In a small country in the Middle East, the filming of "Operation Red Sea" has been underway for some time.
In fact, more than half of the entire movie was shot here.
And it is indeed an important part of the entire movie, so Xu Ji chose to put it at the very beginning of filming.
The latter part requires the cooperation of the military, as well as some of the special effects or scenery creation by yourself, so you can return to China and shoot again.
What I have to say is that Xu Ji had already thought in advance that the filming process would be difficult, but the actors' adaptability was stronger than imagined.
It is estimated that the main reason is that Ji Yiyang, Chen Kang and other leading actors entered the army training in advance.
Moreover, Hu Lan still attaches great importance to the production of the movie "Operation Red Sea."
Including training actors, it is not just a formality, but actually staying in the army for more than a month.
The various training items every day are full.
Even far more than some new recruits.
From what Hu Lan said, she was originally prepared for the fact that these actors couldn't hold on.
Unexpectedly, all the leading actors persisted until the end.
Hu Lan couldn't help but praise Xu Ji for the good choice of actors.
Under such circumstances, the current filming is nothing to the actors.
Even Ji Yiyang said that after leaving the army, entering the set now feels more like being on vacation.
Of course, although the actors have adapted quickly now.
However, in order to prevent other crew members from being too tired, the overall filming progress was kept within a reasonable range.
"Ka, after this is over, I'll be here first in the morning and give everyone a half-day off in the afternoon."
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Xu Ji asked the entire crew to take a break.
This made everyone else on the crew feel a little strange.
After all, in the past, the crew would not take a break so early.
"Why did Director Xu give me a break so early today?"
Ji Yiyang asked.
Chen Kang beside him shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
In fact, for the two of them, although shooting was tiring, overall they still enjoyed it.
Sometimes the state comes and I don’t even want to rest.
Especially Ji Yiyang, this is his first time participating in a movie.
There are still some differences from previous TV series.
The requirements for performance are also higher.
Although filming has only started a short time ago, he feels that his acting skills have improved a lot compared to before.
Especially when he often has to play against an old official actor like Chen Kang, who doesn't mind coaching him. Ji Yiyang cherishes this opportunity very much.
Of course, this is actually because the director is Xu Ji, and Ji Yiyang has adapted to the rhythm of filming with Xu Ji very early on.
If there were any traces, he would be more relaxed.
Having collaborated a lot, I am quite familiar with Xu Ji’s directorial style.
It is also clear that Xu Ji is indeed one of the few directors who can give him useful acting advice.
"I don't know. I guess we have to shoot night scenes at night?"
"So it's better to take a nap first so as not to lose energy later."
Chen Kang analyzed and said.
Ji Yiyang also thought it made sense and nodded.
At the same time, while giving the crew a holiday, Xu Ji also left the set directly and drove to the airport in a car rented by the crew.
That's right, the reason why he gave the crew a holiday was actually because he knew that Sha Yetong was on the plane today.
Although this country is relatively safe, it is a small country in the Middle East after all, so it still attaches great importance to security issues.
He reminded the crew many times and even asked everyone not to leave the crew and run around.
Sha Yetong is here, so of course Xu Ji still has to pay attention to his whereabouts throughout the whole process.
At the same time, Sha Yetong, who had just landed, was full of excitement.
After getting off the plane, I couldn't wait to make a phone call to Xu Ji.
"Hey, Xiao Xuzi, guess where I am now?"
Sha Yetong did not tell Xu Ji in advance about coming to see Xu Ji this time.
Plan to give him a surprise.
But what surprised Sha Yetong was that she heard Xu Ji's voice coming from the phone.
"Dabel Airport, Exit B."
Sha Yetong subconsciously looked at the exit above her head, and sure enough she found that this was exit b.
"Look behind you."
Xu Ji's voice came from the phone again.
Sha Yetong subconsciously looked back and saw Xu Ji standing not far away smiling at him.
"How did you know I was coming?"
Sha Yetong didn't expect Xu Ji to be waiting for her at the airport.
It was indeed a surprise to see each other.
"Sister Man told me."
