Wang Shang didn't pay too much attention to external public opinion, but concentrated on writing scripts at home.
Seven days later, a carefully crafted script for "Oldboy" was completed. It was more complete than the one in Earth China, which had rudimentary scenes, poor make-up, poor acting in some places, and many plots were rushed without development.
end, and the elements are a bit confusing.
This time Wang Shang stands on the shoulders of others, so he will naturally not make such a mistake again. He must strive for excellence and produce a touching masterpiece.
After Wang Shang completed the copyright certification, he couldn't wait to start preparations for the filming.
The first thing is to find actors. There are not many actors involved in this micro-movie. There are only 5 main characters, Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao, school beauty, Bao Xiaobai, and Fat Girl. There are more than a dozen other characters, all of which are only shot in a few scenes.
All it takes is extras.
Wang Shang went straight to Datang International with the script. With the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" these days, Wang Shang also began to enter the eyes of several senior executives of Datang Company. And the director of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" Zheng Long
The screenwriter Wang Shang was also invited to join the crew and serve as the crew's assistant director.
Wang Shang gladly accepted the invitation. Although he was an experienced director in his previous life, he has not yet tried the practical practice of directing in this world. Now that he can do it himself, it is naturally a dream.
Of course, in the eyes of Director Zheng Long, Wang Shang is just a rookie with no operational experience. He is just asked to do soy sauce and will not really let him take charge of too many things. This is exactly what Wang Shang wants, because Wang Shang’s focus is
Put it on the preparations for the filming of "Oldboy".
As soon as Wang Shang entered the Datang International Building, he met Director Zheng Long and a few crew members following him. They looked like chickens who dared not breathe. I guess Director Zheng Long
His aura is too strong.
"Xiao Wang, you are here. We are about to go out to choose a shooting location. Do you want to come with us?" Director Zheng Long is in his fifties. He speaks in a gentle manner and makes people feel comfortable, but his voice is a bit loud. But Wang Shang
You know, directors usually have to have a loud voice in order to hold the audience in check.
When Wang Shang heard his name, he couldn't help but complained in his heart: "Xiao Wang? Fortunately, my name is not Wang Ming, otherwise I would have become the busiest Xiao Ming in history."
However, he reacted quickly and responded without shyness: "Okay, I'll go take a look too." Wang Shang never refuses others' help in building bridges.
But what Wang Shang didn't know was that several people had discovered that Wang Shang was not afraid of Zheng Long at all. It was really strange that anyone standing in front of a famous director like Zheng Long would have their feet trembling.
Could it be that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers? This is the only explanation.
Zheng Long also noticed that Wang Shang's eyes were bright and he didn't have any stage fright, so he couldn't help but glance at Wang Shanggao.
But how could they have known that Wang Shang could be regarded as a mid-level director in his previous life, and he was also a film director. He had already seen the big world, so how could he have stage fright in such a small occasion.
However, Wang Shang didn't know that this performance made Zheng Long take a high look. When he came out of the entrance of Datang International Building, Zheng Long made an exception and said: "Xiao Wang and I will make a car, and you can solve it yourself."
Those staff members were envious and looked at Wang Shang with red eyes, thinking that Wang Shang's opportunity had come. Zheng Long's order showed that he wanted to support Wang Shang, which many people hated.
Wang Shang followed Zheng Long and got into the Mercedes-Benz without realizing it.
The car sped all the way to the Magic City Film and Television Base a hundred miles away.
Naturally, Wang Shang would not waste this great opportunity by sitting silently in the car. He took out the script of "Oldboy" directly from his briefcase: "Director Zheng, I have written a new script these days. Can you help me?"
Shall I take a look? Please give me some advice."
When Zheng Long heard this, his eyes showed interest, "Okay, show me."
He liked the script "The Legend of Zhen Huan" very much from the beginning, so he spoke highly of Wang Shang's screenwriting skills. After receiving the script from Wang Shang, he began to read it seriously. But when he read
By the second page, the originally relaxed expression began to turn serious.
The sound in the car was silent except for the sound of Zheng Long turning pages and the low and long breathing. Wang Shang could clearly feel that Director Zheng couldn't help but stop breathing when he saw the highlight of the plot.
Then he started breathing heavily.
Wang Shang smiled in his heart, knowing that this "Old Boy" had deeply moved the old man. From Wang Shang's perspective, the "Old Boy" in another time and space had more chaotic elements and more chaotic structure, but this time Wang Shang
Naturally, it has been modified to be more perfect.
When Zheng Long finished reading the last page, he took a long breath: "Okay!! Great! This script is great!!"
He uttered the word "good" three times in a row. He liked it so much that he turned to look at Wang Shang, his eyes showing that he valued his younger generation.
"This script of yours is very good. It can be said that it is one of the few masterpieces I have seen over the years. It is a pity that I have made up my mind not to be a film director anymore, otherwise I would not be able to bear to shoot it."
Already."
Wang Shang sweated profusely after hearing this, and thought to himself: "It's a good thing you don't direct, otherwise I wouldn't know if I would let you film it. You know, this is the film I want to make."
After Zheng Long sighed, he suddenly noticed a problem: "By the way, this script seems to be very short. It probably can't be made into a movie."
Wang Shang quickly explained: "This is a micro-movie, which is a foreign short film. When I was writing the script, I felt that making it into a movie would easily cause delays, so I made it in the form of a micro-movie. I'm here today.
Originally, I wanted to choose a few roles and prepare for filming."
"Are you coming to shoot?" Zheng Long was surprised when he heard this, his eyes couldn't help but stare at Wang Shang, and then sighed, "You are a novice. If you become a director, I'm afraid you won't be able to capture the flavor."
Wang Shang couldn't help but feel a little ache in his heart when he heard this, and thought to himself: "I am not a novice, I was an experienced director in my previous life."
Zheng Long naturally didn't know what Wang Shang was thinking, and said: "Since you want to film, in order to prevent this script from being wasted, you will stay on the crew during this period, and you will be responsible for directing part of the plot to increase your experience. I
Give me some pointers."
Zheng Long looked at this young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and suddenly felt a desire to support him.
Wang Shang was moved and thanked him repeatedly.
In the following week, Zheng Long generously gave Wang Shang an opportunity to direct "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which made everyone on the crew excited, and the assistant directors were even more jealous.
But soon they were no longer jealous, because Wang Shang's performance surprised them. Although they were unfamiliar in the first two days, they entered a 'super god' state from the third day and were not only very familiar with all the affairs of the crew
, and is very experienced in directing and filming.
"NG, stop!!"
"Empress Hua Fei, your current performance is wrong. The pride you want to show should not be the arrogance and domineering of a nouveau riche. That will only make it appear that Concubine Hua has no connotation."
Various NGs like this continue to appear, which fully demonstrates Wang Shang's familiarity with the director's work, making the exhausted actors angry and shocked. In addition, he wrote the script, and no one is more familiar with each aspect than him.
role.
Zheng Long naturally fully supports Wang Shang, because Zheng Long's directorial philosophy is to strive for excellence and produce good TV series.
That's not all. During the filming process, Wang Shang also proposed a new shooting technique, which brought the crew's shooting level to a higher level. Even director Zheng Long was full of praise for this new shooting technique and personally presented to Wang Shang
consult.
"Is this still a newcomer? His directing skills are so skillful. Although he was a little rusty at the beginning, his level has now reached the level of a senior director, right?!"
“What a genius!!”
Everyone was shocked at the same time!!
By this time, Zheng Long no longer doubted Wang Shang's ability to successfully film "Oldboy" and became even more fond of Wang Shang's talent.
In the following days, in order to promote "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Datang International took over the baton of director Zheng Longda from Wang Shang and partially directed "The Legend of Zhen Huan". At the same time, it continued to brag about Wang Shang.
Shang's directing level is so high.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the media.
"A talented new director has appeared, and Director Zheng Long praised him greatly!"
"Wang Shang is not only an excellent screenwriter, but also an excellent director."
"The Legend of Zhen Huan is being filmed by a newcomer. I will definitely not watch it in the future!"
"Wang Shang? That beastly scum directed "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?"
""The Legend of Zhen Huan" is directed by a newbie, and his level is worrying!"
Datang International strongly supported Wang Shang, while the Shanghai Media Academy vigorously disparaged Wang Shang. The two sides went back and forth, and it was extremely lively, and the media also fished in troubled waters, making irresponsible remarks, exaggerating and shocking.
For a time, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" became known to more people, and its ranking on Baidu Fengyun search list continued to increase.
Datang International and Wang Shang covered their mouths and snickered behind their backs.
On December 15, 2000, when the filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was halfway through, Wang Shang began to leave the crew to select actors for "Old Boy".
During this period, Wang Shang and Datang International cooperated with each other to launch a beautiful publicity campaign. Both parties were in the honeymoon period, so they cooperated extremely well with Wang Shang's casting, which was not a big-name actor anyway.
Soon, Wang Shang selected four important roles: Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao, Bao Xiaobai, and fat girl Zhang Mo. However, the actor for the role of the school beauty was not selected for a long time.
In his previous life, Wang Shang felt that the school belle actress in "Oldboy" was not very suitable to play the role of the school belle.
Among all the school beauty characters in film and television works, Wang Shang feels that Shen Jiayi in "Girls We Chased Together in Those Years" is the best candidate for school beauty.
As soon as "The Girls We Chased Together in Those Years" was aired, Shen Jiayi's image became famous all over the country. Although she was not too beautiful, she had an incomparable affinity, which aroused that unforgettable memory in the minds of countless people.
As the movie spread, a sentence began to take root in people's hearts: When they were young, everyone had a Shen Jiayi in their hearts.
This shows that Shen Jiayi's school beauty image is undoubtedly the most successful.
And Wang Shang wants to find Shen Jiayi in this world.