Chapter 8: Late Male Three

Li Shixin drank tea for a while, and the second scene was already prepared.

He is old, and he was praised by the director in public just now, and everyone in the crew has a good impression of him. While everyone else was busy, Li Shixin borrowed the script of "The Forbidden at the End" from the drama department and took a look.

He thought that this drama was so well-made that it must be a long series.

In his time and space, this kind of period drama in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China is a proper weapon for cheating money. After all, TV series are sold for money by the number of episodes, so this kind of period drama with a relatively large investment, in order to recover the cost or make a profit, will shoot forty or fifty episodes for you at every turn. Twenty or thirty episodes, that can be called conscience.

But to his surprise, the script of "The Forbidden Doom" only has twelve episodes!

This really made Li Shixin a little unbelievable.

The background of the story is that in 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance knocked on the door of the country, and Cixi fled west. In the troubled times, Ma Inchuan, the son of the protagonist Foreign Minister Ma Enming, was inspired by Li Shiqi, who was ostensibly a pear garden opera, but was actually a revolutionary aspirant, and gathered a group of people with lofty ideals to resist. Later, in order to return to Luan, Cixi not only negotiated peace with the foreign powers, but also executed a large number of princes and ministers who were listed as war criminals by the invaders.

The progress of the whole story is quite bright, and although the emotional drama between the protagonist and the heroine is heart-wrenching, it is not abrupt at all when it is interspersed in the troubled times. On the contrary, it is the last scene; Ma Renchuan was arrested and was about to be executed, and the heroine, who had already successfully escaped, wore red makeup on the day of execution, and sang the famous Peking Opera "Mandarin Duck Tomb" for the protagonist at the execution ground, and then the part of martyrdom pushed the whole plot to a climax.

The plot is not very exciting, but it is tight enough.

The fly in the ointment is that the part of the male No. 3 "Saqia" in the play is awkward to look at. Every time this character appears, not only is it useless to promote the plot, but also whether it is the lines or the character's journey from a gentleman to a generous and righteous person, it seems a little hurried and far-fetched.

"Old man, why are you frowning when you look at it? What's the matter, the script is not good?" Seeing Li Shixin's brows, the drama manager on the side pinched his cigarette and smiled.

Li Shixin shook his head, closed the script and returned it: "It's good, I just think this male number three...... It's a bit redundant. ”

The drama manager smiled, saw that there was no one left and right, and lowered his voice and said: "This is a role that the management has asked to add, and the management has designated Liu Xin, a popular student recently, to join the group, and the script was written at that time, and it was temporarily changed!"

Oh.

Li Shixin nodded deeply.

Let's just say it.

It makes sense.

The little partner of the boss of the capital can't be provoked.

......

Compared with the first scene in the morning, the shooting of the second scene was obviously much smoother.

It is rumored that Rongdian Film and Television City is the place where the most RB devils are killed, and tens of thousands of RB devils are eliminated every day. Although it is a joke, it also shows that there are really many anti-Japanese dramas in Rongdian.

Most of the group performers present have played RB devils, and they are already familiar with the scenes of burning, killing and looting.

This scene of foreign soldiers entering the capital can be described as smooth, almost a pass.

After a lot of work, it was noon.

Although there were some twists and turns in the two scenes in the morning, the effect of the large-scale scene scheduling was good, and the director was very happy, so he specially asked the drama to arrange additional meals.

Although Li Shixin mentioned his dietary requirements to the group leaders before, he didn't really take it seriously.

The body is getting older, and the appetite is losing greatly. Although he spent the whole morning on the set, he didn't feel hungry in his stomach.

But thinking that there was still a scene in the afternoon, and the set was far away from the commercial area, so when he saw the crew having dinner, he still walked over slowly.

To tell the truth, the crew's lunch was not bad.

There are two meat, two vegetarian dishes, and an extra chicken thigh.

Li Shixin had just received a boxed lunch from the field staff when he heard someone behind him call him.

"Oh, old man, I've been looking for you for a long time! Why did you come here to deal with it? The millet porridge and small pickles from the party porridge shop have been specially bought for you! Hurry up, the director is waiting for you over there to eat!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shuo, the leader of the group, rushed out from behind and snatched the lunch box in Li Shixin's hand without saying anything.

"Tsk, how embarrassing is that?" Watching Zhang Shuo use chopsticks to pull the food in the lunch box back into the vegetable bowl, Li Shixin said with a smile.

