Chapter 1697 - 829: Variety Interview (4,000 Words)_3

Chapter 1697: Chapter 829: Variety Interview (4,000 Words)_3

"Song Chi is not idle over here either; I see he’s been working all the time."

"Starting your own company basically means you can never be idle," Zhou Lan said, "Look at us, with just this small studio, we have so much going on. I feel like one secretary is not enough for me now."

Zhou Yun said, "Then hire a few more secretaries, you can also train some backup talents; haven’t you always said you’re short on people?"

"Hiring just a few more people means more manpower costs, especially when you bring in several people at once. Later on, how do you handle them? It’s hard to set up a hierarchy, who gets promoted, who doesn’t; give this one a raise, do you raise the other one too? It’s all a hassle. I’d rather hire slowly and build a normal hierarchy."

"That’s true."

"Jinling Jewelry bought you the cover of S magazine again, and they’re scheduling a shoot with us."

"How is Jinling Jewelry so wealthy? Buying one cover after another."

The cover of such a top fashion magazine usually takes eight to ten million to secure, with important months being even more expensive.

Generally, a brand rarely spends so much on covers in such a short time.

"Do they have a new product coming out?"

"Yes," Zhou Lan said. "Moreover, your previous cover on V magazine had a great response, which even raised Jinling Jewelry’s stock price a little. They’re naturally happy to spend money; as long as spending brings returns, no company is unwilling to invest."

Zhou Yun: "They’re really financially strong. Among all the brands I endorse, Jinling Jewelry pushes covers for me the most."

"The magazine side is also eager for you to shoot the cover. When you do, it always attracts massive attention, drawing traffic to the magazine," Zhou Lan said. "Fashion magazines are currently heavily impacted by new media; they need to constantly demonstrate to brands that they remain the top ’bible’ of fashion, guiding everyone’s fashion aesthetics."

The fashion industry is a huge business chain, and Zhou Yun is highly praised because she knows how to play this game and naturally has a sense of fashion. The fashion circle admires her, her fan base is vast, and her ability to drive sales is strong—behind this ability is that people recognize Zhou Yun’s aesthetics and are willing to follow her taste.

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On the day Variety magazine came to the crew, they were still filming as usual and did not stop work.

The editors and photographers from Variety magazine were accompanied by staff specially arranged by the Mélando crew, with very strict guidelines on what could be filmed and what couldn’t.

This included the plot, with strict limitations on what could be discussed and what couldn’t.

Zhou Yun only had one scene today, which was quite simple, just a close-up of her right hand.

However, shooting a movie is indeed different from filming a TV series.

Filming a movie involves taking it shot by shot.

Tim Lang was the first to be interviewed by Variety.

"How has your experience working with these actors been?"

Tim said, "They’re all very young and energetic actors, famous celebrities in their respective countries. Filming this movie with them has been a lot of fun, and everyone gets along very well."

"Are there any memorable experiences while working with these young actors?"

Tim thought for a moment and said, "There are many, including how many of them have shown maturity beyond their years in terms of acting skills, and their attitude towards acting. Filming this movie has been tough and dangerous at times; some scenes were really risky. But they all cooperated without refusing to do dangerous stunts just because they’re famous, which really moved me. You know, I’ve been directing for a long time and often encounter actors who avoid hardship and danger, either by refusing to shoot or insist on using body doubles."

"So far, which scene has left the deepest impression on you?"

Tim didn’t hesitate on this question and said directly, "It was a scene between Zhou Yun and Hugh Redman. We designed a shot that was incredibly exciting, something never done in films before, but it was also extremely dangerous to shoot. I couldn’t bring myself to make the decision, but after Zhou Yun heard about the dangers from the stunt coordinator, despite their advice to drop the shot, she resolutely decided to film it. Ultimately, she really pulled off that scene. I’m eagerly looking forward to showing everyone that shot on the big screen—it was amazing!"

As he spoke, Tim’s eyes were gleaming.

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