Even if you calculate carefully, it's barely enough to provide these new employees in the martial arts department with additional commercial insurance and care for old injuries.
As for the filming location, Lin Xiaoxiao naturally went to her own Penglai Island. The billing with the M platform wasn't cheap either, after all, it's the filming location for many well-known movies, TV series, and variety shows, and it's also a scenic spot, so it has to be more expensive.
Lin Xiaoxiao allocated a portion of the budget to build a film and television base on Penglai Island, but when she told Jiang Yun, she said it was a special location built for this drama. She wanted Jiang Yun to feel that the 500 million yuan was well spent.
Planning points here, planning points there—in short, the 500 million yuan was allocated meticulously, and on the surface, it appeared to be an extremely worthwhile investment. The investment didn't disappear; it simply transferred into Lin Xiaoxiao's pocket.
Everything else went very smoothly, and the actors were enthusiastically learning various martial arts techniques. Filming for "A Century of Silence" officially began.
Because the male lead's life spans from childhood to old age, four different actors were used for the role. Of course, M platform also put in a lot of effort to find these four similar actors.
The child actor was even a left-behind child on Penglai Island. Of course, tourism on Penglai Island is very developed now, and the children often carry small buckets to the coast to collect seafood and also go to the port to solicit business for their small farmhouses. He happened to be seen by a staff member of Feiyang Entertainment. Although he was thin and dark-skinned, like a wilted little radish, upon closer inspection, his eyebrows and eyes bore some resemblance to the male lead.
The actor playing the elderly character didn't look quite like the others, but he was the most convincing of them all, so they had no choice but to take the role. Xu Aiguo wanted to play the elderly character, but standing next to the young male lead, without looking at his face, one would think he was the one who should be playing the young one. If Xu Aiguo were chosen, the other actors would face too much pressure to maintain their physiques, and the project wasn't planned to be delayed for too long, so Xu Aiguo had no choice but to play the male lead's mentor in his youth.
The most difficult role is that of the actor playing the middle-aged male lead. The challenge is not the acting itself, but rather managing his physique, which requires striking a balance between being overweight and lean in middle age.
Actors playing young men need to build muscle, but not too much definition; rather, they should be leaner, more like martial artists.
Lin Xiaoxiao, after transmigrating, has filmed quite a few dramas and variety shows, and has some vague ideas about the filming methods presented in the scripts.
Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't originally there to make money or build a reputation for the M platform, so in order to speed up the production, she simply divided the crew into four parts and filmed them simultaneously. She would occasionally visit the four sets in rotation, but she mostly stayed on the set where the male lead was a child.
The martial arts training during this period has yielded remarkable results. The martial arts department has been closely monitoring the situation, and even those who aren't filming will be practicing nearby, which Lin Xiaoxiao, watching from behind the camera, finds very enjoyable. She can even tell which master each actor is in charge of.
Some moves are beautiful but lack power, yet they are aesthetically pleasing. Some moves are deadly, purely fast, accurate, and ruthless, as if life and death would be decided in two moves. Some movements are graceful, while others look rather clumsy.
It has to be said that the martial arts department did a great job, which made the post-production process easier. After all, the post-production team consists of college students, so it's best not to put too much pressure on them. However, the price quoted by the M platform shouldn't be too low. After all, they are the post-production team that participated in the big-budget fantasy drama "Asking the Heavens," so it's reasonable to charge a little more.
Lin Xiaoxiao found that the child was quite well-behaved. Every day after filming, he would move a small chair and sit next to her, sitting upright like that. Sometimes he would sit there for a whole day. If Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know that the child was a living person, she would have thought he was some kind of wooden puppet.
Fortunately, the production went very smoothly. Zhang Fan and the newly hired second-generation Zhang teammate unexpectedly managed to curb Zhang Fan's curly hair.
Lin Xiaoxiao was also very surprised. If she had known, she would have let Zhang Erdai join the company earlier.
A month passed quickly, and filming for "A Century of Silence" was finally completed.
While waiting for post-production, Lin Xiaoxiao originally planned to have Feiyang Entertainment produce a low-budget romance film to promote Penglai Island.
Unexpectedly, while she was still organizing her thoughts, she received a variety show invitation from M platform.
"What is 'The Road to Directing'? Why is M platform switching from making variety shows about all over the country to studio-based variety shows? Could it be that M platform is really broke after losing 500 million yuan?"
Lin Xiaoxiao was a little puzzled. She hadn't even put in any effort yet. Although all the money in the accounts had been taken from M platform's pocket and put into Feiyang Entertainment's pocket, her director's salary was not much on the surface. She was planning to ask M platform to invest more later. How could she run out of money?
When Lin Xiaoxiao received the invitation, she didn't respond immediately. Of course, she'd been acting for just as long as Feiyang Entertainment had been established; she hadn't studied scripts or camera angles whatsoever, relying entirely on experience gained from watching TV dramas. How could she possibly embarrass herself on a variety show?
Jiang Yun even called her specifically to say hello, "President Lin, if you have time, please come and participate in the variety show. We have a total of three directors this time, and the other two are heavyweights. Don't worry, come on over. It's a good opportunity to collaborate and facilitate the subsequent promotion of 'A Hundred Years of Silence'."
Lin Xiaoxiao probably couldn't refuse after hearing this; Jiang Yun had become quite obsessed with "A Century of Silence." After all, Jiang Yun had decided to allocate half of M Platform's investment for this book, which had caused some dissatisfaction among the others at M Platform regarding the interference from headquarters.
Jiang Yun held a position second only to the head of the He Group, so how could he tolerate it? Therefore, he set aside a large sum of money for publicity. When Lin Xiaoxiao heard about this, she breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he hadn't taken money from her investment.
In short, Jiang Yun's current goal is to establish his authority over the M platform below. Lin Xiaoxiao, who wanted to sabotage the project, didn't dare breathe too loudly, fearing Jiang Yun would discover her intentions.
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
