Chapter 168: Renting a Room

When filming "How Would You Go to Your House Tonight", Director Zhou only had two or three cats and dogs under his hands, and sometimes the material was not enough, so he had to carry his equipment to the streets all day.

is now filming "Living Alone", which has received the attention of the station, and when this group and that group are added together, there are almost twenty or thirty people, and the situation is not the same.

Director Zhou came to Guan Chen's house this time, so he brought three camera crews.

Two of them have big shoulders and round waists, can run horses on their arms, have dark skin, and are rough all over, obviously the "practitioners" in the camera, who have both experience and qualifications. After the two of them entered the house, they took the equipment and began to measure the light without saying a word, and conceived the placement of the camera.

Guan Chen's room quickly became crowded.

There is also a young camera brother who is Guan Chen's old acquaintance. In November last year, he and Director Zhou picked up Guan Chen on the road, and the three of them changed their fate since then. Now that I have revisited the old place and returned to the place where "Tonight" was born, the cameraman specially brought a gift.

"Brother Chen, your birthday is coming in a few days, I'll give you a gift in advance, I don't know if you like it or not." The camera brother handed Guan Chen a box.

Guan Chen opened it and saw that it was a camera. He couldn't understand the configuration, and he didn't know the price, but he liked this kind of gift that made people feel very cultural and artistic at first glance, "Yes, I accepted it." ”

With the camera set up, Guan Chen asked the garbage boy to get some water from the refrigerator to entertain the guests.

"It's changed so much here." Director Zhou took the cold mineral water, looked at Guan Chen's house, and sighed very emotionally, "A year ago and a year later, it was completely like two different people living there. ”

There used to be countless papers scattered on the floor, and picking up a piece of paper was picking up a poem, but now the ground is cleaned up, and all the papers and manuscripts are now neatly placed on the table.

In the corner where garbage bags were piled up, there are now a few dumbbells and grip machines for exercise.

In the open wardrobe, there are now sportswear of the same style but in different colors.

The walls, which used to be empty and dirty, are now snow-white, with a map of the magic city, several movie posters, and a sketch and Chinese painting with skillful lines.

On the surrounding furniture, colorful post-it notes are casually pasted, on which are written the correct pronunciation of certain ancient poems and idioms, as if this home lives a high school student facing an exam.

On the bedside table, there are also postcards and letters.

There was a soccer ball under the bed, some scripts scattered around the bed, and a metal baseball bat under the windowsill......

Compared to a year ago, this house has changed so much, it really makes people feel the smell of home, not a messy coffin.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the two walls full of books.

Director Zhou walked around the room a few times, only to feel that there were many inspirations in his mind: "We can combine "Tonight" and make a backtrack." Compared with a year ago, what changes have taken place in your current living habits, hobbies, and diet, the audience will be curious. It seems that in the process of speaking, the final picture has been made up in the brain, and the more Director Zhou speaks, the more excited he becomes, and the faster he speaks.

Guan Chen doesn't care.

Now he is completely unashamed, because everything in this house has a story related to him. Let him speak, and he can tell the history that happened to him in words.

Except, of course, for those two walls of books.

"Director." The cameraman who surveyed the scene came over and came to Director Zhou and said something. Director Zhou's brows gradually furrowed.

"How?" Guan Chen asked.

Director Zhou pondered an answer, and said slowly: "The lighting here is not very good, but this is not a problem, change the bulb, put a few more floor lamps, table lamps can also be done." This is the seat...... There is little room to play, and when the time comes, it is easy for the audience to feel monotonous when the camera is switched. ”

To put it mildly. The implication is that this place is too small.

"But not necessarily, I'll see if I can think of another way." Director Zhou added, walking around the house.

Guan Chen looked around the room, but he wasn't very angry. This place is already small, and he himself has set up surveillance here, and as long as a few cameras are calculated, he can shoot what the people in the house are doing in all directions without dead ends.