Hearing that it was Youman who leaked the news, Sha Yetong could only complain helplessly in his heart.
"I also said I would give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you already knew about it."
Sha Yetong said a little discouraged.
"Actually, it's a surprise for me if you come."
"No difference."
Xu Ji said with a smile.
In fact, Youman is mainly worried about Sha Yetong's safety.
After all, you are in a foreign country and a small country in the Middle East, so you really have to be careful.
Of course, Xu Ji feels the same way.
That’s why I directly gave the crew a day off and had to personally pick them up at the airport.
After Xu Ji brought Sha Yetong back to the crew, Ji Yiyang and others finally came to their senses.
It turns out that it was for this reason that Director Xu had the afternoon off.
I have to say, seeing Xu Ji and Sha Yetong, Ji Yiyang felt like he was being fed a wave of dog food again.
Of course, Chen Kang, a married man, didn't feel that much.
He even added fuel to the fire by asking: "Yi Yang, you haven't found a girlfriend yet?"
Ji Yiyang said he was helpless. He spent all his time on acting. It was indeed at this time that he realized that although he had many suitors since he was a child, he had never been in love.
"Actually, you have decided to take the path of being an actor, and you also have works, not idol stars or anything like that."
"It's okay to find a girlfriend."
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"And Director Xu won't let you fall in love, right?"
Ji Yiyang naturally knew that Xu Ji would not stop him from finding a girlfriend.
Tongji Entertainment has no explicit rules that do not allow its artists to fall in love or anything like that.
But in fact, it is mainly because Ji Yiyang has never had such an idea and spends most of his time on his career as an actor.
At this moment, I suddenly heard Chen Kang mention it, and suddenly I searched around in my mind.
It turned out that there was no suitable candidate.
This is the worst part.
Although Sha Yetong said she lived on the set, she often went to the set to watch Xu Ji filming.
But he was very principled and had no intention of affecting Xu Ji's normal filming.
Instead, he also took on the logistics work, and from time to time he would pay for snacks, fruits, etc. for all the crew members.
Of course, everyone is used to it.
This is not the first time this has happened.
After all, Sha Yetong is also one of the bosses of Tongji Entertainment.
The filming of "Operation Red Sea" abroad is proceeding in an orderly manner, and at the same time, several other directors of this tribute drama project have just finished polishing the script at this time.
People like Deng Shengxing and Zang Sheng are both very experienced directors.
And they also attach great importance to this tribute drama. Although Xu Ji finalized the script in one day, they will not mess up their position because of this.
I still keep my own pace when shooting.
But obviously, judging from this speed, it is estimated that their movie will be released a long time later than Xu Ji's.
In other words, Xu Ji has plenty of schedules to choose from.
The only gift film in the same period was "Operation Red Sea."
Although the other four directors said that this tribute project gave them enough time, it is obvious that there will be conflicts in the release time.
Originally, we started discussing the allocation of screening time early the next day, but up to now, it still has not been determined.
Because no one is willing to release their movies on a poor schedule.
After all, the most difficult thing about this gift film is the box office requirements.
A box office of one billion is indeed not an exaggerated achievement for the current Chinese film market.
But it’s not something you can get casually.
If the movie is released on a not very good schedule, it is very likely that it will not be able to meet the official requirements.
Although there won’t be much loss, the most is that we will lose the opportunity to present the gift film project in the future.
But if other directors have achieved their box office goals by then, only their own films will not be able to achieve it.
That's still very embarrassing. Everyone is at least a big director on the front line. When such a situation occurs, it is inevitable that you will feel a little embarrassed.
At the same time, during the period when "Operation Red Sea" officially began filming, some new projects of Tongji Entertainment also began to enter the filming stage.
The fastest one is actually Pang Er's "Detective.
Because it was directly determined that the main protagonist was Wan Rongli, the subsequent casting of some supporting roles did not take much effort.
Followed by the two dramas "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Wulin Gaiden", both of which have also started official filming.
On the other hand, Yang Anran's "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" encountered some difficulties.
Originally, he planned to let An Cailing play the role of Little Dragon Girl, but in the end he successfully settled on it. An Cailing's performance was indeed very good.
