China Entertainment 1997

"Listen to me, thank you, because of you, I feel warm..."

Snapped!

A pillow hit the face of Cao Xuan, who was wearing shoes, and the Empress of the East Palace was awakened and gritted her teeth.

"Go away, it's not over at night, and it won't stop in the morning!"

King Cao Tianwang was not angry either. This song was indeed quite annoying. He leaned over and kissed her: "Whatever you want to eat, I'll have it delivered to you."

"I'm going to eat when I'm full."

"Okay, you sleep while I go filming."

After being bored for a while, Cao Tianwang hummed a ditty, left the room refreshed, and rushed to the filming site.

After so many years of riding two boats, Cao Xuan's body has also exceeded the warning line, but fortunately he woke up in time, and since then he has paid attention to health care, practiced hard, and increased his skills learning.

As time went by, the long-term fierce battle with the East and West Palaces might be a little ineffective, but one on one, it was not useless at all, not to mention that he had been recharging his energy in the past two months and also learned some Western knowledge.

A farewell is better than a wedding. Last night, Cao Daguan showed his power and kept the empress of the East Palace in submission.

That is to say, you have to be strict about certain things, otherwise you will lose 18,000 words...

After having some breakfast in the hotel restaurant, Cao Xuan came to the dressing room of the crew. Mr. Zhou had already arrived and was putting on makeup. He smiled ambiguously when he saw him.

"Why did Jingjing ask for leave today?"

"Ahem, she's feeling a little unwell."

Cao Xuan's expression did not change, which attracted Mr. Zhou's middle finger of disdain, and then he said with a hint of envy: "It's very impressive. If you have any secrets on skin care, please share it with me."

"What kind of maintenance? I just have a good body, so I can make whatever I want."

Cao Xuan showed his acting skills as a double gold actor and rebuked Mr. Zhou for his slander.

Mr. Zhou was dubious, but he did not ask further questions. Instead, he gossiped about the news about "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff".

They are all old friends, and Cao Xuan didn't hide much. He explained directly: "At the moment, the male characters are still the main ones, and the few female characters are just embellishments, and the roles are not too big."

Cao Xuan is not Wu Baige, and he will not increase the role of most female characters specifically to flatter female stars.

In the original "Red Cliff" movie, Xiao Qiao's presence is stronger than that of Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, and Sun Shangxiang, played by Zhao, is also a show-stopper of Zhang Zhao.

Not to mention the phrase "Stand up Mengmeng" that destroyed the world view, Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Qiao entered Cao's camp alone.

The former disguised herself as a man, infiltrated the Cuju team, stole the secret terrain map of Cao Ying, and treated the five generals, Cao clan members, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and other advisers as idiots.

After all, Sun Shangxiang is set to be a female general, and her combat power in Soochow is better than Taishi Ci and Gan Ning. Although the plot is outrageous, there is still a trace of logic.

It must be Xiao Qiao who, despite Zhou Yu's objections, entered Cao Cao's camp alone in an attempt to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw.

What kind of NTR plot is this! ! ! ! !

The most hateful thing is that Cao Cao refused to eat the fat meat that came to his door. Instead, he played the role of a confidante with Xiao Qiao, like a licking dog chatting and drinking tea with others. He was distracted and eventually assisted Zhou Yu to win the Battle of Red Cliff.

Compared with this version of Cao Cao, Fu Chai and Dong Zhuo are both smart people, at least they eat the meat in their mouths.

Fortunately, Wu Baige didn't take the photo in this time and space, otherwise Cao Xuan might not have taken him to court, which would have simply insulted the reputation of their old Cao family...

Because of this, the Starry version of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" basically doesn't have many scenes for female characters. Except for Xiao Qiao, who has a few more scenes, Mrs. Gan, Huang Yueying, Sun Shangxiang, Mrs. Mi, etc. appear, but they have very few scenes.

Cao Xuan said it sincerely, and Master Zhou also understood the situation. Although he was disappointed, he did not force it and expressed it frankly.

"I'll make a friendly guest appearance as Mrs. Gan or Mrs. Mi later to help stand up for the occasion."

"Okay, but I won't pay for the friendly guest appearance."

Mr. Zhou gave her another middle finger. Cao Xuan grabbed it and pushed it down, scaring her so much that she begged for mercy.

"Ah, Brother Xuan, Master Xuan, I was wrong, hiss, it hurts..."

Huang Bo, who came over temporarily from the crew of "Myth" to make up for the scene, was about to walk into the dressing room. Hearing the noise inside, he turned around calmly and dragged his assistant to smoke a few dozen meters away.

