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Early the next morning, Lu Shaoheng took Ling Xiao and flew to Hainan together.

Most of "Tomorrow" was filmed in Hainan. There is a consensus in the film industry that animals, children, and water are the three most difficult elements to shoot.

And this unlucky movie has two of them.

On Lu Shaoheng's first day in the group, he patrolled around accompanied by the staff.When a group of people rushed to the set, they saw hundreds of people in the whole group facing the sun and staring at the empty sea in a daze.

"What is Director Zhang doing?" Lu Shaoheng didn't like the sea, so he stopped after a long distance, unwilling to take a step closer.

The production director's surname is Li. He seemed to want to take this opportunity to say something, but he didn't dare to speak out. Finally, he pointed out: "The director is waiting for a wave that feels right."

After finishing speaking, Director Li gave a "hehe" dry laugh, and added: "The director has very strict requirements for every shot."

What kind of feeling is right, what kind of feeling is right, the director never said, and there is no standard, and this "wave with feeling" appears in the camera for less than a second, and it may not even be recognized. Cut into the feature film.

It's a pity that Lu Shaoheng is an idiot, and he didn't understand the director's hint. He nodded as if suddenly enlightened, and admired sincerely: "Director Zhang still has such artistic pursuits."

The "Director Zhang" in Lu Shaoheng's mouth is Zhang Guoqiang, the director of "Tomorrow".A famous film director like him usually has willful capital.Take Zhang Guoqiang as an example. In his creation, he not only likes to pursue natural scenery, light and shadow, but also has a common problem of domestic directors, that is, habitual grinding of drama.

The combination of these two characteristics has created Zhang Guoqiang's exquisite artistic style, but it also has a weakness-in his crew, hundreds of people spend a day waiting for a cloud or a rainbow.Or for a shot, it is common for the whole team to accompany him for several days and nights, and no one dares to question it.

The production director of the production team has long been aware of the difficulty of filming this film. When encountering Zhang Guoqiang's working method, there will be big problems. Let him continue filming. How much money to invest.

But because of his identity, he dared not say it clearly.

Obviously, Lu Shaoheng didn't want to be this early bird. After figuring out the crux, he didn't say anything. Instead, he wandered around the set for several days with nothing to do, except for picking out some trivial problems. constructive action.

Since even the boss didn't dare to challenge Director Zhang's authority, the director naturally wouldn't say much, and continued to turn a blind eye and muddle through.

Unexpectedly, the turning point came a week later. On this day, as usual, Lu Shaoheng went to the set early in the morning to visit the set.After watching around the sidelines with great interest, he suddenly said to the director's assistant: "Let's call it a day."

"Ah?" The director's assistant suspected that he had heard it wrong, and looked at Zhang Guoqiang in embarrassment.

Without waiting for Zhang Guoqiang's reaction, Lu Shaoheng took over the loudspeaker from the field manager and announced to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard, let's call it a day." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the director again, and passed the loudspeaker in front of the whole crew. He continued: "Director Zhang, we need to talk next."

Everyone at the scene looked at each other in blank dismay. After this week, they thought that Lu Shaoheng was just a mascot who was just going through the motions. No one thought that he would make trouble at this time.

Since the boss said to suspend work, there is no reason to stop it. Lu Shaoheng seemed to press the pause button, and the entire crew stopped working, and everyone stayed where they were.

Work was forcibly suspended, Zhang Guoqiang slammed his notebook and left on the spot, without giving Lu Shaoheng a chance to speak.

It doesn't matter to Lu Shaoheng if someone makes such a low face.Afterwards, the boss condescended, went to the director several times in person, was rejected several times in a row, and finally stopped Zhang Guoqiang in the chess and card room of the hotel.

The assistant director who was playing cards at the same table saw Lu Shaoheng coming in, and quickly got up to give up a seat. Lu Shaoheng didn't refuse, sat down politely, and took over the assistant director's booth.

