At noon on June 5, the capital airport.

The Buick business car was parked at the domestic departure gate, Li Tang opened the side door and got out of the car with a backpack, and the driver Shen Lin moved a big suitcase from the trunk.

"Master Shen, give it to me."

Li Tang reached out to take the suitcase.

"Boss, I'll send you in." Shen Lin said busily.

"No, I'll just go in by myself, I can't park here."

Li Tang put the backpack on his back and took the trolley of the suitcase from Shen Lin's hand.

"The owner...... Uh, have a nice trip! ”

Shen Lin was not good at words, and said goodbye to him unnaturally.

"Well, bye-bye!"

Li Tang smiled and waved his hand at him.

There are crew members in the waiting hall who are responsible for docking, and Zhou Xun and Chen Kun arrived earlier than him.

"You're alone?"

Today is different from the past, and now Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are accompanied by assistants, but Li Tang is the only one who comes over with a suitcase, which looks very unusual.

"Originally, Jiajia wanted to come and send it, but there was something temporary." Li Tang Dynasty and the others smiled and said.

After getting the boarding pass and checking in the luggage, Zhou Xun's assistant was very clever and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Li, I'll come." ”

"Oh, thank you Tony!"

Don't get me wrong, Zhou Xun's assistant named Tony is a woman, with short hair and flat chest, she usually likes to dress neutrally, and she also gave herself an English name of Tony, so she may have a tendency in that regard.

However, she has been with Zhou Xun for several years, and the relationship between the two has always been very good, and Li Tang is not good at speculating in that regard.

It's Chen Kun's assistant, who is stupid and stupid, and he looks like a newcomer.

There are direct flights from Beijing to Zhangjiajie, three times a week, almost every other day. The people on the same plane are basically tour groups, but fortunately, the crew booked them business class, which was separated by a curtain to avoid being disturbed.

Xiaopang was too noisy last night, and after the plane took off, Li Tang fell asleep groggily without chatting with Zhou Xun and Chen Kun.

"Hey, wake up, the plane is about to land."

Li Tang opened his worried eyes and looked out of the porthole, and sure enough, the plane had slowly descended in a group of mountains.

buckled up and sat next to him Zhou Xun smiled: "Didn't you sleep last night?" Sleep so deeply! ”

"No, it's just been a busy two days." Li Tang could only snort.

From the plane, Zhangjiajie looks like a valley surrounded by mountains, and a blue-green streamer-like river winds its way through the city.

"Wow, this is Tianmen Cave, the script says it's Tianyan."

Getting off the plane, you can see the huge stone cave that towers on the top of the mountain from a distance, like a heavenly eye, and Zhou Xun's face is full of shock.

The tourists in the same tour group also took out their cameras to take pictures.

In the end, I boarded the shuttle bus at the urging of the ground staff, probably because the wonders of the eye of the sky were too shocking, and the tourists did not notice that there were three unusual passengers on the same plane.

……

"Teacher Cong, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's good, right?"

In the hotel where the crew stayed, Li Tang met Cong Zhijun, the actor of the little tailor's grandfather and the old tailor.

"It's good, it's good."

The old man shook hands with him happily.

The two worked together when they were filming "Smiling Proud Jianghu", the old man played Ling Hu Chong's New Year's friend, and the demon sect elder Qu Yang. The two have a lot of rivalry in the play.

The old man is over seventy years old, and he is still in good spirits, but because he is tall, he looks slightly hunchbacked.

"Teacher Wang, hello, I especially like your "12.1 Shooting Case", your role as Dong Lei is really amazing."

Criminal investigation dramas were popular in the past few years, and if Li Tang was asked to choose the three best criminal investigation dramas, then "12.1 Shooting Case" would definitely be on the list. It's not that the filming techniques of this drama are good, but it is very real in the form of a pseudo-documentary. Especially the male number one played by Wang Shuangbao Dong Lei, I don't know and think it is Dong Lei himself.

Wang Shuangbao hurriedly held Li Tang's hand with both hands, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare to be!" Don't dare to be! Mr. Li, it's still your Linghu Chong who is impressive. ”

Although Wang Shuangbao is many years older than Li Tang, he can only be regarded as a newcomer in the film and television industry, so his posture is very low, and he is like the fierce Dong Lei he plays. Everyone is a person on the scene, praising each other and improving each other!

Compared with Li Tang's eight-sided graceful appearance, Chen Kun seemed restrained and introverted, and he only nodded hurriedly when greeting people, looking difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, Zhou Xun's enthusiasm broke the embarrassment, and when he saw Old Man Cong, he called grandpa affectionately!

When Wang Shuangbao came to greet her, she also made a fuss and said, "Wow, you are the captain, right?" Captain, please take care of me. ”

Wang Shuangbao plays the ignorant and interesting production captain.

There are only a few actors, and there is also Wang Hongwei, who plays the role of Four Eyes, will not be able to report to the crew in a few days.

To say more, Wang Hongwei is the actor of Xiao Wu in the debut film "Xiao Wu" that Li Tang has seen that he thinks has no skills.

Because all the lines in "The Little Tailor" are in the Sichuan dialect, the actors are required to conduct training in the Sichuan dialect before the start-up. Of course, it doesn't need to be original, as long as it has this flavor.

Chen Kun was originally a baby in Chongqing, without any pressure, and even made a cameo appearance as a teacher. Because Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are in the same company, they have worked together, and they usually have a good relationship, and they have been preparing for a long time, so they naturally learn well.

