Chapter 447 Visiting Team "Partner"
After the film festival, Liu Yifei returned to China to prepare for the promotion of "BJ Meets in Seattle", and Cheng Yu'an flew to New York to check on the filming progress of "Chinese Partner".
"Partners in China" is the third film in the remote "My Youth" series (the first two are "A Little Thing About First Love" and "Those Years"), and it is also the only film in the entire series about youth entrepreneurship.
"Partners in China" took one and a half months to complete the domestic scenes. New York was only given two weeks, so the time was very tight.
"You old fools didn't bully us, did you?" Cheng Yu'an joked to the three leading actors as soon as he arrived on the set.
"How dare we bully him?" Huang Xiaoming moved his eyes away from the script, "Teacher Tian hangs around here every day. It's okay if he doesn't bully us."
This drama hired Tian Zhuangzhuang as the producer, and Wen Muye was his graduate student.
"You mean you dare to bully Mr. Tian if he doesn't hang around here?" Cheng Yu'an said with a smile.
Deng Chao took the words and was not afraid at all: "That's right! I prepared so many pranks but they didn't come into use."
Sure enough, if it weren't for the sake of continuing the family line, men would be more willing to play with men.
There are a group of old men on the set who speak rudely and informally.
"How are you, are you still used to it?" Cheng Yu'an asked Wen Muye.
"It's hard to get used to it at first, but then you get into the groove and it's fast." Wen Muye has made several short films before, and "Chinese Partner" is his first feature film.
The configuration given to him by the company is also luxurious. With Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and Pan Yueming, there is no stronger lineup than this in the Mesozoic era.
Cheng Yu'an saw the three of them talking about English lines. After listening to them for a while, he frowned and said:
"What kind of accent do you have?"
Cheng Yu'an himself has no problem with foreign language accents, as long as the other party understands them and can communicate with each other.
What he is worried about is that after the movie is released, the audience will make comments about the accents of the three protagonists.
"I have been practicing hard for half a year before I can say this." Wen Muye said.
You said using dubbing?
Who are you looking down on?
When making a movie, the original sound is used, and even if the dubbing is done later, the actors themselves have to do it.
Use a voice actor? Huang Xiaoming can’t afford to lose this person.
"That's it." The accent wasn't a big problem, "You continue filming."
The crew is currently in a forest outside New York.
"Start." Wen Muye turned on the phone.
The scene where the white man wearing silk stockings takes advantage of Su Mei is being filmed.
Three Americans invited Su Mei to play in the countryside. One of the couples was swimming in the lake, and the other man with a string hanging was sitting with Su Mei.
Bai Man Diaosi slowly stretched his hand to Su Mei's shoulder. Su Mei lowered her head and did not refuse.
The white man slowly moved his head closer, and the two kissed each other.
Then the two of them threw themselves to the ground.
"Ka!" Wen Muye shouted to stop, "Okay, this scene is over."
Cheng Yu'an read it quietly on the side, then took a deep look at Wen Muye: "You are so cruel."
After hearing the director shout, Du Juan, who played Su Mei in the scene, squatted on the ground and cried!
"Why do you treat Su Mei and Cheng Dongqing like this?" Du Juan couldn't accept this scene very much.
"If you break up, break up properly. Why do you need to film this!" Du Juan couldn't stop crying.
Wen Muye had no choice but to step forward to comfort him.
Huang Xiaoming looked on and thought the scene was too cruel. Cheng Yuan said:
"This scene reminded me of "Wulin Gaiden", where Yang Huilan finally found a rich man named Du Zijun as her husband.
"In the script of God of Wealth, Du Zijun was originally a handsome guy, but he chose an ugly guy to play the role. The dramatic tension came out immediately!
"The same is true here. With this scene, the character of Su Mei will be more three-dimensional, and the audience will not be unable to remember it because of the small number of scenes. Moreover, the character will be more ironic, and Cheng Dongqing will be more sympathetic to the audience."
Everyone knows the dramatic effect, but actual shooting is another matter.
The original time and space scene was deleted by the General Administration, and I don’t know if it can be saved now.
After spending a day in New York, Cheng Yuan returned to Los Angeles.
A major film company has obtained the authorization from Universal, and the "Jurassic" series will be restarted next year.
Universal invested a token $10 million and left the movie alone.
Cheng Lingfeng scolded Jeff Hill for being picky: "He doesn't have any courage to make movies. He just rests on his laurels and rests on his laurels."
A major film company had bad luck this year. "Teddy Bear" with a cost of US$50 million was a hit in the summer season!
This year's North American summer season, every corner is occupied by special effects blockbusters, and there is no room for R-rated comedies.
The release of "Teddy Bear" made up for this gap. It was released in 3,239 theaters in its first week and took in US$20.2 million on its first day, becoming the highest opening day box office since 2009's "The Hangover" (US$16.7 million).
The original R-rated movie (not a sequel).
In its first week, it grossed US$54.1 million at the box office, ranking first.
"The Hangover" set a box office record for the best opening of an R-rated comedy with a first-week performance of $44.98 million, which was broken by "Teddy Bear."
Yahoo viewers gave it four and a half stars, and its Rotten Tomatoes rating is 69%.
The media commented on "Teddy Bear" like this:
"Although the teddy bear is the protagonist of the film, this is by no means a movie suitable for the whole family. The film is full of swear words, racial, dirty jokes, self-deprecation, and political satire from the beginning, which completely subverts the naive and cute beauty of teddy bears.
Image. In short, this is a film that will completely subvert your childhood dreams. If you can tolerate strong tastes, this film is a good choice."
So far, the global box office of "Teddy Bear" has exceeded US$500 million, making it the biggest dark horse of this summer's movie.
Cheng Lingfeng can't let go of money once she gets rich, but she only makes low- and medium-cost projects. James Wan's "The Conjuring" and "Insidious 2" cost 5 million.
Richard Curtis's new film "A Time Traveler" was also financed by the company.
It is worth mentioning that Cheng Lingfeng has suspended the development of the TV drama market in order to streamline the company.
In other words, new series will no longer be developed, and the acquired TV drama script company will participate in the form of investment, but will no longer participate in production.
I originally chose to make TV dramas because the TV drama market brings in money faster than movies.
Cheng Yuan started with "Fringe" in 2008. This TV series has been running for 4 years and 5 seasons. Fox finally stopped renewing it, announcing the end of the series.
The company now only retains four series: "The Good Wife," "The Walking Dead," "The Fool" and "Breaking Bad."
Cheng Yuan agreed to suspend the development of the TV series.
Although TV dramas make money faster than movies, major TV stations in the United States are more conservative than movie companies.
Cheng Yuan was afraid that if he continued to do this, he would get burned.
Chapter completed!