Chapter 15: Apple Peels and Characters
Approaching dusk, Song Pingguo put all the dishes into the pot, put all the pots on the fire, and then collapsed on the sofa with all her strength, looking for any TV programs to pass the time.
Then she felt that instead of pulling out something to watch on the current TV show, it would be better to return to the most primitive social activity of human beings - chatting.
And there happens to be a good person to chat with in the house.
"Don't get me wrong, not everyone of us is as crazy as Raichu." Xu Ran clarified for herself before the conversation began, "Generally speaking, it is difficult for us to keep up with her train of thought. ”
"I understand, I understand." Song Pingguo's face was full of concern, "Has Lei Qiu always been like this?" ”
"Almost, right?"
Sometimes, time can bring unimaginable changes to people.
Growing up may seem like a long process, but sometimes it only takes one night for a person's thoughts and concepts to change completely, and then unconsciously change what they once were.
There are exceptions.
Exceptions like Raichu's.
According to Xu Ran, Raichu was a maverick when she was in drama school, and she had a good relationship with everyone, but no one knew what was going on in her head - not even their beloved teacher Pichu.
Usually Raichu is a warm-hearted, powerful, helpful and polite, and never speaks in secret, and is very popular with both male and female classmates - but no one really knows what is going on in her head.
She doesn't seem to have any worries to talk about, no unwilling to complain, no adolescent worries to talk about, her life seems to be only on the stage, and after stepping off the stage, there is no need to have more complex thoughts, just eat and drink, and maintain a minimum power consumption.
Carefree, no worries, as long as the lunch box is delicious, I will do my best, as long as I have a full stomach, I can wait for the next character with interest.
Over the years, she has never changed.
"Life is 30,000 days in the world, and a happy day is a day!" That's Raichu's motto.
Therefore, Lei Qiu feels that the most important thing in filming is a sense of security, because for her, security is something that she does not have to strive for, and she can forget about it outside the stage anytime and anywhere.
As long as he doesn't worry about going hungry, Raichu doesn't worry about anything.
Indeed, the communication with Xu Ran made Song Pingguo regain the feeling of communicating with ordinary people, they chatted casually for a while, and when it was completely dark, Lei Qiu came back.
"I'm tired!" Lei Qiu is now in and out of Song Pingguo's house as if he was in and out of his own house, "That Gong Xiao really wants to be in one place, I am about to toss her into a concussion." ”
As she spoke, she fell on the sofa, lying on the sofa and looking up at Song Pingguo: "Little apple, what do you eat at night?" ”
"You don't have your portion of dinner."
"Song Pingguo, what do you eat at night?"
"There's fish soup, and braised rice with shiitake mushrooms."
Before Lei Qiu could cheer, there was a knock on the door, Song Pingguo ran to open the door, and saw a thin courier brother standing at the door. The courier brother asked without tears: "Do you know when the person opposite your house will come back?" ”
"I'm here!" Raichu yelled on the couch, "Have me deliver? ”
"Yes...... "The courier guy wiped the sweat from his face, "See if you can find someone to help you move it......"
Lei Qiu and Song Pingguo went downstairs, and then they knew why the courier brother was so embarrassed.
On the ground at the entrance of the unit, there are three huge crates. Without even having to smell the fruity aroma of the fruit, Raichu knew that the three crates must be full of apples sent from his hometown.
"Oops...... They all told them not to send so much, and spend so much courier fee......" Raichu said and casually picked up a box from the ground and carried it on his shoulder, "Apple, you can also help me move one, and I will take you to divide a box." ”
Song Pingguo sighed and reluctantly accepted the title of apple. Although she is not as strong as Lei Chu, she is also a person in the kitchen who can shake the pot with one hand and can move the whole box of lunch on the stairs, she took a little breath and moved the box up, and before going up the stairs, she turned around and greeted the courier brother who was stunned in place: "You can move the remaining one, right?" ”
The courier guy was dumbfounded.
Song Pingguo piled three crates and her ingredients in the corner, took a few apples from them and put them on the table: "Peel a few to eat first?" ”
Raichu nodded vigorously, his eyes shining.
When she was taken to study opera by her master Pichu, Lei Qiu had just graduated from elementary school, and her only understanding of Peking Opera was the Shengdan Jingmo Chou taught in the language book, and the text on the language book that Mei Lanfang watched pigeons every day in order to exercise her eyes.
She didn't know that she had such a pair of eyes, like chasing an invisible bird in the air, with a god-given agility and cunning, clearly reflecting every emotion.