However, when he saw a makeup artist coming out of the dressing room and calling a man and a woman to come in with clothes, Huang Bo realized that he might have misunderstood.

I stubbed out my cigarette and took my assistant in. Sure enough, there were many people inside and outside the dressing room. Cao Xuan and Mr. Zhou were sitting in front of the dressing table, chatting and putting on makeup.

The headdress and face makeup took at least ten minutes to complete, and they were not messy at all. It was not what he thought at all.

He just said, the boss is not such an unstable person!

Huang Bo spurned his dirty thoughts, said hello, and started putting on makeup. Over there, Mr. Zhou was still asking about the director of "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff".

There was nothing to hide, so Cao Xuan revealed something: "The crew is in contact with Director Zhang, but it's not ideal."

Not long ago, the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee held a press conference and officially hired Zhang Yimou and other directors to be responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Cao Xuan himself, together with Director Chen, the international director Spielberg, the famous literary award-winning Ji Xianlin, the famous philosopher Tang Yijie, as well as some well-known event planners, producers, artists and experts at home and abroad, became the first batch of cultural and artistic talents for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games consultant.

Now Lao Mouzi has started to hold creative meetings. When the first batch of creative ideas come out, Cao Xuan and other consultants will also come to see them.

Now that there are still more than two years left before the Olympics, the pressure is very high. Lao Mouzi has given up a lot of power to the filming of "The Golden Armor", and focuses more on the Olympics.

As for "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff", both parts must be shot in one go. Regardless of the preliminary preparations, the shooting alone is estimated to take about half a year, or even longer.

If we include the preliminary preparations, we may not be able to finish it within a year, and it is definitely impossible for Lao Mouzi to follow the team throughout the entire process.

Although "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is a large-scale production strongly supported by the publicity channel and a certain bureau, the investment in the two films totaled 300 million to 500 million yuan.

But no matter how important it is, it is just a movie. Even if the investment share is increased 10 times, it will not be as good as the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. That is about the face of the country.

Not to mention robbing Lao Mouzi, if the organizing committee wanted someone, Cao Xuan himself would have to go and guard it.

Therefore, the idea of ​​letting Lao Mouzi direct alone has come to nothing. However, both Fanxing and China Film are not willing to give up Lao Mouzi's ability to shoot big scenes, and are looking for a compromise.

At present, there are probably two directions, one is co-directing, and another 1 or 2 directors are responsible for the pre-production and specific shooting, while Lao Mouzi is responsible for the overall control and big scenes.

Another option is to simply let Lao Mouzi serve as the producer, provide overall supervision and guidance, and find someone else to direct.

Cao Xuan and the others are definitely more inclined to the first plan, but the specifics depend on Lao Mouzi's schedule coordination. If not, they can only serve as the producer.

But no matter how Lao Mouzi chooses, the selection of another director who can really do things has become a new key issue.

China Film Group belongs more to Feng Xiaogang, and at least Feng Pants' box office performance is relatively good.

Cao Xuan himself "beat himself up", going against what he said at the time that Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign directors were not good at making historical films, and was thinking about Hong Kong director Chen Kexin.

It's also his fault that he was so quick-talking that he forgot about the movie "The Letter of Contribution".

Although this movie also has many flaws, it is indeed one of the few Chinese-language movies that combines historical intrigue, artistic depth, and grand war scenes very well.

If Lao Mouzi failed, Cao Xuan thought it would be a good idea to let Chen Kexin give it a try.

But the choice of Cao Xuan confused China Film and others. After all, Cao Xuan even rejected Wu Baige and Li Yu, but chose Chen Kexin, who had never made a big production before.

You know, Chen Kexin is Wu Baige's half-disciple in a sense. In his early years, he made his debut as a translator for Wu Baige.

Instead of a master, use a disciple!

Mr. Han made two calls to Cao Xuan to confirm that Cao Xuan was not suffering from a cold or a fever.

It is impossible for Cao Xuan to say that he has a golden finger. Knowing that Chen Kexin has this ability, he can only talk nonsense and use the story of the famous European football coach Mourinho as an example.

In the early years, Mourinho was just a small translator around Robson and Van Gaal. Now he is better than his predecessor, so everything cannot be based on qualifications, but on specific abilities.

But this reason obviously cannot convince Mr. Han, and Cao Xuan also understands that it is a bit abrupt for him to inexplicably let Chen Kexin direct.

