0119 [long story short]
Beijing International Airport.
Wan Xiaohu took Zhao Ye and Li Xia, holding a sign with Korean words.
A few minutes later, a plane from South Korea stopped at a regular time. Soon, two men in suits and a female assistant came over surrounded by a beautiful woman with long hair. Wan Xiaohu and others waved the sign.
"Director Wan, please pick you up the plane in person." One of the men in suits was Director Zheng Xuntuo, the director of Sidus's business department. He walked over with a smile and held Wan Xiaohu's hand.
Wan Xiaohu laughed: "It should be that Miss Quan is a Korean friend. When we come to China for the first time, our crew must give her a sense of being at home. But unexpectedly, Director Zheng personally sent someone over."
"We, Sidus, attach great importance to this cooperation and hope that I will come here to inspect the market environment in China."
Wan Xiaohu said to Li Xia: "Li Xia, Director Zheng will hand it over to you. This is our noble Korean friend."
"Don't worry, I will accompany Director Zheng throughout the whole process."
After a few greetings with Zheng Xuntuo, Wan Xiaohu turned to Jeon Ji-hyun and said to Jeon Ji-hyun through Zhao Ye's translation: "Welcome to the capital, I hope everything here will satisfy you."
Jun Ji-hyun bowed, showing some restraint and curiousness, and said in a very bad Chinese: "Please take care of me in the future."
"Miss All Can Speak Chinese?"
Zheng Xuntuo replied with a smile: "Jun Ji-hyun is very hardworking and knows he is coming to China to film. He has been studying Chinese hard for a while. And she is also very smart and has learned some simple daily words."
"Very good." Wan Xiaohu raised his thumbs up. He admired the hard-working actors. "Let's go, let's go to Dandelion Company first. The dinner has been arranged at noon. After dinner, I'll take you to the crew."
When I arrived at Sitong CBD Building, I went up to the 10th floor and left the elevator, Zheng Xuntuo noticed the front desk of Dandelion Film Company. The decoration was very modern, with a silver-white background, a carved lacquer reception desk in red sandalwood color, and a red company signboard, which had a high-end, atmospheric and high-end temperament.
Because he had previously communicated on the phone, Dandelion's employees, led by Su Ya, had already greeted them at the front desk.
Wan Xiaohu introduced: "Director Zheng, Miss Quan, this is Su Ya Su Ya, the general manager of Dandelion Film Company, this is Director Zheng Xuntuo of Sidus Company, and this is Miss Jun Ji-hyun, the heroine of "My Savage Girlfriend".
After getting to know each other, I visited.
Dandelion has just moved, and everything in the office is brand new. After a while, Zheng Xuntuo couldn't help but admire him.
"Mr. Su, Director Wan told me when he was in Korea that you are just a small company that you just founded. I have also found information. You have only made two movies. I didn't expect that it would be better to meet you than to be famous. This is a vibrant company. You two are college students, but you can work hard to create such a company. It's amazing."
Su Ya smiled and said, "It all depends on director Wan Xiaohu. Both of the films he filmed were successful in the box office."
As he was talking, the receptionist of the front desk ran over and said, "Mr. Su, Mr. Wan, and Manager Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Brothers are here."
"Brother Lei?" Wan Xiaohu nodded and said to Su Ya, "You guys talk first, I'll pick up Wang Zhonglei."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Zhonglei's laughter came: "Su Ya, Xiao Hu, God of Wealth is here, you still don't sweep the bed to welcome him. Today, I came here with a check and asked you for wine."
Seeing Wang Zhonglei coming, Wan Xiaohu introduced him to everyone again.
"So it was a guest from South Korea. Is this the heroine? It's really beautiful, not bad."
Jeon Ji-hyun bowed slightly: "Thank you."
Everyone sat in the conference room, Li Yumin started making tea, and Wan Xiaohu asked Wang Zhonglei: "Brother Lei, what money have you given?"
"The mainland share of "Butterfly Effect" has passed the release period in one month, and the movie has been arranged to draw. The total box office was counted yesterday, with RMB 50.6 million, which is actually more than the 50 million mark. You are now the number one business director in mainland China!" Wang Zhonglei said exaggeratedly.
The female assistant beside Jeon Ji-hyun seemed to be part-time translator and immediately translated these words into Korean.
Zheng Xuntuo said in surprise: "Director Wan is the number one business director in mainland China? It has a box office of 50 million?"
"You may not know that you came from South Korea. Wan Xiaohu made two movies in total. The first movie "Waiting Alone" cost 500,000 yuan, and got a box office of 21.8 million yuan, and the DVDs sold even more. The second movie "Butterfly Effect" cost 6 million yuan, and the box office of 50.6 million yuan, has achieved good results in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and, in the near future, it will be released in your South Korea. The film market in our country has just begun. If you can achieve such results, Wan Xiaohu will be limitless in the future."
Wang Zhonglei really hopes to get the distribution rights of "My Savage Girlfriend". Of course, he has to brag about Wang Xiaohu.
And this is not called bragging, it's just to be honest.
"Director Wan is young and promising, and is amazing." Zheng Xuntuo exclaimed, his eyes becoming brighter.
A twenty-year-old director made two blockbuster movies in a row. Such talents are the ones worth investing in and working with.
"Average, just luck." Wan Xiaohu smiled low-key, and his eyebrows were filled with a faint look.
