Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

On a new day, Zhao Donghuai woke up in the hotel, sat on the sofa and poured a cup of tea, thinking about today's shooting plan while drinking.

Last night, I invited Zhang Guorong and Wan Ziliang to dinner, and added Guan Jiahui who was also enjoying the meal. Later, I also invited Huang Xingxiu, Chen Baixiang, Tan Yonglin, etc.

There were no surprises until the end of the meal.

The atmosphere of everyone's communication was very pleasant. Director Zhao's "original" songs were one after another, whether they had music and no lyrics, or lyrics and music were adapted, or they had both lyrics and music like Infernal Affairs, or [Main TheMe].

It can basically hit the highlights of musicians such as Ah Wing, Tan Yonglin and Chen Baixiang.

Everyone appreciates and likes his originality. Director Zhao is also a peace-loving and life-loving person, so communication is natural and pleasant.

"As long as everything goes as expected, the free musician is still a popular singer. If something unexpected happens, we will have to find another one."

After finishing a cup of tea, Zhao Donghuai packed up and set off.

There are still a lot of scenes to be shot today. After the filming, it was time to go to the hospital to visit the lighting engineer Zhong Ye in the evening. A car accident happened after a good lighting. It was so sudden.

………………

A few days later.

Clearwater Bay studio, sunny shooting building.

There are many people busy inside and outside. Zhao Donghuai is sitting behind the viewfinder in the corner of the big office. He is becoming more and more skilled in the directing business. The scene to be filmed today is before Li Zicheng's finale. A large group of Pan Asia Group directors held a meeting. Choose a new chairman.

Ah Cheng staged The Return of the King.

Image of climbing to the top of the New Godfather.

Of course, there are still many things that haven’t been filmed before this whole story. Many of those things that haven’t been filmed are location scenes that need to be filmed outside the Clear Water Bay studio. Whether it involves a police station, an airport, or a super large office building, cutting each other in an underground parking lot. Opening film, hospital, home, road racing scenes, etc.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t find a place to shoot those scenes at the Clear Water Bay Studio, so you can just make do with it, but for Zhao Donghuai, who is gradually striving for excellence and has no shortage of funds for the time being, he still chooses to go outside.

When the assistant director initially scouted locations, he chose more than one shooting location for some big scenes.

Before the shooting started, it was still the same old routine, the actors moved, the lighting engineer measured the light and temperature, the camera crew arranged the camera to establish the track, focus, height and low positions, etc.

After doing this, it’s time to rehearse.

It won't be turned on until everything is done.

This scene requires a lot of extras. The meeting of the Pan Asia Group should be like the meeting at the headquarters of the big real estate group behind the Galaxy Center that was blackmailed in Police Story 2, with twenty or thirty director extras.

Behind a group of directors there are about a dozen juniors.

When Li Zicheng returned as king, he opened the door, and two rows of black suits with a straight line came in. They were also thirty or forty young men.

There are nearly a hundred supporting players.

But the more people there are, the stronger the momentum becomes.

When the first move is over, the lighting and camera are also busy.

In the corner of the big office, not far from the director's team, Guan Jiahui glanced at the busy crew who were coming and going in a hurry, and said to Zhang Guorong with curiosity, "Leslie, isn't there no show for you today?"

Ah Wing laughed, "It's not my role, but I have to get closer to the director so that I can do more songs in the future. The director's creative talent is really..."

Ah Rong came here to sing, and for free he got a brilliant BGM of the Autobots landing on the earth under the leadership of Brother Zhu. Not to mention making money, the person who sang "Infernal Affairs" with him was the senior Tan Yonglin.

This made him feel that he was making too much money, so he was embarrassed and offered to make a free guest appearance.

He makes a cameo appearance as the secretary and lawyer of the new world boss Ding Qing. In the story, he is the one who accompanies or flies to Wanwan to discuss business for Ding Qing, hires intelligence officers to investigate Pan Asia Group insiders to dig up undercover agents, and hires gunmen from Vietnam.

The ending was also when Ding Qing and Li Zhongjiu were fighting each other, and they were hacked to death by their younger brothers.

While joking, Zhang Guorong suddenly said, "Isn't there a drama today? Why are you here?"

