"Okay, this is your residence for the next three months." A receptionist opened the door, led Zheng Tan and his party into the room, and said.
This person was sent by Yang Yi, and Yang Yi's residence has been arranged, three rooms and one living room, enough to arrange Zheng Tan and the people who brought him here.
"Let's see what else do you need?" the man asked.
Charlie took a look around, especially the room arranged for Zheng Tan. As an "assistant", after serving for the past few years, Charlie has a good understanding of Zheng Tan's preferences, and at a glance, he can see the suitable and no. Obviously Yang Yi still values Zheng Tan very much, and Charlie is very satisfied with the layout of the room.
When arranging the room, Yang Yi asked Charlie and Dad Jiao, and naturally there were no things that Zheng Tan hated, such as unpleasant food, certain smells, etc. The window sills are also newly installed with protective nets to prevent accidents.
"Not yet." Charlie said with satisfaction.
"That's fine, just call me if you need anything." The man exchanged contact information with Charlie and left after talking about the daily arrangements. He also had to report to Yang Yi and arrange follow-up. thing. Even though he was curious about the black cat, he still endured it. As one of Yang Yi's confidants, he knew what to ask and what not to ask. Curiosity is fine, but you have to be measured.
Besides Charlie, there are four other people who came with Zheng Tan this time. Not all of them came to "serve" Zheng Tan. Charlie is enough. They came at the request of Yang Yi and Kong Han. Guo's studio is a lighting engineer, and some people are a sound engineer. No matter what kind, they have experience in shooting cats, so they know which light will affect the cat's mood when shooting, and which sounds will interfere with the cat. Cat meowing has also been studied.
In Zheng Tan's view, a lot of this is superfluous, but Yang Yi and Kong Han want to come over, Xiao Guo personally sent them over, and Zheng Tan doesn't care too much. Anyway, he is not a salary person, so he is worried So much to do.
Even though the current occupation is pet photography, most of the people in Xiao Guo's studio are from a professional background and know this line of work very well.
The filming has not yet started, and several people are sitting on the sofa watching TV while discussing. Zheng Tan occupies a sofa chair and listens to their chat.
This city is near the sea and is quite prosperous. I heard that it is Kong Han's hometown. The filming location was decided by Kong Han, who is the screenwriter and director. A while ago, someone criticized the "writer-director" phenomenon, saying that it would lead to a movie "without depth and with low creativity."
In fact, speaking of it, this script is really not innovative, some comics and novels have similar stalks, but Kong Han seems to have his own obsession, just like Yang Yi's documentary, only one opportunity can make They picked up this obsession that was pressing down in their hearts again.
I heard that Kong Han was also a cat breeder back then, and he has been raising cats since he was a child.
Another person with a story.
Yang Yi arranged for the high floors of this community to be able to see the sea. From the eighteenth floor to the twentieth floor, Yang Yi arranged people. Zheng Tan and the others were on the twentieth floor, and they could see far away from the living room window. sea.
Zheng Tan looked at the window next to him. The sky outside the window was bluer than that in Chuhua City. Obviously, the environment and air quality here are much better than those in Chuhua City.
Charlie and those few people were discussing the information they knew. The actors of this movie had been roughly decided. When they were in the elevator just now, they saw a guy who looked like an economic man, and they intuitively recognized it.
"Hey, you said, has Wei Wen arrived yet?" a person about the age of Charlie asked expectantly.
When a few men get together, the first thing to discuss is women. Wei Wen, as the starring role, is naturally one of the key points of their discussion. In addition to Wei Wen, they also discuss a few supporting actresses.
"I didn't see Wei Wen, but when I went to park, I saw a girl who can cause a big uproar with just a move." The man who spoke also stretched out his hand to compare with his chest, with a wretched expression on his face.
"Is it also a member of the crew?" Several other people asked with bright eyes.
The man shook his head, "It doesn't look like it."
The other people slumped a little, but soon got up and talked about the other actors.
As he was talking, the doorbell rang.
Charlie, who was closest to the door, looked at the door through the cat's eye and made a gesture to several people on the sofa. Several people looked at each other and acted quickly, not at all the obscenity they had when discussing some topics that were not suitable for children. No way, they had to be more cautious, if something went wrong, they had to get out of the way.
Before coming here, Xiao Guo told them that the crew was not their working group, nor the group that made the documentary at the beginning. There may be a lot of small movements in it. There is nothing a cat can't guard against, so they naturally have to deal with it. It's not that they maliciously speculate on people's hearts, people's hearts are unpredictable, it's always good to be cautious, and no one wants to do anything to build ladders for others and harm their own interests.
What came in was a woman in her twenties, and a woman would always make a man less defensive. This woman was wearing casual clothes and had shoulder-length black hair. Although she was not very attractive, her eyes were curved when she laughed, which made her look very pleasing.
