Chapter 92 I Became "Guo Xiaosi"

"The Richest Tomato" started filming in Xiamen with great fanfare.

Thanks to Han Jianu, with her help, the crew of "The Richest Tomato" reached a cooperation with Xiamen Film and Television Industry Service Center.

In fact, this operation is very normal. Basically every tourist city has its own film and television service department, which will provide some care to large-scale crews that come to shoot. Both parties are mutually beneficial.

Movies are a powerful tool for promoting tourism, and it is not uncommon for a hit movie to boost a city's tourism industry.

Opening ceremony, burning incense, offering sacrifices, and giving out red envelopes.

While burning incense and offering sacrifices, the crew took a group photo. Yang Hao was in the center, Shen Teng and Di Lieba, the two male and female protagonists, stood next to Yang Hao, and the others were scattered on both sides according to their own status.

After sending out the red envelopes and enjoying the opening banquet, the opening ceremony was considered a complete success.
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The crew officially started work in the afternoon.

The shooting location for the first scene was Xiamen People’s Stadium.

Yang Hao was directing several assistant directors to adjust the camera positions, while the other actors, some putting on makeup, some memorizing their lines, were all preparing seriously, as no one wanted to fail in the first scene after the crew started filming.

When everything was ready, Yang Hao sat in front of the director's monitor and signaled through the intercom that it was time to start.

The first scene is that Mr. Jin wants to bribe Wang Duoyu to play a fixed match, but Wang Duoyu refuses.
However, he was preoccupied on the court and his skills were poor, so he eventually lost the game.

After the opposing team won the game, they threw Wang Duoyu, played by Shen Teng, into the sky as the biggest contributor.

Wang Duoyu in the sky shouted desperately: "I am not in the same group with you, why are you throwing me away?"

Even though he wrote the script and had seen this movie in his previous life, he was still laughing so hard when he watched this scene in front of the monitor. It was really too funny.

But after laughing, Yang Hao felt something was not right.

This scene had about a dozen shots, and almost all of them were completed in one take. The few times when Yang Hao shouted "cut" were because of the actors' problems.

After Yang Hao called out "cut", the executive assistant director beside him would consciously step forward and explain the scenes to the actors. The actors' performances would immediately improve the next time, and the scene would be passed in one take.

What have you been doing these few hours?
It’s like sitting in front of the director’s monitor and shouting “cut”.

Yang Hao suddenly felt as if he had become Guo Xiaosi.

The culprit who made him become Guo Xiaosi was the executive deputy director standing not far from him.

Yang Hao supported his chin with one hand, stared at the other person's back, and muttered to himself: "It seems that my executive deputy director is of quite high level."

At this time, Yang Hao also understood why some leaders don't like their subordinates to be too capable.

As an assistant director, I am so capable that I seem to be the same as Guo Xiaosi. I feel like I can even tie up a dog.

From the current point of view, this assistant director has a very strong ability to coordinate the crew. He can perfectly convey his intentions to all departments of the crew and has an excellent ability to narrate the play.

Yang Hao couldn't help but sigh: "He's really a talented person."

I just don't know how capable he is of personally doing it, sitting in front of the director's monitor, and controlling the overall situation?
During the break of the crew's filming, Yang Hao waved his hand, called the executive assistant director to his side, and enthusiastically asked him to sit down.

This assistant director was borrowed from China Film Group by senior sister Han Jianu. His name is Li Guoan. He is a veteran assistant director of China Film Group and has rich experience.

"Director Li, you are fifty today, right?" Yang Hao asked kindly.

"Yes, I'm fifty this year." When asked about his age, Li Guoan's eyes were full of longing, as if he was lamenting that time flies by so fast. Hearing the other party admit that he was fifty years old, Yang Hao nodded. Fifty is considered the age of retirement in other professions.

But for a director, fifty is the prime of his life, when his experience and energy are at the peak of his life.

Several active directors in the film industry today, including Chen Jiashang and Wang Jingjing, are in their fifties. Zhang Yimou is even in his early sixties, while the relatively young Jiang Wen is only fifty years old.

"Director Li, have you ever thought about directing a movie yourself?" Yang Hao asked tentatively.

"No, no, I can't do it. I don't have enough control over the final visuals of the film," said assistant director Li Guoan with a sigh.

In the early years, he also directed several movies himself, but they all ended in failure.

After reflecting on it, he found that he lacked the ability to control the story and the visuals, and the movies he made always failed to satisfy the audience.

That is to say, since then, he has never been a full-fledged director again, and has been working as an assistant director. His skills as an assistant director have become more and more proficient over the years.

"I can't control the picture," Yang Hao muttered softly.

Whether a director is talented or not is not determined by how good his skills are. The most important thing is whether he has a strong control over the final picture presented in the movie.

To put it simply, it is imagination, the ability to perfectly outline a story in your mind.

As for how to film the story, the crew's coordination ability, and various shooting techniques, these can all be developed through acquired training.

Worst case scenario, you can find an experienced assistant director to do it for you, and you can just sit in front of the director’s monitor and shout “cut”.

"It's okay. In the next scene, you sit here and direct the crew," Yang Hao said, pointing to the location of the director's monitor.

Yang Hao wants to see what the ability of director Li Guoan is.
That’s right, Yang Hao was thinking of poaching people.

I currently have too many novel copyrights in my hands, and it is simply unrealistic to develop them all by myself.

The best thing would be to train a few direct directors to help you develop.

"I'll be watching from the side, don't panic," Yang Hao patted the other person's arm to reassure him.

Seeing Yang Hao's attitude, Li Guoan could only reluctantly agree.

Yang Hao standing behind him really gave him courage. Although the other people in the crew didn't know the level of Director Yang, he was very clear about it.

In the afternoon scenes, it seemed that he was coordinating the crew, but in fact he was just conveying Director Yang's instructions.

Director Yang in front of us, although young, his level is quite high.

Sitting in front of the director's monitor, assistant director Li Guoan sighed in his heart: "I haven't sat in this seat for many years."

Assistant Director Li Guoan was sitting in front of the director's monitor. This scene was also seen by other attentive people in the crew, but everyone pretended not to see it and no one dared to comment on it.

Just as Yang Hao was talking to assistant director Li Guoan, actress Xu Dongdong from the crew came over with two cups of milk tea in her hands.

"Director Yang, Director Li, are you thirsty? Would you like a cup of milk tea?" As she spoke, Xu Dongdong handed two cups of milk tea to Yang Hao and Li Guoan.

"Thank you," Yang Hao and Li Guoan thanked at the same time, and then took the milk tea.

(End of this chapter)