I didn't want to be an actor

The original plan was to come back and shoot on the same day, but Shen Liang really couldn't bear it...

——My legs were a little weak, and I couldn't do many actions at all.

I could only rest first.

So sex is a knife to scrape bones!

The body of a beautiful woman in her twenties is like butter, and she carries a sword on her waist to kill foolish men; although you don't see the head fall, you secretly make your bones dry!

This is right.

The so-called indulgence is that you are tired and you force yourself to rest when you should...

It's really not easy to try too much!

It's just that you spit too much, and your mouth has to slow down.

However, Liang Ge didn't sleep much. He got up at 6:30 in the morning, put on his big shorts, and ran on the treadmill in the hotel for an hour...

He was still vigorous!

Then he went downstairs for breakfast...

Cao Dun was already waiting. The two first exchanged the content of the five-day shooting, the war scenes, and the scenes of Tubo planning Qiuci...

Naturally, they talked about history. Cao Dun was very angry: The Tang Dynasty should have occupied the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at the beginning, so there would be no later chaos.

Shen Liang shook his head: "It's not that we didn't fight, it's that we couldn't occupy it!"

Li Zhi asked Hexi and Longyou to prepare for ten years, and ordered Xue Rengui to be the general manager of the Posuo Road to attack Tubo, ready to defeat Tubo in one battle. As a result, Xue Rengui was defeated in Dafeichuan, and the court and the public were shocked. Since then, the area from Xihai to Shanzhou was completely lost. In addition, the earth was warm and humid at that time, and crops could be grown on the plateau. The Tubo Dynasty rose rapidly.

Later, Tubo became the biggest border threat of the Tang Dynasty!

In the first year of Emperor Suzong of Tang (756), Tubo successively defeated the Weirong Army, Shenwei Army, Dingrong Army, Xuanwei Army, Zhisheng Army, Jintian Army, Tiancheng Army and other armies, and captured Lang, Ba, Min and other states and Heyuan Army, Momen Army and other armies the following year.

In the first year of Baoying (762), they captured Lintao and took Qin, Cheng, Wei and other states. In the first year of Guangde (763) of Emperor Daizong of Tang, Tubo invaded Dazhen Pass again and captured Lan, He, Shan, Tao and other states. As a result, the Tang Dynasty "lost all the land in Longyou" and approached Chang'an in October of the same year. Emperor Daizong of Tang fled to Shanzhou in a hurry!

Cao Dun changed the subject: "Before, Beiwen wanted to make "Heroes of Dunhuang"..."

"I know, I have asked Lu Yang!"

"Heroes of Dunhuang", the story of the Guiyi Army in the late Tang Dynasty...

"I want to shoot it!"

"You shoot it, how much money does it cost?"

"...I calculated with several producers, at least 350 million..."

Shen Liang did not comment: "Is 350 million enough?"

"About the same..."

"Prepare a complete shooting schedule, it just so happens that our company is preparing to make several large productions..."

"I don't know if it can be made!"

" …There is no problem with "Westward Anxi"…" Shen Liang pondered for a while, and then said: "Let's get China Film Group to join us!"

"If China Film Group joins, then…there should be no problem!"

"Don't think about it for now…let's finish shooting "Westward Anxi" first!"

"Yeah," Cao Dun nodded, and then exclaimed: "The box office of "The Lost Her" has reached 1.5 billion!"

"Chen Sicheng is a man who focuses on making popular commercial movies, and he still has a way!"

Cao Dun nodded, and the two of them quickly finished breakfast, and then arrived at the crew one after another, and started working!

…

There is a problem, that is, the director of "The Lost Her" is obviously Cui Rui and Liu Xiang, but the promotional materials released by Douyin show that Chen Sicheng is sitting in the director's chair!

Because he is the producer!

Literally, it means supervising production.

The producer is a role with a lot of discretion, and a strong producer is the trinity of producer + director + screenwriter.

A weak producer may just be a figurehead...

