Chapter 535: Praise and Criticism Are Selling, Applause Is Idle

Zhang Li and Liu Wenwu argued for a long time, but neither could convince the other.

The key is that they can't fight, so they can only stop.

Liu Wenwu also realized that it was useless to argue with Zhang Li, because Zhang Li came here to accompany Hu Mei today.

And Zhang Li also realized that he should have been watching, and he was a little too excited to argue with the producer.

After the two stopped arguing, the scene was a little cold.

At this time, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You two are tired, drink some water."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Liu Wenwu and Zhang Li laughed embarrassedly.

"Director Zhou, I'm sorry to make you laugh." Zhang Li said.

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hands, "Director Zhang, you are joking. I also benefited a lot from your discussion just now. However, we are all gathered here today for the director of "Yongzheng Dynasty", so let's talk about "Yongzheng Dynasty"."

Liu Wenwu also looked at Hu Mei, "Yes, Director Hu, let's talk about the topics we talked about last time."

The last time they met, Liu Wenwu gave Hu Mei a few test questions and asked her to think about how to deal with several scenes.

Hu Mei nodded, "Then I will talk about them one by one in order. The 13th Prince Yinxiang took out the letter from the 9th Prince to Ren Boan. Ren Boan was terrified and helpless and could only donate money. This scene..."

Then the scene became normal, and it was Hu Mei who was telling her thoughts and feelings about this play.

She was indeed well prepared and her description was very detailed. She even had some of her own performance in some places and made some small changes to the script.

In Zhou Yan's opinion, Hu Mei's performance was not outstanding, but it was not very bad either. It was just average.

In terms of ability alone, Hu Mei is definitely not as good as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, or Zhang Li who came to the scene today.

When Zhang Li was discussing with Liu Wenwu just now, it can be heard that Zhang Li is very talented. Not only is his theory solid, but he also has many wild ideas.

If Zhou Yan were to choose, he would definitely choose Zhang Li as the director. Even if Zhang Li doesn't have time now, he would rather wait for a while.

And Zhang Li is not completely without time. Liu Wenwu has decided to invite Zhang Li to be the planner of "Yongzheng Dynasty".

When Hu Mei was telling the story, Liu Wenwu did not interrupt the whole process, but when Hu Mei finished speaking, he started criticizing again.

Zhang Li was so angry that he was about to debate with Liu Wenwu, but was stopped by Hu Mei.

This time Liu Wenwu did not say much. He just said a few words in each scene and it was over.

Then he looked at the time and said, "Director Zhang, Director Hu, let's end today's meeting like this."

Zhou Yan also looked at his watch. It was already half past ten, so he invited, "You two should stay for dinner before leaving."

Hu Mei smiled and said, "You're welcome, Director Zhou. There's something else going on in the factory. We'll go back now. It's not far."

The atmosphere on the scene was not very good. Hearing Hu Mei's refusal, Zhou Yan did not force her to stay. He smiled and said, "Then I won't keep you two. Let's go. I'll see you off."

...

After sending Hu Mei and Zhang Li away, Zhou Yan and the other three returned to Liu Heping's office.

Liu Heping smiled as he changed the water in his cup, "It seems that I have to talk to other alternative directors again."

In Liu Heping's opinion, the scene was so bad today, and Liu Wenwu did not keep Hu Mei for dinner later. He must have not liked Hu Mei.

But Liu Wenwu shook his head, "No, Hu Mei is good."

Liu Heping raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You are not going to choose her, are you?"

"Yes, I think so."

"Uh... It's a good thing that the director has decided." Although Liu Heping didn't understand, he didn't say anything.

Zhou Yan smiled beside him. He was not surprised at all. He found out the day before yesterday that Liu Wenwu was a typical person who said one thing and meant another.

Although the scene just now was not very good, he was actually quite satisfied with Hu Mei.

What Liu Wenwu wanted to find was a director like Hu Mei who could listen to opinions. On the contrary, if he let Zhang Li be the director, the two of them would quarrel every day.

...

Hu Mei and Zhang Li walked out of the gate of the park. Hu Mei turned her head and looked at the park, sighing, "It seems that this matter has fallen through."

Hu Mei was very eager for the play "Yongzheng Dynasty". She believed that she understood Yongzheng and was the best candidate for filming this TV series.

Although she had no experience in creating historical dramas before, she was very confident after reading the script.

Therefore, she was quite disappointed to see Liu Wenwu's attitude.

