Chapter 334 Shooting 3

Wu Yuchen invested 40 million in "The Sun Also Rises", which just hit Jiang Wen's psychological passing line.

If you say this money is enough, Jiang Wen actually feels that it is not enough. But if you say it is not enough, he calculated that if he deducted his director and actor salary, he would make up the difference himself, and it should be about the same.

Wu Yuchen actually reported so much on purpose. The cost of this movie in the previous life was less than 60 million, including Jiang Wen's own director and actor salary of 10 million, his brother Jiang Wu's 7 million, and Zhou Yun's 4 million.

So Wu Yuchen has already calculated that 40 million is enough for Jiang Wen. If he thinks it is not enough, he can save some money during the filming. Can't save? Just make up the difference himself!

One thing is that Jiang Wen is also good at picking up girls. You should know that he has a wife and children now, and he has not divorced at all. As a result, he took Zhou Yun during the filming of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" and made her his mistress.

The key point is that other people spend their money to support their mistresses, but Jiang Wen asked Zhou Yun to pay for his movie. Zhou Yun couldn't even earn 4 million yuan in film pay, so she had to go back to her parents' home to ask for money. Her parents are businessmen in Wenzhou.

And Zhou Yun is not the first one. Liu Xiaoqing did the same thing at the beginning, and she paid out of her own pocket to support Jiang Wen in filming "Sunny Days".

After getting the investment from Wu Yuchen, Jiang Wen no longer hesitated, patted his butt and left, and hurried back to prepare for the movie.

In the evening, Jiang Qinqin asked Wu Yuchen: "Husband, did Jiang Wen come to you to ask for investment?"

Wu Yuchen smiled and nodded: "Isn't he about to be released? He is busy raising money now."

Jiang Qinqin thought about it, and still said: "I heard that he has made a lot of people suffer in the past two years. Many people are avoiding him now."

Wu Yuchen laughed and said: "A drama tyrant and a troublemaker, right?"

Wu Yuchen also heard about Jiang Wen's affairs in recent years. It is well known that Lu Chuan was bullied by Jiang Wen, and finally "Looking for the Gun" became Jiang Wen's work, which made Lu Chuan feel very aggrieved.

But in fact, Lu Chuan is not an exception, and his result is already good. At least "Looking for the Gun" helped him to gain fame.

In 2002, Jiang Wen and director Chen Yifei stopped filming "The Barber" due to serious disagreements, and directly withdrew from the crew with Zhou Yun. At that time, the other leading actor Ge You also ran away when he saw the situation was not good, making the 10 million investment in the early stage of the film completely go down the drain.

Chen Yifei, the director of the movie "The Barber", is a well-known painter. At first, he only wanted to shoot a low-cost art work of four or five million, and he paid for it himself. Later, because of the recommendation of the screenwriter, Jiang Wen and Ge You joined, and investors followed, and the cost rose to 30 million. As a result, Jiang Wen and Ge You both ran away, and the investors withdrew their investment when they saw the situation was not good, which made the project very difficult. So much so that it is still on hold until now, and Chen Yifei has to run around to resume filming. Next year, the director was critically ill and took painkillers to the crew because of this film. He died halfway through the filming. Their family members must hate Jiang Wen to death!

This is not the end. In 2003, after filming "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", Japanese actor Nakai Kiichi returned to China to write a book, angrily criticizing Jiang Wen's various drama tyranny behaviors. Although many people in China did not know about this, many investors in the circle also heard that Jiang Wen was making trouble on the crew.

Also in 2003, "General Chen Geng" was suspended due to "script problems"; this film was a tribute to the 100th anniversary of General Chen Geng's birth, but it was forced to stop after 4 days of starting. The main reason was that Jiang Wen was not satisfied. The subsequent script was repeatedly revised and tossed for more than a year. In September of this year, the filming resumed, and the protagonist Jiang Wen was replaced by Hou Yong, and finally began to shoot peacefully.

As for "A Letter from an Unknown Woman", it is rumored that Jiang Wen also had a quarrel with Xu Cairen, and it was Wang Shuo who personally went to the scene to mediate, and then settled Jiang Wen. After all, Jiang Wen and Wang Shuo are old friends, and he has also received favors from Wang Shuo. Not only was the script of "Sunny Days" adapted from Wang Shuo's "Animal Fierceness", Wang Shuo also brought him some investment, so he recognized Wang Shuo.

