Chapter 104: Post-production Encounter with Lu Yang
"What? There is such a thing. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

When Han Jianv told her father everything Yang Hao had done on the crew, Han Sanpin's face became troubled, his brows were furrowed, and the word "川" appeared on his forehead.

My daughter would definitely not lie. According to what she said, Yang Hao was a hands-off boss in the crew. He only came to check the shooting results every day, and basically all the work was left to the executive deputy director Li Guoan.

"This is even more outrageous than what happened to Guo Xiaosi. Can a good movie be made like this?" Han Sanpin had huge doubts about the movie "The Richest Tomato".

"But looking at Yang Hao, the confidence on his face just now didn't seem like a fake."

Thinking of Yang Hao's confident and high-spirited appearance just now, Han Sanpin subconsciously felt that this movie should be a good one.

On the one hand, there is what his daughter said, and on the other hand, there is Yang Hao’s confident look. Who should he believe?
In fact, not only Han Sanpin was conflicted, but Han Jianu was also conflicted.

She had seen the film material, and the shooting and storyboard were almost the same. Overall, the shooting effect was good.

However, Yang Hao's performance in the crew made Han Jianu feel uneasy. She had never seen a director shoot a movie in this way.

"Oh, forget it. I won't worry about it anymore. I'll know the quality of the movie once the sample comes out." Han Sanpin was too lazy to worry about it anymore. He patted his aching head and stopped thinking about these annoying things.
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The people who were assigned to do the post-production editing for "The Richest Tomato" this time were Master Sun Kangnian and several newcomers he brought with him. Master Sun started as an apprentice at China Film and has been engaged in post-production editing for nearly 20 years. He has done post-production for many blockbusters and has quite rich experience.

At this time, Master Sun, wearing a gray-black sweatshirt and black-framed glasses, was leaning over the desk, carefully reading the script and storyboard script of "The Richest Tomato".

An excellent post-production editor must have some research on the script and the storyboard script. He needs to be able to understand the script and know what kind of story the director wants to tell.

Generally speaking, a good director has already sketched out the final image of the film in his mind, and the editor is responsible for editing and splicing the filmed footage into the image in the director's mind.

After all, the editor and the director are two different people, and they are bound to have different views on the final film.

This is why during the post-production of a film, the director often has to keep an eye on it at all times, in order to communicate with the editor in a timely manner and control the final film.

As for who has better control over the final picture, the editor or the director, that depends on personal opinion.

Many foreign directors do not have the final editing rights, but in China, with the director-centered system, editors are often the director’s puppets.

Master Sun reads the script and the storyboard very carefully, and if he encounters something he doesn't understand, he will discuss it with Yang Hao.

After all, Yang Hao lived in the future and had seen the finished film of "The Richest Tomato". The scenes of the movie had been deeply imprinted in his mind. This also led to the fact that every time the two had different opinions, Master Sun would always be persuaded by Yang Hao in the end.

Master Sun spent three full days studying the script and the storyboard. During these three days, Yang Hao stayed at China Film Group all the time, just to answer Master Sun's questions about the script anytime and anywhere.

"Director Yang, I'm really sorry to have troubled you these days. I asked you to stay with me all the time and explain the script to me." After studying the script and storyboards, Master Sun stood up from his seat and said to Yang Hao embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, we are all doing this for the good of the movie." Master Sun's work attitude is indeed serious, and Yang Hao does not dare to be arrogant in front of such an old senior.

"Director Yang, I have to say that your storyboard script is really detailed. I have been in this industry for so many years, but I have rarely seen storyboard scripts with such a high degree of completion. This saves me a lot of effort in my editing work."

Master Sun was also very pleased with Yang Hao's respectful attitude. He praised Yang Hao's storyboard script and then turned around to start film editing.

Seeing that Master Sun had finally started his official work, Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. He had been staying in the editing room of China Film Group for the past three days and was really bored. Now he could finally relax.
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Walking out of the editing room of China Film Studio, Yang Hao unexpectedly found an acquaintance. "Hey! Senior Brother Lu Yang, why are you here? Are you still working on the post-production of "The Blade of the Assassin"? "
Yang Hao was greatly surprised to see Lu Yang coming out of another editing room.

It has been nearly four months since the filming of The Blade of the Assassin was completed. Logically speaking, the post-production of The Blade of the Assassin should have been completed long ago.

At this time, Lu Yang was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside the window and smoking a cigarette.

Just as he was thinking about something, he vaguely heard someone calling him from behind.

I turned around subconsciously and saw Yang Hao standing not far away, greeting me with a smile.

Seeing that it was Yang Hao who was calling him, Lu Yang directly put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, stood up, and walked quickly towards Yang Hao.

Lu Yang walked up to Yang Hao and lightly punched him in the chest to express his joy at seeing Yang Hao.

"Oh! Junior brother, I really didn't expect that the post-production of "The Blade of the Assassin" would be so difficult. It only took more than two months to shoot the movie, but the post-production has not been completed for almost four months. What do you think of this?"

When Lu Yang heard Yang Hao asking about the post-production of "The Blade of the Assassin", his face was filled with worry and he directly told Yang Hao all his grievances.

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about the post-production of "The Blade of the Assassin"," Lu Yang felt much better after talking to Yang Hao about his recent troubles.

So he changed the subject and asked, "Junior brother, why are you here too? Have you finished filming "The Richest Tomato"? Are you here for post-production?"

"Yes, I have been communicating with the editor for a few days and have just started editing."

"Your shooting speed is really fast. It's only been three or four months, and you've completed the preliminary preparations and shooting?"

I originally thought that I had finished filming "The Blade of the Assassin" in more than two months, which was fast enough, but I didn't expect that my junior brother was not much behind.

"By the way, Junior Brother, when is your movie going to be released?" Lu Yang asked casually.

"January 1st, the day of the Chinese New Year."

The release date of "The Richest Tomato" has been discussed with China Film Group and it will be announced soon and promotion will begin. There is no harm in telling Lu Yang a few days in advance.

"January 1st?" Lu Yang murmured.

In his impression, there seemed to be a blockbuster movie released on that day. What was it?

Lu Yang was suddenly shocked.

He exclaimed: "Junior brother, I remember that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" released by Huayi is scheduled to be released on the Spring Festival."

(End of this chapter)