In Songcheng in Liyuan Amusement Park, the crew of "Bao Qingtian" is still busy filming. Although the TV series will premiere tonight, it has no impact on them and they can film as they usually do.
Songcheng was originally built to attract tourists to spend money, so it is not like the Shaw Brothers studio where no outsiders are allowed to enter. At this time, some tourists were standing far away, curiously watching the crew filming. The most important thing was "
The costumes in "Bao Qingtian" are very distinctive. The clothes on Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao are so handsome.
After a set of shots was shot, the crew was about to move the shooting location. Li Lizhi ran over and said to the assistant director: "Director Zhu, the set over on Wenchang Street is ready."
"Well," the assistant director nodded and said to Li Lichi, "Ali, there is a scene tomorrow that requires Pan Zhiwen to guest star. This is his phone number! Be sure to inform him to arrive at Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
, if you can’t get through on the phone, go directly to Oriental Entertainment Company to find someone.”
"Okay, I'll go right away." Li Lizhi took the phone number and ran.
"Wait a minute," the assistant director called Li Lizhi and said, "What are you so anxious about, you loser? I have other things I haven't told you yet."
Li Lizhi quickly turned around and asked, "Does Director Zhu have any other instructions?"
The assistant director thrust a form into Li Lichi's hand and said: "We need about 30 extras this afternoon. I have a list here. You go and arrange the extras. If there are not enough, come back and report to me. By the way.
, use this list to check with the props team, don’t start filming and the props haven’t caught up yet.”
Li Lizhi learned the lesson this time and did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked: "Director Zhu, do you have any other instructions?"
The assistant director said with a smile: "If you can handle these things properly, it will be enough for me to give you an excellent grade. Do you think this bowl of rice is so delicious?"
"If there is anything I did wrong, I would like to ask Director Zhu to give me some advice." Li Lichi said with an apologetic smile, and flattered me a few more times before running off to do the work.
After working for about two hours, Li Lizhi finally arranged the extra actors he needed for the afternoon, and all the necessary props were in place. It was almost noon, and he didn't have time to eat his lunch, so he immediately called Zhong Zhiwen.
This time there was a problem. No one answered Zhong Zhiwen's personal phone calls and his agent's phone calls, so Li Lizhi had to go to Oriental Entertainment Company.
After communicating with the artist department over there, Li Lichi hurriedly ran back to report the situation to the assistant director, and then received several minor tasks.
After working for a long time, Li Lizhi was finally able to relax a little. He ate his cold lunch box and sat next to him chatting with other crew members.
Like Tian Qiwen, Li Lizhi decided to engage in filming at a very young age, and jumped into it without looking back. However, because of their different internal conditions, Li Lizhi joined the directing team as soon as he entered the industry, and
Tian Qiwen has been working in the TV station for several years and can only do part-time jobs.
Oriental Entertainment Company's "Future Star Training Class" recruits not only actor students but also some behind-the-scenes staff every year. Li Lichi is one of the behind-the-scenes students. After learning basic theories in the company for two months,
Li Lizhi was thrown to the crew of "Bao Qingtian" and learned from one of the assistant directors.
"Ali, come here." The assistant director suddenly waved to Li Lizhi.
Li Lizhi quickly ran over and asked, "Director Zhu, what are your orders?"
The assistant director slapped a piece of paper into his hand and said, "This is your internship score."
Li Lizhi opened it and saw a big word "excellent" on it, as well as some comments praising his active and savvy work.
"Director Zhu, didn't you say that you need to be an intern for three months? I've only been out for less than two weeks and the internship period is over?" Li Lizhi asked confused.
The assistant director looked around and found that no one was paying attention. He said to Li Lizhi in a low voice: "You are lucky. Your theoretical scores are the best in the class, and the crew has never made any mistakes in practice. It is probably due to some big shot above.
I took a fancy to it."
Li Lichi was overjoyed and quietly stuffed a cigarette into the assistant director's hand and asked: "Director Zhu, I have just joined the industry and I don't understand anything. Please give me some advice."
The assistant director took the cigarette and said: "The TV production department is about to start a new drama. I guess I will transfer you to the new crew to start work. By the way, I just received a call saying that you will be asked to work at 3 p.m.
Click back to DreamWorks for a meeting."
"DreamWorks? Not Oriental Entertainment Company?" Li Lizhi asked with his eyes widened. He is currently only a student in Oriental Entertainment Company's training class.
The assistant director nodded and said, "That's right, we're going back to DreamWorks' TV production department for a meeting in Conference Room 2. It's only 3 o'clock in more than an hour. You can take the bus there in time."
Li Lizhi was ecstatic, and after saying good things to the assistant director, he took the double-decker bus and rushed to DreamWorks. It was only half past two when he arrived at the company, and there was no one in the conference room 2, so Li Lizhi had to
Just sit there and wait.