And in "The Great Qing Storm" filmed this year, Jiang Wen forced the producer to replace director Zhang Wanting because of "script and role issues".

Now Jiang Wen's reputation as being difficult to serve has spread everywhere, and he always makes trouble "under the banner of art". Many investors are afraid of him because he is too noisy. If he really makes trouble, the investors will not get any good.

Now Jiang Wen is going to attract investment, and many people are unwilling to invest in him because the risk is too high. Jiang Wen himself is also aware of this, so he came to Wu Yuchen to persuade him, after all, Wu Yuchen has invested in many domestic art films before.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said to Jiang Qinqin: "Most people can't control a drama tyrant and troublemaker like him, so don't ask him to be the male lead, otherwise you can't expect peace when filming. But it's different if he becomes the director, he can control people and calm them down."

Jiang Qinqin thought about it and it was the same.

Then Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "In fact, no matter how much trouble he can make, as long as he makes money in the end, there will still be people lining up to invest. It's the same all over the world."

He also fought with Eisner in Hollywood, and logically he shouldn't be liked by investors, but in fact, as long as he can continue to succeed and make money, these can be ignored.

Jiang Wen's visit was just a small episode for Wu Yuchen, and the next day he continued filming "Departures" as usual.

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“Cut! Qinqin, your expression, I want to see the change in your eyes!”

At this time, Wu Yuchen was filming an important scene in “Departures”, where the enthusiastic bathhouse owner who grew up watching the male protagonist Lin Wu died.

Jiang Qinqin originally returned home because of her pregnancy, and wanted to use the child to persuade her husband to give up the embalming job, so she rushed here with Lin Wu, and she also witnessed the whole process of her husband embalming the owner.

"Qinqin, the change can't be too abrupt, you have to show more delicate emotions!

This is the first time you witnessed your husband working, and he was carefully and attentively burying an acquaintance. You were attracted by his accurate, gentle, emotional and careful movements. When you saw the old lady regain her appearance before her death, and saw your husband hand her a handkerchief so that her family could clean her face and send her off for the last time, this scene moved you and made you understand the significance of your husband's work.

This is a process from questioning to understanding, from disgust to being attracted and then to being moved. I want you to show the change!"

Jiang Qinqin nodded. She actually knew the emotional changes of this character. But understanding is one thing, but it's still a little bit lacking when it comes to acting. This kind of delicate emotional change is not so easy to act out.

After Wu Yuchen finished speaking, he didn't say much and let Jiang Qinqin adjust herself. He had higher requirements for Jiang Qinqin in this scene, because although the protagonist of this scene is Lin Wu, the real focus of the play is Jiang Qinqin and the old lady's son.

All the coffining scenes shot before were all strangers who didn’t know each other, which can be summarized as the scope of work, but the boss lady shot this time is already an acquaintance around the protagonist, which also adds a touch of sadness, which can make the audience have more emotional resonance.

At the same time, the greatest significance of this scene arrangement is to eliminate the misunderstandings carried by the male protagonist and make the male protagonist recognized. And this recognition, on the one hand, comes from relatives, that is, Jiang Qinqin’s wife, which does not need to be explained in detail and is easy to understand.

On the other hand, it comes from outsiders, and the representative of outsiders is the old aunt’s son.

The old aunt’s son’s attitude towards the male protagonist has changed twice. When he first saw the male protagonist returning to his hometown, he was polite and respectful to him because he was a cellist, which was a respectable profession in his eyes. At that time, he was still happy to see his daughter approaching the male protagonist.

But later, when he accidentally learned that the male protagonist had become a coffin master, his attitude immediately changed. He even didn’t let his daughter approach the male protagonist, and came to solemnly advise the male protagonist not to do this improper profession anymore.

Now, the old lady passed away suddenly, and the one who personally arranged her appearance was Lin Wu, whom he once looked down upon. His mentality was naturally complicated. When he watched Lin Wu restore the old lady to her most beautiful appearance little by little, and then cleaned her face under Lin Wu's guidance, and sent his mother away in the most perfect posture, his gratitude to Lin Wu burst into tears.

Coincidentally, the role of the old lady's son was played by none other than Jiang Wen's younger brother, Jiang Wu.

Therefore, the performance of Jiang Qinqin and Jiang Wu in this section is very important. Through their reactions, the audience understands that the male protagonist has received the due rewards for his work for so long, and has been recognized and respected.

