Chapter 124: Official Boot (Chapter 4K)
On the morning of September 22, the sky was clear and clear. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Cheng Wai-leung arrived at the Pok Fu Lam Campus of HKU, the rest of the crew had already started their work.
Those who move props move props, those who put incense cases do incense cases, and those who do conductors do commands. Everything is in order, and it is worthy of an old team with rich filming experience. If it weren't for cooperating with the TV station, even if Cheng Weiliang had money, he would have to go outside to find all kinds of talents to form a new crew, I'm afraid he would have to spend a lot of effort just to coordinate the crew to do things!
As soon as Cheng Weiliang came to the scene, he was invited to the vice principal's office and chatted for half an hour. The University of Hong Kong is the highest university in Hong Kong, and it has to borrow someone's venue for ten and a half months to shoot, thanks to ATV's face, of course, Cheng Weiliang also promised to hire Hong Kong students as extras, give full salaries, and provide Hong Kong students with extracurricular activities and work-study opportunities.
Back at the scene, Cheng Weiliang found that the incense table, roast suckling pig, fruits, etc. for the worship ceremony had been arranged, just waiting for the auspicious time to come.
On the other side of the classroom, lighting equipment and camera equipment are being adjusted and manipulated, artists are directing the handymen to move and lift and set up the scene, and hairstylists and makeup artists are making up and touching up the makeup of the actors who appeared on the stage today in the dressing room.
The actors who have a role in the scene today are holding their own part of the line book and muttering to themselves, as if they are memorizing their lines and figuring out the role.
The once quiet campus, as the auspicious time of opening approached, more and more people flocked to this open space. Cars drove into the campus of the University of Hong Kong, and waves of reporters arrived at the scene of the start-up worship ceremony.
"Mr. Cheng, congratulations! It's good to start!" a young man in a black suit came to the scene surrounded by several people behind him. Walk through the busy crowds. After seeing Cheng Weiliang, he strode to congratulate Cheng Weiliang.
Cheng Wei, Liang Zheng and Xu Xiaoming said that the filming of the first scene was problematic. When I heard the sound and looked back, it turned out to be Li Naixi, the general manager of Lianye Garment. Cheng Weiliang greeted him with a smile and said, "Mr. Li, welcome to our start-up ceremony." ”
"Brother Liang, congratulations, it's finally going to be officially launched!" Cheng Weiliang's good brother Luo Guangbiao followed behind Li Naixun, and also excitedly stepped forward and opened his mouth to say congratulations to Cheng Weiliang. Three days ago, he was sent by Cheng Weiliang to intern at the Lianye Garment Company, where he also served as an intermediary liaison.
At this time, the master of ceremonies reported that the auspicious time had arrived, Cheng Weiliang smiled and nodded to him, and turned around and walked towards the worship incense table where the roast suckling pig was enshrined.
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"It's auspicious, incense!" the master of ceremonies sang loudly.
After the master of ceremonies sings. The previous commotion suddenly fell silent. Under the gaze of more than 200 people at the scene, Cheng Weiliang stood in front of the incense case, pinching three incense candles the thickness of children's arms, and his heart was a little agitated for a while.
"It's finally going to begin! All the efforts of the past few months are just for this moment! Heaven has brought me to this life, please bless me!" Cheng Weiliang thought silently in his heart.
Opening his eyes, Cheng Weiliang turned his head sideways to look at Xu Xiaoming and Mei Xiaoqing on the left, seeing them smiling and nodding, he looked at the actors and sponsor representatives on the right, Cheng Weiliang saw a small fist in the crowd. Zeng Huaqian, who was nervous and excited, Luo Guangbiao, who was smiling from ear to ear, and Cheng Weiliang nodded at them with a smile, and then turned his head and strode towards the incense case in front. Insert the incense into the incense burner.
"Power on!" the master of ceremonies continued.
Cheng Weiliang "brushed" the red silk cloth covering the camera, revealing the black and shiny camera body.
Seeing that the worship ceremony was going smoothly as scheduled, everyone applauded warmly.
All the actors also stepped forward after the incense. The whole crew lined up together and let the reporters take pictures.
After that, it's simpler. The staff sliced the fat and fragrant roast suckling pig and distributed it to all the people present. Xu Xiaoming as a producer. The prepared big red envelopes were distributed to the reporters one by one, and some auspicious words were said to them, hoping that the reporters would say good things for the crew of "Meteor" in the newspaper and publicize it. These are the unspoken rules that every crew has always been used to.
After Cheng Weiliang, Mei Xiaoqing and the leading actors accepted a few brief interviews with reporters, the staff began to clear the venue and invited a group of people who watched the excitement and irrelevance out of the set. Today's first scene is about to start filming.
