"Yuxuan, come on, show your arm. I'll have someone take a picture of your arm. I can use it to promote the movie when it's released." The director led the photographer to Yuxuan Zhang and said to him.
"Okay." Zhang Yuxuan didn't care about the director's request. After all, it's like making a movie. Even during filming, publicity issues must be taken into consideration.
The photographer not only took pictures of Zhang Yuxuan's bruised arms, but also recorded the scene where the doctor helped Zhang Yuxuan apply safflower oil and apply ice.
Of course, the recorded video also needs to be edited to a certain extent.
After all, when the doctor applied safflower oil to Zhang Yuxuan, Zhang Yuxuan grimaced in pain, and the picture was not so good-looking.
…
"Everyone, I'm leaving first." Zhang Yuxuan's scene was finished, so he said goodbye to everyone on the crew.
After a simple farewell, Zhang Yuxuan took a plane and flew back to Beijing from Xiangjiang.
The last time he came to Xiangjiang, Zhang Yuxuan left with physical discomfort, and this time he left with injuries all over his body.
However, this time it was a real person who was injured while filming, and it was not the result of someone else's deliberate targeting, so Zhang Yuxuan can accept it.
After all, although Zhang Yuxuan has become a little lazy now and doesn't like to take roles that make him suffer, as long as he takes the role, Zhang Yuxuan will still be very serious and responsible when filming. After all, this is just as a film actor.
It's just the most basic work needs of an actor.
After returning to the capital, the first thing that Yuxuan did was to see how the script of "Great Wish" was completed.
Zhang Yuxuan looked through the script and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
During the time when Leslie Cheung went to Hong Kong to film, the screenwriting department was creating a good script, and then after more than ten revisions, the script was finally completed and reached a point where Leslie Cheung was satisfied.
Next, the crew of "Great Wish" needs to start preparations.
It's just that when it comes to preparing the crew, it's more troublesome.
Because Zhang Yuxuan mostly cooperated with Ning Hao before, everything was left to the director Ning Hao to handle. Casting, recruiting crew, etc., Zhang Yuxuan almost didn’t need to worry about it.
But now, Ning Hao is filming "No Man's Land" and has no time to direct "The Great Wish", so Leslie Cheung has to consider changing directors.
It’s just a director, and Leslie Cheung doesn’t know which director to look for.
After all, the drama "Great Wish", how should I say it, has a somewhat rosy scene, and in a sense, it is also a comedy that makes fun of sex.
So we have to find a director who is good at making comedies and can also combine the theme of sex with the movie well.
Zhang Yuxuan thought about it in his mind, and finally found that for this type of comedy, a director from Hong Kong would be more suitable.
After all, many directors in Hong Kong are very successful in shooting comedies, and many directors have also shot triple-J movies.
As for the director who suited Zhang Yuxuan, another name popped up in his mind—Wang Jing!
Although Wang Jing, how should I put it, let’s just say that. But after thinking about it for a while, Yuxuan Zhang found that Wang Jing is really damn suitable to be the director of "The Great Wish".
But Wang Jing, not to mention other things, seems to be directing and filming the movie "Ouchi Agent Rei Ling Dog", so he probably doesn't have time to take on new movies.
If we have to wait for Wang Jing to finish filming "Ouchi Secret Agent Zero Ling Dog", we might as well wait for Ning Hao to finish filming "No Man's Land".
This is what Zhang Yuxuan thinks.
However, while Zhang Yuxuan was surfing the Internet, he accidentally saw the news about Wang Jing.
The filming of "Ouchi Agent Rei Ling Dog" has been completed. The whole process took seven days. A movie is shot in seven days.
When Zhang Yuxuan saw this news, he was also shocked. Shooting a movie in seven days? This, this is indeed the speed of Xiangjiang, and it is also worthy of the fast shooter Wang Jing. However, this also made Zhang Yuxuan sure that "Ouchi Agent Zero"
The movie "Rei Dog" is indeed a bad movie that took advantage of the popularity of "Ouchi Agent Rei Lingfa".
