The set that Sunset is talking about is actually a small road on the edge of the Bund in the port city, called Fanbei Tongjin.

This name may be a little strange for friends from other places, but in fact, in the Cantonese-speaking area, "Jin" is the meaning of the wharf, and many of the roads by the river are named "Tongjin", and "Fan" refers to foreign countries, foreign countries, and the word "bei" means "back".

Therefore, the four words "Fanbei Tongjin" translate to "the path leading to the seaside pier behind the foreigner's residence".

The reason why it can be the filming location of this shooting is because there are many small western-style buildings that combine Chinese and Western styles in the early days of the port city, bright Manchurian windows, round arches, red brick walls or bluestone walls, those old houses are mottled and silent in the flowers and trees, many of them have walls, gardens, and independent courtyards.

And there are a lot of cafes downstairs here, which is also a rare quiet corner on the edge of the Bund, many white-collar elites and literary and artistic youths who work around like to come here to take a break.

When He Tianran and the others arrived on the set, they had already seen many staff members of the art team and props team preparing to set up the work, and when they saw him and Sunset arrived, the bosses of each group stepped forward to say hello:

"He Dao'er, Yu Dao'er~"

"He Dao'er, Yu Dao'er......"

The boss of the props team was holding a flower bed in one hand, took out a pack of Haliqun from his pocket with the other hand and shook it twice, handing over the cigarette familiarly, Sunset lit it with the fire and spewed out a puff of smoke, and when he was about to light it for He Tianran, his hand holding the cigarette shook it, raised his eyes and looked around, signaling that he was not in a hurry.

He explained to the bosses of the two groups: "Today is Director Yu's talk, you just listen to him, I will accompany the customer, everyone is hard, Director Yu will buy coffee for you, what you like first, let him pay for the work himself." ”

"Gotta ~ Thank you Director Yu Da!"

"Don't worry, brother."

Patting Sunset on the back as a sign of encouragement, He Tianran, who was fine on the set, walked into a café where he was waiting to take the interior.

At the counter, a woman dressed in casual clothes, wearing round-rimmed glasses, and a bangs sticker on her forehead was sitting.

At this moment, her fingers were flying on the keyboard of the notebook, and He Tianran sat down silently and called out flatteringly:

"Sister Peach......"

"Get out."

"Good~"

The woman screamed angrily, He Tianran responded with a hippie smile, but she didn't move, and finally the woman "snapped" and closed the notebook and turned her head.

This person is the senior sister He Tianran met in the library of the University of Hong Kong, Yao Qingtao.

"What's wrong? Took gunpowder today? ”

Seeing her expression, He Tianran asked in a good voice.

Yao Qingtao didn't answer immediately, but stared coldly at the cigarette between He Tianran's fingers, and said angrily:

"When I borrowed the scene, the shopkeeper said that smoking is not allowed in the store."

"Tsk, look at you, I didn't even think about smoking."

He Tianran smacked his face and threw the cigarette in his hand onto the counter table.

Yao Qingtao calmed down and began to get down to business:

"The artist arrived ten minutes before you, and now he is putting on makeup in the nanny car, but the news came from them at three o'clock in the morning, saying that they were going to use their own photographer and replace Teacher Chen."

He Tianran was also stunned when she heard the news, the teacher Chen in her mouth was the photographer in charge of this shooting, and she had cooperated with He Tianran many times before, and the two sides had a tacit understanding.

"Oh, I like punctual artists very much, but if you want to grab my lens, I don't like it, this is a big name, and you have to specify photography, why didn't you say it when you communicated before?"

"I mentioned it a long time ago when I first communicated, but at that time, the photographer didn't have time to say no, hum, it's really a big name, and the first sister of their company, Bai Lingye, is not so picky." Yao Qingtao had disdain in her mouth.

