Chapter 442 Director Hemingway is so steady

Chapter 442 Director Hemingway is so steady

After chatting for a while, Wang Dongni was exhausted again. She said, "Otherwise, you should go back first."

"Why? You can sleep if you want. I brought a laptop here, so I can write here."

Wang Dongni pouted: "I want you to watch TV with me at night. There is the Golden Melody Awards ceremony tonight, I really want to see it."

Du Caige was a little embarrassed.

He is actually a person who likes to follow a plan, and hates being arbitrarily disrupted by his plan.

But after thinking about it for a while, he nodded and said, "No problem."

He quickly packed his things, greeted Wang Dongni and her mother, and returned to the crew.

When he arrived at the shooting site, he did not immediately take over the command, but first watched Liu Zifei take a few shots.

During the break, he asked Liu Zifei, "Do you need the contact information for those two group performers?"

"found it."

"Come here, let them take a few shots and try." In fact, in this movie, it doesn't matter if they don't shoot, the key is that Du Caige wants to investigate them.

Liu Zifei stepped aside to make a phone call.

...

Xu Zhaoyang squatted on the ground, dressed in dirty clothes, holding a word book in his hand and reciting words in his mouth.

Liu Pengfei sat not far from him, holding a new copycat smartphone and watching the Internet with relish.

A phone call came in from an unfamiliar number, interrupting Liu Pengfei's reading.

He frowned. Although he wanted to press it, maybe someone asked him to play a corpse? So after hesitating for two seconds, he still chose to answer.

"Hello."

"Director Liu, hello hello! Of course I remember!" Liu Pengfei stood up, and although no one was looking at him, he straightened his waist unconsciously.

"Now? It's all right now. Now in the past? Okay, no problem. My friend called me too, right? Okay, we'll be right there. Remember the way, of course!"

After hanging up the phone, Liu Pengfei was taken aback as soon as he raised his head.

But seeing Xu Zhaoyang's ugly face appear less than 10 cm away from him,

Almost blocked out the light.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Zhaoyang stared at a strange light, and the muscles on his cheeks trembled: "Is it Hemingway's crew? That Director Liu? Did you ask us to film? Are you going to give us a role?"

Liu Pengfei shook his head: "You think too much, the other party just asked us to take some additional shots."

Xu Zhaoyang still couldn't hide his excitement, "But you think, if it's just a supplementary shot, why didn't you call all the other group performers that day? Just the two of us!"

Liu Peng flew to the side and glanced around? Many of the group performers who had been to Hemingway's crew that day were waiting for work here, and no one told them to go there.

Thinking of this? He also felt that there seemed to be a chance to appear.

"Whether it's an opportunity or not, in short? What people want us to do, we must do it well. People want us to achieve 100 points? We will achieve 120 points." Liu Pengfei said seriously.

"Of course?" Xu Zhaoyang's eyes were bright, "Even if Director Liu only gives me 3 seconds of footage and a line, I will use these 3 seconds to conquer her!"

"Hello?" Liu Pengfei said dissatisfied? "When the crew arrives, don't make such puns. You think it's funny, but if people feel a little uncomfortable, it should have been our chance and ran away."

Xu Zhaoyang nodded vigorously: "Nonsense, don't you know who I am? I'm more serious than anyone else when it's time to be serious."

A beaming smile appeared on his face: "Brother? Come on! Take the chance and become a real actor!"

"kindness!"

...

Du Caige looked at the two uneasy young people with a pleasing smile in front of him.

In fact, young people? It's not particularly appropriate.

From the looks of it, they should all be over 30 years old.

It's not that kind of face full of collagen.

It has nothing to do with the word "little fresh meat".

But the eyes are good? Maybe it will be the kind of actor with "play in the eyes".

To achieve "there is drama in the eyes", it is not enough to work hard? Innate conditions are not good? It is difficult to express emotions with eyes.

And from the point of view of body? They are in good physical condition, and they should be exercising regularly.

While Du Caige was looking at them, the two extras were also carefully observing the legendary "Hemingway".

As a musician, Hemingway is naturally famous all over the world.

Except for the kind of people who live deep in the mountains and almost never come to the outside world, who dares to say that they have never heard a song written by Hemingway?

At least Liu Pengfei and Xu Zhaoyang don't usually like listening to music, but they are familiar with Hemingway's classic works.

No way, you can hear it wherever you go.

Even if it is a barber shop that costs 5 yuan a time on the side of the road, people will hold a worn-out CD player and play "Listen to the Sea", "Kiss Goodbye" and "Glorious Years".

It's hard not to listen.