"What's so embarrassing, hurry up, the director is waiting for you over there to eat!"

Side.

The group performers looked at the group leader who didn't even have a smile, and invited Li Shixin to the special dining area of the director team like a dog, and their eyes widened one by one.

At this moment, they suddenly felt that the hard-won chicken leg in their hands ...... It doesn't smell good!

.......

"Old man, I'll tell you about the play for a while. There are a few points that you should pay attention to. ”

After lunch, Guan Lan took a bottle of mineral water and found Li Shixin with the newly revised script.

"Your scene in the afternoon is a rivalry with the male number three. The scene is that after the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the city, the beggar character you played was beaten by the RB soldiers and was severely injured. When he was dying, he met the male number three. At the last moment of your life, you asked the male number three to leave you alone and asked him to pick up the sword to defend his family and country. ”

Hearing this, Li Shixin nodded.

When he read the script before, he felt that the motivation of the role of male No. 3 from a gentleman to a patriot was not very strong, and it seemed that the whole role was very empty. After Guan Langa's scene, the motivation of the male No. 3 to resist is sufficient, and the whole character also has a more obvious mental journey.

With the addition of such a scene, it seems that the whole plot is much smoother.

"You have five lines, and I'll give you the script in a moment, and you're familiar with it. ”

"Don't worry, isn't it just five lines, it's almost there!" Li Shixin nodded, originally planned to run a trick to familiarize himself with the market, but he didn't expect to mix up a character with lines.

It was a bonus.

Seeing the confidence on Li Shixin's face, Guan Lan smiled.

But after laughing, he hesitated and said, "Old man, although you have never acted." But I can see that your drama skills from decades ago are still there. That one...... This actor of the third male is relatively young. Maybe it's in the show...... Hi. Let me tell you this, when you play with him in a while, you take him with your emotions. ”

I heard from the other end of the field that the actor who was the third male was temporarily added by the boss of the management side, and Li Shixin already had a number.

He hadn't seen many such actors before.

Most of them are traffic stars, and then when they see which drama is more popular, they come over temporarily. Add some exposure to yourself.

Such an actor, you don't expect him to have acting skills.

But it's not something he is worried about, now he is an old man, and it is already a good luck to get the opportunity to play with the male number three.

In order to save enough cheers for himself and live a few more days, Li Shixin nodded deeply.

.......

At half past one in the afternoon, the crew began to get busy again after finishing lunch.

According to what Guan Lan told him just now, this male No. 3 can arrive at two o'clock in the afternoon. There are a few lines in total, and he can call it a day and go home after filming in about ten minutes.

After lunch, Li Shixin took the script and memorized the lines.

There are not many lines, and the gold content is quite high;

Old beggar: Don't be sad, young man.

Saqia: Old man, you hold on!

Old Beggar: I can't stand it...... People are dying, and the old man knows it.

Saqia: Don't bother to speak, old man, I have good medicine at home, and I will heal you immediately!

Old Beggar: Don't bother. The old man has been like duckweed all his life, and he has been kneeling in this world for more than ten years. Now that he can stand up straight, quenching the saliva on Xiao Dongyang's face, this old bone is considered dead...... It's worth it, pick up the knife...... Drive out foreign captives and restore China!

That's just five lines.

Li Shixin memorized it more than a dozen times, and finally the melon was ripe.

However, the lines are ready.

The male number three jumped the ticket.

Li Shixin sat in the studio of the props group, seeing that the three major scenes in the afternoon had been filmed, seeing the group performers who had no scenes changing their costumes and going home, and seeing Guan Lan anxiously urging several times with the phone.

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, until the sun sets in the west, and the tired birds in the woods outside the set have returned to their nests, and this male No. 3 has no shadow.

The beginning of autumn has passed, and although the temperature is not low at noon, the weather is still cool at dusk.

At half past four, I saw that the sun was about to set. Finally, there was a burst of engine sounds outside the set. Immediately afterwards, a Toyota Alpha nanny car stopped in front of Li Shixin with a long cloud of smoke.

A tall, thin young man with big sunglasses and a cap jumped out of the car.

After finding Guan Lan with a cold face in the crowd, he said lightly: "I'm sorry, director, there was something temporary just now." It's a little late, so let's get started. ”

After taking a deep look at the other party, Guan Lan turned around and roared: "Your legs are rusty? Don't you see Ah Xin arrive? Don't you work yet, waiting to stay up late on the set to cultivate immortals?"

Obviously upset.