At the filming site of "Jingjue Ancient City" in Xinjiang, in a dilapidated ancient desert dwelling, the crew was hard at work filming.
This famous ancient desert residence was built long ago by the production crew. It was restored one by one under the guidance of historians and architects and under the guidance of experts.
Li He and Wang Ou Jiang Chao had just finished filming an action scene. Jiang Chao was fat and sweated easily, so he held an ice pack to cool down and kept fanning himself.
"This weather is killing me." Jiang Chao complained.
"It's quite hot. I saw there were desert omelettes for the crew just now." Wang Ou was also very hot.
Li He sat under the parasol, looking at the scorching sun and listless crew members. He turned to his assistant and said vigorously: "Tell the director that you must do a good job in preventing heatstroke, and you must have a sufficient supply of mung bean soup and ice.
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"Okay..." Dali turned around and went to communicate with the director. Li Hyuk is the producer and supervisor of "Jingjue Ancient City", as well as the starring role. He has the right to put forward his own opinions to the crew, but Li Hyuk usually
Communicate with the two directors and let them do the work. I rarely directly intervene in the crew's affairs. This is the guarantee for the crew's operation.
Different from Hollywood's producer-centered system, the director of the Huaxia crew has great authority and is also the largest person in charge of the entire crew. However, in recent years, with the entry of major capital and the rise of popular stars, the director's right to speak is declining.
You can't decide the script by yourself, you can't choose the actors by yourself, and even for some big-name young actors, the director can't blame them for not acting well, otherwise it will be the director himself who will leave.
Under such circumstances, what authority does the director have? But directors cannot refuse, because there are only so many jobs. If it is for the so-called persistence, there will be no movies to film. This is the helplessness of compromising with the capital market.
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Zhang Dabeard once said helplessly on a program that he had not been filming in these years either because he did not want to film or because he did not want to compromise and therefore had no films to film. Many times, it is not the director who is blind, but the investors who are blind.
Therefore, it doesn’t work to scold popular actors, directors, and screenwriters. What everyone needs to do is boycott the capital behind bad movies. Unfortunately, this cannot be done. As long as some people like it, traffic and bad movies will exist.
It is reasonable for bad movies to exist, but what is unreasonable is that bad movies should not occupy the most resources and then become mainstream. This is the crux of the current market.
Therefore, many directors who have worked with Li Hyuk will praise Li Hyuk when interviewed. For example, Guo Fan said in an interview that Li Hyuk is an outlier in today's entertainment industry. He is dedicated and hardworking, respects the director, respects the crew, and works hard to complete the work.
No director would refuse to work with such an actor in his own work.
Lu Yang and Wu Ershan have such feelings. Both of them have worked with Li He. Lu Yang and Wen Muye jointly directed "Want to See You" starring Li He, and Wu Ershan and Li He worked together in "The Secret of the Dragon".
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Filming in Xinzhang is a very hard and torturous thing. The weather is hot and the climate is dry. Some crew members suffered from heat stroke due to carelessness when they first came here. Even Tan Songyun went to the hospital to take saline for a few days. But it was very difficult.
Few people complain about hard and tiring work, because Li Hyuk leads by example and drives the crew's enthusiasm for work.
After arranging the work, Wu Ershan asked Lu Yang, "It's Li He's birthday in a few days, right?"
Lu Yang thought for a moment and said, "Yes, his birthday is on the 29th."
"Then look, should we organize something to celebrate his birthday or something?" Wu Ershan asked.
Lu Yang shook his head: "I don't think he may be willing. People celebrate birthdays simply, so he wouldn't want to spend so much time on it."
"Well, then the crew will take a day off and let him celebrate his birthday in peace." Wu Ershan gave up the plan.
In fact, Li Hyuk even forgot that he had a birthday to come. He didn't take birthdays seriously, so when the crew announced that he would have a day off on the 29th, he thought that the two directors were too tired to watch the crew and gave the crew a day off to rest. Until the crew came When the employees came to wish him a happy birthday, they realized that the 29th was his birthday.