He Tianran didn't take this stubble, but asked seriously: "Who did you change?" ”

Yao Qingtao turned on the computer again, and an electronic resume and portfolio were displayed on the screen, He Tianran fixed his eyes and saw that it was a guy named Cai Cassia Ming, who studied in the Photography Department of the Film Academy as an undergraduate, and was related to He Tianran in the same school.

By the way, I forgot to say that He Tianran is currently a third graduate student in the directing department of the Film Academy, and Sunset, who is busy conducting on the set outside, is in the same class as him, and He Tianran should have been one year older than him, but because he has studied for an extra year in the management training class, the two are now at the same level.

"Look at the resume, this guy has been mixing in the crew for the past few years, do you have any TVC advertising works?" He Tianran asked.

"Yes, it's still down, I just received it." Yao Qingtao pinched the middle of the person, with hesitation: "Do you want to ...... Talk to Sunset and communicate with Teacher Chen. ”

"Of course I have to say it, but I'm here to see the scene today, and my main job is to chat with customers, and I'm not a director, so you don't have to count on me."

"You really don't care?" Yao Qingtao raised her eyebrows.

"How can you?"

Saying that, He Tianran picked up the cigarette again, and his hands involuntarily began to take out the tobacco from the cigarette holder little by little and put it on the table.

"How much does this photographer cost in a day?"

"Fourteen thousand days."

"What about the equipment and the focus follower, what about these? Teacher Chen's family is his own team, and he has to follow him when he changes it, and this guy is a bare-bones commander when he comes, and the machine is useless. ”

"It's all included."

He Tianran was stunned for a moment, thinking that it would be quite cheap after such calculations, but he definitely couldn't say this.

"Let the artist pay for this fee himself, this kind of temporary conditions are not negotiable, we can't pay this money, you don't have to change it on Mr. Chen's side, it's a big deal that the two-camera shooting is faster, and when the artist agent comes, you can find an opportunity, just go up and tear up with her alone, they don't take care of this matter.

I'll tell him later, I'm worried that multiple cameras will disrupt his rhythm right now, but it shouldn't be a big problem, by the way, are artists afraid of being ugly in the film, so they use their own people? ”

He Tianran asked unhurriedly.

Yao Qingtao thought for a while and guessed: "No, it is estimated to be ...... Favors. ”

"Ah, then I see...... This is...... Underground lover, huh? ”

He Tianran's gossip soul suddenly burned, and even if there was no one around the two of them now, he lowered his voice like a bell.

"It's impossible, this artist won't shoot the kiss scene, it will be so blatant, it is estimated that it is relatives, friends or something." Yao Qingtao also lowered her voice and lowered her head.

"Really? Ah, yes, yes, I remember that Lingye also doesn't shoot kiss scenes, and their company has this in the contract. ”

He Tianran thought about it.

Yao Qingtao squeezed her eyebrows, "Director He, after you finished filming with Ling Ye last year, are you still in touch?" ”

He Tianran suddenly straightened his waist and said righteously: "Comrade Yao Qingtao, don't mess with CP, everyone else is a male and female lead, you knock me as a director and female lead, what kind of evil CP is this......?"

"Oh, who told us that He Dao'er has a high degree of topic~! And knocking CP is just what those of us who eat melons just need. ”

Yao Qingtao teased.

Here, I have to interject some digressions.

"Future Production" film and television company, the year He Tianran was admitted to the graduate school of the directing department, and it was a film and television company established by his father He Panshan with an injection of 3 million, but because a series of chains such as distribution, publicity, and integrated marketing have not yet been opened, the main business now is still based on some advertising, film and television series planning and shooting work.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to say that it is a company, or it is better to say that it is He Tianran's personal director's studio.

However, last year, He Tianran filmed a fantasy suspense web drama adapted from the IP of the female frequency online text, called "A Thousand Knots of the Heart", and the main investment was naturally his father's Shanhai Group, and the heroine was looking for the second-tier Xiaohuadan Bai Lingye, who was still tepid at the time, and the male lead was not a big name.