As for the directors, in addition to Wang Jing, there are also directors such as Chen Jiashang, Ye Weimin, Liu Zhenwei, etc. The comedies they shot are almost all good, although the most successful comedies they shot were the movies with Zhou Xingxing.
Suddenly, Leslie Cheung thought of Zhou Xingxing.
"Speaking of which, Zhou Xingxing is also very good as a director -" Zhang Yuxuan suddenly felt that Zhou Xingxing was also suitable, but Zhou Xingxing's nonsensical style was a bit too strong. If he was asked to direct "The Great Wishes", he might be too exaggerated.
degree.
But, do you really have to choose the director of "Great Wish"? So who should you choose?
To be honest, Zhang Yuxuan himself is quite willing to cooperate with Zhou Xingxing.
However, Zhang Yuxuan finally decided to call Ning Hao. When choosing a director, it would be more reliable to let Ning Hao, the director, recommend it.
So Zhang Yuxuan called Ning Hao.
"Yuxuan? Let me tell you first. Zhang Yi's scenes haven't been finished yet, so there's no point in urging me."
After Ning Hao received the call, he said this directly. He thought Zhang Yuxuan called him to inquire about Zhang Yi's filming progress.
"I know, I know. I didn't call you to ask about Zhang Yi."
"That's it, that's okay. Just ask me what's going on." Ning Hao felt relieved when he heard Zhang Yuxuan say this.
"That's right, I haven't found a suitable director for this drama, "Great Wish". Which director do you think is more suitable?"
"Director? "Great Wish" is also a comedy, right?"
"Yes, it is also a comedy, a sex comedy." Zhang Yuxuan nodded and said.
"Huh? Sex comedy? Tell me, I think it's quite interesting." Ning Hao became more energetic.
"It's about sex."
"You kid, is this like filming a three-J movie?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? No, there is no such plot at all. "Great Wish" is about high school students suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis..." Zhang Yuxuan briefly explained the content of the story.
"Hey, this script you came up with is quite interesting. Unfortunately, I'm filming "No Man's Land" and I can't get away from it. How about this, you ask Lu Yang to be the director."
"Lu Yang?" Zhang Yuxuan was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, Lu Yang has worked with me as an assistant director a few times, and he has learned almost everything he needs to learn. When we were filming People on the Road, many of the shots were shot by him.
The effect was also good. Later when we were filming "囧囧", many scenes were handed over to him directly, and the shooting was absolutely no problem. So, Lu Yang is fully capable of shooting this comedy." Ning Hao
I recommended Lu Yang.
Lu Yang himself is considered talented. He has also worked as an assistant director with Ning Hao several times. He was almost brought up by Ning Hao, so Ning Hao knows Lu Yang's strength very well.
As for comedies? Lu Yang followed Ning Hao, and he also shot comedies, so he wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to make comedies.
Originally, Leslie Cheung planned to hire a director from Xiangjiang to film the film, but when he heard Ning Hao recommend Lu Yang, he gave up the idea of hiring a director from Xiangjiang.
After all, Lu Yang is one of his own.
If there is no one on his side, there is no other way. Zhang Yuxuan can only invite the director from Xiangjiang. But since he has a suitable candidate, he will naturally not invite the director from Xiangjiang.
As for whether Lu Yang wants to be a director? That is something he has only dreamed of.
Almost as soon as Lu Yang heard Ning Hao say that Zhang Yuxuan wanted him to be the director of a movie, he immediately ran out of the crew of "No Man's Land".
Well, by the way, in the movie "No Man's Land", Lu Yang also followed Ning Hao and served as the assistant director of the movie.
In fact, after this movie ends, Lu Yang will almost be independent and become a director and make movies alone.
There is still a big difference between just making a movie and making a movie by Jacky Cheung.
So Lu Yang was quite excited about being able to co-produce a movie with Yuxuan Zhang.
After Ning Hao recommended Lu Yang, he couldn't help but want to curse. The assistant director ran away and all the work fell on him. He had no choice but to find another assistant director. But relatively speaking, the assistant director was still very good.
