When Zhang Yuanjun came to Hong Kong this time, he not only came by himself, but also brought money.
He was not familiar with the place in Hong Kong Island, and even when he wanted to start work, he was in doubt.
Therefore, he wanted to spend money to hire a veteran filmmaker in Hong Kong Island to be the producer of his "Source Code", and to attract investment and organization for "Source Code" in Hong Kong Island.
There is someone willing to do this job.
The Sound King fell in love with this piece of meat, but the Sound King himself didn’t want to vote for “Source Code” and was doing science fiction in Hong Kong Island? What are you thinking about?
Yinhuang just wants to earn this agency fee.
Among the old labels in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest has sold out, Shaw Brothers has ceased production, Yongsheng is half-dead, Galaxy has long since fallen apart, and only a few such as Music Emperor and Media Asia are still maintaining output.
But what "Source Code" needs now is to confirm the director first.
Hong Kong Island also has many directors who can handle this type of films, and Zhang Yuanjun and his team have met a lot of them in the past few days.
There are veteran directors and newcomers.
In fact, Zhang Yuanjun's favorite is Xu Ke, but Xu Ke has made a comeback with "Animal World" and will no longer be Zhang Yuanjun's tool.
It seems that this favor can only be retrieved later.
Until "Transcendence" started filming, the Hong Kong producer of "Source Code" had not been confirmed, and the director had not been found.
It was the first time that Zhang Yuanjun felt that making a film was so difficult.
There is a lot of potential in science fiction, and "Source Code" is just criticizing science fiction. It's not a big risk, so why wouldn't you want to invest in it?
Zhang Yuanjun gritted his teeth: "Go to the director first. If they don't want to vote, I will vote. At worst, I will pay for it myself."
Li Yang is not a slow-moving director. The two small-budget films "Blind Shaft" and "Blind Mountain" have honed his efficiency in handling work.
But urban education is a new subject for him after all, and many new problems will still arise on the set.
Zhang Yuanjun also has problems, and they are acting problems.
He has made many commercial films, and his only previous artistic film, "Love Has a Lifetime," was opposite Yu Feihong, whose acting skills were "not that good."
Coupled with more than a year of drama training, Zhang Yuanjun now feels uncomfortable in a professional artistic film team such as "Transcendence".
Director Li Yang and heroine Huang Lu are both professionals in artistic films, not to mention Hui Yinghong and Ye Tong.
However, no one can say that Zhang Yuanjun's acting is bad, but that his condition has not been adjusted.
In most cases, Zhang Yuanjun is fine, but when he needs to perform, Zhang Yuanjun will get stuck.
But then again, who wouldn’t be NG on the set?
After finishing work for the day, Zhang Yuanjun took off his makeup and returned to the hotel. He had guests tonight.
Studio colleagues said that they found a director who, although he was a newcomer, had great ideas and brought him to Hong Kong Island to meet.
He also kept it secret and didn't tell Zhang Yuanjun the other party's name.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, a man with a round head and short hair wearing sultry red-rimmed glasses appeared in front of Zhang Yuanjun.
Zhang Yuanjun immediately smiled: "They kept it a secret for me, couldn't I have told you it was you earlier?"
The person who came was Wu Ershan. Zhang Yuanjun had known him for a long time. He was engaged in advertising and installation art in Beijing, and Wu Ershan's studio was considered a big one.
He has also made movies, and won an international award for "Soap Opera" in 2004.
However, four years have passed and I still haven't gotten a second directing opportunity.
He happened to be in Beijing and heard that Zhang Yuanjun's studio was looking for a director for a new project, so he recommended himself.
Wu Ershan had a good reputation in the advertising industry, so the studio was willing to give him a chance and took him to Hong Kong Island.
"Have you read the script?" After greetings, Zhang Yuanjun started talking about business.
"I've seen it." Urshan nodded, "I've thought about a show like "Source Code"..."
Then Wu Ershan told Zhang Yuanjun in detail what he had done in the past few days.
Because he has some directing experience, Wuershan mainly explains "Source Code" technically.
He knew that the script of "Source Code" was written by Zhang Yuanjun. If he talked about his interpretation of the characters and plot of "Source Code" in front of him, he would definitely fail Zhang Yuanjun's torture.
So he started from technical aspects such as scheduling and lenses.
"I have also spent a few minutes in the past few days, take a look." Urfan took out the manuscript paper from his bag.
Zhang Yuanjun was shocked in his heart. He came prepared and vowed to win.
Wu Ershan has been painting since elementary school and studied in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Due to disagreements with his teacher, he dropped out of school in his sophomore year and entered the Film Academy.
From here we can see that Urfan is a person with very strong executive ability and a very personal personality.
Urshan's manuscripts naturally reflect his professional background and are very beautiful.
But if the storyboards are to be beautiful, Feng Xiaogang must be good-looking.
The several storyboard manuscripts are beautifully drawn, but the effect is mediocre and just sufficient.
Commercial films like "Source Code" don't care how superb the camera language is, as long as everything is sufficient.
"We are already building the crew. When can you start directing?" Zhang Yuanjun stopped talking nonsense.
"You can do it tomorrow." Ur's heart was beating rapidly, and he finally waited for the opportunity.
But Zhang Yuanjun didn't tell him that the crew's investment was not in place, so he could only trick him into boarding the ship first.
"Okay. But you are a newcomer after all, so the director's salary may not be much."
"Tell me the number."
"170,000."
"Okay." Wu Ershan pretended to agree reluctantly, but in fact, the price in his mind was about 150,000.
Because Ning Hao, who was unknown at the time, was paid 150,000 yuan as director for "Crazy Stone".
He felt that 150,000 yuan should be considered a normal price for himself.
"But the dirty talk is ahead. We will arrange for two veteran producers and two experienced assistant directors to join the team to assist you. If you have any opinions on this aspect, we will communicate in advance."
"No problem, let's work together." Urshan knew that his first commercial film was a science fiction film, and the film studio would definitely intervene. He was mentally prepared for this.
"Okay, then let's make an agreement and return to the capital to sign the contract later."
Zhang Yuanjun shook hands with Wu Ershan and said goodbye. After returning to the hotel room, Zhang Yuanjun synchronized the news back to the capital.
Now the director has also been found. Although he is a novice, fortunately he has previous experience and an experienced producer and executive are behind him, so it should not be difficult to get started.
The difficulty now is money.
The motion effects of "Source Code" need to be made in advance to see the effect. China Film Digital Hualong has already taken the order for "Source Code". It is estimated that these 4 million will be burned by China Film Digital within a month.
Not to mention the cost of scenery, labor, and venue.
Zhang Yuanjun is already preparing to use his private money.
The last time Zhang Yuanjun was on the set was "Love Is Afterlife". He hadn't been on the set for half a year, so Zhang Yuanjun was slow to find his condition.
But a week after turning on the camera, Zhang Yuanjun gave others a different feeling.
Huang Lu couldn't keep up with him.
Zhang Yuanjun enters and exits the play very quickly, and he is very immersed when he enters the play.
Huang Lu would often be rendered speechless by him when she acted opposite him.
Only assistant Xiao Zhao knew the reason. Liu Yifei would come to Hong Kong Island to perform in "Blind City" in a few days.
If Liu Yifei hadn't come, Zhang Yuanjun's recovery would never have been so fast.
(End of chapter)
