Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 387 The Cause of the Battle of Red Cliffs

A villa somewhere in Beijing

If there is nothing to do, Director Bai Ge usually sleeps until he wakes up naturally.

Today is no exception.

As soon as I opened my eyes, a sweet and innocent voice came from beside me: "Director, are you awake?"

Feeling the warmth next to his hand, he suddenly remembered the romantic incident of last night.

I invited a few well-known actors to audition last night and we had dinner together after the audition.

I drank a little too much, and when I wanted to do something at night, I found my legs were weak and I couldn't stand up.

Later, it was Lin Chi-Lin's cry of love that helped Director Wu regain his ability to move.

How to call?

It seems to be 'Mengmeng, stand up'!
As he was thinking about it, Director Wu exclaimed, "Oh no!" His passive skill was automatically triggered.

Director Bai Ge lay on the bed smoking contentedly. Every time fireworks went off in his head, he would be filled with inspiration.

Recently, the screenwriter Lu Wei hired by Wu Kebo just wrote a version of the script. After reading it, he was not very satisfied with it.

I feel that the level of the famous screenwriters in mainland China is just so-so, there is no innovation at all, and they just copy "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

If it's just copying books, do you still need to come?

Having learned from the lesson of "Windtalkers", Director Wu felt that this kind of story would easily fail if it was based on historical facts, and that some innovation was necessary.

Mainland screenwriters are still too rigid when it comes to innovation, so he decided to do it himself.

In the Battle of Red Cliff, there must be a justifiable reason for the war between Cao Wei group and the allied forces of Sun and Liu.

After smoking a cigarette, Director Wu had an idea. He planned to draw on the Greek myth "Troy".

The Greek coalition forces were able to launch a war against the Mediterranean region because of a woman, so why couldn’t Cao Cao?
Wow, what an amazing idea.

After taking a look at Lin Zhilin who was lying like a kitten next to him, Xiao Qiao was the only one who was fine.

After telling the other party her thoughts, Miss Zhilin immediately covered her mouth in surprise, with a look of disbelief on her face.

"The director wants to give me more scenes?"

The effect of hesitating is indeed good.

Lin Zhilin immediately got up and said in a coquettish voice: "You must be hungry, I'll get you something to eat~"

Not long after, the sound of frying oil came from the open kitchen. Miss Zhilin made fried eggs.

This little woman~
After everything was done, Lin Chi-lin returned to the bedroom and coaxed Director Bai Ge to get up like he was coaxing a child.

In the open kitchen, two cups of milk and two fried eggs were quietly placed on the table.

The TV in the kitchen was on, playing entertainment news.

This little girl is really good at serving people. She arranges everything in an orderly manner.

"China Entertainment Report", Liu Yan, dressed in trendy clothes, is reporting the news.

Director Bai Ge recognized this person. It was this female host who interviewed him last time. He hinted at her afterwards, but she pretended not to understand. She was not sensible at all and could not compare to Lin Chilin in front of him.

Two people sat around the table, and the sound of a knife rubbing against a plate could be heard in the room.

"Yesterday, our reporter visited the set of Painted Skin and got first-hand entertainment information. He also interviewed the director and the main actors."

Liu Yan was talking in front of the camera, and Director Wu picked up a piece of egg and put it into his mouth, listening with great interest.

Although Zhang Chen targeted him several times and he hated this man, it did not stop him from liking gossip about this guy.

I have to admit that Zhang Chen is a very interesting person when people are not targeting him. It is really refreshing to listen to him criticize others.

For example, now people are criticizing Zhang Weiping and Zhang Chen is openly declaring war. "Painted Skin" is going to compete head-on with "Curse of the Golden Flower". It's exciting to hear that.

In fact, everyone loves to listen to gossip, as long as they are not the subject of the gossip.

Then we talked about "The Warring States".

He knew about the project "The Warring States", Zhang Zhiliang's project.

Zhang Zhiliang is a director of the same generation as him and is as famous as Xu Ke in Hong Kong. The "Wen Zhang" in "Wen Zhang Wu Xu" refers to Zhang Zhiliang.

He swept the Academy Awards with "Prisoners in Cages" and "Over the Dusk" and is also a ruthless person.

But later it flopped, without any particularly strong output, and gradually fell behind, and now it has even fallen to the point of coming to the mainland to make a living.

Wait a minute, I have come to the mainland to eat rotten food~
Isn't this also insulting yourself?

But he immediately let it go. He was different from those useless people. He was an internationally renowned director who had proven himself in Hollywood.

Coming to the mainland by myself is a dimensionality reduction attack, it is poverty alleviation~
Director Wu took a sip of milk and thought of Wu Kebo again.

This guy tells me every day that he wants to cooperate in the development of "Red Cliff", but the funds are never in place.

