Chapter 72: Encountering fake fans on the road
Zhang Jizhong’s hype is really annoying, but everyone has to admit that he is really making a show.
He has the paranoia of the old school of film and television people, one of which is that he strives to shoot in real scenes.
But this is also the current consensus in the industry: if you want to shoot grassland scenes, you have to go to the grasslands, and if you want to shoot scenes in the desert, you have to go to the desert.
It’s nothing to huddle in a studio and stand in front of a green screen - green screens are not commonly used in China these days.
The artistic tone of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is aesthetic: beautiful scenery, beautiful people, and beautiful movements.
Not much to say about Jiuzhaigou, but the scenery in Yandang Mountain is also first-rate.
Zhang Yuanjun has been enjoying the scenery of the scenic spot for the past few days since the construction started, and he feels very happy.
The crew is expected to shoot in Yandang Mountain for two months, and there will be more scenes and characters involved than in Jiuzhaigou. The actors and staff have been arriving one after another in the past few days.
Zhang Yuanjun looked at the shooting schedule for the coming week and cursed the assistant director:
"You want to tire me out and use me like an animal."
In the first week, Zhang Yuanjun should not sleep for more than 6 hours a day.
The assistant director smiled and said: "You are the protagonist! While you still have a few days to spare, go shopping around and eat whatever you want. I will keep tossing you later."
Zhang Yuanjun left the set helplessly.
"Hey!" Zhang Yuanjun had just taken two steps when he met "Guo Xiang".
Yang Mi had very few scenes in Jiuzhaigou, and the two of them had little chance to meet and communicate in Jiuzhaigou.
"Here we come." Zhang Yuanjun greeted.
"What are you thinking about? You look unhappy." Yang Mi has a cheerful personality and gets along well with everyone on the set.
The two walked out side by side. Zhang Yuanjun smiled bitterly and said: "I just looked at my schedule, it's too full."
"Just laugh if it's cheap. How many people want to act but can't." Yang Mi felt that he was cheating.
Zhang Yuanjun didn't say anything, but asked her: "How are you preparing for the art exam?"
Yang Mi is a sophomore in high school this year and has already planned to take the art exam next year, with the goal of film school.
"It's not bad." As soon as Yang Mi said these words, Zhang Yuanjun remembered that the little girl in front of him would be the first in the art exam next year, with more than 500 cultural points to be admitted to the film academy. With this cultural score, she could apply for any art school in the country.
Schools are not a problem.
"I heard that you rejected the crew of "Liao Zhai"." Yang Mi asked.
"Liao Zhai" is a classic that had many remakes at the beginning of the century, mostly in the form of unit dramas.
Zhang Yuanjun had previously received an invitation from the crew to play the male lead Wang Anxu in the "Painted Skin" unit, with Zeng Li and Pan Yijun as his partners.
But Zhang Yuanjun refused.
Yang Mi will play the heroine Nie Xiaoqian in the "Xiaoqian" unit, pictured above.
Brother Hu plays Ning Caichen.
"Well, I pushed."
"Why push it? What a great opportunity." Yang Mi only had Rong Xingda Company to get such a good role as Xiaoqian, but Zhang Yuanjun actually turned down the lead role.
"I want to film Yang Guo, but I don't have time." "Liao Zhai" will start shooting in Hengdian next month.
"Just shoot at the same time." Yang Mi said with ease.
"I don't do this kind of thing."
In fact, people in the industry don't hate dramas now. Huang Xiaoming was filming "Long Wei and Son" and also took on "Liao Zhai" at the same time.
If he hadn't played Yang Guo, he would have starred in three dramas at the same time.
During the golden age of Hong Kong films, Brother Hua made 13 movies a year and earned the nickname Liu Shisan.
Nowadays, actors filming multiple movies at the same time are often praised as model workers.
But Zhang Yuanjun would not do such a thing.
But Yang Mi doesn't think so: "If you have the opportunity, you should seize it. If you don't have a company, you should take on a few more movies to let the audience know you." 18-year-old Yang Mi already knows that she needs to make more movies and become famous as soon as possible to let the audience know her.
Get to know her.
This is actually correct.
But Zhang Yuanjun still explained: "Human energy is always limited. Shooting Yang Guo is already tiring enough. I don't want to make myself too nervous.
"Just take it one at a time, there will always be something to show."
Yang Mi has been on the set since she was a child and has met many kinds of people, but she has never seen such a calm young actor as Zhang Yuanjun.
She has seen too many young actors on the set who do whatever it takes to be popular and famous.
Not to mention filming two movies at the same time, she has seen three and four movies.
"Don't you want to be popular?"
"I think so, I'm going crazy thinking about being famous." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.
There is no actor who doesn’t want to be popular, and being as pale as a chrysanthemum is the most false character in this show.
"But," Zhang Yuanjun continued, "with the role of Yang Guo, I think I should be popular for a while."
"That's true." Yang Mi agreed with Zhang Yuanjun's statement, "But if you want to stay popular, you have to have dramas."
"Why not!" Zhang Yuanjun said, "Next year my "No. 1" will be broadcast, and then this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". I don't believe that I won't be able to film a single movie in the next two years, but I can always impress the audience.
Get to know me."
One play a year is enough for Zhang Yuanjun.
As they talked, the two arrived at the Lingyan Scenic Area. Some staff were setting up here, and tourists could be seen in twos and threes.
This is the filming location of Broken Heart Cliff in the play.
Zhang Yuanjun stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down. It's so high.
Zhang Yuanjun is actually a little afraid of heights. He was a little scared when he first started hanging wire. Now he glanced down and his heart began to beat.
"Are you Yang Guo?" A tourist recognized Zhang Yuanjun.
Zhang Yuanjun’s sense of vanity is so swollen that someone recognized me even though my show wasn’t even aired?
Zhang Yuanjun has not put on makeup yet, and is wearing a thick hat - he has shaved his head, and the wind is too cold.
"Yes, I play Yang Guo."
"Can you sign your autograph for me?" The tourist is a young girl.
We also have female fans.
Zhang Yuanjun smiled and agreed, taking the other person's pen and paper while asking her: "Do you know me?"
"I don't know."
"Huh?" Zhang Yuanjun hesitated with his signing hand, then looked up at the female fan, "I don't know you and you still want me to sign?"
"You will definitely become popular in the future, so just sign one first." This girl was not polite.
Zhang Yuanjun was not annoyed. Instead, he thought this girl’s attitude was quite amusing: “Okay, I’ll sign one for you.”
After speaking, he wrote a sentence to the girl: "I wish you happiness every day and beauty forever."
The girl took Zhang Yuanjun's signature and handed it to Yang Mi beside her: "You can sign one for me too."
"Do you know me?" Yang Mi asked jokingly.
"I don't know." This girl was honest, "I'll sign it, I'll sign it. You are the first celebrity I have seen."
Yang Mi took the pen and paper: "Then tell me, can I be popular in the future?"
"Can fire."
"How popular can it be?"
The girl looked at Zhang Yuanjun next to her: "It's even hotter than him."
Yang Mi was satisfied and happily signed the girl's name.
"I didn't expect that you are not a big person, but you have a big heart." Zhang Yuanjun joked.
"It's funny." Yang Mi smiled.
The two of them watched Lingyan for a while and chatted with the setters. Zhang Yuanjun was still secretly thinking about how he would shoot the scene on Broken Heart Cliff.
Chapter completed!