After checking into the hotel, everyone took a short rest, and then seized the time to have a meeting in the director's suite. The assistant directors, producers and drama managers who came to prepare in the early stage, as well as Manager Zheng and others who came later, all had to talk about the current work situation.

The leading actors all arrived and said hello to each other.

Then everyone introduced the work one by one.

At present, the venue rental has been completed, and Director Zhao and Director Rong have seen some photos and agreed before. Later, you can go and see the exterior. Venue hire is basically zero and does not cost much. The crew specially rented a good teahouse, which can be used for filming scenes and as a filming base for the crew.

All kinds of shooting equipment can be stored in the warehouse over there.

Now the shooting equipment is in storage, and Manager Zheng is in charge.

These rental costs are not large and acceptable to the crew.

As for the large number of group performances needed for filming locations, they have all been found, led by Xinghui Company, and helped contact them at the actors' union, and the assistant director has seen them, and they are all good. At present, group performances are carried by group leaders, and they can be on call without any problem.

These expenses are not large, and the introduction fee to Xinghui is not high.

In fact, those group performances are basically recruited by Xinghui Company.

At present, the hotel where the crew stays is also the property of Xinghui Company.

The rented venue is also their turf.

The costumes of the group performance also have to be rented from their company, and the crew does not need to make so many costumes themselves, and they may not be able to use them again in the future, so they can be rented. It also costs money if you need to rent their staff. For example, if you need to rebuild the location, you must use their set workers, and the crew can't handle it by themselves, and there are not so many people.

All in all, the services provided by this company are very good, at least worth the money.

Since you want to cooperate, you must give others a little sweetness.

If you recruit a large number of location group performances by yourself, not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive, the effect may not be good, so it is better to let Xinghui introduce it.

In this circle, there are relationships and easy things to do.

Manager Zheng is very experienced and handles these things in an orderly manner.

The meeting didn't take too long, it wasn't necessary, just make things clear. Then the main executives and directors of the crew have to go to the location, see the location on the spot, come back for dinner at noon, and then officially start filming in the afternoon.

As for a day off? You shouldn't spend money on a day off? Stop dreaming.

At present, the style of the crew is vigorous and resolute, and it is very efficient.

Naturally, the leading actors have to follow.

Everyone got out of the hotel, took the crew bus, got out of the living area, and walked all the way to the scenic spot outside the film and television city.

According to the guidance of the assistant director, everyone came to the rented location of the crew.

Under the leadership of Director Zhao, everyone looked around and went through several main scenes, and they were basically satisfied.

The exterior area of Huairou Film and Television City is good, and it is more than enough to meet the small cost production of the crew.

In Zhou Yi's opinion, in terms of exterior scenes, at least it is much stronger than the simple scenery of the original work in the previous life.

Then everyone came to the rented teahouse to see the situation, which was also very good.

The crew can work here, and the actors have no problem putting on makeup and changing costumes.

The photographic equipment is also very well kept.

At present, everything is normal, Director Zhao made arrangements, and according to the original plan, the crew officially started filming in the afternoon.

At noon, everyone went back to the hotel in the living area for lunch, which was four dishes and one soup, which was of normal standard.

Usually when filming, when I am busy, I don't have time, so I can only eat a boxed lunch.

Next, the producers, coordinators, drama managers and on-site workers all started their work according to the director's requirements to prepare for the afternoon shooting. The director team also took action, and the photography, lighting, props, and art began to be busy.

Zhou Yi doesn't have to worry about these things, he just needs to wait for filming.

Looking at everyone's busy scene, Zhou Yi felt that the director's job was really not something anyone could do, and it was normal to arrange work, coordinate various departments, and control the overall situation.

Even if he can sleep ten girls every night, Zhou Yi definitely doesn't want to do this kind of work, let alone can't sleep!

The actors in this play are all big men, how can there be girls? Even if you play back to the mountain, everyone is attacking!

However, the director is usually under a lot of pressure, and it is conceivable that even if he sleeps with a few girls, it is also a relief of pressure.

Zhuo Qinglian actually couldn't hide and didn't come to work, so she had to deduct her money.

If you want to get two salaries, it is not so easy, and she must be shown how ruthless the capitalists are. Think you can be an assistant to the chairman if you are beautiful? Zhou Yi secretly slandered Sister Zhuo in his heart. In fact, people really have jobs!

In the afternoon, everyone returned to the location for filming.

In the teahouse, the main actors began to put on makeup and change costumes.

Today's first scene has Zhou Yi's play.

Wu Yuanshen, Gao Song and An Dehai also have plays, and they all have to be prepared.

