Because it is a cameo, He Xin only roughly flipped through the script of "Peacock", and the first feeling he had was that this was a Chinese version of "Growth and Troubles", which mainly described the three ways of cruel youth of the three characters in an ordinary Chinese working family: sister, brother and brother.

When he first read the script, he didn't think there was anything surprising about it, it was just a plain story about growth and dreams. The storyline in it may not be unfamiliar to people born in the 70s, including He Xin's own previous life and the memories of Yuan He Xin, many of which have been experienced personally.

Because in those days, the so-called "dreams" were a luxury for ordinary people. Parents are concerned about their children, but they do not understand their children's hearts. They work tirelessly to keep their children fed and warmly clothed, which is their greatest responsibility. But what the child thinks in his heart, they don't know.

Ideals and pursuits, realities and disappointments, accompany the pace of everyone's growth. Everyone is weaving their own dreams, and everyone has an attachment, even if this dream can be broken at any time, despite the setbacks that fate brings.

After being broken and frustrated, he woke up to the fact that all that was left was his imagination lying under the covers, and then he had to accept the arrangement of fate, after all, life had to go on.

Maybe Gu Changwei's "Peacock" just wants to make an epic for an ordinary person, right?

The main scenes filmed by the crew are all concentrated in Shuiye Town in the old town of Anyang, which is said to be a small town with a history of more than 2,000 years. Because an actress who is also a cameo and wants to play with He Xin has not yet arrived, Gu Changwei asked him to familiarize himself with the environment the next day.

He Xin had lunch the next day and walked around the town.

The town is small, but it retains a myriad of old-time features. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the blue bricks and green tiles have been scattered into several streets and alleys, and the ancient alleys are sparsely populated, and there are several grocery stores, shroud shops and simple barber shops.

And the interesting thing about this town is that from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Republic of China, the early days of liberation to the 70s, scenes from all periods can be found.

A meandering river flows around the town, He Xin listened to Feng Li, who came out with him to hang out, said that this small river is called Pearl River, because it originates in the famous Pearl Spring on the mountain next to the town, it is said that the Qing Dynasty once changed its name to Zhuxi Town because of the importance of the scenery of Pearl Spring, and then restored its old name to this day.

A "Shaolin Temple" movie has promoted Shaolin Temple to the world, and every year Shaolin Temple will attract a large number of tourists at home and abroad.

The filming location of the movie "Furong Town", formerly known as "Wang Village", is an ancient town with Tujia ethnic characteristics and more than 2,000 years of history and culture. With the fame of "Furong Town", this ancient town was renamed Furong Town and became a tourist hotspot.

In recent years, all localities are attracting investment, vigorously developing the economy, and tourism is also a top priority. Not long ago, He Xin followed Ning Hao's grass stage team to northern Shanxi to film, and the local government was very supportive and welcoming, not to mention the large crew with an investment of tens of millions.

Feng Li, who accompanied him shopping, also joked that the deputy county magistrate in charge of tourism in the local area couldn't wait for Director Gu to change the title of "Peacock" directly to "Shuiye Town".

He Xin and Feng Li were not too familiar when they were in school, mainly because his body type was too prominent, which was very recognizable, and he had a good relationship with Tang Wei, so he was barely a nodding friend.

Occasionally, I heard Tang Wei mention him, and He Xin's general impression of him was that although this person looked a little obese, he was actually a very shrewd person, and what was not very good was "with a pig on his face, and his heart was singing loudly".

For example, it's rare that he doesn't have a play today, so it stands to reason that he should rest in the hotel, or memorize lines or something, but when he heard that He Xin was going out for a walk, he volunteered to be a guide, and at first glance he was a very good person.

may be his overly prominent body type, many residents in the town actually know him, greet him warmly, and ask him when the crew will still recruit extras, remember to notify.

The crew of "Peacock" came to this dilapidated town to film, not only the government is enthusiastic, but the people here are also very welcome, on the one hand, it is novel, and more importantly, the crew often needs extras for filming, and they are given ten yuan and twenty yuan a day for filming, which not only satisfies their curiosity, but also has income, which can be described as a spiritual and material harvest.