After only waiting for a few minutes, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and a beautiful woman with big breasts came in.
"You are Tian Niu!" Li Lizhi suddenly recognized the beauty and rushed up to her in surprise and shouted.
Tian Niu’s real name is Kelly Chu. She is originally from Suzhou. Later her parents moved to Hong Kong, but soon her family moved to Taiwan. Tian Niu was born and raised in Taiwan. Six years ago, she became the Golden Horse Award-winning actress for starring in "Didi's Diary".
He also hosted the opening ceremony of two Golden Horse Awards.
Because of the decline of Taiwanese movies, Tian Niu had no film to take after filming "Girls' School" last year, so she had to find a way to develop in Hong Kong. Her sister Tian Ni used to be a Shaw Brothers porn star, but later switched to LiTV to film
After several dramas, she is now in a state of semi-retirement after getting married.
Tianniu's brother-in-law is the former Shaw Brothers star Yue Hua, but Yue Hua has long since left Shaw Brothers and switched to LiTV, and occasionally goes out to take on films from independent companies.
After the separation of Phoenix TV production and broadcasting, Tianniu's sister and brother-in-law transferred their management contracts to Oriental Entertainment, so when she came to Hong Kong to develop, she directly signed with Oriental Entertainment. And this time the new "He Comes from Jianghu", several main actors
Kang Jianfei personally selected them all, and got Tianniu directly on the set.
Tianniu was stunned by Li Lizhi's exaggerated shouting, and then said in less than standard Cantonese: "Hello!"
Li Lizhi also felt that his words and deeds were inappropriate, so he smiled awkwardly and said: "Hello, Miss Zhu, my name is Li Lizhi, and I am your fan."
"I didn't expect that I also have movie fans in Hong Kong." Tian Niu has a carefree personality and loves to laugh, sometimes giving people the impression of a silly girl.
The two of them were acquaintances and had already become good friends within a few words of conversation. Only then did Zhou Xingchi and Mao Shunyun walk into the conference room at the same time.
When Mao Shunyun saw Tianniu and Li Lizhi, he immediately said to Zhou Xingchi: "I said come early, you see there are already people waiting here."
Zhou Xingchi looked at his watch, stretched and said, "It's still more than ten minutes until 3 o'clock."
Mao Shunyun put his handbag on the seat next to him. After sitting down, he found that Tian Niu looked familiar. After taking a second look, he couldn't help but ask: "Are you Sister Niu Niu?"
Tianniu didn't know Mao Shunyun, but she still smiled at her and said, "Hello, I'm Tianniu."
"It's really Sister Niuniu. I thought I recognized the wrong person." Mao Shunyun said in surprise, and immediately ran to Tianniu and sat down.
Tian Niu is famous in Hong Kong not only because she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress in Taiwan, but also because she has filmed several movies in Shaw Brothers, such as Huang Rong in Chang Cheh's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", with Fu Sheng as her partner.
Hui Yinghong et al.
After Zhou Xingchi and Mao Shunyun finished greeting Tianniu there, Li Lizhi said hello: "Hello, sister Yun, hello brother Xing. My name is Li Lizhi, and I am a student of the future star artist training class."
Zhou Xingchi is one year younger than Li Lizhi, but no one calculates his age. Anyway, it is his "brother" who becomes popular.
But Zhou Xingchi could only act as "Brother Xing" in front of newcomers like Li Lichi. As soon as Wan Ziling came in within two minutes, Zhou Xingchi immediately shouted affectionately: "Brother Liang, it turns out that you are the leading actor in this drama.
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Wan Zixing rubbed his forehead and said, "I still don't know what kind of scenes to film. Do you know, Xingzai?"
Zhou Xingchi replied: "It seems the title of the film is "He Comes from Jianghu"."
Wan Zixing frowned and asked, "Is it a costume film?"
"I don't know." Zhou Xingchi shook his head.
While the two were talking, Wu Mengda suddenly walked in, and everyone in the conference room turned their attention to him.
After Wu Mengda signed with DreamWorks, he has never played a leading role, but he often plays some important supporting roles, and his salary is higher than that of the protagonists in small-budget movies. Moreover, there are rumors that Wu Mengta has a close personal relationship with Kang Jianfei, Zhou Yunfa and others, so he
His status in the industry has always been very high - for a young actor.
"Ng Meng-ta is here too?" Zhou Xingchi looked at Mao Shunyun doubtfully. Wu Meng-ta had not filmed another TV series after leaving TVB.
Wu Mengda was still a little depressed at this time. He was already a movie star after all, and now that he was back to filming TV series, he was really losing his status.
After the separation of Phoenix TV production and broadcasting, TV drama actors no longer receive dead wages. Instead, they first sign the agency contract with Oriental Entertainment Company, and then the agent signs a specific TV contract with DreamWorks' TV production department, which is agreed upon at the time of signing.
