CHAPTER 336: JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Hollywood, this is a dream factory, it is located in the suburbs of Los Angeles, it is said to be a suburb, in fact, it is not far from Beverly Hills, Zheng Xudong's car from the place of eating back to Beverly Hills, from this time through the past is the world's film capital - Hollywood (France does not recognize this, it thinks that the film capital is Paris).

The most famous film companies in Hollywood are the "Big Eight" that people often talk about, namely: DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Sony, Universal Pictures, WB (Warner Bros.), Paramount, these eight, there has not been a ninth yet, because every one has to be hit by these eight, including DreamWorks, which was established later, and it was also established after the seven companies, and DreamWorks is the youngest among the eight It was founded in 1994, and after 2000, it took six years of "shopping" to become the "Big Eight", and there is also the credit of the founder Stephen Spielberg, and because Steven Spielberg is Jewish, and there is the support of a huge Jewish group behind him, otherwise Hollywood would probably be seven film companies by now.

Of course, Hollywood is not saying that there are only these eight film companies, but that these eight are at the level of "giants", and there were more than 2,000 film companies under Hollywood at its peak. After a "baptism" in the market, there are now more than 1,000 of them.

Each of Hollywood's "Big Eight" film companies has its own studio, usually more than one, Zheng Xudong and they just shoot a MV, and they can't talk back to these eight, and it's too much of a fuss, and they don't have that much face now.

Scott found a "mini" sound stage under a small film company and rented it for an afternoon, and it cost them $50,000! Don't bargain about the price, or the price will get higher and higher, this is the "rule" here, and the "newcomer" has to obey the rules set by everyone, and Zheng Xudong has to endure it even if he is a cow here.

By the time they arrived at the studio, the director and crew had already arrived, setting up the scene, and taking some shots in advance that didn't require actors to be on camera for post-editing.

Scott first introduced Zheng Xudong to the director Ethan Rand, who is in his thirties, in addition to having red hair in a shawl that people can remember, he looks very ordinary, and he is almost forty years old and has pimples on his face, and there are quite a few. The two shook hands first and said "Fortunately!", and then the director turned his head and called the costume designer over and asked Zheng Xudong to try on the costume.

This simplified procedure made Zheng Xudong really uncomfortable, and it can be seen from the director's reaction that he is really not famous in Hollywood.

The costume designer designed Zheng Xudong's clothing is a brown stand-up collar lambskin jacket on the upper body, and he did not use the denim clothes worn by the "Mars" brother later, and the lower body is wearing a pair of jeans that have been worn out in several places, and the jeans are no longer much blue, they are already a little yellow, Zheng Xudong also specially asked the costume master, "This can't be picked off on the street homeless man, right? I have a slight cleanliness habit." ”

The fashion designer in his twenties looked at him and said shyly, "It's new, it's old." Zheng Xudong looked at him so much that he didn't vomit, and he had goosebumps on his body, you said that you are a big man who looks at me What is there to be ashamed of!

Inside the small leather jacket is a blue printed T-shirt with a large neckline, the reason why Zheng Xudong selected this one from more than a dozen T-shirts is because of the printed pattern in China's quintessential Peking Opera face, and it is also a "copper hammer flower face", looking at the red face and a pair of white long hair, Zheng Xudong guessed that it was likely to be "Wen Taishi".

The t-shirt with a large neckline would show its bare neck, "Do you have a necklace or something, if not, I can give you this one around my neck!" the costumer asked shyly again.

Zheng Xudong thought to himself, "Hurry up, stop it, I won't be able to wash my neck with a bottle of shower gel when I wear your necklace!" Looking at his disappointed expression, Zheng Xudong turned around and took out the platinum necklace given to him by instructor Susan Wilson from the space, and the pendant was taken out by the F16 fighter and put on.

"OH MY GOD! THIS NECKLACE IS SO BEAUTIFUL! IT FITS YOUR IDENTITY VERY WELL, CAN YOU GIVE ME THIS NECKLACE AFTER FILMING THE MUSIC VIDEO?" THE COSTUME DESIGNER SAID TO ZHENG XUDONG WITH BIG WATERY EYES.

"You have to be embarrassed to say such a thing!" Zheng Xudong thought in his heart but said to him: "I'm sorry, this is a friend who gave it to me!"

The costumer brought him a white top hat with a black rim and put it on his head, and the image of a handsome young man came out at once. Zheng Xudong himself has the figure of a supermodel, and now the matching of clothes is even more obvious.

After the costume was put on, he came to the filming location, which made director Ethan Rand also shine, but he didn't say anything, but called Zheng Xudong to him, pointed to another person in front of him and said: "Anton, this is the actress who plays with you, her name is Nathalie Kelly, you guys get familiar with it first." ”

Zheng Xudong wanted to express his feelings of "admiration for a long time" in words, but looking at the businesslike attitude of others, he could only save it, and he simply exchanged a few words of greeting.

