"The Wandering Earth" took more than a year to prepare.
Therefore, the preliminary preparation work is very sufficient.
Including various sci-fi props, they are all under the strict control of the prop team and are made of excellent quality.
Theater crew.
Qi Ji had just finished playing for an hour and a half and was helped to the ground by everyone.
He wiped the sweat from his head and complained: "If I had known better, I should have changed the plot of Liu Peiqiang! This Wia hanging is really uncomfortable!"
Because the role of Liu Peiqiang basically takes place in the space station throughout the entire scene.
So there will be some shots that float due to gravity.
At this time, you need to use Wire.
Hearing Qi Ji's complaint, everyone burst into laughter.
"Director Qi, let me tell you, there is no need for you to be so hands-on! We can just do some special effects later!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Director Qi is pursuing the perfection of the camera!"
Gu Pingting, Qi Ji's assistant for many years, went home to have her baby during this time.
So the company arranged a new one for Qi Ji, called Mi Aile.
She used to follow Feng Muyu.
Recently, Feng Muyu has been concentrating on further studies and wants to study for a graduate degree in acting, so she arranged to come over and follow Qi Ji.
The little girl is very good-looking and has always had a dream to join the entertainment industry and become an actress.
This is also her biggest purpose in coming to work at Miracle Entertainment.
At this moment, the filming was over, and she diligently brought Qi Ji's lunch box to Qi Ji.
While Qi Ji was eating, she reported some relevant situations to Qi Ji.
"Boss, "Myth" has been completed. The company's music department has written two theme songs, but Director Lu Liang is not very satisfied... I want you to take a look for yourself..."
Qi Ji hummed and said, "I understand, I will give Director Lu a call later...but you..."
Qi Jilao glanced at Mi Aile meaningfully and said with a smile: "I see you are very concerned about the crew's affairs!"
Mi Aile's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly said: "Boss, I study in my spare time! You know, I yearn for this circle..."
Facing Qi Ji, she still expressed her thoughts honestly.
But Qi Ji said without hesitation: "I heard our director Liu talking about you. When you came to the company, you wanted to be an actor... but your acting skills were really poor, and you ended up being Lao Feng.
Assistant!"
Miele nodded with a little embarrassment and said: "Boss, my dream is still there! I will work hard!"
Qi Ji hummed, without commenting.
There are too many young girls like Mi Aile every year.
In fact, the luck of most of them is far worse than that of Mi Aile at the moment.
Like Hengdian, there are so many extras every year who dream of becoming stars.
And the students who graduate from art schools across the country every year...
In fact, the most important thing in this industry is appearance. What is lacking is an opportunity, an opportunity to make yourself famous.
So now that he can work as an assistant to Qi Ji, Mi Aile feels that he is very close to realizing his dream.
"Xiaomi, is Teacher Zhang here?" Qi Ji asked after finishing his meal.
Mi Aile said: "He came half an hour ago, but he said he wanted to see our crew first..."
Zhang Zhengfang is a famous biographer in China. He has written biographies of many well-known figures in China.
But this time, he wanted to give Qi Ji his first copy.
So last week, I contacted Qi Ji.
While Qi Ji and Mi Aile were talking, Zhang Zhengfang walked in with a camera in his hand: "Director Qi, hello! I'm Zhang Zhengfang! We have known each other for a long time! I just finished watching your newly released "Qin and Han Dynasty"
"The physical book is so beautiful!"
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Qi Ji's empty lunch box.
Qi Ji shook hands with him and said, "Welcome!"
The two sat opposite each other, and Mi Aile quickly went out to get drinks for them.
Zhang Zhengfang said: "When you are on the set, do you eat so simply?"
Qi Ji smiled and said: "Three dishes, not bad! It's all just work! You can eat delicious food at any time!"
Zhang Zhengfang said: "Then let me tell you first how I plan to work?"
Qi Ji nodded.
Facing a living person like Qi Ji, he can be described as a legendary figure to contemporary Chinese people.
