This place just came out of the Berlin Film Palace.
Dai Chengbi's call came in over there.
The first is a plaintive complaint:
"I can't go on anymore. It's not the fault of humans. You guys are welcome. The ones that are popular abroad are the spicy ones. I and Director Xie are left to work overtime in China. After all, I plan to take a break after the Chinese New Year. The editing team is on holiday."
, he was so unwilling that he dragged me to the editing room again!"
Xia Yu didn't turn on the speakerphone, but everyone in the RV couldn't help laughing.
Wen Sui and Dai Chengbi were old enemies, but this time their hearts ached for him and they were too embarrassed to ridicule him.
"Cure" was completed on January 13th. When they woke up with a hangover on the 14th, Directors Lao Dai and Xiao Xie rushed into the Great Wall Film and Television No. 2 Editing Studio, which had been booked more than a month in advance;
It has been almost a month now, and I have barely had any rest. I have even lived directly in the staff dormitory of Great Wall Film and Television.
Before Xia Yu went to Zurich to shoot the donner commercial, she also went to visit a class;
Both of them have long hair and stubble, and they probably haven't trimmed their hair in four or five days.
Xia Yu gave him a lunch, and the two of them had a few bites, but ignored Xia Yu;
Dai Chengbi went in with his front foot, but Director Xie threw his lunch box away with his back foot.
When Xia Yu went back, neither of them said hello, let alone sent them to the door. He just said: "Let's go, Salem, don't waste our time!"
I complained a little bit, mainly because of the situation in China. The countdown was just about to end, and I was in the editing room with Director Xie, staring at each other, and cut to the plot of Xia Yu. After thinking about it, I just gave her a call.
.
"Is it five o'clock in the afternoon over there? Happy New Year, I should go and play with Mr. Zhuang for a few days, so as not to have to be enslaved by this boy Xie Guanhui!" There is no other way to edit and post-production, it must be dealt with as soon as possible.
The Berlin Film Festival cannot catch up this year and can be postponed to next year, but for a series of awards such as the Golden Statue, both of them plan to register for the film festival, so they have to hurry up.
Not to mention that there is still a review period. I really don’t know if it can be completed before the end of March.
"How's the editing going?"
"It's in the later stages. I'm a professional. Are you still worried?"
Dai Chengbi coquettishly made a joke again, but Xia Yu didn't understand.
There are other things going on here.
Xia Yu suddenly stopped smiling. He looked at Tao Tang and asked Dai Chengbi seriously,
"Lao Dai, do you have anything else to do? Can you hang up without me?"
"Hey, hey, don't worry, don't worry, there is something else!"
Now that we are here, Lao Dai can no longer hold back Xia Yu, "Xu Mingxuan came to see us yesterday."
As soon as Dai Chengbi said this, the general information about this person appeared in Xia Yu's mind.
Xu Mingxuan, since her debut, has participated in more than 60 films and TV shows, with a total of more than 100 original soundtracks. She is a well-known OST (original album) queen in the industry; the original ending song of "Cure" was decided by Song Ang Studio
She is the original singer.
"Except for Xu Mingxuan, all parties involved in the theme song, ending song, film interlude, and ending song lyrics approached us and asked for an increase in salary, lyrics and music fees!" Dai Chengbi thought it took him a day to calm down, and he didn't feel particularly excited or angry.
.
Although "Cure" is said to be produced by Xia Yu Studio and executive produced by Tao Tang, the original purpose was just to calm the crew.
As soon as the film was completed and entered the later stages, the rights fell to Dai Chengbi again;
It’s no wonder that Lao Dai is usually easily excited and angry. He is also a father and a mother on another level.
However, Xia Yu didn't believe that he couldn't solve this matter, and he was hiding something behind his words, "Old Dai, if you have something to say, just say it. If you don't say it now, if problems arise later, I will
I won’t help you with the whole story.”
"Hey, hey, my aunt, it's OK, I'll tell you!"
"I have already taken care of this part of the work. It is all the work of that old boy Song Ang. Since they are not willing to stay in our small temple, then forget it!"
Lao Dai's words at the time were also merciless.
"I don't know what you are thinking? There is no way the film remuneration and songwriting fees will be increased. If you like being silly or not, get out!"
Those few have already gone to their own places. They took their remuneration here and don’t need to refund it. If they can get an extra share, why are they still treating you like this?
Dai Chengbi also quickly contacted other songwriters and singers.