"Mr. Sun has a backache recently, and he has to go to the clinic for physical therapy every day. I will share some of his work." Lu Shaoheng rubbed his fingers, and a small stack of poker unfolded in his hand one by one, like a small fan De: "In the next period of time, some affairs will be temporarily taken over by me."

Teacher Sun is the executive producer of this movie. Before Lu Shaoheng came, he was responsible for coordinating the overall situation.

Zhang Guoqiang took a sip of his cigar, and instead of going around in circles with Lu Shaoheng, he asked straight to the point, "What do you want to do?"

Lu Shaoheng picked out a few cards, flipped them to the center of the table, and said, "There are two main things. First, in the future, the expenditure of more than 2 yuan in the group must be signed by me before the finance side can release the money. "

The old man snorted and said that it didn't matter, he didn't care about the money in the first place, and the people under him just did things well according to his requirements, spending more money and spending less money was not in his consideration.

"The second thing." Lu Shaoheng lingered on the card for a moment, then looked at Zhang Guoqiang: "The day before the shooting, you need to give me the shooting plan and the storyboard script for the next day in advance .”

As soon as Lu Shaoheng said this, the chess and card room fell silent instantly, and the other people on the table began to watch, pretending that they did not exist.

Lu Shaoheng's request is actually very offensive. Different directors have their own work habits. Some people like to design the storyboard early and shoot strictly according to the storyboard script. The advantage of this is that it is efficient.There is another kind of people who are more inclined to create on the spot. When they are in a real environment, they often have many wonderful ideas.

And Zhang Guoqiang is the second type, and obviously, he has been in the industry for so many years, and all his partners either support him or support him. No one has ever dared to say such things to him.

"Okay, okay." When the old man heard this, he was really furious. He sneered, and said eccentrically, "Times have changed. Now, pigs, pigs and dogs dare to come and guide me on how to be a director."

"I didn't mean that." Lu Shaoheng patiently explained: "I hope you understand this special period. I think you also understand the current situation of Juxing."

"If I don't agree." Zhang Guoqiang gave Lu Shaoheng a tyrannical look, and said, "Your father knows my habits. Since he chose me to be the director, he has to respect my way of working!"

"Of course." Lu Shaoheng first expressed his agreement, then turned around and said, "But now my father is lying half dead in the hospital. If you want to finish the filming, you have to follow my rules."

"You!" Zhang Guoqiang threw the poker on the table, his eyebrows almost burning with anger.

"If you don't cooperate for a day, the crew will not resume work for a day." Lu Shaoheng glanced at him, continued to add fuel to the fire, and said slowly: "You know, you are making a commercial film, not an art film. Since it is a commercial film Movies, whether it's you as a creator or us as a producer, there are some trade-offs."

Lu Shaoheng paused, and said a cruel fact: "After all, no company is willing to invest so much money in art films."

Seeing Lu Shaoheng's arrogance, Zhang Guoqiang sneered, thinking that he didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and his anger miraculously weakened: "Do you know how much it costs to stop work for a day, can you afford it now?"

Lu Shaoheng spread his hands and put on an indifferent attitude: "I don't care if I can afford it or not. It's not just a matter of a day or two for me to procrastinate. To tell you the truth, the company doesn't have much money left now. After ruining it, pull it down."

Lu Shaoheng concealed the news that the funds were in place. It is impossible for all the money to be invested in the filming, and a large amount of expenses will be required for post-production and distribution.

If these words were viewed by another person, the old man would only regard them as a threat, not as a reality.But if it came from Lu Shaoheng's mouth, he couldn't help but weigh it.

After all, this person has a lot of bad deeds, maybe he really did it.

Lu Shaoheng glanced at the old man's increasingly ugly face, and continued to say: "It's fine if this movie is put on hold, I don't want to do it for a long time, finish it early and go home early, so as not to spend every day soaking in the beach, your group They are full of strong men with five big and three thick, but they suffocate me..."

At the end of the day, it ended with Zhang Guoqiang flipping the table. The little old man blew his beard and stared at him, and scolded Lu Shaoheng, obviously very angry at this prodigal son.