"I'm sorry to disturb you. I live downstairs. My surname is Yang, Yang Huaixi, and I'm from Yixing Culture. Are you also from the "Black Cat" crew?"
The woman surnamed Yang introduced herself. She is the manager of several young actors downstairs, and she just came to join in. I didn't chat much, and after chatting a little with Charlie and the others, they put down the gifts and left.
After closing the door, Charlie and the others began to discuss again.
"Do you still bring gifts? Or high-end tea!"
"Explore the truth, right?"
"Has the same surname as the big boss of Yixing..."
"I guess it doesn't matter. If there is a relationship, do you need to come to the door to inquire?"
"That's true."
"But it's always better to be on guard. I think someone downstairs wants to use our house to hack... ZT is in his early days."
Zheng Tan just listened to Charlie and the others' discussion. The sofa chair was facing the window. When Yang Huaixi came in, he didn't see Zheng Tan because of the angle. Zheng Tan didn't care about those people either. What he was thinking about now was what Dad Jiao told him when he left Chuhua City.
When filming a documentary, Jiao's dad said that he couldn't be too "smart", he had to make "mistakes", and making a movie had higher technical requirements for "mistakes", so Zheng Tan was thinking about how to make "mistakes" more natural.
Compared with Zheng Tan, who was leisurely pondering what went wrong, the leading and supporting roles were much more nervous, especially the newcomers who were selected this time, for fear that something would go wrong at that time, and one mistake might bring down the director and the big boss. good impression of them.
Of course, getting along with the crew, especially some of the more important characters, is also of great benefit to those little actors, otherwise Yang Huaixi wouldn't come to inquire about the situation.
While they were testing each other at the temporary residence, on the other side, Yang Yi was chatting with Kong Han after listening to the reports of his subordinates.
Although Kong Han did not make many films, the response was not bad, but he was young and he did not have a satisfactory reputation in the country. Kong Han likes to use newcomers. The protagonist of this film is not really a big name. Many people in the so-called popular niche are just laughing and laughing. Several important supporting roles are characters that people have never heard of, and there are several new signings. Of course, most of them are owned by Yixing Culture.
Yang Yi is rich, and he invests his own money to support his own people, and others will not say anything. As for who will really support it at that time, it will depend on their performance. There is no superstar in this play. Yang Yi, the big boss of Yixing Culture, came to the scene to watch the shooting. The actors of Yixing knew what it meant, so they were nervous.
Kong Han and Yang Yi are both high standard people. Kong Han felt that the computer stunts in the film made up for the inability of the actors to perform some difficult or dangerous movements to a certain extent, but they would never perform the actors' unique and charming expressions. Many famous actors often rely on a smile and a look to achieve a state of ecstasy and make people remember them in their hearts. Therefore, Kong Han always felt that it would be more effective to use real cats to make this film, with less computer effects.
As for Yang Yi, his focus is not on this film. It is different from the documentary that really spends his heart and soul on his feelings. The film to be shot is just a channel, a performance opportunity that he provides to his actors.
Yixing Culture is not as good as those some historical entertainment giants. Therefore, Yang Yi wants to make stars and create his own superstar that belongs to Yixing Culture.
The top of the professional actor pyramid is a very rare number of superstar-level actors.
There are many stars from all walks of life in China, but the number of real movie stars is very small, and there are very few superstars who can bring investment trust and box office returns. In the domestic film market, the number of real superstars who can attract audiences to the cinema is extremely rare, with only about ten men and women, and this is the overall lineup of the Chinese-language film market formed after the integration of resources from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places. Other actors, despite their seemingly hot reputation, are in fact not guaranteed to be box office, which includes many names familiar to the audience.
At the moment, the value of superstars is more reflected in investment issues. When a movie can have a truly luxurious cast, the investment problem is immediately solved. When a movie has a group of big stars, the future box office can be expected, and investors will calmly invest huge sums of money, not only to pay the actors, but also to use it in scenes, stunts, equipment and other aspects. Therefore, when a commercial film tries to obtain some creative possibilities, it must be escorted by these big stars. For directors, this is often a very helpless reality. Kong Han is regarded as a minority in the director's circle, but I can't say for sure in the future, this is the rule of this business era.
Only superstars can make Yixing culture truly flourish in this circle.
Once, when filming "City, People, Cats", Yang Yi thought about making Zheng Tan a superstar. Sometimes, as long as it works properly, animals are more likely to attract the box office than people. Now there is no proof that it is impossible in the future. Have. It's a pity that his wish could not be fulfilled, which can be seen from the reaction of the Jiao family during the documentary. This time, when the film was signed and the contract was signed, Yang Yi's idea was directly dispelled.
"So, you want to watch those seedlings play?" Kong Han looked at the person across the table.
Yang Yi smiled and said jokingly: "Actually, I'm more looking forward to watching the seedlings play with a cat. Don't think that the cat will only act as required."
Moreover, Yang Yi reckoned that the cat might really be clumsy.