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Chapter 44 Future Choices
In the original film, there was knocking on the door and so on. Huang Ze felt that it was a little inappropriate for today's era, so he simply let Jiang Wen do a bicycle drift and yell, "Ma Yuan!"

"coming."

The shabby-looking door opened, and Wang Zhiwen walked out wearing sunglasses and holding a cigarette. With his loose clothes and unique temperament, he looked decadent and handsome.

Ma Yuan, played by Wang Zhiwen, sat in the back seat, and the two of them staggered out of the alley in the opposite direction of the sun.

"Click, done!" Huang Ze stopped.

"do it again!"

"What's wrong, Director Huang, is my drift not good enough?" Jiang Wen laughed.

"Try it, maybe it will be better."

Other directors nowadays do save film.

It's even a bit too much.

Huang Ze has a budget of 800,000 yuan, so naturally he wants to be extravagant and strive for perfection.

As for saving.

My God, Jiang Wen is right here, how could he come up with this idea?

Have you ever seen a director save money?
Just be thankful that we didn't overspend.

Besides, better quality means more chances of winning awards and earning more foreign exchange. The more you spend, the more you earn!
"Okay!" Everyone returned to their original positions and let Jiang Wen drift again. Feeling that the effect had become a little better, Huang Ze contentedly asked everyone to start shooting the next shot.

This time, the shot was taken at the protagonist's home.

All the home scenes of this film will be shot at once today to save costs and make the best use of them.

There is no way. If there is enough funding, Huang Ze would also like to try sequential shooting to make the character more immersive, but money is always a key factor.

I can't use too much of my own money to subsidize the crew.

The only option is to make some small compromises.

After walking into the room, Huang Ze took a quick look and immediately shouted, "Script manager, put all the books on the table on the chairs, and don't throw them on the ground one by one! Because of his experience, the protagonist doesn't respect so-called knowledge that much."

"Old Gu, when the time comes, you can shoot the protagonist from that side, shoot from above, shoot from above, and see how it turns out!"

"Wang Zhiwen, you can sit as relaxed as you like later."

"Should I have a cigarette?"

"Okay!" Huang Ze thought about it and decided that this suggestion was acceptable.

The adaptation of the protagonist’s state of mind can be hinted at through his reading habits.

When I first smoked, I would just wipe the ashes off the books casually. Later, when I read, I would often knock off the ashes. Finally, I simply stopped smoking while reading.

And those books, from being scattered on the ground to being placed randomly on the table, and finally to being neatly stacked on the table.

……

The next day.

After filming the scenes of the protagonist at home, Huang Ze brought the crew to Jiaotong University.

It’s a pity that Professor Wang did not teach mathematics to the Department of Electrical Engineering, otherwise Huang Ze would really like to find students from their department to shoot this film.

But considering various practical situations, it was still placed in the Department of Mathematics.

Except for a few actors who will appear later and even have lines, the rest of the extras are all students from the Department of Mathematics.

Of course, they don’t serve as actors for nothing.

College students are now the pride of the nation, and it would be bad if it got out.

So, Huang Ze simply used his own money to donate a few hundred yuan to that class.

Records are selling like hot cakes in Hong Kong Island, so Huang Ze really doesn't care about this little money.

The enthusiasm of these college students was immediately aroused as they could earn money and make movies.

Uh, it seems that the transfer was a bit excessive.

In the first shot, every student was sitting upright with their backs straight. They looked just like elementary school students attending class.

"Crack!"

After shooting for three seconds, Huang Ze called a stop!
"Students, this is too much. This is too much."

"What you normally look like in class will be what we'll film later. And what we'll film later is a small challenge that the professor will leave for you after class. You should be more relaxed than usual!" "Do you understand?"

"Okay, (I understand)." A series of voices rang out in uneven rhythm.

"OK, let's try again!"

This time, the pictures taken of the students were obviously much better.

"Again!"

After securing one shot, Huang Ze immediately asked Gu Changwei to move to another location with the camera.

Just now I was taking pictures of the students, now I’m taking pictures of the teachers.

Jiao Huang wrote down a line of equation and gently put the chalk back into the chalk box.

"Students, today's homework is this question."

"I have also chosen a difficult question and written it on the blackboard in the corridor outside. If any of you can solve it, your regular score this year will be full marks, and I will allow you to join my research group for internship."

"Of course, you'd better not ask others for help."

"Because if any of you can solve it, it means that his attainments in this area have reached the level of a doctorate or an outstanding master's degree graduate. I will give you some questions that are much easier than this one to check whether you can solve it alone."

After saying that, Jiao Huang smiled and walked towards the door with a word "get out of class dismissed".

"Okay, everyone who needs to change clothes should change clothes, and those who need to change seats should change too."

After shooting this segment, you need to cherish the time spent shooting in the classroom and start preparing to shoot the next segment.

In order to avoid the audience from seeing that the shots were taken at the same time, the seats and clothes needed to be changed.

After the students changed, Jiao Huang started the performance again.

The problem on the blackboard was solved, but not a single student admitted that he had solved it.

The professor played by Jiao Huo issued a new challenge with a serious face.

"The blackboard outside was replaced with a new problem, which took us more than half a year to solve."

"The challenge has been sent out. Anyone who is capable please come and solve it."

After finishing filming these two scenes, which were arguably the most worrying, Huang Ze let out a long sigh of relief.

The following clips had almost no crowded scenes, and the filming process went smoothly as planned.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Island also brought him good news.

Huang Ze's Mandarin albums have sold a total of 55,000 copies, successfully achieving platinum record status.

What’s even more surprising is the English EP.

Its sales volume reached 400,000 copies!

It can be said to be very hot.

The general manager of Warner Music Asia has decided to push it to other parts of Asia. If sales remain hot and can reach one million copies, it will eventually be pushed to the European and American markets.

After receiving this news, Huang Ze's mouth curled up and he felt completely relieved.

You definitely don’t have to worry about money for the time being.

I'm afraid that there will be more and more money in the future.

“If it can really sell well in the European and American markets.”

Huang Ze's lips curled up, as if he had already thought of the scene of being discovered. After all, his penalty for breach of contract was not expensive, only a few million. Other major record companies would be willing to pay this money.

Then, my signing bonus must also be indispensable.

“Will we be able to shoot whatever we want in the future? We don’t have to worry so much about the cost?”

"Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a movie really feels like building a temple in a snail shell."

Huang Ze looked to the south.

Recently, he has been thinking about a question.

Should I continue making films at the Shanghai Film Studio in the future, or should I try to go to Hong Kong after making my first pot of gold, where I can decide everything as long as I have money, and spend hundreds of millions to make a film that can not only make a lot of money, but also thoroughly establish my position in world film history?

Earn more money quickly and bring greater help to the country than staying in the Shanghai Film Studio.

(End of this chapter)