This problem has been reflected in early Hong Kong movies. The most famous one is Xu Ke, who often uses the title of producer to exercise the power of director. For example, the nominal director of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Swordsman: Invincible in the East" is Cheng Xiaodong, but Xu's style can be clearly felt. Cheng Xiaodong is more of an action director, and the overall story direction is still controlled by Xu Ke.

In fact, Cheng Xiaodong is a good director, no kidding.

His directorial debut, "Life and Death Decision", was filmed in 1983. In 1982, there were "Shaolin Temple" and "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia", which are considered to be the same series, belonging to the transition period from Taiwanese martial arts to Hong Kong martial arts. Especially this play by Cheng Xiaodong, it has a bit of the momentum that Xu Ke will set off a new pattern later.

The film is very smooth and the rhythm is tight.

Unfortunately, Cheng Xiaodong has a good temper. Later, he followed Xu Ke and Wang Jing, and he could cooperate happily with anyone.

But his career as a director is completely ruined.

The director who made "Life and Death" later made "Legend of the White Snake" and "Zhu Xian"...

Generally speaking, a new director will be paired with a senior person in the industry with rich resources as a producer!

"Dying to Survive" was co-produced by Xu Zheng and Ning Hao!

"West of Anxi" was produced by Shen Liang...

However, Shen Liang is a relatively weak producer - he rarely interferes with the filming of the crew.

Because his intervention is basically in the preparation stage, including filming locations, actor selection, administrative communication, etc.

The Gansu Cultural and Tourism Bureau did not pay for the play "West of Anxi", but many scenes in the movie were shot on site at Dangjin Mountain in Aksai County!

Without the help of the government, the crew had no way to shoot in this place!

In addition, the crew borrowed thousands of horses from the local area to create a real battlefield scene to restore the sense of historical grandeur.

Speaking of the supervisor, Chen Sicheng is a bit like Xu Laoguai in the crew of "The Vanishing Lady". Although he is the nominal supervisor, his authority spans the director and screenwriter...

Will the director have any objections?

I have no opinion. Giving you the right to sign as a director is already a great reward.

Cui Rui also has Liu Xiang's resume. He graduated from a famous foreign film school and participated in the production of foreign films. It is estimated that he was selected as the director of "The Vanishing Lady" after serving as the executive director of the "Chinatown Detective" web series...

In modern movies, especially commercial films, the director himself can't play a big role...

The core work of the director is to arrange the shots and ensure that each shot is executed in place.

The important thing is the producer and the movie script!

Of course, if the director is too bad and completely violates the principles of commercial films, the movie is still easy to make people speechless!

"Trident", "The Grass and Trees", "The Wandering Blade", "The Yellow Bird Behind!" all belong to this category.

...

In the crew, several staff members gathered together to discuss the box office of "The Vanishing Lady"...

This movie is very powerful!

As of July 3, the box office has exceeded 200 million for 11 consecutive days - the box office the day before yesterday and yesterday even reached 350 million and 320 million!

The cumulative box office is 3.007 billion.

Well, the box office has exceeded 3 billion in 11 days.

Maoyan has adjusted the total box office forecast to 4.8 billion.

Shen Liang walked over and asked casually: "What are you talking about?"

"We are talking about the box office of "The Vanishing Lady..."

"Brother Liang, how much did you predict the box office before?"

Shen Liang sat down, took the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and then said: "Around 1.5 billion, so, starting from 1.6 billion, the posters for the box office exceeding 100 million are very simple..."

"Then...Brother Liang, when you read the script, did you know that the role you were going to play was a villain?"

"I know...The script actually beautifies He Fei a little...I changed it and changed it to a pure villain..."

"...Brother Liang is not opposed to playing a villain?"

Shen Liang waved his hand: "What is there to resist?"

Just as the voice fell, Shen Liang's mobile phone rang, and he looked at the incoming call display...Chen Jiadong?

After answering, Chen Jiadong on the other end of the phone said something - a movie invitation...

"What movie?"

"It seems to be called "Lily's Choice", a very popular novel in recent years..."

"...Who called you?"

"Someone from Columbia!"

"Forget it, I'm not interested!"

"Okay..."