As a writer, Hemingway is also gradually establishing his own brand. Several popular online films, coupled with Liu Pengfei's "The Old Man and the Sea", which he can't understand but don't understand, has made Hemingway the most popular in 2008. One of the highest writers and is said to be number one on the writer's earning list.

However, Hemingway, as the director, is still unknown, only his fans and people in the circle will know more about it.

Before Hemingway quietly started filming "Those Years", there was almost no media coverage.

Later, Hemingway announced the shooting at a press conference and released the promotional video, but it did not cause too much waves.

There is hardly any media that jumps out and says "Hemingway, you are floating, don't write books/songs well, what kind of movies are you going to make" or something like that.

As a musician/writer, going to make a movie is actually quite topical.

But ah, the total investment of "Those Years" is only 3 million.

Plus the propaganda cost is only 3 million.

And it was announced at the beginning that it was a short film of about 40 minutes.

In addition to the actor Jiang Youxi, there are no famous actors.

So everyone takes it for granted that this is a self-entertainment thing.

Even people who want to pick things up and attack Hemingway will not attack Hemingway through this point.

Because the general public will not buy such reports.

It's not that Hemingway has no money. What's wrong with him paying 3 million to make a movie to realize his dream?

How boring is your media to talk about this?

Therefore, some media tentatively criticized Hemingway for a few words, and after finding that no one bought it, they died.

Later, when "Those Years" just landed on major video sites, it was indeed a fan-oriented movie, and almost all the people who bought it initially were fans.

It was not until the word of mouth spread later that many ordinary netizens and movie lovers entered the pit, and within a month, millions of copies were sold.

In terms of the number of moviegoers, if this is a big movie, if it is released in the cinema, it will now have over 200 million at the box office.

That's kind of impressive.

Professional film critics also gave "Those Years" a high evaluation and generally recognized Hemingway's directing ability.

It can be said that Hemingway has taken a solid small step on the road of directing.

And soon, when Hemingway announced the filming plan for "Old Boy", many media were gearing up to make things happen - you made a 3 million micro-movie, made a small achievement, and it started to float. Well, just get ready... eh? 7 million total investment? Still a microfilm? A sequel to "Those Years"? No big names in the show?

Ah, that's fine, I didn't say anything just now.

What can be said?

This is a very robust approach.

If Hemingway wants to make a masterpiece with an investment of 50 million, or even hundreds of millions, and invite some big-name stars with a salary of tens of millions, then the media will definitely spray him into autism.

But Hemingway took this step too steadily.

An investment of 7 million yuan, even if the audience who are only interested in "Those Years" and want to watch the sequel pay the bill, it can also guarantee that the film will not lose money! It can even be said that the booking is profitable.

Du Caige's approach makes it impossible to pick a fault!

Therefore, people in the circle commented on this: Hemingway's foundation is very solid, and you can see it by watching "Those Years".

Hemingway acted steadily, the first film was 3 million and the second film was 7 million. Even if he didn't make a lot of money, he would certainly not lose money.

Hemingway is very self-aware, he will not rashly challenge high difficulties, and he has a bottom line in filming with him.

A "Those Years" made Xu Qingya popular, and several other supporting actors also became famous.

Although Jiang Youxi is said to be participating at a very low salary, the increase in the number of fans because of the performance of this play makes him absolutely not at a loss.

Therefore, when the group performers are chatting, many people say: I really hope that this horse of my own will be photographed by Hemingway, and I can cooperate with Hemingway several times.

Liu Pengfei and Xu Zhaoyang naturally also had this kind of dream.

After looking at each other for a while, Du Caige said, "Please come over this time, because there are a few scenes that need to be shot with you."

Xu Zhaoyang said with a pleasing smile: "We know, Director Liu made it very clear. We will try our best to do our best! If there are other shots that we need to shoot, we will also show our best! You are in trouble!"

Du Caige nodded slowly. In fact, when he was with Wang Dongni in the past two days, he pondered some small side plots, which can be photographed to see the effect.

As for whether or not to use it in the end, that's two things to say.

"Let's do it," Du Caige nodded slightly, "Make up shots first. When we're done, let's try another shot or two. As for money..."

Before Du Caige finished speaking, Liu Pengfei spoke first: "What kind of money, money, money is not money, director, you gave us opportunities, so many, many, the staff cooperates with us, that is your reward and appreciation for us. We are sure Work hard, shoot well, and live up to your reward and appreciation. Shoot first, shoot well, you feel full and satisfied, let’s talk about money.”

He didn't know Hemingway's real name, and he felt that it was very unpleasant to call "Director Hai", so he just called "Director".

Xu Zhaoyang pinched a cold sweat on the side. Why did you stutter at this critical time?