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At the end of March, "Mysterious Superstar" had only a few shots left in Zhuozhou, and Tang An brought the crew to Nanjing.

There are also two scenes of "The King of Masked Singer" in Nanjing, and the scene where the music producer played by Lei Jiayin is bullied at the awards ceremony.

Correspondingly, the last few scenes left in Zhuozhou are scenes of a family watching TV.

Although I could find a gymnasium to shoot in the capital, no matter if it is a show or an awards ceremony, it takes time to prepare, and the venue needs to be coordinated in advance. I didn't shoot in the capital before.

Anyway, "The King of Masked Singer" is a collaboration between the group and Jiangning Satellite TV.
I can only come here to shoot, and then bring some people to Zhuozhou to fill up the remaining few shots, which is not troublesome.

"The King of Masked Singer" was recorded at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, unlike the original Canxing program, which was mostly recorded in second- and third-tier cities in order to save money.

The show site was already full of audience, and they were all free group performances.

Unlike the original program, there is no need for a guessing team, guessing guests, or a jury, just four judges.

Moreover, there were no amateurs in the show itself at this time, and the original selling point was that some well-known stars sang with their faces covered.

Four judges, one from Lei Jiayin, the original Wang Feng, and Xu Zheng who has already finished the filming of "Heart Blossoms" and came to join in the fun, and the new generation of female singer Deng Zhiqi, who just won "I Am a Singer" in January Overall runner up.

The female judges are going to be bullied by Lei Jiayin, it's not appropriate for her to be too old.

Wang Feng and Xu Zheng came here to make soy sauce, to make up the number, it doesn't matter whether Xu Zheng is a professional singer or not.

The preparations were handed over to the people below, and the chief program director of Tudou Films was temporarily recruited to help.

"Director Xu, everything seems to be going well with "Heart Blossoms on the Road". In your opinion, is there any problem breaking through one billion this time?"

Tang An and Xu Zheng chatted about the movie, "Heart Blossoming on the Road" was completed half a month earlier than expected.

Given Ning Hao's current situation, he has just left Xiaoma to stand on his own, and "The Golden Heist" is not very successful. This time, two comedy stars, Xu Zheng and Wang Bo, must be successful. In this case He should be more cautious.

However, it was still completed ahead of schedule. It seems that Ning Hao is very confident in the film this time.

Xu Zheng smiled and said, "It's hard to say one billion, it depends on the situation, but I participated in the whole process of his film, I don't think you will lose money to Director Tang."

Tang An waved his hand, "It doesn't matter if I pay or not. The important thing is that Ning Hao can't fail. Now the directors of the older generation are not as good as before. There is a shortage of directors in China who can make money and guarantee quality. If they can make money at any time, they are all bad. film, that would be troublesome."

Just like the TV drama market later, bad movies are flying everywhere, but those bad movies that use two small circles of money can make money.

How could investors not know that it was a bad movie, but the market is already crowded with bad movies.

A good film may not make money, but according to the routine, find some traffic, buy popular searches, ratings, and a wave of publicity, you can make money. Investors want to know which one to shoot.

Later, "Military Division", which stood out among many ancient costume romance dramas, was of good quality. The story structure, clothing, lighting, photography, lines, etc. were several blocks better than those ancient costume romance dramas.

Regardless of the starring RP, it is not considered tampering with history. After all, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is edited, and the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is much worse than the original.

It is indeed well-produced, although Cao Cao collapsed after his death, without such a main character, Li Chen's Cao Pi could not support it.

Well-made, it means that every aspect has to spend a lot of money, the cost is too high, and in the end it didn't make any money. The next part, "Tiger Roar and Dragon Song", was not even willing to buy by satellite TV.

If you don’t make money if you do well, the investors actually have no choice. They all want to make money, and they all go to make bad movies according to that model.

And when this model is fixed, more and more people rely on this model to make a living, and the interest group is getting bigger and bigger, and most people dare not break it.