So Zhang Zhengfang was quite nervous when he met Qi Ji for the first time.
Although he is actually older than Qi Ji.
Having written so many biographies, he probably has his own judgment about these celebrities.
Some people look glamorous, but in reality, their lives are a mess.
For some people, the public image of the outside world and their private image are very different.
He wanted to know what kind of person Qi Ji was.
So according to his work habits, he would stay with Qi Ji for more than half a year.
The main purpose is to observe what kind of person Qi Ji is when he is working.
His way of writing is to start with details.
I hope to write about Qi Ji that the public doesn’t know about from the small aspects of Qi Ji’s daily life.
After a brief communication with Qi Ji, Zhang Zhengcong officially started his interview work with the crew.
Currently, more than 80% of the staff on the "Wandering Earth" crew have worked with Qi Ji more than twice.
Zhang Zhengfang first found the photographer who was the crew.
Both of them smoked, so they sat in the corner.
Zhang Zhengfang handed the other party a cigarette and then turned on the recorder: "In your eyes, what kind of person do you think Director Qi Ji is?"
Photographer Lao Fang, who shot "Green Snake" with Qi Ji.
He took a long puff of cigarette, pondered for a while, and then said: "A genius like a god!"
After saying these six words, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then added: "I'm not lying. Don't look at the fact that there are many people on the Internet who praise Director Qi like this... but they just saw it.
It's just Director Qi's top work! They have never seen the god-like Director Qi in life! You can go and take a picture of Director Qi's manuscript later. The picture is simply amazing! You see, our crew is one
It’s a science fiction movie, right? There are a lot of props, right? Let me tell you this, every prop, whether it’s a launcher or a space station, was all drawn by Director Qi himself, and then our prop team slowly made it according to his requirements.
That’s it!”
Lao Fang spoke a long paragraph in one breath. At this moment, he dusted off the ashes of a third-burned cigarette between the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and then continued: "It seems that all the details of the entire movie, all
It’s like it’s all in Director Qi’s mind, you know! This is not God!”
Zhang Zhengfang listened with great interest.
But the crew was about to start work, so Lao Fang quickly finished the cigarette in his hand, threw it on the ground, stepped on it, stood up, and trotted over amidst Qi Ji's shouts.
Zhang Zhengfang then took out his camera and took several photos of Qi Ji working hard on the set.
Then he found the crew's cook, Lao Li.
Lao Li has been following Qi Ji for a long time.
"I followed our boss for a long time. I followed him when he was filming the first season of "Five Thousand Years of China", which was still called "Song of the World" at that time. The entire crew, hundreds of
I am the one who cooks for everyone!"
When Lao Li's cooking team is large, there can be more than ten people!
After all, there are often hundreds of people in a crew, and everyone's daily food is a big problem.
Lao Li and Grandpa Qi Ji are from the same village.
In the past, in the village, every family would ask him to prepare banquets.
Later he followed Qi Ji.
Every time the crew started working for three or four months, he would take his people and cook for the crew for three or four months.
Only make lunch.
"I just ate the food you cooked. It tasted really good. It tasted even better than the chefs outside!" Zhang Zhengfang praised.
Lao Li smiled and said: "Actually, in our crew, especially under the leadership of the boss, everyone is not pretentious... You see, there are quite a few famous actors on set today, but they all eat box lunches like our boss! I
Last year, when I was with the crew of "Fengshen", some actors refused to eat from the crew's big pot and wanted to work on their own!"
Zhang Zhengfang said: "Is this a special request from Director Qi?"
Lao Li shook his head and said: "That's not... it's just these actors, they still know it... You said that every time it's dinner time, you see the biggest celebrity in the crew, and even the whole country of China.
What do you think when you say that the biggest celebrities are all eating lunch boxes on the set obediently? Even if you are just pretending, you still have to eat lunch boxes on the set! What’s more, we Lao Li are not bragging, my big pot rice is really good
eat!"
Zhang Zhengfang said: "Hey, the relationship is great, and during the time I was on our crew, I was completely dependent on you!"
