Chapter 32: The Gaffer's Story

In Cheng Peng's imagination, a company like VOD must be like this, with a dilapidated building, a mottled door, two men wearing sunglasses and a black suit guarding the door, and a sound of "Ya Butterfly" coming out of the room.

But when Cheng Peng and translator Xiao Mo really found the VOD company, he was stunned, the company is located in a high-end office building in the downtown area, the windows are bright and clean, and the men and women of the company are wearing professional clothes, which looks more formal than Song Ke and their rice field music.

Nima, this is the legendary wool film company? Cheng Peng feels that compared with VOD, his signal flag is like a hairy film.

Unfortunately, Wang Qinian went to the scene to film and was not in the company. Cheng Peng and translator Xiao Wang both wanted to go to the set to open their eyes and learn from the advanced experience of the people, but the VOD company did not hesitate to refuse their request, and they had to pay money to go to nightclubs to watch performances, how could our stars be shown in vain to people they didn't know!

The people are so unhospitable! In this way, Cheng Peng regrettably missed the opportunity to observe the scene, so they could only sit in the company and continue to wait.

Cheng Peng was more stable, just sitting there, but Xiao Mo's eyes kept rolling, and a woman came over and asked Cheng Peng in a low voice: "Director, do you say this is acting in a hairy film?" ”

If it was Zhang Meng, he would definitely be able to tell it, but Cheng Peng's knowledge reserve in this area is too small, besides, these are all wearing clothes, it's hard to recognize!

By noon, a man in his thirties had approached. Men have a strong body and good looks, and they are the most popular type among women, with the only drawback being that their feet are a little lame.

The man looked at Cheng Peng for a while, and thought to himself, this young man had a handsome face and deep eyes, if he saw him, he would definitely not forget it, so he asked: "I am Wang Qinian, are you?" ”

Cheng Peng didn't understand the language, but Wang Qinian still heard the three words: "I am the king of the world, my real name is Cheng Peng, I sent you an email, I came to you!" ”

"It's you, you're really here?" Wang Qinian was a little surprised, he thought that the king of the world was a master found by someone else, and he came to the forum to slap himself in the face, after all, he offended a lot of people.

Cheng Peng smiled: "Of course it's true, you promised me to be my lighting engineer." What, want to repay the debt? ”

Wang Qinian smiled: "Manly man, stand up a mountain, lie down and jump, I will definitely be a talker!" ”

"That's good, I don't want to run for nothing. It's noon now, and we've come all the way from the capital, so why do you have to invite us, right?

Wang Qinian is a cheerful person, Cheng Peng's surname is very much to his liking, so he pulled Cheng Peng and walked out: "Of course please, let's find a place to make two bottles!" ”

"Hey, you're a gaffer, you have to measure the color temperature, you have to read the data, aren't you afraid that getting drunk will affect your work?"

Wang Qi said nonchalantly: "I can drink three bottles alone, what can the three of us do with two bottles?" Besides, there will be a peeing shot in the afternoon, and the machine is all set, so just turn the machine on when the time comes. In fact, this drama could have been filmed in the morning, but the girl who filmed the film was a newcomer, and she couldn't pee in front of the camera, wasting a whole morning's time. ”

Cheng Peng was a little stunned, a peeing scene was filmed all morning, it seems that making a Chengren movie is not as easy as imagined, in fact, if you think about it, if others stare at you, you will definitely not be able to pee, let alone a group of people staring.

Wang Qinian took Cheng Peng and Xiao Wang to a Chinese restaurant not far from the company, ordered a few dishes, and poured a bowl of wine for Cheng Peng and Xiao Mo first: "Cheng Peng, I know that you are quite capable of drinking in Qilu Province, so I just had a good drink today, so let's make a bowl first." Xiao Mo, and you, come to a whole bowl! With that, he made a bowl first.

Xiao Mo was about to cry at that time, such a big bowl, is this drinking water, or drinking?

Cheng Peng was also a little dizzy when he looked at the big bowl of wine in his hand, the Northeast people drank really fiercely, but our Qilu heroes are not vegetarians, so they picked up the wine bowl and drank it dry in one gulp.

Wang Qinian slapped him on the table and laughed: "Damn, it's really more enjoyable to drink with my own people, I say that I drink too much ink, and I can't stand them the most." Come to my house in the evening, let your sister-in-law make two dishes, and we will have a good drink! ”

"Okay, there are a lot of lighting things that you can ask Brother Wang for advice!"

