The Song Dynasty was a complicated era.

The economy and culture were at their peak, almost reaching the highest level of feudal dynasties, but the military was particularly decadent.

Unlike other dynasties that were overthrown by peasant uprisings, the Song was the only dynasty in the Celestial Empire that did not break out in a nationwide peasant uprising.

But perhaps it was precisely because of the economic and cultural prosperity that the rulers of the Song Dynasty lost their blood, and were finally wiped out by foreigners and occupied the country.

There are too many famous figures in this era, such as Fan Zhongyan, Lu You, Su Shi, Wen Tianxiang, Xin Qiji, Li Qingzhao, etc., who have added a strong touch to the brilliant culture of the Celestial Empire.

Huairou Film and Television City, ancient street.

The wide bluestone streets are large enough for horses to walk side by side, and are lined with low brick houses and courtyards.

There are very few tall buildings, and they are only two or three storeys.

Qin Muchu walked on the ancient street, followed by a group of crew members.

Coming to an intersection, a wide stone bridge connects the two streets, with a river running underneath and encircling the two streets.

It's like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

"At night, hang up all the shops and houses on these two streets, and contact the group leaders here, so that I can stand on these two streets for group performances."

"Yes."

Ma Debiao changed from director to assistant director again, and took a notebook to write down Qin Muchu's requirements little by little.

"And."

Qin Muchu walked up to the stone bridge, leaned on the edge of the bridge, and pointed to the water.

"Get a dozen boats, the kind of flower boats in ancient times, large and small, at least one is particularly large, and it swims on this river at night."

Deputy Director Ma wrote it down and replied at the same time:

"Okay, when I came to rent the venue, I saw that there is a company here that specializes in renting cruise ships, and there should be the kind of boat you said."

Qin Muchu nodded and continued to walk along the ancient street.

Along the way, he seemed to see the hawkers of a thousand years ago shouting and selling on the streets, the literati and rioters drinking and chatting in the flower boats on the river, and the brightly lit green buildings......

"Qin Muchu, why is there no one on these two streets?"

A female voice pulled Qin Muchu back from fantasy to reality.

Without Qin Muchu's explanation, Assistant Director Ma said:

"These two streets have been rented by Director Qin, from the first of today until the end of this month."

"Rent for a month? Shoot that long? "How much does it cost?"

Yang Mi opened her mouth.

Poverty limits her imagination.

"If the light venue is not artificial, three million is still not long after the film and television city was built, and I know that Director Qin came to film and wanted to use this to promote it, so it was given cheaply."

Deputy Director Ma replied.

"Three million?!"

Yang Mi walked to Qin Muchu's side in two steps, and whispered:

"Are you crazy? The venue alone is three million, plus artificial props, and the cost of a short film is several million! How does this pay for itself? ”

No matter how famous Qin Muchu is, it is impossible for someone to spend nearly 10 million to buy a ten-minute film, right?

"Recovering costs?"

Qin Muchu raised his eyebrows, put his hands behind his back, slowly turned around, and looked up at a 45-degree angle into the distance.

"I didn't think about recovering the cost when I shot this, I'm happy to buy one for millions, and it's enough."

Yang Mi: "...... ⊙_⊙”

He's pretending, isn't he?

He must be pretending!

resisted the urge to raise her foot and kick Qin Muchu into the river, Yang Mi paid a little more attention to the shooting of this short film.

Qin Muchu spent so much money, even if he can't recover the cost, he can't still be scolded and filmed badly, right?

"Where's my sister? Why didn't I come with you? ”

Qin Muchu asked.

Zeng Li taught Yang Mi manners during this time, and the relationship with Yang Mi also warmed up rapidly.

This time she came to Huairou to film, and she also came with her to adjust and correct Yang Mi's demeanor on the spot.

"Sister Li's car is a little motion sickness, so I'm resting in the hotel."

"Motion sickness, celebrities and motion sickness? Then she will be guilty in the future. ”

Qin Muchu tsk.

In addition to being on the set, celebrities spend a lot of time in the car a year.

Running notices or whatnot, which one is not allowed to take the car, some popular celebrities basically take the car as their home, and rest all by taking a nap during the time when they are in the car and hurrying.

"No, Sister Li's car didn't get motion sickness, I, the car I drove ......"

Yang Mi lowered her head.

She was also itchy for a while, and Huairou was not very far from the city, so she volunteered to drive the car.

With one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake, Zeng Li vomited in less than half an hour.

When Zeng Li got out of the car, no one could stand and collapsed on the seat, but Yang Mi called a few female staff members of the crew to help carry her to the hotel.

"Grace will take revenge on people like you."

Zeng left to teach Yang Mi for more than a week, but in exchange for such a reward.

Qin Muchu's heart hurts when he thinks about it, it's a pity that he couldn't be in their car at that time, otherwise he would have been able to ...... when Zeng Li vomited I took a picture with my phone.

"Do you care about Sister Li? It can't be any attempt to leave my sister, right? ”

Yang Mi narrowed her eyes.

"Hmm...... Well? ”

Qin Muchu touched Yang Mi's forehead, with a serious expression:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't I tell you a long time ago that if you become a big director, you will go to the unspoken rules of actresses? Zeng Li is now an artist in my company, isn't it normal for me to have ill intentions towards her as a boss? ”

Well-reasoned and logical.

Yang Mi gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.

……

Twilight was approaching, the sun had not yet set, and the moon had already climbed half up in the sky.

"Director Qin, the weather is good tonight, no wind and no rain, today is the fifteenth again, the moon must be very round."

Qin Muchu nodded.

