After breakfast, Tang An drove Yang Mi and Xu Ruoyun on the return route.
The figures of the village chief, Dabao, and Sanbao in the rearview mirror became increasingly blurry. Tang An looked back and glanced at the two women sitting behind.
"Why, you two don't seem to be in a very high mood!"
"I'm going to the set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in two days, and I don't even have time to rest!" Yang Mi wrinkled his face and said rather distressedly.
""The Legend of Heroes" is a martial arts drama by Jin Yong, and also stars Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yufei. You should be happy for such a good opportunity. Others are looking forward to it!"
"But I'm so tired. My skin is damaged by being in the water every day!"
"Why should I be tired at a young age? Mr. Li really values you!"
As he spoke, Tang An glanced at Xu Ruoyun, who was silent, and said, "What's wrong with Miss Xu? You haven't spoken a word?"
Xu Ruoyun, who was thinking about something, raised her head and met Tang An's eyes. She couldn't help but blush, and unnaturally smoothed her hair that was scattered around her shoulders.
"It's nothing. I was a little distracted thinking about work."
"Miss Xu is really dedicated. Mi Mi, you are very lucky to have an agent like Miss Xu!" Tang An said with a slight smile.
"Yes, Sister Ruoyun is so kind to me!" Yang Mi nodded in agreement.
"Director Tang, please call me Ruoyun, we have been working together for more than a month, it's so weird!" Xu Ruoyun suddenly said.
Tang An was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
...
At 11 a.m., the three of them returned to Hengdian smoothly.
Send Xu Ruoyun and Yang Mi directly to the downstairs of a hotel, where Li Xiaowan was already waiting.
Tang An helped them carry their luggage down and said hello to Li Xiaowan.
"Hello, Mr. Li!"
"Hello, Director Tang!" Li Xiaowan nodded without comment.
She was obviously still a little dissatisfied with Tang An for hiding the fact that he was the only one in the entire crew.
I'm just a little dissatisfied. Now that the movie has been filmed, Yang Mi's salary is also very good.
As for whether the movie can be released, how much the box office will be, and what the reputation will be like!
Li Xiaowan didn't have high expectations from the beginning. This time she just wanted Yang Mi to practice her acting skills and gain qualifications as a heroine.
"Congratulations to Director Tang for wrapping up the project, I'm sorry to trouble you during this time!"
Tang An waved his hands and said, "Mi Mi is a very smart little girl, there is nothing that is too troublesome for her!"
"I've already delivered the person, so I'll leave first. I hope Mr. Li can go and support it when the movie comes out!"
"That's for sure!"
The premise is that it can be released.
"Ruoyun, Mimi, goodbye!" He returned to the car, waved to them, started the car and drove towards the set of "Letter from a Strange Woman".
Now only Xu Jinglei and the editor are left on the "Letter from an Unknown Woman" crew, and everyone else has gone their separate ways to other crews.
"Have you finished the post-production work here?"
"It's basically completed. There are still some parts that need to be re-dubbed! Have you finished filming?"
Xu Jinglei looked Tang An up and down. She had darkened a lot after not seeing him for a month. Although her face was a little haggard, she was still very energetic.
"It was officially wrapped up yesterday. I thought I could borrow your computer when I get back!"
Borrowing tools again, Tang An was not embarrassed at all to say it. Shy-skinned people can't get along anywhere.
Fortunately, he shot it with a digital camera. If he had changed to film, he might not be able to edit it well.
After more than 10 years, almost no one knows how to shoot with film, and Tang An is not very familiar with film editing.
Film editing is really cutting with scissors. It is a very tedious process to remove the unnecessary lenses and tie the necessary ones.
Moreover, film editing tools are not just a computer, they require the use of professional equipment.
"You can use the computer. If it breaks, someone will fix it!"
"Don't worry, I'll pay for it if it breaks!"
"What are you going to pay for? You probably don't have a dime left with you now!" Xu Jinglei teased.
"It's enough to buy a ticket to the capital!" Tang An laughed.
A computer specially used for film and television drama editing is not cheap. Because it needs to handle graphics color, brightness, and image processing workload, it must be equipped with a computer with fast computing speed and high overall configuration, especially in terms of CPU, memory, and graphics card.
With high configuration, a CRT monitor should be configured to achieve better display effects.
In addition, the bigger the better the hard drive, the power quality must be good.
The chassis should pay more attention to heat dissipation, after all, the use of the CPU and graphics card is still very huge.
Not much to say about keyboards and mice. For film and television post-processing operations that require a huge amount of work, a durable, comfortable and ergonomically designed keyboard and mouse is the best choice.
In other words, no matter how fast the hardware configuration is, it cannot be left behind, let alone 20,000 yuan less.
"I'll put the equipment back first. Find someone to check it and see if there's anything wrong!"
Tang An opened the rear cover and began to move the tools inside to the warehouse one by one.
Public is public and private is private. Xu Jinglei didn't show any pretense and immediately called two people to take inventory of the equipment.
"Here, here is the list and invoice for the equipment you rented from Huayi Media for filming!" After tapping, Xu Jinglei lowered two sheets of paper.
"650, so much?" Looking at the number above, Tang An was a little surprised.
"It's all the latest equipment, including 6 cameras, as well as aircraft. All the equipment is top-notch!" Xu Jinglei explained.
"Thank you!" Tang An nodded and put the invoice and food into his pocket.
This is what he said later to fight for a share. With this 500,000 yuan, plus the crew's expenses for this month and the actors and extras' remuneration, Tang An was able to make up the cost of 1.8 million yuan.
However, Huayi over-reported an account of RMB 500,000 and did not even have to pay taxes, because the movie was not profitable at all. According to the tax law, only the part where the revenue exceeds the cost needs to pay taxes.
"It's getting late, let's go and catch the wind for you!" Xu Jinglei looked at the time and said.
"You're doing me such a big favor, so I'd better ask you!" Tang An said quickly.
"What can you treat me to? Malatang?" Xu Jinglei teased and chuckled.
Tang An was embarrassed and said quickly, "Then remember this meal first..."
The two of them didn't find any big restaurant, they just asked for a private room at a nearby food stall, ordered a few dishes and had a casual meal.
In the afternoon, Tang An got into working mode and started editing.
Editing, editing, is cutting and editing, cutting out the unnecessary parts and editing in the necessary parts.
The post-production of a movie is often not as simple as shooting, it is a great test of the editor's skills, and a slight mistake may ruin a movie.
A film is like a director's child, and he would definitely not trust his child in the hands of others, which is why most directors edit it themselves.
This is also the reason why so many famous directors shoot things that are incomprehensible to the audience. They cut them entirely according to their own preferences without taking the audience's opinions into consideration.
However, the movie "Shark Tank" is not too difficult. With a complete shot script, the time of each shot is accurate to 0.1 seconds, and there are only a few scenes in the entire movie, and there are not many camera changes.