"Hello, Mr. Xu." Director Yang Yushun Yang was very polite. Wei Gong specifically told him not to offend the person in front of him.
And this was the opportunity he had dreamed of, and of course he couldn't mess it up. He had already thought about it. As long as the other party's request was not too excessive, he would keep pretending to be a grandson and win the project no matter what.
Of course, he was simply overthinking it. Young Master Xu generally had a very good attitude towards the people who worked for him.
Moreover, I chose him not only because of Wei Gong's recommendation, but also because Xu Chuan watched some of his previous films.
"Director Yang, you don't need to be nervous. I've seen you direct some films and I think you should have no problem. This TV series is not too complicated." Xu Chuan could see the other party's nervousness.
"Actually, I'm more worried about team integration than filming. I've hired some people from Hollywood. I don't want mutual exclusion. These people are very skilled. It's up to you how much you can learn."
To be honest, relatively speaking, the American film and television industry is definitely at the forefront of the world. What we have in China is just camera operators and lighting, and many of them are not at the same level.
Yang Yushun suppressed his excitement and listened to Xu Chuan's request. He really didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
The majority of the investment came from UC, with Dingsheng and several other investors sharing the remaining 20% equally.
Xu Chuan's attitude towards them is that you can raise your opinions, but it's your own business to listen or not. "I know that China has a director-responsibility system, and I won't change this, so I'll leave the rest to Director Yang."
Although the price UC offered him was not the highest, it did not lower the price, which is already very good.
After that, the two parties signed a formal contract, and Yang Yushun's work officially began.
From the beginning of the casting, UC Media started a large-scale publicity campaign. All kinds of true and false news were flying everywhere. Sometimes it was said that a big name would play the male lead, and sometimes it was said that the female lead might be replaced.
Anyway, there are all kinds of news, which completely made this drama popular.
But these have nothing to do with Yang Yushun. His reputation is not very big. Many people have never heard of his name, so he is really not needed for publicity work.
His main job now is filming. The storyline of this drama is mainly overseas, so filming will definitely require traveling abroad.
UC Technology showed its wealth and chartered a flight to the main actors to Phuket, Thailand after the casting was completed.
The main filming locations were in Phuket, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, but there were actually relatively few outdoor scenes, and most of the shots were actually shot in the studio.
These people will undergo a period of closed training here. Fortunately, they are all new actors, otherwise it would be really difficult to manage them.
Dong Qin and Gao Wen are of course among these people. Dong Qin is not an action instructor after all. Just because she can fight doesn't mean she can fight beautifully.
In film and television dramas, the most important thing is to be beautiful. Even if Xu Chuan insists on being real, good-looking is always the most important thing.
Miss Xu came to play with her for a few days, and then went back bored because everyone was busy and no one was with her.
After Gao Wen exercised for a period of time, muscle lines began to appear on her arms and back, so Xu Chuan directly stopped her strength training.
Her current slender figure is just right. If she continues to exercise, her muscles will be too obvious and she will lose her beauty.
Yang Yushun also agreed with Xu Chuan's statement, but he was even more shocked by Gao Wen's efforts.
Although he attaches great importance to this TV series, he also knows that it is an idol drama that promotes newcomers, and it may not even be a star due to its scale.
The heroine was appointed by the producer. To be honest, he didn't really have high hopes for the quality of the drama, but the script was indeed written very solidly.
He really didn't expect Gao Wen, a member of the girl group, to do this for this drama.
Although she is still a little unfamiliar with the movements designed by the action director, she is already able to surpass many actors in this industry.
He had previously thought of using avatars on a large scale, but now this is of course a very good thing for filming.
"I actually don't understand the shooting aspect, but the storyboarding has basically been decided. Director Yang, I'll leave it to you." Xu Chuan watched Yang Yushun's work for a while and decided to leave everything to him.
He did.
There is indeed no problem with this person's ability, and his control over the crew is just right.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are not many big-name stars. The biggest one is Gao Wen. The others are either newcomers or veteran actors who specialize in supporting roles. These people are easier to manage.
It's very suitable for him as a new director to practice.
"Take everyone to play with guns in the afternoon." There are a lot of gunfight scenes in this drama, which these people need to be familiar with.
Chinese people rarely come into contact with these things. Even when filming, they are all props, and most of them just pose. There is no crew that conducts firearms training before filming.
So most of these people were very excited, including Gao Wen.
We rented two buses and took everyone to a local shooting range, which Umbrella had contacted in advance and was owned by a Moscow hotel.
Of course, the business in Roanapura is not only concentrated on the island, but the Moscow Hotel also has legitimate business, although Xu Chuan feels that this shooting range is more like a cover for them.
Zhang Biao, whom he hadn't seen for a while, was already waiting here. He didn't dare to fully trust Xu Chuan in the Moscow Hotel.
Most of Umbrella's manpower in Southeast Asia is in the Golden Triangle area, which is the back of Thailand, but this does not mean that a group of people cannot be transferred here.
The safety of these actors also needs to be ensured. If they can't go back if they are two times behind, that would be a fatal thing.
"Boss, is America fun?" As a core member, this guy certainly knows who did what happened in America before.
"Shut up!" Xu Chuan knew very well what this guy would say.
"Boss, that guy Curtis made a lot of money in America this time, right?" Zhang Biao came over and talked to Xu Chuan in a low voice.
Xu Chuan looked at him with the whites of his eyes. This guy and Curtis were the two bitches around him. Together they could lose contact.
"You can't make this money, don't even think about it." Xu Chuan knew that this guy was actually not as greedy as he seemed, so he told himself that he was just teasing him.
The door of the bus opened, and a group of men, women, old and young got out of the bus like a tourist group.
There are actually not many actors, accounting for less than one-third, and the rest are staff. Although these actors are not big names, there are still life assistants.
In addition, there were photographers carrying professional equipment. Yang Yushun asked them to take pictures of the entire training process and put them in the behind-the-scenes.
Zhang Biao saw Dong Qin for the first time and said, "Oh my God, isn't this our big star? Do you still know me?"
Of course they know each other. As the youngest member of Umbrella, Dong Qin is definitely the favorite of the group.