189 [Recording Songs and Filming]
"Let me do all the songs in the movie?" Xiao Lizhu looked at Wang Zijun in surprise and said in disbelief, "Senior brother, I heard you right, right?" ”
"That's right, I think your singing skills are very good." Wang Zijun nodded.
In fact, judging from the friendship and the increase in the popularity of the movie, Teresa Teng is the most suitable singer to sing these songs. It's just that those singing to the ** place are almost like screaming, and their style is very different from Teresa Teng's gentle style, although Teresa Teng's ability can also be interpreted, but Wang Zijun doesn't want to change Teresa Teng's consistent style.
And Xiao Lizhu is just right for singing those songs.
"You can familiarize yourself with these songs." Wang Zijun pushed the playlist over.
There are four songs on it: "If the Wine Sells Nothing", "The Same Moonlight", "Please Follow Me", and "Whether", Xiao Lizhu tried to hum them and found that these songs are all high-quality. I thought: I deserve to be a senior brother, and I came up with so many good songs at once.
Moreover, in addition to "Please Follow Me", the other three songs are different from any style in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene today, and if they can be successfully interpreted, they will definitely cause a sensation.
"Thank you...... Thank you, brother. Xiao Lizhu said excitedly.
Wang Zijun said with a smile: "You familiarize yourself with these first, let's practice for two days on the weekend, and then go to Haishan Records on Monday to record, I have already contacted over there." In addition, this song "Please Follow Me" was sung by the two of us, and the time was very tight. ”
Xiao Lizhu said a little nervously: "I will do my best." ”
Wang Zijun patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, it's a big deal to re-record." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Lizhu nodded.
While Xiao Lizhu was practicing at home alone, Wang Zijun was busy making his new record.
Of the six songs on this record, four were shamelessly plagiarized by Wang Zijun, and there is a Chinese song and a Cantonese song that he tried to compose himself.
has Zhou Lanping, a composer, as his teacher, and his head is filled with many musical elements of later generations, and he also participated in the arrangement of the first two records, although the songs written by Wang Zijun at this time are not first-class, they are not far behind.
After staying for two days on the weekend, Wang Zijun took Xiao Lizhu to Haishan Company to practice with music. After two days, Wang Zijun felt that he was more fully prepared, so he tried to start recording.
At the same time, Lin Qingxia was also present at the time of recording, she played the heroine in the play, and she wanted to lip-sync these songs, so naturally the more familiar the better.
Xiao Lizhu is baby-faced, her face is like an apple, and her surname is shy, she often blushes, and after a few days, she has won the love of many people, and she has been nicknamed "Red Apple".
For Wang Zijun's strength, the employees of Haishan Company have long been familiar with it, and they are not too surprised, but they are a little surprised that Xiao Lizhu, a newcomer, can still maintain a fresh taste when she sings to the fullest.
Wang Zijun of the film crew has been taking the time to watch, and it has been arranged for about half a month, and the personnel can be in place at any time. And the four songs on Xiao Lizhu's side have been repeatedly produced and have also achieved the desired effect, and Lin Qingxia's daily work is to listen to the record and practice lip-syncing over and over again.
By mid-March, Wang Zijun's new album named "Time Flows" was also recorded and handed over to Haishan Company for post-production.
"If the Wine Sells Nothing" tells the story of the military village on Xinyi Road in Taipei City, after reporting to the political axe, he directly found a military village to shoot on the spot, and even saved the set fee. And the extras are also convenient, just find some people from the military village to play, and the salary is almost negligible.
Since there is a plot later in the film that the military village is to be demolished, several houses will be demolished. When Wang Zijun promised that the house that was demolished, Wang's company would help them build a two-story small western-style building for free or compensate twice the local housing price, the eldest sisters and aunts in those dependent villages said that they could demolish their homes.
Only the house of the protagonist's family was demolished and rearranged - due to poverty, the wall made of wine bottles by the dumb uncle who collects wine bottles to sell has a unique flavor.
Sun Yue happily came to the set, this was his first time as a leading actor. And the one who played his wife was the harlequin that Wang Zijun went to the set to poach from other film companies - a middle-aged white fat woman named Lin Chunyan.
In the story, Sun Yue's veteran makes a living by collecting waste wine bottles, and his life is passable. But after picking up Ami (the heroine), he used the money to buy alcohol to buy milk powder for Ami, and transferred his love for his wife to his daughter, plus crying at night, changing diapers and other reasons, his kind wife finally left him after a quarrel.
As Ami grew up, she often sang in song halls and met a young composer, and the two soon fell in love. With the help of the composer, Ami's singing skills improved a lot, and she was eventually taken by an agent at a large company. In order to package Ami, the agent made her a rich daughter and did not let her meet her father and boyfriend often, and Ami was gradually lost in this glamorous life.
