Chapter 71 Morning Exercise, Doing Things
Chapter 71 Morning Exercise, Doing Things
At three o'clock in the morning, Zhang Chen appeared outside Fan Binbin's room on time.
I turned the handle gently and found that it was not locked.
Push the door open and enter.
The only lamp on in the room was the wall lamp, and Fan Binbin was looking at him with seductive eyes.
She is indeed a top-notch vixen. With just one glance, Zhizunbao transforms into Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong took out his golden cudgel and said, "Demon, we fought all night last night but no one was victorious. Let's fight again today~"
Half an hour later, both sides were left with low health. Even after using all seventy-two transformations, Sun Wukong failed to completely subdue the monster. Instead, his own mana bar was emptied by the opponent's Star Absorbing Technique.
A temporary truce.
The warring parties lay on the bed waiting for the CD to cool down.
Fan Binbin took the opportunity to talk to Zhang Chen about the route problem he had thought of during the day.
"Do you think it's okay for me to go the glamorous route?"
“That’s just too good to be true.”
If Zhang Chen didn't want to expose his identity as a time traveler, he would have dared to make this promise.
"Don't be perfunctory with me, I'm talking to you about serious business." Fan Binbin slapped Zhang Chen's mischievous hand away in dissatisfaction.
There was no more fun, so Zhang Chen had to sit up straight and said, "I'm telling the truth. From the first time we met, I knew you were definitely suitable for this role. Otherwise, why would I arrange your role like this?"
Fan Binbin tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Really?"
"More real than pearls."
"Then tell me how you felt when you first met me and why you felt that we were a good match." Fan Binbin suddenly became curious.
"What does it feel like?"
Zhang Chen looked towards the roof with a nostalgic look on his face: "That feeling is like...
Raindrops fell in Antarctica,
Cement was laid on the construction site.
The magma flows into the sea,
The fledgling’s wings can finally take off. "
"?"
"Can you be more popular?"
"That's right."
"Oh, you're going to die..."
The dispute arose again, but this time Sun Wukong clearly had the upper hand. After all, he had an indestructible body. As long as he was given enough time, he would be able to kill the demon even if he had to grind it.
Of course, if the fairy is durable enough, it is possible to grind an iron rod into a needle.
……
The next morning, Fan Binbin, who had eaten his fill of soy milk and fried dough sticks, was still sleeping soundly. Zhang Chen tiptoed out of the room, but happened to meet Chen Xi, who had gotten up early.
"Good morning, Director~"
"If you were a reporter, you would definitely make a fortune."
Chen Xi thought his salary could increase by another thousand today, but it didn't.
At nine o'clock, the crew assembled.
Today we were filming a water tank scene. The water tank is not far from the beach, about 100 meters away, just on the other side of the beach.
This is a huge man-made water tank of 500 square meters. The crew filled it with seawater in advance and arranged props such as reefs.
This is also the basic way of shooting ocean scenes. Generally, except for the necessary long-distance shots, other close-up shots will be shot in the water tank.
The movie "Titanic" was filmed in a giant water tank of 1.3 million liters.
Zhang Chen’s “The Shallows” doesn’t require such a large space, 500 square meters is enough.
The first scene is the one where the surfboard is knocked over and the shark bites the heroine and drags her away.
This scene was shot using wirework, and the crew specially hired an action team for this purpose.
When it comes to this aspect, the best team has to be the Hong Kong team. Hong Kong's action movies started using wire work extensively very early on, and even Hollywood learned from them.
Fan Binbin stood in the water and got ready. The tidal borer at the other end of the water tank started working, simulating waves and making the water surface no longer calm.
"3...2...1...action~"
The action team began to pull the wire, and Fan Binbin was dragged in the water to create the effect of being attacked by a shark.
"Click~"
The first shot didn’t work out well because Fan Binbin’s expression wasn’t right, so we shot it a second time.
The second time, the cameraman failed to keep up, so he filmed it a third time. The timing of the third blood bag exploding was wrong, so he filmed it a fourth time.
The fourth time, I finally passed.
Filming is like this. It is useless for the actors to just perform well. This is a multi-professional collaboration. All departments must cooperate well so that the shot can be presented perfectly.
Fan Binbin was resting in a bath towel. The previous scene was dragging underwater, and she shot it many times and almost choked.
Zhang Chen sat in front of the monitor and watched the playback effect. Fan Binbin was dragged away, and then the surrounding sea water quickly turned red, which was dyed red by the blood flowing from her own wound.
In the replay, the two wires are clearly visible, but it doesn’t matter. As long as the expressions are right and the timing is coordinated, the wires can be removed later.
But the price is not cheap, three thousand per piece.
"Okay, this one's passed."
At lunchtime, the crew gathered in groups of three or four to eat.
Don’t think that the seafood at the seaside is cheap. Those are small fish and shrimps. Real sea fish, crabs, sea cucumbers, lobsters and other things are priced the same as in the mainland.
So what the crew eats on a daily basis is similar to what they eat in the mainland.
During this period, Zhang Chen suffered a lot from the problem of eating.
I’ve had enough of eating rice and stir-fried vegetables every day.
The key point is that the rice here is not delicious. Rice in the south can be harvested several times a year, which is enough to feed people, but the taste is really incomparable to the Northeast rice commonly eaten in the north.
Zhang Chen and Ning Hao are from the coal-producing province, and they wanted to eat noodles more, but there was none.
Hainanese people don’t eat noodles at all. The only noodles you can find here are dried noodles, but people in the coal-rich province don’t eat them at all.
When eating, Zhang Chen usually likes to hang out with his good brothers. Fan Binbin has been pestering him these past two days, so he also joins. "I heard that The Matrix 2 was released a few days ago. How come the crew didn't ask you to promote it?" Zhang Chen chatted about gossip while eating.
"The King's Woman 2" is a big-budget movie, with a production cost of 8000 million and a host of celebrities as supporting actors, just to help Jackie Chan promote his son.
Cai Zhuoyan, Zhong Xingtong, Edison Chen, Donnie Yen, Chen Bolin, Liang Jiahui, Daniel Wu, Fan Binbin...
Cheng Long deserves the title of Big Brother. These stars are enough for him to make a few movies, but they all come to play supporting roles for Prince Long.
The name Jaycee Chan officially entered the public eye after this movie.
Unfortunately, it was not promoted.
Fan Binbin put a vegetable into his mouth and chewed it: "There are many celebrities in the crew, I am just a bystander, it doesn't matter whether I am there or not."
After a few days of getting along, she also learned the new terms Zhang Chen used, such as "making soy sauce", "anti-fan", "green tea bitch" and so on...
Fan Binbin's tone was a little sour, because it wasn't that she didn't want to go, but the crew of "The King's Avatar 2" never called her at all. Maybe they felt that she, the only mainlander in the crew, was dispensable.
Zhang Chen wanted to comfort her, saying that it was okay if she didn't go. He clearly remembered that the box office of this movie didn't seem to exceed 3000 million, which was a complete loss.
In order to befriend Jackie Chan, Emperor Entertainment Group spent a lot of money. In 2001, Jackie Chan and Golden Harvest parted ways. In order to win over Jackie Chan, Emperor Entertainment Group spent 3 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in Jackie Chan's new film "Back to the Future".
Although the film did not perform well after its release and suffered heavy losses, the continuous investment allowed the two to establish a good relationship, and eventually Jackie Chan agreed to join.
Afterwards, Emperor Entertainment Group and Jackie Chan jointly invested and established Jackie Chan Emperor Entertainment Group Limited, whose first work is "New Police Story" which will be released this year.
However, Zhang Chen knew that this was also a flop.
Although "New Police Story" uses the name "Police Story", it actually has a completely different setting.
In terms of excitement, it is not as good as the previous ones.
The protagonist is no longer the brave detective Chan Ka-kui, nor are there Jacky Cheung's previous iconic big scenes, and a setting of old leading new has been added.
Perhaps as a way of returning a favor, the film used Xie Bi Wang.
To be fair, Xie Bi Wang is quite hardworking. He imitates Cheng Long and does the dangerous moves himself without a stunt double.
But it’s useless, no one buys it.
Jackie Chan’s movies are a bit out of date and I’m tired of the big scenes.
However, thinking of Xie Bi Wang, Zhang Chen remembered the crew of "The Little Fish and the Flower".
It seems that we haven’t heard any news about them beating the White Dragon Horse for a while. Could it be that the matter has been almost dealt with?
This is not okay.
The filming of "The Shallows" will still take a few days. If Fan Binbin is called back at this time, their crew will have to stop working immediately, which will be a big loss.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen lost his appetite and turned to ask Fan Binbin, "Binbin, have you contacted the crew of "Little Fish and Flowerless" recently? How are they handling that matter?"
Fan Binbin shook his head and said, "I don't know. I haven't contacted them since I came here. But I called Sister Hua a few days ago, and she mentioned that it seemed that Wang Jing and his team had hired a crisis public relations company, and the heat of this matter is almost over."
"Being suppressed? That won't do."
Zhang Chen figured that it would take at least another week to wrap up filming of The Shallows, so it seemed like he had to speed up.
"Chen Xi, inform everyone that we will start work half an hour after lunch. We have to hurry."
Starting from the afternoon, the atmosphere on the set became noticeably more tense.
Fortunately, the crew of "The Shallows" is basically the original crew of "The Dark", and this is the second drama they have collaborated on.
They had already gotten used to each other and were cooperating well with each other, so the shooting progress was very fast.
In one day, they shot what would normally take a day and a half.
In the evening, as usual, I did some embarrassing things.
According to the habits they had developed in the past, the two would chat during every halftime break and occasionally even have an overtime game.
But not today.
While waiting for the CD, Zhang Chen made a phone call.
The call was made to Zhang Xiaobei, the reporter from the Beijing News.
During every previous interview, this guy liked to set traps for Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen thought that this guy was an important person and might be useful in the future, so he left his phone number.
Isn't this what is used?
Zhang Chen didn't say anything else on the phone. He just commented on everything that happened on the set of "The Little Fish and the Flowerless", and at the same time complained about the different treatment of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and mainland actors.
"Yes, I just can't stand the stinky faces of Hong Kong people. On the one hand, they take the benefits we give them, and on the other hand, they call us idiots..."
"In terms of box office, none of their movies have made over 100 million yuan. I don't know where their sense of superiority comes from..."
"People from Hong Kong Island are human beings, but people from the mainland are not human beings?"
"If you ask me, we shouldn't be so eager to treat them well. In order to ensure the vitality of Hong Kong films, the CEPA agreement gives Hong Kong films the same treatment as mainland films. Look at what they are doing. They are a bunch of ungrateful people who can never be tamed..."
Zhang Chen was not polite at all when he spoke. Zhang Xiaobei on the opposite side was overjoyed as he got the 2000 yuan bonus.
This is simply a windfall.
Director Zhang Chen is such a nice person.
Fan Binbin, who was standing next to her, was filled with worry. She didn't dare to speak until Zhang Chen hung up the phone: "Are you really okay?"
"Something's wrong? What's the matter? How can they ban me?"
"Aren't you afraid of the Hong Kong box office..."
"Hong Kong is no longer what it used to be. Any movie with a box office of over 10 million can be ranked in the top ten of the year. With the box office in Hong Kong, it's not a pity to throw it away."
"Aren't you afraid that they will really ban you?"
"What a joke, this is the mainland, you overestimate their power."
Zhang Chen was not worried at all because he had memories of future lives.
In later generations, the mainland film market did not begin to rise until 2012, starting with "Lost in Thailand", and it has been booming ever since.
The entire film market is showing great vitality. Main themes, comedies, realistic themes, cartoons, any theme can create miracles and popular hits appear frequently.
That was the real end of the road for Hong Kong filmmakers. Hong Kong's local films were gone, the Southeast Asian market was lost, and they couldn't play in the mainland market, their last hope.
Coupled with the talent gap, Hong Kong films have completely declined, and the once Hollywood of the East has become a second-rate or even third-rate market.
……
Asking for a monthly pass
(End of this chapter)