In 2016, the filming of "In the Name of the People" began, Lu Yi disliked the low salary and resolutely did not star! Lu Yi said: "The salary of 80 actors adds up, and it is only 20 million!" ”
Speaking of director Li Lu, it is estimated that many people do not know, but when it comes to "In the Name of the People", everyone should know! Li Lu is the director of the TV series "In the Name of the People".
The drama "In the Name of the People" was almost killed when it was still in the "cradle", and it was director Li Lu's repeated insistence that overcame many difficulties to make this drama meet us.
At first, "In the Name of the People" had no script, and Li Lu only had a general outline in his hand, but Li Lu felt that this drama could definitely catch fire, so he added the storyline to the outline little by little, and this writing took several years.
Since there will be a lot of professional things in the play, in order to seek the truth, director Li Lu has experienced it one by one, and only by empathizing with himself can he write a good script.
At that time, in order to write the script more perfectly, Li Lu directly gathered several people to form a script creation team. Everyone in the group is trying to write the script.
As long as there is a need, director Li Lu will go to the grassroots level with the team members, at that time, Li Lu's family did not understand his behavior, but Li Lu wanted to write a good script too much, this is his dream!
Li Lu and the group members traveled to many cities together, in order to seek the truth, he specifically found the undercover police of the real incident, and listened carefully to the undercover police retelling the scene at that time, which were all recorded by them one by one. Director Li Lu said in a later interview that these provided strong help for their later creation.
In order to write a good script, the screenwriter soaks in the library all day and reads a large number of cases every day, because only in this way will the written cases be true and more in line with historical reality!
In short, with their unremitting efforts, the script of "In the Name of the People" was completed. Director Li Lu flipped it over and over again the moment he got the script, and he was happy because it was the first step to realize his dream.
The second step is to choose the role. Because the investors at that time did not invest a lot of money, this drama was a "poor" film, and the director made difficulties.
If there are difficulties, they must be overcome, otherwise the previous efforts will not be in vain? First of all, the male protagonist, director Li Lu felt that Chen Daoming was very suitable, so he invited him, Chen Daoming read the script and said that he liked it, but Chen Daoming was too busy at that time to adjust the schedule.
Just when director Li Lu was in trouble, Lu Yi called, and on the other end of the phone, Lu Yi said: "Director, I heard that you wrote a book, can I try it?" The director was happy because he felt that Lu Yi was really suitable, so he arranged the time and let Lu Yi come to the audition.
After the audition, the director was very satisfied, and Lu Yi liked it very much, but Lu Yi refused to star, why? It turned out that Lu Yi heard that the salary of this drama was too low, and he didn't want to waste time and not earn money.
This can make the director anxious, so to say that Lu Yi is still unwilling. It is said that the disaster is not alone, the investor called to inform them that they are going to withdraw their investment, the reason is that the subject matter is too sensitive, afraid that the broadcast is hopeless, then they will lose ah!
Director Li Lu had no choice, so he had to find the producer Gao Yalin, and the two sat in the office and sighed, Gao Yalin said, I'll find a way, this drama must be filmed normally.
You know, the production cost of a drama is not a small amount, although Gao Yalin is quite rich, but it is impossible to take out so much money at once, so he sold a villa without his family, and the next day he found director Li Lu with 20 million.
Seeing this, the director found Lu Yi again and told him how hard-won this drama was, and he wrote the script and stayed at the grassroots level for several years, because there was no investor, Gao Yalin directly sold the house.
Listening to Li Lu "selling miserable", Lu Yi couldn't bear it, so he agreed to shoot, other actors Li Lu still used this method, fortunately, he successfully won everyone's "sympathy", and then it was time to start filming.
Soon, "In the Name of the People" officially began to shoot, the director saw that his hard work was about to develop to the next step, both excited and excited, the filming process was smooth, after several months, the drama was successfully filmed, and the next step was editing and production.
Everyone waited with apprehension for the reaction after the broadcast. "In the Name of the People" was widely praised as soon as it was broadcast, and the novel theme and superb acting skills unanimously made this drama.
In the end, the drama was sold to Hunan Satellite TV for 220 million, and after the broadcast was completed, the drama also became a classic drama and achieved good results in ratings.
Of course, this drama also made Li Lu director, and "In the Name of the People" is his masterpiece.
The total salary of 80 actors is only 20 million, there is endless sadness in this, but fortunately they all persevered, so we can see this classic!