Although filming does not have to be filmed in the order of the script, Zhou Yi and An Dehai are both novices in the crew, and the director arranges the scenes in roughly the order, but the specific scenes will be adjusted, so that it is convenient for newcomers to find their status. If the scenes are reversed, the director is fine, but an inexperienced novice like Zhou Yi may be confused and unable to find the state of acting.

Directors also have to take these issues into account.

Zhou Yi filmed the opening scene today, full of confidence, and wanted to make a good start.

After a while, the coordinator of the crew came to report to the director, and the group performers organized by Xinghui Company were already in place. Moreover, the costumes rented from their company were all shipped, and the group performers all changed into costumes. Some group performances have just finished performing in other crews, and they were directly called over by the company's group leaders, who were already wearing appropriate costumes and didn't need to be changed.

Some of the makeup team went ahead of time to help them get dressed.

Xinghui Company also sent some makeup assistants to help the crew for internships and experience.

The crew doesn't mind letting them get a salary, it doesn't cost much, and it can save a lot of time.

Otherwise, it takes too much time to make up, the filming is late in the afternoon, the lighting is not good, and the crew will spend more if it is delayed for another day. So when it's time to spend some money, you must spend it, otherwise you won't save money, but you will spend more.

Manager Zheng is experienced and will handle these things well.

The assistant director also came to the scene and was responsible for giving a lecture to the group performers.

The group performers are all led by experienced group leaders, and after listening to the director, everyone knows how to act.

Several special guests who have lines have also memorized their lines, and they are all veteran actors who can easily cope with this kind of scene.

The props team went there in advance at noon to set up the scene. Most of the props are rented from Xinghui Company, so you don't have to do everything yourself, and you can't make so many props for filming exterior scenes, so you can rent them, which is very convenient. The list of props has been prepared for a long time and handed over to Xinghui Company in advance, and they are all very ordinary props, which are not difficult to put together. At present, all the props have been transported to the designated location.

These crews have dedicated producers to coordinate and ensure that nothing goes wrong.

The props team should put all kinds of props in place in advance to prepare for the shooting.

By the time the leading actors were ready and came to the filming site, the props team had already been prepared, all kinds of stalls were set up on the street, pancakes and fruits and other things were placed, and the scene was well arranged.

The ensemble performers are also dressed up and ready to go.

All kinds of photographic equipment and filming equipment are in place, and the reflectors are ready.

Both the camera crew and the lighting crew were ready.

The line director began to speak for several of the main actors.

Director Zhao coordinated on the spot.

"Props set."

"Get in place!"

"Photography crew."

"Get in place!"

"Light Group."

"Get in place!"

"Ensemble."

"Get in place!"

"Departments are ready to ......"

Look at all aspects are no problem, the scene is well prepared, Director Zhao gave an order, and the shooting officially began.

For Zhou Yi, this scene is not difficult in performance, not even lines, a look and a smirk will pass. However, Zhou Yi still used hypnotism to hypnotize himself into a little junior brother Yang De, at least to act like a good one.

He has changed into a blue beggar outfit, with long black hair, standing in front of the camera, taking close-up shots, starting to chew a piece of baked cake in his mouth, and then looking around as the camera turns.

The director has explained it in advance, and Zhou Yi knows how to perform.

Then the two leading actors Wu Yuanshen and Gao Song appeared on the stage, all dressed up as head-catchers, and the costumes were very good and very eye-catching.

Zhou Yi also had a rivalry with Gao Song, but it was just a look in his eyes and a smirk, and he did it well, just over and over again.

Next, Zhou Yi could only watch the performance of the two leading actors and the group performers.

Takamatsu's performance was vivid, and it was clear that he was well prepared.

Several group performers with lines also performed well.

After changing a few scenes, the shooting went relatively smoothly, and there were not many times when the director called a stop.

Under normal circumstances, two or three shots will pass.

Especially in the scene with the old man who sold pears, everyone played extremely well. Wu Yuanshen played the surface integrity and seriousness of the third scorpion very well, and Gao Song also performed the debauchery of the fourth gecko beautifully.

Among them, the performance of the eyes is particularly in place.

Gao Song can play his eyes so vividly, it's really hard for this martial arts actor.

The director's careful guidance is indispensable.

Zhou Yi watched from the side and learned a lot.

On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that I have to do it.

Reading textbooks to learn acting, it is definitely better to observe and learn on the spot.

However, with Zhou Yi's current level, there is no problem in coping with this scene, the little junior brother he wants to play is just coming out of the rivers and lakes, he is already very young, and he needs a certain performance of his true colors, and he can't act as an old fritter, which can be regarded as a match for Zhou Yi.

The old actor who played the old man selling pears was a special actor found by the assistant director in charge of casting from the actors' union in advance, and he had a lot of acting experience, and he interpreted the flattering look on his face vividly, which was also very good.

Zhou Yi watched their excellent performances very carefully and learned from experience.