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Chapter 15 Returning to Hengdian

After breakfast, Tang An drove Yang Mi and Xu Manyun on the way back.

The figures of the village chief, Dabao, and Sanbao in the rearview mirror became more and more blurred. Tang An withdrew his gaze and glanced at the two girls sitting behind.

"Why, you two don't seem to be in a very high mood!"

"I'm going to the set of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" in two days, and I don't have time to rest!" Yang Mi said with a wrinkled face, rather distressed.

""The Legend of Magical Heroes" is a Jinyong martial arts drama, and Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yufei are also participating. You should be happy for such a good opportunity. Others can't wait for it!"

"But I'm so tired, my skin is damaged every day in the water!"

"You are so young that you are afraid of being tired, you Mr. Li value you so much!"

As Tang An spoke, he glanced at the silent Xu Manyun, and asked, "What's wrong with Ms. Xu, she hasn't spoken?"

Xu Manyun, who was lowering her head to think about something, raised her head and met Tang An's eyes. She couldn't help but blushed, and unnaturally brushed back the hair that fell on her shoulders.

"It's nothing, I'm a little distracted thinking about work."

"Miss Xu is really dedicated, Mi Mi, you are very lucky to have a manager like Miss Xu!" Tang An smiled slightly.

"Yeah, Sister Manyun is very nice to me!" Yang Mi nodded in agreement.

"Director Tang should call me Manyun, I have been working together for more than a month, it's strange!" Xu Manyun said suddenly.

Tang An froze for a moment, then nodded.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the group of three returned to Hengdian smoothly.

Send Xu Manyun and Yang Mi directly downstairs to a hotel, where Li Xiaowan is already waiting.

Tang An helped them unload their luggage and greeted Li Xiaowan.

"Hello, Mr. Li!"

"Hello, Director Tang!" Li Xiaowan nodded, noncommittal.

She was obviously still somewhat dissatisfied with Tang An for concealing the fact that he was the only one in the whole crew.

It's just a little bit of dissatisfaction, now that the movie has been filmed, Yang Mi's salary is also a lot.

As for whether the movie can be released, how much box office, and word of mouth!
Li Xiaowan didn't expect too much from the beginning. This time, she asked Yang Mi to practice her acting skills, so as to gain the qualifications of a leading actress.

"Congratulations to Director Tang for finishing the project, I will trouble you during this time!"

Tang An waved his hands and said, "Mi Mi is a very smart little girl, there is nothing troublesome!"

"I've already delivered the person, so I'm leaving first. I hope Mr. Li can go to support the movie when it's released!"

"That's for sure!"

The premise is that it can be shown.

"Man Yun, Mi Mi, goodbye!" Back in the car, he waved to them, started the car and drove towards the crew of "A Letter from a Strange Woman".

Now only Xu Jinglei and the editor are left on the crew of "A Letter from a Strange Woman", and everyone else has gone to other crews.

"Have you finished the post-production here?"

"It's basically finished, there are still some parts that need to be re-dubbed! Have you finished the filming?"

Xu Jinglai looked Tang An up and down, not seeing a lot of darkness in a month, although her face was a bit haggard, she was still very energetic.

"It was officially finished yesterday, and I thought I could borrow your computer to use it when I come back!"

Borrowing the tool again, Tang An didn't feel embarrassed at all when he said it, thin-skinned people can't get along anywhere.

Fortunately, he shot it with a digital camera. If the film was changed, he might not be able to cut it well.

After more than 10 years, basically no one will use film to shoot, and Tang An is not very familiar with film editing.

Film editing is really cutting with scissors. It is a very cumbersome process to remove unnecessary shots and tie necessary ones.

Moreover, the tools for film editing are not just a computer, but professional equipment is required.

"You can use the computer, if it breaks, someone will fix it!"

"Don't worry, if it breaks, I will pay for it!"

"What are you going to pay for? Now you don't have a dime left!" Xu Jinglei teased.

"It's enough to buy a ticket to the capital!" Tang An laughed.

A computer dedicated to film and television drama editing is not cheap, because it needs to deal with graphics color, brightness, and image processing workload is heavy, so it is necessary to configure a computer with fast computing speed and high overall configuration, especially in terms of CPU, memory, and graphics card. High configuration, and CRT monitor should be configured to achieve better display effect.

Coupled with the bigger and better hard disk, the power quality must be good.

The chassis should pay more attention to heat dissipation, after all, the use of CPU and graphics card is still very huge.

Not much to say about the keyboard and mouse. For the post-production of film and television with a huge amount of operations, a durable, comfortable and ergonomically designed keyboard and mouse are the best choice.

That is to say, no matter the configuration of the fast hardware, it can't be left behind, at least [-].

"Let me put the equipment back first, you can find someone to check and see if there is any problem!"

Tang An opened the back cover and began to move the tools inside to the warehouse one by one.

Public is public, private is private, Xu Jinglei is not hypocritical, and immediately called the two to check the equipment.

"Here, here is the list and invoice for the equipment you rented from Huayi Media!" After tapping, Xu Jinglei lowered two pieces of paper.

"50, so much?" Looking at the number above, Tang An was a little surprised.

"It's all the latest equipment. There are only 6 cameras, and the aircraft. All the equipment is top-notch!" Xu Jinglai explained.

"Thank you!" Tang An nodded, and put the invoice and groceries into his pocket.

This was the sentence he was fighting for later. With the 50 yuan, plus the monthly expenses of the crew and the remuneration of the actors and extras, Tang An could still make up the cost of 80 yuan.

However, Hua Yi did not even have to pay taxes for the extra 50, because the film was not profitable at all. According to the tax law, only the part of the revenue exceeding the cost needs to pay taxes.

"It's getting late, let's go, I'll catch the wind for you!" Xu Jinglai looked at the time and said.

"You've done me such a big favor, let me ask you!" Tang An said quickly.

"What do you want me to eat? Malatang?" Xu Jinglai teased, and chuckled.

Embarrassed by Tang An, he quickly said, "Then remember this meal first."

The two of them didn't find any big restaurants, so they asked for a private room at a food stall nearby, and ordered a few dishes to have a casual meal.

In the afternoon Tang An went to work and started editing.

Editing, editing, that is, cutting and editing, cut out the redundant places, and edit in the necessary places.

The post-production of a movie is often not easy to shoot. It is a test of the skill of the editor. A little carelessness may ruin a movie.

A film is like a director’s child, and one’s own child must be worried about handing it over to others, which is why most directors end the scene and edit it in person.

It's also the reason why so many directors can't understand the audience. They cut it according to their own preferences, without taking the audience's opinion into consideration.

However, the movie "Shark Beach" is not too difficult. With a perfect shot script, the time of each shot is accurate to 0.1 seconds, and there are only a few scenes in the whole movie, and there are not many shot transitions.

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