Nathan Donal's parkour team has more than a dozen people, Xiao Yao estimates that he can get more than half of them, but in fact, the shortage of actors is only a dozen or twenty people. For the recruitment of more than ten or twenty actors with a video published under the YRF account, the filming was carried out three days later, Xiao Yao didn't want to make a decision too early, and planned to let this video ferment for two days, and wait until the day before the MV shooting to check the email to select people, so after uploading and publishing the video, Xiao Yao did not open the mailbox and wait to receive the email or watch the comments of netizens on the PV, but took out a pen and paper and began to draw the storyboard script in the MV, designing the composition of the picture shot.

The song "Alone" is less than three minutes long. Although there are a lot of scenes, Xiao Yao handed over some of these scenes to netizens outside the United States and Los Angeles to play freely, in fact, there are not many shots and scenes he needs to shoot, and he still has the original MV of his previous life in his mind to refer to, so in just one night, Xiao Yao completed the storyboard script he wanted to shoot in this MV.

Keith Craig is in charge of the filming team, the actor recruitment is in progress, the costumes are on the road, the script is in the head, the arrangement and soundtrack have been completed, the recording is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and Xiao Yao, who has completed the storyboard script, temporarily put down the things related to "ALONE" and went to sleep with peace of mind. According to the plan, tomorrow I will go to visit the crew of Zhou Jingyi's drama.

Under normal circumstances, when you go to the crew to visit the class, you will contact the crew to go directly after the visit time, and at most contact the staff inside to come out and pick it up when you are blocked by the peripheral security personnel. But Xiao Yao and Ye Jiaying are Chinese and are going to visit the crew in the United States, and Zhou Jingyi, who is worried that they may not be able to find a place, came to the hotel where Xiao Yao and his party lived before she went to the set to film, ready to take them over.

Yesterday, when Xiao Siqi and Xiao Yao's father and son went to the recording studio of "Daydream", Ye Jiaying was taken shopping by Betty Bellitra, and today Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao's mother and son went to the crew, and Xiao Siqi also did not plan to go with him. Xiao Siqi was more interested in the recording equipment he saw in the recording studio of "Daydream" yesterday, and he also got along with Keith Craig, an American musician, yesterday, and had made an appointment with Keith Craig to continue to their band's recording studio today to see if there was any possibility of cooperation between the two sides.

Ye Jiaying's interest is in film and television, and Xiao Siqi's interest is in music. Xiao Yao and Ye Jiaying did not force Xiao Siqi to go along, so Zhou Jingyi only took Ye Jiaying, Xiao Yao, Fang Yi, and Pei Minyi to set off.

Zhou Jingyi's crew is planning to shoot in the studio today, and there is no location. When Zhou Jingyi took Xiao Yao and others into the set, although all the actors had not yet arrived, the staff behind the scenes had already arrived, and preparations were underway for the pre-shooting arrangement at the scene. What is relatively rare is that in addition to the director, the producer is actually on the scene.

Seeing that the director and the producer were there, Zhou Jingyi brought Xiao Yao and the four of them over and helped the two sides make introductions.

"Mr. McGrove, Mr. Stiem, hello!" Ye Jiaying, Xiao Yao and others are the first time to see the American drama crew, and the producers and directors of this drama are also seeing each other for the first time, and several of them are more polite.

"Hello!" said director Steve McGrove politely shaking hands with a few people.

"Welcome, welcome!" said producer Douglas Stiem.

"I heard about the case a few days ago, and I'm glad you're safe and sound!" Glass Stiem said to Xiao Yao alone after greeting him.

"Thank you for your concern!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded in thanks.

If a main actor wants to bring someone into the crew to visit the class or even visit, generally speaking, there will be no problem, but it is also necessary to greet the person in charge of the crew in advance. Of course, Zhou Jingyi greeted the producer and director in advance, and only brought Xiao Yao and others after getting permission. The producer and director both knew that Zhou Jingyi would bring someone to the crew today, but that was not the reason why the producer was on the scene today and behaved so enthusiastically. The reason why he appeared here today was because he knew that the person Zhou Jingyi brought today was Xiao Yao.

"I know you're a very talented musician, a member of the band 'Immortals', and that 'Immortals' is your composition. "So I was thinking, could you please write an acoustic song for our series?"

