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Chapter 41 Shock
"Who?"

"Gu Changwei, my classmate in the photography department." Huang Ze deliberately said in order to get Xu Shangchu to agree, "He is an extremely good photographer."

Perhaps, Zhang Yimou is a better photographer than him?

But Gu Changwei is not much worse, the gap can be ignored.

After all, what I want is a photographer, not a director!
It doesn't require the other party to have many ideas.

No matter how good the idea is, if it doesn’t match your film, it will only make the film look fragmented.

And Zhang Yimou is ten years older than me!
If we hadn't been studying in the same school, we wouldn't be of the same age.

He doesn't talk much in school.

I am still more familiar with Gu Changwei.

No matter how you look at it, it's more appropriate to use him.

"No problem." Xu Shangchu waved his hand. "I said you are responsible, so you are responsible. I will ask someone to contact the Xiying Studio and borrow this Gu Changwei to use. Their studio is not doing well, and he will be idle there. I think there will be no problem."

"If anyone else needs to borrow from other factories, please tell us together."

Xu Shangchu knew why Huang Ze did this, so he just did him a favor.

"No, that's enough."

If it is other films that rely heavily on color, Huang Ze will probably hire a trustworthy lighting technician as well.

For "Good Will Hunting", one photographer was enough, and the lighting was not fancy, just normal standards were enough.

"Any other requests?"

"temporarily unavailable."

"Well, just tell me what you need!" Xu Shangchu nodded and gave Huang Ze another reassurance, "Go ahead and shoot boldly. This time the budget I'll give you can be raised to 800,000. As long as it's within this range, everything will be fine."

"Eight hundred thousand?"

Huang Ze was stunned.

If I remember correctly, the movies produced by the factory usually cost around 500,000 or 600,000 yuan.

Because of the purchase price limit, if you want to make a profit, you have to control costs.

After selling it to China Film Group, it was just hard-earned money for 800,000 yuan.

"Could it be..."

"Your brain works pretty quickly." Xu Shangchu laughed.

"Yes."

"Last time, 'The Underachievers' made so much foreign exchange, and under the leadership of some people, all the production studios quit. Who knows if our company can make such a film? We can't let the other party get all the fame and benefits, while we still have to suffer all the time, right?"

"After arguing for a long time, we finally reached a consensus."

"Foreign exchange has nothing to do with us. The country has more projects to use it for."

"But no matter how much the price is, after deducting the film festival expenses, converted into RMB, we will get half of it."

"Unfortunately, 'Spring of the Underachievers' doesn't count. It will start from now on."

"But don't worry about it. Once we open the door, everything will be easy to talk about." Xu Shangchu looked confident. I believe in your ability and you won't let us down. "

"Uh! I'll do my best!"

……

Changan.

Gu Changwei was called to the office by the director.

"The Shanghai Film Studio has a film that wants you to be a photographer. Do you have this idea? If you are willing, go to Shanghai as soon as possible. They will reimburse your round-trip travel expenses, and you will also receive a subsidy from their studio. If you are not willing, I will reject your request."

"Of course I would!" Gu Changwei agreed without even thinking about it.

There is no work here, and I don’t know when I will be able to join a film next time.

Now that there is a job, if you don't go, wouldn't that be a mistake?

"By the way, Director, can I know who is the director of this film?" Gu Changwei asked curiously.

"The Shanghai Film Studio said that he was your classmate. Oh, yes, that famous singer Huang Ze." "Ah?"

Gu Changwei’s brain froze for a moment.

Huang Ze is my classmate in the photography department, and he lives in the dormitory next door.

As a result, he became a singer again when watching the Spring Festival Gala?

How did he suddenly become a director?

He graduated from the Photography Department and became a director within two years of graduation.

And he became a director at Shanghai Film Studio!
Gu Changwei knew too well the difficulty of this.

It is extremely difficult to shoot your first film at a leading studio like Shanghai Film Studio.

Even his classmates in the directing department, Tian Zhuangzhuang, whose father was the first director of Beijing Film Academy, and Chen Kaige, whose father was a well-known director of Beijing Film Academy, as far as he knew, one was filmed at Menglin Film Studio and the other at Guilin Film Studio.

Isn’t Huang Ze too awesome?
Could it be that the director of Shanghai Film Studio is his father?
No, even his father couldn't have suppressed so many objections!

"What's wrong?" The director picked up the teacup and drank some water.

"Nothing, I'm going to Shanghai right now!" Gu Changwei narrowed his eyes and thought to himself that when he arrived at the Shanghai Film Studio, he must ask his old classmates if there was any secret in it!
……

a few days later.

The train station exit.

Huang Ze sat astride the motorcycle, his eyes constantly scanning the crowd.

Suddenly, he saw two eights!

A person's eyebrows and eyes are shaped like a figure eight.

The face is thin.

It was Gu Changwei.

"Old Gu." Huang Ze shouted and waved his hand.

"Hey!" Gu Changwei looked over following the voice and pushed Huang Ze. "You're great, young man! You can even ride a motorcycle. You're a big star. No, you should be called Director Huang."

"Forget it." Huang Ze curled his lips, "Get in the car, Director Huang will personally pick you up and settle you down, this is big enough, isn't it?"

"It's big enough. It's big enough."

"Hey, tell me how you became a director at the Shanghai Film Studio. To be honest, if this gets out, everyone in our directing department will be envious."

"It's nothing, actually. I just helped the factory make a little money." Huang Ze humbly boasted about his glorious deeds to Gu Changwei.

"What? You were the screenwriter and assistant director of "The Underachiever's Spring"?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

Huang Ze met Gu Changwei and walked with him through all the filming locations he had selected. He also asked him to read the storyboards so that he could have an idea. Only then did Huang Ze discuss the issue of actors with his classmates Gu Changwei and assistant director Zhang Jianya.

"The leading actor should look like a second-rate guy, but have a charming temperament. I think Wang Zhiwen is suitable." Huang Ze mentioned his fellow villager who he had worked with last time.

"Suitable!" Zhang Jianya nodded. "Jiao Huang can also be given a role. Old Huang, do you think he is better at playing the role of a university professor or the psychology expert?"

"He's a university professor. He has that teaching aura about him."

"What the psychology experts said..."

Huang Ze murmured as he searched for actors in his mind.

At least 40 years old, good acting skills, and friendly, not too handsome, and not too aggressive in appearance. "

"Hmm? Li Baotian should be working at the Central Academy of Drama, right?"

"I have chosen a psychology expert. I will talk to him when I go to Beijing to find Wang Zhiwen."

Huang Ze smacked his lips and continued, "The last very important role is the protagonist's good friend."

"He's in his twenties, but he can't be handsome. Wang Zhiwen isn't obviously handsome. If you choose a handsome guy, he'll overshadow the main character. Ugly is better. He also needs to have a rough air. His words need to have a reasonable philosophical feel, even if he uses foul language."

After saying this, Huang Ze waved his hand.

"Okay, don't worry about it. I know who to find."

(End of this chapter)