A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 359 The crew escapes control

Chen Jinnian followed Wang Jun and got to know the members of the director team. A relatively large crew like this could not be directed by the chief director just by shouting a few words or even holding a walkie-talkie.

During the conversation, he discovered something extremely outrageous, that is, the director team had little say in the crew and was outside the organizational structure.

He had seen the director-centered system and heard of the producer-centered system, but what the hell was the capital-centered system?

"Have you always filmed like this?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes."

Wang Jun admitted helplessly, while the other co-director, Director Cheng, remained silent.

The investment in the project is frighteningly high. Among them, the three major film actresses are the big names among the heavyweights, receiving the highest salary and naturally taking over the control of the crew. Even if all the people in the director team are tied together, none of their words carry more weight than the other's.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable that the director team lost control of the crew.

Chen Jinnian found a place and flipped through the plot of the filming. He asked Huo Jianhua, who was taking a break nearby, with some confusion, "Teacher Huo, why do I feel something is strange? Aren't you guys comparing it to "Empresses in the Palace"? It should be a palace fighting drama, but it doesn't look like that to me."

He pointed to one of the shots.

After talking to Emperor Qianlong played by Huo Jianhua, Ruyi, played by Zhou Xun, turned around and left with a sour face, which left Chen Jinnian dumbfounded.

He didn't quite understand pigtail dramas or palace fighting dramas, but the outrageous actions just now would not have survived the second episode in a novel, so how could it have been filmed for sixty or seventy episodes and not yet finished?

According to the normal plot, it shouldn't be that in the first episode, Ruyi enters the palace and is deeply favored by Emperor Qianlong, and in the second episode, Ruyi disobeys the emperor and is sent to the cold palace and dies!

"Teacher Zhou changed the script. She said that the character of Ruyi should not be involved in palace fighting. She is the queen and cannot kill people. Her hands cannot be stained with blood."

"What?" Chen Jinnian said with a frown on his face, doubting for a moment that he had misheard. "There can't be palace fighting in a palace drama, so what should there be? And why can't the queen kill people? Empress Lü of the Western Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, which one of them didn't die in a sea of ​​blood and corpses?"

"And if they removed the palace fighting plot, what's the point of filming Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace? Wouldn't they have just filmed Emperor Qianlong's Royal Love in the Palace?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice interrupted him.

"Because we want to convey some positive energy in the palace fighting drama, I think what he wants to convey is the correct way to express love. For example, in our drama, many concubines are fighting in the palace. Do they like palace fighting? Of course not. It's because we all love the emperor deeply, and I hope to receive his love that is unique."

Chen Jinnian looked up at the "concubine" who was reasoning with him. Because she was wearing makeup, he didn't know who the opponent was at first glance.

But this does not affect the weight of these words at all. They are wonderful, really wonderful.

He turned his head to look at Huo Jianhua, "Teacher Huo, do all your concubines think so?"

Huo Jianhua rolled his eyes in anger. The other people in the director team turned their faces away when they saw his gaze, not wanting to make any response to the issue of the actors' collective deviation.

The silence speaks.

Seeing that no one wanted to talk, Chen Jinnian suddenly understood. He rubbed his aching head and said, "You're trying to prove true love in a harem full of monogamy, multiple concubines, strict hierarchy, and feudal oppression? Then I hope you can't find true love. If you do find any, this drama will be banned by the radio and television stations."

He is really powerless to complain about, and he is also spreading positive energy. The only contribution this film makes to positive energy is that it should not be completed.

After Chen Jinnian's words broke the window paper, everyone's faces looked a little strange. Wang Jun's face turned pale instantly. He was really panicked. With such a high investment cost, if the film could not be released, or was banned after release, it would be a stain that could never be washed away for him.

And this is not the worst. If he is labeled as a crooked butt, that would be the most fatal. The outside world does not care who has the right to speak in the crew. If there is a problem with the values ​​of the TV series, it will be Wang Jun who will be scolded and held accountable.

Huo Jianhua patted Chen Jinnian on the shoulder and said, "I always felt that there was a problem, but I didn't know where the problem was, and I couldn't find a reason to refute it. Now I understand."

"Brother Huo, you realize this too late. After this drama is finished, your popularity will suffer a devastating blow."

Bai Zihua made Huo Jianhua gain a huge number of passers-by fans, but the scumbag Long in this movie made him return to the pre-liberation era overnight.

“As long as we can finish the filming.”

Huo Jianhua has accepted his fate. He was the one who accepted the script, so he had to grit his teeth and finish the performance. As they are all first-line male stars, others receive film remuneration, but only he receives compensation for mental damage.

Chen Jinnian and Huo Jianhua are similar, except that one didn't know there was a fire pit ahead and still jumped, while the other knew there was a minefield ahead and still stepped into it. The result is the same.

The next day, Chen Jinnian replaced Wang Jun and became the actual boss of the director team. Even though he did not allow others to call him director, he actually took over the duties of chief director.

But then he discovered the advantage of the director team losing control of the crew, which was that he didn't have to worry about anything, didn't need to direct the play at all, just had to call cut and pass. Sometimes, he didn't even have the chance to call cut.

Don’t ask, the question is the value of the three major film actress awards.

Zhou Xun had just finished shooting half of the scenes planned for the morning when he called the staff over to change the script.

"These paragraphs are not good. The lines are too trivial and imprecise. I think these extra words need to be removed."

Chen Jinnian sat leisurely at the director's desk in silence. The actors changed the script at the last minute without giving any reasonable reasons, just based on their feelings. This would be unacceptable for any director, but he acted as if he didn't see it and let them do whatever they wanted.

"You're not going to ask."

Wang Jun whispered that he did not leave Hengdian, but just stopped asking about the crew's affairs. Last night, after handing the crew over to Chen Jinnian, he slept soundly for the first time.

"No matter what, I wasn't even born when they debuted, so why should I care?"

Chen Jinnian lay down completely. "I'm only responsible for finishing the planned scenes. I'll call it a day and I'll finish it. I have to make up for the time lost by some people. If I can't finish shooting during the day, I'll stay up late. If I can't finish shooting after staying up late, I'll work all night. If I can't finish shooting all night, I'll work non-stop. So please don't delay me from recuperating."

When he said this, his voice was so loud that the crew members nearby could hear it, and even many actors could hear it. Combined with the fact that Chen Jinnian had his eyes closed and was resting, no one suspected that he was joking.

Soon, his words reached the ears of everyone in the crew through the gossip channels in the crew and his intentional or unintentional continued dissemination.

When it was time to finish work, the stagehands did not give the order to finish work as usual. Instead, they notified each group to collect their lunch boxes. Everyone immediately understood that the new director was serious about this.

A feeling of resentment rose in everyone's heart, and the target of this resentment was not Chen Jinnian, but the person who wasted time revising the script in the morning.