He filmed Li Qingzhao enjoying the lanterns during the Lantern Festival tonight and meeting Zhao Mingcheng by chance.

In order to restore the grand scene of the Lantern Festival lanterns thousands of years ago, Qin Muchu prepared thousands of lanterns and hundreds of Kong Ming lanterns, which were lit tonight.

"Has the actor who played Zhao Mingcheng arrived?" Qin Muchu asked.

"Arrived, put on makeup at the hotel."

"What's his name?"

Because the protagonist of the short film is Li Qingzhao, the character of Zhao Mingcheng only shows his face during the Lantern Festival.

The back is basically filmed, but the kind that doesn't show its face, so the casting was directly handed over to Deputy Director Ma.

"It's called Huo Jianhua, it's from Bay Province, I've filmed two idol dramas, I heard that you are choosing a short film role, and you took the initiative to contact the company, and the costume photos look good."

Assistant Director Ma said and handed the costume photos sent to him by Huo Jianhua to Qin Muchu.

Qin Muchu took the photo in his hand, and after taking a look, he was sure that this Huo Jianhua was the Huo Jianhua he knew.

"Okay, get ready, let's start filming in a moment."

After Assistant Director Ma left, Qin Muchu picked up the photo in his hand and looked at it, showing a strange smile.

"This Xue Jian and Changqing Daxia play husband and wife, who is Sedum with? Zixuan? Made, it doesn't seem that he hasn't acted, and he has acted in nightshade......"

At night, it was completely dark.

The streets were originally empty, but at this time the crowds were crowded.

The shops and inns on both sides are also full of people, a prosperous scene.

"I'll tell you, we have enough to shoot this lantern twice, if it's because of the mistakes made by your subordinates, this scene won't be filmed tonight......"

A group of people get together.

Deputy Director Ma said sternly to the dozen or so group leaders.

"Don't worry, don't worry, you won't, this scene of standing on the street and walking can't be filmed well, you don't need to say, let's get out of this line of work ourselves."

"Yes, yes, yes, I have said hello to them, and they will never make mistakes, just watch the lanterns normally."

“……”

The leaders of the group bowed their heads and replied.

Deputy Director Ma's demeanor eased slightly, turned around and took out more than a dozen soft middle pieces from the big pocket he was leading, and distributed them to these group leaders one by one.

"What are you doing, you're welcome!"

"That's it, that's it."

The leaders of the group refused to accept it.

Assistant Director Ma forcibly stuffed the cigarette into their hands:

"To tell you the truth, I just got mixed up in the Hengdian crew, and I know everything about everyone, including the group actors who want to show their faces or something, and want to make up for the camera...... At the end of the day, it's all about trying to figure it out.

I'm lucky, I was appreciated by Director Qin today, so I can give you smoke now, and I don't know if you will get to this point one day.

I didn't give this cigarette for nothing, you have to work hard, and if you cooperate, we may be able to cooperate again in the future. ”

The leaders of the group glanced at each other, and soon they all smiled,

"Definitely, definitely."

"Next time you look for a group performer, contact me directly, and I will definitely arrange the most suitable ...... for you"

……

On the other side, Qin Muchu was still arranging the camera position with the cameraman.

"The overhead shot in the air is either shot on a helicopter or with a long swingarm, there is no other way, I haven't heard of the drone you are talking about."

The videographer cried his face.

Qin Muchu frowned, there is a scene in the short film that overlooks "Bianjing City" from a high altitude and records the scene of Kong Ming lanterns flying during the Lantern Festival.

I didn't expect drone shooting to be widespread in this era.

"How far can a long swingarm grow, can it be reached in a hundred meters?" Qin Muchu asked.

"Well, it's not that long, more than ten meters."

The photographer wiped a cold sweat.

A hundred meters, dozens of stories high, that is a long rocker arm or a suspension bridge for engineering.

Qin Muchu rubbed his temples.

At a height of more than ten meters, it is impossible to take a panoramic view of these two streets.

But where to borrow the helicopter now?

"Qin Muchu, why don't you try a hot air balloon."

Yang Mi, who had been listening, said suddenly.

She also remembered that she used a hot air balloon during the filming of "The Gift of Room No. 7".

"Yes, hot air balloons!"

Qin Muchu patted his head.

But the next second, he frowned and said:

"No, what if the hot air balloon is lit by a rising Kong Ming lantern? It's too dangerous. ”

"Director Qin, just take a few shots, Kong Ming's lantern doesn't rise fast, and he has time to dodge after filming."

The photographer felt that Yang Mi's method was very feasible.

Qin Muchu thought for a while and said:

"Let's light a Kong Ming lantern first and see how long it will take to rise to a height of 100 meters, and calculate the shooting time."

The results of the experiment came out quickly, and the visual inspection of the height of about 100 meters took about 20 seconds.

"It's too late for such a short time." Qin Muchu said.

"Stupid, after the shooting, you see that Kong Ming Lantern is coming, you can just raise the hot air balloon, so that Kong Ming Lantern can't catch up with you, you can avoid the Kong Ming Lantern area, and lower the hot air balloon."

Yang Mi looked at Qin Muchu with disdain.

"it."

Qin Muchu was taken aback,

"Have you been itching a lot lately?"

Yang Mi touched her hair, glared and said:

"Nonsense, I wash my hair every day, and my head itches at all!"

"Oh, it looks like you were blinded just now, I thought you were starting to open your mind." Qin Muchu regained his composure.

Itchy head? Open your head?

Yang Mi blinked, and quickly understood what Qin Muchu meant.

"Qin Muchu!"

(Because of the change in the timeline, Huo only filmed two idol dramas)

(End of chapter)