After Zhang Guoqiang left, Lu Shaoheng faced the messy card table and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Why did he dare to say these words to stimulate Zhang Guoqiang, because he knows that Director Zhang has placed high hopes on this film and has put [-]% of his efforts into it. The reason why he has extremely strict requirements for each shot is also due to his understanding of the film. affection and attention.

If there is anyone who does not want this movie to be stillborn, the one who ranks first is Zhang Guoqiang himself.

The first negotiation was considered a failure, but this time Lu Shaoheng also made a real move. He didn't receive the director's shooting arrangement that night, and immediately notified the stoppage of work the next day.

Zhang Guoqiang has a very strong personality, and Lu Shaoheng is a broken can, and no one is willing to give in for a while.

In the end, it was Lu Shaoheng who was more able to hold his breath. On the third day, Zhang Guoqiang finally couldn't sit still, and came to the door in person angrily.

Lu Shaoheng was not in the crew, and his dandy nature remained unchanged. During the suspension of filming, he didn't want to share the joys and sorrows with the crew, so he moved to the luxury hotel next door.When Zhang Guoqiang arrived in disgrace with his team, he was leading a group of handsome men and beauties to hold a party on the beach, and even a few young actors in the group were abducted by him.

There are many coconut shadows on the beach at dusk, curtains are drawn on the beach, and candles are burning under the trees.A tropical band plays and sings on a small stage, and the buffet is filled with exquisite snacks and various unnamed drinks.

Zhang Guoqiang passed through the turbulent flesh, and finally squeezed in front of Lu Shaoheng. The place was smoky, and when he stepped in, it was as if he had entered the wine pond and meat forest of a faint king.

"Are you determined to fight against me, kid?" Zhang Guoqiang asked Lu Shaoheng loudly, blushing with anger.

Lu Shaoheng was crouching in the beauties as if he had no bones, surrounded by singing, swallows and dancing, surrounded by emerald jewels.Hearing the voice, he raised his head, saw that it was Director Zhang, and waved to him with a smile on his face: "Director Zhang, why are you so serious, let's sit down and have a drink together?"

With such a scene, Zhang Guoqiang felt that if he looked at it one more time, he would be a needle's eye, which also made him more sure that this little bastard surnamed Lu would really do such a stupid thing as breaking up and splitting up.

Zhang Guoqiang angrily threw the things Lu Shaoheng wanted on him, and walked away angrily. Lu Shaoheng opened the folder in his arms and flipped through two pages. It was the complete storyboard script for the next stage.

He casually put the script aside and breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after the old man left, Ling Xiao came to Lu Shaoheng with a folder.Lu Shaoheng waved away the beauties around him, sat alone on the beach, facing the golden sea under the afterglow of the setting sun, opened the file and read it.

There was only a thin page of A4 paper in the folder, and the title read "Work Report" in four big bold characters, with the smell of ink just taken out of the printer.

This report was written by Chen Zhuo. Chen Yao has officially taken over "No Man's Land". As a "boy", everything is done in accordance with the rules and regulations.

This includes writing work reports to producers every day.

This kind of report is more of a formality. Most directors don't write it, at least not every day, and producers have so much to do, they don't have time to read it.

But during the period of separation, one of them insisted on writing every day, and the other waited to read it no matter how late it was, but he implemented the industry rules very well.

Lu Shaoheng knew how much determination Chen Yao needed to make to return to the position of director. He went through all the past reports and thought to himself, it seems that he has adapted well

Today's report came earlier than in the past.After briefly reporting on today's work in the report, Chen Zhuo finally mentioned that "No Man's Land" was launched today. After the opening ceremony, he picked up a bird under a tree.The bird was injured a little and couldn't fly, so it was temporarily kept in the group during this period.

The singing in the distance was still going on, and cheers came from the crowd from time to time. Lu Shaoheng looked at the short lines of words, and a thought moved in his heart, and he suddenly wanted to see that little bird with his own eyes.

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