When will I be the queen

"The re-shooting work here is over, and we are about to return to China. After Eastern Star, Kunlun will join the team, and Huami will try to find time to participate. This is probably the schedule for the end of the year."

Fang Qiao said it simply, but with so much work squeezed into two months at the end of the year, Cai Cai got a headache just thinking about it.

"Isn't Eastern Star in November? There's still a month left." Cai Cai asked Mei Zhang to contact Jarvis to see how many days it would take for reshoots, and then rush back to China to join the Kunlun team.

After all, Fang Xiaoning’s daily videos of good night and good morning greetings are really scary.
"Director Fang retweeted your award-winning news. He posted several hahaha messages. The comments below all said that it seemed that it was Director Fang who posted it himself."

Cai Cai asked for the phone and took a look at it. It was true that Director Fang had a somewhat cold demeanor to the outside world, but he also had a cold sense of humor. In fact, he was very talkative in private.
Sometimes Cai Cai feels that Tang Jinen once said that the most handsome man is the one who knows how to shut up.She didn't understand it at that time, and she still doesn't understand it now, but she understood a little bit about Director Fang. Director Fang should know how to shut up, but he also knew when to talk nonsense.
"What are you talking about?" Cai Cai noticed the three chatting when he came in, and asked after talking about business.

Mei Zhang told Wei Zhen.

Cai Cai didn't care about being picked on, but she did care about whether Wei Zhen could play the aunt.

"Originally, I wanted to act. I will change the script when the time comes. However, if the script cannot be changed significantly, the role will still be outstanding and it will be more convenient." Cai Cai contacted Xianjun to tell him this.But Xianjun was busy over there, so it was Gu Sheng who took the call. He said he would come back to her when Xianjun finished his work.

Cai Cai asked Mei Zhangxianjun what he was busy with.

"Xianjun has a project, and I want the official support here, but the various conditions have not been negotiated properly, and there is a lot of wrangling."

Mei Zhang knows a little bit, "It is a feature-length film project about the laborers in the late Qing Dynasty who were at home and abroad, and who escaped from abroad. It needs to be shot on location, and now the mine has become a museum. Even if it is copied, the approximate proportions must be known, and there is also history. Information and various stance issues. This subject matter is not actually sensitive, but Xianjun wants to shoot it in a documentary style, so it will be relatively more difficult. All aspects must be approved and negotiated well, otherwise the film will not be released."

It's quite complicated anyway.

Generally speaking, this kind of shooting method that pursues the original scene and the original object is secondly expensive and time-consuming, and the most important thing is labor-intensive.There are a lot of joints that need to be unblocked, a lot of procedures that need to be reviewed and approved, and finally the subsequent effects, both good and bad, need to be considered.

For example, after the filming of some scenic spots was completed, they turned into haunted places and haunted houses. The tourism industry was completely abolished, and there was little hope of seeking compensation from the crew.In some places, after the filming was completed, it became a check-in point for Internet celebrities, and the industry chain was established. However, the follow-up management and after-sales service could not keep up, and the film was directly exposed, and the actors were also exposed.There are also serious ones that damage the ecological balance or natural landscapes, historical sites and cultural relics. No amount of compensation can make up for the losses.

What’s more serious is that it’s not uncommon for a movie to damage a country.Nowadays, several countries are famous as liar countries, thief countries and mistress countries. The film has become famous, but the black spots of the country can never be washed away.This is just like the stereotypes of various countries in early movies. Originally, I wanted to create a simple and clear iconic thing, but later it became too stereotyped and became the symbol of this country.For example, in the last century, foreigners doubted whether Chinese people knew all about martial arts. If actors were outside, they would not be able to get ahead if they didn't know kung fu.

Anyway, things like this, so documentary-style films can be good or bad.The series of impacts produced are also unpredictable.Therefore, many countries and regions are very cautious in reviewing such shooting projects.

"Why is Xianjun doing such a laborious and poorly planned project? Is he acting in it himself?"