Guan Jiahui couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "You think I want to come? It's such a hot day...my dad is urging me to get familiar with the life of the crew as soon as possible. I will always have to eat in the future."

This was the first time that her dream of becoming a wealthy family had been shattered, and she really needed to make ends meet after her divorce.

Speaking of this, Guan Jiahui suddenly glanced at Zhao Donghuai behind the viewfinder and whispered, "Leslie, what do you think of the director as a person?"

Even if she has to make a break after getting divorced, she should seriously consider becoming an actress and star and making money through filming. She is not a member of the crew, and Guan Shan is just a supporting role. There is really not much reason to stay here often.

Guan Shan had a wide network of contacts, which allowed her to re-adapt to the atmosphere of the crew, learn acting, and she had many recommendations. Two years later, she directly became the heroine of the third part of the Lucky Star series, ousting Hu Huizhong.

Guan Jiahui doesn't want to come, and Guan Shan can't help it. She is willing to come, even when Guan Shan is away. She still thinks that this crew... It doesn't matter if the director is young and good-looking.

There are many handsome boys among male celebrities in Hong Kong.

The key is to have money!

A production crew with an investment of five million, which is not a lot in this era, is fully owned by the director. From behind the scenes to the star extras, everything is rented by Shaw Brothers, and it can still manage the venue.

What's this? The second generation of rich people or the second generation of movie stars? Anyway, Wang Jing and others are far from this kind of pomp.

In addition, Zhao Donghuai can also make music creation that Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong appreciate and even admire.

When a young man is good-looking, has a good figure, has money to show off, and is very talented, his attractiveness index will skyrocket.

Unfortunately, from the first time she arrived until now, she has not established any friendship with Zhao Donghuai. At most, she only left a phone number and met and said hello.

Under her words, Zhang Guorong looked at Guan Jiahui, then at Director Zhao, and said with a smile, "Director Zhao is really a talented and handsome person."

He also noticed that Guan Jiahui might have some thoughts, but he would not interfere in this matter. The other party had only been divorced for a few months... What if it was his illusion? That would be super embarrassing.

Maybe Guan Liangnu wants to build a good relationship and find roles for director Zhao in future dramas?

At this time, the lighting, camera and other work were basically completed. When Cheng Xiaodong and Sir Cheng ordered the actors to rehearse, all the surrounding sounds quickly disappeared. Most people looked at both sides of the long table in the large office with concern.

During the rehearsal, more than 30 directors were waiting for candidates for the new chairman to run for office. Originally, the only candidate was the second boss Zhang Shouji, and everyone thought that Lao Zhang was destined to take over.

While waiting, a young man came over and told the person in charge of the ceremony that Lao Zhang was not coming and had withdrawn, leaving Li Zicheng as the only candidate.

The person in charge's face changed several times, he quickly made a fuss, explained and led everyone to look at the office door.

Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open from the outside.

The suit boys, including Zhou Xingxing, Guan Lijie, Ouyang Zhenhua, and Tao Dayu, all in suits and leather shoes, with their hair combed meticulously, walked forward, divided into two long snakes, and filed in.

Two rows of boys in suits in their 30s and 40s, about a dozen of whom just walked out.

Many people also had a feeling of excitement while looking at it. After looking through the viewfinder, Zhao Donghuai grabbed the speaker and said, "Click! Let's do it again!"

If you don’t go well in rehearsals, it will only be a waste of film if you open the camera later.

Many people looked at Director Zhao, but a group of guys in suits reacted quickly and turned around, planning to leave again.

Zhao Donghuai grabbed the speaker and said, "There is no need to rehearse the dialogue scene for the board of directors. Let them go through it a few times. It feels too bad."

Ah Cheng became the only candidate. As soon as the door opened, two rows of young people gathered. Dozens of directors knelt down and worshiped like subordinates. It was the most domineering scene in the whole film.

Coupled with [Arrest]'s fast-paced and explosive drums, the audience's adrenaline surge can be seen.

But Xingzi, Dayu and others left badly.

Depressed? rapid? Kill? Cold? What about the domineering and wolfish temperament of King Fu Xin? What about the feeling of walking on the runway?