"Huh, you asked me to write songs for your episodes?" Xiao Yao pointed to his nose in some surprise and confirmed.

"Yes!" Glass Stiem nodded with a smile.

If it's just an ordinary Chinese star, Glass Stiem is of course not interested. But Xiao Yao is not an ordinary Chinese star in his eyes.

Xiao Yao appeared on the Oscar stage as a member of the band "Immortals" a few years ago, and last year used a song and a video to make American's stock price plummet and publicly apologize, and several songs are currently released in the United States and have achieved good results on the billboard, and recently became the focus of public opinion in the United States because of two cases.

Although Xiao Yao did not develop in the United States, Americans are definitely not unfamiliar with his name. If you can find him to cooperate at this time and ask him to write an episode or soundtrack for the series, as long as the wind is released in advance, it will definitely be a very good stimulus for the ratings of the series.

Most of Huaxia's TV series are filmed in one go, and the TV station broadcasts it slowly, no matter whether it looks good or not, no matter how the audience reacts, there will be no situation where they will be cut halfway. However, there are very few TV dramas in the United States that are slowly broadcast after they are all filmed in one go, and most of the dramas are in the form of filming while broadcasting, and the general shooting and post-production time is only one or two weeks earlier than the broadcast time. This form of broadcasting and filming is a bit like a variety show in China, but in terms of purpose, American dramas and variety shows in China are completely different.

Most American dramas adopt this form of broadcasting and filming because the competition between American TV stations is too fierce, and they do this so that the production unit can adjust the plot direction and even the character arrangement according to the audience's reactions and comments more flexibly, so as to meet the audience's preferences and strive for a good rating. If the ratings are too poor, it may also be hastily closed, or even not finished, and directly "suddenly die" and start a new drama.

"But your episode is already on the air, and the theme song is already there," Xiao Yao said, "There is no major turning point and progress in the current plot, and it is impossible to change the title and theme song halfway, right? If you are writing an episode for a certain episode, aren't you still filming this episode? Do you want me to read the script and write an interlude?"

It's not uncommon for American dramas to change titles and theme songs between seasons, but it's rare to change titles and theme songs in the middle of a season. Even if there is, it will happen that the plot has a relatively large twist and progress in the middle, and the plot enters a new stage. Xiao Yao also watched the part of the American drama that Zhou Jingyi participated in before he came, and the current plot of this drama is obviously not suitable for changing the title and theme song.

"It seems that you know a lot about American dramas," laughs Glass Stiem, "but you don't know all about the production of our series. Our episodes are aired every Friday night, and now we're shooting the one that's going to air next Friday, and we're done shooting this Friday's episode, and we're in post-production. If you want, you can watch us edit the finished footage and create. ”

The drama that Zhou Jingyi is filming now is filming and broadcasting with a difference of nearly two weeks, shooting in one week and post-production in one week. If Xiao Yao can participate in the post-production of the soundtrack for the episode that airs this Friday, Xiao Yao's popularity has not dissipated at that time, and Glass Stiem's goal has been achieved.

"This~" Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Although I am a music creator, I am not a professional film and television post-production soundtrack, the song "Immortals" was selected by the soundtrack of that animated film after I created it, and I didn't write it specifically for that movie. I think I'll need to watch the footage from your episode to make a decision. I can't guarantee that I can write an episode that fits the plot, but I'm willing to give it a try. ”

Xiao Yao is still more interested in this matter, but after all, the songs and music in his head are also limited, and he has not seen the video materials yet, so he is not full of words.

"Now find someone to take you to the post-production department?" asked Xiao Yao Glass.

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "The post-production soundtrack is not something that the soundtrack can do just by looking at the video materials, the soundtrack is for the director, and he needs to understand the director's intentions." I think I need to have some communication with Mr. Director and the other soundtracks. So let's wait until you're done with today's shoot, and then we'll talk about post-production. ”

Since it is an edited material, the length is about 40 minutes, and it doesn't take an hour to watch it once. Whether there can be suitable music, Xiao Yao can quickly think of it, and he doesn't need to watch the material in advance to think.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to working together!" Director Steve McGrove reached out again and shook Xiao Yao's hand.

