Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 84: Husband Does Not Fight
Xiao Li was frantically sorting through the prop list while muttering, "This work efficiency is so low that I want to curse.

Life was so easy before. We went to work on time and left on time. There was no such thing as overtime.

Now, I stay up until midnight every day, and I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t even have time to call home at night.”

At this time, the experienced employee Lao Wang spoke slowly. He was highly respected in the crew and his words carried weight.

"Everyone, don't get too excited. If Director Yu were to personally direct the show, we'd have to keep our opinions to ourselves.

But in this situation, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the assistant didn't arrange the work properly. We should just scold him, no one else can do anything about it."

Although everyone was scolding the assistants, everyone knew that the assistants were just pawns, and they were actually scolding Yu Minjie.

It would be fine if there were only a few people scolding, but there are too many people scolding, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

As time went on, even the crew had difficulty carrying out their work.

The two assistants did not have problems with their abilities, but they were just unlucky and encountered some unexpected problems, so their efficiency was extremely low and many mistakes occurred.

The crew members have long been accustomed to efficient operations, so they will naturally be dissatisfied if they are now switched back to the original inefficient, repetitive and ineffective work instructions.

It would be fine if Yu Minjie himself was fully responsible, after all, he is the director-general and he has to be given some face.

However, Yu Agile was not efficient enough and it was impossible for him to do everything himself, so the two assistants who were responsible for handling affairs and communication naturally became scapegoats.

At a crew preparation meeting, assistant Xiao Zhou had just finished talking about the adjustments to the day's preparatory tasks when the audience felt like a hornet's nest had been stirred up.

Old Sun, who was in charge of purchasing, stood up suddenly. He was a straightforward person and said bluntly, "This material procurement plan is pure nonsense!
If we purchase supplies in this quantity, it will definitely not be enough for filming.

If we have to restock the product at that time, how much will it delay the filming progress? Isn't that a waste of everyone's time and energy?"

Makeup artist Xiaomei also stood up and said anxiously, "Also, the order of arranging the actors' makeup and hair completely conflicts with the post-production schedule. How can we work like this?
Are we going to have to let actors film with half-made-up on, or have them finish filming and then hurriedly put on makeup? This is definitely not okay!"

Assistant Xiao Kong saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, everyone. This is all arranged by Director Yu according to the overall plan. Let's overcome the current difficulties first, and everything will be fine after this period."

Old Chen from the photography crew sneered. He was a seasoned veteran, his words laced with sharp jabs. "Director Yu's plan? Director Yu probably hasn't considered these practical issues.

Why didn't we make such low-level mistakes when you were not in charge?
To be frank, my work arrangements were very orderly before, and there was no such chaos. Now there are so many problems, it is really hard to adapt."

There was constant complaints from the crew. Everyone was extremely dissatisfied with the current situation and hoped that Hu Xiaobei could take over the crew affairs again.

Yu Minjie and his two assistants were so busy amid the complaints that they were dizzy.

Although he wanted to regain control of the situation, he found it extremely difficult, as if he was stuck in a quagmire, and every step forward required a lot of effort.

Under the current circumstances, it is a blessing in disguise that they can keep the crew from collapsing.

In view of this, Yu Minjie used the excuse of going out to shoot and temporarily left the crew with two assistants.

After a week of twists and turns, the management rights of the Jiuzhaigou crew returned to Hu Xiaobei.

The reason for this incident is that on the 23rd, Mr. Jin Yong participated in the "Jin Yong's Sichuan Tour" and the "Humanistic Sichuan Celebrity Forum".

He visited Jiuzhaigou, the "paradise on earth", for the first time and inspected the location selected by Big Beard.

Mr. Jin Yong was fascinated by the beauty of Jiuzhaigou and praised Big Beard for his excellent choice of location.

The bearded man announced that based on the old man's words, the exterior scenes of The Return of the Condor Heroes must have been filmed in Jiuzhaigou.

