Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 432 There's nothing wrong with vocational colleges, but undergraduate programs offer even greater opportunities (2 updates)
Huairou Film and Television Base

Qi Hui drove over with Jing Tian, ​​ready to try on the clothes.

The filming locations for "Mojin: The Lost Legend" are mainly in three places: the grasslands, tentatively set in Hulunbuir, and the United States.
The original story used New York, but after some discussion, they changed it to Los Angeles.

If all else fails, get a panoramic view of New York City, then find an alleyway to shoot the scene.
Anyway, the alleys in major American cities are all pretty much the same. Flying to New York is definitely more expensive than flying to Los Angeles.
The former requires crossing the Pacific Ocean and North America.
The latter, compared to the former, only requires crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Doesn't this save a lot of money?

Wouldn't it be better to use the remaining money for special effects and visual effects?

Huayi's senior management was very satisfied with Guo Fan's attitude.

It's really rare to see a director who is so dedicated to the film!
Little did they know, Guo Fan was using "The Lost Tomb" as practice.

When he makes science fiction movies in the future, he will inevitably have to be frugal, so he should take advantage of the opportunity now to learn how to save money.

The production team suffered a lot, and Huayi Brothers bore the blame!

As for Guo... he's just a good director who's wholeheartedly dedicated to making movies.

Therefore, regarding actors' salaries, he would only pay a share of the box office revenue if he could, and only use his own funds if he absolutely couldn't.
Anyway, the box office revenue isn't just his alone; everyone should share the burden!
Sigh, I'm getting worse and worse... Guo Fan sighed deeply. It's all Qi Hui's fault. Spending too much time with him has corrupted us all!

The vehicle stopped, and Qi Hui and Jing Tian got out together.

Looking around at the directors' studios, Jing Tian was surprised: "How many sound stages did 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' require?"

According to Qi Hui, a large number of scenes in the later stages were filmed in the studio.

"Eighteen, I guess?" Qi Hui recalled for a moment and said, "Guo Fan used the method of refunding the excess and making up the shortfall to squander the money."

Anyway, the son doesn't feel bad about selling his grandfather's land; it's not his own money... Hmm, I should write this down.
This is a good idea; we'll need it for making movies in the future!

He doesn't care at all about wasting investors' money, and he'll do the same thing in the future!

"Sigh..." Qi Hui sighed slightly. It's all Lao Guo's fault. He's only been with him for a few days, and he's already started to go astray!

"Come on, let's go in."

Qi Hui led Jing Tian towards the director's booth where Guo Fan was. That area served as both a workspace and a training room, where many of the crew's equipment were stored.
Winter has arrived, and Huairou is located in the north, so it's freezing cold.
According to the normal shooting process, we should first go to the grassland to shoot, and then come back to the studio to do the rest.

Most of the above-ground scenery takes place on grasslands, with the tombs being the next most prominent location.
However, it's currently snowing heavily in the border region, and it's freezing cold, so it's impossible to take pictures.
In the original novel, Ding Sitian died in the White Disaster, also known as the White-haired Snow.

The capital city isn't so cold because of the Yanshan Mountains.
Without this mountain, the snow might be half a person high.
As they were talking, the two entered the studio, where the other one of the three main characters had already arrived.

Huang Bo!

The Billion-Dollar Movie King a few years later
Huang Bo has also been very successful this year, starring alongside Xu Zheng in Ning Hao's film "Breakup Buddies".

This movie grossed 1.1 billion yuan, making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film of the year.
Of course, this movie didn't receive very good reviews.

This has been described as Ning Hao's compromise, with some claiming that he has begun to move towards commercialization in order to boost box office revenue.

Beneath the surface of those early dark comedies lay subtle revelations of social phenomena; the reflections on human nature are no longer present.
The box office went up, but the word-of-mouth went down.

The runner-up is the Hong Kong film *The Monkey King*, a terrible adaptation that completely ruined the original story. It's utterly awful, even worse than *Tiny Times*, the kind of film that deserves a Golden Broom Award.

The third place currently belongs to "Brotherhood of Blades," the only film that has received both good reviews and box office success.
Of course, Huang Bo isn't without well-received films; he also has "Dearest" this year.

