Duan Xiaochen said with a smile: "You told me before that you found a ghost face band formed by a few friends during college. But who the hell is the lead singer of your Grimace? You never told me. ”

"It doesn't matter who he is," Du Caige shrugged, "Anyway, after this micro-film is made, everyone will know that you are the lead singer of the Ghostface band." ”

Duan Xiaochen blinked: "Okay, I'm very interested in this role." But ......"

She lowered her voice again and said in a seductive tone, "Do you need to give me an audition? Do you want to subtly rule me? I'm willing to do anything to get this role!"

"Ahem," Du Caige looked away and looked at him left and right, "I don't need to audition or anything, I believe you can play well." Don't talk about this, how is your Sakurajima practice? The Sakurajima song I prepared for you has been written, and it will be handed over to Xiao Dong after a little adjustment. ”

"I've practiced very hard! Otherwise, let's go to dinner together in the evening, and I'll speak Sakurajima to you. ”

"Okay. ”

"Do you want to take Cai Wei out to play? ”

"That's still forget it, she's already in school, it's inconvenient. ”

Of course, Du Caige didn't dare to take Cai Wei out to meet Duan Xiaochen.

His desire to survive is still quite strong.

"That's a pity," Duan Xiaochen pouted, "Then let's do it, after eating, let's go to the hotel to open a room, and I'll tell you the Sakurajima language I learned." ”

"Why do you want to open a room?"

Duan Xiaochen pretended to be shy: "Then do you want me to tell you Ya Yan Butterfly in public?"

“......”

......

Although there were some bumps and bumps in the process of eating, Du Caige was still as guarded as a jade and did not go off the rails.

A meal is miserable and at the same time enjoyable.

He didn't know if Duan Xiaochen would be in such a conflicted mood, but he always felt that she seemed to be quite satisfied.

After eating, Duan Xiaochen waved goodbye, and Du Caige returned to the hotel room rented by the crew.

That night, he politely refused to give Xu Qingya a lecture, worked hard, and worked hard to write.

finally got the script of "Detective Chinatown 1" in the middle of the night.

Then he packaged this script and the script of "Crazy Stone" and sent it to Duan Xiaochen's mailbox.

And indicate: Chinatown Detective 1, if Meng Zhaolong likes it, you can prepare for the project.

But "Crazy Stone", even if Yu Shan wants to shoot it, it can't be set up immediately, and Yu Shan must be asked to shoot some micro-movies and small-budget movies with an investment of less than 2 million yuan to practice.

Wait until Du Caige thinks when he can do it, and then officially set up the project.

At this stage, "Crazy Stone" is a carrot hanging in front of Yu Shan.

The reason why this is so is because Yu Shan, a fledgling director who has not been beaten by society and is very talented, often lets himself go unconsciously.

So Du Caige asked him to make a few small-investment movies first, polish him, and let Yu Shan adapt to the feeling of being a kite and being led, the feeling of being able to fly but not flying randomly.

The next day, filming continued.

Although Du Caige asked Duan Xiaochen to shoot an easter egg, he planned to let Duan Xiaochen play the heroine of the next micro-movie.

But Duan Xiaochen is so busy, of course it is impossible to talk about it.

Still have to accommodate her time.

After another two days, when the main shots were almost filmed, Duan Xiaochen finally joined the crew.

Last time, Duan Xiaochen came and went in a hurry, and basically only talked to Du Caige alone.

This time, the staff saw the opportunity, and before the official start of filming, a group of people gathered around to find Duan Xiaochen to sign an autograph.

Du Caige didn't say anything.

Before the official start of filming, it was free time, people could rest if they wanted to rest, and they could chase stars if they wanted to chase stars, but he was not good at interfering.

Duan Xiaochen didn't refuse, she has always been a favorite fan, and she signed seriously with a smile.

Some cowardly people didn't dare to come over before, but seeing Duan Xiaochen talking so well at this time, Du Caige didn't stop it, and also mustered up the courage to find Duan Xiaochen for an autograph and a group photo.

However, they all knew Du Caige's rules, and when Du Caige announced that he had officially entered the filming state, they concentrated one by one and didn't dare to be distracted.

Rao is like this, Du Caige still found the fault of a few people, and ruthlessly sent it down, so that the staff were worried and cheered up.

The easter eggs related to Duan Xiaochen will not be very long. Du Caige expected it to be just over a minute.

Some quick switching shots, and then Duan Xiaochen had two or three lines.

But it's quite time-consuming to actually shoot.

For example, those scenes that were quickly switched to tell the life of Duan Xiaochen's character were finally edited, and it was estimated that they only added up to more than ten seconds, but they took a full day.

The next day, I continued to shoot.

There was a performance scene of the Grimace Band, and Duan Xiaochen listened intently in the audience.