Zheng Xudong called Scott over, "Why are these people so awesome! Didn't we pay!"

Scott said with some embarrassment: "Anton, our fame is still a little small, and a usually movie actor doesn't look down on a singing actor, unless you are a star in film and television songs, or you are already a big name in singing." So bear with it, everyone has to go through such a process to become famous. ”

In fact, Zheng Xudong himself understands in his heart, but now his net worth is a little inconsistent with his fame, and he is a little uncomfortable for a while, "What is the origin of that actress? I don't seem to know her, why is she so awesome!"

Hearing him say this, Scott burst out laughing quietly, "Hey, what are you talking about, what are you laughing at?!"

"Speaking of which, this actress has some relationship with you... Scott smiled mysteriously.

"WHAT! YOU MAKE IT CLEAR, I CAN'T BEAT THE FOX AND CAUSE A COMMOTION!" Zheng Xudong said a little anxiously.

"Don't worry, I didn't mean that. Her name is Natalie Kelly, Peruvian, and the only movie she has starred in is "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift", and the other movie is even less famous, not to mention what it is called "Rich Black Gold". That is, Tokyo Drift, which made Universal Pictures lose money, took off all the pants and forks. Otherwise, it is impossible for you to buy the IP of this series. I came to her because she was cheap, and because she had a baby face, which was more festive and likeable. ”

Zheng Xudong didn't expect it to be really this woman, he looked familiar at the time, but he didn't dare to admit it, but now he remembered it as soon as he heard Scott say it, he checked it in the time and space lock, and found that she had not had any famous works until 2020, and this person disappeared from the entertainment industry. Whatever, it's none of his business anyway, after filming and leaving, maybe the two will meet passerby A and passerby B in the future.

The first shot during the official shooting was that Natalie Kelly was listening to the Walkman with headphones in her ears, and a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her mouth while listening, at this time Zheng Xudong also smiled and stepped forward, turned off the girl's Walkman cheaply, took out the tape inside, sat on the sofa opposite her, pulled out the tape inside, and began to "pose" , This part was made by the computer in the later stage, the two expressed their own thoughts on the pose of the tape, and gradually the beautiful actress from the sofa she was sitting on, wearing Qi forced ultra-short jeans, with two long legs (Natalie Kelly is 1.7 meters tall, not short!), an oversized T-shirt on the upper body, eager to expose half of her body, a black bra strap hanging on her shoulder, she came over and sat on Zheng Xudong's sofa, the two sat very close, looking at Zheng Xudong with a smile on her face.

For a moment, Zheng Xudong was really fascinated by her sweet smile, and he even liked this girl a little bit in his heart, and then the director asked the two to stare affectionately, and the camera captured a few shots, and the foreheads of the two slowly came together. At this time, the role of the two is basically over. Then the director came over and said, "Anton, because it has to match the animation of the piano playing on tape in your script, there is a grand piano over there, you sit down and pose for it, and this MV is finished." ”

Zheng Xudong sat in front of the old-fashioned wooden piano according to the director's request and played a song "Dedicated to Alice".

Director Ethan Rand didn't expect him to really be able to play the piano, he thought that it would be over if he put on a "fool" look, in this case, quickly let the camera stand up, and watched Anton sit there quietly playing the piano, everyone was fascinated by his appearance, including the actress Natalie Kelly, who ignored him just now, also began to re-examine the big boy in front of her. Dedicated to Alice", she stopped again. It was the director's "Click, call it a day!" that dragged her soul back to the real world.

She walked over to Zheng Xudong, stretched out her fleshy little hand, and said, "Reacquaint, I'm actor Natalie Kelly." "Hello! I'm Anton!"

"You're the best piano of all the people I know, and I was hooked, I thought I was listening to Richard Clayderman's live recital, and it was so beautiful that I could hear a lingering feeling in the piano. Okay, let's not talk about it, I'll come to me with such a show in the future. BYE BYE!”

"Thank you for the compliment, BYE!" the two parted in the studio.

Although it is said that this MV can be shot for nearly three hours, and the director has high requirements for shooting, he has to shout "click" if he is not satisfied with the expression, lighting, costumes, props, etc. At this time, the director Ethan Rand came over, and it happened that Scott also came over, Ethan Rand said: "Scott, today's shooting is over, and when I go back, I will add the animation of the tape that I made yesterday according to what you said to the film, and then add the song." I can send you a sample tomorrow, you can take a look, if you are not satisfied, we will call again, if it is okay, I will take my people to withdraw. ”

Scott glanced at Zheng Xudong, Zheng Xudong nodded, Scott stretched out his hand and shook Ethan Rand's hand, "Thank you, BYE!"