The production of "In the Name of the People" is also of a high standard, but the success is not only due to the production level, the biggest factor is to directly remove the darkness of the officialdom and spread it in front of the audience.

It vividly acted out what the common people wanted to say and did not dare to say, and helped the common people vent their dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in their hearts for many years, so it became very popular.

Although there are many bad movies in the film industry, it is slightly better than the TV drama industry.

There has never been a shortage of profitable movies in China, with tens of billions of box office a year, there will always be ones that can sell money, unless they are so bad that the audience won't go to the cinema.

But there is a lack of high-quality movies that can make money. If Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Wu Ershan make good quality movies but don’t make money, or if they make bad movies but make a lot of money, it will be a bad thing for the movie industry.

When good movies can't make money, gradually no one will make good movies.

I don't worry about "Heart Blossoms on the Road", even if I don't know the result, as long as Ning Hao can tell a story clearly, the comedy talents of Xu Zheng and Wang Bo are enough to support a movie.

Then Tang An asked about Xu Zheng's current film appointments and projects, but Xu Zheng didn't have the idea of ​​making a movie yet, but became an investor.

"Tang Dong, the 囧 series has been filmed three times in a row. I'm afraid the audience is a little tired of aesthetics, so I thought about two years before continuing with the fourth part. Recently, I helped Ning Hao produce an animated film "Nian Beast Wars", Also, Mr. Ya introduced me to a project called "The Player Behind the Scenes". I have made too many comedies, and I also want to change my career. And this script has been in the group for half a year, and no one has taken it seriously." Xu Zheng explained.

"The Player Behind the Scenes"?
There are too many scripts in the company, it is impossible for Tang An to pay attention to every one of them, even if it takes a long time just to read the catalog.

Tang An recalled that the screenwriter and director of this film, Ren Pengyuan, was an intern at the movie channel a few years ago, and Ya Ning was the deputy director of the movie channel at that time, so it was not surprising that they knew each other.

I stopped directing and switched to investing, and sure enough, my ambitions will become bigger and bigger when I reach a certain level.

Self-directing and self-acting are too tiring, just being an actor and being a producer is much easier, and it has already been a big success, so I don't have to think about proving myself all day long.

Tang An also understood, nodded and said, "Since you are interested, I will leave it to you to take the lead. The group and the Forbidden City Media will just have a share. You can ask Director Tian for advice on the animated film. He is an expert in this area."

Xu Zheng also heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Tang An didn't let him continue filming the "囧" series.

People are so strange, before he desperately needed this series to make himself rise quickly.

But now people are popular, not only as a director or an actor, but also the kind of popularity that can make any investor spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars just by relying on fame.

However, after being successful in the field of comedy, Xu Zheng wanted to prove that he could be successful not only by relying on comedy, just like Feng Xiaogang back then, he was already one of the best in the field of comedy, and he wanted to transform.

The more successful you want, the more you want. It is a common problem of human beings that Emperor Qin, Han and Wu would live forever. Just look at ordinary people who think about this.

After chatting with Xu Zheng, Tang An exchanged pleasantries with Wang Feng. The two of them are now mentors in a variety show produced by Tudou Films.

More than half an hour later, I temporarily called the chief director of "The King of Masked Singer" who was on-site scheduling to ask for instructions, and everything was ready.

"Thank you, Director Wang, let's start."

Tang An nodded, stepped off the stage and sat behind the monitor.

No preamble is needed, just start right away.

The audience at the scene had already been told by the production team one by one.

It's not difficult, the first scene is a little boy singing, and then he was demoted to nothing by Lei Jiayin.

This little boy found a well-known little singer Li Zewei, 12 years old this year, who won the annual championship of "Very 6+1", and participated in many children's singing competitions.

He sang "Broad Sea and Sky" by Xin Orchestra, which is also a song he sang in many competitions before.

After all, China is different from India. Indians sing and dance at every turn.

This shot is mainly to highlight Lei Jiayin's poisonous tongue and bad temper.

If the audience first thinks that the child sings so-so, then the character image at the beginning of the chapter will not be able to stand up.