After a while, Wu Yuchen asked Jiang Wu again: "Jiang Wu, are you ready here? Do it again?"

Jiang Wu also nodded on the side. He was not much better than Jiang Qinqin. The two were treated the same, and he had been NGed many times by Wu Yuchen before.

Jiang Qinqin also took a deep breath, and then sat next to watch. She also hoped that Jiang Wu could act well this time and bring out her emotions.

"3, 2, 1, action!"

In the camera, Zhao Wenxuan saw a pile of clothes placed aside, took out a light yellow silk scarf from it, and gently put it on the old aunt.

Then he took the old aunt's hand and trimmed her fingernails. Then he held up a string of Buddhist beads with his right hand, slowly put it on the old aunt's right hand, and gently raised the old aunt's left hand and let her hold the two hands together.

In the No. 2 camera position, a close-up shot was specially given to the scene of wearing Buddhist beads at this moment, and then the old aunt's hands and Buddhist beads were quickly blurred. Jiang Wu's face, which was originally blurred as the background in the camera, gradually became clear.

At this moment, Jiang Wu looked at his mother, who believed in Buddhism, with his hands clasped together and his fingers pinching the string of her favorite Buddhist beads. The whole person seemed to be alive, showing a kind smile as usual. Jiang Wu's lips moved slightly, and his head, which was originally slightly lowered, began to slowly raise up, and there were waves in his eyes.

Wu Yuchen behind the monitor watched this scene and nodded slightly. This time he achieved the effect he wanted. However, he did not call for a stop. Although the next scene would not be used, it would also help Jiang Wu to continue the ceremony so that he could get into the state better.

At the same time, there was another camera filming Jiang Qinqin alone, so that Wu Yuchen could see if he could find the few shots he wanted later.

When it came to the face cleaning stage, Wu Yuchen became energetic again.

Zhao Wenxuan and Jiang Wu were on both sides of the old aunt's body. He put a white and pure handkerchief into the basin and gently wet it, and then handed it to Jiang Wu with both hands.

Jiang Wu looked at the handkerchief, then at his mother, slowly stretched out his hands to take it, then leaned over and looked down at his mother, holding the handkerchief closer to her face, and then gently wiped her forehead. Kong Wu's powerful hands seemed to be bigger than his mother's face, but his movements were very slow.

The camera was already focused on Jiang Wu's expression. At this time, he looked at his mother's face, his throat began to roll, his lips slightly opened, and in order to ease his emotions, he slightly turned his face and took a breath.

But the next moment, Jiang Wu saw his mother's hands holding the Buddhist beads, and there were traces of hard work on her fingers. Unable to control it, his other hand trembled and stretched out, holding his mother's hands, and then his whole body trembled, tears burst out, and he whispered: "Mom, Mom..."

After a moment, he slowly retracted his hand, then raised his head, met Zhao Wenxuan's sad eyes, and nodded slightly to him to show his understanding.

Jiang Wu's ruddy eyes showed a trace of gratitude. He lowered his head, then handed over the handkerchief in his hands with both hands, and his thick back also bent down, expressing his gratitude to Zhao Wenxuan in this way.

Wu Yuchen saw this scene and applauded in his heart. This time was very natural, and all the emotions came out. Jiang Wu's play could pass this time.

However, he still did not stop, and Jiang Wu's wife and daughter followed up to wash their faces and cry. Now Wu Yuchen's attention shifted to Jiang Qinqin, watching her expression.

This scene is almost at the end. At this time, Jiang Qinqin looked at Zhao Wenxuan with tears in her eyes. This was not only because of the sadness of the old aunt's death, but also flashed with a feeling of moving. She tightened her lips and smiled at Zhao Wenxuan with tears in her eyes.

After this section was finished, Wu Yuchen did not express his opinion immediately. He had been watching Jiang Wu's performance all the time just now, and there was no problem. Now he was watching Jiang Qinqin's replay.

Wu Yuchen watched Jiang Qinqin's expression change from beginning to end, and couldn't help but smile slowly. Jiang Qinqin's part would definitely not be used in full, or even most of it, but several key emotional points were all shown, and that was enough!

"Okay, pass!"

Hearing Wu Yuchen's "pass", both Jiang Qinqin and Jiang Wu breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it had been almost a day of filming, and finally this scene was done!