"I don't know." Mei Zhang didn't know. "But Xianjun has invested in many projects, and he personally came to run this one, which shows that he values ​​this very much. If you're curious, let me ask."

Cai Cai quickly waved her hand, no, no, no, "I'm not curious." It would be unlucky to be dragged by the Immortal Lord to act.

Xianjun made a video call to Cai Cai in the evening. Cai Cai directly talked about the notebook and the chat between Mei Zhang and the others. He said that if the script was not changed, he could try to invite Wei Zhen, and if she could agree, You can start it directly and try it.

"Don't worry about this book yet, I'm looking for someone to rewrite it."

The original script was just a hodgepodge story of silly and sweet palaces fighting against each other, with all the characters being silly and sweet and in love, but Cai Cai felt that there were many characters but not cluttered, and almost every character's story line was complete. It is automatically added as the plot develops, and the plot is a lot worse, but the main story is actually quite good, and the core is an ancient love story.If it is shot in the style of a real drama, the effect should be quite good. It has family, friendship and love, and the characters are rich. It is actually a very good book.

"I listened to you and found the original screenwriter. After she sold the rights, she also wrote a novel. I read it myself. The story is more complete and the time span is wider. I think I can be made into a long TV series. Ask her to rewrite the script and show it to you later."

As for whether to find Wei Zhen, "Let's talk about it then. If this project is launched, it will not be a small project. There will be many actors needed. If you are interested,"

"I didn't." Cai Cai refused directly.She really doesn't have time. Xianjun throws in projects one after another, and it seems that she can act until she is 30 years old.

"I told you before that I need you to mend the hole. Don't worry. We are still writing the script now. It's early." They were sleeping together, so there was no chance of Cai Cai until she came of age. Even after she became an adult, there was no chance of her in a short period of time.Because the audience will always have the impression of her as an underage, once the scene of sharing a bed is filmed, the audience will be very resistant.

After saying that, the Immortal Lord also leaned back and asked, "When will you return home?"

Jarvis has sent over the final schedule for reshoots, "in four days."

Xian Jun hummed and suddenly said, "Congratulations, Best Actress."

Cai Cai didn't hold back and laughed, hehehe, "Same joy, same joy."

Xian Jun did not appear in the camera, and the picture was fixed on the oil painting behind him. The entire picture was filled with Cai Cai's beaming smile. She was really happy.
So happy.
"We'll be celebrating when I get back. Call Chenchen. Everyone has worked hard during this time."

The Fairy Lord agreed, and then talked about the selection of Oriental Star, "You can win the Best Foreign Language Film Award. I will apply for the Best Actress Award here. I don't know if you can win the award."

The Oriental Star Award is also very difficult to win. Tina's domestic box office is not top-notch. There are many more films competing in the same period than Tina, but the awards may still be huge. George still takes all the awards he can apply for. I applied once, but it’s really hard to say whether the result is good or not.

It’s hard to say, but it actually means I’m not optimistic about it.

Cai Cai could still hear that there was something in George's words.

"Actually, this has something to do with the types of films that each film festival focuses on. After all, there are so many themes in film and television dramas. In order to let a hundred flowers bloom, every film has the possibility of winning. When there is only one trophy, it is inevitable There will be regrettable results, so by default, the Golden Mask selection type is commercial science fiction war and other themes. Eastern Star focuses on Asian circles and humanistic and historical themes, and Star Sail also follows this route. After all, We in Asia started late in the film and television industry, so we are also encouraging new talents and new works from around the world."

Therefore, many new directors, screenwriters, actors, and behind-the-scenes staff, no matter which country they are in, will come to Oriental Star and Star Sail if they want to work on projects to earn awards.

The other three, "The Farah Film Festival is about love and family relationships, and there are many love themes. The love movies with high scores in film history are all award-winning works at Farah. The Baoli Film Festival focuses on writing historical war biographies, etc. Realistic themes, such as palace-type films about historical figures, will go to Polaroid to win awards. Relatively speaking, the smaller Golden Bay Film Festival specializes in horror themes, and there are also many bizarre themes, which are not niche. It’s really remarkable that such a niche film can be turned into a worldwide film festival.”

