The camera crew has inspected the equipment. ”

"The lighting equipment has been checked and the sound is good. ”

"The costume team finally touched up the makeup, and the props department passed the last inspection. ”

In the crew, the people are running smoothly and there are no problems, which is a good sign for Fatini, and there are no major mistakes that make him scramble, which is the best result for a rookie director who is not from a professional background.

He had experience as a rebuke director, and this advantage was highlighted at this moment, and he was much better than the average non-professional new director, although the number of departments and personnel was much larger than that of stage plays, but it was still under his control.

Lu Ze saw it in his eyes, he didn't speak, and his heart was completely down, sure enough, if you want to talk about the professional level, Fatini as a director may not be competent now, but as a company leader who manages many companies and thousands of employees, it is not difficult for him to let a small crew run.

On the side, Lucas raised his body from behind the camera, took the cigarette roll that burned to the sponge from his lips, pinched the red cigarette butt that was still burning with his thumb and forefinger, and rubbed it gently, the little spark fell in the air and completely disappeared, spit out a long puff of smoke, and stuffed the cigarette butt into one of the pockets of the army green denim vest at random, and his expression was also a lot more serious, the light hit the oily bald head, making the goat horn tattoos on both sides of the head look much more three-dimensional.

Before I knew it, the atmosphere became depressing, even if filming hadn't started yet, no one dared to make a sound at will, Fatini's secretary and assistant director leaned over and asked, and after getting Fatini's permission, he picked up the walkie-talkie and gave an order to the staff outside the bar.

"Let the extras come in. ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the rolling shutter door being lifted sounded, and the voices of men and women were there, accompanied by sparse falls, getting closer and closer to Lu Ze, a man and a woman who came in first were stunned for a moment, and seemed to be infected by this depressing atmosphere, the smile on his face converged, nodded to everyone, stood aside, and waited for the director's arrangement.

"Find a place to sit on yourself, the strong one, sit in the front, the big one a little bit forward, give them a drink, put on the music, Feller, get into the picture, go to the side of the bar, the left hand side, don't look straight ahead, okay, the lady in the crop top, you know what you're going to do, right? Very good, Lucas, do you think there's anything else to adjust?"

"The strongest one, swap with the guy next to you, there's no problem. ”

"Okay, Lu Ze, it's time for you to play, all departments are in place, see how you perform Lu Ze. ”

Fatini finally smiled and gave Lu Ze a thumbs up, Lu Ze understood, spit out the straw in his mouth, and walked straight to the door of the bar.

When he walked towards the door, the actors present began to get nervous, for the rest of the crew, this was just an ordinary step, and for the actors, every step was like stepping on the drum, making themselves stunned from the heart, really going to play against Lu Ze, this is not a drill, but really going to the battlefield and compete with Lu Ze.

The music played, funk music played in the bar, and the group began to taste the high liquor placed in front of them, and gradually, under the erosion of alcohol, the feeling came up.

The neon bulbs are energized, coiling and flickering on the iron fence, the dusty and broken fans begin to shake and spin, the cigarettes and smokers begin to work, the bar becomes smoky, and the style and feelings of the old bar begin to unfold, which is a kind of beauty that rhythmizes the times.

"Hit the board!"

At Fadini's order, the scene reporter quickly ran to the camera position, raised the board horizontally, announced the scene in a loud voice, and then bent down and quickly evacuated, disappearing into the camera of the three cameras.

"Act 1, Act I, Scene 1, 'Atonement' begins!"

It was like blowing the horn of the general attack, and it was like the recovery of the frozen space, the bar was full of people, and there was a kind of time that circulated again after experiencing a stillness, and this shout also made Lu Ze concentrate all his body, and there was a change in an instant.

The back is slightly hunched, but the angle is not too big, the lips begin to tremble unconsciously, and the light of saliva shines, the No. 1 camera shoots a close-up, an old arm full of wrinkles and old age spots into the painting, and most of the body is still blocked by the corner of the ninety degree angle, and then pulls back, the lower body enters the shot, consisting of a pair of jeans with mud spots, the color is a little muddy, and the ankles have been torn into strands of cloth and a pair of old-fashioned red-wing Martin boots full of wrinkles, with a wide range of broken skin on the toes, and the soles have not been changed.

The camera did not go up, nor did it switch to other camera positions, the track began to run, parallel to the movement of the jeans' walking trajectory, until the front of the bar, the footsteps stopped, and the camera quickly switched to the second machine inside the bar, directly hitting the super close-up, the non-natural light lighting from the oblique bottom directly on the cheeks, the weird light is one of the most direct sources of inner terror, and the old and unreal face that occupies all the space of the lens is even more alarming.

