Chapter 133 131st Birthday, First Echelon, Epic Movie of the Great Poet!

After arriving at the crew, Lu Pingan parked the car in the underground parking lot of the Trade City.

The two walked together, and when they were about to reach a crowded place, Zeng Li stopped and let Lu Pingan go first.

This was a small tacit understanding, but Lu Pingan did not forget to stick to the wall: "Don't be distracted when shooting, it will be bad if people see you always looking at me."

Zeng Li laughed.

When he arrived at the set, he always looked like a child, and the frivolous and superficial Lu Pingan changed his appearance.

Now many actors have started to put on makeup, and Lu Pingan walked by one by one, with a firm and focused look, and gave some instructions from time to time.

Zeng Li had seen this kind of Lu Pingan yesterday.

Seeing him now, to be honest, he is really charming.

It's hard to imagine that Lu Pingan is only 21 years old.

21 years old, 6 years younger than himself. . . Zeng Li was a little dazed.

"Good morning, Teacher Zeng Li, have you eaten?"

At this time, her exclusive makeup artist came up to say hello, which also interrupted Zeng Li's thoughts.

"Mr. Qianqian, good morning. I haven't eaten yet."

"Just in time, I brought it to you."

The makeup artist Qianqian pulled her into the dressing room.

Then she had to put on makeup for an hour or two.

There were other actresses in the dressing room, none of whom had important roles, but their makeup was done without compromise.

A group of women got together and soon became lively, chatting about everything. Most of them were around Zeng Li, after all, she was the only one who had debuted for many years.

Zeng Li also shared her experience with these students from Beijing Film Academy, and time passed quickly.

At 7 o'clock, the makeup of all the characters was completed.

Among them, the most laborious ones were the apes and the bronze statue of Zheng He.

Especially Zheng He, the bronze dye would cause some damage to the skin over time.

All of them were guest appearances by students from Beijing Film Academy, and Lu Ping'an took good care of their remuneration.

The makeup was done, and the film continued to shoot.

After some adjustments to the positions, the entire museum came alive.

All kinds of characters from tens of thousands of years ago to hundreds of years ago mixed together in the museum hall.

At this time, everyone in the crew really realized that their film was really amazing.

At 5 o'clock in the evening, the crew finished work and the next day would still start shooting in the early morning.

The next day, Lu Pingan picked up Zeng Li again.

This time, Zeng Li brought Lu Pingan hot coffee.

"Drink coffee in the morning to refresh your mind."

"Thank you!"

The two smiled at each other and chatted all the way to the parking lot, and then they still walked away tacitly, and a new day began.

On the 12th, the plot outside the museum started shooting.

Because Zhou Gongzi and Chen Kun came as guest actors that day, their scenes were shot earlier so as not to delay their own work.

At the "stepfather's" house, Chen Kun wore glasses, combed his hair into a 4:6 split, and put four or five mobile phones on his waist, looking funny with a nouveau riche and an elite.

Everyone laughed when he appeared, and with the addition of a Shancheng dialect, everyone burst into laughter.

But Chen Kun didn't feel embarrassed at all.

He liked this kind of interesting guest appearance very much.

A cameo is to add surprises to the film, and it's not a big deal to act ugly.

Chen Kun has only two scenes, one is to appear at home, and the other is to meet the protagonist who backed out for the first time outside the museum.

The scene of the meeting has been filmed, and now it's time to appear. After filming, the task is completed.

Soon, the scene is over.

Chen Kun took off his makeup amid applause.

Zhou Gongzi also finished work. She was still a little immature to play the mother, but it didn't matter for a comedy.

That night, Lu Pingan had dinner with the two.

"Here, it's for you."

During the meal, both of them gave Lu Pingan a gift.

Lu Pingan was confused, and Zhou Gongzi smiled and said, "It's your birthday tomorrow, and we don't have time to come, so we gave it to you in advance."

"Oh my god, you all remember this?" Lu Pingan was a little surprised and touched.

"Of course, your birthday was known to the whole country last year, and it's hard for us to forget it."

Chen Kun smiled and joked.