So the two sides are still in a tug of war, but Cao Xuan, as the main controller of the project, has a huge advantage.

At the same time, Cao Xuan also intends to bring Huang Jianxin to co-direct. This man has filmed the "The Founding of the People's Republic" trilogy and is very capable. He is also the producer of "The Proposal" of the original time and space, so he can give Chen Kexin a lot of help.

The most important thing is that Lao Huang and Mr. Han have a good personal relationship. The two are good brothers at Nortel. Mr. Han trusts him very much, otherwise Yuanshikong would not have given him the trilogy to film.

"Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" has Lao Huang as one of the directors. Mr. Han can feel at ease and eliminate some of his resistance.

As for whether Huang Jianxin and Chen Kexin have contacted the crew of "The Proposal" now, it is not within the scope of Cao Xuan's consideration.

Putting aside the fact that "The Signature" was released at the end of 2007, it is probably just a project idea now.

Even if Chen Kexin was contacted by the "Notice of Entrepreneurship", Cao Xuan of the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee couldn't grab it, but if Media Asia couldn't grab him, Cao Daguan should stop messing around.

Not to mention the strength of the two companies, even the scale of the two crews is not at the same level. Although they are jointly directed, it is definitely a rare temptation for many directors.

Chen Kexin is a well-known smart person, and Cao Xuan believes that he will make the right choice.

Therefore, the director lineup of "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff" is most likely to be co-directed/produced by Chen Kexin and Huang Jianxin + Lao Mouzi.

Fanxing focuses on cultivating several directors, such as Zhang Yongxin, who has filmed "Army Alliance" and "The Age of Awakening" in the original space, and is currently filming "The Legend of the Gods" with director Hu Mei, and Wang Jing, the film director of "The Tribulation of the Ming Dynasty" in the original space.

There is also the Chollima unearthed by Cao Xuan himself. Cao Bo, who is from his own family, has filmed the "Snowflake Goddess Dragon" and "Luo Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" in the stars, and is now the director of the TV series "Myth".

At that time, these people will serve as executive directors or producers on the crew of "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff", learn and practice, and then go out on their own in the future.

"Director Chen is very capable."

Zhou Gongzi had previously collaborated with Chen Kexin in "If Love". He had just won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and he still recognized Chen Kexin's ability and praised the performance.

Huang Bo didn't have much opinion about the director, and he couldn't say anything. Instead, he took aim at the character in the movie and asked shamelessly.

"Boss, do you think there is a suitable role for me in the movie?"

Cao Xuan glanced at him, thought for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Jiang Qian or Pang Tong?"

"Okay, I won't pick."

Huang Bo was overjoyed. He knew that his qualifications and image were not good enough to play Zhuge Liang or Liu Bei. He would still make money if he could play an important supporting role such as Jiang Qian and Pang Tong.

Cao Xuan nodded. He particularly admired Huang Bo's contentment without choosing roles. He knew how to behave, and dared to make demands, but he never made things difficult for his boss. He also worked conscientiously and his professional level continued to improve, which made Cao Xuan His perception is getting better and better.

Even if he didn't consider the other person's achievements in the original time and space, but only focused on his daily performance, Cao Xuan still wanted to make a drama to praise Huang Bo.

"The script hasn't been released yet, and I'm not sure whether Pang Tong will appear or not. Let's look back at the finished product and decide which character is more outstanding. You will be given priority."

"thank you boss."

Cao Xuan made the promise, and Huang Bo hurriedly thanked him, not forgetting to flatter him with his teeth.

Most people's flattery can easily make people feel stiff and embarrassed, but Huang Bo is particularly skillful in using self-deprecation and joking, and then inadvertently complimenting others.

The chat atmosphere is relaxed and pleasant, and the person being flattered feels very comfortable even if he knows that he is flattering.

While chatting, several people finished applying their makeup, changed their clothes, and started shooting directly.

This scene mainly focuses on the lizard spirit played by Huang Bo, who goes around the city killing people and digging out hearts for Xiao Wei.

Wang Sheng is the general who defends the city. He has the responsibility to protect the city and the people. There is a heart-wrenching demon in the city causing trouble, so he must investigate. The lizard spirit has its own magic and is not rigorous in doing things. He was caught by the tail and was rounded up by Wang Sheng's men. .

Cao Xuan, who was wearing a general's armor, held a long sword and slashed Huashan with one arrow. The lizard spirit dodged to avoid it.

