If the filming of a TV series or movie cannot pass the review in the end, which is the first thing that the entire crew does not want to happen, then for the entire crew, it is the second most unwilling thing to happen when an actor has a sudden change and cannot come to act.
If the right actors are not available as scheduled, no matter how good the director is, he will not be able to complete the filming of a movie or TV series. It’s hard for a good woman to cook without rice. A chef who was making beef brisket stewed with potatoes boiled all the pots, only to find that he didn’t buy the most important beef brisket. His mentality was probably going to collapse.
Because no matter how capable a person or team is, if they lack the necessary conditions when doing something, they will not succeed. Therefore, a suitable actor is a necessary condition for the success of a movie.
Because of this, Chen Minhao is actually paying special attention to the arrival of actors for the role of Siyuan.
Because audiences are irrational, they often cannot see or are unwilling to understand the logic behind things, choosing only to focus on the surface of things and their immediate emotions.
If the suitable actress for Siyuan in "Detective" is never in place and the crew chooses to make do with it, it is likely that Chen Minhao's first movie as the starring role will be a mess.
The audience, investors, and other directors could not accurately judge that Chen Minhao's acting skills were good and his contribution to the box office in "Detective" was not small. He was delayed by an actress who was not suitable for the role of Siyuan.
They would only jump to a conclusion: the first movie starring Chen Minhao was a mess, and Chen Minhao could not handle the box office. Simple attribution is a common mistake that most people in this world make.
But although Chen Minhao really wants to work with the director to solve this problem together. However, Director Hu Defa did not take the initiative to ask Chen Minhao to find a suitable actor, and some other leading actors, such as Wang Ruozhou and Huang Feifei, did not take the initiative to discuss the matter, which made Chen Minhao a little embarrassed to speak up.
In Chen Minhao's view, rashly offering help when others have not asked for help may not be flattering, and may even leave a bad impression of being nosy.
In addition, one of Chen Minhao's important principles for helping others is to wait until a fire breaks out to put out the fire, rather than helping others prevent it.
In his previous life, Chen Minhao once read such a story.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a famous doctor named Bian Que. One day King Wen of Wei asked Bian Que, "All three of your brothers are doctors, so which one of you three has the best medical skill?"
Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother is the best, the middle brother is second, and I am the worst."
King Wei Wen asked in confusion: "Then why are you the most famous among the three?"
Bian Que replied: "Eldest brother treats diseases before they occur. Since most people don't know that he can eradicate the cause of the disease in advance, his reputation cannot be spread;
The middle brother treats diseases at the beginning of the disease. Most people think that he can only treat minor illnesses, so his reputation is only limited to his hometown;
I treat patients when their condition is serious. Most people see me inserting needles into the meridians to let blood, applying medicine to the skin and other major operations, so they think that my medical skills are superb, and my reputation spreads all over the country. "
The inspiration of this story to Chen Minhao is not that we should be humble as a person, nor that we should take precautions before it happens, but that when we help others in the future, the benefits of helping others in the early stages of a matter are far less than that when the matter becomes worse and more serious. The profits will be huge later.
The later you wait to help, the worse things will be, the bigger the problem will be, and the greater the credit you will get from others.
Now the crew has been slowing down for a week due to the absence of Siyuan's actor. And so far, director Hu Defa has not found a relatively reliable actor who can play Siyuan, so now the entire crew is in a state of anxiety, and an inexplicable sense of powerlessness lingers in the hearts of the entire crew.
And if this matter continues to be delayed, monsters like Wang Xueqing will come out, so Chen Minhao feels that the time is almost right.
Chen Minhao sent a WeChat message to Director Hu Defa: "Director, how are you doing with our search for Siyuan?"
Hu Defa immediately replied to Chen Minhao's WeChat message: "Let's talk in person. Come to my room now, 918."
After Chen Minhao knocked on the door and entered room 918 of the hotel, he saw director Hu Defa slumped on the sofa. It was producer Tian Lin who opened the door for Chen Minhao. Tian Lin still held a lit cigarette in his hand.
The two of them smoked so much that there were so many cigarette butts that even an ashtray couldn't fit in them. There is also a half bottle of mineral water on the table, with a lot of cigarette butts stuffed in it. The whole room was filled with the smell of burning straw in the northern fields in autumn. Chen Minhao wanted to ask, how many cigarettes have you smoked
Director Hu Defa propped himself up on his elbows and asked listlessly: "Xiao Chen, what's the matter with you?"
Chen Minhao thought to himself that Hu Defa was really confused.
Chen Minhao walked to the window, opened it first to let in the fresh air, then sat opposite Hu Defa and asked: "I would like to ask how our Siyuan actress is doing now? After all, my school started in early March. . If I want to ask for leave, I must tell the school teacher in advance."
Hu Defa and Tian Lin looked at each other in tacit understanding, and both raised their eyebrows to signal the other to answer.
In the end, producer Tian Lin was relatively thin-skinned and was defeated. He said with a guilty look on his face: "I'm sorry, Xiao Chen. We haven't found a particularly suitable actress for Siyuan at the moment, so we may have to trouble You and the school have asked for leave. However, for the fees that exceed the shooting time agreed in our contract, we will pay you after the shooting is completed according to the amount stipulated in the contract.
But you don’t have to worry too much about delays. If we don’t have a suitable candidate by the end of next week, we will use other methods to solve the problem. "
Hu Defa, who had been slumped on the sofa, suddenly jumped up, stared and said, "No, the method you mentioned is not working, and I won't accept it."
After Chen Minhao listened to the two people's verbal fight for more than ten rounds, he roughly understood their current thoughts.
Tian Lin’s idea is that if we really can’t find a suitable actor who can play the role of Siyuan, then we can choose to change the script and reduce the complexity of the role of Siyuan. Then the corresponding acting requirements will be lower, so available The range of actresses chosen will be greatly expanded, and the entire crew will not be stagnant due to the absence of one actor.
Hu Defa felt that the script for the character Siyuan could not be changed. Once this character was changed, the core of the entire movie would be lost, and the entire movie would become a purely nonsensical comedy.
(End of chapter)