Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

The next two days.

Chen Xiao spent half of his energy on the preliminary search for the leading actor.

There are many options such as the landlord and the Fire Cloud Evil God.

But it is not easy to find the landlady and the protagonist.

For the landlady, she needs to be both domineering and warm-hearted, and she also needs to perform heroically. It is quite difficult, and I want to invite a Peking Opera senior who has retired to perform. It is a bit difficult to invite her to perform.

For the protagonist, it is even more difficult.

I haven't found a suitable candidate yet.

This role needs to be able to play comedy and tragedy.

Even in one scene, the comedy is mixed with the feeling of tragedy. For example, laughing after robbing ice cream, but laughing sadly. It requires extremely high acting skills.

Good acting skills, not hard to find.

But add two more conditions - in their twenties or thirties, with martial arts skills.

That's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After searching for more than a day, I still haven't found a suitable candidate.

I had to wait until the meeting to ask the casting director Sun Li, maybe there is an unknown actor with a martial arts background who is suitable.

...

On the afternoon of the 12th, Chen Xiao parked the car and just left the parking lot when he saw Secretary He coming to greet him.

Although his status is indeed high. But every time I see him here, I always feel awkward.

Maybe he is a man in his twenties with a free soul.

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Secretary He, you are also very busy every day. You don't have to come down specially next time. If you do this, I won't tell you what time I will come."

"Hahaha, okay."

Secretary He smiled awkwardly.

It was Minister Li who asked him to come down...

After all, to Brother Li and him, Chen Xiao is a walking achievement.

Secretary He collected his thoughts and talked about business, "Director Chen, the martial arts director has not been decided yet. Senior Kuang Shaoyi said he would consider it. But I found several candidates and they will definitely be decided before the 15th."

"It's okay, no rush, thank you for your help."

The two chatted and walked to the meeting room.

As soon as the door was opened, more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked over.

They were all familiar faces, and everyone was very comfortable.

Chen Xiao also walked to the main seat as usual.

Seeing him coming, Fang Rong patted his shoulder and smiled, "Brother, I heard from Secretary He that you specifically asked me to join the group. It turns out that I am so awesome in your heart. Leave the photography to me, so you can rest assured!"

He was still carefully planning how to trick Secretary He into bringing him in this time.

Who knew that Chen Xiao directly asked him to join the group. It seems that his strength has been recognized!

Well, he is a well-known director after all. It is natural for children to hug his thighs.

Chen Xiao smiled politely.

Okay, if you are happy to think so, then think so.

After a brief greeting with everyone, Chen Xiao took out the information and distributed it to everyone.

"The martial arts director has not been decided yet. Let's have a meeting first. His absence will not have much impact."

Fang Rong asked: "Who do you want to decide as the martial arts director?"

"Kuang Shaoyi."

As soon as Chen Xiao said it, he saw Fang Rong's smile froze, "Director Fang, what's wrong?"

Fang Rong sighed and said: "He retired from the circle because he was very serious about fighting scenes. Compared with the viewing experience, he paid more attention to the practicality of martial arts and deleted all the unnecessary movements. This was fine in the past, but after the millennium, fighting scenes paid more and more attention to viewing and less to fighting effects. He had a falling out with four or five directors because of this. He is a person with high standards, and he looks at directors who understand martial arts differently. With your martial arts level and age, you may not be able to suppress him. I suggest that it is better to..."

Fang Rong did not continue to speak, but just gave Chen Xiao a meaningful look.

Hearing this, Chen Xiao was quite happy.

This movie has another identity - a martial arts promotional film.

Not shooting actual combat effects, but making some fancy moves is putting the cart before the horse.

However, he does not intend to give up the viewing experience.

He himself has master-level martial arts and knows how to shoot fighting scenes beautifully.

And...

You look at directors who understand martial arts differently, right?

Suddenly I am looking forward to the plot in the online novel.

The martial arts director is here to underestimate me, and I will show off my skills and conquer this unruly martial arts instructor. Hahaha.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Fang Rong laughed gossipingly, "What are you laughing at? Are you in love?"

Chen Xiao waved his hand, "No, it's okay, I'm in a meeting."

Has he been assimilated by Fang Rong?

He is usually very introverted and low-key. And he has so many fans that he is a little numb to the admiration of others.

Why do you fantasize about pretending?

It should be because of martial arts.

This is martial arts!

As a

How can a boy who has dreamed of traveling the world with a sword since childhood, or even ascending to become an immortal, not fantasize a little?

Calm down, don't think too much, let it go, sooner or later there will be a time to act!

Chen Xiao took a deep breath, collected his thoughts, and said:

"Let me talk about our overall schedule first. Then I will talk about the scenery, casting and other aspects separately."

"Today is October 10th."

"October 10th to December 9th is the preparation period."

"Start shooting on December 10th, first shoot the landscape in the film and television city, and then shoot the pig cage village."

"Filming will be completed in one month. Enter post-production on January 10th."

"Complete production on January 20th. The Chinese New Year will be on February 15th. According to our familiarity with the distributor and theaters, it is enough to be released during the Spring Festival."

Chen Xiao finished speaking according to the document, looked up, and saw that most people were staring at him in a daze.

Wang Rui moved his throat up and down and said, "Director Chen, the time is too tight, isn't it?"

"Interstellar" started preparations in February and was completed in early September, a full seven months.

This time it only took three months, and the art director felt miserable...

Fang Rong patted him on the shoulder, "You have never experienced a tense life. Three months is enough. Last year's "Farewell My Concubine" was really tense. When I was an art director, I was watching Jianchang Street while training opera in the theater in the morning and understanding the role in the afternoon. I am over 50 years old and I don't feel tired. How old are you? Why are you so miserable?"

Sun Li echoed, "Well, it was indeed tense at the time. But understanding the role is the job of Director Chen and me, so don't brag."

Chen Xiao said, "Okay, stop chatting."

The problem with the familiar crew is that everyone starts chatting after a meeting.

Compared with the original film, this shooting time is indeed N times faster.

But a month of shooting time is not uncommon in the film industry. For example, "Man Jiang Hong" in the previous world was only shot for 51 days.

If he used the original film as a reference and copied the answers for two years, he is really a coward.

"Three months is still enough, Director Wang. Let me tell you about your work first."

Chen Xiao flipped open the file, glanced at Wang Rui, and continued:

"In terms of the set, your work is divided into two parts."

"One is to build the Pig Cage Walled City. It's called a walled city, but it's actually a small building."

"The structural diagram is in Attachment 1. You first find Secretary He and ask him to help find a place, and then build the house according to this diagram."

"Look for more information to confirm the living conditions of the lower-class residents around the 1930s and arrange the living scenes. For example, cotton-fluffing shops, tailor shops, faucets, etc., try to restore them as much as possible."

"I hope to complete the construction before December 10th and complete the set before the 20th."

"The second thing is, please make an appointment for the filming location of the film and television city according to the schedule."

"So, please go to the Magic City first. The others will go there at the end of November. Go to the film and television city first, and go to the Pig Cage Walled City to shoot in late December."

At the end, Chen Xiao felt a little embarrassed.

Wang Rui has been with him for a year. He always goes to set up the set earlier than the crew, running around. He really suffered.

What he didn't expect was that Wang Rui said seriously and firmly, "Director Chen, you are too polite. It is my duty to work hard for the crew. I will leave as soon as possible."