Whether it's "Tonight" or "Living Alone", it's actually a bit of a documentary.

This is related to an old director that Director Zhou has followed.

The old director was born in a documentary team, and switched to variety shows halfway, with an obvious personal style, such as filming food shows, and began to dig out the only son of the store owner in a foreign country while patting; filmed animal variety shows, cute pets patted and patted, and ran to ask the pet store owner what happened to those pets that couldn't be sold. After the show came out, not only the audience was inexplicable, but the leaders also had a headache about the ratings. Repeatedly taught, he was called old and stubborn behind his back.

Director Zhou has been learning from the old director when he was called Xiao Zhou, although he is learning how to make variety shows, he has already branded the documentary in his bones. When Xiao Zhou was finally promoted to Director Zhou, he suddenly found that he could neither do pure variety shows nor be able to make pure documentaries, and it was obviously too late to return to the furnace, and his colleagues in the station were also waiting to see what works the little stubborn little stubborn taught by the old stubborn would come up with. Director Zhou simply broke the jar and made a variety show as a documentary.

This category is now called observational variety shows.

Observational variety shows are not about putting a few cameras around the guests, and then shooting them in chronological order, and doing nothing else. This kind of shooting method without embellishment and diluting the sense of creation is no different from "candid shooting", and the existence of the director is nothing.

Since it is a variety show, it needs ratings and needs to retain the audience's attention, so it also needs "conflict".

Director Zhou has seen many directors intervene in their subjects for the so-called "dramatic conflict" in the stage. The same is probably true for other TV stations.

Before filming starts, some directors will deliberately provoke the two artists, pass on bad words, and then sit back and wait for the conflict to break out and the hot spots are scheduled; In order to sublimate the theme, some directors make some tears, and they will hide from the guests and invite friends who have not seen the guests for many years, and they don't care about the hidden feelings, but just order the guests to "cry for me"; There are also some directors, in order to capture the lost expression of an artist, they will instruct the staff to tell the artist some bad news such as "your XX work has been reported" and "XX sues you for infringement".

Director Zhou didn't like this kind of excessive intervention.

Therefore, after the ratings of "Tonight" improved, he got rid of the dilemma of cutting in half, and Director Zhou used documentary techniques little by little to shoot variety shows.

It's an adventure where you meet a good subject and you can wait for good material, otherwise you can be mediocre. But he really enjoyed the feeling of being in the clouds and not knowing what to do next.

Because of this, his peers ridiculed him for being "lazy", "giving up his job as a director", "fooling around like an old stubborn", "if you want to create, shoot other things, don't come to shoot variety shows"......

Director Zhou doesn't have the strong heart and tough face of the old stubborn, and he is very sad to hear it. The old stubborn was not comforted by this, but just laughed and said that when people reach middle age, they will know that people cannot stay clean forever. People who have a habit of cleanliness are not comfortable living. Whether it is to save face or to be morally clean, if a person has both qualities, he will have a hard time.

Only Director Jin of "Extreme Man" expressed his appreciation for him and asked him not to give up exploration, the entertainment and sociality, popularity and personalization of variety shows can go hand in hand.

It takes a very high level to integrate several contradictory words into a work that is not ugly.

Director Zhou didn't dare to have extravagant hopes, and felt that it would be very good if he could do half of it in his lifetime.

Director Jin said, don't think about it so hard, it also depends on luck. In the variety show industry, the director and the host need to fulfill each other. If you encounter it, you can embark on a shortcut to rapid growth.

Director Zhou doesn't know when he will meet such a photographer.

Huang Jin and Jin Dao of "Extreme Man". Jiang Heng and Director Luo of "Three Days and Two Nights". Top variety show directors have a top-notch partner. Encountering such a partner is harder than finding a marriage partner.

Director Zhou felt that there was no hope in this life.

It wasn't until he started the first recording of "Living Alone".

……

"Tell me, what's the first of the 'Ten Business Principles'?" Guan Chen stretched out his index finger, and his voice buzzed under the gas mask.

Standing in front of him were a dozen staff members wearing gas masks.

"Safety first!" The clerks replied loudly.

Guan Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then began to summarize: "This escape drill took a total of forty-nine seconds, which is good, qualified." ”

The staff clapped excitedly, as if expecting something.