Because of the current huge topicality, there are a lot of job offers from Xiao Yao in the United States, and Glass Stim has also heard some rumors, but Xiao Yao can still come here to visit Zhou Jingyi, which shows that Xiao Yao should not have agreed to any job offer. Therefore, when looking for Xiao Yao to do the post-soundtrack, Glass Stiem did not tell Zhou Jingyi or Xiao Yao in advance, but waited until he met Xiao Yao before speaking in person, so the success rate should be greater. But if you don't tell Zhou Jingyi or Xiao Yao in advance, you must tell the director in advance, so Steve McGrove knows Glass Stiem's plan.

In fact, there is a soundtrack in the crew who is responsible for the post-production soundtrack, which is a whole behind-the-scenes team, and the director does not want to change or add new people casually. But the U.S. TV market has the final say on ratings, and if the ratings don't, the project could be suspended at any time. The director knew that the producer's decision was for the ratings, and he had also heard some of Xiao Yao's music works, so he recognized his music creation level, so he reluctantly agreed with the producer's decision. Now I see that Xiao Yao's attitude is more modest, and he respects him very much as a director, and his perception of him is much better, and his tone is much kinder.

"Cooperation?" Zhou Jingyi's heart moved, and she said, "I have an idea..."

Zhou Jingyi has been an actor for several years, and now she naturally understands the purpose of the producer and director. The producer and director want to use Xiao Yao's topicality to increase the ratings of the series, but this cooperation will not have a negative impact on Xiao Yao, but will further increase Xiao Yao's popularity in the United States, which is actually a mutually beneficial win-win situation. Since it's a win-win situation, why not go further? So Zhou Jingyi wanted to make a suggestion to the producer and director, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a voice.

"Hey, Kim, you're so early! Hey, Steve! Wow~Glass is here too!Is it any special day?

Xiao Yao and the others turned their heads to look and found a young man who was more than one meter nine tall and had a sturdy figure walking over.

"Hey, Vince!" Zhou Jingyi said hello to the young man, and introduced Xiao Yao and the others to the young man.

"Hello, Mr. Ward!" Xiao Yao and the others greeted the young man one after another.

Although he didn't know the young man in front of him, Xiao Yao had watched this drama that was being broadcast, and even if Zhou Jingyi didn't introduce him, Xiao Yao knew that he was one of the main actors in this series.

"You're the Chinese star who escaped from the kidnappers? Vince Ward greeted everyone and said to Xiao Yao with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to get to know this Chinese star who has become famous recently. After saying hello, Ward took a step back, stood beside Zhou Jingyi, and habitually stretched out an arm to put it on Zhou Jingyi's shoulder.

"I've known him for years. Zhou Jingyi replied, took a step forward, turned to Steve McGrove and Glass Stiem to continue what she had just said, "I have an idea. In fact, Jan is still an actor. I thought if we could add a character to this episode and make him a special guest on this episode?"

The special guests mentioned by Zhou Jingyi can also be regarded as cameo performances, but it is not just a casual role of the masses who play a trick and mix faces, at least there will be close-ups, which will be the focus of the audience's attention for a certain period of time. Such people usually need to design characters, but the director and writer of this series is Steve McGrove, and producer Gulth Stim happens to be present. As long as the two of them agree, they can ask Xiao Yao to be a special guest and design a character for him temporarily.

"Really?" Steve McGrove and Glass Stim looked at each other and nodded, "That's a great idea!"

"Yang, are you willing to play/act?" Zhou Jingyi turned her head and asked Xiao Yao again. She didn't try to know Xiao Yao's character better, but used the word "play", which has both "play" and "acting".

"I'm willing to play, of course, if the character is interesting enough. Xiao Yao said, "Also, I only have one day, not a week, if you can guarantee that my scene can be filmed today, I will agree to act." ”

"It's not a big problem," director Steve McGrove thought for a moment, then nodded, "Can you tell me which aspect of acting you're better at? action or emotion? I first need to determine the type of character you have." ”

"Let's do the action. Xiao Yao said. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in his own literary drama, but whether this series belongs to the action category, as a guest who has only appeared in one episode, or martial arts is more brilliant and can give the audience a deeper impression.

"Yang's skills are very powerful!" Zhou Jingyi said beside him.

"Really, how powerful?" said Vince Ward, touching the stubble on his chin, "Can you show me?"