Easy to find.
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"Brother Xuan, thank you, thank you for asking me to be the director." After Lu Yang rushed back to the capital, he didn't even go home. He came directly to see Henry Zhang. He looked disgraced and didn't even have time to clean up.
"You're welcome. This is because you have this ability. If you didn't have this ability, Ning Hao wouldn't recommend you to me." Zhang Yuxuan said with a smile: "It seems that you are coming back from no man's land.
You haven't gone home yet? In this way, I will give you the script, you take the script, go home first, have a good rest, and then after reading the script and having a certain understanding of the movie we want to make, we will form a crew
." Yuxuan Zhang said, handing the script of "Great Wish" to Lu Yang.
Although Lu Yang wanted to start working immediately, he also knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed. So he took the script home first.
As for Zhang Yuxuan, he called Wu Jing and wanted to see if Wu Jing had regained his sense of youth.
And when Wu Jing appeared in front of Zhang Yuxuan again, Zhang Yuxuan looked at Wu Jing a little wrongly.
I saw Wu Jing at this moment. His baby face, which originally looked tender, turned out to be much whiter and tenderer than before, and his body did indeed look a bit more youthful.
"Wu Jing, let me ask you, why did your face suddenly turn so white?"
"It's okay to cover it. Now I insist on applying facial masks and various skin care products every day, and then I wear a protective mask on my face every day and cover my face to prevent my face from seeing any sunlight. Finally, it has some effect."
Wu Jing said with a smile.
"You can do this, it's not bad." Zhang Yuxuan nodded, a little satisfied with Wu Jing's appearance.
"Is it just good? Let me tell you, now I just play with a group of high school students when I have nothing to do. I have completely grasped the high school students." Wu Jing said proudly.
"Okay, now that I have grasped it, I'll leave it to you to act." Zhang Yuxuan nodded.
Yuxuan Zhang himself, Zhang Yi, and Wu Jing, the roles of the three male protagonists have been decided.
Next, start choosing other characters.
Among the other characters, there are two supporting characters that are more important, namely the protagonist's parents.
For these two roles, we also need to find suitable actors to play them.
But Yuxuan Zhang doesn’t want to worry about these.
Just like when Zhang Yuxuan was filming before, it can be said that except for the protagonist, almost all the casting rights were given to Ning Hao, so that Zhang Yuxuan could be more worry-free.
It's the same this time, as Zhang Yuxuan plans to leave the casting, as well as the preparation of the crew and other matters to director Lu Yang to handle.
It's just that Zhang Yuxuan has a good idea and doesn't want to bother.
But it was Lu Yang's first time as a director, and he was a little too cautious, always worried that he might not get it right.
So, during the casting process, Lu Yang roped in Zhang Yuxuan again.
"Brother Xuan, look, these are the suitable actors I selected. Which one is more suitable?" Lu Yang put the names of several people, photos and other information in front of Henry Zhang, wanting to
Let Leslie Cheung make the selection.
Seeing Lu Yang's behavior, Zhang Yuxuan was a little helpless.
I casually browsed through these materials, and the list of candidates to play Zhang Yuxuan's father included Wang Zhiwen, Li Youbin, Chen Jianbin, Zhang Guoli, Jiang Wen, etc. The list of candidates to play Zhang Yuxuan's mother included Xu Fan, Jiang Wenli, Jiang Shan, etc.
There are also other roles with corresponding candidate lists.
This job is done with great care.
Henry Zhang couldn't help but look up at Lu Yang. Hey, this guy had dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't sleep much at all in order to do this job.
"For the protagonist's father, choose Wang Zhiwen. For mother, Jiang Wenli. As for the other characters, you can decide on your own." Zhang Yuxuan only chose two. As for the remaining characters, he was really too lazy to look into them.
He directly pushed it to Lu Yang: "Lu Yang, since I chose you to be the director, let me say that I believe in your ability, so you can make your own decisions on some things, and we have not cooperated once or twice.