Hearing Hu Mei's words, Zhang Li, who had just quarreled with Liu Wenwu for a long time, smiled and said, "You are exactly wrong. If Liu Wenwu doesn't want to use you, why would he criticize you? The so-called praise and criticism are buyers, and applause is idlers. He can still talk about you so unscrupulously later, which should mean that he has decided to give you this job."

"Really?" Hu Mei was skeptical, "You are not saying this to comfort me, right?"

Zhang Li rolled his eyes, "Why should I comfort you? Don't worry, go back and wait for news."

Hu Mei still didn't quite believe it, but Zhang Li said it so confidently, which made her a little uncertain.

Seeing her in a daze, Zhang Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you are going to use you, there will be news soon."

Zhang Li also understood the situation of "Yongzheng Dynasty". This drama has been prepared for a long time, and it has been stuck for a long time in the script and the selection of directors.

Now the script is basically done. If it is confirmed that Hu Mei is the director, Liu Wenwu should notify her soon and will not delay for too long.

…

In fact, Zhang Li guessed correctly. Hu Mei even received a call from Liu Wenwu before she got off work at night.

This time, Liu Wenwu was very polite and sincerely invited Hu Mei to be the director of "Yongzheng Dynasty" and hoped that Hu Mei could get into the work as soon as possible. They still had a lot of work to do.

Hu Mei didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly. She didn't even wait for Liu Wenwu to finish speaking before she replied, "Mr. Liu, I can join the group immediately."

On the other end of the phone, Liu Wenwu laughed. It seems that he has chosen the right director.

"In that case, come over tomorrow morning."

"Where to?"

"It's the place you came today. We will work here for a long time in the future."

After Liu Wenwu and Zhou Yan confirmed the cooperation, Zhou Yan directly arranged another floor for Liu Wenwu and his team to use as an office.

There is not much else in the park now, but there are many office spaces. Not to mention a floor, even if they are given a whole building, it is no problem.

The office location is on-site, and it is nothing more than adding some office supplies.

Liu Wenwu is naturally happy to have a floor to work, and he is more convinced that cooperating with Zhou Yan is the right thing to do.

If they don’t cooperate with Zhou Yan, they will not spend money to get such a large office space.

The key is that Zhou Yan’s location is too good. Next to it is Yanjing Film Academy and Yanjing Film Studio, and it is not far to CCTV, so it is convenient to do anything.

Hu Mei is also very happy. Going to Zhou Yan’s place to work is only a few minutes away from her work in her own factory. She can still take care of things at home. It is really convenient.

"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning."

"In that case, I'll arrange a meeting tomorrow afternoon. Now there are people in the crew, so let's meet and get to know each other first, which will also facilitate your work later."

"Okay, Mr. Liu."

Hu Mei was relieved at this moment. She found that Liu Wenwu was much easier to talk to now, and he was quite considerate.

...

When Liu Wenwu called Hu Mei, Zhou Yan was right next to her.

After the two hung up the phone, Liu Wenwu smiled and said, "Director Zhou, will you come to the meeting tomorrow afternoon?"

"Yes, I'll come and see." Zhou Yan nodded. It was just a few steps away anyway.

"Then do you want to notify Director Jiang, or should I do it?"

"You do it."

No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one book, one bar!

"No problem. It's almost time to get off work. I'll go find him for dinner right away."

"Okay, you go find him, I'll go back first."

"Well, take care."

Zhou Yan smiled and got up and left the office.

After coming out, he did not rush back, but went to the film department.

The first batch of students from the Central Academy of Drama's school-enterprise cooperation have been in the studio for some time, and Zhou Yan is going to see how they are doing.

He went to the editing workshop first, and as soon as he arrived, he saw several people in the office gathered together to discuss something.

"In fact, our editing work should still be based on the director. We should give whatever the director wants." Editor Liu Hao said.

Shu Xiang, who was sitting opposite him, laughed and said, "If the editor only listens to others, what's the use of the edited things? Then aren't we just pure chores? If we listen to the director, do we have to listen to the producer? If we listen to the producer, do we have to listen to the investor? It's like a puppet, at the mercy of others. Directors may be professional in making films, but how much do they know about editing?"

"Of course you can make suggestions, but if the director does not accept them, you can't change them. Otherwise, why don't you shoot them yourself?" Liu Hao said.

