For Balzac, the content that must be memorized in junior high school literary knowledge, "the father of modern French novels", and his masterpiece "The Old Man". This is everything that can be thought of in He Xin's mind about Balzac, and his novels have not been read.

For this reason, he specially borrowed a copy of Balzac's novel "Huss Mirouet", which is repeatedly mentioned in the play, from the Chinese opera library.

This novel is far easier to read than "The Garden of Diverging Paths", which he has repeatedly studied before, that is, about a wealthy famous doctor who returns to his hometown and receives a girl named Yusuer as a consolation for old age. And several of his relatives are greedy, in order to compete for the inheritance, spy on the spy, unscrupulous means, and almost make an innocent girl a victim.

The novel is quite exciting. The reason why this novel can deeply attract everyone in the script, including educated youths such as Luo Ming and Ma Jianling, doctors in hospitals, and even illiterate farmers, is that He Xin probably describes the material environment of 17th-century France in detail in the novel.

For example, the house at that time, the surrounding environment, the city, the street, the interior decoration and daily life utensils, etc., for the Chinese who had been closed for a long time at that time, it was undoubtedly like opening a window to see the new and wonderful world outside.

What's more, there are all kinds of wonderful character descriptions and touching love stories in it.

He Xin's impression of the educated youth in his previous life was not deep, and more came from the memory of the original owner. Luo Ming and Ma Jianling in the script are basically the same age as the original owner's father, and he can even imagine that the original owner's father, who was only fifteen years old at the time, sang a song in praise of Grandpa Mao, and came from the prosperous Dasheng Sea to the deserted Great Northern Wilderness.

The extremely harsh natural environment, heavy labor, extremely poor material conditions, and almost empty spiritual world made this thin teenager evolve from fanaticism and excitement at the beginning to confusion, numbness, and even to the verge of collapse.

is like what Ma Jianling said in the script: If you want to live in this mountain for the rest of your life, your back will be cold when you think about it.

Just as Luo Ming and Ma Jianling in the script met a girl in the mountains that they will remember for a lifetime-the little tailor, the father of the original owner also met a beautiful and fierce Northeast girl in the Great Northern Wilderness.

Perhaps in this regard, the original owner's father was lucky, even happier, and at the same time more courageous - for the sake of love forever.

He Xin followed the experience of his father in the memory of the original owner, and felt that a door was faintly opened, and he seemed to have entered the world of Ma Jianling.

Thinking about it carefully, He Xin found that he was actually very similar to Ma Jianling, the same taciturn, and he was also in love with a girl but didn't dare to confess......

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The start of "Balzac and the Little Tailor" was delayed by nearly half a month from the scheduled date, mainly because the filming permit could not be obtained for a long time, and the French producer Aunt Lisa personally went out and negotiated with the relevant departments through the embassy, which was reluctantly done, but there were words in advance, it was okay to shoot, but not to be released in China.

He Xin rushed to the crew to report two days in advance, and he couldn't come back until two months after going out to film this time, and he left the house key to Cheng Hao when he left.

She has officially reported to Renyi, and she is still living in the school dormitory for the time being, He Xin's meaning is very clear, that is, I hope she can move over. Although Cheng Hao didn't say anything for a long time, at least he still received the key.

"When you get to the crew, don't have any conflicts with people, you must remember to call me as soon as you have something, you don't come forward for some things, I'll come forward, some things you can't say, I'll say it." ”

"I heard that there is a big temperature difference between morning and evening, so you must pay attention to keeping warm and be careful of catching a cold. ”

"Don't go out and run around alone at night, be sure to pay attention to safety. ”

“......”

Sister Hong personally drove him to the airport, chattering a lot along the way. It's probably been too long since anyone talked to him like this, and instead of feeling annoyed, He Xin felt warm in his heart.

Dai Sijie originally wanted to put the filming location in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, where he originally cut the line, but the field investigation found that there was still the same as when he left there more than 20 years ago, there is still no road, from the nearest provincial road to the village where he cut the line, it takes several hours to walk, and the living conditions there are still very difficult, there are still many French people in the crew, and it is obviously not possible to have a good living environment. He had to give up his original intention and put the filming location in the beautiful Zhangjiajie.

