The director Buyiyi is targeting is Hou Jixin, a female director who is 45 years old this year.
Hou Jixin and Buyiyi still have some connections.
She is Jingying's teacher. In addition to her teaching duties, she will film a costume TV series every one or two years.
What is a drama
The main drama is a very serious and realistic TV drama.
Something like "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" is just a costume comedy, not a serious drama.
After Hou Jixin worked as a teacher at Beijing Film Academy for 7 years, the first drama she filmed was "Hai Rui", the second was "Zhang Juzheng", and the third was "Yu Qian".
All three TV series are in conflict with Ming Dynasty.
Next, she filmed TV series from the Han Dynasty, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Huo Qubing" and "Su Wu".
Especially for the TV series "Huo Qubing", it is hard to imagine that a woman could actually make this war-focused TV series so soul-stirring and majestic.
On the Internet, the evaluation of "Huo Qubing" is 8.7, with more than 30 million people participating in the rating. There are not even 20 TV series that can reach this level.
It was also the emergence of the highly rated "Huo Qubing" that turned Hou Jixin from a second-rate director to a first-rate director.
Although he is not a big director of commercial films, he is still very stylish in the director's circle.
The director's circle is the same as the actor's circle.
Even if director Hao He didn't have any commercial films before, he was still considered a big shot in the director circle.
Directors of commercial films have nothing to be proud of in front of award-winning directors of artistic films.
When Zhou Pu met Hou Jixin, he had to call him "Teacher Hou" properly.
What Buyiyi likes is the depth and atmosphere of Hou Jixin's filming of the drama.
"Da Ming Gong Ci" has gorgeous scenes, including love and power conflicts.
But the momentum of the prosperous Tang Dynasty runs through the entire TV series.
Therefore, Hou Jixin is a very suitable director to control.
Even though she has never done anything like this before.
But before "Huo Qubing", Hou Jixin had never made an ancient war movie!
Relying on his skills in making ancient TV dramas, he is better than other directors in restoring various styles and layouts of the Tang Dynasty court.
Relying on her status as a Beijing Film Academy student, Buyiyi approached Hou Jixin, who did not teach her.
Hou Jixin was surprised by Buyiyi's visit, and even more surprised when she heard that Buyiyi wanted her to direct a TV series.
If she hadn't heard Buyiyi mention that "Ci of Daming Palace" was the work of teacher Chu Liuxiang, she would not have accepted the script, but declined it directly.
In her opinion, her TV series and the TV series starring Buyiyi are completely different in style and they will not work together.
But the script written by the teacher "Chu Liuxiang" is really worth reading.
After reading "Daming Palace Ci" over and over twice, Hou Jixin agreed as expected.
The main focus of "Ci from Daming Palace" is Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping. These two women have very distinctive characteristics. As a female director, she has a natural sense of intimacy.
In addition, Buyiyi told her that the initial budget of Fengxiang Film and Television was 100 million yuan, which would allow Hou Jixin to have the most professional historical restoration in terms of scenery, costumes, etc., so Hou Jixin was even more happy.
The TV series she has filmed in recent years have not achieved much in terms of commercial success, so they are very stingy in the filming of TV series. The salaries paid to the actors and the layout of various outdoor scenes all seem very poor.
Now a boss comes and tells her that you can work hard and everything is based on the principle of good shooting. We don’t need to care about money. Do you think she will be happy
At the same time, Hou Jixin finally confirmed that Buyiyi was indeed Chen Huan's woman. Otherwise, how could Fengxiang Film and Television accommodate her so much and let her be the producer, but the production costs were still so high
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Hou Jixin is relatively easy.
Buyiyi was brave enough to choose Wu Zetian.
She went directly to Dong Shu's door.
Who is Dong Shu
The first movie queen in China and recognized as the best actress in China.
Especially in terms of aura, no one can match it.
As early as 10 years ago, the 25-year-old Dong Shu had already won an international award for Best Actress. In the 15 years of acting so far, she has won a total of 35 major and minor titles. She is the most popular actress in China. The one with the most.
What Buyiyi valued was Dong Shu's unique queen-like temperament.
So she came to the door with "Da Ming Palace Ci".
Dong Shu was really surprised when she heard Buyiyi say this.
Someone actually dared to come to me to act in a TV series!
Dong Shu put down the script without reading it first, "Yiyi, you should know that I have never acted in a TV series, right?"
"Teacher Dong, in today's era, the gap between movies and TV series is no longer a big gap. TV series also have scripts and space for people to perform well." Buyiyi said without flinching: "You The salary in the movie, starring in "Da Ming Gong Ci", can increase a lot."
Dong Shu now earns the highest salary for acting in a movie, around 15 million yuan.
This salary is not as good as what Buyiyi received in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2".
Of course, this cannot be said to say that Buyi Yi has surpassed Dong Shu, but that popular female stars usually take advantage.
And for a movie queen like Dong Shu to star in a TV series, it’s totally unjustifiable if you don’t give her more than 20 million.
Movie remuneration is one aspect, and the rest of the treatment in various hotels, makeup, assistants, etc. also need to be met.
"That's not what I'm talking about." Dong Shu raised her hand slightly, "Why do you have to find me? Can't other actors do it?"
Buyiyi thought for a while and raised her head: "I will play the role of Princess Taiping, and I think that among the Chinese actresses, the only one who can play Wu Zetian better than me is you, Teacher Dong!"
Dong Shu smiled slightly, "Do you think too highly of yourself? Ning Yiqiu can firmly suppress you."
"But Teacher Ning doesn't have your natural aura." Buyiyi said, "If there is an actress in this world who is suitable for playing Wu Zetian, it can only be you!"
"Haha, the little girl talks quite nicely." Dong Shu pursed her lips and smiled.
"This is not what I said, but what everyone thinks so." Buyiyi continued, "Only if you join, my TV series can become a classic among classics, otherwise it will be a good TV series at best! "
Dong Shu has experienced too many ups and downs and made too many movies, so naturally she will not be convinced by Buyiyi's few words.
But Buyiyi's attitude is very sincere.
Whether it was salary or other aspects, Dong Shu was given enough respect.
She pondered for a moment, "Okay, you put the script here, I will read it and give you a reply in the next two days, okay?"
"OK!"
Buyiyi did not dare to force Dong Shu.
She stood up and was about to leave when Dong Shu suddenly asked again.
"Yiyi, does Mr. Chu have any new works recently? Movies?"
Buyiyi was suddenly startled, and then immediately understood what she meant.
Xiao Hua Dan'er rolled her eyes and said, "Teacher Chu likes to work with familiar actors, you know that."
"I see."
Dong Shu smiled upon hearing this.
She didn't ask any more questions until she sent Buyiyi out, and Buyiyi didn't say anything more.
Both of them are smart people and know the meaning of each other's words.
Dong Shu wanted to ask Teacher Chu Liuxiang if it was possible to give her a movie script.
But Buyiyi told her that perhaps after this cooperation, she would be able to ask questions in a logical manner.
Dong Shu thought Buyiyi was saying that Shen Huan would ask, but in fact Buyiyi could ask her man directly.
Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng are both Xiaohuadan men!