When he's not acting, Rachu likes to stare at the same place. She's either busy eating, figuring out the role, or she's just busy figuring out the role.
Now she was staring at Song Pingguo's hand peeling an apple.
Song Pingguo's knife skills are exquisite, everyone knows this, how to say that she is also half a professional chef, and she will have to go home to inherit the restaurant if she can't sell the boxed lunch in the future - in contrast, although Lei Qiu said that she would go home to grow apples if she couldn't act, she didn't actually grow apples.
When she was in the kitchen, Song Pingguo had her usual knife, and the silver prop box was full of insiders' breath to the layman. The kind of bunny apron and turban with apples can't bring the air of an insider.
When she peels apples, she uses the ordinary fruit knife in the supermarket for nine yuan a piece.
Song Pingguo's thumb in one hand slightly pressed the position to be cut next, controlling the direction of the apple in his hand, and the fruit knife walked around the apple without a pause, peeling out a long apple peel and an apple with a very smooth surface.
Before going to film "The Old Man Still Sings", Lei Chu's only purpose in coming to Hengdian was to quickly play a reasonable supporting role and realize his parents' wish to see him on TV, but after patting, Lei Chu felt that he was beginning to appreciate the charm of acting in TV series.
When she stands on the stage, she must let the audience see her movements clearly, feel her feelings, and even if she is forbearing, she must bring a little exaggeration. But now, the camera faithfully records every detail, from eyes to movements, from movements to demeanor, all of which will be watched by the viewer.
It's a pressure, but for Raichu, it's a good thing that makes her more excited and motivated.
Shan Siyan is a person with a flamboyant and sharp personality, in the early days, she protected her gentle and weak brother everywhere, and as her younger brother grew up step by step into a qualified emperor, her personality was also changing. In the later stages of the whole play, Shan Siyan is an image of a silent and forbearant strategist.
Rachu feels that "The Old Man Still Sings" regards the growth of the characters as a very important element from the beginning, and almost no characters are the same from beginning to end, and the delicate description of psychological changes is one of the most attractive parts of the book, but when it comes to filming, it is a bit difficult for the actors.
It is impossible to shoot a TV series all the way according to the order of the script, maybe in the last scene, Shan Siyan was still instigating his younger brother to send troops to quell the chaos on the corridor, and in the next scene, Shan Siyan had to persuade his friends to let go of his prejudices against Shan Jinxiu on this corridor, and for a while he had to point out the country with great momentum, and then he had to lower his body to plead...... It is very difficult to show the gradual growth of the character under such conditions.
It's hard to beat Raichu.
Each character is like an apple that has not been peeled, she is the blade, and she can't cut too much flesh because of her clumsiness, just like Song Pingguo said, to make the blade smooth and flexible, and decisively cut it along the shape of the apple.
It's a world that's similar to the play, but it's very different, and Rachu can't see the whole picture of this world yet, she just knows that she's going to love it.
"Originally, I wanted to go back to the repertory theatre after filming the old man still singing. The regiment elder called me to complain about the lack of people in the regiment and told me to go back when I was free. Lei Qiu took a bite of the apple in his hand, "It's really fun to think about it now, and after the filming is over, I have to ask Gong Xiaoye what novel she still wants to remake, and I'll shoot it for her." ”
The crew of "The Old Man Still Sings" was originally jokingly called the grass stage team by Lei Qiu, but the appearance of this grass stage team was unexpectedly good, in Xia Yiming's words, "This TV series is basically impossible to find fault except for the few parts where you Gong Touer dangles next to the mulberry branch with a big face."
Later, Lei Qiu pondered carefully, Gong Xiao also looked unreliable on the surface, but she had some talent for knowing people.
And the director she chose Xia Yiming's aesthetics is also relatively up to standard, so that she will not make the overhead ancient style novel into a Taobao hit mixed fantasy style, and tell a story in a down-to-earth manner with limited conditions, and several times the author Baili Ming also came to the scene to take a look, pulling the mulberry branch to take a group photo, saying that the mulberry branch is the Fang Che that appeared in her mind when she wrote it, and she will be a fan of the mulberry branch from now on.
However, after she saw Racul, she only praised Racul's acting skills, and did not take a group photo or shake hands.
Lei Qiu comforted himself a little, thinking that maybe Baili Ming just preferred the role of Fang Che.
After that, she couldn't help but find a place where no one was and shouted: "I'm really desperate for this face-looking world!" ”