In fact, he had been there several times and had already reached an agreement with Jiuzhaigou. This is why Yu Minjie rushed back to the Jiuzhaigou crew at this time, and even wanted to further seize power despite Hu Xiaobei's repeated concessions.

However, Mr. Jin Yong and Big Beard did not come to the crew of The Return of the Condor Heroes in Jiuzhaigou, but went directly to the scenic spot.

His performance was in vain, and coupled with the management crisis, he simply let it go, which would save face for both parties.

In his opinion, as long as he has a firm grip on the filming control of Yang Guo, the filming of this drama will inevitably be centered around him.

Hu Xiaobei not only had no objection to this, but was happy to see it happen.

After accompanying Mr. Jin Yong on a one-day trip to Jiuzhaigou, Big Beard rushed back to Beijing on September 9 and held three consecutive days of filming meetings.

It was precisely because of this that many filming plans were modified, catching the Jiuzhaigou crew off guard.

If Hu Xiaobei were in charge, he might be able to deal with such changes more calmly and make minor adjustments.

However, after Yu Minjie took over, before he was familiar with the situation of the crew, he was notified by the capital to modify many plans.

His lack of management and coordination skills led to dissatisfaction among the people and put him in trouble, which led to his defeat.

Due to various reasons such as holidays, prices, and distance, the crew did not directly stay in Jiuzhaigou Paradise in the same town in early September, but chose to stay in an ordinary hotel in Zhangza Town.

According to the crew's statement, due to the large number of people, the main actors will gather in Jiuzhaigou Paradise after the long vacation, and the other crew members can only live in the nearby Qiang village.

And since we will be staying for a long time, if there is no room in the hotel, we can sleep in a tent.

Forget it, I really can’t continue writing…

The real reason was that the crew didn't want to spend so much money, and the bearded man had already prepared various tents for ordinary staff.

As time is approaching, Hu Xiaobei has communicated with Jiuzhaigou Paradise Hotel, just in time to avoid the National Day peak period, and the main creative staff of the crew will officially check in on October 10th.

There are still many tourists in the Jiuzhaigou scenic area during the holidays, so the main actors need to be more covert when conducting martial arts training during the long holiday.

During the long holiday, there are many people and cameras, so Hu Xiaobei plans to postpone his night tour and wait until the hype has passed.

On October 10, the first day of the long holiday, Big Beard did not take time to rest, and announced to the crew early in the morning: the stage design, lighting, and filming teams of the Beijing Condor Heroes crew must prepare all equipment within three days.

At 10 a.m. on October 4, the 9-member crew began to assemble.

The first batch of 40 vehicles and 80 people, loaded with a large number of stage designs, props, lighting and photographic equipment, set off from Beijing on time.

The convoy traveled day and night and reached Henan the next day, heading straight to Shaanxi. On October 10, it entered Sichuan and continued to head towards Jiuzhaigou.

Big Beard transferred from Shuangliu and arrived in Zhangza Town on the 9th to join the vanguard, and then checked into the Paradise Hotel with the main creative staff.

In the original time and space, An Xiaoqian underwent a month of closed martial arts training in Beijing, and then immediately went to Jiuzhaigou with Huang Xiaoming, Big Beard and others.

After two transfers, I took a car to the hotel and checked in on the evening of the 9th. At 11:6 in the morning of the th, I followed more than people from the crew to Jiuzhaigou to set up camp.

She arrived at the filming location, Pearl Beach Waterfall, at around 7 o'clock. By then, she had already developed some altitude sickness.

Coupled with the subsequent various water scenes and wirework, and the lack of rest, he developed diseases such as cervical spurs.

(PS: Huang Xiaoming's martial arts training lasted two months, and he was the first to start. Including the newcomer training, his training lasted about a month and a half, while An Xiaoqian's actual training lasted just over a month. This is one of the reasons why she first said she had trained for a month, and then confusedly changed her statement to say a month and a half.)
(End of this chapter)