But the actor who plays the male protagonist Yang Guo made him a little embarrassed.
Because what I thought at first was that because Ji Yiyang played Guo Jing, he was no longer suitable to continue playing Yang Guo, which would make the audience feel that he was in trouble.
If Ji Yiyang is not used, then the only suitable actor for the company now is Ran Bai.
It’s just that Ran Bai has confirmed that he will continue to play the role in the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp."
This directly made him give up the idea.
After all, both dramas are considered big projects. The filming time is only two months, so it is almost impossible to complete.
The schedule is bumped up, so there is no way to solve it.
The only thing that is certain is to find a new actor to play Yang Guo.
But for a while, looking at the entire entertainment industry, I really couldn't find any suitable actors.
After all, it’s impossible to find an actor who doesn’t look outstanding to play the role of Yang Guo.
But among those who are pretty, handsome, and have pretty good acting skills, it seems that the only two are Ran Bai and Ji Yiyang.
Although they are all from Tongji Entertainment, they are not available now, which makes Yang Anran very disappointed.
As for some artists from other companies, Yang Anran is still looking for suitable candidates.
The only thing that is certain is that those young talents who only have good looks but no acting skills will definitely not work.
After all, the novel "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" is so popular, and now the audience's expectations for the drama are also full.
When the time comes to find someone whose acting skills are not up to par, both the actor and the director will probably not be able to escape being scolded.
Yes, even though Xu Ji was scolded so badly at the time, "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" still gained a lot of fans after the physical book was released.
Everyone's attitude towards Xu Ji has become more and more obvious.
Many people directly stated that Xu Ji was just a novel writer and he knew nothing about the gods.
Of course, you still have to scold those who deserve to be scolded.
Anyway, voices criticizing Xu Ji can still be heard everywhere online.
But on the other hand, if someone questions Xu Ji's writing about Shepong and Shenpong, a large number of people will emerge and start to quarrel with those trolls.
Xu Ji deserves to be scolded, but the work is a work and the character is a character, which are two different things.
Almost everyone has this attitude.
Yang Anran also regretted it a little.
Director Xu should have given him the script first and then let the drama be broadcast first.
Now that Shen Biao's novel has become famous first, the pressure he, as a director, is facing is much greater than when he was filming "The Legend of She Biao Heroes".
Here Yang Anran is still struggling with the issue of the male protagonist of "The Legend of the Withered Heroes".
On the other side, Chi Jiang, the film and television department of Station G, has also fallen into its own bottleneck period.
During this period, G Station relied on a movie called "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" and a "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Ancient City" to successfully make G Station the biggest winner so far this year.
During this period, its membership even surpassed Tudou Video and became the third largest player in the industry.
"The sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is undoubtedly a success.
The finale was aired a few days ago, and the data reached its peak.
It’s even similar to the previous shooting.
The Easter eggs buried in it about the second part of the Longling Labyrinth have been discussed by the entire Internet for nearly a week, and they have not completely disappeared.
But later on, Chi Jiang fell into confusion.
Because after these two dramas were aired, Station G once again fell into the embarrassing situation of having no dramas to broadcast.
Since Chi Jiang chose to side with Xu Ji, because of Phoenix Entertainment's targeting, there are basically not many drama producers willing to sell the copyright to G Station.
In other words, after losing Tongji Entertainment, the most likely situation for G Station will be a large-scale decline in renewal membership data.
Of course, things are not actually so bad. After all, these two dramas can still make Chi Jiang feel proud for a long time.
And now the number of people following dramas on station G has increased. In fact, the influence of the platform has gradually caught up.
It is indeed a better choice for many drama producers.
Chi Jiang has also recently contacted several new drama developers, and the investment scale among them is not very small.
But I don’t know why, without Tongji Entertainment’s new drama, Chi Jiang just feels something is wrong.
The most important thing is that after watching Tongji Entertainment’s new drama, I no longer have any worries about the broadcast data and popularity.
Chi Jiang feels that every drama produced by Tongji Entertainment will not lose money.
But for these other dramas, Chi Jiang is not so sure.