Pick a system to be a star

Chapter 360 The Puppet Director

The director has always been the lifeblood of a film, and it can also be said to be the lifeblood of many actors, because whether you are suitable for this role or not, whether you need it or not is a matter of the director's words.

However, for a film, for a crew, sometimes there is one person who has more power than the director, and that is the investor!
Nowadays, in the era when audiences are more and more pursuing audio-visual feasts, the production cost of movies has also increased a lot accordingly, especially for some special effects movies that require powerful post-production to complete, the cost is naturally even more terrifying.In addition to a series of publicity and screening expenses, although it is very common for China's film market to have a box office of hundreds of millions, in fact, the real profit is very little.

And even a movie as successful as Zhang Liang's "Charlotte's Annoyance", in the end, Zhang Liang's income is only [-] to [-] million yuan, so the box office is very exaggerated.

Under normal circumstances, directors who want to pursue box office are not willing to make low-cost movies, because low-cost movies rarely achieve box office success. "Charlotte Annoyance" can only be said to be a special case.Therefore, directors who are generally willing to make low-budget films, or who can only make low-budget films, are either new directors or have no choice but to get sponsorship.

Therefore, even for a great director like Zhang Muyi, who has been making movies for so many years, it may be impossible for his own assets to be less than [-] million yuan, but even if he passes by, it will not be much, and he may even make money from making movies for so many years. Not as much as Zhang Liang's "Charlotte Annoyance".

Therefore, even if it is a great director like Zhang Muyi, if he wants to make a big movie, he can’t pay for it all by himself, and he will find investors, and even if he has the money, he will not be so stupid as to pay for it himself. The risk at the box office is so great, it's better for Lala sponsorship to be borne by someone regardless of profit or loss.

It is also because in such a big environment, the status of investors is naturally getting higher and higher, and in many cases it will directly affect all aspects of a movie.

After all, if the investors don’t give enough money, your special effects or actors will be greatly discounted, and more and more investors now like to stuff some people into the crew, and they may even be important roles. Naturally, almost all of them are related households and have various relationships with investors.

And this time, although Zhang Liang is considered a powerful director, in fact Zhang Liang thinks that he is just a puppet director. I have contacted him, he has absolutely no right to speak in this crew, Liu Dehua is the leading actor, an investor, and the National People's Congress of the crew, how can Liu Xigeng be Liu Dehua's nephew, can a puppet director like Zhang Liang really kick him out?

Whether it's to give Liu Dehua a face, or because Liu Xigeng didn't have many roles in the first place, and this kind of conflict is really nothing to Zhang Liang, he has seen this kind of thing a lot along the way.

So Liu Xigeng doesn't care about whether Zhang Liang stays or not, what he cares about is whether the drama can be filmed smoothly.As for the actor, he cares more about the strength of the actor, rather than the conflict between the actor and himself or the relationship with the crew. Even if they are big shots, if they are not suitable for the role, Zhang Liang will unceremoniously let him go. People quit the group.

Of course, if Liu Dehua, an investor, doesn't care about his best actor trophy, it's another matter.

And if Liu Dehua really didn't care, then Zhang Liang felt that there was no need to shoot this movie. After all, Zhang Liang only helped out because of his friendship with Liu Dehua. I don't care what he cares about?Although Zhang Liang is still a rookie director, it is very easy to find some actors. As for the funds, although almost all of them are used for development, "Infernal Affairs" is not a movie that needs special effects. , a 2000 million can almost get it done.

Therefore, before the filming started, Zhang Liang also knew that he still had a lot of preparatory work to complete.

For example, familiarity with the crew, familiarity with the crew, understanding of each actor, etc. After all, the crew is too unfamiliar for him as a director. At this time, Zhang Liang misses Shao Xiaomin a little. At any time, Shao Xiaomin can help him arrange everything in an orderly manner.

It's a pity that this time I brought Dong Mengwei with me, if I brought Shao Xiaomin with me again, I don't know what this jealous jar will think, now I can only miss it.

The atmosphere of the banquet was generally good, and Liu Xigeng was just an episode.

Although Zhang Liang also knows that many people in this crew still don't believe him, although this crew doesn't need many actors, but under the influence of Liu Dehua, the members of this crew are naturally like big bosses, I can't say about each of them, but at least many of them have worked with many well-known directors, and even worked with major foreign directors. It is normal to despise a new director like Zhang Liang.

But fortunately, they still sold Liu Dehua's face, and did not show it directly like Liu Xigeng. After upgrading his skills, Zhang Liang naturally had sufficient confidence. Speak with facts, which is Zhang Liang's motto in life. When filming, these big bosses who are dismissive of him now will definitely look at him with admiration.

Through this small banquet, Zhang Liang also had a certain understanding of the crew, got a little familiar with the main actors, and had some contact with the crew.

The new film press conference will not be held anymore. After all, the news of "Infernal Affairs" has attracted a lot of attention as soon as it came out. There's no point in wasting too much time.

On the second day of the banquet, a simple opening ceremony was held to start the filming of "Infernal Affairs". However, before the official shooting, Zhang Liang decided to come to an "audition", which is not considered as an actor. The assessment is to let the director Zhang Liang have a general understanding of the acting skills of the actors. After all, Zhang Liang, who has not participated in the casting work, is really ignorant of these actors.

What's more, many of these big names are "invited" to come. It's really hard to say whether they are suitable for the role. It's a good idea to come to such an "audition" before the official shooting starts, saving a lot of time and film waste. .

It's just that such an "audition" will definitely make people feel uncomfortable for some actors, especially some big shots, so Zhang Liang chose a secret "audition" method.

(End of this chapter)