Entertainment 1998

Chapter 750 749, Beauty, I have to say you observe very carefully
[Jiang Feng, you are awesome, I am totally convinced by you. Just today, the movie "The Yellow Sea" has made the front page headlines of entertainment media and financial media around the world!
It is said that in South Korea alone, there were 35 moviegoers during the day today! 】

[Jiang Feng, I talked to the film authorities and they still said the same old thing: the movie "The Yellow Sea" is too bloody and there is no way to educate the people.

Well, it is promoting violence.

So their intention is to edit the film more carefully and remove all the scenes that promote violence and blood. 】

The first and second text messages were both sent by Han Shanye. This guy was a little excited.

China Film Group is responsible for the distribution of the movie "The Yellow Sea" in Asia. Well, China Film adopts the approach of cooperating with local film and television distribution companies instead of directly selling the distribution rights.

Nowadays, the movie box office is soaring, so this guy is naturally very happy.

Take South Korea as an example. The average price of movie tickets in their country is around 8 US dollars. That means that today alone, the box office of Huang Hai’s movie in South Korea exceeded 280 million US dollars.

Of course, what excites him even more is the leaders of the film regulatory department. Movies that used to be 145 minutes long abroad have now been cut to 120 minutes by them, but they still think it is too violent and bloody.

[Brother Feng, I watched "The Yellow Sea" in Ximending, Taipei. I have to say that this movie is the most manly performance of my old partner Zhang Guorong. You directly made him break through his previous image of a modest gentleman.

Well, also, when I first watched the movie in the morning, it was OK, there were about 100 people watching in the 40-seat theater.

But when it came to the second game, I was shocked to see the line stretched from the ticket window to the sidewalk.

The second text message was sent by Wang Zuxian. Although the two did not meet often, they basically contacted each other through text messages every day.

For example, Jiang Feng would say, I miss you.

And Wang Zuxian would answer, our son has become smarter.

And today, it was a rare occasion for Wang Zuxian to talk about something else. Well, Jiang Feng could even tell from the text messages she sent that this beauty was still a little attached to the film and television industry.

[Brother Feng, do you know that I usually don’t cry? Even two years ago, when I was diagnosed with a disease, I remained strong.

Think about treating the illness and resting.

But this afternoon, when I saw on the screen that my idol Zhang Guorong was thrown into the sea by a wretched fisherman on the Yellow Sea, I cried.

Why did such a loyal, responsible and courageous character end up with such a tragic ending? 】

This text message was sent by Izumi Sakai in Chinese. Jiang Feng hadn't heard from her for a long time. Unexpectedly, she was sad after watching a movie today.

Then..., she was so emotional that she sent a text message to denounce herself, saying that she shouldn't have abused her idol Zhang Guorong like that.

[Jiang Feng, do you know?

I was really impressed. In order to watch the movie "The Yellow Sea" in which I starred, I actually queued in front of the Yau Ma Tei Cinema for 45 minutes with a bulging belly. Only then did I have the chance to watch our latest work in the cinema.

very good!

Very cool!
Jiang Feng, I feel like my acting skills have improved a lot following you, especially in the last scene of the movie, when I appeared on the platform of Yanji Railway Station with my suitcase and looked back...

Wow, I cried in the cinema. 】

This text message was sent by Guan Xiulin.

Now, she is four months pregnant and her emotions are becoming increasingly sensitive. But it is really unique for her that she still has the leisure to watch a movie at this critical moment.

[Feng, I watched The Yellow Sea. It was a private screening. It was great! Well, there is something I have been forgetting to tell you. I am pregnant.

Hehe..., what tens of millions of netizens are saying online is correct, you are a human seed drill. 】

This text message was sent by the eldest daughter of the Park family.

Although she looks gentle and kind, she is actually a ruthless character.

[Jiang Feng, people in the business community of Hong Kong Island all say that you are a genius in business. With just one movie, you have leveraged a business worth tens of billions of dollars, and you have also pushed the eldest princess, who is not very favored in the Samsung family, to the forefront.

But when you play like this, I am the one who suffers.

Now the whole of Hong Kong, no, the whole world is laughing at me for being a fool who got taken advantage of and had to pay compensation. 】

This text message was sent by Li Jiaxin, and the tone was full of complaints.

Jiang Feng did not reply to other people's text messages, but he immediately replied to Li Jiaxin's text message.

[Samsung Electronics will definitely sue you as its image spokesperson and will definitely seek compensation from you. If you don’t do this, what will happen if other image spokespersons follow suit? They will suffer huge losses.]