In the setting of the "Painted Skin" movie, Wang Sheng is highly skilled in martial arts and has extremely high combat effectiveness. In close combat, he can single-handedly defeat Xiao Wei and Lizard Jing without the use of magic.

After all, the lizard spirit and the fox spirit are two people, and there is only one demon slayer played by Duan Long, and his individual combat power is even weaker than that of the fox spirit.

If Wang Sheng doesn't strengthen, there will be no way to fight, and the two monsters can do whatever they want.

Therefore, in terms of setting, Wang Sheng beats the lizard spirit without using magic, but when the lizard spirit uses magic, he can still be killed.

But because Xiao Wei likes Wang Sheng and won't let the lizard spirit hurt him, the lizard spirit can't kill him and can only be chased and beaten by Wang Sheng.

In the subsequent decisive battle, it was also because the Demon Conqueror used formations and ultimate moves to limit the demonic skills of Lizard Jing and Xiao Wei that Cao Xuan showed his power, killing Lizard Jing and severely injuring Xiao Wei.

To put it bluntly, it is to balance the combat power, and at the same time let Cao Xuan, the male protagonist, also shine, and can also make waves.

Cao Xuan and Huang Bo fought a few times, and then started chasing each other, taking time to kill a few soldiers.

Later, Huang Bo, who was forced to panic, was about to punish Cao Xuan, but was rescued by Mr. Zhou secretly, and a little bit of information was exposed.

It made Cao Xuan realize that there was an expert in the city who didn't know his enemies or friends, and she was probably a woman, which paved the way for the subsequent plot.

The two fought from day to night, finished shooting the real scene, and then went to the digital studio to shoot special effects the next day.

During the entire filming of "Painted Skin", the drama was pretty good. More than half of the time was spent on fighting scenes and special effects. Especially for the three male actors, almost half of the scenes were fighting scenes.

In comparison, Mr. Zhou and Hu Jing were more comfortable.

Hu Jing didn't have any fighting scenes, and Master Zhou, except for the final decisive battle, mostly played with magic, just put on a pose, and left the rest to the special effects post-production.

How arrogant Cao Daguan was in the early stage, but how ruthlessly he was retaliated by the Empress of the East Palace in the later stage.

After a day of filming a fight scene, my back ached and I was exhausted. When I came back, I had to pay the public salary. It’s hard for a middle-aged man...

………

During filming breaks, if Cao Xuan is free, he will also visit the crews of "Feng Shen Bang" and "Myth" next door.

Especially in "The Legend of the Gods", Cao Xuan also played a role, playing the role of God Haotian, which can also be called the Jade Emperor.

There is only one scene in the whole play. At the end of the second part, after Jiang Ziya was conferred as a god, 365 righteous gods took their places and went to the Lingxiao Palace to pay homage to God Haotian. God Haotian encouraged the gods to contribute to the construction of the Three Realms.

It looked like a big scene, but in fact there were no actors at all. Cao Xuan just put on makeup, wore the imperial uniform of God Haotian, sat on the green screen, said his words to the camera, and then finished filming.

The rest will be left to the later stages. The green screen will turn into the majestic and majestic Lingxiao Hall, with God Haotian sitting on his throne and looking around the hall.

Three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods bowed and stood quietly, listening to the instructions of God Haotian, and then responded respectfully in unison.

"I respectfully comply with His Majesty's decree."

Live together!

There are many similar cameos in "The Legend of the Gods", such as Empress Sanxiao, the three golden flowers of Class 96, Zeng Li, Zhang Tong and Yuan Quan. Hu Jing also played a guest role as the Fire Spirit Madonna, plus Chen Minghao who played Zhao Gongming.

A total of five students from Class 96 guest-starred in "The Legend of the Gods", all of whom were Jiejiao Jinxian.

I know they were filming together, but I thought Class 96 collectively went to Biyou Palace to study...

It is because "The Legend of the Gods" has a villain or a decent minor character appearing every other episode or even half an episode, so it is a very cost-effective arrangement to find celebrity guest stars, and people are willing to come to Fanxing and CCTV to save face.

Therefore, in addition to the starring cast of "Feng Shen Bang", the guest cast is even more luxurious.

For example, the Sanqing Dynasty and the Second Sage of the West, Taiqing Laozi is the teacher Yu Wenzhong who plays Zhang Sanfeng in Cao Xuan's version of "Eternal Heaven and Sword of the Dragon", Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun is the teacher Tang Guoqiang, and the Shangqing Tongtian leader is the teacher Chen Baoguo.

