Entertainment News: Follow Wang Baoqiang's Rise to Film Emperor

In fact, most film and television production teams in the domestic industry are "makeshift teams".

This is because of the nature of this industry; it simply cannot be formalized.

This is true not only in China, but also in Hollywood, where the film and television industry is highly developed.

Because a typical film and television production team consists of one or two, or a few, industry professionals who somehow manage to secure investment and then temporarily recruit a group of people who are either professional, semi-professional, or completely unprofessional, to cobble together a team and complete a film or television project.

The teams built through this process are destined to be filled with a large number of incompetent slackers and those with connections who are just filling positions without real skills.

Therefore, it is absolutely true that most film and television production teams in the industry are just makeshift operations!

This is why a large number of bad movies are produced both domestically and internationally every year.

A hastily cobbled-together film production team, coupled with an extremely unprofessional film production team, lacks a clear understanding of the film being shot. In that case, hoping to produce a good film is purely a matter of luck.

Luck isn't something that accompanies you every day, so it's understandable that more than half of the films produced each year, both domestically and internationally, are bad.

Because if a makeshift film crew can't even effectively control the films they produce, and they're lazy and lack passion every day, sometimes not even knowing what they're filming... then there's a 99% chance that it will end up being a universally despised flop.

of course!

For some small-scale film crews, whether the final product is a bad movie or whether it can be broadcast and seen by the audience is actually not important...

Because of the current film and television operating mechanism in China, some amateur film crews are not aiming to make good films at all. They just want to gather a few people, assemble a team, and get the film out of the ordinary so that they can make money from the investors.

That's right!

Many domestic and international film and television teams that just coast along are actually just trying to scam investors from the very beginning of their projects.

As soon as the investors' money comes in, they've already made a fortune before they even start filming. As for how they just throw together a shoddy film, or whether it's good or bad, who cares?

Anyway, the money's already in my pocket, I'm making a fortune!

This is why so many terrible, eye-watering films are made and released.

now……

Lin Zhi sensed the atmosphere of this "makeshift crew" while working on the set of "Pang Zhenkun, the Genius of Mischief".

really!

Under the supervision of producer Yang, the film set started operating and filming began, but problems kept arising here and there, making the filming extremely difficult and bumpy.

and……

Before filming had even started for two hours, half of the extras in the crew had already quietly hidden away in small groups to slack off and collect their wages.

The entire film set suddenly became sparsely populated, and looking around, you could clearly see that there were far fewer people.

but……

After observing quietly for a while, Lin Zhi realized that not everyone in Pang Zhenkun's crew was a slacker. At least the executive producer, Brother Yang, and the director, Director Lu, genuinely wanted to make a good film, so they were working hard and sweating on set.

"Lin Zhi, it's almost your turn. Do your best! I'm watching to see how you perform..."

In the afternoon, it was time for Lin Zhi's scenes as a gangster to begin filming. Jiang Xin, who had always regarded Lin Zhi as a "peer" and was quite close to him, ran up to him and started joking with him.

"Uh, Sister Xin, I'm just a newcomer, and my acting isn't very good. Watching you from the sidelines will put pressure on me."

Lin Zhi shrugged and said modestly.

"Hey, why are you being so humble now? This isn't like you at all! Hmph, I'll just watch from the sidelines, hehe, good luck to you."

As Jiang Xin spoke, she indeed moved a small stool and sat down to the side, ready to watch Lin Zhi's performance later.

"Hey, then you'd better stay away, or you'll get splattered with blood. I was stabbed to death, look... even the blood pack is stuck to my body."

Lin Zhi lifted the outermost layer of his gray theatrical costume, revealing the large blood bag that the prop guy had just stuck on his chest, and grinned at Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin stuck her tongue out at him: "It won't go that far. Those few blood bags won't be enough."

"That's hard to say... I'm planning to die in a spectacular way later, like a wild goose falling to the ground. The blood will definitely spurt high, and if you don't sit far away, it'll definitely splatter all over you..."

Lin Zhi laughed and made up a story.

"I don't believe it..."

The two chatted idly until four or five in the afternoon, when it was almost dark, and finally it was Lin Zhi's turn to act.

By this time, Lin Zhi was no longer a novice making his first appearance in a feature film. After a period of time and many experiences running around to different productions for feature films, he had become quite experienced in appearing on screen.

At the very least, I'm no longer stage-frightened or flustered.

The surrounding cameras and the hundreds of eyes of the film crew watching him could no longer affect him in the slightest.

He's already practically a veteran!

therefore……

When it was Lin Zhi's turn, he went with several other actors to the scene designated by the director and performed as instructed.

To be honest, this production crew didn't have any big stars; they were all ordinary actors and newcomers, so Lin Zhi didn't feel much psychological pressure.

When he started performing, he found that he did quite well.

Although he played a villainous thug, that's still a role, and besides, not every actor can play a thug well.

To portray a despicable scoundrel so convincingly and realistically, without resorting to clichés or superficiality, requires considerable skill and expertise.

Lin Zhi had spent the entire morning pondering this role, designing a persona and body language that differed from other common thugs. After putting in tremendous effort, his performance set him apart from his co-stars.

Producer Yang, standing behind the camera, and director Lu Weiguo, after watching Lin Zhi's excellent performance, both nodded secretly.

I am very satisfied with Lin Zhi's acting skills.

"Not bad acting... Hmph, and he calls himself a newcomer."

Jiang Xin sat outside the venue, carefully watching Lin Zhi's performance while silently thinking to herself.

Because it also involved action scenes, Lin Zhi filmed the dialogue first, and then immediately went on wires to start filming the action scenes.

This completely showcased Lin Zhi's excellent martial arts skills.

As a result, the gap between him and his co-stars in action scenes became even greater.

Compared to his elegant and graceful movements, the other actors' martial arts moves looked clumsy, like an elephant flailing its limbs—ugly and uncoordinated.

Because he's the only actor in the entire crew who actually knows martial arts, his display of skill truly makes him stand out from the crowd, exceptional and remarkable.

"Wow, this action scene...it's going to be interesting!"

Director Lu, watching from behind the monitor, had his eyes light up the moment he saw Lin Zhi's agile and extraordinary skills.

To be honest, in all the years he's directed films, he's only ever seen one actor with the ability to execute martial arts moves so beautifully and brilliantly: the superstar Jet Li...

At this moment, he actually saw a trace of Li Lianjie in Lin Zhi!

"Old Lu... what do you think about giving Lin Zhi more screen time? Let him live a few more episodes before he dies..."

Just then, producer Yang walked up to director Lu and whispered something.

Upon hearing this, Director Lu slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "President Yang, how come you're thinking the same thing as me? That's exactly what I was thinking..."

"Okay, okay, let's give him more screen time. Let him keep fighting and fighting until the filming wraps up before he dies!"

"His action scenes are so beautiful... Let's edit them carefully; maybe they can become a highlight of the movie!"

At this point, Director Lu couldn't contain his excitement.