Guan Chen said: "According to the agreement, once qualified, everyone will be given a month's salary as a bonus." ”

The staff cheered at once. Some of them hugged each other excitedly, some knelt on the ground and chanted some words, and some even wanted to lift Guan Chen up and throw him into the sky, but Guan Chen tripped and fell to the ground one by one, and came to lie down one by one, and ordinary three or five people were not allowed to get close at all. The staff had no choice but to shout hand in hand and turn around two meters away from Guan Chen, like the savages of primitive tribes around the campfire at night.

The money manager on the side seemed to have a lot to say, "What?!" Bonus?! Again...... Ahem, ahem, ahem! However, as soon as his head was raised, his throat was itchy, and he had to bend his head and squat on the side of the street with Director Zhou, coughing vigorously and sobbing sideways.

In the [Xie Jinzhu Studio] on the second floor, there is still billowing smoke.

Passers-by who don't know the truth thought that the staff downstairs were excited because the company was on fire.

Director Zhou wiped his tears and saliva while patting the unheard and unseen things in the entire history of variety shows in front of him.

Three minutes ago, the [Xie Jinzhu Studio] meeting in the warehouse suddenly heard a piercing alarm bell, when everyone looked over, they found that the warehouse actually came out of the billowing smoke, like a fire.

Director Zhou didn't expect to encounter such a serious accident on the first day of recording, and they panicked all of a sudden.

There was also a riot in the office.

At this moment, one of the staff members suddenly stood up, glaring like a brass bell, and looked ready to sacrifice at any moment. "Calm down!" The clerk had a loud voice, and a roar could drown out the alarm bell, "Follow the safety manual!" With that, he bent down and went under the table.

In the next second, all the staff drilled under the table.

Director Zhou was stunned, and he discerned in his head how to deal with fires and earthquakes. He was just about to warn everyone that they had made a mistake, only to see that all the staff members had taken out a gas mask from under the table and put it on their heads. Then, under the command of the loud staff, the staff lined up and left through the door. In the middle of the process, a certain staff member wanted to take a few folders down, but was angrily scolded by a colleague next to him, "Don't kill you!" "How did Brother Chen teach? "Is it important to have a life at work? "Don't kill us! The clerk bowed his head in shame.

The smoke filled quickly.

Director Zhou accidentally inhaled two sips because of his sluggish expression, and coughed all the way downstairs with Manager Qian.

Downstairs, Guan Chen was already wearing a gas mask, took a stopwatch, and stood there to time everyone.

After being popularized by the staff, Director Zhou realized that this was a fire drill. Guan Chen got a tear gas canister out of nowhere and used it in the warehouse, and he also used his mobile phone to simulate the sound of an alarm bell, prompting everyone to panic.

Director Zhou has also experienced several fire drills, and on the TV station, everyone walked slowly outside the building with a smile and a smile, basking in the sun that they hadn't seen for a long time, and exchanging gossip. I have never experienced Guan Chen at all.

Director Zhou has a lot of occupational diseases, and he began to think that Guan Chen was using pranks to "welcome" the program team.

The neighbors tactfully reminded Director Zhou not to be sentimental: "There was already a [hostage-taking] exercise half a month ago. "Last month, there was also a [sociopathic human indiscriminate massacre] exercise. Brother Chen led people to run one-two-three-four every morning, and also practiced formations, with forks and shields, similar to the militia regiment. ”

According to neighbors, since Guan Chen moved into the studio, the whole street has been much, much, much. The entire street has received the Safety Manual, and it may not be long before it participates in joint exercises.

Director Zhou told the owner of a store that he wanted to see this legendary "Safety Manual".

It is said that the staff of [Xie Jinzhu Studio] still have to be assessed on schedule. Manager Qian often failed the exam because he always failed the exam and took sick leave, so in today's fire drill, he was in a hurry and behaved very amateurish.

Director Zhou quickly got the "Safety Manual", a thick one, which was not a [booklet] at all.

Take a look at the cover first. First, there are four big words of "Safety Manual", and then they are followed in turn:

[Written by: Guan Chen]

[Editor-in-Chief: Guan Chen]

[Cover design: Guan Chen]

【Proofreader: Guan Chen】

These lines are almost as big as the title of the book.

