Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

There was a night scene today, so the crew did not retreat to the city in the afternoon. Instead, they had dinner at the school and prepared to work overtime in the evening.

We have just eaten our lunch, and we will rest for a while before starting work.

Now is the autumn in the northwest. The temperature is low at night, estimated to be 10 degrees at most. It is still a bit cold to wear a woolen sweater under the coat, so the crew simply borrowed firewood from fellow villagers' homes and lit a few bonfires. Everyone gathered around the fire in twos and threes. Heap for warmth.

Yu Dongqing and Li Wan were in Zhang Yang's RV.

After Zhang Yang drove the car to the set, it later became a nanny car. Sometimes the actresses needed to change clothes, put on makeup, etc. in the car.

The air conditioner was turned on in the car, which was very warm. The three of them sat and chatted.

Through the window, Yu Dongqing looked at the piles of fires in the school gate and said to Li Wan:

"Li Wan, you have to ask the logistics team to get some coal stoves and matchmakers quickly. You can't always borrow firewood from fellow villagers, right?"

"Don't worry, I've asked Old Wu to lead the purchase of coal stoves and coal. They will probably arrive tomorrow," Li Wan replied.

Lao Wu is the leader of the logistics team and is responsible for purchasing supplies.

"Holly, I have to tell you something." Li Wan took out a pack of cigarettes and suddenly thought of putting the cigarette in his pocket in the car.

"Zhang Yang is not an outsider, he is also an investor, so I will not avoid him. I estimate that with this usage, the 190 million funds will not be used up at all."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Aren't we all worried about losing money? The less we spend, the less we will lose."

"Then everyone can invest less at the beginning."

"You don't blame me, do you? Everyone is rushing to invest." Yu Dongqing spread his hands with a look of helplessness.

Damn it!

Li Wan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"I'm talking about Li Wan, is it not easy to spend money?" Zhang Yang said at this time: "It would be better to live in the Desert Star Hotel. It costs more than 1,000 yuan a night. You can film during the day and watch the stars at night. Eat, don't eat too much. Packed lunches, boiled mutton, roasted whole lamb, and don’t buy any coal stoves. Everything here is air-conditioned and you still have to worry about not being able to spend money?”

Zhang Yang chuckled after saying that, but Li Wan ignored him.

Even a landlord's house can't be so luxurious, right?

Of course I know it's a joke.

Yu Dongqing smiled after hearing this and suddenly said: "Since we have more than enough funds, why don't we make another movie?"

"What?!"

Li Wan and Zhang Yang said in unison.

At this time, they suddenly heard singing from the campfire not far away, which attracted the attention of the three people.

It turned out to be Meili, Liang Xiyan, Ye Xiaomin and Zhao Yawen, dressed in ancient costumes and singing "Laughing in the Red Dust" a cappella around the fire:

No matter how beautiful the flowers are, I don’t want them

Let me sway

The higher the sky, the smaller the heart

No matter how many causes and effects there are

drunk alone

Cry today and laugh tomorrow

Don’t ask anyone to understand

Proud

Meimei sang and beat the beat:

Singing and dancing

The long night does not wake up

seek happiness

It's a unique feeling to listen to this song by a group of beautiful girls at night on the edge of the desert in the northwest.

"It's good. It's better to listen to the girls singing than to watch them play mahjong." Zhang Yang said suddenly.

Um?

It turned out that Yu Dongqing's filming was surprisingly slow this time, and he had to repeat a scene many times until he was satisfied.

When someone is filming, other actors have to wait there, maybe the director will call you, so it's very boring. Some of them play poker or even mahjong in the classroom.

Li Wan and Yu Dongqing didn't care.

As long as it is a small village, there is no entertainment, as long as it does not delay filming.

Now that he heard what Zhang Yang said, Yu Dongqing ignored him, got out of the car, turned around and walked out of the school.

