When Chen Qi and his friends arrived at the entrance of the studio, they were still making arrangements in a mess.
Thomas saw them first and greeted warmly: "Chen! Welcome to visit the set, who are these?"
"All of them are top scholars, and they are very interested in your movies."
"Welcome, please come in!"
Several old men of the Zhu family walked in excitedly, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in front of them. After a few seconds, he Dingqing looked forward and whispered: "My God!"
I saw that scene:
Smoke was shrouded in smoke, and there were more than a dozen statues of arhats with frightened faces on both sides, and eight extremely exaggerated dragon pillars. The palace maids and eunuchs stood with their hands in strange robes. Cixi's face was like white paper, with red lips lit up.
He was half lying in a thick mountain-like clothes, and there was a pot next to him.
A few people came forward and took a look. There was a turtle that was not dead...
"This is this!"
Zhu Jiapu widened his eyes and did not swear words in front of so many people. He just said, "Didn't you say you want to make a documentary movie? What information is this for reference?"
"The whole magical Yibang Hall!"
"This is too wrong, the Arhat image, the Dragon Pillar - this is made up of several elements, right? And why should there be a pot?"
Seeing that a few people were anxious, Bettorucci came over to explain: "We have referenced a lot of information, but artistic creation requires imagination. This is the scene that Bo Yi saw. He was young at that time, and in his eyes——
""
Barabala said a lot, and finally said, "This is called art!"
"I'll show you—"
Wang Shixiang had a good temper, and the Zhu family quickly stopped him, after all, he was a foreign guest.
This is actually the style of "Fu Manchu" painting, smoky and full of magical colors. This scene is the art guide of "The Last Emperor" that finds several elements from different temples and integrates them together.
The Zhu family was relatively polite and still argued with Bettorucci in language theory. Chen Qi quietly walked aside and lived a young translator's neck, asking, "Which insurance specialist is you?"
"Brother Qi, I can't say it!"
"I'll keep it confidential for you!"
"I can't say it really! Thomas is very taboo about this."
"I'll give you one last chance!"
"That bald person wearing glasses is called James!"
Chen Qi looked at it and found the target. It was a white man in his forties. He stood aside in a low-key manner as if he was not concerned about his own affairs, but he was holding a pen and paper in his hand and recorded it from time to time.
"Hi, James!"
"Mr. Chen!"
James was stunned, but he didn't expect to say hello to him. Chen Qi smiled and said, "You must be bored when you supervise the crew every day. Have time to drink a few drinks? The wine in Beijing is very good."
"Thank you for your kindness, I am responsible for being inconvenient to go out."
"I know, I know! "The Last Emperor" was filmed from a bank loan, and the insurance company sent you here."
"you?"
"This is not a secret, you can find out after a little inquiry. Speaking of which, your job is really hard to do. These European art directors are very willful, their minds are filled with wonderful ideas, and overspending is common."
"That's right, right!"
When James heard this, he thought he had really inquired and said resonantly: "Who said it wasn't? $25 million is a huge sum of money. They sold the pre-authorized copyright of the movie to dozens of countries before our company was willing to give it to him.
Save."
"That's very risky. It's too hard for you to stay here for half a year. If you have time, you'll really have a drink and talk again!"
Chen Qi said briefly that he quickly left James' side.
He found another staff member of Beijing Film Studio, continued to hold his neck, and said, "I'll give you a camera, you can take pictures of all these things secretly for me."
"What stuff?"
"Just like this one in front of us, we can see it very awkward. How much subsidy is given to you by the film company, I will give you five times!"
"Done!"
The staff nodded fiercely, the Italians are considered a bird! This person is building a building for Beijing Film Studio!
Just now, the Zhu family had finished arguing, and they all had bad expressions and forced themselves to endure it.
"Xiao Chen, let's go! Go back, it's so bad!"
"Yo, what's wrong? This is?"
"Go out and say it!"
Several people left the studio, and Wang Shixiang was the most angry and said, "Look at what is the arrangement? It looks like a husky underworld, and you have to take it abroad? Foreigners take a look! We Chinese are all ghosts.
Same! It's OK!"
"We made suggestions but he didn't listen. He said that if he was anxious, he would be art!"
"We may not understand the art of film, but we still have some understanding of all aspects of the Qing Dynasty. He is obviously wrong!"
"Anyway, I can't understand this Italian! I'm not lucky, I won't come next time!"
"Don't let it go!"
Chen Qi persuaded him gently and fanned the flames: "This movie is a long shooting process. The finished product has not come out, and no one knows what story he tells? Maybe there is a deep meaning behind it? Then we are wrongly blamed others.
In my opinion, it is convenient to have a car anyway, so it is better to come a few more times and observe more scenes. This is also objective and fair, don’t you think it is?"
The old men pondered for a moment and said, "There is some truth. I really don't know what the movie is like before I finished filming."
"I'm not here, don't count me."
"I have free time in this period. Xiao Chen, aren't you afraid of trouble. So, do you want a car to pick it up and drop it off?"
"Oh, what's this? It's my honor to see a few more people. Italy is full of glory!"
The reason why no one jumped out of cursing in "The Last Emperor" was because of this point that everyone just saw a glimpse of what happened to the movie. After the filming was released in China, it attracted a lot of criticism.
But that would be useless.
"ha!"
Chen Qi sent the old gentlemen away and couldn't help but feel happy.
The key is that insurance specialist James.
The United States has a very complete film insurance system, which is refined to be outrageous, from actors, directors to films,
You can take insurance if you are procrastinating, overspending, or even air crashes, obesity, drowning, burning, etc.
For example, in Tomb Raider, the film company invested huge insurance for Angelina Julie. If she injured a finger, the insurance company would have to pay $130 million in compensation.
The insurance company sent people to supervise the entire process, opposing her to herself, using a stand-in or computer stunts.
Another female star also invested insurance for her slender waist. If she added 4 inches, she had to make a claim. The insurance company sent someone to help her maintain her figure, reminding her to pay attention to dieting and exercise, etc.
The same is true for "The Last Emperor".
The $25 million is loaned from five banks. The bank requires the film company to take out insurance. If the loan cannot be paid, the insurance company will pay it back. The insurance company is not stupid, why should you take your order?
So the film company first sold the pre-authorization of the movie, and this was the only way for the insurance company to take insurance. James was responsible for supervising the crew to prevent them from overspending and not being able to complete the movie.
Chapter completed!