The next shooting really made Zhang Yuan feel the difficulty.

The plot of the first half of "Westward Journey" is very simple and there are only a few actors.

If we don’t count the bandits in the extras, there are three bandit leaders in total including Zhang Yuan, plus the Bull Demon King, Bodhi Patriarch, and Tang Sanzang. The only actresses who appear are Bai Jingjing, Chun Shisanniang and Zixia Fairy.

Bodhisattva.

Ten actors and a group of extras can complete the filming of the first part.

The difficulty level is very low, but the exaggerated performances and the emotional aspects of the characters in the movie place high demands on the actors.

When I started filming the scene between Chun Shisanniang and the bandits, I got stuck.

Especially the scene where Chun Shisanniang takes a bath in the pool and Zhang Yuan goes to find a place for the other bandits is even more difficult to act.

The reason why the other two bandit leaders were there was also Zhang Yuan's reason, and of course Qin Yizheng's reason must also be there.

In addition, the weather was very cold in winter. During the filming, Qin Yizheng had to soak in the water all the time. Within three days, Qin Yizheng caught a cold.

In the first half of the movie, she had the most roles besides Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan asked Song Yi to find Luo Da Dao to play the role of Tang Sanzang, and he had already agreed, but at the moment he couldn't spare his time to participate in the filming.

Zhang Yuan had no choice but to give the extras a holiday first, and then go shoot the scene between him and Song Yingying.

This scene is even simpler. If Zhang Yuan hadn't hooked up with Song Yingying before, this scene could have been filmed in one day at most. But now that Song Yingying saw Zhang Yuan, the smile on her face disappeared.

of stiffness.

And Fairy Zixia must be that kind of innocent person when she first appeared.

Her smile was even more weird, but Song Yingying was completely out of shape now.

One of them was out of shape and the other had a cold, so the shooting plan had to be disrupted again.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan, Patriarch Bodhi and Bai Jingjing all have separate scenes, otherwise the entire filming would have been interrupted, which would be the most shameful waste of time.

The progress of "Westward Journey" is not very smooth, but the progress of "A Bite of China - Winter" is not bad.

According to the news sent to Zhang Yuan from China Satellite TV, it is said that the filming of the second episode has almost been completed. The winter episode can definitely complete all the shooting, editing, dubbing and review processes before the Spring Festival.

This made Zhang Yuan very satisfied.

In addition, "Iron Man" in the United States has also officially entered the filming process.

This kind of blockbuster costs a lot of money, and there is a lot of preparation work beforehand. Not to mention, the armor worn by Iron Man alone takes several months to customize.

Even if Zhang Yuan prepared in advance, he still delayed the shooting until now.

On the contrary, the shooting time is very short, and the post-production time will be very long. Zhang Yuan wants to put "Iron Man" and "Westward Journey" on the May Day schedule and the other on the summer vacation schedule. Now it depends on who can finish shooting first.

A week after arriving in Wangbeicheng, Song Yi sent Zhang Yuan a list with detailed expenses.

Song Yi would not post this in the past, because each crew has its own budget. As long as it does not exceed the shooting budget, you can spend it as you like. However, Zhang Yuan now has no budget for the filming of "Westward Journey", so Song Yi only

I can show Zhang Yuan all the money spent by the crew of "Westward Journey".

Seven days, not counting labor costs.

Adding up the rest of the expenses, more than 500,000 yuan has been spent.

More than 100 people, seven days, and more than 500,000 Chinese currency expenses.

That’s just food, water and electricity bills, and other expenses.

It's a bit much.

We only spent more than 60,000 yuan on the bonfire party a few days ago. This amount of money was a bit outrageous. After taking it over and asking Wang Duoduo to check it, we found that there was nothing wrong with the funds. It was just that Wangbeicheng was far away from the city, and all kinds of supplies had to be purchased from nearby stores.

When it is transported from the county town, the cost of transportation increases.

Since money is no problem, Zhang Yuan has nothing to say.

I just hope that the money will be spent enough to make a satisfying movie.

During the Chinese New Year, Zhang Yuan has a lot of things to do, and he also has to take care of the affairs of the Hemiao Charitable Foundation.

Now there are 2,000 Hemiao Love Canteens, and there are twenty Hemiao Love Canteens in Kyoto alone. The catering company that contracted the canteens has closed all its other stores in China and only focused on Zhang Yuan's business.

Now Zhang Yuan spends more than one billion on love canteens every year, and each love canteen costs him millions.

Because now it is no longer only the homeless who go to the Love Canteen to eat, some poor families and the elderly can already go to the Love Canteen to eat.

All costs are borne by Zhang Yuan alone.

That is to say, he can bear it now, otherwise he will have to become a liver emperor in the next year to be able to plug such a big hole.

Zhang Yuan was dealing with the affairs of the company and the foundation, as well as the crew, and the time slowly came to mid-January.

Qin Yizheng's illness has also recovered and she has rested for several days. The doctor said she can start filming.

In order to take care of her health, Zhang Yuan installed floor heating in the entire shooting room. Even if she is soaked in water and comes out again, she will not catch a cold because the surrounding air is too cold.

A dryer is also available.

Qin Yizheng stood in front of the warm air and turned on the machine. Within three minutes, all her clothes would be dry.

Maybe it was because he had other feelings after he recovered from his illness. The filming finally went smoothly and Qin Yizheng didn't have any problems again.

It was Zhang Yuan who had the problem.

It was really embarrassing to wrap up the most important part of his lower body with only a piece of cloth. Whenever his pants fell down, Zhang Yuan would always act up, and his expression would change a little at this time.

If it were a less rigorous director, he might not even care about this.

But Zhang Yuan wanted to make classic pictures, so he couldn't help but care.

Once, twice, three times...

He didn't know how many times his pants fell off. Zhang Yuan felt that the belt around his waist was not very tight, and he had to trip and fall into the water every time.

The crew prepared three sets of identical clothes. Every time Zhang Yuan was re-photographed, he had to change one set of clothes first.

Qin Yizheng's whole body was almost swollen from being soaked in the water.

But the whole crew admired Zhang Yuan's professionalism. He was the director himself, and the crew was Zhang Yuan's voice now, but Zhang Yuan still banged his head against the pillar again and again, and fell into the water again and again.

It was not a very difficult scene, because Zhang Yuan was so rigorous and it took countless takes.
Chapter completed!