Millennium director

Wu Yuan had been waiting for more than two months. perform

In a blink of an eye, the second semester of his sophomore year was almost over, and Wu Yuancai received a call from Wang Xiaoshuai confirming the startup.

"Hey Yuan'er, where are you?"

"The preparations for the crew have been completed. Come to Fengze Garden tomorrow, let's all get together, and you leading actors will get to know each other."

It's already mid-June, and the film school is about to go on summer vacation. Joining the group at this time is a very good choice.

The only thing that makes Wu Yuan a little regretful is that the summer vacation, the most suitable time for selling pirated discs, will be taken up.

In the past two months, in order to avoid the limelight, Wu Yuan's pirated disc business has slowed down a lot. At least in Dongcheng, he only dares to sell it every three to five days.

At the same time, his part-time income has also dropped sharply in the past two months, barely earning 500 yuan a month.

Although the average annual salary of on-the-job employees in urban units across the country was 9,371 yuan in 2000 and the average monthly salary was 780.9 yuan, the capital is the capital after all, and the average monthly salary of employees in the capital has exceeded 1,300 yuan.

This is the average salary of employees, that is, the level "within the system." Wu Yuan, as the third generation of his family with a well-established system, naturally has to pay attention to it.

"I wonder how much money I can get from playing this leading role." Wu Yuan thought curiously.

His curiosity did not last long.

The next day, when Wang Xiaoshuai came to pick him up, he revealed the secret.

Wang Xiaoshuai arrived in a Santana 2000, which has been the most popular model in recent years. The first thing he said to Wu Yuan was: "This time you film "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" and you will get a salary of 10,000 yuan."

"So many?!" Wu Yuan was shocked by Wang Xiaoshuai's words before he even bothered to admire this rather "retro" car.

This is the millennium, not 2020!

At a time when the marketization of the film industry has not yet begun, there is no such thing as a movie star.

At least in the Mainland, except for Jet Li and International Zhang, if anyone else plays a literary film, whether they are a starring role or a supporting role, they will only get three to five thousand yuan, and newcomers will only get one or two thousand yuan.

On the other hand, acting in TV series pays a lot of money. You can get two to three thousand for one episode, and you can get more than ten or two hundred thousand for one TV series.

However, TV dramas take a long time to shoot, and movies can be shot in a few to ten days, so the price is still acceptable.

But for Wu Yuan, a newcomer who acted in a movie for the first time, even if he was the leading actor, it was a bit exaggerated to receive 10,000 yuan.

"I am not short of money for this movie. From the beginning of preparation, many people are willing to invest in me."

Wang Xiaoshuai started the car and said nonchalantly:

"We are now in a period of transformation of relevant policies. Although the complete marketization stage has not yet begun, it has been relaxed a lot."

"For "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", I only need to pay the film studio to buy the factory logo, and I can find anyone to raise the remaining funds.

"I have secured funds from France and Baodao, and these people are really rich, and they give generously and readily."

"You are my junior brother after all. You still have to take care of your own people."

Is there such a good thing? !

Wu Yuan was happy.

Wang Xiaoshuai is different from him. Before planning to film "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", he had already won the Best Director Award at the Smino Art Film Festival in Italy, the Best Film Award at the Tessalonian International Film Festival in Greece, International Film Critics Award at Rotterdam Film Festival, Un Certain Regard Unit at Cannes Film Festival.

Lao Wang is not only famous in China, but also a well-known director in Europe. There is really no shortage of people to invest in him to make literary films.

"Thank you, senior brother!" Wu Yuan thanked him cheerfully.

Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at him from the corner of his eyes and snorted: "But don't talk nonsense. You are the highest paid among the actors in the crew. The other male lead only gets five thousand yuan. If anyone asks about it then, Yes, you also said that the salary was only five thousand."

"This extra five thousand yuan is not given to you in vain. In addition to being the leading actor on the set, you will also be left to do the work of the crew's film runner."

"Also, when you are not in the movie, you also have to take on some of the duties of the assistant director."

"Okay, it's on me!" Wu Yuan patted his chest and agreed without hesitation.

Film crew member, this is a position that has left a long lasting impression on Wu Yuan.

In the era of film movies, depending on the shooting conditions, every day or at least every week, the crew would have a "film runner" responsible for transporting the exposed film to the laboratory and then bringing back the developed samples.

This kind of developed and printed sample is also commonly known as "raw film"

Every time a raw film is received from the laboratory, it will be screened for inspection.

The main purpose is to conduct technical inspections, such as exposure, focus, whether there are holes and other details.

Of course, the most important thing is that the directors will discuss and judge the content and performance of the shots. If they are not satisfied, or if they have any new ideas after watching the samples, they may reshoot the next day.

Film runners are responsible for transporting films back and forth. This job is very important because if something goes wrong with the undeveloped film, it will cause heavy losses.

For Wu Yuan, if he serves as a film runner, he can also participate in discussions about shooting materials every night.

This is the best opportunity in the film era to understand and learn a director’s shooting skills and abilities!

Ordinary film runners are really just running errands, and they definitely don't have this opportunity, but who calls Wu Yuan extraordinary? These days, his direct juniors are really the favorites of his seniors!

Every director who is successful in the film industry has the help of one or more seniors behind him!

This is why the mainland director circle, especially in the first 15 years of the 21st century, has been criticized for being closed-minded and factional.

No, Wu Yuan just fell in love with a good big brother!

The half-hour drive passed quickly as Wu Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai chatted endlessly.

By the time they arrived at Fengze Garden, the rest of the crew of "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" had already arrived and were waiting in the box.

Wang Xiaoshuai, the biggest director in the whole crew, took the newbie Wu Yuan and pushed open the door of the box.

"Shua——"

Whether it was the actors or the crew, they all stood up from their chairs when they saw Wang Xiaoshuai.

These days, for independently produced films, the director is the biggest in the group, and neither the producer nor the producer can shake the director's power at all.

Even most directors are also producers, and there are no supervisors on the crew. They say everything on the crew, just like kings.

Following Wang Xiaoshuai, Wu Yuan curiously looked at the situation in the box.

Needless to say, the seven or eight crew members were all unfamiliar strangers.

But Wu Yuan was very familiar with the young people sitting at the central round table.

That young man with a shaved head, dark complexion, handsome appearance but extremely nervous, knew without asking that he was Cui Lin, the other male protagonist of "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle".

And the two beauties standing on his left and right are extremely familiar celebrities to Wu Yuan!

"Gao Yuanyuan!"

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