Last year's birthday happened to be when the box office of "The Source" exceeded 100 million. At that time, the publicity effect was very good when we celebrated.

Lu Pingan accepted the gift with a smile, but he didn't open it to look at it. Instead, he drank three glasses of wine.

"I would definitely applaud if others drank three glasses in a row, but you, I didn't even blink when you drank three bowls."

Mr. Zhou also joked.

Lu Pingan spread his hands with a face full of anger: "I really envy you people who can't drink well."

"Hey, waiter, Shanghai bowl, I'm going to compete with him today!"

Chen Kun shouted, and the scene that followed was very lively.

After the show ended and the two people left, Lu Pingan felt that in a year or two, "Painted Skin" could be a hit.

If he didn't take this movie, the leading role would still be Xiaoyanzi.

So, it was justified!

When he got home, Yan Danchen rushed over.

"Xiao Pingan, do you miss me!"

"Yes!"

Lu Pingan picked her up and walked to the bathroom.

After 0:00 in the morning, the mobile phone rang with various birthday blessing text messages.

Lu Pingan had no time to pay attention, and was completely immersed in Yan Danchen's gentleness.

Today, he is the biggest, and she is the biggest too.

He didn't reply to the text messages until the clouds and rain stopped, including the one from Li Zi. He first replied: "Thank you, but only a text message blessing?"

After sending it, he ignored it. Li Zi should have fallen asleep. She would get up and start working in more than two hours.

Then came the rest of the text messages, and Lu Ping'an replied one by one.

These are all blessings. He rarely received such blessings in his previous life. He was an orphan and was alone. It was not even certain whether his birthday was on that day, so he could remember a blessing for a long time.

This habit was also brought here, so I didn't sleep all night.

At 3 o'clock the next day, Lu Ping'an kissed Yan Danchen, who was still sleeping, goodbye and set out to pick up Li Zi.

Lizi got into the car and gave him a small box with a smile: "It's for you."

"What's this."

"Go to the set and open it again."

"Mysterious."

Lu Pingan accepted it with a smile. His sensitive sense of smell could already smell what it was.

But he didn't reveal the answer.

The two of them went to the set with great expectations.

A new day has begun.

At noon, Lu Pingan opened the surprise. Sure enough, it was a small cake.

He sent Lizi a text message: "Thank you, did you do it for a long time?"

Lizi replied: "I bought it."

Lu Ping'an: "I'm so happy."

Lizi: "It's the first time I'm making it, and I don't have enough time. I'll make a bigger one for you next year."

Lu Ping'an: "It's too long, let's do it tomorrow."

Lizi stopped replying, and Lu Pingan looked up at Lizi in the distance on the set.

Lizi also looked over, and after seeing him looking at her, she raised her fist and naughtily hit the wax figure of Genghis Khan next to her, and then looked at him again, showing a threatening look.

Lu Pingan shook his head and laughed, and replied: "Is it enough to be beaten? Okay!"

Lizi stopped replying again because Yan Danchen came to visit the class.

Yan Danchen came to visit the class, ostensibly as a friend of Lu Ping'an, so he remained calm throughout the whole process, and interacted with Lizi normally.

But Lu Ping'an was a little frightened.

It feels like walking a tightrope.

Fortunately, he can ignore anything strange when working.

So this afternoon’s shooting was particularly strict.

In the evening, Lu Pingan returned home, and Yan Danchen cooked him a table of delicious food.

The two of them spent a perfect day together on their birthday. Yan Danchen was going back to the set the next day, and Lu Ping'an still went to pick up Li Zi early in the morning.

This time the pears were still served with a cup of hot coffee, and Lu Pingan asked: "You still owe me a big cake."

Lizi smiled and rolled her eyes, then pretended to be calm and said: "Let's finish it, the cake will be troublesome."

"Okay, I have an empty stomach for the wedding banquet! I'm just waiting for your cake!"

Seeing Lu Pingan's happy look, Zeng Li couldn't help but smile again.

The filming was done step by step.

A lot of things have happened since the outside world entered October.

In the film industry, "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", known as the third blockbuster after "Source Code" and "Heroes", was released at the end of September.

