He Ying not only admitted it verbally, but also returned to her usual demeanor, movements and accent when greeting everyone. Although the face is still unbearable, everyone has no doubts.

"Is it really He Ying?"

Everyone didn't even have time to say hello to He Ying, so they all surrounded them curiously.

"Director Xiao, is this the character image you designed for the coppersmith's wife?" Lin Jingliang turned around and asked Xiao Yaodao.

"Yes," Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, "What does Teacher Lin think?"

"It's very visually striking!" Lin Jingliang said with a smile, "It's too different from her previous image, and we didn't recognize this as He Ying just now." But this image is very suitable in the movie. As soon as she appears, her role has already left a deep impression on the audience, and the audience will know what kind of character it is. ”

"I admit that in terms of the external character image alone, the character image you designed for He Ying is more distinctive than the several characters designed by me and Minyi," Lin Jingliang looked at Xiao Yao with strange eyes, and continued, "It's just that it is necessary for you to arrange He Ying to appear like this?"

"This is not my idea!" Xiao Yao smiled and raised his hands, "When I first asked Sister He Ying to play this role, I designed this character image and made a rendering with retouching software. But I didn't make her look like this, I just told her to come and take makeup photos today, and I didn't expect her to come directly in this image, she should have found someone to get her according to the way that photo. ”

Since the time and place have been arranged to take makeup photos in advance, of course, all the actors who need to take makeup photos are gathered as much as possible to shoot all at once. In addition to Sun Tingting, who couldn't come back before the teaching activities ended, even He Ying, who was far away in Yanjing and had determined the role in advance, Xiao Yao was also notified. It's just that what Xiao Yao didn't expect was that He Ying actually appeared directly in front of everyone with such an image.

"Sister He Ying," Xiao Yao looked at He Ying again, "I said that today is to take makeup photos, not an audition." Is it necessary for you to appear like this?"

"Aren't I going to surprise you and everyone?" He Ying smiled bitterly, "Just allow you to play casually, and I won't be allowed to make a joke with everyone?"

When preparing for this role, He Ying asked a special effects makeup artist to do several modeling styles according to the photo Xiao Yao gave her at the beginning, and saw the effect, and went out with this image. This time she came to take makeup photos, He Ying had the idea of playing, and brought the special effects makeup artist she was looking for, specially put on makeup in the hotel, and came over after changing her clothes, just to shock Xiao Yao. As a result, Xiao Yao didn't react much, but made the other actors drop their jaws in shock.

"Surprise me?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I originally designed this image, I originally wanted to make you look like this, how can I surprise me? Even if you want to save some trouble for makeup artists and costume artists, what is the matter with that rough voice at the door just now? And this dry tobacco stick, are you going to use this to knock me? You are obviously here to scare people, you see that you scared everyone, especially Xiao Guan Jing, who shrank behind me!"

"Yes, it really scared me just now!" the little girl who was beside Xiao Yao nodded again and again.

"Guan Jing, right, I'm sorry!" He Ying smiled and touched the little girl's hair.

This little girl's name is Guan Jing, a student of the Performance Department of Huaxia Drama Academy, who started her junior year in September, and is only nineteen years old this year, and is the only actor in the entire crew who is younger than Xiao Yao.

Guan Jing plays the role of Sun Jia in the movie, one of the leading actors in the movie, and he also has to take makeup photos. She is only 1.61 meters tall, small and exquisite, and she wears a very pure student uniform when she takes makeup photos, she looks very cute, and her temperament is very lively.

He Ying already knew which actors the other characters were before she came, and she had read their information. Now that I see Guan Jing, the youngest girl, I also feel very cute and like it.

"Okay," Xiao Yao clapped his hands, "Since Teacher He Ying is here, let's take your makeup photos first." Your costume and makeup are already ready, so head over to the shooting area to try on the lighting and see if there's anything you need to adjust!"

"Photographer, get ready to work!" Xiao Yao turned his head and shouted to the photographer on the side.

"Okay!" He Ying nodded and walked towards the shooting area with a white background board.

"By the way," He Ying took two steps, stopped again, turned to Xiao Yao and raised the dry tobacco pole in his hand and said, "I added a prop to myself, what do you think?"

"Dry tobacco pole?" Xiao Yao asked, "Do you want to modify the character to a mother-in-law who smokes dry tobacco?"

"Well," He Ying nodded, "According to my observation experience, many of the fierce and pungent eldest sisters in the market can smoke, and I heard that in the poor areas in the northwest, there are more dry tobacco, so I added such a point to my role." ”

"There are women who smoke dry tobacco too. Xiao Yao nodded and asked He Ying, "Then you learned to smoke dry tobacco?"

