"Huimin, Xiaodong, you won't need to worship gods when you turn on the phone tomorrow. When you come to the mainland, you will do as the Romans do..." Zhao Hong held another meeting with the crew before going back to the courtyard to rest.

The main thing is to understand the specific situation. In fact, the on-site setting and other tasks are usually handed over to the executive director or assistant director, but he still needs to understand these things clearly and let people know what his requirements are.

There were not many scenes in the capital, mainly filming. Cao Shaoqin, the eunuch of Dongchang, framed Yang Yuxuan, the Minister of War, to death, and used the exile of his children as a bait to lure Yang Yuxuan's subordinates to Huai'an in an attempt to kill all his old subordinates.

These plots only last a few minutes in the movie, and they are not important scenes. They are not difficult. He only needs to control a general direction.

Regarding Zhao Hong, both Li Huiming and Cheng Xiaodong took notes in small notebooks. Although they are both experienced directors, their directorial skills are just a few blocks away from him. They can learn something new from this big boss.

That thing is a great blessing.

Originally, Zhao Hong wanted to hold a script reading, but since there were not too many scenes here in the capital, and the actors who had scenes in the capital were all veteran actors, he postponed the script reading.

Now, it’s not too late to read the script when we arrive at Zhenbeibao, Ningxia.

The next day, Zhao Hong's crew started filming in a low-key manner. In the capital, he basically only spent half a day on the crew every day, and the rest of the time was spent meeting old friends and elders.

This is not because he wants to be lazy or something. In fact, there are not many important scenes here. Li Huiming and Cheng Xiaodong are both very capable. As for the photographer, although he was recruited carefully, he is also famous in Xiangjiang. His name is Du Kefeng, and he is a foreigner.

, but he has a deep understanding of Chinese movies and is one of the best photographers in Hong Kong.

Zhao Hong plans to let him be her royal photographer.

Originally, I wanted to ask Lao Mouzi to be the photographer, but he couldn't leave. He is currently co-directing the film "Ju Dou" with Yang Fengliang, and Xiao Gu has also become his photographer.

Therefore, Zhao Hong only met Lao Zhang once in the capital. As for the four dormitory friends, it was a bit difficult to get together!

Instead, I got together with my classmates in Beijing.

"I am currently preparing for my new movie. I read a novel by the writer Shi Tiesheng some time ago. I felt very good and moved, so I wanted to adapt it into a movie."

Brother Kai is very high-spirited now. Last year he directed a movie with a main theme, which did well at the box office. He thinks he has captured the pulse of the audience, and it will be his time to show off his skills in the future.

"Tell me what this novel is about." Zhao Hong said, pretending to be very interested.

"...Many years ago, in a remote place in China, a blind boy learned the piano from his master. The master told him that there was a prescription that could heal his eyes and allow him to see the light of day again. This prescription must be given after he broke a thousand strings.

It can be taken out of the piano case, otherwise it will be of no use."

"The blind boy broke the strings one after another after his master died, regardless of the rest of his life."

"Through the years, the young boy became an old violinist and was respected as "God" by the villagers."

"Whenever there is a dispute in the village, everyone always asks the gods to resolve it."

"Shenshen had a blind apprentice named Shitou. His affair with village girl Lanxiu was discovered by the villagers and they were severely beaten. Lanxiu left angrily."

"Huang Tian paid off his hard work, and the gods finally broke a thousand strings, just because the master said that only then could he get the prescription and see the light, but things had an unexpected ending..."

When Zhao Hong heard Brother Kai talk about it, he knew that this movie was his masterpiece "Walking and Singing". It was a good movie, but it didn't quite suit his taste.

But seeing Brother Kai looking at him expectantly after finishing the story, he could only say against his will: "This story is really good. If it is made into a movie, it will definitely win awards abroad."

Brother Kai felt happy after hearing what Zhao Hong said. He just wants to give up the commercial films he is good at (which he thinks) and shoot literary films. He just wants to compete with Lao Mouzi to see who has a greater international reputation.

After getting together with Brother Kai and the others, Zhao Hong also went to Teacher Lu’s house. Teacher Lu is now officially retired. The main reason is that DreamWorks has set up a branch in the mainland, and the branch manager can directly connect with TV stations and film studios.

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He is now in his seventies and still looks in good spirits.

"Xiao Zhao, why do you have time to visit this bad old man like me?" Teacher Lu said with a smile when he saw Zhao Hong arriving at his home.

"Haha, teacher, as long as I come to the mainland once, I can't miss you here." Zhao Hong said solemnly.

Zhao Hong stayed at Teacher Lu's house for two hours, shed a set of Flower God Cups, and then left.

After a few days of getting used to the crew, the mainland and Xiangjiang crew got along quite happily, and there were no problems. The scenes in the capital were also filmed while they were slowly getting used to each other.

What I want to say is that in this movie, Minister of War Yang Yuxuan invited Chen Daoming to make a cameo. His acting skills are really good now, and his scene was completed in just ten minutes.

In fact, there are many cases where mainland celebrities are invited to guest star in this way, which is why Zhao Hong has been making connections these days.

Zhao Hong knows one thing, that is, no matter how good the relationship is, it will become weak if it is not moved forward.

Now that Qing, an old drama star, has made a guest appearance, the relationship has been slowly built up over time, and his foundation in the mainland will become stronger and stronger.

Zhao Hong was speechless that the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the original version seemed to be in the desert. This was not common sense at all!

This time the shooting was outside the Forbidden City, and many places needed to be modified with special effects during post-processing.

Cao Shaoqin: "Master Yang!"

Yang Yuxuan: “Bah!”

Cao Shaoqin: "Mr. Yang, you are specifically looking for trouble with me! We, the eunuchs of Dongchang, have always been grudges against the Emperor. If you make such slanderous accusations and go against me, won't you slap your head off?"

Yang Yuxuan: "It is an ancestral precept left by Taizu that eunuchs should not participate in politics..."

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Click!

Everyone was waiting for Zhao Hong's instructions. He looked at the performance just now on the monitor and felt it was very good.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Zidan understood this role very well, and he actually didn't fall behind in the role opposite Chen Daoming.

This was already the second filming of this scene. He felt that there was no problem, so he said: "Okay, pass!"

"Brother Daoming, thank you for your guest appearance." Zhao Hong said to Chen Daoming with a smile.
Chapter completed!