When the news of the launch of this drama was released, the biggest publicity point was not what IP was, what the starring role or anything like that, but He Tianran, who was the prince of Shanhai Group......

At first, netizens speculated that this was just the nature of playing tickets, saying that this is the prince's next choice of concubine, it is nothing more than a farce of Pomeranian's laughter, anyway, this topic has indeed attracted many passers-by in addition to book fans.

It's just that in the end, I didn't expect that the quality of "A Thousand Knots in the Heart" after the broadcast was surprisingly high, the suspense reversals continued, and the climax of the plot was repeated, not to mention the most commendable thing is that He Tianran, a rich second generation, as a director, has an unusually solid basic skills and incomparably rich imagination and aesthetics.

Especially aesthetic.

Because "A Thousand Knots of the Heart" itself has a fantasy color, in order to restore the description of the text, the characters, light and shadow, and scenery under his lens all have a dream-like hazy beauty, whether it is the actor's makeup, lens scheduling, lighting, art setting, and post-color grading and special effects, these have achieved a high degree of visual unity.

If it's just that the crew has money but no thoughts, then there is no way to do this.

"A Thousand Knots in the Heart" is a good drama that no matter whether fans or passers-by read it, they will feel satisfied, if you really want to say anything bad, it may be that the plot in the later stage is a little thinner, but this can't be helped, the original work itself is a relatively early work of the author, and it is lacking in all aspects, and it is very difficult to adapt it into a script.

"A Thousand Knots of the Heart", which was labeled as a small paste drama, rose in praise after the broadcast, and it was a complete explosion, which also triggered a boom last summer, and the starring Bai Lingye rose a coffee position through this drama and became a hot little flower girl at the moment.

And He Tianran also got rid of the original impression of "playing tickets for the rich second generation", and became a talented and rich new director, but what can I say, because of the well-known fame of Shanhai Group and the identity of the top rich second generation, he really brought high exposure and topics to this drama at the beginning.

Therefore, the spotlight on the casino, whether in front of the stage or behind the scenes, is always on the person who represents the capital.

"Just need to just need, your CP is bound to be shattered, and I have little contact with Bai Lingye after filming."

He Tianran collected the disassembled tobacco on the table in the palm of his hand and threw it into the trash can.

Speaking of which, this scandal is not groundless, before Bai Lingye was interviewed, the reporter asked He Tianran whether there was any interesting thing with the actor when he was directing on the set, this beauty from the Western Regions not only praised her professionalism, but also said something that made people think about it-

"He treats the actors under his lens as seriously as his lover and brother."

This is the full text of this sentence, which was originally to praise He Tianran's serious and dedicated work, but then I don't know how to spread it, and it became -

"He treats the actresses in his lens like a lover."

……

The drama of talented and beautiful women has been fresh for a long time, and the remarks on the Internet are full of waves, and people only believe what they like to hear, it can be regarded as He Tianran's usually low-key enough, although this matter has become a hot topic, but with the end of the series, it soon lost its popularity.

"BE aesthetics will always be a scar in the hearts of us 'knock' scientists, okay~"

Yao Qingtao finished jokingly, her eyes froze, and she suddenly looked at He Tianran for a few seconds.

"What's wrong?"

The man asked, confused.

Yao Qingtao sighed: "Oh, I said Young Master He, every time I see you, I always want to pull out the white hair on your head, I am only one year older than you, standing with your image, it makes me a lot older." ”

"Are you sure it's 'pulling' and not 'pulling'? If you're going to get rid of all my gray hair, I'll just go bald. ”

He Tianran reacted and grinned.

"You dye it, what a handsome young man, your hair is gray at a young age."

He Tianran was not ashamed, but proud, "You don't understand, this is a sign!" ”

Since he was in college, He Tianran began to grow gray hair, and now his hair is forty percent gray, and after going to the hospital for examination, there is no problem with his body, and in the end it can only be attributed to the difference between adults.