Later, he was forced into a corner and told the truth. It turned out that he was in contact with Zou Wenhuai and wanted to acquire the Golden Harvest shares held by the other party.

Wu Kebo had a good plan. He used the "Red Cliff" project to stabilize himself and create momentum.

Then go and talk to Zou Wenhuai.

After successfully entering Golden Harvest, as long as it is announced that the "Red Cliff" project will be mainly invested by Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest's stock will continue to rise.

In this way, there was enough money to film "Red Cliff".

After figuring out the key, Wu Baige couldn't help but admire the other party's good calculation, which was really linked together.

As for whether Wu Kebo could succeed in the acquisition, he had no doubt about it.

Zou Wenhuai is old and has no successor, and Golden Harvest is now heavily in debt.

If Zou Wenhuai were twenty years younger, it would definitely not be a problem.

But he is over eighty years old now and cannot save Jiahe.

In the absence of other competitors, Wu Kebo has a great chance of taking over Golden Harvest.

Wu Baige continued to cut the fried egg with a knife and fork, cut off a piece, and put it into his mouth with the fork.

Behind him, a hot body pressed against him, almost triggering his passive skill again.

Wu Baige was just about to drive those messy thoughts out of his mind and enjoy the beauty, but he suddenly heard his own name in his ears.

Attention was instantly diverted, and then there was indignation~
Zhang Chen, you loser, just talk about "The Warring States" if you want to talk about it, why are you dragging me into this? You prevent me from grasping the epic theme and you even mentioned "Windtalkers".

He is now annoyed when someone mentions "Windtalkers" in front of him.

"This is a flop~"

Director Wu had completely lost his interest in the romance at this moment and started cursing, but unfortunately Zhang Chen couldn't hear him.

If Zhang Chen really heard it, he would probably reflect on it.

If someone you hate scolds you, then you must be doing something right.

……

Painted Skin crew

Huang Xiaoming has returned and resumed filming.

But the highlight of today is not about him, but about Mr. Zhou and Fan Binbin.

What we are going to shoot today is the most powerful scene in "Painted Skin" - Xiao Wei changing her skin.

The bird spirit didn't want Xiao Wei to continue sinking in the human world, so she decided to persuade her to leave, even at the cost of killing Wang Sheng.

Xiao Wei tried every means to stop him, even going so far as to turn against the bird spirit.

The bird spirit left disappointed, not knowing that this commotion actually cleared Xiao Wei of suspicion.

Xiao Wei took the opportunity to express her feelings to Wang Sheng but was rejected. She couldn't understand Wang Sheng. She clearly felt that Wang Sheng loved her but he was reluctant to accept her. People believed that the bird spirit was the recent heart-digging monster. Peirong felt that she had misunderstood Xiao Wei and came to apologize.

Peirong pushed the door open and saw Xiaowei combing her hair in front of the camera.

"Little sister Wei~"

"Sister Peirong, are you still awake?"

"Sister Xiaowei, I think there is something I should discuss with you..."

Peirong has already prepared herself mentally to let Wang Sheng take Xiaowei as his concubine.

However, Xiao Wei, who was rejected repeatedly, became more competitive and chose to reveal her true identity in front of Peirong.

Under Peirong's gaze, he peeled off his mask bit by bit, revealing his fox demon body.

"Oh, I was discovered by you..."

The voice was soft, but it sounded terrifying.

Peirong fled in panic. Xiao Wei's words came from behind her: "Go tell the others. Anyone who knows will die anyway."

During the filming, Mr. Zhou tore off a silicone mask. The production of this thing is actually not complicated, but it cannot be made in China, so he had to ask Hollywood for an order.

The development time of CG makeup in the country is still too short, and there are no mature solutions in many situations.

Silicone masks have been widely used since the filming of Mission: Impossible 1. I didn't expect that after so many years, there is still a blank in this area in China.

It wasn't that amazing when I was shooting on site.

This kind of shot will only look good after special effects rendering. At that time, the edges of the silicone mask will be blurred, making the overall effect look more like real human skin.

In the original film, Xiao Wei is clearly a fox demon, but after taking off the mask, her head looks like a collection of worms, which looks extremely disgusting.

Zhang Chen made some modifications to this version. Since Xiao Wei is a fox demon, she must look like a fox demon.

After Xiao Wei took off her skin, she revealed a half-human, half-fox face, weird but not scary~
"Click~"

Zhang Chen called for a pause: "Bingbing, you have to remember that you are a demon. In your heart, you despise humans. Now that you are ready to show your hand, there is nothing to worry about, so you must have enough momentum~"

Fan Xiaopang's performance was a little lacking, so Zhang Chen put forward his own requirements and asked her to think about it carefully.

If he hadn't given Fan Xiaopang special treatment every night, she would have been beaten to pieces by Zhou Gongzi in seconds.

