Tian Xingjian stared at the laptop screen with his eyes wide open. He rubbed his eyes and refreshed the webpage, but the price of the two movies he had downloaded had really changed. He was very sure that it was shown in US dollars, not the f * cking Korean won. It was a full 200,000 US dollars. He had bought these two movies with a rating of 6.3, but now, it was like the stock had plummeted. It was 500 US dollars for one movie, and yes, 500 US dollars for one movie with a script.
Damn it, Tian Xingjian had been scammed to the point where he was almost dead. Not only that, the previous rating of 6.3 had also disappeared. It had become less than 50 comments, so he would not be given a rating. Tian Xingjian definitely couldn't calm down. What the hell was going on? If someone appeared in his apartment, Tian Xingjian didn't doubt that he would swallow the life in front of him.
200,000 dollars. This was his wife's money. His family would not care about him getting married, having children, or buying a house.
" No, let me calm down. I need to calm down. 500 dollars for an unrated script is actually understandable. That means that it was a website error in the past. Yes, that's right, that's it." Tian Xingjian rubbed his slightly distorted facial muscles. He was too angry just now. It was like seeing a peerless beauty who had just spent a good night with her, but the next day he found out that she was actually a carrier of AIDS. Anyone's facial expression would be distorted.
Tian Xingjian thought about it for a while. Although he still couldn't figure out what was going on with this website, he still felt that it should be considered an upgrade. Perhaps it was more standardized. At least, the two scripts he bought weren't very famous in his impression. Or rather, he had tried to buy them according to the ratings. He himself didn't know if these movies were particularly popular.
Other than that, Tian Xingjian also noticed that many of the famous blockbusters on the website had become strange. Take Avatar for example. It used to have a rating of 8.6 and cost 2 million USD to download the movie. Now, the ratings had become completely irregular. Generally, all the scripts had increased in price. For movies that scored 6 to 6.5, it became 100,000 to 200,000. For movies that scored 6.5 to 7, it went straight to 300,000 to 500,000. For scripts that scored 7 to 7.5, it instantly went to 1 million. For movies that scored 7.5 to 8, the price was already 2 to 3 million. For movies that scored above 8, the price was completely chaotic. However, it still stabilized at around 3 to 10 million.
Now that Avatar had risen to 8 million, he immediately blacklisted the movie. The 8 million script fee did not include editing, music, special effects, and other miscellaneous expenses. Tian Xingjian really could not afford to pay 8 million for a movie himself. Even if this movie was the world's number one box office, he was still a director. He earned a fixed salary. With this money, why would he film a movie? He could just go back to California and buy a mansion and raise a dozen girls. He wouldn't be able to afford it in a week.
Not to mention the Avengers. His grandmother's 7.5 million script, and there was a note at the back that it needed copyright. F * ck, was he going to Marvel to gain fame? Who cared about him? Was copyright easy to get? Moreover, Tian Xingjian discovered that all of the hero movies in the series required copyright restrictions. Except for Marvel's, of course, the movies that were modified by the DC-Comics also required copyright restrictions.
Tian Xingjian could finally tell that the website had been updated and upgraded this time. It was probably because of the changes in the past few days when he was in Hong Kong. Thinking of Hong Kong, he thought of another thing. Could it be related to his experience? This time, he could be considered to be the assistant director of a film that had invested hundreds of millions of yuan. It was not like his previous position as a screenwriter.
That was why the website upgrade happened. Could it be that this website really had a lifelong binding system with him? It could even be upgraded based on the situation in reality? However, this wasn't right either. In the previous two movies, Tian Xingjian also had an assistant director who was also the scriptwriter. It was shown in the subtitles.
Tian Xingjian couldn't figure out how this stupid website calculated the value of the script. In short, when Tian Xingjian saw the two movies he downloaded, he felt a pain in his heart. 200,000 USD had shrunk to only 1000 USD. No one could accept this difference. This was Franklin from the M Nation.
The depressed Tian Xingjian was not only worried about how to buy more movies in the future, he was also depressed about where he would get so much money to buy these crappy movies. Each movie cost hundreds of thousands. With his salary, he didn't know where he would get the money.
The more he looked at the website, the sadder Tian Xingjian became. He simply turned off the computer, got under the blanket, and didn't even bother to take off his clothes. He fell asleep in a daze. He just wanted to cry in his dream for a while. Could it be that he really couldn't walk the path of a director? After that, he would go home and do something with his father.
The next day, Tian Xingjian didn't stay in bed. When the alarm clock rang, he quickly got up. It was still very cold at the end of February in Seoul. Winter hadn't passed yet. He realized that he didn't take off his clothes last night and went straight to bed. He quickly began to warm up. If he fell sick, he would have someone to take care of him at home. Besides, it was good to keep a perfect reminder to pick up girls, right?
He took a change of clothes with him and rushed to the bus station by the Han River to wait for the company bus to pick him up. Because the filming location was an ancient palace, he had already booked Suwon City in Gyeonggi-do, which was the place where Dae Jang Geum had filmed Suwon Hwaseong.
Originally, the company had made an appointment to shoot at Jingde Palace and Han Country's folk village. However, because there were other companies that wanted to rent the venue, there was a conflict with their time. Moreover, they could not afford to wait, so they directly chose Suiyuan Hwa Cheng. In fact, the scenic spots here were also very good.
Han was only a small place, and money was needed everywhere. How could the Blue House have so much spare money to fund the film and television industry to build a film city or something like that? Therefore, Han's ancient films and television dramas were filmed in various cultural relics and scenic spots. The procedures were particularly troublesome, and there were staff members supervising the filming, afraid that you would destroy the scenic spots.
However, they were also considered lucky. Two years ago, because of the hot screening of Dae Jang Geum, the filming locations of various TV dramas welcomed a large number of tourists. This caused various places to carry out a large-scale maintenance of these ancient buildings. At least they did not have to pay for maintenance and simple renovations in the early stages of filming like Dae Jang Geum. This time, they could use them directly.
CJ was doing a good job. When the filming crew arrived, the scene had already been cleaned up. They only needed to enter the scene to make some adjustments or find a shooting angle before they could start working. They did not have to go through the trouble of making preparations, such as maintaining order, cleaning for a living, setting, and so on.
Tian Xingjian looked at the group of Chinese colleagues working enthusiastically. He couldn't be lazy. He knew that this was just the baton in the hands of the Chinese people, but he still had to do what he had to do. At least he was considered as the director's assistant. He didn't have to do much work. He just became a third-level megaphone.
"Here, open the window. The director needs natural light. Wait, what brand is the reflective board?”After Tian Xingjian received the instructions from the walkie-talkie, he naturally began to direct the people below him to work. He was very familiar with these things. Not only did he learn them in school, but he had also spent the past three years on the set.
"Okay, lighting. The director needs a green floodlight filter, a plano-concave lens, and a spotlight to keep the light flux around 3M for the female lead's close-up. The color temperature has to be low (bright colors tend to be warm). Don't change color. It has to be stroboscopic, and it has to have a MDX512 digital signal. Is there a problem, uncle?”Tian Xingjian stood on the second floor and shouted at the top of his lungs. When he saw the OK sign from the lighting crew, he took out a bottle of mineral water from his pocket and took a few gulps. Although he didn't have to do physical labor, it was quite tiring to shout like this. He wasn't a girl, so shouting was their patent, and it was impossible for you not to shout in such a noisy environment.
After settling the photography and lighting, he didn't need to worry about the props team anymore. Director Quan Chengwu would naturally make arrangements for this. He leisurely went downstairs to the monitor and took out his work schedule. After checking that there was nothing else, he called out to the lighting technician and went to squat down.
As for the filming, didn't you see that Director Quan Chengwu was standing behind the director of Team B from Hong Kong? He didn't want to make his presence known in the past but to make things difficult for himself.
"Xingjian, the Hong Kong people are too disrespectful. They said that they would let us film it ourselves, but now we're just helping them.”Xu Mingbo, the leader of the lighting team, said to Tian Xingjian with dissatisfaction.
"Uncle, we just need to film and get the money. That's the matter of the higher-ups. If we shout a few useful words, it won't be simple. That guy was the art director of CJ, and the art director of Dae Jang Geum was standing next to him. He didn't say anything, so we should just behave ourselves.”Tian Xingjian found a toolbox and placed it under his butt before he began to take a break.
"You brat, don't you have any ambition? If you have this opportunity, why don't you hurry over there and listen to the guidance of the seniors? Go, go, go. Don't ruin my baby!”Xu Mingbo kicked Tian Xingjian with both anger and amusement. He only stopped when he saw Tian Xingjian find a wooden board to replace it under his butt.
"Ah ah, there are too many seniors and the pressure is too great. It's still more comfortable to stay here. By the way, where did uncle hide your wine? Let me drink a few mouthfuls. It's too cold!”He was wearing a down jacket and a hat, and his face was covered by a big scarf. If it weren't for the fact that he had to pay attention to the situation at the scene at all times, he would have worn an eye mask to keep warm.
Even though this was an indoor scene, the hall was very windy. Snowflakes would occasionally drift in from the door. Tian Xingjian was the person who couldn't stand the cold the most. He had never experienced winter since he was young. Even after staying here for three years, he still wasn't used to it.
"Go, go, go. It's in my bag. Leave some for me. Don't finish it.”Xu Mingbo drove Tian Xingjian away with a face full of disgust, as if this kid would make people sick if he stayed here.
"Brat, don't finish it. We're counting on it to keep us warm at noon.”The rest of the lighting team also laughed and scolded.
Tian Xingjian wasn't stupid. He was drinking on set, and he was drinking at the lighting team's side. This was the front line of filming. Although they wouldn't appear in the camera, the director, the cameraman, and the others would pay attention to them.
After finding the liquor, Tian Xingjian went around the props team and hid in the middle of a few boxes. He called the props team and squatted down to drink and chat. In the past three years, Tian Xingjian had not only been sucking up to Shen Lie, but he had also gotten along very well with the people in the crew. He was young, highly educated, and very good at making trouble. Who wouldn't like such a person?
Only the people in the office didn't like Tian Xingjian. These people were not like those who worked in the office. They always schemed against each other and slandered the other party for getting benefits from Shen Lie. What kind of people were there in the office? There were three director assistants like Tian Xingjian. Besides Quan Chengwu, who was the best director, there were also two assistant directors.
The scriptwriters were a team. When they had nothing to do, they would see them three or four times a month. They all worked from home. Moreover, it was not just Shen Lie's exclusive scriptwriter team. They also had other part-time jobs.
Other than these editors, there were no other editors. In the past, Company M had a professional editor. It was the same for CJ. The editing rights were all controlled by the company and had nothing to do with them. Unless you were a super big shot director who could participate in the editing, but you couldn't edit alone. If you really wanted to edit, you could apply and state your reasons for the company to agree.
The post-production was also done by the company. In fact, there was no one else in the office except for the old, middle-aged, and young directors. The background music was done by Shen Lie's own connections. These people were either working in other music companies or in his own studio.
The hierarchy in the Han production team was very serious. If the company didn't have any work, the real filming team would have to take on private jobs to support themselves. For example, some MVs and advertisement shoots. The money they earned was also a fixed salary. Other than the bosses of the various teams who would receive some special bonuses, the apprentices and underlings didn't have anything.
Tian Xingjian was quite good at sucking up to others, so Shen Lie took special care of him. As long as Tian Xingjian participated in the movie, Shen Lie would more or less prepare a share for him.
Tian Xingjian spent the entire morning shooting in a hurry, occasionally executing the director's request or going to various places to check. He spent the entire morning leisurely. As for what was being shot, he didn't pay much attention to it. He followed the script, so naturally, he didn't need a translator. CJ wasn't a small company, so there would definitely be specialized personnel to communicate with both parties.
"Hey, what do you think of the Korean clothing I designed?”Tian Xingjian, who was busy eating his lunch, was suddenly kicked in the butt. He knew who it was without asking.
"Please, I almost choked to death. Can we make some noise when we walk?”Although Tian Xingjian was complaining, he still quickly put the stool under his butt aside for Jin Yunxi to sit on. He then changed his seat and sat on the wooden steps.
"Is this scarf still warm? Didn't I buy you a hand warmer? Did you bring it?”Kim Yoonhee was very satisfied with Tian Xingjian's actions, and her words were gentle.
"I forgot. Oh right, I forgot to tell you. Think about it later. Kim Hee-Seon's hair can be used as an excuse. She's playing a married princess. Other than clothes, what else can a woman show off in ancient times?”Tian Xingjian raised his chin and looked at Jin Xishan.
"Traditional hair accessories?" Although Kim Yoonhee's face was full of excitement, she was still a little confused because she had never thought about it in this way. She was only thinking about fashion.
" Please, make it look grand. Put some accessories on it. The audience won't care if it's an ancient headdress or not. Ordinary people can't do it. What's the royal family? It's something that ordinary people can't do. If they can do it, stupid. Also, what's in your head? You said you're a fashion assistant, so you're a fashion assistant. Don't you have any goals? Can't you set your goals further? If you want to do it, then be a stylist, including all the styles of actors, okay?”Tian Xingjian was disappointed. He had wanted to train her into his own team, but he didn't expect this girl to be so stupid. She didn't have any aspirations.
"Hmph, none of your business. This is the first time he's participated in such a big production, okay? He's worried that he won't be able to do his job well before doing something else.”Kim Yoonhee pouted and said with dissatisfaction," Here, this is your reward. Look at how skinny you are!"
Tian Xingjian looked at the tenderloin in his bowl and laughed. To be honest, he really couldn't get used to Han's rice. There were a lot of big and small bowls, and they were mainly salted vegetables. The most important thing was that Han's Zhajiang noodles were very sweet to him. After eating it once, he stopped eating it again. Now, every time he ate, he would directly eat a bowl of rice and soak it in the soup.
In addition, Han people generally had the habit of licking their lips when eating, so he gradually hid far away to eat alone. Fortunately, he had a foreigner's identity, so everyone could understand that he was not used to Han food. He was quite happy to see Kim Yoonhee add more dishes to his meal.
"Hey, you're so good to me. Do you want to get back together? Why don't we live together for a while?”Tian Xingjian laughed.
"Come on, back then, I was blind and deceived by your sweet words. I won't be fooled again. Besides, there are several handsome men chasing me now, and they are all senior executives of the company!”Kim Yoonhee pouted and said proudly.
"You have no taste. No matter what, we have to court celebrities in the entertainment industry. Otherwise, we'll be courted by celebrities. What's the point of looking for someone from the company? They work and leave every day. It's different from the time difference between us.”Tian Xingjian pursed his lips and looked at Jin Yunxi with disdain. He was not jealous. After so many years in the US, he was used to dating and breaking up, but he did not have the possessiveness.
"That's nonsense. Then why did you seduce me back then? I'm not a celebrity!" Kim Yoonhee said angrily. She couldn't understand what kind of theory this bastard had in his head. Couldn't he tell that he was just trying to provoke him?
"I have to admit that there is love at first sight in this world. Back then, I was attracted to you the moment I saw you on the set. This is a special case, okay? Although you're not a celebrity, you're not inferior to a celebrity at all. If you can sing, you can do idol. If you're willing to take off your clothes, you can also go into the film industry. Of course, if you don't study how to act properly, you'll at most be a vase. So, this has nothing to do with whether you're a celebrity or not.”Tian Xingjian looked at Jin Yunxi and said seriously.
"Get lost, you're the one who's going to take it off!" Initially, Kim Yoonhee was quite happy to hear that, but she gritted her teeth as she spoke.
"Don't be so vulgar. This is called sacrificing yourself for the arts, okay? I reckon that if I were to make a movie in the future, my first movie would definitely be a third-rate movie. Otherwise, it would be a horror movie with a small cost and high returns. Moreover, it's easy to grasp. Do you really think that a pie from the sky would drop into my lap and give me a movie with tens of millions of dollars of investment?”Tian Xingjian shrugged his shoulders.
"But you're only allowed to film horror movies. You're not allowed to film any other nonsense.”Kim Yoonhee couldn't accept that this b * stard would shoot that kind of film. Otherwise, how would she explain it to her family in the future? Although she said that she had broken up with Tian Xingjian, her family didn't know.
"It's already good enough to have a script to shoot. You're still so picky. Do you think I'm a rich young master who can casually give some money from my family to shoot a movie? When I become a famous director, I'll be able to choose a script, okay? Right, when the time comes, Oppa will bring you along. Yes, I'll arrange a concubine position for you.”Tian Xingjian said, and then he started to act irresponsibly.
" You're so beautiful." Kim Yoonhee rolled her eyes at Tian Xingjian." But seriously, I think you can write your own script first before looking for a company to invest in it. The company is very supportive of young directors making their own movies. CJ has a plan to revive Han's film industry. I think you can give it a try."”
"Oh? Tell me what happened!" Tian Xingjian's interest was piqued. Reviving Han's film industry was a project that would usually support young directors. After all, in the new century, the previous filming methods were somewhat outdated, especially with more and more special effects added.
" Actually, this plan was started in 2000. The first batch of people was trained in technical skills, which are the special effects talents now. They all went to America to study, and a batch came back last year. The second five-year plan is to prepare a large number of young actors and young directors. Han's movies can be said to be at the bottom of Asia, just slightly better than Indian movies.”Kim Yoonhee seemed to have learned to shrug her shoulders after spending so much time with Tian Xingjian.
"Not bad, not bad. I'll treat you to a big meal tonight. Tell me about it!”It would be strange if Tian Xingjian wasn't interested. What he lacked the most was an opportunity. He could buy the script on the website. As long as the company was willing to invest, he would definitely be able to make a name for himself. With so many classic movies, he could easily shoot five or six of them and go to the M Nation to shoot original commercial films.
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