You also know my character. I don’t care much about this kind of thing, so it’s completely okay for you to make your own decisions on some things.” Zhang Yuxuan said to Lu Yang seriously.
"Then, I'll make the decision." Lu Yang nodded vigorously.
Zhang Yuxuan left all matters to Lu Yang to handle, and he was not worried about Lu Yang messing around inside. Because the producer of this film is Li Hao, and the producer is also from Zhang Yuxuan's company. As for the funds, it is also Zhang Yuxuan's people.
Controlled.
What Lu Yang really does is probably the selection of some supporting roles, and then the preparation of the crew, the arrangement of props, etc. In terms of crew preparation and props, there will also be specialized people to follow.
Worried something will happen.
At the same time, Wang Zhiwen and Jiang Wenli also received invitations.
Naturally, the two of them would not refuse the opportunity to participate in a movie starring Zhang Yuxuan. After all, since Zhang Yuxuan's debut, the works he has starred in, whether they are TV series or movies, have been hugely successful and almost never failed. So even if the movie this time
The director is a little-known newcomer. Wang Zhiwen and Jiang Wenli also did not refuse.
After the news spread that Zhang Yuxuan was going to make a new movie, many people wanted to participate in Zhang Yuxuan's movie, and many people even came to Zhang Yuxuan to find connections.
This made Zhang Yuxuan feel very annoyed. In the end, he simply stayed at home and turned off his mobile phone so that no one could find him.
After everything was settled, Zhang Yuxuan came out of seclusion.
It was only after Zhang Yuxuan came out that I discovered that Lin Chiling, Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Xiaobing and Zhou Xun had all joined the movie. Of course, they were all guest stars.
Among them, Lin Chiling guest-starred as the beautiful female teacher when the protagonist had a wet dream.
Gao Yuanyuan plays the sister of Zhang Yi's character, while Zhou Xun plays the high school girl. Fan Xiaobing plays the role of the young lady who helps Zhang Yuxuan realize his wish.
"Lu Yang, you are really amazing. Needless to say, Lin Zhiling, the remaining three -"
"Ahem, Brother Xuan, they recruited this on their own initiative and then asked for free guest appearances." Lu Yang explained.
"Free guest appearance? That's okay." Zhang Yuxuan stopped mentioning this matter. If they were to make free guest appearances, just the few of them would have to shell out a large sum of money for the film.
Of course, even though they are guest stars for free, when the movie is released and the box office is released, Zhang Yuxuan will also send them a red envelope, and it will be indispensable. Well, this is based on the premise of high box office.
And Zhang Yi, at this time, also completed the filming of "No Man's Land".
It's just that Zhang Yi, who came out of "No Man's Land", has a darker skin tone, but fortunately, the impact is not too big. Wearing a high school uniform, he still looks like a high school student.
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Zhang Yi had been worried that he would lose this role after turning black. When Zhang Yuxuan said that he could play the role, he was relieved.
"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely try my best to make myself whiter." Zhang Yichao said to Yuxuan Zhang seriously.
"Okay, okay. That's almost it. Don't force yourself too much, and don't use any extreme methods. It will really damage your skin and make you unable to film." Zhang Yuxuan shook his head and said.
"Well, I'll be careful."
Now that everyone is here and the crew is ready, the next step is the press conference for "Great Wish".
For movies starring Yuxuan Zhang, the press conference was naturally very lively.
It was crowded with reporters from all walks of life.
"Jackie Cheung, is "Great Wish" also a comedy movie?"
"Yes, it is a comedy movie, and it is a relatively rare sex comedy in China." Zhang Yuxuan smiled and nodded. The reason why he deliberately mentioned the sex comedy genre is naturally to attract more attention and generate more news.
Sure enough, after hearing what Zhang Yuxuan said, the reporter's eyes suddenly lit up.
Then I kept asking various questions about this topic.
As for the questions about whether Lu Yang, a new director, would be unreliable, there are obviously a lot less questions.