The film cost 80 million yuan and has a very luxurious cast, including Jiang Wen, Wang Xueqi, Xiao Yanzi, Nakai Kiichi, etc.

Before the release, there was a lot of publicity.

But unfortunately, within three days of its release, its reputation collapsed.

By mid-October, the national box office had not exceeded 30 million.

Let alone over 100 million in the future, even over 40 million will be difficult.

In fact, the film did end up with just over 40 million.

But even this result is the box office record for domestic movies this year.

"Mobile" at the end of December had more than 50 million, but that is included in next year's statistics, so it cannot be counted.

With more than 40 million yuan, it became the number one domestic movie at the box office. At the same time, the box office performance of other Hollywood movies was also poor. The first one was "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in January this year with 52 million yuan.

The overall box office performance is very different from last year.

So the era of box office frenzy started by the two blockbusters seemed to be suddenly poured cold water on it.

Voices expressing disapproval of the domestic film industry soon emerged.

But more importantly, there are many media’s expectations for several foreseeable domestic movies in the future.

The number one among them is naturally "House of Flying Daggers". "House of Flying Daggers" will be launched in September. Now there is much more official information than Lu Ping'an's "Code Name 9527". Andy Lau, Song Dandan, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi are all It's a big name, so everyone's expectations are higher. Many people think that this is a copy of "Heroes".

Ranked second is Lu Ping'an's "Code Name 9527". At present, except for the main creative team of this film, which includes Fan Wei, Chen Kun and Zhou Gongzi, the cost is 45 million, and nothing else is known. However, because "The Source" is in front, Everyone's expectations are equally high.

Some media said that when more information about the film is revealed, the expectations are expected to exceed that of "House of Flying Daggers". After all, Lu Ping'an's achievements in film awards cannot be compared to Lao Mouzi, but his reputation in commercial films is quite strong.

Also with a strong reputation in commercial films is Feng Dapao. His "Mobile Phone", which will be released in December, is ranked third in terms of expectations.

However, the shortcomings of Feng Dapao's films are now more obvious, that is, they are popular in the north, but lack in the south. Therefore, the media are relatively conservative in their box office expectations, and no one thinks it can exceed 100 million.

The above three directors are now also known as the first echelon of mainland commercial directors.

He Ping, the director of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", was expected to enter the first tier, but "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" didn't work, so there were only three people left in the first tier.

And this also awakened the great poet who had been dormant for a long time.

On October 9th, the nominations for the Golden Rooster Awards were announced. Lu Ping'an's "The Source" received five more nominations, but the biggest news in the film industry today was that of Poet Chen.

Chen Dashi was interviewed by the media and was asked about his film plans.

The Dashi revealed the news with confidence and domineering: "There is a plan. It is expected to start shooting next year. Investment? It will be bigger than you can imagine! This will be an epic!"

One sentence made the film industry boil again.

The number of directors in the first echelon of commercial films has increased from three to four!

And the Dashi was even ranked first by many media!

At the same time, countless movie fans are looking forward to the film market next year.

"Cell Phone" at the beginning of next year, Lao Mouzi's "Ten Faces", Lu Ping'an's "9527" and the Dashi's unknown film may also be released next year!

The media is excited: Next year will be a big year for movies that surpass 2002!

When the Dashi is out now, the film industry is really like an earthquake.

Although he has not produced any amazing works since "Farewell My Concubine".

But he is really rich.

This time it is another domineering official announcement.

The investment is unprecedentedly large!

Under the filter, it is indeed reasonable to say that it is an earthquake.

Lu Ping'an also heard the news in the crew, and everyone started discussing it, saying that the investment was huge, how big would it be?

The movie must be very good!

Farewell My Concubine was so good, how bad could a commercial blockbuster be?

Balabala

Lu Ping'an took a deep breath.

He didn't mean to gloat over others' misfortune, nor did he envy or despise them.

He just felt that the three-bedroom and one-living room apartment under his feet might be expanded to four-bedroom and two-living rooms.

The great poet was too arrogant.

Epic, what a guy!

Even a time traveler like me dare not say that!

Shaking his head, Lu Ping'an ignored the great poet and continued filming.