Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 126 What is the most important thing about this trip to Japan?
After starting filming, the crew immediately entered into efficient operations.

Although the whole film is just a movie, it actually doesn’t take much time to shoot.

In addition to the simplicity of the scene, the most important thing is that there is no need for impromptu "creation".

Nowadays in mainland China, or in other words, except for movies under the Hollywood industrial system, basically all movies require directors to make temporary changes and creations to achieve an effect that better suits the director's wishes. This is especially true for art films.

This will cost more time and money.

The advantage of Hollywood's industrialization is that it greatly limits the director's right to "let go on the spot."

All the processes and storyboards have been planned before filming begins. If you want to change it, you can't do it on the spot. You have to argue with the producer and see who can convince whom.

Dawnbreak's current operating model is actually similar to Hollywood.

Even if this is an art film, but everything is ready, if a different director comes to shoot it, as long as it follows the set scenery and work flow, the final film will not be much different, unless the director is given the right to edit.

Therefore, the scenes and characters of such a film are extremely simple. 70% of the first part is used to explain the plot, and the latter part uses a lot of slow motion to lengthen the film. According to the original plan, it can actually be completed in less than three weeks.

But Lu Jiang is busy after all.

One week into filming, Lu Jiang took three days off. At the same time, F3 also took leave, gathered in Beijing, and set off for their first wave of publicity.

During these three days, Ning Hao will temporarily take over as director and shoot scenes that do not involve the main character.

The hottest topic in the mainland music scene at this moment is Lu Jiang's upcoming new album.

This year, Lu Jiang’s new album was released on the day of the finale of “Full House”, which was August 8th.

The new album is called "Our Song".

Warner had previously disclosed the name and the story behind it on its official website.

So now all the fans who have been following the album know that this is the album title and the song of the same name, and it was written specifically for the fans.

Of course, fans have been looking forward to this, and have been waiting since the end of June.

The industry is also paying close attention to this.

Because since Lu Jiang was injured in June, he has disappeared from the public eye for a month.

To put it in a broader context, Lu Jiang has rarely appeared in public since the filming of "Full House" started in April until now.

It has been half a year, and the mainland music scene and various media miss it very much.

In addition to missing Lu Jiang's popularity and making money, it is really because the current Hong Kong and Taiwan music is "too much".

There is no way. Apart from Lu Jiang, the mainland music scene is still being suppressed by Hong Kong and Taiwan. No matter how powerful they are, they are not in the same league at all.

Miriam Yeung's "Miriam" and Power Train's "Nine Walks on Zhongxiao East Road" dominated February and March.

Later, Rene Liu's sixth album "Years" took over, and together with "How to Accompany You", it dominated from mid-March to the end of March.

In April, Karen Mok released a sexy new album, which was of good quality, but was outshined by Elva Hsiao's new album "Tomorrow". Elva Hsiao was the only one who was defeated throughout April.

In May, Stefanie Sun's "Green Light" was released, and SHE also released the album "Girls' Dormitory" in advance, among which "Not Yet Lovers" was popular until the end of July.

In mid-July, the Taiwanese girl group 4 in love released their second album "Who's Afraid of Whom", with the song "One Thousand and One Wishes" dominating the charts.

Starting from July, Emperor Entertainment Group also made full efforts.

Top singer Eason Chan released "Special Thanks to", among which songs such as "Your Backpack" and "Thank You" quickly topped the charts.

Throughout the first half of the year, without Lu Jiang, the Chinese music scene was once again wiped out by Hong Kong and Taiwan.

For this reason, Lu Jiang, the only seedling, has returned to public attention and will receive far more attention than usual.

Industry insiders are generally pessimistic when predicting the prospects of Lu Jiang's new album this year.

It’s still the same reason, there are too many competitors and the competition is very fierce this year.

As we all know from the public information currently available, Eason Chan will release a new album in August, and the title has already been announced: "The Line-up." Meanwhile, Xie Tingfeng is also eyeing August to release a commemorative album, "Senses." This compilation is said to include fifteen of his most popular compositions.

At the same time, an album called "Pure Music World of Xie Tingfeng and Eason Chan" has also been released. It is the accompaniment music of the popular songs of two of Emperor Entertainment Group's cash cows, which is also impressive.

Since both of them set the date in August, it is hard not to think of them "joining forces" to fight against someone.

But there are more than just these two popular singers throughout August.

It is said that Wang Leehom is also going to release an album, and the song "Only" is already being preheated, and the quality of the song is excellent.

In addition to these, Richie Jen, Wakin Chau, Jeff Chang, A-Mei and others are all planning to release new albums in September.

Lu Jiang once again fell into a dangerous situation surrounded by wolves.

So can Lu Jiang once again break through the siege with his talent and protect the glory of mainland singers?

Just as fans across the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong, Macau and even Southeast Asia were waiting for the first warm-up song to be released.

At this time, Lu Jiang and F3 had already arrived in Japan and started their first trip to Japan.

This trip to Japan only lasted two days.

Arrived on the same day, held a fan meeting and autograph session, and performed on a show the next morning and a concert in the evening.

Japan is currently the hotbed of popularity in Asia. At the same time, the unit price of Japan's audio and video products is extremely high. The starting price of an ordinary album is 100 RMB, and the corresponding profit is also huge. Therefore, Japan is the hotbed of ambition for many Hong Kong and Taiwan singers.

In order to expand their market, many singers often use their success in Japan as a comparison.

For example, this year Xie Tingfeng's main market, apart from the mainland, is Japan. Needless to say, his purpose is to achieve good results in Japan, that is, to become an "Asian superstar."

But it is true that not everyone can easily penetrate Japan.

Japan's entertainment industry chain is highly closed, and entertainment resources are monopolized by a few giants (such as Johnny's, Sony, and Avex). Foreign artists find it difficult to obtain high-quality production, publicity, and promotion resources.

Mainstream variety shows rarely invite foreign artists.

At the same time, the preferences of Japanese fans are also different. While other Asian countries are still passively accepting stars, Japan has now begun to cultivate them and is more interested in J-POP and anime songs, and is not very interested in European and American songs.

For this reason, Lu Jiang is very popular in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and even Southeast Asia and South Korea, but he has never been well-known in Japan and is only followed by a small group of people.

It was thanks to the Japanese anime "Meteor Garden" that he became famous in Japan.

But even so, its popularity remains unknown.

So Warner still took a relatively conservative approach this time.

Only two days and a few individual activities were scheduled.

Of course, this sounds humble, but it is only relative to the popularity of F4.

Compared with other Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, being able to hold a fan meeting and concert the first time he came here is already a remarkable thing.

What’s even more amazing is that there were over 3,000 fans attending the Japanese fan meeting this time.

It is said that over 30,000 concert tickets have been sold, which is truly top-tier among Chinese singers/groups.

This also makes F3, which has experienced many big scenes, quite proud.

This is Japan after all.

Currently, it is the largest economic power in Asia, with a per capita GDP three times that of South Korea and 30 times that of the mainland!
The amount of "gold" contained is completely on a different level.

Of course, no matter how proud you are, you still need to keep a clear head.

What is the most important thing about this trip to Japan?
F4 put their hands together and shouted in unison: "Making money from bullying fans!!"

(End of this chapter)