Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 743 Shanghai International Film Festival Invitation

Dilraba was a little surprised by the way the crew of "The Wandering Earth" ate...

Although it's a tent, it is indeed a restaurant!
One basic meal per person, you can add more if needed…

"You've made so much progress?"

"We will gradually promote this in Xiangshan... Filming itself is very tiring. If the film industry is to become industrialized, then we must start with these most basic facilities. Only when people are well-fed and clothed can they have the strength to fight. Only when conditions are good can we attract talent. A professional film crew should not only be reflected in filming, but also in all aspects of life, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation!"

"What about Hengdian?"

"I don't make a living in Hengdian... I have many productions filmed in Xiangshan..."

Shen Yan was telling the truth…

Hengdian has Hengdian Group, and it has already achieved large-scale and industrialized operations!
Most people don't understand the working conditions on film sets. Meals on set generally follow two patterns: one is one individual boxed lunch, which you line up to grab and leave – what's commonly known as "getting a lunchbox." The other is having three to five dishes prepared and placed in a bucket, then you line up to get your food and leave…

Most of the meals are outsourced. We find a fast food restaurant nearby to make 200 bento boxes and deliver them. After we finish eating, they take the trash away with them.

Some are made by the production crew themselves.

There was no place to eat; people had to squat on the ground or sit on a step.

While we were squatting on the ground to eat, the costume team teacher kept shouting: "Be careful with your clothes, don't sit anywhere, don't get them dirty, other people will need to wear them tomorrow."

Famous actors might have folding stools, while other staff members would bring steamed buns and Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, and just squat down anywhere to eat.

Did you eat well? What a load of rubbish! The food was cold, and there wasn't even any oil in it.

The most crucial point is... if you go to Hengdian now, most film crews are still doing it this way...

Hengdian Group has been established for almost thirty years!
Shen Yan was too lazy to care about any of that; he only cared about the production team, which he could make decisions about!

Dilraba asked curiously, "So, does our 'The Wandering Earth' fall under the category of industrialized management?"

Guo Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "At most, we can only be considered a construction site..."

“Far from it,” Shen Yan laughed. “It’s just about knowing to wear a helmet and when to eat… Hollywood has 600 standards and procedures for film production and shooting, while Chinese film crews don’t even have one. We’ve only roughly planned a dozen or so daily procedures…”

The production team of "The Wandering Earth" adopted a modern corporate management model!

Before the official start of filming, "The Wandering Earth" pre-shot the entire movie and then divided it into more than 2000 shooting scenes.

So everyone, including the extras, knew exactly what they were supposed to be filming that day; otherwise, with so many Chinese people speaking different languages, it would have been impossible to film...

Compare them... to the cast and crew of "The Battle at Lake Changjin"!
An Irish guy worked on the set of "The Battle at Lake Changjin"—playing an American soldier.

He wrote an article on Longteng.com, specifically documenting his working life.

The young man came to China with a monthly salary of 2.2 RMB, along with hundreds of other foreign extras, to participate in the filming of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and joined Dante Lam's team.

These people were basically recruited randomly by contractors who brought in migrant workers. None of them knew anything about acting. The Chinese contractors took a cut from their wages. The team found a retired foreigner to give them three weeks of basic military training before they started playing American soldiers…

This group of people knew nothing about acting, firearms, or stunts.

Unsurprisingly, numerous mishaps and accidents occurred on set…

After filming for four months, the young man was invited to participate in the filming of "Water Gate Bridge" and stayed in Hengdian for a month.

This time, the wages were changed to daily payments: $150 a day for the action team and $100 a day for extras. What's outrageous is that, despite being a battle scene filmed with a lot of explosives, there was no alcohol control. A bunch of people were drunk while filming the explosion scene, which made the young man very nervous... How were they going to complete the filming?

All thanks to overtime work—the young man said these four months were the longest five months of his life.

The company employs contractors who recruit workers, and migrant workers who engage in extensive, unproductive management. The director shouts instructions through a megaphone, and the only way to control the progress is through excessive overtime.

But you should know that "The Battle at Lake Changjin" was already the most awesome film crew in all of China!
From this, we can easily infer the situation of most film crews in China…

By the way, I heard that the "Investiture of the Gods" production team also used an industrialized process—they built their own canteen to feed thousands of people, and the chefs and supplies were all provided by the production team themselves…

However, "Fengshen" is neither truly Eastern nor industrialized. While it may have adopted Hollywood's production management processes and used some foreign production teams, it falls far short of the quality of a typical Hollywood blockbuster.

Most importantly, Wu Ershan neither understands the Han people, nor Taoism, and even less so the "Investiture of the Gods"...

I reckon he just wants to run a big project and reap both fame and fortune!
……

Dilraba had a cameo role in two scenes and left in the afternoon—to promote "Ex Machina" and film "Running Man"...

She's very popular now, with her roles in "Running Man," "Goodbye My Princess," and the TV series "Eternal Love," plus the huge success of "Ex Machina." It's safe to say that her popularity and buzz are on par with those top stars!

However, she is very careful about choosing roles.

A maximum of two films or two movies a year…

Following *Ex Machina*, there's also a film version of *This Is Not What I Expected*, and upcoming TV dramas include *The Rumored Chen Qianqian* and *Love O2O*...

Let me focus on "Love O2O". I've been really into Shen Yan for this project, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should agree to star in it.

Forget about the movie version!

Being able to act alongside Shen Yan is enough to prove that she is already one of the most popular actresses.

It's a pity... Yang Mi is getting old, otherwise, she would really be the perfect choice for Bei Weiwei!
After all, the original novel describes Bei Weiwei as having "beautiful eyebrows and eyes, alluring gaze, eternally rosy lips, and a voluptuous figure."

Even if Bei Weiwei went out wearing that awful school uniform from University A, no one would think she was a student from a top-tier university…

There's a certain worldliness about him!
To be honest, while every female celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry has this kind of temperament to some extent, the most typical one has to be Yang Mi!
Back to the crew of "The Wandering Earth"...

Because of the pre-shooting method, the actors were able to portray their characters very easily.

Although Shen Yan has a lot of scenes, the filming is being done by three groups (A, B, and C). Based on the current progress, it's estimated that filming will be completed by the end of June!
……

"Going again this year? What am I going there for?"

Ji Xiang flew over and invited Shen Yan to attend the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Shen Yan really didn't want to go!
On the one hand, it delayed filming, and on the other hand, the Shanghai International Film Festival... bypassed Gewara and signed an exclusive ticketing cooperation agreement with Taopiaopiao, instead of signing a contract with Maoyan!

This means that the films screened during the Shanghai International Film Festival can be purchased through the Taobao Tickets section.

Shen Yan was naturally very unhappy!
Currently, in the online ticketing market, Maoyan holds a 37% market share, followed by Taopiaopiao and WeChat Yupiaoer. Dianping merged with Meituan and no longer operates online ticketing services…

"All the big shots are showing up; it would be impolite of us not to go..."

"Alright... I'll go talk to Guo Fan!"

(End of this chapter)