Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 349 The door closed by Director Chen himself
There is a very famous joke in the industry about Mrs. Chen being a producer.

There is a scene in "The Promise" where hundreds of yaks are running wildly. For this shot, Mrs. Chen went without saying a word and actually brought hundreds of real yaks from other places.

Come on, even if you use your butt to think about it, you can tell that special effects should be used here.

This exposes a problem: the preparatory work for "The Promise" before filming was not done properly at all.

Either someone was waiting to see them make a fool of themselves, or they were just truly amateurs, because no one raised this question until before filming began.

The budget was wasted.

So Zhang Chen dared to say that if he were to shoot the film, he was confident that he could reduce the cost to around 2 million yuan.

On the other hand, why would a great director like Chen Shishi make such a low-level mistake? Because he doesn’t have a fixed team.

Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Chen all have their own fixed teams. In other words, most directors, as long as they have a certain degree of fame, will have their own fixed partners.

There are so many benefits. The photographers who work together can ensure the quality of the shots, and other positions can ensure smooth preparations. The most obvious benefit is that it reduces the time for adjustment, which can greatly improve efficiency.

But Director Chen did not do that. Since "Farewell My Concubine", every movie he made had a hastily assembled team. Everyone was just working together temporarily and of course, each of them had their own business. If there was a great producer, it would be fine, but the producer happened to be Mrs. Chen who knew nothing, so this result was expected.

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Huairou, "Wulin Wai Zhuan" crew

"Wulin Waijia" has already reached its second season. Due to the hot sales of the first season, the second season has been booked by many TV stations before it is even finished.

Without the pressure of sales, the main creators were very relaxed during the filming, which just caters to the atmosphere of the sitcom, relaxed and happy~
After finishing the morning shoot, the main creators gathered together for dinner and chatted about gossip.

Li Dazui: "Recently our boss and Chen Dadao have been at loggerheads~"

Li Dazui lives up to his name, and most of the gossip in the crew is spread by him.

'Boss' is just a title, they are not contracted actors of Xingchen Entertainment, but Shang Jing is, and since he calls him that, others follow suit.

Tong Xiangyu: "Why are these two people fighting each other?"

Lao Bai: "It's only a matter of time. They are all big directors, and there will be a battle~"

Mo Xiaobei: "Oh, what should I do? I even made a cameo appearance in The Promise, and now my boss and Director Chen are at odds with each other. I hope they won't hate me too~"

Lu Xiucai: "You're dreaming. Does the boss know who you are?"

Although the tone was teasing, it was actually comforting.

Guan Xiaotong is the girl who snatched the boy's bun from Wuming in "A Murder Caused by a Bun". She was originally quite happy because she was able to participate in director Chen Da's blockbuster "The Promise", which was also a qualification to be mentioned.

I didn’t expect that “The Promise” was criticized so much, and the actors in it were also criticized.

Fortunately, thanks to Mo Xiaobei's popularity, no one has targeted her yet. However, she is also afraid that Zhang Chen will hate her and everyone in her family as well.

What if the screenwriter kills her off, or arranges for her to study martial arts in some sect, and she doesn't appear in a dozen episodes, the audience will forget about her.

"Don't worry, Director Zhang is not that kind of person~" everyone comforted him.

"Yeah, how could I be that kind of person~"

A voice suddenly appeared behind everyone. It was Zhang Chen~
"Ah~" Guan Xiaotong covered her mouth in surprise.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "It is very commendable to be able to participate in a 3.5 million yuan production. Being able to pass the casting at least shows that you have commercial value. The poor performance of The Promise has nothing to do with you actors. I scolded the story, the director, and the producer, but when have you ever seen me scold the actors?"

"Director Zhang, why are you here?"

"I'm here to check on you guys and bring you some delicious food~"

The Feilong Film and Television Base where "Wulin Wai Zhuan" is set is a film, television and music base to put it nicely, but to put it bluntly it is a remote and poor place.