Wang Zhonglei said again: "I'll plan when will a celebration banquet be held to exceed 50 million box office? How about few movies in China can do it? It's exciting and glorious?"
"I don't care, Brother Lei just needs to do it."
Blow and troll.
One morning passed.
After a big meal in the hotel, Li Xia took Zheng Xuntuo to inspect the market, while Wan Xiaohu took Jun Ji-hyun and her assistant to the Firefly Film and Television Base in Zhangjiawan District. This is the permanent filming location of the crew of "My Savage Girlfriend".
Firefly Film and Television Base is located in Tongzhou and is a photography base built by Firefly Culture Company.
There are six studios of different specifications, totaling 4,200 square meters. Each studio has built supporting directors, conference rooms, vocabulary rooms, clothing rooms, powder room, and prop room. The supporting ancillary facilities in the base are also very complete, with office buildings, cast members dormitories, and large and small restaurants that can be used by hundreds of people at the same time, which can meet the needs of three hundred-person crews at the same time.
Wan Xiaohu chose this place, mainly because the photography equipment here is quite complete, including photography shock absorbers, mobile lanes, lifts, and a complete set of nearly a thousand lighting equipment. It is very convenient to rent and use. In addition, fireflies also have a complete set of equipment, recording, and editing of equipment and professional operators.
Unlike pseudoscience fiction like "Butterfly Effect", "My Savage Girlfriend" pursues a sense of picture and has high requirements for photography equipment.
When he arrived at the base, Wan Xiaohu immediately called the deputy director and asked him to take someone to the office building for a meeting.
"We will hold a crew meeting in the afternoon and get to know each other." Wan Xiaohu said to Jun Ji-hyun after entering the director's studio located in the office building.
"OK."
"When you come to China to film, you can feel at ease. The life production of the crew will be arranged."
"clear."
Wan Xiaohu took out a script from the drawer and handed it over: "This is a Chinese and Korean comparison script written specifically for you. You have to read it carefully. I have always made movies very fast, and you have to be able to keep up with my pace."
"Don't worry, director, I will definitely do my homework well." Jun Ji-hyun nodded seriously and began to read the script. The hair was not short, but not long, and it could not hide the pure atmosphere under light makeup. Unlike most beautiful actresses, Jun Ji-hyun may not have such delicate facial features, but when combined together, there is always a charm that can't help but win.
Dangdangdang.
A knock on the door sounded.
"Come in."
Ning Hao came in with the door: "Director, everyone is here."
Wan Xiaohu stood up and said, "Okay, let's go there too. By the way, this is the heroine, Jun Ji-hyun."
This time, Wan Xiaohu fought again in the world. "My Savage Girlfriend" was being filmed. He was crazy about shooting three movies in a year, and he was considered a cruel person. As for the crew, most of them were the original crew, after all, they were disbanded not long ago, so it was very convenient to connect. He had worked together before and was familiar with each other.
Of course, there is no need to say that the producer has invested by himself, and Wan Xiaohu naturally became the producer himself. By the way, he named Su Ya a name.
There are two deputy directors, Ning Hao and Cheng Er. They originally wanted to invite Urshan, but Urshan and his friends went to Tokyo to attend a street art exhibition.
The casting director and producer director is Li Xia. The role of producer director is the person who is really responsible for the production work under the producer.
The director's assistant is Liu Yang. Liu Yang is a drama business in "Waiting Alone" and "Butterfly Effect". He has long been no longer planning to continue studying and officially became a Dandelion employee and made movies with Wan Xiaohu.
The photographer is also Inspector Lu Le. He is a real photographer. He could have been said to be Zhang Yimou's official photographer, but Zhang Yimou has not found a good theme to make movies. He has a happy cooperation in "Butterfly Effect". Naturally, he collaborated with Wan Xiaohu again.
Assistant photographer, Chen Chong, the good friend of Wan Xiaohu, is also Wan Xiaohu, and two photography assistants are Li Hui and Wang Kefei.
The sound recorder is Zhang Yang and the makeup artist is Xu Ying.
Basically, the crew of "Butterfly Effect" was copied, of course, and it was a bit slimming. "My Savage Girlfriend" was very small and did not require too many staff.
After entering the conference room, the originally noisy scene immediately became quiet. The accumulation of fame of the two movies made Wan Xiaohu truly script the majesty of a director.
"Everyone is here, right?" Wan Xiaohu asked casually.
Cheng Er replied: "All 22 staff members arrived, the male lead and eight supporting actors have arrived, and the only difference is the heroine."
Wan Xiaohu smiled and said, "The heroine is here now. Let me introduce it to you. This is Jeon Ji-hyun from South Korea. She will play the heroine. She doesn't know how to speak Chinese yet. Everyone understands it."
Jun Ji-hyun bowed generously and appeared in poor Mandarin: "Hello everyone, I am Jun Ji-hyun, please take care of me."
Crazy.
A beautiful woman came, and a group of Beijing Film Academy students in the crew immediately screamed and applauded.
"Okay, okay, don't scare her. Jun Ji-hyun, find a seat to sit down by yourself." Wan Xiaohu also came from his student days, and it is naturally not surprising that he started to make trouble. Young people, he is restless.
When everyone calmed down, Wan Xiaohu cleared his throat: "Cough, I'm old acquaintances, I'm going to tell a long story..."
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