"Not yet," He Ying said, "but if I need to, I'll learn it!"

"Don't learn it," Xiao Yao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The prop of the dry tobacco pole can be retained, and the character setting can be changed to this is a person who smokes dry tobacco, and in some scenes, you will be asked to hold the dry tobacco pole in your hand, which can better reflect that this is a very strong character." However, your scenes are basically group scenes, and it's okay to hold a dry tobacco stick in your hand when you quarrel with others, but it's not very reasonable to smoke dry tobacco in a bar, and it's also very deliberate to shoot you smoking dry tobacco alone, so you won't be filmed smoking dry tobacco in the movie, you don't have to learn. ”

In the original movie of the previous life, the coppersmith's wife was indeed holding a dry tobacco stick in her hand. However, Xiao Yao did not mention this when he wrote the script, and he did not explain this to He Ying. Xiao Yao originally wanted to wait until the actual shooting to see if he wanted to add this prop, but since He Ying had this idea herself, it would be good to add this now. It's just a shot of smoking a dry cigarette, Xiao Yao won't shoot it anyway.

"yes, the image is already very subversive. Lin Jingliang also agreed, "If you smoke dry tobacco in the movie again, it may feel a little too much." ”

The role of the coppersmith's wife in the movie is not heavy. He Ying will play in this image, and this role will definitely be indispensable to attention and topicality. If you show it too much, it will inevitably make this character too scene-stealing in the movie.

"Okay, since the director and Mr. Lin don't think they need it, then I won't learn. He Ying smiled and nodded, and continued to walk towards the filming area.

"Wait," Xiao Yao stopped He Ying, "Sister He Ying, go to the makeup area first, and I'll find someone to put on makeup for you." ”

"Is there anything wrong with my makeup?" He Ying said strangely, "I'm looking for someone to take the picture you gave me." ”

Another thing He Ying didn't say was that Xiao Yao clearly said just now that she would go directly to the shooting area to test the light, which means that Xiao Yao didn't feel a problem just now.

"Originally, there was no problem, but when I saw the dry tobacco stick in your hand, I noticed a problem. Xiao Yao opened his mouth to show a smile, pointed to his teeth and said, "Since you are a person who smokes dry tobacco, your teeth will not be as white as you are now." The makeup on your face is fine, but the makeup photos we took were to show you with your mouth open and swearing, and you were going to show your teeth, so you had to do something with your teeth. ”

"Okay!" He Ying heard that what Xiao Yao said made sense, so she naturally nodded in agreement.

Pei Minyi is a makeup artist herself, and she also has a certain understanding of special effects makeup. This technique of making teeth look black is not difficult, and Pei Minyi is enough to do it.

After making He Ying's teeth look like they were blackened by smoking a lot, the photographer began to take makeup photos of He Ying.

He Ying first went to the background board in the shooting area to try out the lighting, then asked the makeup artist to make some adjustments to some parts of her face, and then stood back for the photographer to shoot. The whole process didn't last long, and it didn't take long to shoot.

The makeup photos of the other actors have been taken, Sun Tingting will not come back today, after He Ying's makeup photos are taken, only Xiao Yao is left who has not taken the makeup photos.

Xiao Yao didn't have to push it at this time, so he asked He Ying to get acquainted with everyone, so he went to the dressing room to change his clothes, and then asked the makeup artist to put on his makeup.

The role of the coppersmith has two relatively different images in the movie. One is the original image of a coppersmith, which is more sloppy, and the other is the image of a teacher disguised as a teacher by the school teachers, which looks much more refreshing. This time to take makeup photos, Xiao Yao didn't shoot both images, and only chose a sloppy coppersmith's true image to take makeup photos.

This image is also very different from Xiao Yao's own image, the skin color and hairstyle have changed significantly, and the clothes are also relatively shabby. However, after seeing He Ying's image, everyone's psychological tolerance is much stronger, and the visual impact of Xiao Yao's character image when taking pictures is relatively not so strong.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that the main actors were basically gathered this time, Xiao Yao planned to make everyone familiar with each other as much as possible and contact their feelings, so after taking the makeup photos, Xiao Yao, as the producer and director, announced a treat, and everyone had a dinner together in the evening. This decision, of course, was unanimously supported by everyone.

Now the movie has not started, and the actors are not required to join the group now. After taking makeup photos and having a meal, the main actors temporarily disbanded and separated, and waited for Xiao Yao to confirm the start date before joining the group. So at the end of the dinner, everyone also said goodbye to Xiao Yao one by one.