Cai Cai knew that Jinwan's entries were obviously not in line with Huaxia's serious and upright painting style, but under such contradictory circumstances, Jinwan continued to hold the competition year after year.In fact, in the early days, some of the popular films that participated in the Golden Bay Film Festival were zombie and ghost hunting themes.It is now said that Jinwan embarked on the path of selecting ghost kings and ghost queens because it awarded awards to those movies at that time.Yes, the others are all movie kings and movie queens, and only the male and female protagonists from Jinwan are called ghost kings and ghost queens.The audience is really cute.

This does not mean that only the themes preferred by each major film festival can participate in the competition, as long as they meet the selection criteria.But to put it bluntly, awards are actually a competition for honor. As long as there is competition, there will be means.If you want to maximize the benefits of the project, you will try every means to analyze the pros and cons and let the prize fall into your hands.

For many projects, the film festivals they will participate in and the awards they will compete for have already been calculated from the time they are established.

In fact, this is nothing, just like feeding children. Who doesn’t want their children to look better?

For the Tina project, George went for the Golden Mask from the very beginning, otherwise he wouldn’t have had to cast Cai Cai.This means that Cai Cai, as the leading actor, will be running for the Best Actress award, and it will all be taken into account.Then she also worked hard to win an award for Cai Cai. Although the result was not as good as George expected, Tina had already earned it if she could win such a heavyweight award as Best Actress.At least it will leave a mark in film history.

This is the charm and ability of heavyweight awards.

It’s no wonder that at the beginning of every project, they have ideals and want to win awards.

It is precisely because the major film festivals have their own focus, and Oriental Star prefers Asia and newcomers' new films, that why Xianjun said it is hard to say whether Cai Cai will win the award.This is equivalent to saying that Cai Cai is out of business.

"But even if you are accompanying me, this is your first movie in which you will definitely star. You have already won the title of Golden Mask. Even if you have no success in Eastern Star, it doesn't matter." Xianjun feels that Cai Cai is definitely smiling. The qualifications of being proud of Jianghu.This confidence is not given by the Golden Mask actress, but by the work.

Because many times, actors still have to let their works speak for themselves.Winning an award is the icing on the cake and getting huge recognition, but the work is what makes an actor bold.

Cai Cai nodded to express his understanding, and then thought, "Can I win the supporting actor award for Chenchen?"

The Immortal Lord smiled, "You just thought about it, you don't need to worry about it. Both Si Chen and George are running away, they are not fools. If you want to canvass Si Chen's platform, discuss it with him, don't Just mess around with yourself." Although there is some magical Cai Cai buff, it is always right to be cautious.Moreover, Cai Cai himself is not afraid of making trouble on his own, but others may not be.

Cai Cai felt relieved and planned to talk to Si Chen later.

The immortal king said something more and asked Cai Cai to rest early.

Jarvis said some of the reshoots for the final part of Empire will be used in Season [-].

"Long-form works are most afraid of ending at the end, and are afraid of incoherent plots. Therefore, many long-form works will shoot some content for the next season in advance, so that when the filming of the next season starts, they can unify the style and continue the plot." Jarvis and Cai Cai explained briefly. After a while, knowing that Cai Cai knew this, he didn't say much and turned to talking about next season's clothing.

Jarvis is really planning to change his clothing style.

It just so happens that many story lines have unfolded, and it is better than all countries have come out, so the clothing style of each country should be different.

Cai Cai thinks this is risky, because if the costume changes, the character's makeup, hairstyle and even props will also change.Putting aside the cost issue, let’s talk about this time. Do we need to bring all the old actors over to re-model them?Besides, the audience can't accept it. After watching three seasons, something suddenly changed in the fourth season. This will cause an obvious sense of separation.

"Nowadays, costumes from different countries have appeared many times. Using different costumes in different countries as a reason for changing costumes is acceptable to the actors but not to the audience."

But Jarvis is very dissatisfied with the clothes now, and it's true.