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"Is that so? No......? What about this posture? Reporter Liangzai, help me take a few more beautiful photos!" Guan Zhilin grabbed a male reporter from Ming Pao Weekly and interviewed her for a few words, and then asked the reporter to take a few beautiful photos of her, suggesting that the reporter help her publish the photos in the newspaper with today's press release.
Guan Zhilin doesn't have many roles in the play, and there is no play for her today, but she still wears the most beautiful clothes she usually wears, dresses up beautifully early in the morning, and actively participates in the start-up ceremony. Everything is to make a more appearance in front of entertainment reporters, so that more people can pay attention to her Guan Zhilin. Report more, and after opening up the fame, the salary of the movie can be increased a little.
She usually lives a luxurious life and spends a lot of money, brand-name clothes, bags, and cosmetics. After divorcing that cheap man, she couldn't receive movie notices for a while after Xiying was at home for nearly a year, and seeing her purse deflating day by day, she had to return to the TV station to make dramas.
I thought that with her Guan Zhilin's beauty, she could win the heroine of that fashion drama, but who thought that the broken director from the mainland didn't buy her account at all, and didn't even give her the opportunity to audition! If it weren't for the lack of money, she wouldn't have accepted a small supporting role in this campus drama, what a goddess? Fart! The role is pitiful! The salary is only 3,000 yuan, and this money is not enough for her to buy a skirt!
At the request of the reporter, Guan Zhilin put on a few self-consciously very seductive and amorous poses for the reporter to shoot. Hearing that the staff was about to clear the venue, she hurriedly asked the reporter to hurry up and take a few more photos, "Brother Xiao Ming, look at you so beautiful, let's come out for tea when we have time." Remember to put my picture on it, remember it! Bye-bye!" Before leaving, Guan Zhilin gave the male reporter who was a little tender-looking a flying kiss.
"Phew, when you are a big star, you still put your photo on the text? Then the editor-in-chief can't open me!" Zhou Ming, a young reporter who has only been employed by Ming Pao Weekly for a year, turned around and complained.
"If I touch it again, maybe I can think about it!" Zhou Ming put his hand in front of his nose and sniffed deeply. This hand quietly touched the jade leg of the little star Guan Zhilin just now, and there seems to be a beautiful woman's body fragrance on his hand. It really made him intoxicated.
"If the little star wants to be famous, what else do you pretend to be high? You still want me to post a photo of your front, phew! I want to be beautiful!" Zhou Ming snorted fiercely.
"Producer Mei, you call me?" Guan Zhilin quickly trotted in front of Mei Xiaoqing, who was waving to her, at the urging of the clearance.
Mei Xiaoqing just saw Guan Zhilin and a reporter slimy and refused to come back immediately, at this time, he stared at Guan Zhilin with a slightly straight face, clapped his hands and let the actors look over, and said: "During the filming of this drama, no one is allowed to contact reporters, nor is it allowed to disclose the filming situation to the outside world privately. This is a precept that everyone must remember!"
After speaking, she looked around at the actors and actresses around her, and saw that everyone was listening carefully, so she waved her hand, "Just remember! ”
"Phew, coquettish vixen!" kicked ten centimeters of high heels in Guan Zhilin. When he passed by in a swaying manner, Mai Cuixian's voice was not small and sarcastic.
"Xiaocui!" has a good relationship with Mai Cuixian, and Yuan Qiong, who came out of the same graduating class, pulled the corner of his companion's clothes and persuaded in a low voice.
Guan Zhilin frowned slightly. Standing there and was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly remembered something, sneered and shook his hair. Straighten up your chest and take a new step.
Mai Cui smiled strangely when she saw her. He opened his mouth and reprimanded: "What are you laughing at, a fox? Is it true that flirting with a male reporter and touching your legs are qualified to be on the front page of the newspaper?"
"You!" was seen by her just now? Guan Zhilin was stabbed in the heart. Choked so much that he couldn't refute the other party for a while.
A few young actors and actresses around who had not yet dispersed heard that the famous little pepper of the crew seemed to have something to say, so they also stopped to watch the situation.
Yuan Qiongshan saw that the good sisters were getting more and more explicit as they spoke, and anxiously persuaded: "Xiaocui, don't quarrel, it's not good for the director and producer Mei to know about it, let's go over quickly, right?"
"What are you afraid of, it's not me who is embarrassed anyway! Just now I saw her coquettish let a male reporter touch her thigh, since she did it, don't be afraid of what people say!" Mai Cuixian has been unaccustomed to this woman who likes to show off her amorous appearance in front of men since the day of the interview, and she doesn't save face at all when she is sarcastic.