Of course, it won't be the sound of nature, which will move everyone, otherwise it will be too much.

Singing skills are still very good, but it is not suitable for this age to sing this song.

I once suspected that I was walking in the desert

Never fruit no matter what kind of dream
Only when I spread my wings, the wind becomes silent

Can getting used to pain count as gain?
Seven or eight cameras at the scene began to take pictures of the expressions of the audience and judges. Of course, they were all arranged.

After the singing is over, the audience's reaction has to be filmed, and it will take about a second.

After the singing, Li Hao, a host borrowed from Jiangning Satellite TV, came on stage and began to ask the judges for their opinions.

Deng Zhiqi spoke first, and said dotingly, "Little brother, you sing so well, just because you can sing so well at such a young age, I will give you ten points."

As soon as the words fell, Lei Jiayin next to him seemed to hear something absurd, and immediately questioned loudly.

"What, ten points for being young? Do you know that this is a singing show, singing!"

Deng Zhiqi said, "How to judge, I know myself!"

Lei Jiayin pointed at her and squinted at her, "You are an amateur judge, you will yell loudly at the chorus to see if there is any emotion in his singing."

Turning to look at the observation deck, "Boy, you are an insult to singing, go back and practice for two more years before you come back."

Deng Zhiqi became angry, "How can you say that, do you know what singing is?"

"Don't interrupt!"

Lei Jiayin pointed at Deng Zhiqi again, stopped her, and gestured to the children on the stage to go out.

"Next person!"

The little boy couldn't stand being said that in public, so he took off the area and threw it on the ground, with tears in his eyes, and left with aggrieved face.

After the first filming, the audience was unprepared, but they were surprised by Lei Jiayin's arrogant attitude.

"Lei Jiayin's hairstyle is like changing his head if he changes his hairstyle. And with that beard, he looks like a 250."

"The "Broad Sea and Sky" sung by this little boy is quite good, but it is a bit inappropriate to sing this song at this age, and it lacks emotion."

"This should be a villain, right? The heroine has a musical dream, and Lei Jiayin is playing the big villain, specifically blocking the heroine's dream?"

"I don't know, maybe it is. There is no information about this movie, and we won't know until the summer vacation."

"That's not necessarily the case. How could Tang An's film be so simple? I don't hate Lei Jiayin's character, but it's quite funny."

"I think so too. Although it's too poisonous, it's quite funny."

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, "Mystery Superstar" didn't reveal any details. According to the usual management practice, the trailer should be released one month before the release. Before that, the audience didn't even know the characters and relationships.

Regardless of the audience's guessing, Tang An still had to continue filming.

This first pass is quite satisfactory, continue to the second pass.

The center is still on Lei Jiayin. This is his first shot, and the character must be erected, otherwise it will be difficult to shape it later.

Although Lei Jiayin changed to a more aggressive hairstyle and grew a beard, he still lacked that extreme arrogance and ego.

However, Tang An was already prepared, beckoned Lei Jiayin down, asked someone to take a tablet, and played a few clips of "The Birth of an Actor".

"Look at Zhang Ziyi's performance on this show. You are more arrogant than her, even extremely rude. Take a good look and think about it for yourself."

"The Birth of an Actor" has also aired an episode, and Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye are still mentors, and the roles are the same.

These are some clips of Zhang Ziyi's particularly vicious tongue picked out by Tang An, not only for the actors, but also for Liu Ye.

If you learn from Zhang Ziyi, you should learn from Zhang Ziyi, the director has spoken.

Lei Jiayin could only carefully watch the edited video twice, and after thinking about it, he wanted to ask Tang An, "Director Tang, why don't I throw shoes like this?"

This is a part of the video. Liu Ye and Zhang Ziyi disagreed, but they couldn't speak to her, so they shouted: "Sister-in-law, you are just talking to me!" "

After speaking, Liu Ye directly took a picture of the phone on the table, and Zhang Ziyi also got angry and said: What else do you do besides take pictures of the phone? "

Liu Ye became angry after hearing this, took off his shoes and slapped them on the table, but Zhang Ziyi threw Liu Ye's shoes on the ground next.