I have to say that Mr. Zhou’s acting skills are really good. Now, every smile and frown of his is Peirong.

In comparison, Fan Xiaopang's performance was somewhat disappointing, and could only be considered as a poor performance at best.

Fat Fan hid aside and thought quietly, wondering if he didn't have enough momentum?
She is a woman who is born with a queen-like aura. Especially after her status has gradually improved in the past two years, her queen-like temperament has become more and more obvious.

"Yes, that's it, keep it up, this is the aura I want~"

Feeling that Fan Xiaopang had found the right way, Zhang Chen immediately gave him affirmation.

"Hold on, let's do it again~"

Seeing that Fan Xiaopang was in good shape, Zhang Chen immediately asked everyone to start.

The script supervisor hits the board, all units are in position, and the shooting begins~
"Oh, I was discovered by you..."

"Click~"

The new performance was perfect. Zhang Chen watched the replay again and felt that both Mr. Zhou and Xiaopang Fan performed well.

This shot finally passed.

But it’s not over yet after he passes this, he still needs the special effects director to give his approval.

A shot like this with heavy special effects must be approved by both parties before it can be considered completed.

Zhang Chen and the special effects director whispered for a while, and after that, they finally announced that the shot was passed.

The next scene is Xiao Wei forcing Peirong to drink poison, "You be the monster, and I will be the Lady Wang for you~"

Peirong agreed, drank the poison, and instantly turned into a monster.

He admitted that he killed everyone just to save Wang Sheng's life.

In the original version of "Painted Skin", Peirong, who drank the poison, simply turned into a white-haired and white-faced girl, which was not considered that scary.

In fact, there is a hidden story behind this.

According to the original design of the crew, after drinking the poison, Peirong's appearance was bald and her face was full of wrinkles. She was as ugly as she could be.

But Zhao Yanzi was a popular movie star in Asia at the time. She was worried that such a shoot would affect her image, so she pleaded with the director in various ways.

As an actor, this behavior is definitely very inappropriate.

But Zhao Yanzi was too popular at the time, so Chen Jiashang had no choice but to agree to Zhao Wei's plan, and this is how we see the white-haired image.

But now that Zhang Chen is in charge, there is certainly no room for consideration.

Then, the ugliest Zhou Xun in history was born.

Mr. Zhou is not Zhao Yanzi, and Zhang Chen is not Chen Jiashang.

Zhang Chen has always had zero tolerance for this kind of arrogant behavior.

Peirong was misunderstood by everyone, and the soldiers who usually trusted her no longer trusted her.

The people who usually supported her also misunderstood her at this time.

At this point, Master Zhou had completely immersed himself in the play, and both he and the play had become one.

She ran through the streets, scaring people into running away.

But he was soon surrounded by the people and hit by various farm tools.

In terms of image, Peirong is an ugly monster who is looked down upon, cursed and even beaten by people.

In his eyes, there was unspeakable sadness and grievance.

"Click~"

Zhang Chen shouted "Ka", and then led the applause: "What a great performance!"

Mr. Zhou wore an extremely ugly outfit, then smiled and walked towards the monitor: "Is it better there?"

Zhang Chen praised: "You are really a natural actor. You have a good grasp of your inner feelings. Every smile and frown is a performance. Your emotional expression is also on point, which is very impressive!"

Mr. Zhou rolled his eyes and said, "Don't give me that. A few days ago, I saw you praising Huang Xiaoming with the same words. You didn't even change the words..."

In the past few days, the relationship between the two has become more familiar, and their daily conversations are mostly in the form of jokes, which makes Li Xiaoran next to them very excited.

Li Xiaoran is an artist under Chang Jihong and was inserted into the company through connections.

Chang Jihong usually does not recommend his artists to engage in messy hype, but Li Xiaoran is an exception. Since her debut, she has been in the news about various things, such as her ex-boyfriend stabbed someone for her.

It’s impossible not to have some other ideas when acting with Fan Xiaopang every day.

In terms of acting skills, Li Xiaoran is not inferior to Fan Xiaopang.

In terms of external conditions, Li Xiaoran is also a beauty, famous for her fair skin, and she considers herself no worse than Fan Xiaopang.

Then why is Fan Xiaopang the female lead while I can only play a maid?

From the moment she arrived on the set, her mind was very active, thinking about what might happen.

But the more ideals are, the more skinny the reality is.

Director Zhang was almost monopolized by Fan Xiaopang, and she couldn't find any opportunities at all.

Yes, Fan Xiaopang doesn’t care about other people’s opinions at all. She is inseparable from Director Zhang every day and is just short of announcing to the public that she is Mrs. Zhang.

They keep a close eye on other outsiders every day and never give them any chance.

(End of this chapter)