The people who play the band Grimace here haven't been finalized yet, so they just found a few staff members to go up and perform, and they all wore masks anyway.

Then Du Caige personally made a cameo appearance as a "former lead singer" who was about to be replaced.

This incident really happened, but the protagonist at that time was Peng Sizhang.

In the original Grimace band, the lead singer was an acquaintance brought in by Zou Guoyong.

But after listening to a few performances of Grimace, Peng Sizhang found the backstage and said to the band members: "Your songs are very good, but the lead singer is too rubbish." Let me sing!"

The original lead singer was not happy and proposed to PK with Peng Sizhang.

As a result, Peng Sizhang did show several points higher than the previous lead singer.

The previous generation of lead singers is also a hot-blooded young man who loves music, admitted his failure, and immediately expressed his willingness to take the initiative to let Xian.

Of course, Du Caige couldn't completely copy that plot, so he made some modifications.

The last scene is the performance scene after Duan Xiaochen joined the Ghostface Band, she soared a few high notes, about 15 seconds or so.

"Stop. Du Caige frowned and looked at the monitor quietly, and after a while, his brows stretched, "It's over!"

After a pause, he smiled and said, "I announce, "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", is officially finished!"

"Everyone's worked hard!"

"While the big boss of the company is here, let's go eat and drink!" he looked at Duan Xiaochen.

Of course, Duan Xiaochen would not be disappointed, and said with a smile: "Then let's Director Du go and order, no matter how much you eat, come to me for reimbursement, and you won't get drunk tonight!"

So the actors began to remove their makeup, and the staff packed up the equipment and props and got busy.

Du Caige called and booked a few tables at a nearby hotel with a good reputation.

After removing his makeup, Duan Xiaochen also made a few phone calls, found a friend who owned a winery, and asked the other party to send a few good wines.

No matter what social occasion, Du Caige doesn't like it.

However, at the finale banquet, he had to pretend to be elated, contact the big guy, clink glasses, and say a few good words without cost.

"It's been hard these days!"

"The lights are very good, I'll look for you next time!"

"I'm very relieved that you're in charge, come, it's all in the wine!"

"The props in this movie are sure to shine. Don't say you're not available when I call you. ”

Why is Du Caige obviously not like socializing, but he is busy socializing today?

Because people are emotional animals after all, of course, it is very practical to talk about money, and everyone also needs money.

But in addition to money, people also need to be respected and understood.

Then every big director will have his own team, such as camera, lighting, props, makeup, these positions, there will definitely be his own acquaintances, often cooperate.

If it's just a small fight, it doesn't matter.

Because there are some details that don't need to be too grasped.

For example, the just-filmed Du version of "Those Years", Du Caige felt that in terms of storytelling, his version would not lose to the original.

But in terms of details, it's much worse than the original.

The acting skills of the male and female protagonists are not inferior to the original, or even better than the original.

But the acting skills of the supporting roles, such as props and the use of some shots, are actually unsatisfactory.

It's just an investment of 3 million, the salaries of those staff are not high, and the salaries of actors are not high.

It is very reasonable for people to take a penny and do a penny.

Not everyone is willing to take 1 cent and do 10 points, and the extra 9 points are for the dream.

So Du Caige can't be too demanding.

But if you want to direct a big movie independently, Du Caige definitely wants to do the details perfectly.

And if you want to do the best in the details, you must have your own team.

There must be a cameraman who knows how to move the mirror with his own mind.

There must be a gaffer who does not need to waste his own time and can give the light just right.

It is necessary to have a prop master who can make a satisfactory prop based on some vague description (because most of the time it is really difficult for the director to express his needs clearly).

For example, Du Caige said, I want this prop to be cooler.

The prop master is able to accurately grasp his ideas and make props that meet his requirements.

Similarly, costumes, makeup, scenographers, etc., are all important.

A movie that can explode is made up of these small details.

If you want to get all these details right? If you don't have your own team, you can't do it.

Du Caige is now so diligent in socializing and doing things he doesn't like, just to lay a good foundation.

In the future, he will climb the heights and shout, waving a check, "Let's make a good movie together", so that the followers can gather.

......

The completion of "Those Years" does not mean that Du Caige's work is complete.

As a director, he also has to lead the post-production team to deal with special effects, editing, dubbing, etc.

He is indispensable in every link.

Of course, compared to the previous filming period, his time is still more relaxed.

Finally, I can hurry up and save some more manuscripts.

"Romance of the Dragon and Snake" has been officially put on the shelves, with 1.07 million collections when it was put on the shelves, and the first order reached more than 230,000.

is inferior to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", after all, the audience is not so wide.

But it can be regarded as a phenomenal work.

Du Caige originally planned to write more than 400,000 words, and about 500,000 words would be handed over to the gun procedures to write.

But there was a problem.

Lu Xudong and others have found many authors, but none of them can control "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" well.