Lao Li nodded and continued: "Are you going to write a biography for your boss? I heard that biographies are only written after someone dies?"
Zhang Zhengfang's expression changed and he said, "You don't want to talk nonsense!"
Lao Li also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly gave himself a big mouth.
After a day of shooting, Qi Ji made a phone call to Lu Liang in the evening.
"Director Qi, are you really still filming science fiction?" There was a little noise around Lu Liang on the other end of the phone.
Qi Ji could feel the other person walking outside, and the noise around him gradually became quieter.
Qi Ji said: "Yes, it is always a good thing to try more while you are young!"
Lu Liang said: "I have never dared to touch science fiction. I have been filming for so many years and have received a lot of science fiction scripts, but I am really scared of this thing! You guys should also pay attention, science fiction is among us
As far as Chinese-language films are concerned, it is a backwater! The Chinese people’s requirements must be to produce top-notch science fiction films in line with Hollywood! Especially your Qi Ji’s films!”
Qi Ji said: "Don't worry, I know it well!"
Lu Liang said: "Okay, I won't say more. Let's get down to business. I personally really don't like the two songs your director wrote for me. I don't mean anything else. I think it's better.
It's you who always take action!"
The entire "Myth" is jointly produced by Miracle Entertainment and Lu Liang's studio.
Apart from writing a script, Qi Ji basically never paid attention to this project.
Even when Lai Xiao Le and the others took the company's music department and wrote two so-called theme songs for this drama, Qi Ji actually didn't know about it and only found out about it yesterday.
Qi Ji said: "Don't worry, I will write two songs in these two days for you to listen to..."
"Myth", whether it is a TV series or a movie, the actual theme song is "Beautiful Myth".
Its popularity was extremely high back then.
In the TV series version, there is also a song "The Myth of Stars and Moon" written by Jin Sha, who plays Lu Su, which is also very popular among the audience.
These two songs were both prepared by Qi Ji.
The next day, Qi Ji was still filming.
Lu Liang couldn't wait any longer and rushed to the set in a hurry.
At this moment, Qi Ji is filming nervously.
Zhang Zhengfang stood next to Lu Liang. The two were considered acquaintances.
More than ten years ago, Zhang Zhengfang wrote a script for Lu Liang. It was an urban love drama, and the reputation at that time was also very good.
"I never expected that an old boy like you would be on Qi Ji's crew!" Lu Liang patted Zhang Zhengfang on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Zhang Zhengfang said: "What are you doing here in such a hurry? Don't tell me that you are acting in Director Qi's crew!?"
Qi Ji was also surprised by Lu Liang's arrival.
So Lu Liang asked him to make a cameo.
Lu Liang couldn't resist, and finally made a mahjong parlor owner in a dungeon in Qi Ji's shot, with only a fleeting shot.
In the afternoon, Qi Ji was waiting for the props to be arranged, so he sat aside with Lu Liang holding his guitar.
Several leading actors from the crew gathered around.
"What are the two leaders doing?"
"I heard that Director Lu wanted Director Qi to write a theme song, but he was afraid that Director Qi would never write it, so he went straight to the crew!"
"Haha! How interesting!"
Zhang Zhengfang also held a camera and took a picture of the scene at this moment.
Qi Ji first took out a notebook and wrote the lyrics on it.
Lu Liang held it up and looked at it, with surprise in his eyes: "Hey! You are worthy of being the king of Asian songs! Such a creative level!"
The surrounding actors also leaned over and leaned over.
Qi Ji said: "There is no arrangement now. I will simply sing it to you on the guitar. You can see if it is the feeling you want..."
"Ahem... I'll sing this song "The Myth of Stars and Moon" first." Qi Ji cleared his throat, then plucked the strings, and slowly spoke, "The most beautiful scene in my life is meeting you. In human life
The sea is staring at you quietly, strange and familiar at the same time..."
It goes without saying that Qi Ji's singing skills are outstanding. As soon as he sang, everyone at the scene was immediately mesmerized.