A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 358 The Fire Captain is Online Again

Film crews like to come to the Central Academy of Drama to find actors. This has become the norm since the 1990s. The model of directors coming from the Beijing Film Academy and actors coming from the Central Academy of Drama has been maintained for a long time.

However, this has been an exception in recent years, because the current investment market does not accept new actors, or newcomers are not valuable. Only by inviting famous movie stars will investors pay, otherwise there is no deal.

Under such circumstances, students of the Central Academy of Drama have few opportunities to appear on the big screen, let alone the small screen.

Yu Xin took Chen Jinnian and introduced him to several teachers who were still in school, so that when he had filming plans in the future and needed new actors, he could communicate and contact them in advance.

After briefly asking about the plot of the movie, he asked in surprise, "The protagonist is a woman? Aren't you going to make a crime action movie?"

"I think it's normal." Chen Jinnian shrugged. "The lead role in 'Kill Bill,' which was filmed at the Beijing Film Studio, is also a woman."

He doesn't like the depressing and dark visual style, so he wants to learn from Quentin and make some bold attempts in terms of pictures and music.

He planned to use the current ultimate film shooting technology for the screen. Zhuying Film Studio introduced a set of 4K48 frame cameras and codec machines, which were used to shoot "The Legend of White Snake". He had already discussed with Mr. Wang of Zhuying Film Studio and rented the whole set at a friendly price. Anyway, it would be put there anyway, and he could make some money by lending it to him.

As for the soundtrack, he asked the company to invite relevant companies in China, Japan and Thailand. The plan is to let musicians join the group directly and participate in the production to create BGM that suits the action scenes in the movie.

"Yeah~" Yu Xin was speechless. There were only a few movies with women as the narrative subjects. It was even rarer for Chen Jinnian to make an action-crime film.

After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "Then I wish you success."

"No, teacher, you should just wish me the best of luck."

Chen Jinnian said this self-deprecatingly, causing the teachers to laugh.

After finalizing the contract with Deng Xiaoqi, he did not stay at the Central Academy of Drama. He went to the training hall to accompany Wang Yidi for the whole afternoon, and then caught the evening flight to Yiwu.

He thought that since he couldn't run away anyway, he might as well hurry up and go there, end the torture early and go home to heal his wounds. But he really didn't expect that Hengdian was so remote.

The famous Hengdian is actually a small town, which really exceeded Chen Jinnian's expectations. He had never come to Hengdian to shoot a scene, so in his subjective impression, Hengdian should be a very prosperous place.

But reality slapped him hard in the face. If he took a taxi and found the place, it would probably be late at night. So he simply stayed nearby for one night and took a taxi to Hengdian the next morning.

In the early morning, the crew in the Ming and Qing Palaces were dead silent, and everyone was extremely numb. The shooting period was too long, so long that it made everyone despair.

In fact, there are many crews with long shooting periods, such as "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace". In the early years, CCTV crews often had a shooting period of one or two years. However, the crews at that time shot fewer plots, and the series of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" was really too long.

We have to shoot ten episodes every month, which means one episode every three days on average. No one can keep shooting for half a year.

Wang Jun sat dejectedly in the director's seat, watching the actors' free performance on the monitor. He really couldn't do anything about it. He was anxious and angry every day. The scene was almost halfway through filming, but the heroine hadn't gotten into the role yet. What could he do? He was also desperate.

"Okay, this one passed." Wang Jun shouted weakly.

In an instant, the life assistants rushed over and covered the actors with clothes to keep them warm. The temperature was low in the morning and they must not catch a cold, otherwise the entire crew would be postponed again, and they didn't know when they would be able to leave this hellhole.

Huo Jianhua came down wearing a coat, put the crown on his head aside, sat next to Wang Jun, and covered his stomach with his hands.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable again?" Wang Jun asked.

Huo Jianhua took the thermos cup handed to him by his assistant and took a sip. His stomachache was not a disease, but a purely physiological stomachache caused by sulking.

"Hold on, it's almost over." Wang Jun comforted in a low voice.

"Director, you said the same thing last year, and it's already March now." Huo Jianhua couldn't help but complain. He has a good temper, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a temper.

"Director Wang." Assistant Director Yang Ming hurried over. "Director Wang, Teacher Chen Jinnian is here. Should we arrange for Teacher Chen to rest first, or should we invite him to the crew first?"

Wang Jun stood up in surprise. He really didn't expect that the procrastinating Huang Lei would finally show his support. He had just been notified yesterday that a director had been found, and he arrived this morning.

"Hurry, go and invite Teacher Chen." Wang Jun shouted hurriedly.

Huo Jianhua, who was standing next to him, saw him like this, and a scene from Journey to the West suddenly appeared in his mind. The Jade Emperor hid under the table and shouted, "Go and invite the Buddha!"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

But Wang Jun didn't care about that. "No, take me to see Teacher Chen. Let's go quickly and don't keep Teacher Chen waiting for too long."

Having said that, he and Yang Ming rushed out immediately.

It was the first time that Wallace Huo saw Wang Jun walk so easily. He stood up and looked at his many concubines, and suddenly he had a splitting headache. He quickly caught up with Wang Jun and fled from this place.

Chen Jinnian, who was waiting outside, soon saw Wang Jun running towards him, panting.

Still out of breath, he grasped Chen Jinnian's hand and said enthusiastically, "You must be the Chen...Mr. Chen that Lei Zi...Lei Zi introduced to me. You are really...really young...and promising."

He looked at Wang Jun in front of him worriedly and helped him sit on the chair. He was really afraid that he would not be able to breathe and would faint.

"You take a rest first, we can talk later if there is anything."

Wang Jun nodded and took the time to breathe. The Ming and Qing Palaces in Hengdian covered a large area, and the amount of exercise he had done after running through it was indeed excessive.

Although Wang Jun was physically tired, he was extremely excited. He finally had a savior.

Chen Jinnian took the water handed to him by the crew and just took two sips when he saw an actor wearing a dragon robe and makeup striding past.

When you get closer, you can see that this is Bai Zihua!

"Hello, Teacher Huo."

“Hello, are you…” Huo Jianhua only knew that a teacher named Chen had come to the crew and that the director needed to greet him personally. He thought he was a respected senior, but after walking over, he didn’t see any older teachers.

The assistant director beside him quickly introduced, "Teacher Huo, this is the new director specially invited by the director, Chen Jinnian, Teacher Chen."

"Oh, hello, director." Huo Jianhua politely shook hands with Chen Jinnian, then looked at Wang Jun in disbelief, his eyes full of confusion and anger.

You advised me to hold on, but you ran away first.

Huo Jianhua's heart was filled with grief and indignation.

"Am I a new director? I'm just here to help. I'll be leaving in two weeks, so please don't call me director." Chen Jinnian explained hurriedly.

The difficulty of filming this drama can be summed up in one sentence: even if you stomp on it, you will feel numb.