"Just throw away your shoes."

Tang An shook his head. He took off his shoes because he couldn't speak up, and Liu Ye couldn't beat Zhang Ziyi, but it was obvious that Lei Jiayin was more vocal here, and he kept another judge speechless again and again.

It was too reluctant to take it off and throw it at Deng Zhiqi. It was Deng Zhiqi who should be furious, not him, and it was too much.

Tang An thought for a while and said, "Your emotions will be stronger later, and then you will spin a pen in your hand at the beginning. After Deng Zhiqi finishes commenting, before you refute, slap the pen on the table heavily."

"Turning the pen, turning the pen is fine, I go to school and turn it every day."

This is a strong point. The field manager brought a pen, and Lei Jiayin practiced it, and soon he was smooth.

Then began the third time, this time Lei Jiayin's emotions became more intense, but it was too exposed and too hard, not like the nature of the character itself, but as if he was stimulated by something.

The fourth time, the fifth time, and the sixth time have been polished for eleven times before the performance is very natural, which is completely the normal behavior of the characters themselves.

But Tang An looked back at the film again, and there were some small flaws elsewhere.

"Come here with the big head."

"Hey, Director Tang, what did you say?"

NG for eleven times in a row, still in front of so many audiences, Lei Jiayin was a little embarrassed.

However, he was still afraid that Tang An would get angry. Although it was impossible to scold him too harshly in public, who knew he would not scold him afterwards.

But Tang An didn't say that the performance was not good, but warned, "In this way, let's change a detail. When you tap the pen on the table, don't wait for Deng Zhiqi to finish speaking, just wait for her to say the last word." Or when it's about to be spoken."

"Okay, Director Tang, I understand."

After ten years of filming, Lei Jiayin has always known the benefits of moving a few tenths of a second earlier.

But he asked again, "Do you want to talk to Deng Zhiqi?"

Tang An shook his head, "No, it will be more natural to attack her suddenly."

Lei Jiayin responded, without further words, and returned to the judges' seat on the stage.

For the 12th shoot, Lei Jiayin took half a beat ahead of time, and tapped the pen before Deng Zhiqi finished speaking, which really surprised Deng Zhiqi.

Fortunately, she didn't have to answer the words immediately, there was still time to react, otherwise she would have to reshoot.

After one scene was filmed, there was a quarter-hour break, followed by the second scene, which was the ending scene, where the heroine appeared on stage.

Unlike the original heroine who went directly to the award ceremony, this time the whole film ended in an ordinary competition.

Show your true colors on the stage, whether you will continue to compete or act, whether you will become a singer or act.

From a high school girl in a small city to standing on the stage of the most famous singing competition in the country is such an inspirational story. As for the follow-up, it is up to the audience to guess.

It's a touching scene, but the actor's emotions are simple, well brewed, and it's not difficult to shoot.

On the stage, Xiao Di held the microphone in both hands, but this time he did not wear a mask.

"Everyone thinks I'm that mystery superstar, but I'm not. When I was six years old, my mom sold me the guitar, and I got the money from my dad's wallet."

"She used to have a necklace, only that one, and she sold it and bought me a laptop."

"Before I was born, my father wanted to end my life. It was my mother who brought me into this world. She wrote my life, and she has not stopped writing now."

"It has always been my dream to be able to stand on this stage and sing, but some people are not allowed to have dreams. The freedom to dream is given to me by my mother."

"The mysterious superstar is me, but also my mother."

"Mom, you are the best mom in the world!"

A long shot also took a lot of time, but fortunately it could be shot at night, and the scene where Lei Jiayin was bullied by his former students at the awards ceremony was successfully filmed in a whole day.

Next, Tang An brought the crew back to Zhuozhou and made up a few shots.

On April 4nd, "Mystery Superstar" officially wrapped up!
(End of this chapter)