Geng Hao is, of course, Geng Hao, a cheerful young man who is the on-site producer of "Green Grass".
The crew was small, with more than thirty people behind the scenes and seven or eight actors. There were five tables in total, filling the small restaurant to the brim.
Most of the crew members are old faces who have worked together before when filming "Incense". There are also some new faces, such as Geng Hao. He and Ning Hao have known each other for a long time. They were both filming commercials.
and in the MV circle.
Also, Ning Hao finally no longer has to be a photographer this time. The photographer Du Jie is his senior brother, and the four photography assistants are all his classmates in the Nortel Photography Department.
Among them, Ning Hao, who had just celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday, was considered the oldest. Even his senior brother Du Jie was three months younger than him.
"Brother Qiang, oh no, Brother Xin, I'll give you a toast!"
Since filming funds were tight for Xiaodouding, it was rare for everyone to get together for a meal. Most of the time, they would spend their own money for toothpaste and the like, so the atmosphere at the wine table in the evening was very lively.
What I drank was Xilin beer, which is called Big Green Stick by the locals. He Xin had never heard of it, but it tasted very good, especially the malt flavor, which was a bit strong.
He usually drank three bottles of Yanjing at most, but today he only drank less than two bottles and was a little confused. However, Geng Hao was even worse than him. When he stood up to toast, he already had a big tongue.
This guy happened to be very honest. After being coaxed by Ning Hao and the others, he stood up unsteadily and made a toast. He Xin seriously doubted that the image of Geng Hao played by Bo Ge on the screen in later generations was based on this template.
Come.
The only hotel in the town was also booked by the crew. There were two rooms, three rooms, four rooms, and the Datongpu. They were all full. He Lirong, Xiao Douding, and Wang Qin crowded into the same room. The sisters must have said something after being separated for a long time.
There were endless whispers and a large box of snacks waiting for them to share.
As a director, Ning Hao had a room for two to himself, and He Xin happened to be in the same room with him.
At this moment, he was a little dizzy. He was lying on the bed against the quilt, closing his eyes and concentrating, while he was humming the most popular song "The First Snow in 2002" by Dao Mantis.
When Ning Hao walked in and saw this guy's behavior, he couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "I said you usually like to drink two glasses of wine, but why haven't you improved your drinking capacity at all?"
"I don't know. It might be hereditary. My dad can't drink either. I remember when I was a kid, every time we had a dinner in the factory, someone would carry him back nine times out of ten. But having said that, my alcohol consumption has increased in the past two years.
It’s a bit on point. In the past, Yanjing was fine after drinking two bottles, but now three bottles should be fine.”
"Tch, what are you bragging about? I see you've drank two bottles today and you're not like this bear anymore!" Ning Hao said disdainfully.
"Today's Xilin beer is much more ferocious than Yanjing. It's already good if you can drink two bottles."
However, he didn't bother to talk to Ning Hao about his drinking. He opened his eyes, leaned forward and said, "There's only half a month left at most. Can your film be completed as planned?"
"It must be no problem!"
Ning Hao blurted out, and then said depressedly: "You don't know, Gu Yue Wandu helped me arrange the schedule, and it will be scheduled until the end of this month. If the filming can't be completed, she won't allocate money, and there won't be any money if it's too late.
no."
"Xiao Hu is responsible for the work. Besides, it was you who proposed the filming at the end of June. Who is to blame?" He Xin couldn't help but gloated at this time.
Xiao Douding is now one of the producers of the crew, and there is also a vice president in charge of production at Bona, but they are just in name. After all, this more than one million project is a big deal for Bona, who is now wealthy.
It is not a small project. There is no need to send a special person to such a difficult place to guard it.
So now Xiao Douding has great power, a bit like Chen Hong's character in the crew of "The Promise". All expenses of the crew must be approved by her.
In fact, Xiao Douding fought for all this by herself. The original intention of letting her serve as the producer was to let her work for Ning Hao and be responsible for the logistics work.
However, Xiao Douding has always been a very strong person. Since she was asked to be the producer, she probably felt that she should take on the responsibility of the producer, so the crew became the current situation.
The reason why Ning Hao is depressed is because he can't compete with Xiao Douding. Often when they have disagreements about spending money, he can say one, two, three, four, and Xiao Douding can not only refute him point by point, but even give five points.
There are 6,789 reasons to prove that he is wrong.
Then Ning Hao could only stare, knowing that Xiao Douding would definitely win in the end.
Generally speaking, domestic film crews have a director-centered system, where the director is the boss and he has the final say in everything. But the current relationship between Xiao Douding and Ning Hao is quite good to He Xin.
Directors are often emotional, delicate, romantic, and even willful, otherwise they will definitely not be able to make good movies.
And precisely because of this kind of thing in the director's character, it is easy to get out of the circle when filming. The most obvious example is Jiang Wen. The original budget of "The Devil Is Coming" was only over 10 million, but in the end he insisted
He tortured it to the point where it more than tripled its value, and was finally banned, which made the investors cry without tears.
Although Ning Hao is good at calculating carefully, the premise is that he has no money at all. If he has 1.5 million in his account like now, he will be out of the circle if he can't keep it all.
So having Xiao Douding supervising him is like putting the reins on him and keeping him from getting out of the circle. Of course, this premise is that Xiao Douding does not mean to go against Ning Hao. On the contrary, the truths she says are often polite.
There are rules, so it will not affect the normal shooting work, nor will it give Ning Hao a chance to get out of the circle.
Otherwise, how could she be able to suppress a bunch of big men on the crew with her small body?
Ning Hao shook his head and simply changed the subject: "Oh, by the way, how many days can you stay here this time?"