After going through all this, Ami came back from performing in Southeast Asia, only to see her father for the last time, and she regretted it...... This filming is much easier than Wang Zijun's original filming of Bloody Lonely City, after all, they are all experienced actors.
"The first scene of "If the Wine Sells Nothing", Eksh!"
The villagers in the military village were surrounded by three layers and three layers outside, Sun Yue and Lin Chunyan were talking about endless love words, and they pushed the car out to collect wine bottles for a long time.
The two old husbands and wives acted vividly, but they made the crowd around them burst into laughter. Wang Zijun shook his head again and again, and he was going to dub separately in the later part of this period.
Wang Zijun said to Li Jinghao: "Go and let the people around you be quiet, by the way, don't use tough means." ”
"Okay, I'll try." Li Jinghao thought about it, picked up a brick nearby, and ran to the pile of people and held it high. Suddenly, one hand grabbed it, and the other hand slashed hard, turning his head in two, and then he made a silent gesture with his fingers up.
Wang Zijun covered his forehead: "This guy with a full head of muscles! ”
The crowd of onlookers was stunned for a moment, and then applauded in unison, taking him for a vaudeville.
When Li Jinghao came back, Wang Zijun asked him: "Didn't you say that you used to be in charge of hundreds of people?" ”
Li Jinghao said: "In the past, it was forbidden to enforce orders, and whoever disobeyed would fight him once, otherwise he would be confined." ”
"I see, you better continue to be your bodyguard." Wang Zijun picked up the guide tube, "Next!" Start embedding. ”
This is the scene of the "dumb uncle" riding a tricycle through the military village and going out to collect wine bottles, showing the life of the military village in the 50s along the way.
Several assistant directors had already arranged the route, and the crowd was cleared away, leaving only a few passers-by and some professional actors. However, because the military village at this time had more modern decorations or buildings than in the 50s, these shots had to be shot separately or cut out in the later stage.
Sun Yue held the car in one hand and played with a horn in the other, and it was very similar.
"If the wine is not sold?" In Hokkien language, it is "Is there a bottle of wine that has been drunk?" It is often used in southern Fujian and Taiwan to collect waste products.
Sun Yue wants to play the dumb uncle, that is, while pedaling three wheels, he uses a horn to simulate the tone of "if the wine is dry". Sun Yue was very serious about this performance, and even stayed with a waste collector before and after the Spring Festival and experienced life for a month.
The first day of filming went exceptionally well, Sun Yue has played the villain for more than ten years, and acting is almost like eating and sleeping.
In the next few days, because many of the shots were night scenes, the main cast and crew simply lived in the military village, and after giving the original owner a sum of money, he moved to a neighbor's house.
"Ah, Ami, babble, uh......" The fool gestured around the dumb uncle, and his comical performance made many people laugh.
Wang Zijun asked in surprise: "Hey, is this tall and thin actor who plays a fool from our company?" There's a set of acting. ”
A camera assistant next to him hurriedly said: "Boss, this person's name is Zhu Dong, he used to be a salesman, and he came to sign up for Wang's acting training class last year. ”
"Yes, give him a little more drama in the future." Wang Zijun said.
Looking back at Li Jinghao, who looked like a telephone pole and pestle behind him, Wang Zijun was speechless for a while, this guy seemed to be useless at all except for eating rice.
On the fourth day of filming, Wang Zuxian's mother secretly brought her daughter to the crew.
Since there are a few other little actors, Wang Zuxian is not bored, and he quickly mingles with a few little guys.
However, the dog called Laifu was not easy to get, Wang Zijun had to hire a professional dog trainer, Wang Zuxian and a few little guys spent a day playing with the puppy.
The crew moved to the field, but it was the two little boys who laughed at Ami's father for picking up rags, and Ami's two friends, Ah Ming and Ah Lin, got into a mess with them in the rice field.
The parents of the four children laughed when they saw their son rolling in the fields.
But when Wang Zuxian was asked to shoot a rivalry with a snake, Wang Zuxian refused to do anything.
Wang Zijun took a box of chocolates and distributed them to several children, squatted beside Wang Zuxian and asked, "What, afraid of snakes?" ”
Wang Zuxian rolled his eyes and said, "You're not afraid?" ”
"Haha, that's a snake with a tooth extracted, it doesn't bite." Wang Zijun smiled and took the snake in his hand and let it wrap around his arm.
Wang Zuxian saw the snake and hurriedly took two steps back, Wang Zijun asked: "Xiaoxian, what gift do you want, I'll buy it for you when you finish filming." ”
"I don't want your gift." Wang Zuxian said with a small mouth.
"Xiaoxian, don't be afraid of us protecting you." Two children came over and said as heroes.
To put it mildly, Wang Zuxian was finally allowed to lie on the ground and confront the snake, and the dog trainer gave an order, and the puppy pounced out and bit the snake with its teeth extracted.
"Great, Rifle is great!" A few children cheered heartily.
(To be continued)