I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 547 Group Exposed (24)

He Jiong immediately got the point: "Wait a minute, you have a group?"

Peng Peng glanced at Shen Liang: "Brother Liang, can I tell you?"

"You've already said it!"

“Yes, we have a group…”

"What is it for?"

“…A few of us would recommend jobs to each other. If there was a play that wanted us but we didn’t have enough time, but the script was good, we would send it to the group and ask them to fight for it…”

“Shouldn’t this be the agent’s job?”

"But what agents consider are different from what we consider. We consider the script and the role, while agents may pay more attention to the salary and schedule..."

"Yes," Shen Liang nodded: "Brother Daxun's last drama, "Sito", took eight months to shoot... I recommended it!"

Peng Peng interrupted: "'I'm Fine in My Hometown' was also recommended to me by Liang Ge. I read the script and then took the initiative to fight for it. Last year's 'I Don't Want to Be Friends with You' was also recommended by Liang Ge..."

Shen Liang explained: "I know Director Li Mo of "I'm Fine in My Hometown", and I know his level... Plus the script is good. I don't have time to act in it, but my friend does... As for the director of "I Don't Want to Be Friends with You", Tian Yu, he is our senior at Communication University of China... He talked to me about how to shoot this drama... I was very interested, but I didn't have time... Then I recommended Brother Peng Peng!"

At this point, Shen Liang remembered something: "Director Li Mo's new work is called "San Yue Has a New Job", Sister Nini can try it!"

"'Sanyue has a new job'?"

"Zhao Sanyue, a makeup artist at a funeral parlor, went from being unfamiliar with this profession to having a profound understanding of life and death, and devoted herself to learning how to make up corpses... A very niche, but very profound series... The screenwriter and producer is Teacher You Xiaoying..."

You Xiaoying's representative works include "Love and Family" and "My Sister"...

"Wait a minute," He Jiong asked again, "How many people are there in this group?"

"Five of them: Brother Liang, Brother Daxun, Brother Jiang Qiming, and Yibo."

"You all know each other?"

"I haven't met Jiang Qiming, but I know he's a good actor... Yibo, I've met him a few times, but he's quite busy..."

He Jiong looked at Shen Liang and said, "Are you the group leader?"

"Yes," Shen Liang explained, "These people are all friends I have worked with before, and I get along well with them. They all seem to have good personalities... and many dramas have good scripts, but I can't find the right actors..."

Peng Peng added: "A popular actor!"

"Yes," Shen Liang nodded, "Because the mainstream dramas nowadays are either ancient puppet dramas or suspense dramas... Many good dramas are difficult to hand over to us even if they want to find us..."

"Then how can you see it?"

"I have a dedicated script review team...more than 20 people, they will score the scripts that come to me, and I will read all the scripts that are over 8 points..."

Zhang Yixing suddenly asked: "Then how can I join the group?"

Shen Liang replied: "...It is not open to the public. Both character and acting skills must be recognized... Character is important!"

……

"Yearning" still retains some working links...

Plant trees!

No footage of work...

It's normal. Variety shows must edit interesting scenes - at least scenes that the director thinks are interesting! Nini and Zhang Zifeng chatting together is more interesting than Shen Liang and Peng Peng planting trees in the rain.

"Shen Liang filmed 'Changjin Lake'?"

While having dinner in the evening, Huang Sanshi suddenly thought of something and asked a question.

Shen Liang nodded: "Yes, it took half a year..."

“How does it feel to work with three major directors at once?”

"It's not three, it's a bunch of directors. Bayi Film Studio also arranged seven or eight directors to follow the crew... Mainly shooting the explosion scenes..."

“Is it group cooperation?”

“Well, Director Chen was in charge of filming the part where the Chinese People’s Volunteers entered North Korea;

Director Tsui Hark mainly focuses on the completeness of the film's story and the vivid details;
Director Dante Lam paid more attention to thrilling battle scenes, and shaping the characters’ personalities and emotions in action design… This is propaganda language. In fact, Director Chen was in charge of the opening scenes. After entering North Korea, the Incheon landing, the bombing of the train, the stone pile, and the retreat to Hungnam Port including the Watergate Bridge were all in charge of Director Lam… The third bombing of the Watergate Bridge was in charge of Director Tsui Hark…

In the end, time was running out, so Director Huang Jianxin brought several directors from the Bayi Film Studio to the stage! "

"What do you think?"

"I didn't have time to reflect. The crew was too big and the time was tight. It was originally scheduled to be released in July, so it should have been wrapped up in March, but it couldn't be finished in March... The crew's coordination, including the on-site production... especially the actors' coordination, was busy like a top every day, but the efficiency was very low..."

"The team's management is too poor, extras are always injured... Moreover, the management of foreign extras is too lax, and there is no alcohol control...

I spoke to a guy from Ireland and he said: 'People were drinking and getting high on set which made it feel ridiculously dangerous at all times...'

What he meant was, 'It was a battle scene with lots of explosives, but there was no alcohol control, and a bunch of people were drunk while filming the explosion scene...' The guy said, 'It's good that he didn't die!'

Compare it to The Wandering Earth 2, where we also had tens of thousands of extras, but we were able to keep things organized!"

"They don't understand project management at all. A large crew of tens of thousands of people is in a mess every day... They recruit people like a contractor, and manage them in a rough manner like migrant workers. The director shouts at the top of his lungs with a loud speaker, and the only way to control the progress is to work overtime like crazy..."

"Are you involved in The Wandering Earth 2?"

"My mom is a producer, and she told me... The team of The Wandering Earth 2 used complete standards and process management for the first time, trying to introduce the concept of modern enterprise management from every aspect... So, even though the two films were shot back-to-back, it only took 150 days! But The Battle at Lake Changjin took 200 days!"

At this point, Shen Liang looked at the camera and said, "Cut this part out!"

He Jiong smiled and said, "I will definitely pinch it off!"

Huang Sanshi: "...Then working with a great director must have improved my skills, right?"

"To be honest, after I finished filming The Wandering Earth, all my impressions of the director were shattered..."

"How to say?"

"In modern commercial films, an actor's acting skills are not as good as his suitability. As long as the actor is suitable for the role, no matter how bad his acting is, it fits the role. The same goes for the director, who just needs to control the camera... In Japanese film series, there is no such word as director, but supervisor!
In layman's terms, a crew is divided into numerous departments of different sizes! The director is responsible for integrating these departments, issuing instructions, and making them work together! Or coordinating their work!"

"Then the director has no role at all?"

"That's definitely not..." Shen Liang waved his hand: "I'm talking about a commercial film!"

"Who do you think is the best among the three directors?"

“…They are all very good, first-class directors!”

(End of this chapter)