The Taoist guide is Mr. Zhu Zhulongguang, who played the Tathagata Buddha in the 83 version of "Journey to the West", and Zhunti is Mr. You Benchang, who played Jigong in "The Legend of Jigong".

As for Daozu Hongjun, Cao Xuan visited the thatched cottage three times on the phone before inviting teacher Lan Tianye from the 1990 version of "The Legend of the Gods".

With so many big guys sitting together, the Ten Thousand Immortals Array didn't need to be acted out, but the saint gained momentum, and the plot was very convincing when filmed.

I’m not flattering them, but many of the “saints” on the subject of gods, although they are all veteran actors, may not be able to support such a big role.

Cao Xuan has connections and strength, and the big bosses are willing to sell face, which is why they formed such an impactful and luxurious lineup.

At the same time, it is also because of this that Cao Xuan thought of letting his master Li Xuejian play Jiang Ziya. Otherwise, if he were to use an ordinary actor, he would really be overwhelmed by so many big bosses.

Compared with "The Legend of the Gods" where big bosses gather, the crew of "The Myth" is much simpler.

The male protagonist Yi Xiaochuan is still Hu Ge, Huang Bo plays Gao Yao, and Qiao Zhenyu plays the cameo role of his brother Yi Dachuan.

The heroine, Princess Yushu, has not changed, she is still a white soldier. This one has just moved to Yinghuang and is highly recommended.

The producer is very optimistic about her, not because of her acting skills, but mainly because Bai Bing looks very similar to Kim Hee Sun in the movie version of "Myth". She is known as Little Kim Hee Sun and can help create hype for the TV series.

Finally, with Yinghuang's help and the producer's recommendation, Bai Bing snatched the heroine Princess Yushu from Gao Yuanyuan.

Of course, Gao Yuanyuan was not at a loss, Yinghuang introduced a movie heroine as compensation.

The second female lead, Gao Lan, and the third female lead, Lu Pheasant, are played by Fanxing's Lan Xi and Guo Zhenni respectively. As for the most outstanding character in the show, Lu Su, Cao Xuan hid his selfishness and left it to Liu Tianxian.

This role has only appeared in 8 episodes, and is considered a major guest role. It is a trivial matter to be paired with Hu Ge, but gaining fans is the most important thing.

The smart and gentle Wang Yuyan, the innocent and pure Ling'er, the cold and smart Xiao Longnu, Yu Zhouzhou who is like the pure first love, plus the kind and infatuated Lu Su.

With all kinds of Bai Yueguang characters that speak directly to the beauty of the soul, Cao Xuan held back his energy and asked Liu Tianxian to kill these young boys born between 85 and 95.

Boss Cao is now very curious about how thick Liu Tianxian can be with so many characters combined into one.

Unfortunately, now that he has the support of the stars, it is difficult for him to see Liu Tianxian relying on his blood to commit suicide in the entertainment industry.

But I feel a little sorry for Jinsha. Not only did "The Eighteen-Year-Old Sky" be snatched away, but Lu Su from "The Myth" was also not retained.

Cao Xuan thought about it, if he had a chance to make up for "writing" a song, the child was so miserable...

Cao Xuan went to visit "Mythology" with a pinch of salt. He looked at Huang Bo, who was wearing eunuch clothes at night, with tears in his eyes, gritting his teeth and yelling at Hu Ge.

"You are amazing, you are noble...I want to reach the top step by step, I want to be Zhao Gao."

Feel comfortable!

Cao Xuan was also relieved. It was not in vain that he helped Huang Bo research with Mr. Zhou and Hu Jing on the crew of "Painted Skin". The filming of this scene was not inferior to Zhang Shi's.

Huang Bo was also very happy. This is one of the highlights of acting in the past few years. I feel a sense of accomplishment after finishing it.

Only Hu Ge glanced at Cao Xuan with resentment. He actually didn't like the role of Yi Xiaochuan. It could even be said that he hated it, but the company arranged for him to play the role and he couldn't refuse.

Cao Xuan completely ignored Hu Ge's eyes. Since this guy entered Fanxing, he has been treated like the protagonist of Huayu. No, the protagonist of Huayu is not as happy as him.

When Cao Xuan debuted, he also played several villains, including Hu Ge, the second male lead in "Blood Romance", and the first male lead in four movies, "Armor Warrior 2", "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Hello, Time" and "Myth".

If you put him out there, he would be envied to death. He also thinks that the leading actor's character is not likeable.

If I say this outside, I'm afraid other actors will cover their bodies with sacks and beat them to death...

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ps: Asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket