Ten years of film queen, finally became a top star

Chapter 316 The troublesome director

In the president's office of Yixing Entertainment, boss Xu Pengtian and Yixing's top star Yang Xiaohan are having a headache over signing new artists.

There is a female artist they are very optimistic about, but her demands are too high and they are still negotiating about her salary.

The male artist was easier to deal with. He had good personal conditions and was of great use. We simply raised his salary to the highest level and successfully signed a five-year contract.

Yang Xiaohan said with a worried look on his face: "Boss, I've already played the second female lead in a TV series, and you don't seem to be in a hurry at all."

Xu Pengtian smiled and appreciated her scolding, "Why aren't you anxious anymore? You are my number one sister, and no one is more anxious than me."

Yang Xiaohan turned his face away, not wanting to respond to his useless nonsense.

Xu Pengtian said helplessly, "I know, I know. Once we sign the actress Dai who plays the female lead, it's up to you to decide whether to let her play the role or not."

As long as there is a promise, it will be fine. Yang Xiaohan said proudly: "That's more like it. Then I would like to thank you, boss."

Xu Pengtian, who was just fooling around with this, smiled with wrinkles all over his face, "As long as my sister is happy, I'll go home in the evening..."

The pre-group training of the actors of "Jiang Shan Tan" has already begun. At the same time, some scattered shots and plot parts without the leading actors have also started shooting.

The shooting locations for these parts are not concentrated, which is also to test whether the environment and pictures of each shooting location meet the expected effects.

As early as during the preparation period, Ning Ruifeng's photography team had collected a lot of empty shot materials, and now empty shots are no longer needed.

The first filming location was in Ningxi, which was the main place where the Moqiang part took place. Ning Ruifeng had already negotiated with the local government to use the Moqiang Palace as the filming location.

Local tourism can be promoted and the TV series shooting can be more authentic, but win-win cooperation has prerequisites and the shooting must not occupy the peak tourist season.

If we wait until Ran Feng joins the crew to shoot all the scenes, it will be too late, so some supporting roles need to be filmed before the summer vacation.

Yu Jiang has a position in the crew and is paid, so he can't just take the money without doing any work, so Ning Ruifeng asks Yu Jiang to follow the filming so that he can feel more at ease.

So Yu Jiang's vacation ended and he followed the crew's small team to Ningxi.

In addition to pre-group training, Ran Feng also had to attend announcements and try on costumes. In addition to accompanying Yu Jiang to pack his luggage, under his supervision, Yu Jiang finally brought one more box of luggage than expected.

When seeing her off at the airport, Ran Feng even reminded her, "We are behind the scenes this time, so wear sun protection clothing and facekinis, don't get tanned..."

Yu Jiang was annoyed by his hesitation and waved his hand, "Alright, study hard, work hard, and don't miss me too much!"

Seeing that she was about to get off the car without any reluctance, Ran Feng held her back, "No, there's no atmosphere of reluctant farewell!"

Yu Jiang kissed him on the cheek, "Okay, is that enough Yiyi? Bye."

Watching his girlfriend jumping and skipping to find Ning Ruifeng, Ran Feng sighed, watched her go in, and went back to the training base for class.

Yu Jiang was very excited as it was his first time to be a behind-the-scenes staff member. He was used to being an actor and now he could have new experiences again, which was great.

After a good rest on the plane, I had to take a bus to the shooting location after landing in Ningxi.

Ningxi is a vast area with few people, and it takes a long time to drive between each place. It was morning when I got off the plane, and it was already evening when I arrived near the shooting location.

Ning Ruifeng booked a hotel next to the palace, where all the staff and actors lived.

Although he was not in the group as an actor, Yu Jiang still brought Tong Jiajing with him to protect her safety.

Ningxi is dry and hot at this time of year. I started drinking water as soon as I got off the plane, but I still felt dry mouth and tongue.

When Tong Jiajing took out the humidifier from the suitcase, Yu Jiang was stunned. "Is this my luggage? When was it put in?"

"Boss, this is the box that Teacher Ran packed for you. There is also a moisturizing spray and lip balm. I'll help you take them out and put them in your bag. Teacher Ran Feng asked me to get you a cooling spray and ice patch. If you need anything, please tell me. Teacher Ran also said..."

Yu Jiang didn't know when Ran Feng had the chance to talk so much to Tong Jiajing, nor did he know when his boyfriend became so slow.

After packing her luggage, Tong Jiajing returned to her room.

There is a filming task tomorrow. Ning Ruifeng, who is the chief director for the first time, is so excited, nervous and unable to sleep, so he simply comes to find Yu Jiang.

Yu Jiang did not feel guilty about taking this remuneration, as he had to travel thousands of miles to follow the crew on the shoot, and also serve as a psychological counselor for the chief director, juggling multiple duties.

The next day, he participated in the filming with dark circles under his eyes. Yu Jiang, who had no experience behind the scenes, could not do much and just watched most of the time.

Ning Ruifeng still hasn't changed his habit as a photography director. He pays more attention to the lens than other directors, and any shot that is slightly different from what he expected will not be accepted.

Paying too much attention to the shots and pictures will actually lead to neglecting the actors' performances.

The main problem is that he has some problems with his ability to express himself. He knows that some actors did not perform the way he wanted, but he can't tell what's wrong.

Now is the time for Yu Jiang to step in. She has worked with Ning Ruifeng a lot and roughly knows what kind of presentation style he prefers and can explain it clearly to the actors.

In a week, we shot some atmospheric scenes of riding a horse and holding an eagle, as well as large-scale war scenes.

The unimportant actors who played the generals of both sides put on their armor and went into battle, sitting on horseback and fighting with scimitars and spears. Ning Ruifeng always said that it didn't feel right.

This time, Yu Jiang didn't know what he was feeling, and the martial arts instructor was so anxious that he wanted to beat him up.

Finally, the actor who played the Moqiang general asked himself the same questions, and Ning Ruifeng finally told him clearly what he wanted.

I've only worked with Ning Ruifeng for one day and I can tell that he has a lot of things to do as a director...

Maybe it's just like how new actors always try to show off their acting skills when performing, Ning Ruifeng, the new director, wants much more than he can achieve.

For example, if he wanted to capture the mighty Moqiang soldiers and horses, he had to find a grassland and gather all the surrounding herdsmen and horses.

The herdsmen acting as extras wore Moqiang costumes and rode their horses wildly on the grassland.

Just for this one scene, they were busy all the time, either this wasn't right, or that was almost right, the assistant director was exhausted as a mule.

Yu Jiang patted Ning Ruifeng on the shoulder and said, "Brother Ning, I now know why so many people in the team resigned."

Ning Ruifeng is full of troubles but doesn't realize it. "Why?"

"Of course it's because you're too busy! You shoot a TV series the same way you shoot a movie. A 120-minute movie takes six months to shoot, so your 80-episode TV series will take several years to shoot!"

Yu Jiang couldn't stand it anymore. The footage shot in the past few days was not enough to fill an episode. If it continued like this, he would never be able to finish filming.

Ning Ruifeng said with a bitter face, "Teacher Yu, how about you also be the assistant director?"