A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 460: Non-aligned Men's Gang

When Han Yifei arrived at the hotel, except for Xiaozhu, everyone else was studying the script for tomorrow's filming with director Yan Min.

He knew Huang Bo, Huang Lei and Zhang Yixing, so after a few brief greetings, he took the script and started reading.

It is impossible for a variety show to be without a script, because each episode must be recorded within one day. If there is no script and various plans, it is simply nonsense to want to shoot a complete variety show plot.

However, the scripts for the variety shows are in the hands of the production team, and the guests only have a rough idea of ​​what the segments are.

If Yan Min had not been forced into a corner, he would not have shown the simple script to several people.

"The sample we shot last week was pretty good, so tomorrow we're going to continue with the theme of 'growing up' and film the whole concept into a show."

"You were here last week?" Chen Jinnian said in surprise.

"That's right," Huang Bo said, speaking in Mandarin with his Qingdao accent. "We have to first decide on a theme and submit it for everyone to study and discuss. If it's okay, we'll continue filming. If not, we'll find a new theme."

"Hey, Jinnian, let me remind you that we need to be a little more restrained when we record tomorrow. We should avoid variety shows. Alliances and backstabbing are absolutely not allowed to happen." Huang Lei added.

Before Chen Jinnian could even open his mouth, Yan Min directly retorted, "You'd better mind your own business. That attempt to sow discord and form alliances wasn't orchestrated by you and Brother Bo."

"It's obvious that Xiaozhu and Yixing are also responsible, especially Yixing. He is neither a little lamb nor a little fox now. He is an old fox." Huang Lei pointed at Zhang Yixing and said.

"Hey, Master, please don't say that."

"I agree with Huang Lei's point of view. Among us, I am the only one who is honest and kind."

As soon as Honglei finished boasting, he was met with Huang Bo's ridicule.

"Oh, take a look at yourself in the mirror. If you are a good person, then there will be no bad people in the world."

"Hello, hello, you look like that and you still say that to me,"

You can insult Shuai Honglei's IQ, but you absolutely cannot insult Shuai Honglei's appearance. After his soft spot was hurt, he immediately started quarreling with Huang Bo.

After a while, Huang Lei, who was the troublemaker, and Zhang Yixing, who was fanning the flames, took the initiative to join in, and it instantly turned into a four-person brawl.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the battle between the two teams on the field evolved into the Red Star CP versus the Double Yellow combination.

Chen Jinnian, who was watching the show, was so shocked that he was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. He turned to look at Yan Min and said, "Didn't we agree not to form an alliance?"

"You still think I can really control them." Yan Min replied helplessly.

Many of the funny moments in Go Fighting were not planned in advance by the production team, but were created by the members of the men's gang harming each other.

The biggest role of their director team is to formulate various contingency plans to pull the situation back out of control and ensure the normal recording of the program.

Seeing that the quarrel would not end for a while, Chen Jinnian lowered his head and continued to read the script, while Yan Min was busy ordering food for everyone so that they could fill their stomachs.

Twenty minutes later, the four men's gang were finally tired of arguing. They leaned on the backs of their chairs, waiting eagerly for Mother Yan to feed them. Suddenly, they found that Chen Jinnian next to them was still studying the script and even asked the staff for paper and pen to make some revisions.

"What's wrong? You're changing the variety show script too." Huang Bo joked.

"I didn't change the script. I was just inspired by the final segment, 'Time Transfer Station,' and thought it would be a waste to present it in a variety show format. I thought it would be better to shoot a short film in one take, showing the father and daughter's journey from meeting to parting in life."

What Chen Jinnian is currently writing is the opening advertisement for the Sotetsu Tokyu Express Line - "The Scenery of Father and Daughter", which uses 25 pairs of fathers and daughters to show different age groups from childhood to adulthood, and is filmed in a single shot inside the carriage.

When the train arrives at the station, the last father and daughter will not get off at the same time, but only the father will walk away, which indicates that in this journey of life, parents cannot accompany them all the way, and the rest of the journey can only be faced by the children alone.

Huang Bo was quite surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect Chen Jinnian to have new inspirations while filming a variety show. He couldn't help but admire him, "If you say he can be a director, look at his speed. I've been tinkering with a movie for a while now and it hasn't even started shooting yet."

If Huang Bo was just sighing, then Yan Min was already excited.

Because of the way to present the final ending, their director team has been discussing it for several days, and it was not until yesterday that they finalized the plan. They will complete the final shooting by setting up time grids on the bridge.

"Can you help us shoot a short film?" Yan Min pulled a chair and sat next to Chen Jinnian, wanting to talk about cooperation.

Huang Bo's eyes moved, and he immediately understood what the other party was planning, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Yan Laoxi, what are you thinking? My brother is a famous director. What are you thinking about using that little announcement fee to get him to do something? You can take all the benefits for yourself."

Chen Jinnian's current industry quotation is basically at the same level as Ning Hao's. It is a marketable market with no price. Some companies want to cooperate with him, but they just can't offer a high enough price.

If the price is too low, Chen Jinnian will not be interested. If the price is too high, the project's profitability will be at risk. Not all investors are like Zhuying. Most of them consider commercial interests.

"Money is not a problem. As long as you agree, I can talk to sponsors about how much money you need."

The money-making ability of "Go Fighting" gives Yan Min enough confidence to quote a price, especially now that it is at the center of controversy, they urgently need to use excellent content to express the attitude of the program team.

"It's just a two- to three-minute short film. I could have shot it under normal circumstances, but I have two projects I'm working on at the same time and I just can't take care of it."

Chen Jinnian shook his head. The filming was not difficult, but the rare preparatory work was that it required 25 "fathers" of similar stature and 25 "daughters" of increasing height and similar appearance.

Even with the help of makeup, it would be extremely difficult to find so many actors in a short period of time.

"Our production team and the TV station can both help with the production. As long as you give me the nod, I'll help with the preliminary work, including framing and casting. You come up with the idea, and I'll make it happen."

Yan Min spoke quickly, trying to dispel Chen Jinnian's concerns to the greatest extent possible.

"Jinnian, why don't you help Old Yan? He's had a hard time lately and has been suffering from insomnia all night long."

The reason why Huang Lei advised Yan Min was mainly because he felt that no matter how much money he charged, as long as Chen Jinnian nodded in agreement, Yan Min would owe Chen Jinnian a favor.

For people like them who are in the entertainment industry, especially those who have reached a certain status, money is not important because no one is short of money. What is most important is actually favors.

You owe me today, and I owe you tomorrow, and after a while we become friends. Having more friends not only provides more paths, but sometimes can also solve many problems.

With the cooperation of Huang Lei and Huang Bo, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, the cooperation plan between Chen Jinnian and Yan Min was brokered.

Even at this point, Yan Min still didn't know Chen Jinnian's specific filming plan, but it didn't prevent him from believing in Chen Jinnian's ability. This was the accumulated reputation.

Now "Ballet Revenge" has exceeded 400 million yuan and is striving for 500 million yuan, which means that the cumulative box office of Chen Jinnian's independently directed films has exceeded 2 billion yuan. If the nominal Wolf Warrior plug-in is included, the total box office is more than 7 billion, not far from 8 billion.

The speed of improvement is like a rocket.

Although Yan Min is currently the most popular variety show director, he has not yet reached the point where he would question Chen Jinnian.