A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 360 The New Director’s Dirty Tricks

Zhou Xun, who was resting in the dressing room, also noticed the changes in the crew and immediately sent his personal assistant to ask the crew members on duty.

A moment later, the life assistant came in.

With the publicity fueled by Chen Jinnian, every staff member in the crew knew what was going on. Only those at the top of the pyramid had not heard the voices from the bottom.

"Sister Xun, the crew said they still have two scenes to shoot today. The whole crew is waiting for you. When you finish shooting, you can leave."

Zhou Xun frowned slightly after hearing this and said, "Go call Director Wang over."

The original director of Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace was not Wang Jun, but was replaced after she joined the crew. So from the very beginning, the director team had no say, and she had the final say in the entire crew.

"Director Wang is not here, only the new director is here."

"Please inform the new director that I'm tired today and need to take a nap. We'll talk tomorrow."

The assistant was almost crying with anxiety. It was already this late, so she stopped showing off her lines from the play. She said hastily, "It's impossible to notify you. If you don't go today, filming won't be finished, and everyone will have to wait. I heard that the stage manager has already ordered tents and army coats. It looks like we'll be staying here overnight."

"What? He can stop me if I want to leave." Zhou Xun's face turned cold.

"The director doesn't dare to intervene with us, but what about the others? If any crew members actually slept on the set overnight, we'd be in big trouble the next day. As long as someone dared to post this online..."

The personal assistant didn't dare to continue talking. If such public opinion really appeared, Zhou Xun's popularity and reputation would be completely ruined. It might be unique for her to act like a big shot to this extent.

"How dare he do that? Contact Sony and remove him from the crew." Zhou Xun's face turned pale, and she couldn't maintain her Buddhist personality. She really didn't expect the new director to be so sinister.

She was originally very satisfied today, having personally edited a beautiful scene, but now, her good mood was completely ruined.

"It's too late, sister. Why don't we go and shoot the show first?"

Zhou Xun threw the nails on her fingers aside. She really couldn't swallow this. With her status in the circle, she could not give face to anyone except a few directors.

Chen Jinnian had the ordered lunch boxes moved to the middle of the set, and moved a chair to sit next to them. He was not in a hurry at all and did not send anyone to urge them. He just chatted with the people who came to pick up the lunch boxes.

"I should all thank the great Teacher Zhou. Without her, we wouldn't have hot lunches."

"As a noble performing artist, drama is more important than anything else. This is the belief of every one of us practitioners. Even if I have to sleep on the floor today, I will help Teacher Zhou finish filming the drama."

In short, they were all flattering words, without a single dirty word.

Sha Yi stood by with his sleeves tucked in, watching. He had been visiting the set for several days, and when he saw that his wife had not come back, he came to the set. He did not expect to see such a dramatic scene.

"Wife, where did you find your new director? He's quite ruthless."

Hu Ke was sitting on a chair eating a box lunch. She was the concubine who promoted the idea of ​​true love to Chen Jinnian this morning.

"My junior, last year's top art student in the country, Chen Jinnian."

"Oh, I remember now. I watched the web series a few days ago. I was wondering why it looked so familiar." Sha Yi had nothing to do recently. After sending his children away, he watched the series in the hotel. He happened to finish watching "The Beginning" and sighed, "There must be a ruthless person among you."

Sha Yi could imagine that if today's scene was finished, everything would be fine, but if it couldn't be finished, it would be a lot of fun and it would be something that the actor could not bear.

Then someone asked quietly, "Isn't he afraid that Sony will ban him?"

"Mind your own business. Even if you saw what happened today, just pretend you didn't see it." Hu Ke looked at Chen Jinnian, who was chatting with extras, with a vigilant look. She asked her assistant to check the other party's information this afternoon. How could someone who can invest, direct and act in his own film be afraid of being banned? It is impossible to ban him at all.

Zhou Xun is bound to suffer the loss today.

Just as she expected, an hour later, Zhou Xun appeared on the set. After finishing the remaining two indoor scenes, Chen Jinnian notified them to officially finish work.

As for how the scenes were filmed, I can only say that they were very bad. They were so bad that after finishing filming these two scenes, Chen Jinnian didn't want to take another one.

There is absolutely no point in continuing to film. It only disgusts him, the editing, the audience, and even the original work.

In fact, Chen Jinnian is not sure whether the original work is good or not, but at least from the scripts of the few episodes he received, it should be good. With an investment cost of 300 million, it is impossible to save money on the screenwriter.

If it is filmed according to the script seriously, even if it does not reach the level of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", it will at least be an excellent work that is above the passing line.

But the current situation is that failure is a foregone conclusion. As long as it can successfully pass the release period, like other TV series, if it fails after the broadcast, it will be considered a pretty good ending.

After Chen Jinnian finished reading the script and coordinated with the director team to finalize the previously planned shooting scenes, he went back to sleep. However, he could sleep, but the others could not.

The request to change the director was quickly submitted.

The investment company received it but did not agree to it.

After all, from the perspective of the investment company, Chen Jinnian signed the contract. If they fire him now, not only will they have to pay his salary, but they will also have to pay liquidated damages. Moreover, there is nothing wrong with Chen Jinnian's approach. It is the director's responsibility to control the shooting scenes and cycle, and it is also in the interests of the investors.

After all, every day the crew is delayed means hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses.

The crew has been filming for a long time and everyone is under a lot of pressure. It would be great if the project could be completed earlier. If the crew had just started, they would just change it. We still have to respect the big names and rely on their traffic to make money and gain attention.

But it has been so long, and Xiao Tiantian has become Mrs. Niu. It is a bit too much to continue making demands.

After a late night's sleep, Chen Jinnian returned to the set. When he saw the actors arrive, he asked in surprise, "Teacher Zhou, why are your eyes so bloodshot? Are you suffering from insomnia? Come on, help Teacher Zhou get some rest."

At the same time, he directed the crew, "Prepare some eye drops, eye patches, steam eye masks, etc. to help Teacher Zhou relieve his fatigue, so that there won't be any mistakes during filming later."

"No need, I have prepared myself." After Zhou Xun said that, he turned around and took his team into the dressing room.

Chen Jinnian also said to the other actors: "Look at how dedicated Teacher Zhou is. Even with swollen eyes, he still insisted on arriving on set early to film. I am really ashamed of myself."

He actually had no opinion about Zhou Xun, after all, they didn't know each other before, but now he had accepted the crew's request and at least finished filming the required scenes.