Chapter 7: The Shaw Brothers Set
Haisheng and the two were talking quietly at the back door, and after waiting for a long time, they saw a woman in her 30s hurrying over. walked up to them and gasped and said, "Xiaochao, what's the matter?" ”
"Second aunt, I want to introduce a friend to the Shaw Brothers set as an extra!" Li Wenchao hurriedly said.
Liu Lan turned to look at Haisheng, and saw that his eyebrows were clear, his contours were clear, and he had a temperament, and his clothes were old but clean, not like he was in a mixed club, so she said, "This is your friend, don't you want to introduce me?" ”
Li Wenchao suddenly said: "Oh, Brother Sheng, this is my second aunt Liu Lan, she works in the costume group on the set." Second aunt, this is my brother Haisheng. He wants to work on the set, you can arrange it! ”
"Aunt Lan, hello!" Hai Sheng stepped forward to greet him in non-standard Cantonese.
Liu Lan didn't reply, but said to Li Wenchao: "Your brother is very good, when did you make fox friends and dog friends?" Xiaochao, can you find something serious to do, don't fool around outside all day long. It just so happens that there is one less guy in the lighting group, so I'll help you talk about it, first become an apprentice, and you can become a regular in a few years. ”
"I don't do it, I get a meager salary every month, I am tired like a dog every day, and I am often scolded. How can you live chicly outside! Li Wenchao immediately refused.
"Do you have any chance, you are lazy all day long, and you can become a master when you eat hard, you know?" Liu Lan was angry enough.
Li Wenchao couldn't listen to it, and changed the topic: "Second aunt, you can help, Brother Sheng is a serious person and not a mixed club, I can guarantee that I really want to do things on the set." ”
"Alright! I don't have time to talk to you, and it's okay to introduce friends to do things, but you have to go with him, and I don't worry about your assurance. So be it, go and wait! After Liu Lan finished speaking, she left.
Haisheng was confused, but Li Wenchao took him to the extras gathering point. Maybe it's still early, there aren't many people here, and the two dozen or so people gather in a pile to talk.
After a while, a man ran out and opened the folder to take a roll call, and Li Wenchao and Haisheng were among them. Subsequently, a group of people followed the named man into the set. On the way, others were courteous, saying nice things or offering cigarettes. Li Wenchao didn't care, Haisheng didn't go to join in the fun if he didn't understand the situation.
It didn't take long for them to be taken to the locker room, where a commander named Brother Kun put on their designated clothes, ancient soldiers' uniforms. The others immediately took off their clothes and began to change their hoods.
Li Wenchao held the clothes issued to him, frowning and facing to the side, Hai Sheng was no better. There was a strange smell coming from the soldier's uniform, and the smell of sweat, blood, and weeds was very strong. And there are a lot of dirty things on the clothes that have not been washed, and if you have a habit of cleanliness, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept such a costume.
"What are you two doing, don't you hurry up and grind, do you want to do it?" The commander Kun Ge urged.
There was no way, I couldn't drag it out, so I had to change my clothes, and with the help of the management staff, I changed my clothes and put on a hood, and I looked like a soldier, but I was uncomfortable all over, and I wanted to scratch it as if it was very itchy.
Brother Kun didn't give him a chance to scratch the itch, and took a group of people to the shooting scene, it was very lively here, dozens of people were busy, a loud voice was scolding, mobilizing others to do things, Brother Kun was also the object of scolding, saying that he still wanted to do it?
Brother Kun, who was arrogant just now, not only had no temper, but also accompanied the smiling face and brought extras to the shooting. Explain the performance to them on the spot and ask for the distribution of props, mainly props, knives and guns, and some even get a bottle of tomato juice.
Haisheng was given a red cherry spear, and Brother Kun's request to him was to lie on the ground and pretend to be a dead body, and not to move no matter what the situation was. Haisheng listened carefully, and he was inevitably nervous when filming for the first time.
Li Wenchao scratched the itch and said with a smile on his face that they were assigned to the costume crew, so they didn't have to run around, they could lie on the ground and sleep, which was the easiest job on the set.
His account was later confirmed, and two people were lying on the road with tomato juice sprinkled on their bodies, and there were several identical "dead bodies" next to them.
After a while, the protagonist's supporting role, the dragon suit appeared on the road to fight, and from time to time someone was cut down by the protagonist, and the actor crushed the tomato bottle behind the camera and squirted tomato juice, and then fell to the ground.
This is too child's play, Hai Sheng was lying on the ground and saw all this, and he couldn't help but sigh a little. The fight scene is very fake, and the knife falls down without touching the body, will the moviegoers buy it?
In a moment, this scene was filmed, and there was no shouting "card"! Then, the next one was changed.
Haisheng and Li Wenchao were taken care of, and most of the time they were pretending to be dead bodies, lying from head to tail until they finished work. I received a boxed lunch, and half a day passed like this.
Dozens of people in the crew ate boxed lunches on the spot, and each had its own circle without interfering with each other. Haisheng was in the group of extras, opening the lunch box and frowning, the portion was not much, it was mostly vegetables, and there was no meat, only a few small pieces of diced meat. Needless to say, knife work, a few dishes together is similar to pig food.
Li Wenchao eats with relish, it is good to have food to eat in these years, he is lazy and active in eating.
Hai Sheng closed his eyes and filled his stomach, lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, the sun was super hot on his body, and he rolled around a few times and hid in a cool place. They were notified that they had to film in a while, and they had to hurry up and rest.
In the afternoon, there were still no new tricks, still lying on the ground, getting off work at five o'clock, going to the dressing room to withdraw the costume, changing into his own clothes, and receiving 18 yuan and leaving the set. The extras are over in a day's tour.
On the way home, Li Wenchao asked with a smile: "Brother Sheng, how does it feel to be an extra?" ”
"It's boring, the environment is poor, the food is not good, and the filming is like a child's play, which is not the same as I imagined!" Haisheng replied as he rode his bike.
When Li Wenchao heard his words, he laughed: "Hehe, I think so, let's go to the mixed club." Relaxed, take a lot of money, don't look at people's faces, eat and drink spicy food every day to live a fairy life. ”
"I don't know what the fairy days are, I only know that the three are poorer and the four are richer, and no matter how much money they make, they can't keep it, and they don't dare to start a family for fear of affecting their families. Crooked and evil ways have never been put on the table, and mixing in the rivers and lakes without a background is the life of being stabbed for others. Haisheng said in a deep voice, Li Wenchao was silent and no longer spoken.
All the way back to Sanlifang, Haisheng bought a bicycle and some vegetables at the market, and carried the meat back to the bone-setting restaurant.
I met a lot of people along the way, most of them were villagers carrying baskets and carrying baskets. Today is the market day, and people come and go very lively.
The same is true at the entrance of the bone-setting hall, where a large number of people gather around the door. Haisheng leaned his bicycle to the side, picked up his things and pulled the crowd inside. But he heard a commotion coming from within.