In the face of these small town residents, Feng Li didn't have much arrogance, and happily responded in a non-standard local dialect. Later, he explained to He Xin that the director required them to learn to speak Anyang dialect, but he was stupid and slow to learn, so he could only use the opportunity to communicate with the locals to practice hard.

Unconsciously, the two of them walked to the bank of the Pearl River outside the town, although the water of this small river is not abundant, but it is very clear, and there are women washing and washing by the river.

Just standing by the river and looking at it from a distance, there were many people gathered on both sides of a stone bridge about two or three hundred meters away, and a lonely figure on the bridge stood as if he was throwing something under the bridge.

"Oh, it's Xiao Zhang's play this afternoon, and this will be filming. Do you want to go over and have a look?" Feng Li said with a smile.

He Xin has always been very curious about this Senior Sister Zhang, and nodded with interest: "Okay!"

Filming is like this, there will be a lot of onlookers everywhere, and usually someone will pull up the line to maintain order, so as not to accidentally break into the camera.

The people here are still relatively civilized when they look at the excitement, there is no pushing, shoving, and no one deliberately interferes with the shooting loudly. Of course, people like He Xin and Feng Li, who were originally crew members, can enter the infield.

Lu Yulai, who also had no drama in the afternoon, also squatted here at this time to watch the excitement, or study. Because he is in the Department of Drama and Literature, if the Department of Directing has a special examination for acting during the art examination, which is somewhat basic in acting, then the Department of Drama and Literature is completely blank in terms of performance.

He Xin looked at Feng Li and Lu Yulai, the two brothers in the play, one was fat and couldn't even ride a bicycle, and the other was skinny, completely two extremes. It's no wonder that Gu Changwei doesn't look for the acting department, goods like this image can't be found in the acting department at all!

Lu Yulai saw the two of them coming, grinned and nodded at them, and at the same time moved to the side to make way for a place. He Xin also followed his example and squeezed to the front to come down, as for Feng Li, he was too fat to squat, so he could only stand and watch.

At this time, it happened to be a shooting space, and I saw Gu Changwei dancing and talking to that Senior Sister Zhang, but the distance was too far away, and he couldn't hear it clearly, as if he was talking about what kind of feeling he wanted.

"How long have you been shooting?" He Xin took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed one to Lu Yulai, and asked casually.

After a dinner last night, the two got to know each other a lot. Lu Yulai was two years younger than him, and he looked like a weak white-faced scholar, but he was an old smoking gun, and He Xin caught a glimpse of four or five cigarette butts on the ground in front of him.

Lu Yulai skillfully took out a lighter, helped light a cigarette, took a deep breath, sprayed smoke, shook his head and said: "I have already shot more than a dozen, and the director is still not satisfied." ”

"There are already more than a dozen?"

Although there are far more NGs in movies than in TV dramas, it is still relatively rare to shoot more than a dozen shots in a row.

Lu Yu pouted under the bridge and said, "Fortunately, this wine bottle was thrown into the water, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to smash." ”

He Xin stretched his neck to look under the bridge, and sure enough, he saw a buddy standing on the river beach with his trouser legs rolled, holding a net bag in his hand, and fishing for bottles in the water.

Seeing this scene, He Xin remembered that according to the content in the script, the scene being filmed in front of him should be a scene in front of him.

The role of the paratrooper he played as a cameo is the person that Senior Sister Zhang liked at a glance in the play, and she couldn't forget it for more than ten years.

The sister played by Senior Sister Zhang wanted to be a paratrooper, so she stole the family's money, bought wine and wanted to bribe the paratrooper officer in charge of recruitment, that is, the role of He Xin's cameo.

But when she rushed to the recruiting office with her wine, she found that someone had already taken the lead. The paratrooper officer is playing table tennis with her rival, a fat girl, while the fat girl's sister is intimately wiping the paratrooper officer's sweat.

Seeing this scene, my sister, who was still very fragile at that time, suddenly fell apart, she walked to the bridge in a daze, stared at the river flowing under the bridge in a daze, and threw the bottles of wine bought with stolen money into the river.

What I am shooting now is the scene where my sister throws wine, and I have already taken more than a dozen of them, and He Xin feels incredible when he thinks about it.