Lin Jingliang deliberately stayed until the end, and only came to Xiao Yao's side after everyone else left.

"Director Xiao, I'll leave for Jin Province tomorrow," Lin Jingliang said to Xiao Yao, "Over there at the filming location, I'm going to go over and watch it in person." Once the house is finished, I will start decorating the interior immediately. ”

After the makeup photos were finalized, most of the behind-the-scenes staff in the crew were also determined, and now the main thing that affects the start time of the movie is the preparation of the filming location. As an art director, Lin Jingliang went to the filming location to personally supervise the construction of the shooting scene, and it was also his duty to direct the set.

"It's just over, don't you take two days off?" Xiao Yao didn't refuse, but just proposed, "The house over there hasn't been built yet, and there are people from our company and professionals from the construction company watching there, all of which are built according to our requirements, and it's too late to go back when the house is built." ”

"No need. Lin Jingliang said, "I'm the art director, and that's where I work." I went, and I could make some adjustments according to the situation on the site, such as some built places, which don't need to be moved later, so I could do some interior decoration in advance, and make the scenery while building the house, maybe I could save some time. Don't you want to turn it on as soon as possible, so I'd better go there as soon as possible. ”

"That'll do. Xiao Yao no longer insisted, "I'll go with you tomorrow." Have you booked your tickets? If not, I'll find someone to book your tickets with you. If you have already booked, tell me the flight and I will book the same flight with you. ”

"You don't have to go there so early. Lin Jingliang said, "I'm the art director, I'll just go." You've agreed to all the art projects I've made, and I'm going to follow them exactly as they look. Don't worry about leaving things over there, I'll give you a satisfactory shooting location!"

"It's not that I don't feel at ease to hand it over to you," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "but you are the art director, and I am still the producer and director." Why can't I go?"

"Even if you are a producer and director, you don't have to do everything!" Lin Jingliang smiled, "While there is still some time, you can take a good rest, and after the film starts, you will still have to be busy as a director!"

"As a director, I expected this. Xiao Yao spread his hands and smiled, "The director is the core of a movie, isn't the pre-preparation, mid-shooting, and post-production all the director's business?

"I've seen a lot of film directors who have participated in the investment and written and directed by themselves, but I haven't seen a few like you. Lin Jingliang said, "You have to be able to let go and leave things to others." Now that you've hired me as art director, trust me and leave this to me. ”

"I don't seem to do everything by myself, do I? I leave a lot of the preliminary things to others, and I just make the final decision. Xiao Yao said helplessly, "Also, I said that I didn't worry about leaving it to you." It's just that as a producer and director, I should go to the set and care about the set. The most important thing is that I have already handed over some less important things in the crew to others, and I don't have anything on hand now, and I don't need such a long break. ”

"If you really don't have anything to do, how about I give you a suggestion?" Lin Jingliang said with a smile, "In a few days, there will be a concert of Chinese and Korean stars in Shencheng, you go to see the concert, relax, and when the concert is over, you will go to the filming location." ”

"Concert, how can you be so clear about what concert?" Xiao Yao looked at Lin Jingliang strangely, and changed his title, "Old Lin, do you have any conspiracy?"

"I just asked you to go to the concert, what kind of conspiracy can there be?" Lin Jingliang said with a smile.

"Really?" Xiao Yao threatened, "If you don't say it, I won't go." I'll follow you to the filming location tomorrow!"

"Well, I knew about that concert because Ah Yun told me she would be there. Lin Jingliang raised his hand in surrender and said, "She will sing the new song you wrote for him at the concert, and I really want you to go to see her perform." However, she knew that you were busy with new movies recently, and she was afraid of disturbing your work, so she didn't dare to call you rashly to invite you, so she contacted me and asked us about the preparation of the movie, and wanted to know from me whether you would have time to watch her perform live. Anyway, the crew hasn't started up yet, and you don't have to go to the filming location these days, so it's better to go to the concert site to see Ah Yun's performance. ”

"Ah Yun is attending the concert, why don't you go as an uncle?" Xiao Yao asked, "It should be me who went to the filming location to keep an eye on the progress, and you went to the concert to support your niece, right?"

"I'm her uncle, and I've seen all kinds of shows since she was a child, and I have seen them many times, and it doesn't matter if I have more than once. Lin Jingliang said with a smile, "The song she wants to sing this time was written by you for her, and she herself hopes that you will go to the scene to watch it." Also, others don't know that I'm her uncle, but they all know that you are her senior, and you wrote the song for her, and the effect of your on-site support is much better than mine. So, I'll leave the matter over there to the filming location, and you can go to the concert. ”