After muttering for a while with the three cameras, and after coming to some conclusions, Director Zhou moved to Guan Chen's side with difficulty, with an expression that he didn't know how to speak.

"If it's not a good place to make a show, then let's change places." Guan Chen took the initiative to speak.

Director Zhou was relieved, raised his eyebrows with joy, and hurriedly said: "The rent program team of the new house can be responsible, and the monthly rent of 12,000 yuan is no problem, and the funds are sufficient." ”

With a monthly rent of 120,000 yuan, you can rent a very good house in a more prosperous area of the magic capital.

However, Guan Chen shook his head and said, "Don't waste your funds, I still have a house to rent there somewhere else." ”

Director Zhou was curious: "What type of house?" ”

Guan Chen couldn't say: "There is one bedroom and one living room, and there are also one bedroom and two living rooms." The same house type, the area is also large and small. ”

"Huh?" Director Zhou was shocked: "How many houses have you rented?!" ”

Guan Chen made a "four" gesture.

Director Zhou's face changed, and he didn't know what plot he had made up, so he persuaded hesitantly: "It's not good to use it to record the show?" ……”

Guan Chen said: "It's okay. ”

As early as the first half of the year, when he got his first salary, he took a part of it for the three holes of the cunning rabbit.

Guan Chen did only rent three sets at the beginning, but some time ago he suddenly found that the house price of a certain set in the middle of the period had dropped slightly, and the rent was expensive before, so he hurriedly rented another set in that community. Half a year ago, a set of 3,000, now 2,005, flattened out, each set of 2,705, not a loss. Guan Chen used the newly learned idea of replenishing the position to comfort himself.

For more than half a year, although none of the safe houses have been used, Guan Chen has always been paying rent, and he is prepared for danger in times of peace, and he may not use them one day.

Just like today, it just came in handy.

Guan Chen walked to the large map on the wall and pointed out the several safe houses he rented to Director Zhou: "Here." Over here. And here - I rented two sets of this place. ”

Director Zhou's head was like doing exercise, first looking up at the north of the city, then twisting his neck to look at the west of the city, and finally closing his chin to look at the south of the city.

"That's how the map works." Director Zhou muttered, feeling like a policeman in a police movie, attending a pre-war operation meeting.

Director Zhou rubbed his neck and asked Guan Chen: "Why are they so far apart, are they based on what feng shui......

Guan Chen didn't bother to answer this question, so he smiled incomprehensibly, took off his coat from the hanger, and beckoned Director Zhou while wearing it: "Let's go, it's still early, go over and see which place is more suitable for recording the show." ”

Director Zhou looked at the destination that spanned most of the Demon Capital, and sighed, his face as bitter as a crumpled piece of paper.

"Big brother, what about me?" The garbage boy looked up from the computer screen and asked Guan Chen.

Guan Chen said: "After the task is completed, you can go online casually." If you want to go home, remember to close the door. ”

Guan Chen took out a hundred-yuan bill from his wallet and put it on the table, "This is wages." ”

The garbage boy happily accepted the banknote, muttering something like "It's so easy for office workers to make money" and "I want it in the future."

Zhou Dao on the side said: "This is considered child labor, right?" ”

"Child labor?" Guan Chen thought for a while, turned his head and said to the garbage boy: "Afu, you have been officially included in the shortlist of the [Bamboo Forest] idol group, and you will go to the studio to sign a contract another day." ”

The garbage boy was shocked, not remembering when he signed up for this thing.

"Just now." Guan Chen said to the garbage boy that he is just a nominal trainee, he doesn't need to make his debut, he usually helps run errands and make PPT, and occasionally shows up in the mirror, and he can receive a living allowance from Guan Chen.

The garbage boy certainly agreed.

Guan Chen turned his head to Director Zhou and said, "No problem." Child stars are not considered child labor. ”

Director Zhou was silent for a few seconds, and discussed with a worried face: "Brother Chen, there is something I have to tell you in advance. Our variety show is broadcast in the middle of the night, so the review of the content will be appropriately tightened, and some of your small classroom knowledge may be cut......"

