Chapter 15: Shooting Day
Outside.
The wind was very strong, and from time to time there was a whistling sound, and faintly, as if some wild beast was howling.
In the makeshift dormitory that used to be snoothing, there are only empty beds left at this moment.
Chen Shuangbao looked at the ceiling with his eyes open.
From time to time, there was a "crunch" sound in his ears.
The sound of turning over that he didn't care about at all in the past was so noisy that he couldn't sleep at this moment.
Digging coal for so many years......
It's the first time I've encountered such a situation.
He knew he was probably going to lose sleep.
"Did you sleep?" At this moment, a small greeting came from the next bed.
"Didn't sleep." Chen Shuangbao replied.
"Shuangbao, you say...... Are we really going to make a movie? Is it the kind of movie that is in the cinema and watched by many people? The voice from the next bed seemed a little excited and a little incredulous.
"I shouldn't be able to go to the cinema, I heard that this movie was filmed and played by our boss...... It's like making a video, something like ......," Chen Shuangbao shook his head.
"Oh, no wonder this crew looks so simple...... It turned out to be, hey, I thought I could be in the movie......" The voice next door was suddenly a little disappointed, and then seemed to lie back down.
It didn't take long for the long-lost snoring to sound.
Listening to the snoring, Chen Shuangbao felt a little sleepy.
It was at this time......
"Shuangbao, you say, if the boss is a movie of Xiaosan, then why does Zhou Yang work with us? I look at him, as if it's not as simple as making a video......" In the midst of the snoring, there was a sound of doubt on the other side of the bed.
"I don't know......" Chen Shuangbao shook his head, "I don't know anything like you......"
"Can we shoot it?"
"I'll talk about it tomorrow when I sleep......
"Okay, sleep, sleep." The puzzled voice waited for a long time without waiting for Chen Shuangbao's answer, and finally quieted down.
Outside.
The wind is still there.
Inside the house.
Chen Shuangbao was still staring at the ceiling.
Although he was the backbone of these people, he was also full of doubts.
They......
Do you really want to make a movie?
Can you really shoot well?
They were inexplicably selected by Zhou Yang to be pulled into the crew in a group of coal diggers.
Before that, they didn't have any acting foundation at all, and they rarely even watched movies.
Probably, they have the impression that the movie should be the kind that a long, long time ago, in the open-air square, many people sat on benches and watched it together?
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The next day.
The sun was shining.
The mining area is lively.
Many people in Xinyang County climbed up from the cold down the mountain and surrounded the shooting site several times inside and out.
The project, called "Mine Bottom," has been put on hold for days.
It's been through ups and downs. experienced the director's fraud, experienced the anger of the actors, and experienced the mass withdrawal of investors......
Everyone thought the movie was over for a while.
But I didn't expect it to survive all of it, and it could survive until the day of filming, and what I didn't expect was that a few coal diggers who couldn't read a basket of big words were also invited to join the crew to make a movie......
And!
It seems that it is still an important role in it?
It's like a joke.
Hehe!
Any cat or dog can be a director, a screenwriter, and make a movie.
The staff members drooped their faces, spread equipment in the shooting area, and looked for shooting angles.
They looked a little weak......
Unreliable directors, unreliable scripts, and unreliable actors......
This is destined to be a nouveau riche documentary that hits the streets, and may even be rotten to the bones, and can't be released.
They felt like they were wasting their lives to shoot it.
Moreover, because of the limited investment and the fact that the bills are all in Zhou Yang's hands, they can't make any money from this movie at all.
Who's going to be positive?
This state of affairs lasted for more than an hour, until a Wrangler stopped in an open field outside the crew.
"Comrades have worked hard!"
A burst of excitement. A passionate greeting came.
The staff subconsciously looked at the source of the sound.
They saw a figure with a big belly staggering out of the car, like a national yuan. The first one waved at everyone.
The large gold chain seemed to be particularly golden and slightly dazzling in the sunlight......
And behind him, there were several strong and cold young men carrying black bags.
Looks like a bodyguard.
"Good work!"
"Thank you, great work!"
"A little bit of meaning, feel free to tell me if you need anything!"
"Comrade has worked hard, take it, this is a little bit of caution on the part of Zhang, you must accept it......"
"Good start, thank you! Great ......."
"Thank you, thank you!"
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In this world, there are many people, including Qian Wei, the head of the photography group, who feels that he is a person with a backbone.
He felt that he admired art, advocated free spirit, and advocated high morality, and felt that he could stay away from temptation and keep his heart.
All morning, he was looking for the feeling of shooting.
Art needs to feel.
Just like Tsarist Russia needs Jingpu.
But......
When Zhang Genshui shook hands with him very excitedly, and took a small black bag from the bodyguard, stuffed it into his hand very arrogantly, and even subconsciously refused himself, but he couldn't refuse at all......
He was stunned.
What the hell is this thing doing?
Does he know that we are brewing feelings now, and if we interrupt like this, the feeling of shooting is gone, okay?
How could this man be like this!
He was a little angry at first.
But......
When a gust of wind blew through the corner of the small black plastic bag.
He froze.
Is that......
What!
Wong Nyima!
It's all red hundred-dollar bills.
