Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Officially Started

Despite all the outside world's discussions, "Mountain River Breaks Dawn" is still making preliminary preparations according to its own ideas.

When selecting actors, Wang Chang did not choose actors with big names and traffic.

He can't afford it, and there's no need to join in the excitement.

Chen Yi heard that she invested 50 million in a TV series, and followed his friend's idea to ask Tianhe if he should invest a little. With the popularity of "Next Stop Idol", he, as the person in charge of this project, is expected to rise in the next ratings. Although he can't order the company to invest in full, he can still mention it to the senior management.

Lu Jiao refused. If someone else intervened, there would be a struggle for the right to speak among investors. Her right to speak in the circle is still relatively weak. Although she had a precedent of investing in "Next Stop Idol" and it was a great success, it was still a personal investment after all. There was no company behind it, and there might be accidents. It is better to invest by herself.

The novel "Mountain River Breaks Dawn" is not a very standard group portrait drama. It is still the male protagonist who connects the whole situation. In the early stage, the male protagonist came from a humble background and a poor family.

Therefore, in the early stage of filming, the requirements for costumes and props are not high, and you can save some money first.

Choose an auspicious day and determine the shooting time. A group of people were transported to the shooting base in the next city and started shooting here.

Wang Chang wanted to get a good start by filming the drama, so the opening ceremony was very lively and many people came to watch.

This time, the news that "Mountain River Breaks Dawn" was going to start filming was known to everyone.

The male lead Ke Cheng was an actor who had debuted for several years. Although he had acting skills, he was not particularly popular because of his appearance. After watching his performance, Wang Chang decided on the spot that he would be the male lead of "Mountain River Breaks Dawn". Coincidentally, he was also the male lead of this drama in his previous life.

Ke Cheng was stunned on the spot and went back to tell his agent in a daze. The agent reacted faster than he did and immediately packed him up and sent him to practice his body language.

Even though Wang Chang was already down and out, he still had the reputation of a great director. Even if he was not popular, it was still a very good resume.

On the day of the start of filming, he looked at the bustling scene and trembled as he said to Qin Yi beside him: " Is

it your first time to be the male lead?" Qin Yi turned around and asked him: "Is it your first time to be the male lead?"

Ke Cheng said seriously: "No, I have been the male lead, but those were all web dramas, or small-scale crews.

I have never been in a big crew of a famous director as the male lead. I tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well yesterday," pointing to the dark circles under his eyes. Qin Yi comforted him: "It's okay, it's also my first time to be the male second in a production by a famous director, and my reputation is worse than yours

." Ke Cheng thought about his behavior of searching all the actors in the crew before he came, nodded in agreement, and heard Qin Yi say again: "Although ours is a famous director, it is not a big production."

Ke Cheng: "?"

He quickly understood.

He had never seen such a stingy crew!

The makeup artist asked the actors to bring their own food, and they usually gave out some rice for lunch. Although they could reasonably paint themselves more handsome and eat more delicious food, you can't not give them these things.

On the first day of filming, Ke Cheng, who had not ordered any food by mistake, ate his rice in grief. Fengge, who had just acted with him and played his teacher in the play, came over and gave him a few slices of meat, patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Didn't you read the contract when you signed it?"

A question mark appeared on Ke Cheng's forehead. The contract was just a simple contract for joining the group, and he gave it to the agent to check. After confirming that it was correct, he signed it very handsomely.

Fengge saw his expression and realized that this person really didn't read the contract: "All these situations are explained in the contract. If you want to choose good treatment, your salary will be lower. But I thought that I usually ordered takeout and the makeup artist was used normally, so I didn't think of exchanging salary for treatment. So you can see that there are not many particularly famous artists in our crew."

Ke Cheng was so surprised that he didn't swallow the rice. Then he thought of something and stammered: "Then...then the filming..."

Fengge scooped a mouthful of rice into his mouth, chewing while saying: "Don't worry about the quality. The crew mainly cuts our expenses."

Ke Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and was relieved.

After dinner, the assistant came over and asked the two to hand over the stills to do preliminary promotion on Weibo.

When they arrived at the filming location, Ke Cheng's heart skipped a beat when he saw the photographer. The photographer looked so young. Could it be that the crew had already saved money on the photographer? He was not a particularly good-looking actor to begin with. If the photographer made him look ugly, wouldn't he be ridiculed by everyone?

Seeing the photographer, Fengge's heart skipped a beat too. He was not worried about the photographer's age, but because he had seen this person before!

Although this person wore a mask today, he recognized him instantly with his sharp eyes.

Feng Ge, who likes to walk around and has always been regarded as the gossip king of the crew, was also walking around yesterday. He saw Director Wang calling this person Miss Lu and told her about the crew's arrangements in a respectful manner. He immediately remembered the gossip that the investor was a young and beautiful woman named Feng Ge, and immediately contacted the two of them.

Although he couldn't be completely sure, he had always been synonymous with bold imagination and careful verification.

The crew wouldn't save money to let the investor be the photographer! Could it be that his idea that Director Wang wouldn't save money during filming was wrong?

But he and Ke Cheng didn't have time to let his imagination run wild.

Seeing that no one had come up for a long time, Lu Jiao cast a puzzled look at the two of them.

The two of them were startled and almost bumped into each other on the stage.

Ke Cheng was the first to be filmed alone. Lu Jiao held up the camera and looked at it for a while, then went over to adjust Ke Cheng's look and movements.

Ke Cheng does not have a very beautiful face, but rather a righteous one. To be more precise, he has a typical face that represents peace and prosperity. He cannot play a villain, and in private he is very delicate and has a rather muscular body. The male lead in this TV series is a white-on-black. He usually looks righteous, but he is very charming when he uses schemes.

Lu Jiao simply told him the movements he should make. Although Ke Cheng was manipulated so that he could not get a word in, he felt relieved. Seeing how serious this girl was, it should not be what he thought. The crew also saved money on filming.

Feng Ge, who was watching from behind, fell into thought at this time.

Seeing this man's professional appearance, it's impossible that he is an investor who works as a photographer on the side, right?

Could it be that Director Wang is just being polite to his subordinates and this man is a more capable photographer?

But in fact, Director Wang really saved the photographer's position because of budget, and Lu Jiao took over.

It's a waste to have such a skill, and there's nothing wrong with saving some money.

But when Lu Jiao received the message from Director Wang the next day, he found that something was wrong.

【Wang Chang: Mr. Lu, the photo you took yesterday has become popular. Many people commented that you met Xinghe. 】

【Lu Jiao: ? 】