China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

The next morning, Lao Xu, as a tour guide, took Lu Pingping to visit Hengdian Film and Television City.

Along the way, I was also perfecting the idea I had last night.

At present, it seems that the feasibility of the idea is there, but there is no rush as to when it will be implemented.

That's what's good about a series, the first one was a success, the next one just needs to take its time.

In the afternoon, the task of tour guide was handed over to Xiao Xu.

After all, Lao Xu is a busy man, so it's really good to be able to spend half a day helping Lu Ping'an.

After the two made an appointment for dinner, Xiao Xu took Lu Pingan to continue shopping in the afternoon.

The next thing is mainly about "Painted Skin".

Hengdian has many interior locations suitable for filming "Painted Skin".

Lao Xu was also very proud. He said that if it was his first time to collaborate, he would directly modify the one he liked. If it didn't work, he would build it separately, and the money spent would not be included in the production cost.

Very proud.

In fact, Lao Xu can definitely make money.

Real scenes are the most important asset in Hengdian.

Even if the movie is not popular, multiple filming locations will be able to share Hengdian's filming pressure in the future and expand Hengdian's capacity.

But Lu Pingan did not accept it directly.

As for business, it’s better to be more careful.

At least you have to do a good investigation first.

When inspecting the interior locations, Xiao Xu said:

"It's a coincidence. There is a crew in front of us who is filming the theme of painted skin. You also know the actress Lu, she is Zeng Li."

"Really."

Lu Pingping looked surprised.

"Would you like to go take a look? That building complex was just built last year and there is a lot of room for renovation."

Xiao Xu suggested.

Of course I want to go.

Lu Ping'an smiled and nodded: "As long as it doesn't affect other people's shooting."

"No, just say hello."

Xiao Xu quickly answered the call and then made a call.

On the other side, Cai Yinong immediately ordered the crew to prepare after receiving the call.

Mr. Xu said that Lu Ping'an would come to see the interior of the building.

Although this would delay a little time, Cai Yinong didn't care.

Because she had long wanted to meet Lu Pingping.

At the same time, Cai Yinong also immediately pulled Li Zi.

Li Zi has acted in Lu Ping An's movie, so they must know each other.

No matter what the relationship between the two is, as long as they know each other, it will be useful. With Li Zi and without Li Zi, the situation will naturally be completely different.

Soon, Lu Pingan met the crew.

Director Wu Jinyuan, Tang Dynasty boss Cai Yinong, Jiang Hua, Pan Yijun and Li Zi from the "Painted Skin" unit.

When Lu Pingan saw Li Zi, he felt as if he had found a treasure and said to Chen Jiashang beside him: "Let's see if she is suitable for our heroine."

Chen Jiashang already knew that the heroine Pei Rong would be a pear, but he did not reveal it and cooperated obediently.

He looked at the pear up and down and praised: "That's right, it couldn't be more suitable."

"It's not in vain!"

Lu Pingan happily said to Xiao Xu, "I didn't expect that during my visit to Hengdian, I solved two things."

Xiao Xu laughed.

Lu Pingan continued to say to Zeng Li: "We are still destined. I am also planning to make a movie. As for the heroine, I think you are more suitable. Can you come and audition when you are free?"

Of course Zeng Li agreed.

And he also cooperated so much that he looked flattered.

In my heart, I actually despise Lu Ping'an sweetly.

The acting is a bit exaggerated!

But this did not prevent the rest of the crew from being envious.

Zeng Li becomes the heroine of Ping An Lu again?

This is too magical.

But let’s take a look at Zeng Li’s current makeup.

Indeed.

Beautiful lands don’t want them.

No wonder he was recognized at a glance!

And Cai Yinong was also quite excited.

How could she not know how powerful the publicity would be if word spread that "Lu Ping'an visited the crew of "New Liaozhai" and chose the heroine of the new movie on the spot"?

One is a movie and the other is a TV series. There is not much competition, but on the contrary, it will be a great help.

Let's put it this way, "New Liaozhai" will have many celebrities joining the cast, and the publicity effect it will produce in the future may not be comparable to this.

So Cai Yinong's gums burst into laughter.

Of course, she also knew that Lu Ping'an might not agree to such publicity.

But this can be discussed.

So she immediately asked Lu Pingan: "Director Lu, when will you be free? Our company has a movie that we want to release, and I would like to ask you for advice."

Lu Ping'an agreed and then agreed to have a chat at lunch tomorrow.

After Lu safely left, Zeng Li's treatment from the crew was invisibly upgraded to a higher level.

Originally there were no chairs during breaks, but now there are.

Originally there was no assistant delivering hot water, but now there is one.

The rest of the cast and crew were even more enthusiastic about her.