As for the cost, the lyrics and music are okay, I know people who can give me a break.
"The work is almost done. Director Xie and I have selected the lyrics and music, but the singer has not been decided yet!"
"What reason?"
Price? No.
Xia Yu looked at Tao Tang, "Don't we still have a lot of funds?"
And unless it’s a big name in the music industry, Xu Mingxuan’s price will only be 600,000 yuan at most;
She is already one of the most expensive OST recording singers.
If you want to replace it with some small singers, you can get it for tens of thousands, it just depends on whether it is suitable.
"The two of us are messing around, how about... let's do our own thing and record it ourselves?"
"Who sings?" "You!"
"Me?" Xia Yu was stunned for a moment.
If the matter of recording songs was not mentioned, Xia Yu had never thought about it.
Because acting is already quite stressful, she feels quite addicted to it.
But to be honest, if you film too much, there will be a period of burnout.
Although she has never shown it, especially after filming "Healing", she feels that she should find time to see a psychiatrist and have a chat; or find a time, such as going skiing in two days, or going
Travel thoroughly, take a vacation, and relax.
But Dai Chengbi reminded her, 'Maybe I can try and engage in other jobs?'
It’s not that changing careers is completely unacceptable due to system longevity and achievement limitations——
Regardless of whether she likes filming in her heart or not;
So during the burnout period, is it possible to find something else to do?
For example, record a song, or learn how to shoot a movie?
Xia Yu glanced at Tao Tang.
She was pressing the call on her cell phone and nodded, her eyes seeming to say, you can try it.
Dai Chengbi was also waiting for news from her.
"Have you chosen the lyrics and music?" she asked.
“I’ve picked it up, I’ve picked three, but I’m not sure which one to choose yet!”
Mainly because I haven’t heard the finished product.
"Okay, Lao Dai, you will send it to my email in a moment."
Dai Chengbi and Xie Guanhui looked at each other and smiled, both of them were very excited. They had heard Xia Yushi's voice, singing skills, and even the singing skills. Not to mention an ost, even a Kunqu opera was worth it!
"Is this Yu Bao's music debut? This is another gimmick!" The two are already working hard for the box office.
After putting down the phone, Mrs. Zhuang was already taking a rest in the back seat with her eyes squinted. Tao Tang was helping to squeeze her old man's hand to relax her muscles.
Wen Sui and Meng Dong both came closer, their eyes shining.
"Yeah, this means that Yu Bao is going to release an album?"
"Speaking of which, after knowing each other for so long, I have never heard Yu Bao sing!"
Xia Yi also raised his head and looked over.
Xia Yu laughed, "It's just an OST recording, it's far from an album or a record -"
After a while, Tao Zhang's call came in. Apparently, he had been hung up on by Tao Tang several times. He had no choice but to call Xia Yu. The person who answered the call also had a slight complaint, "Bao, what's wrong with you, Sister Tang?"
Won’t answer my call?”
After knowing each other for a year or two, Tao Zhang no longer had the masculine temperament he once had. Privately, he was a girl-controller. As long as it concerned Tao Tang, his IQ would plummet. Xia Yu glanced at Tao Tang and said, "
Sister Tang is massaging my wife."
"Oh! OK, tomorrow morning, remember to ask her to call me back! Happy New Year, my Dibao!"
The two chatted for a while, and then asked Tao Zhang to hand the phone to Mr. Tao. Xia Yu said New Year's greetings to Mr. Tao——
After telling Tao Tang about this, she nodded lightly, "I understand."
Mrs. Zhuang was also awake. In previous years, the students were afraid of disturbing her rest, so they usually gave her New Year greetings early in the morning on the first day of the new year. But this time, they knew she was in Berlin and there was jet lag; tomorrow morning in China, it would be early morning in Berlin again.
I just called him to say New Year greetings.
After more than half an hour, Xia Yu and his group, except for Meng Dong and Xia Yi, had nothing to do. One of them took Tao Tang's book, and the other took "The Wind" that Xia Yu was reading to entertain themselves.
Telephone.
Chi Chong, Hu Chang, Qu Ziyi...
Basically, we are still the same group of old friends in the industry, and we don't talk much. Everyone is quite busy at this point.
But the common topic, the most talked about, is the Berlin Film Festival and "Jinling Festival".
The latest news about the Berlin Film Festival has already spread back to China;
There were still many film critics on this trip who came to watch the premiere of "Jinling Festival".