……

"A glass of water. ”

His voice was hoarse, thick and muddy, and he struggled to sit on the barstool, with his hands on the bar, and his eyes only blinked once in a long time, as if he even cherished the time of blinking, but the yellow eyes and brown pupils made people feel a sense of imminent death, which made the bartender in the bar feel a little uncomfortable.

"Vanessa, you go get busy first. ”

The bartender ordered the waiter who was laughing with him just now, seeing the bartender's serious expression, she seemed to be frightened by the old man, nodded, turned around and left quickly, after the waiter left, the bartender's expression changed slightly, with a trace of fear, and he didn't even look up at him, just picked up a white rag and kept wiping this decades-old bar.

"Just water?"

"Just water. ”

He turned around, picked up a large square cup, went to the sink to clean, at this moment, his hands were trembling, he couldn't even hold the cup, slipped, fell into the stainless steel basin, the cup was not broken, and it didn't make too much noise under the cover of music, he wiped it clean in a panic, took a glass of water, put it on the edge of the bar, and gently pushed it in front of the old man.

"I don't want ice. ”

"Please, don't mess with me...... I'm really scared, I don't do that kind of business anymore, you can ask for another kind of smart. ”

The simple being picked on made the bartender almost collapse, and he prayed softly, hoping that the old man would let him go, but it was clear that there was not much possibility.

"Impossible, your family is doing this kind of business, your grandfather, your father ......"

"So they died, I don't want to die, I'm afraid to die...... So I don't do it!"

"Change me a glass of warm water. ”

The old man nudged the top of the rim of the cup with the tip of his fingernail, not even wanting his fingers to touch the wall of the cup that had been frozen and hung with frost, and the emotions in his words still did not fluctuate, but he pushed the cup back in front of the bartender, made a new request, and then stretched out his palm to let the bartender see it...... He pointed to a glimmer of light in his belly.

"I don't like people playing tricks with me. ”

The bartender's trembling was even more exaggerated, his legs were as soft as noodles, his lips opened and closed, but he didn't say a complete word, but the old man smiled, slowly left his seat, and took a step back.

"I believe you won't do it now, but I need a job, go and help me find one that satisfies me, don't try to run, I'll come back to you in three days, whether to find you at the bar or to your house, it's up to you, don't let me down, boy." ”

"Why does it have to be me, I don't want to have anything to do with them now, why are you forcing me to ......"

"The family business will not be so easy to cut off, if you don't do it, you won't be able to protect yourself, don't think you can live freely, look at this group of people, I'm protecting you, see you in a few days." ”

He walked slowly, still smiling when he was watched, with his hands behind his back, no one doubted whether he was close to death, the bartender looked at his back, his breath became uneven, truth, falsehood, should he believe it? In just a few words, the old man blew a storm of thoughts in his mind, and finally he was tired, or he was woken up by the waiter's little sister, he blinked vigorously, quietly put the ice blade in his hand tightly, and gently kneaded his hand that was already ischemic and numb.

……

"Yes, Ferrer, you're doing better than I thought!"

After a sound, applause rang out, Fatini applauded, and led a group of people to follow, Lu Ze leaned against the door frame, the cigarette on his lips slowly floated into the air with a graceful curve, he also smiled, applauded and congratulated Feller, and then ...... A crack suddenly opened on his face.

"Make-up artist, touch-up ......"

……

Fairer didn't feel like it, after the shoot was done...... didn't have that kind of confident feeling, after thinking about it for a long time, he realized that he was led by Lu Ze, not so much because he played for a long time, but because he was brought into his own nervousness by Lu Ze, and he replaced the role immersively, integrating his emotions into the role.

This is not something that can be done by relying solely on Lu Ze's personal ability, if it weren't for the fact that he was tortured by Lu Ze during the script discussion stage, his own emotions would not be so strong.

"In the end, it was because I was afraid of Lu Ze that I would let myself act so well...... Scold. ”

Realizing this, the little joy that was left was gone, and after thanking the congratulatory people, and finding a free chair, Feller shook his head helplessly, trying to shake off the sad thought, but there was still nothing he could do.

……

"The play is still so stable, Lu Ze. ”

Fatini did not hesitate to praise Lu Ze, after all, he is also a fan of Lu Ze, but he didn't get a response from Lu Ze, because at this moment Lu Ze was slumped in a chair waiting for the makeup artist to "stitch up" the cracks on his face.

The roller shutter door was pulled up again, and the footsteps went down the stairs, Xiao Wang's classmate arrived, holding two boxes of cut fruit, standing beside Lu Ze, looking around the set, and looking at Fatini suspiciously.

"Mr. Gambiano, where's Brother Lu?"

"He's got a cracked face, and he's going to have surgery. ”

"Huh??"

“……”

(End of chapter)