He Xin muttered: "Two days at most. I will definitely have to go back the day after tomorrow. I have to go to Hong Kong for an audition on the 17th."
"Audition?"
Ning Hao was also stunned, and then asked: "Why, another great Hong Kong director is looking for you to film?"
"It's just an audition. I don't know if I can pass it yet." As he said that, he still looked a little proud and said, "It's "Seven Swordsman" directed by Xu Ke."
Although he was reluctant at first, it was Xu Ke after all, and the popular martial arts novel "Seven Swords Down the Tianshan" was a big IP in the words of later generations!
A big director + a big IP are very suitable for bragging.
Sure enough, Ning Hao's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Which role are you looking for, Ling Weifeng, Han Zhibang or Gui Zhongming?"
He Xin shook his head and said with a hint of self-mockery: "I don't know yet, but the leading role will definitely not fall on me. If I were asked to play Duduo, I would definitely not do it."
"You are stupid, this is the work of director Xu Ke, it will definitely be popular!"
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Can you say that "The Legend of Shushan", which Xu Ke made a hit on the street before, is a bad movie? Can you say that the actors in it are not popular?
First of all, "The Legend of Shushan" is definitely not a bad movie, it just didn't sell well. I think back when Stephen Chow made "Westward Journey", the company went bankrupt because it didn't sell well. Is "Westward Journey" also a bad movie?
And just as Sister Hong said to him before, if an actor can join a blockbuster movie, even if it fails at the box office, it at least means that your status in the industry has reached that level.
Just like "The Legend of Shushan", even though it was a huge hit back then, no one can deny that he is a great director whenever Xu Ke is mentioned.
Moreover, actors are often very passive. When accepting a film, no one knows whether the film will be a hit, a blockbuster, or a mediocre film in the end, unless the script is bad or the director is not good enough.
But like the previous "Shushan Legend", which is also a big IP, can you say that Director Xu Ke's quality is bad? The same is true for "Seven Swordsman".
The reason why He Xin has an advantage is that he has more memories from the next ten years than others in his mind. But then again, he is just like the kind of person in his previous life who only watched pirated DVDs and never went to the theater to buy tickets to watch movies.
, can he tell what a bad movie is? At most, he just doesn’t have a deep memory, which means the movie is mediocre.
Of course, in later generations, as information becomes more and more developed, good movies and bad movies can be easily identified. Movies like "Legend of the Gods", "Dream Chasing Showbiz", "Liuhai Fortress", etc., then there is no need to ask, they are definitely bad movies.
There are also some entertainment novels on the Internet in later generations. For some movies that did not do well at the domestic box office, they criticized them and said they were bad movies.
For example, Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" is probably one of the most criticized movies in entertainment novels. The total investment was 600 million, and the domestic box office of the two episodes combined was only 580 million. So they took it for granted that this was a huge loss.
Then I picked up the details inside and started to blacken them.
But make no mistake, in addition to domestic box office and overseas box office, Red Cliff's box office in Japan was as high as 10.6 billion yen, which is equivalent to nearly 100 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office totaled 250 million U.S. dollars.
Loss or profit?
It must have been profitable.
Otherwise, he would not have the opportunity to direct the "Tai Ping Wheel" series with even greater investment.
Of course, "Taiping Wheel" must have lost money, so Director Wu didn't do anything else.
As for the movie "Seven Swordsmen", He Xin estimates that the response to the movie's release will be average, but it will definitely not be as big a hit as "The Legend of Shushan" because of his dim memory.
He has just agreed to audition. Whether he can act or not depends on two conditions. First, of course director Xu Ke is satisfied with him. If he is not satisfied, there is no need to discuss anything; on the other hand, if Xu Ke is very fond of him.
If you are satisfied, it depends on whether the other party is sincere in terms of remuneration.
That's right, he went there just for the money.
Acting is his profession, so he also has to make money, okay?
Moreover, "Seven Swords" is not a big bad movie like "Dream of the Show" or "The Fortress", so the risks are relatively low, and the impact on his career does not seem to be great.
Just like Zhang Baizhi, Zhang Ziyi, Gu Tianle, Zheng Yijian and other big names in "The Legend of Shushan" back then, each one is still more popular than the other until now.
Besides, so what if it’s a bad movie?
Think about the big names in Hong Kong today, such as Xiang Fa Ge, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and even Andy Lau. They have all acted in many bad movies, especially Tony Leung who later starred in "The Ferryman" and "Monster Hunt".
2" These are recognized as bad movies, but the audience scolded them but did not question his acting skills. Because these are just bad movies, and Tony Leung's acting skills are still at the level of an actor.,
There are also Uncle Ge's "Fragment" and "Two Tigers", which are both bad movies, but Uncle Ge is still your uncle, so everyone can only scold the director, screenwriter, Xiao Shenyang, Xiao Yueyue, and Da
Health care is such a thing.
So if Director Xu Ke has no problem with him and the money is provided, as long as there are no problems with the script, He Xin will take it regardless of whether the film is a mediocre response or a bad one.
He believes that as long as he acts well and shows the professional attitude that an actor should have, no one will blame him for thinking the movie is bad, and maybe even praise him: "He Xin is the only bright spot in this bad movie."
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In a sense, this can be considered a success.
"What did you mean when you asked me how many days I could take you?"
Ning Hao smiled strangely and said, "The day after tomorrow I want you to help me play a guest role in the play."
"What kind of role can't you shoot tomorrow?"
In a movie invested by his own studio, it was obligatory to make a cameo appearance. He just felt that the day after tomorrow was too tight because he had to leave early the day after tomorrow.
"You will be a policeman from the police station here. You have to learn the Mongolian pronunciation of the lines tomorrow first, so it can only be the day after tomorrow."