Regarding this film, a review of this film has been published.
Chen Lin is also among them. Without exception, these film critics all expressed one idea——
[If you have no children during the war, don’t forget the hatred of your family and your country!]
Chen Lin watched the last show on the 8th and returned to China in the early morning of the 9th.
Although he came here for Zhuang He, the harvest was not small.
He watched "Jinling Festival" on the 7th, and nine more movies on the 8th. If not for the lack of time, he would have spent the past ten days at the Berlin Film Palace - the two notebooks he brought could no longer write down anything.
On the way, I ran to a store here and bought a few spares.
Before landing, or in other words, just getting on the plane back home, he couldn't help but take out his notebook and start organizing the contents.
At this time, it was around two o'clock in the morning Berlin time, it was very dark, most people on the plane had already rested, and the lights were basically turned off.
Only Chen Lin, the lamp above his head was still on, and the notebook in front of him.
This trip he took was considered a "business trip", and the crew helped with the reimbursement and booked him a first-class cabin.
Therefore, it is more convenient to deal with work matters than in economy class.
He first organized the contents of "Jinling Festival" into a new notebook bit by bit.
It was already half an hour after I finished sorting it out.
In fact, after "Drawing Ground as a Prison", he has been invited to cast more and more dramas in the past two years.
And he has never stopped loving film criticism, and his work has continued in the past two years;
But to be honest, there are not many high-quality domestic films in the past two years.
After "The Prisoner" and "The Painted Land as a Prison", it was "The Swordsman" that surprised him.
"The Great Ming Dynasty" is not bad, but it is a real commercial movie. Even if the gimmick is "the rise of martial arts movies again within ten years", the special effects and martial arts are good, but it still does not break away from the shackles of commercial movies and weak plots.
The core of "Spring Events in a Small Town" is slightly worse.
There is no urge to keep him up all night working on it.
After watching "Jinling Festival", this impulse appeared again.
If I hadn’t wanted to take advantage of the 8th to watch more movies, I might have been unable to resist writing on the night of the 7th or the early morning of the 9th.
Mr. Zhuanghe, as always, respects the original author.
The film "Jinling Festival" inherits a lot of content from the original work "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".
The top screenwriter Zhao Jinhong also expanded a small part of the content on the original basis, adding a film core to the already wonderful novel, making the whole film more profound and the characters more vivid.
More vivid, each one has flesh and blood!
After thinking about it for a moment, Chen Lin unscrewed the thermos cup, took a sip of the 40-degree warm water full of wolfberry flavor, picked up the pen, and dropped it——
[It has been eight years since Director Zhuang's last film "The Scream". The last time Director Zhuang officially appeared in the public eye, not counting the live broadcast press conference of "Jinling Festival", he has not been in public in the past five years.
The vision is revealed!]
[I’m not a Zhuang fan in the strict sense. I like all excellent movies, and all of Zhuang’s films qualify as ‘excellent’, so I can barely be considered a Zhuang fan.]
[I have been looking forward to it for a long time. Now after watching "Jinling Festival", I can only express my feelings at this moment to all Zhuang fans in the language of Versailles - Director Zhuang's movies will never let us down! 】
He wrote this first paragraph as a Zhuang fan.
Thinking of the narration of "Meng Shujuan" at the beginning, he continued to write:
[As a war film, "Jinling Festival" does not use an adult's perspective to narrate the battle, but looks at the entire event from the perspective of a teenage child; this is not as simple as the opening chapter, but from the perspective of a teenage child.
The child's perspective is more realistic from the side, clearly reflecting the true face of this battle, or the entire history - cruelty and indifference!】
[The first twenty minutes of the film describe three wars, "children's struggle", "soldiers' struggle against death and righteousness", and "self-redemption of women in the Qinhuai River". We have to admit that individuals are always very small.
In the face of war, there are no exceptions!】
He used a few paragraphs to analyze what he wanted to express at the beginning of the film, and then got to the point:
[But in such a war that no one can avoid, there are a small number of people who transcend their own class. They no longer exist like dodder flowers clinging to others. They bravely step out of the times.
Their shackles are extremely sublime!]
["Jinling Festival" is not only the Jinling Festival, but also their sacrifice...]
Until now, Chen Lin has watched ten movies, but she still still remembers the fourteen women of the Qinhuai River, approaching from a distance, in stark contrast to the ruins;