This movie is about combating child abduction. Before Qi Hui traveled through time, he had seen the news. Because of this movie, three out of the four families whose real-life counterparts were in the film have already found their children. That's quite impressive!
The only downside is that the film stars [Zhao Buffett Wei], which taints what was otherwise a good movie with a hint of commercialism.

At that moment, Huang Bo had just finished his makeup and was standing in front of the mirror, looking at himself.
"Oh my, Teacher Qi!" Huang Bo looked up, a smile spreading across his face, and quickly shook hands.
"Hey, hey, hey... Senior Brother, how can you call me that?" Qi Hui quickly waved his hand and said:
“We are fellow disciples, how can you address me as teacher?”

Huang Bo is a dubbing major in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy.
He was in the same year as Liu Yifei.
At the time, Liu Yifei was 15 years old and attending university; while he was almost 30 and attending vocational college.

Qi Hui didn't look down on vocational college graduates; in the entertainment industry, fame and box office appeal are what matter most, not academic qualifications.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with vocational college programs; they all lead to good degrees. It's just that for someone like me, a bachelor's degree would open up a whole new world of possibilities!
Qi Hui's humility surprised Huang Bo. Well… when they were signing the contract a while ago, the director from Huayi whispered a few words to him.

He said Qi Hui was difficult to get along with and not to be trifled with, and told him to be prepared.

Before meeting Qi Hui, he had indeed done a lot of mental preparation and made many contingency plans.

But now that I see it... how could Huayi's people be talking nonsense?
Isn't this great?
"Then shall I take the liberty?" Huang Bo's smile remained unchanged as he tentatively probed.

"How is this presumptuous?" Qi Hui laughed heartily. "Senior brother, this is just a normal way of addressing each other."

"That's true." Huang Bo chuckled, completely relieved.

"How's my outfit?" he asked, turning around to show off his attire.
Medium-length hair, frizzy perm, aviator sunglasses... classic 1980s fashion style
Of course, since Fatty Wang is a tomb raider, he can't wear floral shirts and bell-bottoms.

It needs to be paired with camouflage pants, a long trench coat, and quite a bit of gear.
"Very good, it has a bit of that 1980s vibe." Qi Hui nodded and smiled.

In the original novel, Fatty Wang has small eyes and a buzz cut, but this new look was chosen to help the audience quickly immerse themselves in the story's era.

Of course, it's also related to the fact that Huang Bo himself isn't fat enough and doesn't quite fit the original character.

"Hello, Senior Brother." Jing Tian stood beside Qi Hui, smiling and nodding.

"Hello, hello... Jing Tian." Huang Bo nodded repeatedly: "Please look forward to cooperating with us in the future, and please take care of me."

Jing Tian looks a little different from her online photos.

Her online photos mostly show her as pretty and sweet, but now that she has cut her hair short and her face has sharper features, she looks more edgy and assertive.

That does fit Shirley Yang's image as an action heroine.

"Uh...you guys?" Huang Bo looked at Jing Tian, ​​then at Qi Hui, his face full of doubt.

Qi Hui nodded and smiled, "Yes, a pair."

"Well, it seems I'm superfluous both on and off screen," Huang Bo said with a shrug and a laugh.

"Haha, it's not that bad," Qi Hui said, waving his hand and laughing.

The three were chatting happily when Guo Fan came over at the most inopportune time to disrupt them, calling Qi Hui and Jing Tian away to put on makeup and change into costumes!

In terms of appearance, according to producer Chen Guofu and screenwriter Zhang Jialu, Qi Hui's character Hu Bayi should also have medium-length hair, like Wang Pangzi's, with a curly hairstyle, to better immerse the audience in the 1980s.

In addition to these, he also has a full beard, which makes him look more mature.
However, Qi Hui raised an objection, pointing out that Hu Bayi was a member of the People's Liberation Army before he started tomb raiding, and even a company commander in the PLA.

He participated in the Vietnam War, but was forcibly demobilized for violating discipline by killing prisoners in a fit of rage.

Moreover, his father was also in the military.
Given his family background and life experiences, he shouldn't have medium-length hair and a full beard.

They should display the demeanor of soldiers.
(End of this chapter)