"Teacher Li He, happy birthday." A girl from the makeup team is a loyal fan of him. She even made a wishing bottle with many little stars in it and gave it to Li He: "This is our girl from the makeup team. I have prepared a gift for a week, please accept it."
Such a handmade gift is not expensive, so Li He would still accept it. The little girl was satisfied, took a photo with Li He, and then asked for his autograph. It was true that she had prepared the gift for so long.
In fact, Li Hyuk has always received many gifts from fans on his birthday, many of which are valuable things, such as electronic products, necklaces, jewelry, clothes and bags. In response to this, Li Hyuk has repeatedly appealed to fans to be sensible on Weibo, As long as it's what you want, there's no need to spend so much money on gifts for yourself.
However, because he couldn't handle the large number of fans, Li Hyuk had no choice but to give away the valuables given by the fans in the name of the fans through his two charity foundations. This was considered charity, but it did not follow the reality of the people.
The same is true for birthdays this year. Da Mi Mi Studio has received many gifts from fans one after another. Manager Qian Duoduo arranged for employees to register, select those more expensive gifts, and then donate them. But what is special this year is that, Many big brands that have not cooperated with Li He sent gifts, including many big international brands.
In the past, Li Hyuk basically didn't accept international endorsements, and these international brands didn't warm up to Li Hyuk's cold butt. After all, there is more than just idol star Li Hyuk. But now it's no longer possible. Li Hyuk's popularity is getting higher and higher, so international big brands are I started to fawn over Lee Hyuk, hoping that if Lee Hyuk relaxes the restrictions on international endorsements anytime, it would leave a good impression and he might be able to sign Lee Hyuk.
Some people may wonder, international big brands are very arrogant, will they please Li Hyuk like this? Of course, it is very simple, it is interests, even the most arrogant brand will not get along with interests, unless it is stupid or politically or otherwise. what reason.
Jay Chou rarely accepts endorsements from international brands, but on his birthday, there is never a shortage of gifts from international brands. They all want to leave a good impression on Jay Chou, so naturally they are very tight-knit.
Although Li Hyuk cannot compare with Jay Chou in terms of achievements and influence, he is already the most popular Li Hyuk in the mainland entertainment industry, and brands are also flocking to him.
On his birthday, Li He rarely slept in the hotel, but it was Tan Songyun who woke him up. During breakfast, Tan Songyun gave him a gift she had prepared, a small and exquisite Li He Q-version doll that she made by herself.
"Thank you, it's very beautiful..." Li He accepted the gift, and Wang Ou also gave his own gift, a finely crafted cucurbit flute, a traditional musical instrument of the Bai people. It seems that Wang Ou had asked Li Xiaonan about it, and he knew that Li He was very fond of it when he was a child. I like to play cucurbit flute.
However, this Li He was not the other Li He, but Li He was still happy to accept the gift, which was considered thoughtful.
"Senior brother, will Sister Mi come to celebrate your birthday?" Tan Songyun asked.
Li He put down his chopsticks, drank the milk, and wiped his mouth with a tissue: "I asked her not to come. She recently recorded a program and then filmed "Fuyao". It was very tiring to travel back and forth. She just wanted to celebrate my birthday again. Even flying is a hard job."
"Oh," Tan Songyun was a little happy when she heard that the big power was not coming. She and Wang Ou looked at each other in private, and then said: "Then Sister Ou and I will celebrate your birthday."
Li He waved his hand and said, "It's not that troublesome. When the time comes, we'll invite the cast and directors to have a meal together. It'll be a simple matter."
Li He's birthday has always been simple when Da Mi Mi is not around, but how could it be possible that Da Mi Mi is not here? As soon as Li He finished speaking, he received a call from Da Mi Mi: "What? Are you here? Where are you?" ?Okay, I'll pick you up right away."
Li He hurriedly hung up the phone and said to Tan Songyun and Wang Ou: "Mi Mi Mi is here. I'll pick her up and we'll have dinner together then!"
Looking at Li He who left quickly, Tan Songyun and Wang Ou helplessly shrugged their shoulders, yes, the big power is still coming.