Chapter 28 Booting up
The God Worshiping Ceremony of "Daoma Dan" was held in a theater, which was also the filming location of the theater in the movie. After the God Worshiping Ceremony, the filming started directly.
"Director Xu, Mingxiu Daily said that you are filming the sequel to "A Dream of Red Mansions". Is it true? Are Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu finally together?"
"Lin Qingxia, does the resistance to your union with Lin Daiyu come from your warlord father?"
"Ye Qianwen, are you playing Xue Baochai?"
Of course, there are also relatively normal ones.
"Director Xu, is "Daoma Dan" an opera movie?"
In short, they were all harassing each other. Xu Ke's face turned dark when he heard it, and he declared righteously: ""Dao Ma Dan" is a play of the Republic of China and has nothing to do with "Dream of Red Mansions"."
After Xu Ke finished speaking, he cleared the reporters out of the set. Then he began to instruct the set staff to move the table together, and then placed roasted suckling pig, roast duck and some fruits. After setting up the altar, Xu Ke led everyone
The crew members burned incense and worshiped the gods, and chanted some words, probably to wish everything went well.
After Xu Ke finished praying, Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Ye Qianwen and others also lit incense and prayed one by one.
"Is this the opening ceremony?" Cai Zhiliang watched it for a long time. Although he thought it was not interesting, it did not prevent Mr. Cai Zhiliang from also lighting a stick of incense and praying to God for smooth filming of Daomadan.
"This is just for good luck." Zhao Shuo also lit a stick of incense just now.
As soon as the worship ceremony ended, the actors entered the temporary dressing room one after another, began to change clothes and put on makeup, and began to prepare for the morning shooting
Cai Zhiliang and Zhao Shuo looked at the busy executive staff and saw Shi Nansheng not far away, talking to a middle-aged woman, so they walked over.
"Ms. Shi, congratulations. As soon as you turned on the phone, you won a lot of praise." Cai Zhiliang pointed to the reporters outside carrying long guns and short cannons, and joked with a smile.
"That's not thanks to Mr. Cai, otherwise, who would have known that my master was remaking the Red Mansions." Shi Nansheng responded angrily.
"It's all a misunderstanding. Today's Mingxiu Daily has solemnly stated that the newspaper has never said that "Daoma Dan" is a remake of Red Mansions." Then looking at the lady next to Shi Nansheng, Cai Zhiliang asked: "Who is this lady?"
Shi Nansheng glared at Cai Zhiliang and began to introduce: "This is Qingxia's agent, Mrs. Li Yumin."
Then he pointed at Cai Zhiliang and Zhao Shuo, and introduced to Li Yumin: "This is Mr. Cai Zhiliang, the investor in the film, and the president of Mingxiu Newspaper. Zhao Shuo, you have met before."
Li Yumin smiled and said: "I have also read the report of Mingxiu Daily. Mr. Cai's story is very attractive and can be made into a movie."
Cai Zhiliang smiled to cover up his embarrassment and said, "Mrs. Li is so complimentary. In the final analysis, it is Miss Lin's heroism that is more eye-catching."
Li Yumin also nodded in agreement and said: "This role is indeed quite suitable for her. As an investor, does Mr. Cai have any expectations for the box office?"
Shi Nansheng was also concerned about this issue and stared at Cai Zhiliang.
"Mrs. Li's question stumps me. I'm still a layman when it comes to movies. However, judging from Director Xu's past performance, it shouldn't be a problem for the box office to exceed 10 million." Cai Zhiliang seemed to be very detailed, but
Again vague.
The combination of Xu Ke, Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong and Ye Qianwen, with the current popularity of Hong Kong movies, can be expected to have a box office of over 10 million, so what Cai Zhiliang said is equivalent to not saying it.
After all, Shi Nansheng is the big housekeeper of Xu Ke's studio. Today is the first day of shooting. Naturally, there are many chores, so he left without saying a few words.
After Shi Nansheng left, Cai Zhiliang said, "Mrs. Li, do you have time? Come and have tea with us?"
Li Yumin waved his hand and said: "No, I will go to Debao Company later to arrange Qingxia's schedule."
"Did Ms. Lin sign with Debao Company?" Based on Cai Zhiliang's current investigation, Lin Qingxia has not signed with any company.
"That's not true." Li Yumin explained, ""Dream Man" starring Qingxia and Fa Zai will be released at Debao Cinema next month. There are some promotional announcements. I have to go over and coordinate the schedule."
""Dream Man"?" Cai Zhiliang had never heard of it and glanced at Zhao Shuo. With the great reputations of Zhou Yunfa and Lin Qingxia, Cai Zhiliang had never heard of it. It is estimated that nine out of ten movies are bad movies.
Zhao Shuo said: "I only heard that it was directed by Mr. Qu Dingping, I don't know the rest."
"The plot is just like the one in Mingxiu Daily, a love story that spans centuries, but it has the same purpose..." At this point, Li Yumin couldn't help but laugh.
Cai Zhiliang also laughed and said, "Really? You should go to the cinema to see it."
After a few words of greeting, Li Yumin asked: "Mr. Cai won't just invite me to tea, right?"
"Mrs. Li has a sharp eye." Cai Zhiliang said directly: "We at Cai's Pictures sincerely invite Miss Lin to join us."
"Join?" Li Yumin was stunned when he heard this, and asked: "I remember that Cai's Pictures did not make movies, or is Mr. Cai planning to set up a brokerage company?"
"Not yet." Cai Zhiliang also admitted this, saying: "We have currently invested in two movies, and Mrs. Li must have heard of them. One is the current "Dao Ma Dan", and the other is "A Better Tomorrow." We
Although there are no movies being filmed now, as long as Miss Lin joins our company, Miss Lin can be given priority as the heroine in any movie our company invests in."
Cai Zhiliang has long considered that Lin Qingxia joining Cai's Pictures would be mutually beneficial to both parties. Of course, at present, it seems that it is more beneficial to Cai's Pictures. After all, Lin Qingxia's joining can quickly increase the company's popularity. And for
Lin Qingxia may have received a relatively high-quality script, but her future is still unknown after all.
But Li Yumin still declined, saying: "I will consider Mr. Cai's invitation. But Qingxia doesn't like to be restricted. Otherwise, she would have signed a contract with another company long ago."
But Cai Zhiliang did not give up, saying: "After joining our company, in addition to the films invested and shot by Cai's Pictures, Ms. Lin can still freely star in other companies' films, and we will not interfere. I am personally very optimistic about Ms. Lin's future development.
, hope to cooperate.”
Li Yumin asked: "If you join Cai's Pictures, what percentage of Qingxia's remuneration will the company take?"
Cai Zhiliang said: "After Ms. Lin joined Cai's Pictures, the company only took 10% of her annual salary, and the rest went to Ms. Lin."
"10%?" Li Yumin was a little surprised.
"Yes, as Ms. Lin is the first artist to join the company, you can think of it as Cai's Pictures' daughter buying horse bones. What's more, Ms. Lin is gold." Looking at Li Yumin's surprised expression, Cai Zhiliang suddenly felt confused.
Gained confidence.
After Li Yumin thought for a moment, he said: "I will discuss Mr. Cai's proposal with Qingxia."
"Then I'll wait for news about Mrs. Li." Cai Zhiliang said nothing more, and things finally got off to a good start.
Chapter completed!