It's a lot of work.

In fact, the so-called cover design is just a stickman hanging his tongue, his eyes crossed, and he falls to the ground vomiting blood.

What kind of design is this...... Director Zhou held back the desire to complain and turned the page.

In the center of the first page is only written "Internal information, no dissemination".

Flip through again, and it's the table of contents:

[What should I do if I encounter a shootout...... 3】

[What should I do if I encounter a bomb...... 20】

[What should I do if I encounter robbers...... 32】

[Encounter antisocial dregs ......]

【Encounter the Killer ......】

Director Zhou's breathing suddenly became short.

Flip to a certain page at the back, it's [What to do if you encounter a bomb] article.

The first sentence of the opening paragraph: [It is very happy to be blown up, and the person will be gone with a bang, and he will not feel pain. Because there is no pain in the fragments. But if you don't get killed, it's miserable......] Attached is a picture of a person being blown up.

Turning it over again, it is the 6th small point under the 4th middle point in the 2nd major point of [what to do if you encounter a flood] - what to do if you walk in the water and accidentally walk to the edge of the telephone pole, resulting in an electric shock.

[It's dead.] During floods, there are dangerous areas around power poles and electrical boxes, so don't easily rescue someone if they are electrocuted...... When a person is electrocuted, the brain is very clear, but the body does not belong to you at all, and you can't make any movements. You know very well that you're going to die, and then you're really going to die slowly......] There are still terrifying pictures of people with twisted limbs after being electrocuted.

"......" Director Zhou slowly closed the safety manual, closed his eyes, and his temples jumped.

Time flies, time flies. Director Zhou remembered the feeling of opening the series of notes on "Becoming an Actor" at Guan Chen's house a year ago, and he really didn't know if this thing in his hand should appear on the screen.

Turning his head to look over, Guan Chen was still talking to everyone.

"[Ten Business Principles] No. 4: Don't trust others easily." Guan Chen turned his face sideways, pointed to the gas mask on his face, and said: "Just like this gas mask, there is a special buckle, many people think that this design is too much, wouldn't it be good to put a set directly on the head?" Miss by a mile! The purpose of this design is not to delay you for a few more seconds, but to prevent the mask from being taken away by someone else. ”

"Don't feel like the fire hasn't burned yet, so take your time. When the indoor temperature reaches a certain level, the phenomenon of deflagration occurs – that is, objects in the house burn at the same time. Surely death. Guan Chen slowed down, "Many firefighters died because of the encounter." ”

Guan Chen sighed heavily, found that he was wearing a gas mask, took it off, and sighed again. The midday sun was so strong that it was beating overhead. Guan Chen stood in the sun, tilting his head slightly, with a look of compassion, as if bathed in holy light.

The camera brother was moved and said: "After the show is broadcast, if the firefighters are asked to vote, the favorite male star must be Brother Chen." ”

Guan Chen laughed when he heard this, and hugged the little brother's neck: "You are quite good at talking!" ”

Director Zhou also took the opportunity to praise Guan Chen: "After this episode is broadcast, this brand of gas mask is estimated to be sold out of stock, if I am the boss, I will definitely find you to endorse it." ”

Guan Chen reacted flatly: "Oh." ”

"......" Director Zhou didn't know what he was saying wrong.

The exercise ended.

It's noon.

Taking advantage of the gap between the office to disperse the smoke, everyone walked to the street for lunch in twos and threes.

Director Zhou noticed that Guan Chen, who was very loved by the staff, was not invited to eat together, and slipped away one by one.

Director Zhou is like a shark smelling blood all at once.

Taking advantage of Guan Chen's entanglement of the camera brother to ask about the fire brigade's popular science activities, Director Zhou stepped aside, arrested a few staff, and quietly interviewed them, where Guan Chen usually eats lunch. The clerk replied that Brother Chen was occasionally with Brother Zhu, and if Brother Zhu was not there, Brother Chen would eat with the staff, "Every time he went out to eat with us, Brother Chen would let us eat with an open belly, and he was responsible for checking out." Every time, no exceptions. "After a long time, everyone is embarrassed to always take advantage of Guan Chen, after all, Guan Chen is still a rookie actor, he has not accepted advertisements, and it is not yet time for economic freedom. So every noon, their staff would break into pieces one by one, form a small gang and flee in all directions, to see which one was unlucky and was caught by Guan Chen for a treat.