And!
I weighed it for a moment......
At least 30,000 yuan, if not more!
His mind went blank.
At this moment, his heart was greatly shaken.
At that moment, he felt that he had been insulted by the capitalists.
But......
He was not angry at all, and was even a little excited, as if he had found the feeling of shooting!
But!
Damn!
Why am I so motivated?
Then, he looked at the fat man who staggered to the side and continued to shake hands and continue to hand out red envelopes.
He suddenly thought this guy was cute again......
Like the cute unlucky bear in the cartoon?
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The nouveau riche Zhang Genshui came and went quickly.
After handing out the red envelopes and saying hello to these comrades, he left with the Wrangler.
After experiencing a "red envelope rain", the enthusiasm of the entire crew is obviously much higher.
Feng Kai accepted the red envelope, and his mood was slightly better.
Although the nouveau riche is a nouveau riche, he is quite good at being a man, and looking at this posture, he will not point fingers in the crew.
That's good.
In the temporary office, enjoying the heating allocated to him by the nouveau riche, Feng Kai's mood was barely satisfied.
He finally took out the script of "Mine Bottom" that Zhou Yang copied to him from the drawer and read it.
Although he looks down on Zhou Yang again, as an assistant director, he still has to read the script in the end.
At least......
You've got to pretend, right?
The script is actually very simple, and the format seems rather unprofessional.
Act I: "Murder in the Mines"
Character 1: Tang Chaoyang, one of the protagonists, and his accomplices pretended to be relatives, took people into a small coal kiln to work, and then killed the parties with all their conscience, and extorted money from the mine owner (played by absent Chen Shuangbao. )
Role 2: Song Jinming's second protagonist, an accomplice who has lost his conscience, has a little mercy, (played by absentee Zhao Zhen.) )
Role 3: Zhang Genbao, victim (played by absenteeism Zhong Facai. )
After briefly reading the first scene of the script, Feng Kai threw the script aside.
Seriously, he has no interest in this kind of murderous and suspected crime script.
There is no depth, no meaning, and no artistry.
There is no future.
Although the heating was comfortable.
But he still wants to finish filming and leave as soon as possible, and he never wants to live this kind of hard life again.
He lit a cigarette and smoked quietly.
He misses the time in the big city, as well as the days in other crews, at that time, how beautiful he was, how suffocating like his grandson now.
It was at this time......
There was a knock on the door in the office.
"Well, assistant director, are you free now?"
"What's wrong?"
"I want to ask, what is this word? How should I shoot this paragraph? ”
“……”
Pushing the door in was Zhong Facai, one of the actors selected by Zhou Yang.
Feng Kai tried hard to suppress the emotion of wanting to get angry and shake his face, and took the script.
However, the facial muscles still twitched hard, and the face felt a little hot in an instant.
He felt insulted.
"This is a Tibetan character for hiding things, you don't need to know this word, it has nothing to do with your role."
"Oh, Deputy Director Feng, how should this part be played?"
“……”
Feng Kai looked at Zhong Facai, who was stupidly clubbing in place, looking very serious about asking for advice.
He was tempted to slam the script in his face.
What are Zhou Yang looking for!
Why don't you even know a word?
Illiterate!
And!
Why do you have to put a subword in front of the director?
I need you to remind me that I'm an assistant director?
I don't know myself?
"This paragraph, you should ......"
Feng Kai's heart was broken.
Assistant Director!
These three words made Feng Kai's heart like a knife, and he felt insulted again.
But......
He was still patient and silently talked to him about the play.
Image, image, he must pay attention to the image.
After finally finishing the lecture and sending away this stupid and illiterate person......
Knocks continued to sound in the office.
"Director Feng, I want to enrich the script a little...... The characters in it, well, Xiaohong seems to be a bit monotonous, if I can, I hope I can dig a little deeper, what do you think? ”
"The script is going to be changed again?" Feng Kai raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Yang.
"It's just to add a few shots, which doesn't affect the main line of shooting, nor does it affect the shooting process." Zhou Yang explained.
"Do you want to change it in the future?"
"No, it shouldn't be."
"Oh, okay, let's shoot now."
"Can you shoot?" Zhou Yang was at a loss.
"If you don't shoot now, are you still waiting for the Chinese New Year to shoot again?"
"Director Feng, I actually want to ......" Zhou Yang pondered for a moment and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Feng Kai in an instant!
"Shoot me! Shoot now! Shoot now, shoot now! Feng Kai didn't hold back his emotions, and suddenly became angry, and his whole face seemed to be a little distorted.
Damn it!
He really can't stand Zhou Yang's stupidity!
Don't pee on yourself either!
Damn!
You really think you are a great director, a great screenwriter, and you have to keep improving!
"Uh...... You dissipate your anger......" Zhou Yang was taken aback.
"Director Zhou, I didn't mean that, I mean, I think Director Zhou, your script is very in-depth and artistic, I think it should be filmed early...... Sorry, didn't scare you, did you? I was really anxious just now, I was afraid that this artistic atmosphere would be dragged......" Feng Kai quickly apologized after realizing his gaffe.
But there was a wave of overturning in his heart, and he was about to vomit disgusted by himself.
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