wavenovel Chapter 56 Famous Director?
Chapter 56 Famous Director?
Ding Binbai laughed and said, "Of course they'd be willing to come!"
Wang Xiaohao looked at Zhao Liang and said, "I'll also give you two assistant positions, with the same benefits!"
Zhao Liang was overjoyed: "Then thank you, Director!"
Ding Binbai is in charge of photography, and Wang Le'an is in charge of lighting. These are not jobs that one person can do alone. They need enough subordinates, so it's appropriate to have a few assistants.
Zhao Liang is the production coordinator, mainly handling miscellaneous tasks; he's essentially the crew's head manager. Wang Xiaohao also gave him two assistant positions, which is clearly a sign of favoritism!
According to the salary offered by Wang Xiaohao, even an assistant would earn 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year, plus the remuneration for working on set, bringing the annual income to 100,000 to 200,000 yuan.
These days, who doesn't have a few relatives and friends?
At worst, I can bring them into the company and teach them from scratch myself!
Wang Xiaohao had no intention of making his studio a big company, investing in film production, signing artists and directors, or dominating the film and television industry...
This is something you should just forget about!
It's practically impossible!
Putting aside other issues, even management resources are insufficient.
What?
You said you'd find a reliable person to help you manage the company, and you just need to focus on making films?
Are you kidding me?
Even you, as the director, are dishonest and want to skim money from the production budget.
Do you really think the person managing your company will honestly make money for you instead of embezzling from the company?
There are actually quite a few management talents in this world!
What's truly lacking is reliable management talent!
To put it bluntly, if this is really done, and you're unlucky, you might come back to the company after filming two movies and find that there's not a single penny left in the company's account.
It's entirely possible that the management team divided them all up!
What can you do?
Regulation?
If oversight were effective, there wouldn't be so much corruption in the world!
Go wash up and go to bed. In reality, there aren't that many loyal and devoted people for you to use!
Otherwise, loyal ministers and generals wouldn't be written about so extensively in history books!
It is precisely because it is rare that it is worth recording!
You run a run-down company and you expect to find someone like this?
Unless the author gave you a cheat code!
In any case, Wang Xiaohao hasn't encountered such a talent yet.
To put it bluntly, even people like Ding Binbai and Zhao Liang, Wang Xiaohao couldn't guarantee what their status would be in a few years!
People! It's easy to share hardship, but difficult to share wealth!
Wang Xiaohao has tried his best to take care of these old crew members! But he can't guarantee what will happen to them as they see more of the world and their appetites grow!
Therefore, Wang Xiaohao had no idea at this time about expanding and strengthening the company and creating new glories.
My thought is to make a few good movies first!
After discussing these matters, Wang Xiaohao finally asked about the job.
He asked, "How's it going? How's the location scouting coming along?"
Ding Binbai, the photographer, said excitedly, "That's right, I never expected that so many old buildings could still be preserved in your hometown."
Oh, and there's another street in your county lined entirely with plane trees that are as thick as a person's embrace. It would be really beautiful to take pictures of it in the fall!
Wang Xiaohao asked, "How are the roads along the river? Are there any suitable locations for filming?"
Wang Xiaohao's biggest headache right now is finding the filming location for the first scene.
In the original version, the female lead's entrance should have been in a place similar to a public square.
However, such a place would obviously not have existed in China during the Republic of China era.
Wang Xiaohao then thought about how to change the scene.
He enthusiastically discussed several outdoor filming locations with Ding Binbai and a few others.
At this moment, Zhao Liang suddenly interjected, "Director, I think now that you're back, you should inform your county!"
Wang Xiaohao sighed and said, "I'm afraid it won't just be the county level; we'll probably have to deal with the city level too!"
Making a movie is not the same as making a TV series, but even making a TV series requires registration and assistance from the relevant local departments.
Therefore, dealing with officials is unavoidable!
In fact, it's just that Zhen Liang's paperwork hasn't been fully completed yet.
If everything is completed, then Wang Xiaohao probably won't need to notify the county.
It seems that Wang Xiaohao hadn't even returned home yet when the local authorities had already called him!
After all, Wang Xiaohao was going to film the movie locally.
And no matter what, Wang Xiaohao is a director who has made a blockbuster film with a box office of over 300 million yuan.
The county can't possibly ignore this!
Sure enough, after Wang Xiaohao spent two or three days scouting locations with Ding Binbai and others, the city government called to inquire about the specifics of his filming.
After they learned that Wang Xiaohao had returned to Heyin County, a call came in from Heyin soon afterward.
That evening, local news reported that Wang Xiaohao, a well-known young director from our county, had returned to his hometown to shoot a new film.
The local newspapers the following day also featured extensive reports on this topic.
Fortunately, television and newspapers still have a final moment of glory in this era.
Many people were puzzled upon hearing this: "When did a famous director emerge from our small town?"
"Who is this Wang Xiaohao? I've never heard of him before. How come he's famous already?"
"Have you seen 'My Sassy Girl'? That movie was directed by Wang Xiaohao!"
"Wow! I quite liked 'My Sassy Girl,' so he directed it! That makes him a famous director!"
"Hey, did you guys notice? Wang Xiaoshuang seems to be from our county too! And so is Wang Xiaohao!"
They made another movie together. Do you think there's something between them?
"Of course! My aunt's second brother-in-law's cousin used to live in that family compound in the south. I heard him say that Wang Xiaoshuang and Wang Xiaohao used to live there."
The two were childhood sweethearts, but later Wang Xiaoshuang became a star and dumped Wang Xiaohao.
This incident was the talk of the town here at the time!
"Yes, yes, I've heard about it too! It seems to have happened four or five years ago!"
Now it seems that this story is definitely false.
Otherwise, why would Wang Xiaoshuang and Wang Xiaohao be making a movie together?
Regardless of what others were saying, the direction of many people's discussions quickly changed, from gossiping about Wang Xiaohao and Wang Xiaoshuang to talking about the new movie.
Because the entire film crew quickly moved to the small county town.
A large film crew of over a hundred people arrived in this small county town and began filming by closing off the streets, making it impossible for ordinary people to miss.
Meanwhile, more information about the film has also been released.
Let people know that the female lead of this movie is actually Zhen Liang!