[But it doesn’t matter. No matter how much Samsung Electronics claims, we can reach a settlement privately. As for the settlement amount…

They are happy to announce whatever they want to the public, and it has nothing to do with you. ]

[Well, you can ask your sister and your mother to go to the Macau Casino to have some fun. They will win a sum of 4200 million Hong Kong dollars.]

Just after dealing with Li Jiaxin's text message, Samsung Princess Lee Boo-jin called.

"Jiang Feng, what are you doing?"

"We're filming a movie!"

"In your hometown?"

"How do you know?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.

"For a world-class director who just won the Oscar for Best Director, his every move will be magnified infinitely by the media.

So, the first time you came back to your hometown to shoot a movie, I saw the news on the Internet." Lee Boo-jin's voice was a little lazy.

"Let's get down to business." Jiang Feng said.

"okay."

Perhaps because Jiang Feng's voice turned serious, Lee Boo-jin on the phone also became serious.

"Jiang Feng, my father has always wanted to pass our family company to my brother. Even if I am capable, he will not allow me to get involved in Samsung Electronics. He only allows me to manage peripheral industries such as hotels.

But this time, when the crisis arose, my father immediately sought my brother's advice.

My brother said that Samsung Electronics must make a public statement as soon as possible, saying that a spokesperson cannot represent our company. Well, that means refusing to admit it.

So, my dad was very disappointed with him for not being flexible and not being able to see through the huge benefits behind this, so he directly promoted me to be the vice president of Samsung Electronics, second only to my brother. "

"Well, so what?" Jiang Feng asked.

"So, I want to cooperate with you next time because I find that you are a rare business genius. Only with your help can I replace my brother and become the actual helmsman of Samsung Group in a few years."

"Let's talk about what happens next!"

Jiang Feng smiled and hung up the phone.

At this time, the old lady had walked in from outside the room, and in her hand was a bowl of Jiang Feng's favorite scallion egg noodles, with a dozen drops of sesame oil on it.

……

the next day, early morning

The sky is just bright.

Jiang Feng, who ran from Sun's hometown Dongcun to Zhuzhuang, came to the wheat field at the entrance of the village with the staff and actors from the "Hidden in the Dust" crew.

The wheat in the wheat field was already fully ripe. Some of the wheat was so ripe that the grains would fall from the ears just by touching the stalks.

When they arrived at the fields, Gong Li sat down without caring about her image, allowing makeup artist Mark to apply makeup on her face. Zhang Yimou, who had already finished his makeup, picked up a sickle and stood in the wheat field to cut wheat.

With the help of his assistant, photographer Liu Jie is putting on a Steadicam camera stabilizer and then fixing the camera on the camera stabilizer.

Maybe it was because he didn't get enough rest, but Tian Zhuangzhuang looked a little listless today. Even when he noticed that the angle of the shot taken by photographer Liu Jie of Zhang Yimou harvesting wheat was wrong, he didn't point it out on the spot.

Seeing him like this, Xie Fei, who was over 60 years old, smiled and discussed the composition of the first scene of the day with Zhang Yimou, who was harvesting wheat.

Well, someone once said that directors come from the Film Academy and actors come from the Central Academy of Drama.

When I think about it suddenly, it seems to make some sense. Famous mainland directors like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke, Gu Changwei, Ning Hao, etc. all graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

But in fact, these famous directors all focus on techniques, composition, color, etc. Their storytelling abilities seem a bit weak, or even non-existent.

If they come across a good story, they can definitely direct classic films, such as "To Live", "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Farewell My Concubine", "Ju Dou" and "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit".

But if they are allowed to write their own scripts, the movies will be terrible, like "The Promise" and "The Great Wall".

So, when coming to Cao County in southwest Shandong to shoot the movie "Hidden in the Dust", Jiang Feng maintained a principle that you can play with the shooting composition, shooting skills, shooting techniques, etc., you can adjust them however you like, as long as you don't touch my script.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, many people from Zhuzhuang came.

These people were not there out of curiosity about how the movie was shot; they were there to harvest wheat.

Normally, the villagers should have started harvesting wheat during the Grain in Ear season, but there was no other way. The town required the villagers to cooperate with the crew, so they had to delay harvesting by a few days.

Seeing that the villagers had all come to the fields, Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Start harvesting!"
Upon hearing the command, the men, women, young and old in Zhuzhuang acted together and started working in the vast wheat field.

Photographer Liu Jie was photographing Zhang Yimou, while his assistant was hanging on the arm of a crane, suspended in mid-air, in order to take aerial shots of rural people working hard in the fields.