How much is the remuneration for each episode? DreamWorks will pay the film contract to Oriental Entertainment, and then the agent will distribute the money to the artist.
For the kind of TV actors who have been filming for a long time, the income in one year after the separation of production and broadcasting is equivalent to several years in the past. But for the kind of actors who do not take many roles and are not well paid, they will often face the dilemma of going hungry.
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For example, "He Comes from Jianghu" has 30 episodes, and the number of episodes Wu Mengda appears in is about 20. Each episode costs about 3,000 yuan, which adds up to a salary of 60,000 yuan. Wu Mengda is making a movie now. If the scenes are too
If it's less, you won't be able to get this number.
Wan Ziting was paid 5,000 yuan for each episode of a TV series. After filming "He Comes from Jianghu", he would directly receive 130,000 Hong Kong dollars, which would have been his salary for a year and a half before.
Wu Mengda walked into the conference room, and several people came in one after another. The more people came in, the more Li Lichi felt that this TV series was not simple, and it was probably another big drama like "Bao Qingtian".
"He Comes from Jianghu" is known as Zhou's nonsensical beginning. It was a TV series with high ratings a few years later on TVB. But at this time, DreamWorks TV Production Department came to film it. From the producer to the starring actors, it was almost the same as the original one.
Crew.
Liu Jiahao is the producer and number one director of this drama, and he is also a husband-and-wife team. His wife, Mei Xiaoqing, serves as the assistant director and supervises and coordinates everything on the crew.
Li Lizhi, who had not yet graduated from the training class, actually received the title of deputy director of a group, which made him feel like he was dreaming.
"Everyone, as for the drama "He Comes from Jianghu", the entire script framework and character design, as well as the script of the first episode, were all created by Mr. Kang himself," Liu Jiahao said while sitting at the conference table.
The candidates for the leading roles were also hand-picked by Mr. Kang. He has great confidence in this drama and hopes that everyone will not disappoint Mr. Kang's ardent hopes... Although Wan Zixing is the male protagonist of this drama, Xingzi
Along with Ada and Shunyun, you are also very important. You three are responsible for comedy. This is a nonsensical comedy..."
"Wait a minute," Zhou Xingchi interrupted and asked, "Producer Liu, what is a nonsensical comedy?"
Liu Jiahao coughed and said: "Nonsense comedy is Mr. Kang's name for this type of comedy. To put it simply, it means that the comedy should be a little bit nonsensical. The word "尻" is too ugly, so it is just called "nonsense". That's the kind of comedy
It’s a mess, everyone can go and watch "The Owl" written by brothers Qin Pei and Jiang David two years ago..."
"I've seen "The Owl", and it's so nonsensical to describe the image!" Li Lizhi suddenly said.
Among the people present, Li Lizhi was the most inconspicuous person. As soon as he spoke, everyone looked at him.
Liu Jiahao said: "Then tell me your understanding of nonsense."
"It's just without beginning or end. It's exaggerated, sarcastic, and a bit humorous. It can be illogical, defy authority, and give the audience a sense of neurotic vent." Li Lizhi did not feel frightened in the eyes of everyone, but started talking eloquently.
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Liu Jiahao nodded and said to Li Lizhi: "I'll pick up the script later. Ali, you, Xingzai, Ada, and Shunjun will communicate and discuss more to see how to perform this nonsensical comedy well."
Li Lizhi naturally agreed happily, but Liu Jiahao, who assigned the task, had a headache.
After the meeting, Liu Jiahao and his wife Mei Xiaoqing drove home together. Liu Jiahao said: "Ah Qing, what do you mean by Mr. Kang? If you insist on making some nonsense comedy, you still have to wonder whether the audience will buy it."
Mei Xiaoqing said: "Why do you think so much? Just let Mr. Kang do whatever he wants. If the ratings are bad, you won't be entirely to blame."
"I'm just afraid that the ratings will be bad if the film is filmed, and I will have to take the blame." Liu Jiahao sighed helplessly.
Having said that, Liu Jiahao was just complaining, and he still supported Kang Jianfei from the bottom of his heart. After the separation of TV station production and broadcasting, Liu Jiahao, who had filmed "Qin Qin Ji" with Kang Jianfei, also successfully entered the DreamWorks TV production department.
Producer, the money earned has at least doubled than before.
Liu Jiahao believed that Kang Jianfei's reforms were wise because he was among the group of people who benefited. Many more people privately cursed Kang Jianfei because Kang Jianfei's reforms caused those people to lose their jobs or their wages and incomes dropped sharply.
After returning home, Mei Xiaoqing cooked the meal, and the family watched TV while eating. Today is the premiere of "Bao Qingtian". Liu Jiahao, Mei Xiaoqing and his wife are very curious about this drama that has been planned for two months and want to watch it.
