do herself.

A lighting double is someone who does this job, testing the lighting for big-name actors to see if it's appropriate.

Then, not long after, an assistant director led a young woman to stand over there.

The old man glanced at the girl a few times, then nodded and said:

"It's her..."

Sheng Yunxuan, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow as he looked at the young girl who had been brought over as a stand-in.

Although she still has a bit of baby fat, he really recognized this girl; she was Zhang Tianai!

She looks quite young now, lacking the radiant beauty she had later on.

Speaking of which, this girl always liked to change her age, insisting that she was born in the 90s instead of the 85s, and never admitting that she was thirty years old.

Then, Zhang Yimou casually mentioned on a TV show that he had met her when he was filming "Curse of the Golden Flower" and that she had been Gong Li's body double when she was eighteen.

This is going to be awkward.

According to the girl's revised age, she should only be 13 years old at this time. It can't be that Zhang Yimou just made it up...

(End of this chapter)