I'm still not finished, I need some time to correct the typos and wrong sentences. Please forgive me.
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After hanging up the phone, Zhong Yunqing then half-jokingly said to Huang Bo:
"Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here, and your 'Crown Princess' will be here soon."
As a result, Huang Bo, who just said that the beautiful actress is still alive and kicking, immediately apologized with a grimace:
"Director, let's stop making such jokes. If my wife finds out, I will have to sleep on the sofa for at least the next half month!"
His words made the only two girls at the dinner table laugh together.
Of course, Zhong Yunqing cannot easily let go of this opportunity to express his machismo.
"All of you are raking your ears, how can you be like me..."
"What's wrong with you?"
When Sisi saw that this guy was acting like a monster again, she calmly picked up the juice on the table and took a sip, then looked at him with a half-smile.
"Do you also think sleeping on the sofa is more comfortable..."
Then Zhong Yunqing changed his words in front of several men:
"What I just meant is that I love my wife more than these guys who care about my wife!"
Sisi rolled her eyes at him,
"Go away! You are not allowed to call me 'wife' now."
About twenty minutes later, Yang Rong, wearing a pair of glasses, walked into Jinyiwei. Sister Lu saw a beautiful woman looking around, as if she was looking for someone. So she walked up and asked, "Are you looking for someone?"
"
Yang Rong took off her glasses and replied politely:
"Well, I'm looking for Director Zhong Yunqing. They said they were having a dinner here..."
"Oh, they are in the private room. Come with me."
"Thank you." Yang Rong responded politely again.
Arriving at the door of the private room, Sister Lu knocked gently, then opened it to let Yang Rong in.
She saw four men and two women sitting at the table, and then the director of her current crew was sitting at the head table.
After all, Zhong Yunqing and Sisi are quite famous now, and Yang Rong will certainly not admit their mistake.
There is also Xu Zheng and his wife, whose early TV series were also hit dramas. The couple Zhu Bajie and Xiao Longnu are almost "household names".
"Sorry, everyone, you're a little late."
"It's okay, we have just started eating, come and sit."
Sisi was afraid that the young actress would be nervous, so she moved the seat next to her and waved to her.
Yang Rong glanced at Sisi gratefully, walked over quickly and sat down.
Then Zhong Yunqing handed over the menu: "We ordered some first. You can order if there are any dishes that suit your taste. You're welcome."
Yang Rong took it without opening it, but smiled and replied:
"I'm not picky about food, these are enough for the table."
Zhong Yunqing didn't show any pretense, he nodded to her, then thought of something interesting, bared his teeth and smiled before continuing:
"Okay, let me give you a brief introduction first. Except for me and Sisi, everyone here now is the "royal member" of this drama."
These words were a bit funny, and everyone was amused. Yang Rong was also made less nervous by Zhong Yunqing's sense of humor.
"Xu Zheng and Tao Hong are both veteran actors. They played the role of emperor and concubine in the play..."
In fact, Xu Zheng is still a little unsuitable for the role of emperor. According to the plot logic, the emperor's age at this time is probably about forty years old.
And Xu Zheng is just over thirty. If he wants to play a good role, he needs to go through the necessary makeup to highlight his age.
But Tao Hong, who plays the imperial concubine, is not needed. The actress can be a little younger.
As soon as Zhong Yunqing finished speaking, Xu Zheng and his wife nodded politely to Yang Rong. After all, Zhong Yunqing was the director, and he could solemnly introduce the actress at the dinner table. The couple did not have any intention of looking down on Yang Rong.
"The other one is the second prince. The actor over there is named Wang Baoqiang." Baoqiang showed his signature silly smile at this time.
"The last one is the prince who plays with you. This is him. His name is Huang Bo. He is a good actor with both good looks and acting skills..."
The phrase "your appearance is online" made Yang Rong stick out her tongue, then she concealed her smile and reached out to Huang Bo first to say hello:
"Hello partner, please take good care of me on the set."
Huang Bo didn't expect this girl to be so enthusiastic, so he stood up, shook hands with her and said:
"Don't say that, help each other, help each other..."
