C321 Boxed Meal
C321 Boxed Meal
Although he had filmed a similar number of big shots in the past, the situation was different after all. He didn't plan to use so many people in this movie.
Xu Haiyan did not care about anything and recruited all of them. Even Ann Ji felt that it was troublesome.
"Director An, this won't do. We have been in a mess all morning and still did not manage to film a good shot. Isn't this messing around?" The assistant director who came with him looked at Xu Haiyan with dissatisfaction.
"Hey, you can't be soft-spoken. After all, she's the sponsor." Ann Ji was tired of shouting. He sat heavily on the stool and sighed.
"It is already noon. I think we should stop filming. It is time for lunch before the arrangements are made." The assistant director said dejectedly.
"If we don't make the arrangements now, there will be chaos in the afternoon. What do you think we should do?" Ann Ji said angrily.
"If you want me to say it, we should stick to the original plan in the afternoon. We will use 80 people to bid, and the rest will be thrown to the side. Anyway, it's not like we're spending money. "
"Hmm..." Ann Ji started to think.
The assistant director's idea was good, but he was worried that Xu Haiyan would be unhappy.
"You are worried that she will have an issue with it. It is not that I look down on her. How can a singer know how to make movies? She only cares about making big shots all day long. It seems that she is very capable. Just think of a way to get her away." The deputy director saw through Ann Ji's thoughts.
"Alright, let's do it like this." Ann Ji clapped his hands.
After all, he was the director and was responsible for the filming of the movie. Since he was hired by Xu Haiyan, he had to film the movie well.
Even if Xu Haiyan was messing around and giving commands blindly, Ann Ji was still very anxious that he could not film the scene.
After listening to the assistant director's attention, Ann Ji stopped filming and went in front of Xu Haiyan.
"Ms Xu, the rehearsal this morning is almost done. The filming officially starts in the afternoon, but you will not have any scenes today."
"Why didn't you say so earlier? You made me sunburn for the whole morning, and my skin got tanned!"
As expected, Xu Haiyan didn't want to stay in the studio for even a second when she heard that she had lost her scenes. She immediately got her assistant to put on her shoes for her.
She walked like a cat and thought about going outside. Before she left, she even instructed Ann Ji: "Use these group performances well. After all, they were bought with money. We can't let them be idle."
"Hey, okay!" Ann Ji sent her away with a smile.
"Pah! What is it!" The deputy director stood behind him and spat in disdain.
"Don't care about what it is. Since we have the money, we still have to do the work that we need to do." Ann Ji also regretted taking over the filming work of this movie.
The reason he signed a contract with Xu Haiyan at that time was related to the original author of the Sky Fortress novel. Ann Ji was good friends with him.
Under the strong recommendation of the original author, Xu Haiyan found Ann Ji. It was also because of the connection between the original author and Ann Ji that Ann Ji signed the contract without hesitation.
However, from the looks of it now, Xu Haiyan was clearly a difficult person to serve. She did not know how to film and even pointed out what to do. Thinking about the whole year of filming work, Ann Ji felt a headache coming on.
"Director An, why did Ms Xu leave?" A subordinate ran over and asked.
"Why are you looking for her?"
The subordinate said with great difficulty, "There must be something. It's mealtime now. These thousands of actors are waiting to eat and drink. Ms Xu's arrangement was so sudden. There was no way to explain how much the food expenses were based on. Why don't you come up with an idea?"
It was another tricky matter. Although the food costs were not much, but the cost of thousands of people added up was not small. If Xu Haiyan was out, no one else would dare to make a decision.
After Ann Ji heard this, he turned around and left. "Do as you see fit. Or call her and ask her. I'm just a director. I don't care about this kind of thing."
Ann Ji did not have the time to clean up this kind of mess. Just the shooting of the movie had already made him anxious.
"Ah, director An, don't go, director An..."
The person who came had no choice but to bite the bullet and call Xu Haiyan. "Ms Xu, that, that, the food expenses for the group performance at noon, what do you think..."
"What food expenses? Do you need to ask me about this kind of small matter? I spent money to hire you for free food!" Xu Haiyan scolded.
In her opinion, as a big celebrity, she still had to worry about the problem of eating in the group. It was simply a joke.
"No, there are more than a thousand people here. How much does it cost?"
"Five yuan per person will do." Xu Haiyan said unhappily.
"Huh? Five dollars! What can I eat... "
"It's already good enough to have food to eat. What else can I do? Let me serve them with delicacies!"
"Yes, yes! I understand."
Hearing Xu Haiyan get angry, the subordinates panicked and quickly hung up the phone.
The thousands of actors recruited by the Sky Fortress Crew had been busy the entire morning. Each and every one of them was extremely tired and their stomachs were rumbling with hunger.
It was not easy for them to get to dinner time, so everyone in the production team stopped what they were doing.
They were all looking forward to the food delivery truck to deliver lunch.
"I say, we're in a big crew, so the food shouldn't be too bad." A group actor sat on the ground and said.
"He said he's investing 400 million. Why isn't the benchmark of this benchmark of 20 to 30?" Another person added.
Normally, these group actors would only eat benchboxes ranging from 10 to 15 yuan.
Those who ate ten yuan basically wouldn't be able to see the meat. If there was one or two pieces of fat in the stir-fried vegetables, it would be considered meat. And a fifteen yuan bento box would at most add a chicken leg that could not be any smaller.
Even so, having a chicken leg could be considered as having met a film crew with a conscience.
Generally speaking, the funds for those small productions and small investments were originally tight, and the food expenses for the group actors were not much.
If they were able to enter the big production crew, the group actors could be considered to be able to eat a good meal. There were three dishes and one meat dish. There were even two dishes and two meat dishes. They could even add eggs and the like.
Now that they had come to the production crew of Sky Fortress, this was a real big production. An investment of 400 million was not something that could be frequently encountered in Tianhai Film Studio.
The actors gathered together and discussed happily about what lunch they could eat at noon.
In the end, when the delivery van arrived, the group actors who had received the bento boxes were dumbfounded.
"What, what is this?"
"Just for us to eat this?"
"Isn't it a huge production of 400 million yuan? It's fine if there's no meat, but why isn't there even rice?"
"Damn, this old man has really widened my horizons today!"
"This old man has worked in a group performance for 10 years, but I have never seen such a bento box!"
"Ten years? I've never seen one in these twenty years!"
The group actors only received a small box of tasteless stir-fried potato strips and two steamed buns. Oh, perhaps it was because the taste of the potato strips was too light and everyone gave a packet of pickles worth fifty cents...