"Then I'll go back and find another costume designer, and combine it with the previous look, and then do the design."

Anyway, it’s just about changing.

Cai Cai turned to complain to Lily, suspecting that Jarvis was doing this for the convenience of accounting.

Lily laughed and said it was impossible. Jarvis had [-] ways to do the accounting, why would he have to use such a laborious method of changing clothes.

"Anyway, it will become more and more beautiful, and it will be much stronger than the beggar style of those years."

There was a time when the costumes in Western costume dramas were all gray and even looked dirty and tattered.Even the gorgeous outfit is dusty.Compared with the bright and gorgeous style of the last century, it was regarded as beggar style by the audience.Only the costume dramas of country E still adhere to the bright and gorgeous style, while other countries are even becoming more and more beggar-style.Later, the audience probably hurt their eyes too much and protested too much. Finally, it returned to the gorgeous style of white, pink and green, and the picture looked brighter and more beautiful.

Some scholars have analyzed that this is related to the social trend and the economy, but the audience feels that it is related to those design big guys. Those big guys have died, and a new generation of big guys has emerged, so there is a new aesthetic style. .

Cai Cai has never done this part of the analysis and doesn't know much about it, but whether as an audience or an actor, she understands the importance of clothing to the work.Let’s not talk about whether it fits the history or not. Let’s just talk about the costume design that fits the character. It will really add a lot of points to the character and make the performance smoother.

The empire's current clothes are also gorgeous, but not so bright. The white color is also milky white, which looks dim but gentle in the camera.When Cai Cai's characters wear white, most of them are nightgowns or underskirts, and they are also used during fights or emotional outbursts. Cai Cai feels that this kind of creamy white suits the character and the plot very well.If it were changed to that pale white color, the quality of the picture would definitely not be degraded.

As a main actor, Cai Cai is still worried that Jarvis changes his costume as soon as he slaps his head, and the costumes are not as good as before.So after the reshoots were completed, she still told Jarvis that if he had decided on the clothes for next season, he must send them to her for a look first.Jarvis knew Cai Cai's worries and responded with a smile, and reassured her that there would be no problem.

The more I listen to it, the less reliable it becomes.
"You are the only one who thinks that the God Maker is unreliable." Si Chen and Cai Cai returned to China together. He has guest-starred in several dramas in the past few days, playing six roles. One of them has been broadcast now. It is a scene. The TV series is quite popular.There are five left, and three of them are movies. It’s hard to say whether they will be released or not. Anyway, he has finished filming.Cao Xin has returned to China to run for the prize, together with Adrian.

"Cao Xin's father prepared the reception" Si Chen couldn't say. Cao Xin's father also prepared a more "rich" reception. Cao Xin also begged him not to let Cai Cai know, but the paparazzi news would definitely come out. Cai Cai Even if he doesn't go online, Mei Zhang and the others will.Besides, he felt that it was Adrian who was embarrassed by this kind of thing. He just told Cai Cai to let her see more clearly what Adrian was. But since Cao Xin even used the word "beg", Si Chen felt sorry for him. Didn't mention it.

In fact, no one would mention it to Cai Cai.Because Cai Cai didn't care about Adrian in the first place, it didn't matter what he did.And let alone Cao Xin's father, even if Cao Xin himself entertained it, no one would tell Cai Cai.
The news of Cai Cai's return to China was posted online before she got on the plane.So even if she was on a chartered flight and walked through the VIP channel, there would still be crowds of people picking her up at the airport.Mei Zhang asked Fang Qiao to deal with it, send gifts to persuade him to quit, etc. He took Cai Caixian back to the Kunlun crew.

At the gate of the filming base of the Kunlun crew, Fang Xiaoning led people to wait here early, with everyone holding flowers and latte art in their hands.Seeing Cai Cai's car drive in, Fang Xiaoning waved, and firecrackers began to set off outside. They couldn't help but set off firecrackers here. Fang Xiaoning prepared a lot of firecrackers. For several days after they were set off, the doorway smelled like firecrackers.

(End of this chapter)