Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

A few seconds passed.

With the sound of the elevator prompt"ding", the two arrived at the Art Department and walked towards the familiar meeting room.

Pushing the door open, they saw an old man in his seventies sitting inside.

His head was glare-reflective, with a circle of gray hair around his head. He wore square-framed glasses and was reading a thick book with a serious expression.

As if hearing the sound of the door opening, he raised his head, adjusted his glasses and stood up, his face still stern and serious.

Without waiting for Secretary He to introduce himself, Chen Xiao stepped forward and said,"Hello, professor. I am Chen Xiao, the director of our film. It's an honor to meet you."

A hint of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes.

He came here in a low-key manner and had never seen the secretary next to him. How did the young man guess his identity?

Could it be that the staff in charge of contact showed him the photo?

"Have you seen me?"

Chen Xiao nodded,"I like physics, and I have seen your photo on a website or in a book. But my attention was focused on physics at the time, and I can only vaguely remember your face, but not your name. I'm sorry." The serious expression on the old man's face melted a little, and he smiled and said,"My last name is Ning, and my given name is Ji Lin. You can just call me Professor Ning."

"Hello, Professor Ning"

"Director Chen likes physics, oh, no wonder the Ministry of Science and Technology is looking for you."

Professor Ning had a kind smile between his eyebrows.

When he first received this task, he checked the screenwriter on the Internet. He found that he was a well-known genius director who had written two emotional scripts.

At that time, he thought that making science fiction films must be a small thing for young people.

But now, although I still haven't read the script, I suddenly feel... Well, like physics? This kid will become a great man.

Secretary He on the side looked at the changes in the expression on the old professor's face and sighed in his heart.

A sweet mouth can fool people, and you will be popular wherever you go.

Director Chen really praised people without leaving any trace.

First, he made it clear that he liked physics, and then said that he had seen the professor's photo.

It stands to reason that not knowing the name is a minus point.

But Director Chen actually said that his mind was on physics knowledge and he didn't pay attention to the name of the person in the photo.

After this operation, the distance was instantly shortened.

This old man in his seventies and eighties who has been focusing on research for many years , how could he not have a good impression of this young man in front of him who is about the same age as his grandson but has the same interests as himself?

I am so envious. It has only been ten seconds since he entered the door?

How did he recognize that this is the physics instructor and organize the words of praise?

Chen Xiao smiled and sat opposite the old professor.

What I just said was of course nonsense.

How could he flip through a physics magazine?

The reason why his identity can be judged is that this conference room is for meetings of the crew.

He has already picked out the core members who are in good physical condition.

Of course, the person who can appear here is not the physics instructor who does not need to climb mountains and swim in the sea with the crew.

And... this professor has a glowing head like his father who teaches mathematics.

It is said that among the top ten outstanding physicists in the world, eight have hair loss, such as Planck and Galileo.

Chen Xiao took out the complete script and handed it to Professor Ning.

"Professor Ning, this is the complete script. I'd be grateful if you could take a look at it and give me some pointers.

Ning Jilin took the script and felt its thickness, estimating that it was about 100 pages long.

"You guys will have a meeting soon, so it shouldn't be my business, right? How about I find a room, take a quiet look, and calculate whether there is any problem inside."

Chen Xiao smiled and said,"Thank you for your help."

As he said that, he stood up and sent Professor Ning out of the conference room.

Then he returned to the conference table and moved the things to the main seat.

Another five minutes passed, and it was almost 2:40. The door of the conference room was pushed open again, and it was the old acquaintance Fang Rong who came in.

"Director Chen, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Director Fang. I didn't expect that we would work together again."

"Haha, I have no choice. Secretary He came to me and insisted that I come here. It is convenient for us to cooperate since we are familiar with each other."

Chen Xiao smiled.

Well, Secretary He asked you to come, right?

I will just watch your performance quietly.

However, having said that, it is no problem to give the position of director of photography to Fang Rong.

He has good ability and he cooperates well with acquaintances.

""Director Fang, please take a seat." Chen Xiao sat down and handed him a script.