The mutual acquaintance session was over and everyone was chatting while eating. Xu Zheng said to Zhong Yunqing again:
"When we come here this time, we should only be able to shoot for about ten days. Ning Hao informed us before that the Stone will premiere at the end of this month and we all have to go back to attend."
Of course, Zhong Yunqing also knew about this premiere.
"Don't be in a hurry. In fact, ten or so days of filming is enough. The plot of you guys in this drama is not complicated. I estimate that it will only take about ten days to complete the filming at most."
After hearing this, Xu Zheng nodded seriously and continued to respond:
"That's good. The main reason is that I'm afraid of delaying your shooting progress. Of course it's best if it doesn't affect you."
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Since these people on the crew are all "time-sensitive", they can't shoot as usual.
So the next morning, Zhong Yunqing and Director Li discussed that in order to speed up the progress, the two directors planned to divide the shooting into two groups.
During this period, Director Li was mainly responsible for the plots between some supporting characters, while Zhong Yunqing began to direct and act on his own. After this period of hard work, Zhong Yunqing has become very familiar with the crew.
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By the way, when the movie Stone premiered, Zhong Yunqing, as the second largest investor, was naturally invited to attend.
So on the day of the premiere, Zhong Yunqing specially gave the crew a day off, and then took Sisi with him.
In fact, at the beginning, Ning Hao just discussed with the third master of China Film and Television to simply do a test screening. If the results were good, he would roll it out directly in cinemas.
However, after Zhong Yunqing learned the news, he still tried his best to persuade Ning Hao to hold a premiere.
Because he knew that this movie would be a hit, he still followed the principle of "the smell of wine is afraid of the depth of the alley" and simply made a fuss about the movie's release from the beginning, so that it might be better than the previous life.
But Zhong Yunqing was obviously overthinking it, because the Stone crew was really poor! They had already spent all their money on the filming, and in the end they had no money to invest in publicity.
In the end, it was basically thanks to the hard publicity of the two investors, Hua Tsai and Qing Shi, that the first wave of moviegoers' interest was accumulated.
And one thing that needs to be explained is that the cost of the film’s premiere was also sponsored by Zhong Yunqing.
After all, "Crazy Stone" is only a low-budget movie, so it didn't attract much media. Some of them came to go through the motions because they knew the movie was invested by Andy Lau.
So the way out for low-budget movies is obvious.
The result turned out to be an unexpected surprise for the media who had been waiting closely.
As the first truly black humor comedy film in China, this premiere was quite complete. It also included a red carpet.
After the red carpet started, Andy, as the largest investor, also appeared at the premiere. Then there was Han Sanping, the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, who came here with Feng Xiaogang from Huayi.
He was relatively optimistic about the script from the beginning, so after the film was shot, he exerted influence on China Film and tried to tilt the film schedule as much as possible.
Feng Xiaogang was curious about the idea of such a movie, so he came to see the quality of the film.
Originally, after Andy walked on the red carpet, the reporters just went through the motions as usual. However, when Zhong Yunqing and Sisi walked on the red carpet, the eyes of the listless reporters immediately lit up.
This couple is currently very topical. Whether it is newspapers or websites, they are really responsible for "traffic"!
So for a while, the flash kept flashing.
And it turned out that their idea was extremely correct. Zhong Yunqing and Sisi were going to attend a movie premiere, and their fans were waiting here early on on three floors inside and outside.
"Ah! Sisi! Look here, look here!"
"Zhong Yunqing, I love you!"
"Sisi..."
The shouts from the fans were even far greater than when Andy appeared on stage just now.
"Yun Qing, you and Sisi come over here and sit down."
The third master's shout immediately made the actors present envious.
Originally, the two celebrities would not be treated like this by Han Sanping, but Zhong Yunqing's script writing ability made San Ye quite appreciate it.
"Director Feng, why are you here? It's really surprising that such a small-budget film can invite you."
Because the Third Master was present, Feng Xiaogang didn't behave arrogantly.
"I just came here to study. To see the difference between black humor movies and the comedies I have shot in the past."
Feng Xiaogang probably saw the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene, so he pondered for a moment.
"Yun Qing, I have a war movie to start shooting in two months, and a few roles haven't been confirmed yet. How about you and Sisi try out the roles in a few days?"