As an up-and-coming tourist city, there are direct flights to the capital, and the selected main filming location, Tianmen Mountain, is not too far from the city.

When He arrived, the crew behind the set, including the cinematographer and gaffer from France, had been there for almost a month, mainly due to delays in filming permits. At the same time, it also gave them enough time, almost all the surrounding mountains and rivers, and made full preparations for the official start of shooting.

"Sister Zhou, Brother Kun, what are you doing here?"

In the hotel in Zhangjiajie, He Xin met Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, who arrived before him. As soon as he entered the door to say hello, he saw a French buddy carrying a camera, so he pointed the camera at him, which startled him.

"Xiaohe, it's okay!"

is different from the coldness of the first cooperation, this time Zhou Xun was obviously much more enthusiastic, and greeted him with a smile and explained: "They are filming behind-the-scenes footage, that is, filming the bits and pieces of our usual filming." ”

He Xin roughly understood, probably the meaning of the behind-the-scenes documentary. He used to be reluctant to recharge as a member on a video website, and whenever a blockbuster movie was released, he would often go to see free exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries. It's just that the rise of behind-the-scenes documentaries like this seems to be only two or three years old, but I didn't expect France to start playing this as early as this time.

"It's okay, he shoots him, we take care of us, you just treat him as if he doesn't exist. Zhou Xun thought that He Xin was not suitable, and explained with a smile.

"Oh, I see. ”

He Xin nodded, and greeted Zhou Xun and Chen Kun again: "Sister Zhou, Brother Kun, are you here early?"

"No, we arrived less than two hours before you. I just finished filming in Wuxi, Kun'er is in Shenghai, we took the same flight this morning, maybe Shenghai is closer here than Beijing. ”

Saying that, Zhou Xun smiled and said: "Xiaohe, don't call me Sister Zhou in the future, I'm used to everyone calling me Sister Xun, you call me Sister Zhou, I always feel like I'm calling someone else." ”

He Xin opened his mouth and just wanted to change his words, but saw Chen Kun grinning and said, "Don't, Xiao He, don't call her Sister Xun, just call her Brother Xun, she likes others to call her that." ”

Brother Xun, it turns out that the source is here!

He Xin was as good as a stream, and immediately shouted: "Brother Xun!"

"Hey!"

The weekly news was also very happy.

In addition to Zhou Xun and Chen Kun in the house, there are two actors, one is Wang Hongwei who plays the four-eyed one, He Xin doesn't know him, and he looks quite unfamiliar, but it is said to be the queen actor of Section Chief Jia, Section Chief Jia has filmed three works so far, and this is the male number one.

The other is Wang Shuangbao, the actor of the village chief in the script, this He Xin is very familiar, don't look at his fierce face, but in his later works, the characters he plays always have an inexplicable sense of joy.

"Brother Bao, hello! You played Dong Lei, it's really good! As soon as I met you just now, my legs and stomach couldn't help but tremble. ”

"Oh, Xiaohe, you're so polite! I completely asked my parents to give me a face, how good it is to talk about it. Brother Bao hurriedly waved his hand.

The hit drama "12.1 Shooting Case" two years ago was the first play in which Brother Bao just transformed from a Peking Opera martial artist to a film and television actor.

It's just that Brother Bao has just completed his transformation at this time, and "Balzac and the Little Tailor" is the first film he is about to appear in, so although he is the oldest among the actors here, he is still very modest and low-key.

There is also an actor here today, that is, the old man Cong Zhijun Cong, who plays the role of the little tailor's grandfather and the old tailor in the play, but the old man is over 70 years old this year, and he is resting in the room after a tiring journey.

In the evening, director Desjie called a meeting with the crew, and then He Xin discovered that not only photography and lighting are the best in the French film industry. On the Chinese side, the artist Cao Jiuping is the royal artist of the National Teacher, and the recording of Wu Lala is also an outstanding role among the so-called sixth generation of filmmakers.

This is completely a luxurious Sino-French joint behind-the-scenes creative team!