Wang Qinian held the wine bowl and asked, "No problem!" But how did you think of looking for me, there are many high-level lighting engineers in China, how did you find it on the Internet? ”

Cheng Peng smiled bitterly: "It's really hard to find a high-level gaffer, Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou also share a gaffer!" I want to find Kang Xiaotian, but I'm a newcomer, are people willing to come? Even if he was willing to come, I wouldn't be able to afford that money! ”

Wang Qinian has seen a lot of rookie directors in the forum, and he knows how difficult it is to get ahead, so why not himself, nodded and said: "It's also true, it's not easy for rookie directors, so how did you come up with me?" ”

"Chen Shaoping recommended two lighting engineers to me, I didn't like it, he recommended you to me, he is a crazy person, he can make him say that the person who is powerful is definitely not an ordinary person, I came to you. Chen Shaoping also mixed up with your forum, ID is called Wind Scratch Photographer. ”

Wang Qinian smiled when he heard the wind scratching the photographer: "It's him, this kid has two knives, he thinks he is self-righteous because he is from the film academy, bullying people in the forum all day long, whoever wants to say a word about him will scold the heavens and the earth, I can't see it, so I fought with him, and in the end he lost." I really didn't expect it to be him who recommended me, it seems that this kid is not as unbearable as he thought, but he used to underestimate him! ”

"He's a little bit of a sassy person, but he's still a good person." Speaking of this, Cheng Peng took out the notebook, opened the storyboard, and handed it to Wang Qinian, "Brother Wang, you take a look at the storyboard first, and we will communicate." ”

Wang Qinian took the notebook, flipped it quickly, and finished it in a few minutes, shook his head with a smile and said: "The colors and lights of your film are full of symbols and metaphors, and the difficulty is not great, the key is to understand your intentions!" But the lighting must be on the scene, and there is no such thing as being ugly here! Come on, come on, let's keep drinking! ”

Cheng Peng made a bowl with him and said: "You have been abroad for a long time, and the environment you live in is different from mine, and your perspective on things must be different from mine, I want to hear your opinion!" ”

"To be honest, I like this story a lot, if this film can be released in the book, it should be popular, I like this kind of warm theme, your film is about communication, there was a film "That's the Man and That Dog" the year before last, which is somewhat similar to yours, that film is about inheritance, and the box office is particularly good. But that film was quite a loss, and it was sold to Yue himself for $80,000, and the box office in Yue Ben was close to 400 million, don't be so stupid! ”

After that, Wang Qinian talked about some opinions about "The Two of Us" itself, which were not only professional, but also unique, which brought a lot of inspiration to Cheng Peng.

Cheng Peng was a little puzzled, such a powerful person, why did he rely on making hairy films? Isn't that a waste! He couldn't help asking: "Brother Wang, your level doesn't say that you can be a lighting engineer, you can be a director, why don't you return to China, but continue to stay in Yueben?" ”

Wang Qinian poured the wine in the bowl in one go, sighed softly, and said, "Do you know how my leg is lame? Someone interrupted. Nothing happened, and I got my leg lame, and I didn't have the face to go back! ”

When Cheng Peng saw Wang Qinian, he was thinking, it's a pity that such a handsome guy is lame, but he didn't expect it to be lame, and asked, "How can this be?" ”

Wang Qinian poured wine into the bowl, poured it down, and then spoke slowly. After graduating from Dongyi University, Wang Qinian entered a film company and had a bright future, but he met a woman, Mariko, the president's wife.

One day, Mariko asked Wang Qinian to help repair the water pipes. He's a warm-hearted person, he likes to help, and he's helped Mariko before, so he didn't think much about it.

But after the door was closed that day, Mariko unbuttoned her kimono, showed her snow-white body in front of Wang Qinian's eyes, and then hugged him hard. Mariko's husband, the president, is an actor and model who is busy sleeping in the company all day long, and she hasn't touched her for a long time.

Wang Qinian is a young man who has stepped into the society for less than a year, with strong blood and energy, such a white and tender wife hugged him and shouted his name in a glutinous voice.

This kind of thing has a first time, there will be a second time, and then it continues. Wang Qinian knew that this was dangerous, but he couldn't harden his heart and cut off contact, until Mariko told Wang Qinian that she was pregnant.

Wang Qinian's first reaction was to take the child away, but Mariko firmly disagreed, she liked Wang Qinian, and she always wanted a child, and she had to give birth no matter what.

Wang Qinian knew that Marizi's husband had dealings with **, and if he knew, his fate would definitely be miserable. But things are already like this, he can't say that Lao Tzu has never been responsible for sleeping with Huanghua's eldest daughter before, and the wife who sleeps a devil is still responsible?

Wang Qinian asked Mariko, what are you going to do? Mariko said, I'll divorce him and then marry you. Wang Qinian said that he would kill you if he knew about it, aren't you afraid? Mariko said, I'm afraid, but I'm still going to divorce him, I want to be with you, I'm in love with you!

said that it had been said that to this extent, Wang Qinian had no other choice, either to flee back to China regardless of Mariko, or to stay and face it with her, Wang Qinian finally stayed.

The final result was that Mariko gave up the division of property, didn't take a penny, and divorced the president; And the president found someone to break one of Wang Qinian's legs and drove him out of Tokyo. In this way, Wang Qinian dragged her broken leg and Mariko with a big belly back to her hometown of Osaka, organized a family, and started a new life.

After listening to Wang Qinian's narration, Cheng Peng finally understood why he, a gaffer, would be so proficient in photography, art, and editing, he was waiting for an opportunity to prove himself, to prove that he had not failed, and that he had not been defeated, so that the guy who broke his leg could see that he was actually living better than he had been at the beginning, this was his counterattack to the enemy!

(Because of the green screen involved, the lighting requirements are relatively high, and you have to find a good lighting engineer, which drags on for a long time, but the shooting will officially start soon.) )

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