However, maturity also has the benefits of maturity, contrary to most celebrity idols who eat youth, the profession of director is that the older you get, the more popular you are, and you are too young to control the gang of old fritters on the set of the crew, and most importantly, investors will not bet a lot of money on a hairy boy who has just entered the society, and let a young man take his belongings to lead the troops to fight, what is the difference between this and fighting in the water?

Therefore, at least in terms of image, this white hair is a layer of camouflage that He Tianran can use to convince the public as a director.

can shoot a hit drama series at the age of 25, which is already very good to prove his strength, although others have worked hard and fought dozens of hundreds of drifters in the lake before they got ashore, but he was crossed by his father by boat.

But if the result is good, then everything is good.

Yao Qingtao was the same as him, "Yes, yes, the bald eagle in Zhuguang Lane, tsk~ weird." ”

He Tianran's expression froze slightly when he heard this, and he was still very active just now, and then he just smiled and didn't speak again.

The pearl lane in Yao Qingtao's mouth is actually similar to Gaobeidian in the capital and Zhongwu Road in South Korea, in short, it is a place where some film and television companies gather.

In the past 20 years, the economy of Hong Kong City has developed by leaps and bounds, and even the film and television industry has also flourished.

The word "Hong Kong circle" has actually been around for a long time, and it did not refer to the port city before, but to the glorious and prosperous Hong Kong next door, but with the gradual decline of Hong Kong films, many filmmakers chose to go north to the inland to test the waters, but at that time their first choice was not the port city, because the port city at that time could not give the industry too much soil for survival, and most of the high-quality resources were concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai, and there was no third choice at that time.

It's just that now it's different, as a large number of Hong Kong filmmakers have returned to the mainland, and the water and soil have returned one after another, this port city, which is not far from the Xiangjiang River, has risen rapidly, and the environment is comparable and only one word difference, has become a utopia for this group of frustrated filmmakers.

Of course, it has been a long time since Hong Kong filmmakers went north, and their return is only a seed planted for the rapid development of the film and television industry in Hong Kong City in the future.

Now it's finally time for this seed to blossom and bear fruit.

The older generation of filmmakers chose to settle in the port city, and the new generation of young people also chose to develop in the city at their doorstep, and in the area of Zhuguang Lane in Jiangnan District, because of the expansion of the old area, many houses were built by demolition, the rent was not high, the transportation was very convenient, and the support of policies and regional planning attracted many film and television production companies and studios.

Although this Hong Kong circle is no longer the other Hong Kong circle, the style that has been inherited has been poured into this generation of local filmmakers, so that in recent years, outside of Beijing and Shanghai, it has finally established a gateway on its own.

He Tianran's "Future Production" film and television studio is located in Zhuguang Lane, and the title of "Zhuguang Lane Bald Eagle Eagle" was given by his peers around him after filming "A Thousand Knots of the Heart", in fact, he has many more nicknames like this, but this one is the most called.

As for why he is called Bald Eagle, in addition to his gray hair, there is another point......

"Director Yu, how many photos are there today? How will you shoot it later?! ”

At this moment, a question with anger suddenly came from the set, which was quite loud, and it was heard clearly in the café.

Yao Qingtao was about to get up to check the situation, but He Tianran immediately pressed down his palm and signaled that she didn't need to move.

"You sit here and wait for the client and the artist team to come over and dock, and I'll take care of the outside affairs."

He Tianran left a sentence and walked out of the café.

It was just as sunny outside, and he squinted up at the dazzling mottles scattered between the gaps in the leaves, and then looked down at the watch on his wrist.

It's 9:20 a.m., and it's 40 minutes away from the scheduled shooting time.

Listening to the dispute that gradually broke out not far away, he muttered a sentence in his mouth:

"Oops, another day of world peace."

Then, he walked slowly towards the center of the contradiction.

(End of chapter)