Chapter 894 Why are you staring at me? (13)

Who is Lao Shen?

A principled pervert!

He is lustful, but... he will not do anything that is not in line with the rules.

What are the rules? For example, if Guan Xiaotong wants a role now, Shen Changlin will definitely not agree - she is not one of them!

Just because your legs are long?

Guan Xiaotong is a child star, and she understands the old rules in the industry better than many adult female stars...

That's the problem!

Because she follows the old rules...

Times have long since changed!

More than ten years ago, when capital was not so intensive, ordinary actresses still had the opportunity to become popular based on their acting skills. They could not rely on their acting skills. There were unspoken rules. As long as you were willing to dedicate yourself, the director would give you a chance. …

In that era, unspoken rules were a shortcut and the best opportunity for some actresses to rise to the top because directors had great power.

But now, capital is becoming more and more intensive. It often costs hundreds of millions to make a blockbuster movie. Which actor to choose mainly depends on capital!

Yes, Shen Changlin has great power, and the casting decision for "Along with the Gods" rests with him...

But...he also wants to praise others!

Unless you are willing to spend money!

It is not enough to have unspoken rules as a shortcut. In the era of capital, if you want to become popular, spend money.

Unless you are on the front line!

The so-called first-line actress: she is beautiful and performs well, the audience loves her, and she is given face by the industry.

The most important thing is to give face to the circle, which means you have a wide network of contacts!

Guan Xiaotong changed the subject: "Director Shen...actually, I want you to give me some advice..."

"Guide?"

Shen Changlin was a little speechless...

Came here specially to the mountain city...

Wearing boots and black stockings?

No matter what you wear or what you say and do, there are two words: Seek solution!

"Tell me about it!"

Shen Changlin crossed his legs and pressed his gun strategically.

"The roles I take now are basically bad ones..."

"Wait a minute...bad show?"

"After "Mr. Nice", I couldn't receive any good scripts..."

That is, "Phoenix Prisoner", "Aurora Love", and "Sweet Critique" three consecutive hits. Not only did the reputation fall to about 3 points on Douban, but the ratings were also very bad. Although it ranked first, the highest ratings were stable. Around 0.7…

Nowadays, when evaluating a drama, one mainly depends on its popularity on the Internet!

The popularity of the three dramas on the Internet is very low!

Guan Xiaotong attributed these to the inability to receive good scripts...

"...This matter..." Shen Changlin was about to make a long speech. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and then Yang Xiaomi walked in. He immediately changed his words: "Ask your senior in the bad movie industry, she has a lot of experience in acting in bad movies. I can’t do it, I’ve never done a bad movie!”

After saying that, he warmly welcomed Yang Xiaomi to sit down, brought them tea, and left straight away...

Yang Xiaomi was a little confused...

She was indeed under surveillance - after all, Guan Xiaotong was young, beautiful and had long legs...

Everything is in line with Shen Changlin's aesthetics!

After all, Da Mimi is over thirty, so it’s normal to worry about her declining attractiveness...

After all, for men, it’s normal to like 18-year-olds!

That’s why she keeps marketing girly looks...

Guan Xiaotong was a little embarrassed. The gift she brought included an artistic photo!

Very artistic and very photo-realistic!

But Shen Changlin casually placed it on the sofa without opening it at all...

Didn't seem to notice!

If Yang Xiaomi sees this...

Large social death scene…

Afraid of what happened, Yang Xiaomi happened to see the photo album and asked casually: "What is this?"

Then she opened it...

…

Shen Changlin left directly without knowing about the photo album.

The filming of "Assassination Novelist" is still very busy!

The two assistant directors of this drama are young directors he is quite optimistic about, namely Dong Xiangbo and Shen Leping, and the action director is Mu Ning.

The assistant director is mainly responsible for the construction of the second world...

These two are animation directors, specially recruited by Shen Changlin.

Shen Changlin has been cultivating new directors. After all, in the entertainment industry, directors are the ones at the top of the food chain.

This is also the difference between him and Jingquan. What is Jingquan doing now?

It’s annoying to work hard to train me!

The pattern determines that this group of people will be abandoned by the audience sooner or later...

Why choose animation director?

After all, the battle scene between Zhulongfang and Baihanfang in "Novelist" requires strong imagination!

In the original time and space, Shen Changlin had watched "The Novelist" and had vivid memories of the battle scenes: fireworks were like waterfalls, candles and dragons were dark, mirrors were moving like ghosts, and there was a strange romance pervading the gloomy killings.

The visual impression is great!

But this does not solve the logical problem - fiction is fiction, reality is just reality!

"Dead Poets Society" said, "Finance, engineering, architecture, and calculation are certainly important and are the conditions for our existence, but poetry, romance, and love are the reasons why we are born as human beings."

In the real world, the popularity of literature fades and becomes a niche, while movies are still popular.

It doesn't make sense to give up an assassination mission because of a novel - he had already discovered the human trafficker at the beginning of the movie, and in the middle of the movie he heard a street child singing the nursery rhyme he had sung to his daughter.

He should be following the clues and running wild, not turning to fiction!

Therefore, in this version of "Novelist", Guan Ning finally decided to take action, but was stopped by Tu Ling - Tu Ling remembered his previous memories!

Bringing it back, the two assistant directors were discussing with Shen Changlin how to show the scene of 'fire dragons flying from the sky, chariots lining up on the ground, murderous intent spreading, and the battle scene destroying the world'...

Shen Changlin gave them great autonomy, with only one requirement: it must be oriental aesthetics!

Those Chinese fantasy and magic blockbusters directed by Hong Kong directors are simply "hard to describe in a word".

It’s hard for you to figure out why Hong Kong filmmakers who have produced countless classic “oriental fantasies” have all fallen into the trap of “neither Chinese nor foreign” after 2010.

The most typical ones are Liu Weiqiang, with 1998's "The Heroes of the Storm", 1999's "Heroes of China", and 2000's "The Battle at the Forbidden City".

What now?

In 2012, he directed "Blood Drop" and in 2018, he directed "Martial Arts Monster".

Needless to say, these movie special effects, not to mention the "neither Chinese nor foreign" art aesthetic.

In addition to the story and special effects, the most important aspects of "Novelist" are art, filters, scenery and costumes, etc.

It must conform to the aesthetics of an oriental fantasy blockbuster!

"Director, is this the look of the red-haired ghost?"

Shen Changlin picked it up, looked at it, and shook his head: "One more change... This is a comic-like movie. Even if it is a villain, we don't want it to look particularly ugly... What's more, if it is too ugly, it may not be able to be used in the movie. Show it on the screen!”

"I think the most difficult thing is action design... The red-haired ghost is 15 meters tall. How to show the fight between a real person and a giant monster?"

Indeed, this thing can only be imagined. If such a giant creature really exists in reality, obviously our camera is very small compared to it!

Shen Changlin waved his hand: "Don't worry, the special effects team is working on a virtual shooting engine. Once completed, we can completely simulate the difference between large and small in the engine, and also achieve dynamic capture..."

Oh, he was chatting with a group of people in the next room. In the middle of the conversation, Yang Xiaomi opened the door and came in: "Teachers, it's time to rest. It's already past 12 o'clock in the evening!"

While speaking, he also glared at Shen Changlin...

It made him a little confused...

Why are you staring at me?
Chapter completed!