Guan Chen asked, "Like the one just now?" ”

"Like the one just now." Director Zhou nodded sadly.

"It's okay, just look at it." Guan Chen said: "In the field of variety shows, you are an expert, so it's good for you to watch it." ”

Guan Chen was unexpectedly very talkative, Director Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also worried that Guan Chen was talking angrily and back, so after the group walked out of Guan Chen's house, they went to Guan Chen's rental house in two cars, Director Zhou and Guan Chen had a car, in the car, Director Zhou also tried to coax Guan Chen, saying that he had seen all the videos posted by Guan Chen on the Internet, and it was really very interesting.

"Practical?" Guan Chen was puzzled, which of his little knowledge was not very practical?

"For example...... "Director Zhou's brain is running rapidly, "renting a house, how to pick a house, this related knowledge point is very practical, many people often find that there is a problem with the rented house after paying the rent." "Director Zhou is a person from the past, and he has a lot of complaints about renting a house. He hopes that Guan Chen will pass on his experience. In Director Zhou's view, Guan Chen is a careful, bold, high-IQ, and experienced bachelor who lives alone, and he must have a lot of opinions about renting a house. "You've rented four apartments, and there's duplicates among them, and it's definitely what they appeal to you. You can share your experience, and I'll take a machine and follow you later, and it will be a test shot! Director Zhou's inspiration exploded, and he said that he was excited again.

Guan Chen listened thoughtfully.

At the destination, the car stopped in an old town.

It's about four o'clock in the afternoon, and there are people carrying vegetable baskets on the road, and there are people who have just gotten off work.

After getting out of the car, Director Zhou really carried a camera, personally took charge of the camera, followed Guan Chen, and even had a dialogue with Guan Chen, just like filming "Tonight" a year ago.

Guan Chen led the way in front, and while walking, he said to Director Zhou beside him: "When I pick a house, I first look at the surrounding traffic conditions, such as where there is a subway, whether it is close to the bus stop, whether there are many taxis nearby, and whether the road conditions are easy to congest." ”

Director Zhou nodded with deep feeling, and subconsciously corrected: "That's right, whether the transportation is convenient or not is very important. ”

Guan Chen continued: "The second point is that there are not many alleys and paths nearby, whether there are woods or not, and it is not close to the nearest police station. ”

Director Zhou continued to revise: "Yes, the community atmosphere, green environment, and safety are closely related to the happiness of residents. ”

Guan Chen took Director Zhou and a few people into an old building, there was no elevator in it, they could only take the stairs to go up.

"Thirdly, I'll see if there's a rooftop."

Director Zhou sighed: "The house with a rooftop is really good. You can exercise on it, you can also dry the quilt, and you can also drink a little wine. It's a pity that the current high-rise buildings are not open to rooftops, only the old buildings have. ”

"Fourth, sound insulation is very important."

"Yes, soundproofing affects the quality of sleep."

"That's pretty much it." Guan Chen walked to a door and unlocked it with a key.

"That's all? Wait a minute. Director Zhou is still unfinished, and he doesn't think that there are only a few points that need to be paid attention to when renting: "What about lighting?" What about water pressure? ”

"None of that matters." After Guan Chen finished speaking, he pushed open the door.

Director Zhou turned his head, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, it was pitch black inside.

Guan Chen walked into the darkness, and after a few seconds, he opened the curtains with two bangs.

The curtains in the living room are heavy lightproof curtains, which are closed during the day, so that no light can leak in, and the whole room is almost as dark as at night.

Empty living room with no furniture.

There was only one tent in the middle that had not yet been opened.

Boxes of purified water, canned food, and first aid kits are placed on the walls.

"I've got a couple of other houses like that." Guan Chen clapped his hands and said: "It feels good to live alone from scratch directly." ”

"......" Director Zhou and the cameramen opened their mouths wide, and they were completely speechless.