Li Wan originally wanted to ask Yu Dongqing what he meant by making another movie just now, but Yu Dongqing just smiled and said it was just casual.

Time passed by so slowly, and the filming progress was also very slow, which made everyone lose their temper.

Another month passed and in early November, an uninvited guest suddenly came - Zhou Fanming, the president of Xiangjiang Huanyu Film and Television Group, came to visit the class. What surprised Li Wan even more was that the person who came was not a big boss, but Huangdu accompanied him. Film and television president Jin Yunfeng.

Why the two bosses suddenly came to the far northwest to visit the crew had to be discussed three days ago.

In Yanjing, the conference room of the headquarters of the Royal Capital Film and Television Group Building burst into warm applause.

It turned out that Zhou Fanming, the president of Xiangjiang Huanyu Film and Television Group, personally flew to Yanjing the day before to attend the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation agreement between the two parties.

This agreement includes mutual support and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two parties in joint ventures for film production, shared theaters, and overseas promotion.

After the signing ceremony, a grand cocktail party was held, where invited guests, media reporters and company bosses had a drink and had a heart-to-heart talk.

Zhou Fanming held a glass of wine and Jin Yunfeng stood in a corner by the window chatting. Naturally, they talked about the movie "Ashes of Time" that they had recently jointly invested in.

Both parties expressed admiration for Yu Dongqing's talent, and were also worried about the future box office of this film.

Especially Zhou Fanming, the company invested 60 million Hong Kong dollars!

Although the company has strong financial resources, this is not a small investment, not to mention that he requested the investment against all objections!

If he ends up losing money and the news reaches the ears of those major shareholders, it will naturally be detrimental to his reputation.

"Mr. Zhou, since you are so worried, why not go to the crew and see how he filmed it?" Jin Yunfeng said with a smile.

"Okay, I don't know if Mr. Jin has time. Let's go together. I heard that the scenery in the northwest is also pretty good." Zhou Fanming replied immediately.

In fact, Zhou Fanming had planned to go to Ningxia. Now after hearing what Jin Yunfeng said, he immediately proposed.

Going to Ningxia?

Jin Yunfeng doesn't want to go because he is busy with company affairs.

However, seeing Zhou Fanming in such high spirits and thinking that the two parties had just signed an agreement, I had to give him face.

Go and have a look too?

"Okay, let me arrange the matters at hand first." Jin Yunfeng readily agreed.

So two big guys came to the Great Northwest crew to find out news about the cast.

Yu Dongqing has a heavy filming schedule recently, so naturally she doesn't have time to deal with it, so she leaves this matter to producer Li Wan.

Li Wan got the news from Yu Dongqing and was a little surprised. Why did these two big guys come all the way?

But when people come, it’s good to encourage them and boost their morale.

Welcoming the two bosses and the female secretary who followed them from the airport, the driver drove everyone to the hotel in a business Buick.

Since most of the crew were filming in Wangjiapu, there were not many people in the hotel. Li Wan received the two bosses after lunch. According to his opinion, he will rest today. I will accompany you to the famous Shapotou Scenic Area later. Let's go to Wangjiapu tomorrow morning.

But Zhou Fanming couldn't wait.

"We won't go to the scenic area. Mr. Jin, how about we go directly to Wangjiabao later?"

Jin Yunfeng understood his mood and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I specially accompany you this time and follow your arrangements."

In this case, Li Wan had no choice but to arrange for everyone to go to Wangjiapu.

The commercial vehicle went straight to the village and drove into the school, and several people got out of the vehicle. Zhou Fanming looked at the surroundings and said with a smile.

"The conditions here are a bit difficult." "It's much better now than when I first came here. At least every room has a coal stove." Li Wan smiled and said, "You don't need to burn firewood for heating, and there is also a place to take a bath."

Zhou Fanming nodded after hearing this, and just as he was about to go take a look at the filming site, he suddenly heard the sound of mahjong coming from a dormitory in the front row.

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