At this time, Du Yuan, the director of the editing workshop, laughed and said, "This thing is not dead, you two are arguing here for a long time. Do you really want to train Xiaolong as your disciple? He is an actor, and he will probably not be in charge of editing in the future."

Du Yuan is the editor of "Raise the Red Lantern" and the former Chang'an Factory. Zhou Yan spent a lot of effort to dig her over.

After she came, she directly served as the director of the editing workshop of the film department.

"Ahem." Zhou Yan said at the right time, "What are you talking about?"

Seeing Zhou Yan coming, Du Yuan glared at Shu Xiang and said with a smile, "Nothing, just chatting, why are you here, Director Zhou?"

General directors don't like Shu Xiang's theory.

Most directors actually think that the so-called editor is a knife in the hands of the director, and they do whatever the director asks them to do.

Although Zhou Yan respects editors very much, Du Yuan believes that he is the director who cares least about editors.

In Zhou Yan's movies, in the post-production process, the editors can be said to have no autonomy and no sense of accomplishment.

When editing, most directors would mention their requirements to the editor and ask the editor to try to achieve them, but Zhou Yan was very direct. What he wanted had already been formed in his mind, and all the editor had to do was to cut out the films and paste them together in order according to his instructions.

And the instructions he gave were often so precise that it was outrageous.

This meant that only a skilled editor was needed to edit for Zhou Yan. If Zhou Yan didn't mind the fatigue, he could do this job by himself. Anyway, Zhou Yan had been in the editing workshop for a long time, so he had no problem editing.

At that time, when Zhou Yan was in the Changan factory, many people had been miscellaneous and worked with them.

Imagine, how important can editors be in the eyes of such a director?

Zhou Yan knew that Du Yuan was afraid that he had opinions on the ring, and he didn't say anything.

To be honest, he didn't care about the idea of ​​bouquet, and a good director knew how to get along with the editor. Different directors need different editors, and each person's cooperation model is different.

Some are suitable for ringing, and some are suitable for Liu Hao.

His eyes swept through Liu Hao's face, and then looked at Duan Yihong, "Duan Long, how do you feel in the editing workshop these days?"

Duan Yihong laughed, "Zhou Dao, I feel very good. Only in the editing workshop really feel how wonderful a movie is in the process of completing, and it is convenient to watch movies here."

In fact, during this time, Yi Hong did not feel how much editing process. After all, the editing workshop has not lived, but he watched a lot of materials taken before the studio, including the ones Zhou Yan.

In addition to the material, there are some documentary on the spot.

Every day watching these materials and documentary, Duan Yihong feels very fulfilling. He feels that seeing these materials and documentary films are more interesting and more useful than they analyze those movies in schools every day.

For example, in a documentary, there are often directors' requirements or how to act as actors, which is a vivid and real performance class for him.

When he was able to observe the director's camera perspective and the third perspective of the documentary, he had a more comprehensive understanding of the performance.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Internship in various workshops is mainly to let you know the complete process of a movie. As an actor, your learning is finally implemented to the performance. You can rest assured, there will be internship opportunities later."

"Thank you Zhou Dao."

Zhou Yan patted his shoulder: "Do it well."

After speaking, Zhou Yan nodded with Du Yuan and turned away from the editing workshop.

Then he went to several workshops in a row and talked briefly with the students who cooperated with the school and enterprise.

When he finally arrived at the makeup group, Zhou Yan was surprised to find that Zhang Ziyi was sitting next to Lin Juan.

"Zhang Ziyi, why are you here?"

Lin Juan explained beside him, "Zhou Yange, Ziyi is the second batch of school -enterprise -cooperative students in their school."

The first batch of Zhou Yan was concerned about the list of Chinese opera schools, and he had never asked the second batch.

School -enterprise cooperation students have a batch of students, and there are many studies in the studio. It is impossible for him to ask everything.

It was just that he didn't expect that Zhang Ziyi was going to shoot "Jing Jing Xing Qin King", and even ran.

He said curiously, "When will Chen Dao turn on it?"

"It should be turned on in June." Zhang Ziyi said.

"Then do you have to enter the group in advance?" Zhou Yan asked.

Zhang Ziyi suddenly lowered her head and bit her lips, "I don't know yet."

have no idea……

Zhou Yan looked up at Zhang Ziyi with interest. Can this girl reject Chen Kaige?

If Zhang Ziyi can really refuse Chen Kaige, Zhou Yan will look at her high. (This chapter is finished)