"Stinky girl chewing the root of her tongue, be careful that I sue you for slander!" Feeling the strange eyes around her, Guan Zhilin glared at her in annoyance, and then strode away.
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At this time, the crew has all moved to the filming location of today's first scene, the main building of the University of Hong Kong, with its European classical architectural style, and a classroom in the Faculty of Arts.
The first scene at the beginning of the first episode will be filmed here, the heroine Shancai and her classmates sit in the classroom, and in Shancai's narration, they introduce the various awesomeness of this private aristocratic middle school, the various behaviors of the classmates wearing famous watches, diamond rings, necklaces, etc., as well as Shancai's helpless situation of being isolated.
"The extras and those props are all in order, right?" Cheng Weiliang held the director's book in his hand, sat on the director's chair, and asked Fu Songnian, the director's assistant on the side.
Fu Songnian looked at the workbook and said: "The students of the Hong Kong University have already changed into our school uniforms and are rehearsing; the students of the training class, such as Wu Yijiang, Huang Qiusheng, and Luo Dahua, have been arranged by the station to make cameos when they come, and they are already waiting outside; Shancai, Jiao Lili, and Feng Meijin are putting on makeup, and they will be fine soon." ”
Turning the page of the notebook again, he continued: "Chanel bags, Cartier, Omega watches, MG, Louis Vuitton and other luxury brands, major companies have sent representatives to send things, and they are watching by their own people, and they will be recycled immediately after shooting. ”
"Also, Porsche, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and other famous cars, as well as BMW, have all driven the cars we want. As for Ferrari and Land Rover, I'll push again. In this scene of a famous car driving into the campus, the representative of the automobile company suggested that we start filming as soon as possible, and they should drive the car back to the company as soon as possible. Tomimatsunian closed his workbook and stood aside respectfully.
After listening to the report, Cheng Weiliang stood up and patted the director's book in his hand, "If the car hasn't arrived before one o'clock in the afternoon, cancel them." Let BMW drive two more models to make up for it. In that famous car scene, the focus is on BMW, and other cars are just passing by, and it doesn't matter if there are one or two brands less. ”
Ferrari and Land Rover, when Cheng Weiliang first negotiated with them, it was more difficult to speak. They don't want to give sponsorship money, they just want to borrow a car, so they want Cheng Weiliang to give them a few close-ups of the brand! How can there be such a cheap thing? If that's the case, where do you put the BMW cars that are fully sponsored?
Half an hour later. A second assistant director surnamed He came to inform Cheng Weiliang that the art team had set up the scene, the lighting, camera equipment, and the personnel of each group were all ready, waiting for Cheng Weiliang to give orders.
Cheng Weiliang nodded, picked up the director's speaker, and walked to the classroom next door.
There were twenty or thirty students sitting in the classroom, most of them members of extra-curricular interest groups such as the HKU Art Department or the Repertory Theatre, who had previously rehearsed several times under the direction of the assistant director. At this time, they either stand and chat with their classmates, or sit in their seats and flip through books, as long as they show the usual situation before class, basically acting in their true colors, which is not very difficult.
Mei Xiaoqing stood in a pile of lighting equipment, gesturing with the cameraman next to her, and from time to time instructed her assistant Fu Songnian to record something. She saw Cheng Weiliang coming in, stopped talking, and said to Cheng Weiliang: "Weiliang, the set has been arranged, what is still missing? No problem, we are about to turn on." ”
Mei Xiaoqing has also supervised several TV series and has rich experience, and the entire crew is her acquaintance, Cheng Weiliang believes that there will be no problems with her scheduling work.
Cheng Weiliang looked around the entire classroom, as well as the camera position, the students and the staff of the crew were all watching him, waiting for his orders, Cheng Weiliang nodded with a smile, "Sister Xiaoqing, thank you for your hard work, let's start now." ”
"The rest of the actors are buried now. Mei Xiaoqing clapped her palms and motioned to the heroines Shancai, Jiao Lili, Feng Meijin, and the ATV actors who had just put on Omega, Rolex watches and other luxury brands, and entered the seats that were pre-designed for them to facilitate shooting.
Zeng Huaqian, Yuan Qiongdan, Cai Qianer, and other ATV male and female actors sat down separately, and the assistant director explained their actions and demeanor during the previous rehearsal.
"Ready!" shouted the assistant director.
"Lighting group OK!"
"The camera crew is ok!"
"The recording crew is ok!"
A scene reporter took out the clapperboard with the scene number written, stretched out in front of the camera lens, and shouted: "The first scene of "Meteor Garden", the first shot, the first shot. ”
Cheng Weiliang pointed to the guide tube and ordered: "Hey Kesh!"
"Smack!" The slapper snapped and slammed the slapstick shut.
The camera opens and shoots at the actors. (To be continued.) )