"Bad luck for a treat?" Director Zhou didn't believe it, he felt that the people in this studio were really strange and not normal at all. “…… You're not going to get the lines right in advance, are you? ”

The staff shook their heads, saying that this is their daily routine, and it is not an exaggeration at all.

Director Zhou suddenly discovered a blind spot, "By the way, why doesn't Brother Chen find Manager Qian to eat together?" Isn't Manager Qian his agent? ”

The staff rolled their eyes vaguely, and finally didn't explain anything, and ran away after hooking Zhou Dao's curiosity.

Director Zhou turned around and walked back to Guan Chen's side and asked, what are you having lunch today.

Guan Chen was like an eagle falcon, staring sharply at the poor staff in the distance.

The staff had a hunch that this was like a real gaze, and they ran faster one by one.

"Forget it." Guan Chen said, "There are a lot of things to do this afternoon, and the time is very rushed, so I won't eat with them." ”

After a morning of observation, Director Zhou seriously doubted how busy Guan Chen's mouth was.

Guan Chen made a call, I don't know who to call, and then took the program team to a nearby restaurant and asked for two boxes, one to entertain the staff of the program team, and one to wait for the people who were about to come over.

About half an hour later, the person Guan Chen was waiting for came.

Two young men with green faces, and a middle-aged man.

Director Zhou didn't know the two young men, but he felt that the middle-aged man was a little familiar, but he wasn't sure if it was the same person......

"Hello Director Zhou, look up for a long time." Liu Lihao dressed up with his heart and wore a sparkling coat. He warmly shook Director Zhou's hand and reported to his home, "I am Liu Lihao in "Let's Jump Up First". ”

Director Zhou was impressed. "Let's Jump Up First" is a late-night variety show that uses some slightly vulgar games as a selling point.

"Hello." Director Zhou said hello, I don't know what the relationship between Liu Lihao and Guan Chen is.

However, Liu Lihao didn't say anything, just smiled, and then sat down next to Guan Chen.

Guan Chen's gaze kept on the two young men, as if he was examining something.

After the two young men walked into the box and saw Guan Chen, they were very nervous. After all, Guan Chen was born with a "Police Story" and is already a successful insider. When the two young men saw the cameras set up in the box, they were as stiff as cement.

"How's the condition?" Guan Chen asked Liu Lihao.

Liu Lihao said with a smile: "Good goods are taken care of by mentors, and it is not our turn, this is the best batch." ”

Director Zhou listened to it with sweat, listening to this bad dialogue, he prayed in his heart not to get involved in anything strange.

"You all know what you're here for, right?" Guan Chen said to the two young men.

The two young men nodded. One of them was more cautious and confirmed to Guan Chen: "...... Shoot a short film for non-professional actors, make a story about their experience, about ten minutes on the set, the shooting period is four to seven days, not including the post-production, and the daily remuneration is 800 yuan, right? ”

"Yes." Guan Chen nodded, "If you are satisfied with the first cooperation, you can also cooperate for a long time." ”

The youth did not rejoice. He just closed his eyes tightly, as if he had just betrayed his ideals.

Director Zhou understood. The two young men in front of him are "selling themselves" to another extent.

If the director who came out of the film and television school does not work as a director after graduation, it is basically difficult to return to the track of directing. said that it was just a temporary editing and production training class, a miscellaneous group performance, a curve to save the country, and to save enough money to go back to be a director. But slowly, there was no going back.

"I heard from a friend that you students shoot graduation projects, and the bulk of the budget is basically photographic equipment." Guan Chen said, "If you are satisfied with this shooting, when you shoot your graduation work, you can come to me and lend you the equipment at a three-fold discount." ”

The two young men glanced at each other, and just now they looked like they were about to cry, but they instantly turned into surprises.

They shouted in unison: "Thank you, Brother Chen!" ”

Guan Chen waved his hand: "Eat." ”

"Yes!" The two young men immediately picked up the fragrant rice.