A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 420 Heavy Industry Crew

After studying the whiteboard for a long time, he found that the difficulty still lay with the three cameramen, who needed extremely tacit cooperation to complete the shooting.

That means several days of serious rehearsal before the actual shooting.

Thinking of this, Chen Jinnian erased all the sketches and decided to consider it after the cooperation intention was officially finalized. His top priority now was to cooperate with the crew to set up a production department.

The crew of Little Broken Ball is completely different from ordinary crews. In addition to the regular production team, director team, actor team, photography team, etc., there are many newly established departments, such as the 3D printing team responsible for the production of special effects props, the conceptual design team responsible for the implementation of ideas, and the mechanical team responsible for power unit support.

Special effects are the top priority of a movie, so the three companies involved in the special effects production need to join the crew as work departments.

Chen Jinnian's responsibility is to assign a working group from Huanshu Qianzhang's special effects company to join the crew. In addition, his regular team will also join the crew in the form of cooperation.

Guo Meng was crossing the river by feeling his way through Hollywood, so he had no choice but to cross the river by feeling his way through Guo Meng.

What Chen Jinnian most wanted to learn was the entire process of personnel management, costume and props management, and financial management.

It is impossible for the crew to be clean. Even though Chen Jinnian has been conducting strict investigations, he can guarantee with certainty that at least 5% to 10% of the production costs were not actually spent, but instead went into personal pockets.

The publicity and promotion stage is the hardest hit area for corruption and bribery.

After all, Chen Jinnian had no choice but to be on guard against the data worker's fame in the future.

After two days of brief coordination, he led a team of nearly a hundred people and headed towards the beach in a mighty force.

If it were any other crew, the sudden influx of so many staff members would have paralyzed the crew, but for the Little Broken Ball crew, it was really not worth mentioning.

There are more than a thousand on-site staff and extras alone, plus the related cooperation team and post-production team. The total size of the crew is over 5,000 people, which is equivalent to about ten mature film production teams.

So when Chen Jinnian saw Guo Xun for the first time, he suspected that the other party was about to die suddenly.

"Have you slept? I think you're not in a good mental state."

"Are you still sleeping? As soon as I close my eyes, my head is filled with all kinds of noises, noisier than the scene at hand." After saying this, Guo Xun drank the half cup of coffee in his hand.

After cheering up, he continued, "You've come at the right time. Uncle Da and Maizi are already here. You two should talk about the play first. I really can't take care of it."

After Guo Xing said this, he left in a hurry, leaving Wang Yidi beside him dumbfounded. He couldn't help but say, "That was Director Guo just now. I thought it was the contractor. Why is he wearing a hard hat?"

Chen Jinnian looked around. The large machines everywhere in the film and television park and the bustling working atmosphere were no different from a construction site.

"Maybe it's for safety."

It was the first time he knew about the industrialization of film, and it turned out to be industrialization in the literal sense.

After Chen Jinnian communicated with other members of the director team and coordinated the people he brought with him, Wang Yidi walked towards the indoor studio for filming.

I met Maizi who had just finished the high school entrance examination, and Uncle Da who was sitting on a chair and resting.

Uncle Da can be said to be the most senior senior in the crew, and he was "tricked" by Guo Xing into joining with a salary of 200,000 yuan.

Chen Jinnian could see that Uncle Da was in poor health and was very thin. He was completely different from his well-known screen image.

So he supported the uncle before he stood up, "Uncle Da, please sit down."

Uncle Da smiled, a tired smile, "I know you. Your movie was released in Hong Kong a few days ago. I saw it. It's very good."

"I just took these photos for fun, they're still far from good." Chen Jinnian said modestly.

In fact, Chen Jinnian has never paid attention to the Hong Kong Island market, nor is he clear about the specific box office of "Bad Genius" in Hong Kong Island. The main reason is that the Hong Kong Island market has become extremely conservative since its peak in the late 1990s.

Up to now, even co-productions are not popular. Only pure Hong Kong films have the chance to get more than 20 or 30 million in box office revenue, while mainland films have all been coldly received in Hong Kong.

The entire industry, from the Shaw Brothers era when Mandarin was the main language, has been comprehensively oriented towards conservative, single Cantonese films. This is why the older generation of film practitioners in Hong Kong speak Mandarin quite well, while the middle-aged and new generation actors speak Mandarin surprisingly poorly.

At Shaw Brothers back then, it didn’t matter if you didn’t speak Cantonese, because Uncle Shaw himself didn’t speak it often. But if you didn’t speak Mandarin, you were in big trouble and couldn’t even make a living.

"Brother, your movie has already grossed over 11 billion yuan, so you don't have to be so modest anymore." Zhao Jinmai grinned. She thought that she had never taken on a role from a big director, but when she woke up, the director she had worked with in her early years became a big director through her own efforts.

"When will our movie be released? I can't wait."

"Don't worry, we are working on post-production, take your time." Chen Jinnian said with a smile.

The biggest problem with "Ballet Revenge" is the censorship. As long as it passes the censorship, with its current status, it can choose the release date at will.

As long as it is not a busy schedule like the first day of the Lunar New Year and New Year's Day, the others are almost certain to be a success.

"Can it break 1 billion?" Zhao Jinmai's eyes were sparkling.

"Dream on." Chen Jinnian ruffled her hair. "That movie is impossible. It's too small. Now we want this one to be a mega-production. It will easily break 2 billion. So you better think about how to perform."

His words surprised Uncle Da who was sitting down to rest. "You are so optimistic about this movie. Science fiction films are very difficult to make. Back then, Hong Kong films relied on the three major box office bases of Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong Island, so they didn't dare to make science fiction themes."

Uncle Da knew that the crew was having a hard time, so he accepted Guo Xing's salary of 200,000 yuan. He was not here to make money, but just wanted to leave a positive character image on the screen in his lifetime.

"I have confidence, otherwise I wouldn't have invested 100 million yuan." Chen Jinnian smiled slightly.

Uncle Da looked at him seriously and couldn't help thinking, "What a daring young man to gamble."

After Chen Jinnian arrived, the three main characters in the movie were gathered together. The props team rushed over and asked the three to try on the designed space suits.

If the little broken ball wanders in space, it means that the atmosphere suitable for human survival has disappeared, and it is necessary to wear a life support system similar to a space suit to ensure survival.

The whole fitting process was quite painful because it wasn't put on, but fixed with an electric screwdriver, which was quite cyberpunk.

Those who know the situation think it is a change of clothes, while those who don’t know the inside story think it is a renovation.

In the June weather, after Chen Jinnian put it on, he moved around a few times casually, and the screws began to fall off sparsely. The glass hood was filled with mist produced by his breath, and the feeling of suffocation and stuffiness could make people suffer from claustrophobia.

He quickly gestured, indicating that they should stop immediately. If he felt uncomfortable, then Uncle Da and Maizi would definitely not be able to hold on.