Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 224 Everyone's got their eyes on it, filming.
Ning Hao is indeed a shareholder of the company he joined, but he is clearly not the one making the decisions.

Chen Shouzhe already knew about this through Zhong Lifan; it was already an open secret in the industry.

There are only so many great directors for commercial films, so good projects will naturally attract attention.

Although Shouzhe Film Studio has been making money, it can't rely on Chen Shouzhe alone. Xiaoxiaomeng makes money with its special effects skills, and it already has more than 600 people. They have almost monopolized half of the special effects industry in China. No matter how big or small the company is, as long as there is a need for special effects post-production, Xiaoxiaomeng is the first company that comes to mind.

Those who are involved in the film industry naturally need to take action to make money for the company.

The best approach is naturally to invest in other projects and select the most suitable ones from a pool of options.

Chen Shouzhe naturally supported this, as the company had reserved enough funds for them to invest in projects.

As a renowned director in the industry, Ning Hao's every move naturally attracts attention. The news was leaked when he submitted the script, and many film and television professionals are trying to find out more.

I never expected his company to be so greedy, swallowing up all the market share and not giving out a single cent.

Moreover, they set up a large number of branch companies and invested in various ways. Even Chen Shou wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

A circle is called a circle because it is a group of people who come together.

If a person's power can exist independently outside of any circle, then that person is not human, but a god.

Many companies have engaged in the practice of hoarding profits, and the risks involved are self-evident.

Independent production comes at a high cost, and the film may even face competition during its release.

After all, before a company becomes a god, it has plenty of ways to suppress others.

Except for a few films that he makes alone, Chen Shouzhe usually brings in a few allies, and even gives China Film Group and others to maintain cooperative relationships.

Eating it once or twice is fine, but eating it too often will naturally cause resentment, and then they'll suffer.

For investors, not being able to invest is one thing, but for actors, not providing them with proper compensation is truly appalling.

Chen Shouzhe suddenly remembered Ning Hao's company, another bald director. His third installment in the series had a falling out with Wang Baobao and Huang Bo, and although the box office was good, the reputation was gone.

The same applies to Ning Hao's side now. Huang Bo is a director after all, and also a top actor, so it's normal for him to receive a share of the box office revenue.

Now they're not even giving it to him, and they're even trying to lower his value. This is ridiculous.

In addition to his salary, Chen Shou also gave Huang Bo an investment share and a share of the box office revenue, showing that he didn't treat Huang Bo unfairly at all.

As Huang Bo's friend, how could Ning Hao allow the investors to act recklessly?

"Unless they change the actor, they will compromise." Chen Shou smiled and said, "That's unlikely. No one is more suitable for the big screen than you, and Ning Hao will fight for you."

“You didn’t see their true colors. I talked to Ning Hao before, but I didn’t expect to be disgusted by him. We’ll talk about it again in a few days,” Huang Bo said.

"You decide what to do. It's really unseemly. It's alright now, but if it continues like this, it won't be easy to clean up the mess." Chen Shou shrugged.

Some companies are so greedy that they end up in dire straits, and when problems arise, no one will step in to help them.

While chatting with Huang Bo for a while, we learned that people in the film industry were all watching Ning Hao's movie. Just as Chen Shou had guessed, they were equally angry about Ning Hao's behavior of taking all the credit for himself.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that this is a good project, but they were unable to join, so naturally they harbored resentment.

After Huang Bo left, Zhong Lifan came in, and Chen Shou smiled and said, "Still not working?"

“Completely impossible to communicate with, they’re incredibly arrogant,” Zhong Lifan said.

"With Ning Hao's reputation, even a terrible sci-fi movie can make money. Oh well, if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. It's best if the release dates don't clash, or I'll block him," Chen Shou said with a smile.

"It can't be that serious," Zhong Lifan laughed. "Just kidding, it's not worth using The Wandering Earth as a weapon," Chen Shou waved his hand.

"It's estimated that it won't be released until the year after next, and it might clash with Guo Fan's project," Zhong Lifan said.

"Really?" Chen Shou was just saying it casually.

"There's nothing we can do. Guo Fan's progress is a bit slow. The project was started last year, and he's still working on the post-production."

"Is it impossible to release it by the end of the year?"

"It seems a bit difficult now, let's see if we can speed things up a bit."

"Okay, let me know when the time comes. I'm going to the Northwest first, and we'll think about the new movie when I get back."

"Row."

Chen Shouzhe didn't stay in the capital for long. He rushed to catch a plane to the southwest and entered the jungle to start filming.

It's already March, and the weather here is like spring all year round, except the wind is a bit strong, but it calms down when you go into the dense forest.

We need to finish filming before May, because after May the rainy season will begin, and then we won't be able to film at all, let alone get in the theater.

In order to rescue the captured undercover agent, Zhang Tong and Reba, playing police officers, infiltrated northern Myanmar. Zhang Tong completed the mission, but Reba was discovered. To avoid being humiliated, she chose to commit suicide.

Zhang Tong witnessed his fiancée die at the hands of the enemy. For the sake of his mission, he chose to endure it, returned to his unit, and finally led his troops to annihilate the armed group.

Zhang Tong killed the enemy, but in the end, out of kindness, he spared a child. Unexpectedly, the child was hiding a weapon and killed him in return.

The ending was tragic. Zhang Hanyu, the protagonist, was on the front line, directing the entire operation and personally making arrests.

Zhang Tong is definitely the most outstanding character, but due to the main theme, the focus is still on Zhang Hanyu. We can't have Zhang Tong go on a killing spree to promote his lack of discipline.

He had to die, and he couldn't be the protagonist, to bring a sense of revenge to the film and release the pent-up resentment from the earlier episodes.

Zhang Hanyu was in charge of the main theme, Zhang Tong was in charge of the male lead in the fantasy novel, Yan Danchen was in charge of the stability, and Dilraba was in charge of the beauty.

After a month of enduring the pain of mosquito bites, Chen Shouzhe finally finished filming.

"It's finally over." Chen Shouzhe breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the microphone to shout.

"I hereby announce that filming is complete."

"Oh oh oh."

The crowd cheered. They had long wanted to leave, even though the scenery was beautiful, because the mosquitoes were terrifying.

"We won't leave until we're drunk tonight!" Chen Shou said, clapping his hands.

"it is good!"

Zhang Hanyu and the others said happily.

Filming has wrapped up. For them, a patriotic film is a great benefit, as their previous patriotic commercial film won numerous awards.

This time is no exception; they are already looking forward to the release in a few months.

For the wrap party, they booked a scenic area and invited local ethnic minorities to sing and dance.

Compared to the firearms used in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy," this time the weapons used were more numerous and advanced, including helicopters, machine guns, and mortars. Chen Shouzhe had a great time and successfully completed the filming mission as expected.

(End of this chapter)