Chapter 1 Time Travel to 2008
[This story is purely fictional. Please don’t imitate too much, dear aunts and aunts!]
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South Hunan, Shacheng.
"Click!"
In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng sat on the director's throne and waved and shouted, then gave the position to Xu Zheng who was walking quickly.
In September 2008, the movie "Lost in the Road" produced by Ning Hao, directed by Xu Zheng, and starring Xu Zheng and Baoqiang was finally over after a month of filming.
"Okay, it's past."
"I announced that "Lost in the Road" has been completed."
Xu Zheng carefully checked the last sets of shots, held a loudspeaker in one hand, took off the wig on his head and pressed his big bald head to officially announce the completion of the movie.
"The crew treats guests tonight, and everyone will not return without getting drunk."
"Thank you, director."
"Thank you, Director Xu."
The crew members grinned happily and tidied up props and equipment quickly.
Fang Ziheng stood aside and looked at the crew with emotion.
He, Fang Ziheng, comes from China in parallel with space and time fifteen years later.
He has been an extra, martial arts agent, special agent, live recorder, executive director, deputy director, and director.
I have filmed advertisements, urban workplace dramas, spy war dramas, even costume dramas, mythological martial arts dramas, and many themes have been covered.
After more than ten years of entertainment career, only one urban workplace drama has appeared and achieved good results.
I remember that before traveling through time, he was fooling investors, holding a thin film script, and patting his chest and swearing to ensure a big box office sales.
Unfortunately, after more than ten years of market baptism, investors have learned their skills and insisted on not letting go of a small amount of investment.
In the end, Fang Ziheng drank vomiting and diarrhea, but he couldn't get more investment amount. He woke up and traveled fifteen years ago.
This year, he is twenty-one years old, born in 1987, in the Director Department of the Imperial Capital Film Academy, and has just graduated for three months.
His current identity is the deputy director of the crew of "Lost in Thailand", and he also plays the role of the handsome guy on the train in the movie who was caught by a beauty.
The Chinese films in this space and time are similar to those in his previous life. They have just changed from the era of destruction for a few years. The film market is full of flowers and growing wildly, and everything is advancing towards prosperity.
"What's the matter? How are your new script ready?"
A man in his thirties with a fat face came over, interrupting Fang Ziheng's thoughts, and handed a cigarette with a smile.
"It's nothing, I've finished the filming, and I'm still not satisfied."
Fang Ziheng put the cigarette in his mouth, took out a lighter to light the man first, then lit it for himself, took a deep breath and said, "The script has been polished almost. When I go back, I will start preparing for the crew and strive to start the film as soon as possible."
The person who came was Ning Hao, who was Xu Zheng's friend and Fang Ziheng Beijing Film Academy's senior brother, serving as the producer of "Lost in the Road".
When Fang Ziheng joined Beijing Film Academy, Ning Hao was just famous, and the crazy stone had not been released yet. He came to the Film Academy to make a movie.
The two met at that time. After several years of dating, Ning Hao was very optimistic about this junior brother.
The filming of "Lost in Thailand" was able to start in advance, which was also the idea that Fang Ziheng once again put forward on the skewers, and was jointly improved by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng.
For this reason, Fang Ziheng also invested a proportion of funds, not much, accounting for 20% of the investment amount.
In the four years of the Film Academy, Fang Ziheng not only learned knowledge systematically on campus, but also tried his best to earn his first pot of gold in filming.
He has figured it out for two lifetimes that the threshold for a film director is still a bit high, and no investor dares to invest in a new director with hundreds of millions of dollars.
Just talking about Ning Hao next to him, if it weren't for Liu Dehua's Asian film star plan, the crazy stone would have to be castrated at that time. Not to mention the release in 2006, it would be great if it could start filming.
Fortunately in recent years, the coal boss came into the market with a sack and waving money. As long as you are brave and eloquent, you can fool one or two coal bosses who make a smile for beauty.
In a few years, Internet giants will appear, with big data and money on the other hand, which will lack the space for new directors.
Fang Ziheng believes that it is difficult to break a path for directors alone when walking on multiple legs.
You have to write, direct, act, and act in the trinity. As long as the first shot is fired, the future will be easier.
Uncle Long, why does Stephen Chow never lack investors in movies? Others are rushing to give them money.
This is the power and influence of the Trinity.
As for becoming a movie master like Lao Mouzi, Fang Ziheng is very self-aware and probably will be in vain for the rest of his life.
But it is not necessarily the case. When his film techniques grow, everything is unknown.
Don’t it be said that movies are the art of directors?
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In the evening, the crew had a dinner together, and there were four tables of people sitting in the hotel lobby. Despite the financial difficulties, the crew's last meal was still quite decent.
After the meal, everyone left the table one after another. Fang Ziheng, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao and Baoqiang came upstairs and opened a mahjong room to play and chat.
Fang Ziheng dissipated a circle of cigarettes, took out the script to Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, and asked the two to give some advice.
"fifty thousand."
Ning Hao played a mahjong casually and opened the script with his head down.
"Ziheng, what does this script say?"
When Xu Zheng saw it, he simply stopped the sign in his hand, sat next to Ning Hao, and asked with a big bald head on his side.
"Absurd comedy, with suspense, and is similar to crazy stones." Fang Ziheng lit the smoke and said with a smile.
He didn't smoke, so he couldn't resist Ning Hao and Xu Zheng's two dogs fooled him.
If you say that everyone goes out for fun together, you will be the only one who does special things.
If you don’t smoke, don’t take him there!
grass!
Fang Ziheng was very attentive and integrated very quickly.
Baoqiang doesn't smoke, he is a good man, so the two of them rarely take him out to play.
Of course, everyone is a good socialist youth. You can play with it, but it’s just a fire.
Fang Ziheng is a boy with a girlfriend and can't do anything outside.
"Baoqiang, are you busy next?"
After pushing the card into the mahjong machine again, Fang Ziheng turned his head to look at Baoqiang who was sending text messages.
"Fortunately, there is nothing to do this year and I will join the group early next year."
Baoqiang raised up, smiled innocently, revealing his snow-white teeth.
Fang Ziheng pointed to the script in Ning Hao's hand and asked with a smile: "I have a funny character in this book, definitely one of the leading actors. Are you interested?"
"Of course there is!" Bao Qiang smiled even happier and agreed.
Baoqiang is a little introverted, and it is difficult for him to play with him if he is not familiar.
In addition, he is not a big deal yet, and he has to go through the Embarrassing Series before he can truly become a first-line movie star.
It was not until the Detective Tang series made a big sale that he became a top movie star, the kind of big shot with box office appeal.
"Okay, it's September now, and the movie starts at most one month, so you remember to free up time."
Fang Ziheng was relieved to finalize a major character. In his expectation, there were six main characters in the script, one of him, one of Baoqiang, and four left.
"I'll go, this book is OK."
"The three lines go hand in hand, the plot is compact, comedy twists and comedy suspense each account for half, the ending is just and there is a hint of regret."
"There is a trick, there is definitely a trick."
After reading the script, Ning Hao slapped his thighs, praised it repeatedly, and volunteered: "What's the name of this drama? Do you want me to supervise you if you want my brother?"
Fang Ziheng shook his head, rejected Ning Hao's help, and smiled and said four words.
Chapter completed!