Feng Xiaogang suddenly said this.
For Zhong Yunqing, Feng Xiaogang's words suddenly made him feel in a dilemma.
Because he just said it was "two months later." According to his past life memory, wasn't it New Year's Day in 2007?
During this period, Lao Feng's films could still be regarded as blockbusters, probably "Assembly", which received mixed reviews internally.
Sure enough, before Zhong Yunqing could continue to ponder and guess, Director Feng continued:
"My movie is adapted from a story during the Liberation War..." Director Feng patiently explained the plot briefly.
"Now the only remaining role is the additional instructor's role. There are not many female characters in this war movie, and they are not outstanding, so if you are interested, you can try the role of Zhao Erdou's wife."
With Director Feng's explanation, the images of the two characters slowly appeared in Zhong Yunqing's mind.
This female character was initially the target of the instructor, but later the instructor died and became Zhao Erdou's wife.
This is "too unlucky"! Doesn't this imply that Sisi is his now, but he won't know who it will be in the future!
On this point, Zhong Yunqing was conflicted from the bottom of his heart!
All kidding aside, in fact, Zhong Yunqing really doesn’t want to act in this movie.
He had watched the movie "Assembly" two or three times in his previous life. How should I put it, the war scenes were pretty good, but they still couldn't be concealed. This was a typical movie that used public knowledge to hack the "Liberation Army".
Movie.
It is true that if evaluated objectively, this movie is indeed very well-made. Whether it is the shots, lines, actors' acting skills, art, special effects... they are all excellent domestic war movies! It is even said to be one of the few domestic war movies.
It is impossible to overstate the quality of this work.
(Personally, I feel that the above reasons are worse than "Wreaths Under the Mountain", but the core of the story is far inferior.)
But no amount of praise can change the fact that the story of this movie is complete nonsense.
It's very simple. After the "three bends and reorganization" in the history of our army, the army has taken on a completely new look. It is no longer possible to coax subordinates to carry out desperate sniper attacks like in the plot.
You must know that the ideological consciousness of the commanders and fighters at that time was very high. In sniper battles, they were rushing to attack. There was no need for superiors to dismount. "If you can't hear the sound of the bugle, even if you kill the last person, you have to continue fighting."
Get down!" Such a deadly order!
Another thing is that the movie is said to be adapted from a true story, but the gimmick was revealed right from the beginning. The real history is that a platoon leader took seven soldiers to shoot snipers to cover the retreat of his battalion.
Moreover, the order given by the battalion commander was very clear, which was to stay until dark and evacuate on your own after hearing the assembly call or after dark.
The movie not only exaggerated it into a company of forty-seven people, but also misinterpreted the order and made the regiment commander deliberately not arrange for the bugler to play the trumpet, which was a plot to undermine our army.
But it’s not to blame. It’s 2006 after all, and all kinds of “haters” still control the public opinion.
Whether it is the Internet or newspapers and publications, most of them are in the hands of the public, not to mention movies.
Forget it if you don't know. Now that he knows this in later generations, Zhong Yunqing is particularly resistant to participating in such a public film.
But even if you want to refuse Director Feng's invitation, you still have to pay attention to technique.
After all, he and Sisi had already declined Huayi's invitations twice six months ago. At this time, Feng Xiaogang once again extended an olive branch and invited them to star in his own movie. If they refused directly again, they might really offend Huayi completely.
Although as a reborn person, Zhong Yunqing is not afraid of falling out with Huayi. However, it is better to do too much than to do too little. Some words and some things should be kept aside.
So Zhong Yunqing thought about it and then remembered that he really didn't have much time, so he could just tell the truth.
"Director Feng, it's not that Sisi and I don't want to act in your movie, it's just that we can't spare time during this period. Sisi and I are currently filming a TV series, and we also plan to shoot our own movie in mid-November. I have the script.
All of it was invested in China Film and Television Network."
Feng Xiaogang had heard rumors about this before, but he didn't believe his words. Originally, he wanted these two popular stars to participate in the rally and attract a wave of fans to the cinema. But now he can only give up.
However, Feng Xiaogang has an aloof character after all, and he quickly recovered from the discomfort of being declined.
"Okay, then I'll find someone else to play the role."