This damn place, there's nowhere to go even if you want to buy a ticket.

It is more lively now than before, and this is due to the popularity of the first season of "Wulin Wai Drills". The crew has money and stronger spending power, which has boosted the surrounding catering.

While they were talking, the staff from outside came in one after another and brought in fruits and other things.

Zhang Chen patted Shang Jing on the shoulder: "How is it, can you finish the shooting on time?" "No problem."

The scripts for "Wulin Waijia" are all ready-made, and it is said that the screenwriter team has already written up to the third season.

Ning Caishen no longer had the difficult birth in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, the script of "Wulin Waijia" was written entirely by him alone. It was originally planned to have 100 episodes, but Ning Caishen only wrote 80 episodes in the end. He really couldn't write anymore.

Now he has no such worries at all, as there are four people in the screenwriting team helping him write, and their writing style is completely based on the working method of American TV series, not fast-paced, but with division of labor.

Some are responsible for the story framework, some are responsible for the character dialogues, and some are responsible for enriching the plot. Everyone has their own division of labor.

The advantages are obvious. The characters are unified. When Lu Xiucai says something, you can tell it's Lu Xiucai's words. When Li Dazui encounters something, you can tell his reaction is Li Dazui's.

This is the benefit of division of labor.

The reason why the characters in American TV series are portrayed so well is because there are professional screenwriters who specialize in writing characters.

While everyone was talking, the TV on the wall was playing the news, and a scene of a reporter interviewing Dong Jianqiang happened to appear.

"There is news that The Promise has been returned by its overseas distributor. Mr. Dong, what do you think about this?"

Dong Jianqiang frowned: "Can you curse?"

Reporter: "Uh~, we are a public media..."

"That's it."

Now the reporter was even more curious, "What if it is possible?"

"Then I want to curse~"

"The Promise was returned, why did you react so strongly?"

"Because it really affected me. The blockbuster "Painted Skin" scheduled by Xingchen Entertainment for next year was originally very popular among overseas film producers. Interested film producers lined up to seek cooperation with us, but after "The Promise" was returned, those interested parties became wait-and-see..."

The reporter was stunned, obviously not expecting this to be the case.

"Not only that, if I'm not mistaken, other film and television companies' costume blockbusters may also be affected..."

The program team is good at making trouble. After the interview with Dong Jianqiang was broadcast, interviews with other people started immediately.

Zhang Weiping: "Curse of the Golden Flower is director Zhang Yimou's key project for next year, but judging from the recent pre-sales, the situation is not optimistic and is not as good as House of Flying Daggers."

Wang Zhonglei: "We never expected that The Banquet would be coldly received in the international pre-sale market. Before this, costume blockbusters have always been sought after by the overseas market. I think the current situation is closely related to The Promise..."

Now, Dong Jianqiang’s words have come true, and the market for costume blockbusters has really been affected.

"So serious?" someone couldn't help but mutter.

However, Zhang Chen knew that the actual situation was more serious than this.

Before "The Promise", a large number of Chinese films with ancient costumes and action scenes were considered a panacea in the eyes of overseas film producers.

Regardless of whether it is out of curiosity or fascination with ancient Chinese culture, as long as it is a Chinese costume blockbuster, it will never have trouble selling.

The film producers dare to make the move after just watching the trailer.

Miramax is like that.

Then after "The Promise", film producers became hesitant when it came to costume blockbusters.

Even "Curse of the Golden Flower" had to spend huge amounts of money to invite Hollywood film producers to visit the set, and this was a director who had two successful and blockbuster works.

Many people are taking a wait-and-see attitude, and even if there are those who are interested, they will not offer a high price.

Everyone is cautious, cautious, and cautious about Chinese costume blockbusters...

It can really be said that "The Promise" single-handedly closed the door for Chinese costume blockbusters to go overseas.

(End of this chapter)