Fang Rong took the script with a smile, sat down, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yeah! A smooth landing.

He successfully fooled both sides, so that he did not lose face and successfully joined the crew that was sure to take off.

The old ones are still the best, worthy of him!

Another five minutes later, the others arrived one after another.

Seeing that Fang Rong and the chief director had arrived, they all made excuses saying that they were not familiar with the road and had been looking for a while in the Ministry of Culture building, so they were late.

Chen Xiao smiled and said,"Director Fang and I came early, don't be polite, everyone, take a seat."

The others were in their thirties and forties, capable but not very experienced.

Originally, they were worried that the chief director would become famous at a young age and be arrogant, but now it seems that Director Chen is still very approachable.

The stones hanging in everyone's hearts fell to the ground.

After the nine people introduced themselves to each other, Chen Xiao distributed the script, preparation and shooting plan to everyone and got to the point.

"Today, we invite everyone here, in addition to getting to know each other, mainly to discuss the division of labor."

Everyone nodded.

In addition to Chen Xiao, the youngest is the art director Wang Rui, who is 32 years old this year.

At this time, his back is straight, and he listens to Chen Xiao seriously.

Before the New Year, he never dreamed that he could join this film crew led by Chen Xiao and co-produced by two departments.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, after receiving a call from the Art Department, he slapped himself twice to make sure if he was dreaming.

After all, he is only 32 years old. Although he is outstanding among his peers, he can only be said to be at an upper-middle level in the field of art directors.

He has a hunch that this is a rare opportunity in his life, and he must give full play to his lifelong strengths and do a good job in art!

Just when he was full of fighting spirit, the voice of the chief director came to his ears as he wished.

"Director Wang, you are in charge of props and scenes, I will talk to you first."He glanced at the others and said,"You can listen to it or read the script."

"You say! I'll remember!"

Wang Rui opened his notebook with a firm look.

"Take a look at the preparation plan. Pages 3 to 5 are the work of the art director."

Wang Rui immediately opened the file as Chen Xiao said.

He started to seriously investigate the art style of science fiction movies and aerospace props on the second day of the Chinese New Year. He is definitely capable of every task!

Thinking of this, he twisted the paper with his fingers and turned directly to the fourth page.

The top line of text came into view.

Work 3: Plant 3,000 acres of corn.

Wang Rui paused and blinked blankly.

Plant corn?

3,000 acres?

This line of words seemed to pour a basin of cold water on him.

Is this the purpose of the crew looking for him?

He looked up at Chen Xiao and asked in disbelief:"Director Chen, I'm going to plant 3,000 acres of corn?"

Chen Xiao touched his eyebrows,"I didn't ask you to plant it, I asked you to arrange people to plant it. You need to pay attention to the visual effects of the cornfield." Wang Rui breathed a sigh of relief, but his frown was still there,"Director Chen, I read the simplified version of the script. This is the cornfield planted by Cooper's family, right? Can't we use special effects?"

Chen Xiao shook his head,"No, special effects technology is iterating too fast, and only real-life scenes can stand the test of time."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Indeed.

Special effects always give people a feeling of being out of touch with reality.

Moreover, no matter how advanced the special effects technology is, it will be outdated in the future.

The traces of time are much lighter on real-life movies.

Everyone looked at Chen Xiao and expressed their approval.

While looking at him, several directors suddenly remembered two things.

Chen Xiao built a ship and cut off the sinking sea in order to shoot"Titanic", and built an ancient street in order to shoot"Farewell My Concubine".

He can be called a real-life shooting maniac.

What's the big deal about planting 3,000 acres of corn fields?

Just when others were still sighing, Wang Rui, who was in charge of the scenes and props, suddenly reacted to a question in his mind.

He tentatively asked:"Director Chen, glaciers, artificial intelligence robots, spaceships and their pods, airships and the like, are also... going to be built?"

Chen Xiao nodded:"Yes. But the glacier is not built, we will go to the Dagu Glacier in Sichuan Province for field shooting."