As a result, Lizi started "complaining" with Lu Ping'an after returning to the hotel in the evening.

In fact, Li Zi's treatment was not bad at first. Although most of the production team in Tang Dynasty are from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the atmosphere of the crew is still good, especially after the beating incident of the crew of "Little Fish" last year. The current domestic production crew from Hong Kong and Taiwan They have all restrained themselves a lot.

And Li Zi's lack of a chair on the set is not a discriminatory incident. After all, there are only two people in the entire crew who have chairs, one is the director Wu Jinyuan, and the other is the male lead Jiang Hua. Jiang Hua doesn't sit down very often and is very dedicated.

But now, Lizi suddenly got special treatment, which actually made Lizi feel embarrassed.

But Li Zi feels that she is happy, after all, her man does have good intentions.

At noon the next day, Cai Yinong met Lu Ping'an as promised.

After a meal, Cai Yinong was completely reassured.

Lu Ping'an agreed that yesterday's incident could be used to publicize it, provided that the heroine would be decided upon, and the heroine would most likely be Zeng Li.

Thinking about it, for Lu Ping'an, choosing the heroine at a glance and publicizing it would also be a great help to the movie.

Of course, she also had questions. After all, Lizi and Lu Ping'an had also worked together, and choosing her again this time would give rise to some other associations.

But after hearing that Lu Pingan's new movie is also called "Painted Skin", this doubt disappeared instantly.

With the same theme, Li Zi just caught up with it!

What luck!

However, she has not recommended any of her own actors to Lu Ping'an for the time being, because the project is still very early to start, so don't rush, just get to know them first and then get familiar with them, and take your time.

So Cai Yinong talked about the next thing.

Things are also very simple.

At the end of last year, Tangren produced its first movie "Suspicious", directed by Qiu Litao and starring Da S and Liu Ye.

Lu Ping'an is a big shot in the mainland film industry and controls distribution and exhibition channels. Cai Yinong wants to seek distribution and theater support.

Of course, screening support is not a big problem, but it has to be a digital copy, and he will not make other copies, otherwise he will lose money.

This movie is a blockbuster, and the heroine is also a blockbuster, so I have no interest in releasing it.

So Lu Ping'an finally said: "Bring the film to the capital, I'll talk about it after watching it."

Cai Yinong happily agreed. Her original plan was to go to the capital in a few days to look for the stars and Huayi on the way. She hoped she wouldn't have to travel to more places on this trip.

After the banquet, Lu Ping'an's trip to Hengdian also ended.

The cooperation between "Painted Skin" and Hengdian is basically finalized.

The interior scenes and some exterior scenes will be shot in Hengdian.

As for "Wonderful Night 2", as the same saying goes, just take your time and don't be in a hurry, so he didn't give Lao Xu a sure word, and Lao Xu was not in a hurry. This kind of person needs to be patient.

On the way back to Beijing, Chen Jiashang asked about the casting of "Pang Yong".

In the original version, this role was played by Zeng Zidan. Lu Pingan had no objection to this person, so he was still his first choice at the beginning.

However, after Chen Jiashang asked him, he was told that Zeng Zidan's schedule this year is quite full.

Now he is still filming "Seven Swords", which will probably be completed in May, and then "Slaying the Wolf". Wu Jing has been waiting for his schedule for this reason, and will also film "Dragon and Tiger Gate" after it is over.

The other company treated him like a beast.

In fact, if Lu Ping An came out to invite in person, Zeng Zidan would also push the schedule, but Lu Ping An didn't think it was necessary.

This role is not particularly important. There is no need to hire a high-paying one. In fact, as long as Zhou Gongzi, Chen Kun and Zeng Li remain unchanged, anyone else can be replaced.

Lu Ping'an thought that he might as well just let Wu Jing come. Wu Jing is also a martial arts star and is not very popular in Xiangjiang, but his popularity in the mainland is still very good.

And it’s reasonable for my brothers to take care of them.

"Let's prepare for the preliminary work first. The film will start shooting at the end of the year no matter how soon it is. There is no rush."

"Okay, then I will continue to finalize the draft."

"Well, there is one thing you must remember when it comes to clothing. Don't use Japanese to replace Chinese. Anyone who offends this point will get out."

"I see."

Chen Jiashang is obedient, and he doesn't like his little life very much.

Everything was temporarily finalized, and on the 8th, Lu Ping'an boarded a plane to Lao America, where Yan Danchen had been waiting for two days.

The 9th is Yan Danchen’s birthday, so don’t miss it.

It just so happens that the 10th is the day when this year’s Forbes celebrity list is released.

As the number one, it is better to avoid this limelight. (End of this chapter)