Jiang Feng came to the director's monitor with a walkie-talkie in hand. He was about to instruct Liu Jie's assistant on which direction to shoot the scene. At this time, a tall and beautiful woman came to Jiang Feng with her long legs.

"director…"

"Ok?"

"I don't want to go back so early, I want to be with you, even if you don't let me play other roles, it would be fine for me to be a script supervisor in our crew.

Well, you don’t even have to pay me.”

These words were spoken by Song Jia.

When she said this, the beauty's eyes were full of stubbornness. It was agreed yesterday that after filming the movie "Buried Alive", Song Jia should return to Beijing with the crew.

But today, this beautiful woman said she would not leave no matter what.

"Um…"

Jiang Feng frowned and thought about it, then raised his hand to call Dawei over.

"Brother Dawei..."

"Brother Feng, are you looking for me?"

"Arrange a guest role for her, one that is of some importance." Jiang Feng pointed at Song Jia and said:

"Also, aren't Ma Yindou and Huang Zhaoguo going to drive back to Beijing today? They need to deliver the filming materials for the movie Buried Alive to the Beijing Film Studio, so you can temporarily assign their work to Song Jia."

"Can it be done?"

Looking at Song Jia, Dawei asked this question. Ma Yindou was the assistant of the lighting team, responsible for carrying equipment and laying shooting tracks; Huang Zhaoguo was in the fleet, and whenever the crew wanted to purchase something or buy dishes for the chef, he needed to drive to the nearby area to purchase it.

Now let a beautiful woman do the work of both of them...

It seems a little inappropriate.

However, just as Dawei raised his doubts, Song Jia, who was 1 meters tall, ran over, put her arms around his neck, and then took him hostage and walked towards the field where Zhang Yimou was harvesting wheat. The beautiful woman was still talking as she walked.

"My friend, do you dislike me?"

"Uh…"

"My fellow countryman, I'm here with you guys. If you dare to ruin my plan to stay here, believe it or not, I'll go find Director Jiang Feng and complain, saying that you slipped a note into my room.

And you also said in the note that you want me to shout my name every night before going to bed."

"Damn..., who said that? I feel very wronged." Dawei jumped up immediately.

Seeing their leaving backs, Jiang Feng smiled and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Lao Luan, shoot in the northeast direction. That's right, don't shoot to the west. To the west is Sun's hometown. The construction there is already very good. It doesn't fit the overall tone of our movie."

"Lao Luan, yes, that's it. The camera turns from the northeast to the east, indicating that as long as the people of this poor land work hard, there will be hope. Yes, that's it. It's best to keep the shot of the rising sun for ten seconds."

"Lao Luan, when you shoot from above, you should focus on photographing the hundreds of acres of wheat in Zhuzhuang Village that have not yet been harvested. Don't shoot the wheat in the neighboring villages, as they have already been harvested.

Wait, there is a wheat field to the east, where an old man is leading two cows and using a stone roller to press the wheat. Lao Luan, focus your shot on the old man and the cows, right, right, that’s it…”

...

Speaking of which, the crew has very short working hours in the morning.

Photographer Liu Jie took several close-ups of Zhang Yimou harvesting wheat, assistant photographer Luan Jizhuang took 7 aerial shots, and Gong Li finished putting on her makeup. The morning's work was officially over.

Breakfast was prepared by three chefs in the village and sent to the filming site.

When the chef drove a tricycle to the fields and opened the baskets and the large stainless steel thermos, the actors and staff on the crew realized that today's breakfast was particularly sumptuous.

There are pan-fried dumplings, steamed buns, and deep-fried cakes. There are two kinds of soup in the two thermos buckets, one is spicy and spicy soup, and the other is oil tea, a specialty of southwest Shandong.

Seeing this, Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Xie Fei, Song Jiadawei and others became hungry. They picked up the rice bowls and filled them up, then each carried a bag of fried dumplings or noodles and went to find a cool place to have breakfast.

Gong Li, who had just finished putting on makeup, also had breakfast. Her breakfast was eggs and milk. After all, she had put on makeup, so Gong Li couldn't chew her food in big mouthfuls. She could only drink some milk with a straw, and then break the eggs into small pieces and put them into her mouth.

However, this beautiful woman in simple clothes walked towards Jiang Feng with a smile as soon as she received the milk and eggs.

"director…"

"Ok?"

"Can I give you a suggestion?"

"Say!"

"I carefully observed the rural women working nearby. They did not wear bras inside when they were working because it was very convenient to do the work..."

"Puff, cough, cough..."

Before Gong Li finished her words, Jiang Feng started coughing violently.

Beauty, I have to say, you are very observant.

(End of this chapter)