Memory inheritor

Chapter 32 Tracing the Origins

After watching Peng Jun's demonstration video, Ji Cheng nodded in approval, saying, "There's really no difference, it's even better." Comparing the two, he was even more inclined to use this solution.

"Then let's take the picture like this, okay?" Tang Jinxia asked.

"Well..." Ji Cheng considered for a moment, feeling it was necessary to play it safe. "Let's shoot the original footage first to ensure tomorrow's event isn't affected. Then we'll shoot a few more takes based on this plan. What do you think, Teacher Tang?"

Tang Jinxia and Shen Qing discussed it and agreed to Ji Cheng's suggestion.

Shen Qing has risen to fame in the past year or so, gaining a large number of fans. However, given her relatively short time in the industry and her relatively weak foundation, they highly value this collaboration with Paradise Beverages. In the entertainment industry, the brand awareness of the brands a singer endorses is also an important indicator of a singer's status.

After determining the content to be filmed, Lao Huang began directing the staff to make arrangements.

Wei Hongsi whispered to Ji Cheng, "Mr. Ji, the video about Peng Jun that Teacher Tang has is very useful to us. Perhaps the police can find some clues related to the case from it."

"Yeah, right!" Ji Cheng said softly, "I almost forgot about that if you hadn't reminded me!"

He winked at Wei Hongsi, then walked up to Tang Jinxia and asked, "Teacher Tang, where did you get that video you just played?"

"I took the picture secretly." Tang Jinxia made no attempt to hide it, and even seemed quite self-righteous. "I was planning to let Shen Qing practice when she got back, so she could shoot that scene beautifully. How could I have known I would change my mind the next day?"

Ji Cheng nodded: "That's true. But according to our agreement, it's still against the rules for you, Teacher Tang, to film this."

"Oh, how could we possibly post the video?" Tang Jinxia said, taking out her phone. "Mr. Ji, if you're worried, I'll delete it all in front of you, is that alright?"

"That's not necessary," Ji Cheng waved his hand. He thought to himself, "This video is useless to you now, but it's useful to us."

"No matter what, that choreography was Zihu's idea. Since it didn't appear in the final cut they delivered, we need to give them an explanation if we want to use it later."

Tang Jinxia asked疑惑地问道, "So what do you mean?"

Ji Cheng said, "Please send me the original video you filmed, and I will negotiate with Zi Hu. If Shen Qing's performance style is similar in the future, there will be no controversy."

"Oh." Tang Jinxia pondered for a moment, "Alright, then I'll leave it to President Ji."

Ji Cheng's words were not meant to fool the other party.

Peng Jun's dance moves were very novel and unique in style. While not exactly stunning, they were certainly distinctive and highly recognizable. According to the agreement between the park and Purple Fox, this ultimately unused idea did indeed belong to Purple Fox Media.

Given Shen Qing's current popularity, using these dance moves in public performances or short videos will inevitably attract attention and generate buzz. If someone then uses the topic of originality to create hype, and brings up the fact that the dance choreographer, Peng Jun, is already dead, it will definitely not be a good thing for Shen Qing.

After Ji Cheng and Tang Jinxia finished their discussion, they sat down in the rest area and said to Wei Hongsi, "Engineer Wei, add me as a friend and I'll send you the video."

Wei Hongsi took out his phone, added Ji Cheng as a friend on Zhixun, and then asked, "President Ji, was the change to the plan during the previous filming proposed by Peng Jun himself?"

"I brought it up with him first. Shen Qing had never studied dance before, and Peng Jun's requirements were high, so we couldn't get it right no matter how many times we filmed it. At the time, Teacher Tang had a lot of opinions, saying that even filming a movie by a big director wasn't this strict, and he hoped that the difficulty could be lowered a bit."

"To be honest, even I think Peng Jun's request is a bit excessive. Shen Qing signed a three-year endorsement contract with us, and I don't want to ruin our relationship over this, so I went to discuss it with Peng Jun. But he firmly disagreed and refused to change anything."

"Later, Shen Qing and the others accepted it, so I didn't have anything to say. Let's just shoot according to Peng Jun's suggestion. Whether he's doing it for his own reputation, or for creativity, sentiment or something like that, as long as the quality of the final product is good, it won't do us any harm."

"Actually, I knew that Teacher Tang was secretly taking pictures that day, it was just to make it easier for Shen Qing to practice. Who knew that before filming started the next day, Peng Jun told me that he wanted to change the filming plan, which completely baffled me. If he could change it, why didn't he do it earlier?"

The twists and turns during the filming of GG left a very deep impression on Ji Cheng, and he still felt somewhat depressed when he thought about it.

Wei Hongsi asked for more details and also found Peng Jun's behavior somewhat puzzling, but his perspective was different.

It's no surprise that Peng Jun wanted to include his own personal touches in GG and wouldn't compromise on any detail of the filming.

But why did Peng Jun change the plan when Shen Qing and Ji Cheng had already accepted the strict standards?

Based on Ji Cheng's description, there should be no limitations in terms of time or funding.

So there might be two possibilities.

First, Peng Jun believed that forcing Shen Qing to take on too much difficulty would result in content that did not meet the requirements.

Secondly, due to certain variables, Peng Jun had to change the plan to achieve a specific objective.

The biggest difference between this GG from the amusement park and the three GGs that Peng Jun shot before is that it was transformed into Option B through AI rendering.

Judging from the results, the other three GGs weren't used for any specific purpose, so theoretically there are no requirements that must be met. Only the GG for the amusement park has a mandatory requirement.

Judging from the timing, the day that Zhiwei's CMS malfunctioned occurred during the filming of the Paradise project, which should be the variable.

Therefore, these two possibilities can actually be attributed to one reason—Zhiwei's CMS was compromised, and the mastermind behind it decided to target Paradise.

As Wei Hongsi pondered these thoughts, he observed the scene within the filming area.

After the lighting and set were adjusted and ready, Shen Qing stood in the center of the stage. With Lao Huang's shout of "Action!", the lights changed, the music started, and the cameras on the sliding track began to operate in sync with the people on site.

The shot was completed in a short time. Lao Huang then filmed another take, bringing the total to less than ten minutes.

Wei Hongsi was quite surprised: "President Ji, was it this fast when we filmed this scene last time too?"

"Definitely not, the preparation work alone took almost two hours," Ji Cheng said with a smile. "You think it's fast now because we used the same lighting as before, and the positions and camera angles were all copied, which definitely saved time. But if you're only considering the actual shooting time, then it's about the same."

Wei Hongsi then asked, "How does it compare to the other option?"

Ji Cheng said, "That will definitely be much simpler."

Wei Hongsi thought to himself: Is it simple? Then why did Peng Jun choose the difficult path instead of the easy one?