As Li Tang, a native of Shanghai, everyone originally thought that he was a difficult household, but as soon as he came up, he tasted quite right. Chen Kun was also particularly surprised: "Brother Li, have you been in Chongqing?" It's a South Shore accent! ”

"I haven't been to Chongqing, but I just temporarily learned it with others, maybe the one who taught me was a native of Chongqing South Bank. Anyway, no matter what the accent is, we all sound the same. ”

Of course, Li Tang would not say that he learned it from Jiang Qinqin.

He basically talks to Jiang Qinqin on the phone every week, and like many close friends, when it's time to talk, there will be some small interactions, such as Li Tang teaching her Shanghainese, and she teaching Li Tang Chongqing. She is a native of Nan'an, of course, she has a Nan'an accent, that is, Chen Kun, a native of Chongqing, can only hear it.

On this day, the crew's costumes arrived, after all, they were big crews, and they wouldn't say that in order to save money, they would collect some farmers' clothes in the local area to make up the numbers. The crew measured the size of the actors before, and then made them specially customized, and they were all aged to match the characteristics of the era.

The artist and designer of the crew is an associate professor of the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and he was also the art designer of "Ju Dou" and "The Red Lantern Hangs High".

This design is very interesting, the ones designed for Li Tang are all red series, such as red sweatshirts, red hurdle vests, but Chen Kun is a blue series, blue tunics, blue sportswear, etc.

Li Tang doesn't know whether this art designer is intentional or simply pursuing the changeability of the color of the picture, if according to his understanding in his previous life, red and blue have been out of CP since ancient times, combined with the names of their respective roles, it is clearly a pair of red and blue Roman CP!

Of course, this is not the point, just when trying on that day, when Li Tang took off the loose version of Zegna's long-sleeved T-shirt on his body, revealing the well-defined muscles of his upper body, director Dai Sijie's first reaction was not good.

I usually see Li Tang's thin and tall appearance, but I didn't expect such a good figure hidden under his clothes, but the question is how could the educated youth of that era have such a good body?

Chen Kun also looked stupid on the side, he was half a head shorter than Li Tang, and when he took off his clothes, he was even more black and white, and then looked at other people's tendons and flesh, he found that he was simply weak.

"Otherwise, let's add a fitness-loving character to Ma Jianling?" Assistant director Zhao Chunlin came up with an idea on the side.

Dai Sijie was silent, although there were also sports lovers in that era, but there was no such concept as fitness at all. There are people who are in good health, but it is too exaggerated to be like Li Tang.

After a while, he spoke: "Li Tang, can you lose a little weight?" ”

Li Tang looked down at the muscles on his body, could this be weight loss? Losing muscle is just as difficult as building muscle.

"What about filming?"

"It doesn't matter, you already look skinny, shoot the scene of getting dressed first."

The scene of the bare-chested and hurdle vest in the script can only be moved back temporarily.

The only way to lose weight quickly is not to eat, and only supplement a little protein and water necessary for the body every day. Thinking about it some time ago, I was still urging Chubby to lose weight, but I didn't expect that it was my turn now, and I felt very ironic when I thought about it.

Many of the paths in Tianmen Mountain are built with stone slabs step by step, and some are even directly carved out of huge stones. I heard from the locals that this road has been walked for hundreds of years and built for hundreds of years.

Two porters carrying boxes walked in front with wooden sticks, and Li Tang, who was wearing a washed red sportswear that was faintly whitish, carried his luggage, and dragged a net bag with a basin and tea jar in his hand to the back, and walked up the mountain step by step with difficult steps.

Chen Kun, who was walking in front, occasionally looked back at him, and then asked the porter who was walking in front to slow down a little.

This is a long shot, the camera is set on the opposite hill, and there are only four ant-like figures in the shot, trudging through the mountain road.

Li Tang is really unable to walk, he has always been good at physical strength, and at this time, he is not as good as Chen Kun, who is walking in front.

There is no way, people are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. Not to mention that he now has two eggs and a little fruit every day, and he can only carry it when he is hungry.

Just as his eyes were shining and his legs were fluttering, he finally heard the walkie-talkie pinned under the clothes on his waist "stab", and the voice of director Dai Sijie came from inside: "Cut! ”

This voice was like a heavenly sound, Li Tang suddenly collapsed on the steps, and shouted weakly to Chen Kun and the porter in front of him: "Stop, stop, the director shouted stop." ”

The porter is an extras hired by the crew in the local area, and after a few days of filming, he has also adapted to it. Very neatly, he put down the two wooden boxes on Beizai's body, and his expression was still very relaxed. You must know that in order to let them perform the real state of the difficult trek, assistant director Zhao Chunlin deliberately put bricks in the box for them to carry.

However, Li Tang and Chen Kun are not surprised, in their words, they have been carrying things on this mountain road since they were children, and it is not a problem to weigh 180 catties, not to mention a few bricks.

There were not only bricks but also water in the box, and one of the group performers brought water from the box and sent it over, speaking Mandarin with a strong local accent: "Two teachers, drink water." ”

"Thank you!"

Chen Kun took it and handed Li Tang a bottle.

Li Tang was lying on his back on the steps, because it was quite comfortable with a quilt on his back, looking up at the blue sky, panting heavily.

Seeing Chen Kun handing over the water, he hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and didn't answer. If you want to lose weight as soon as possible, you should also control your water intake.

If Chen Kun was very envious and even a little jealous of Li Tang's figure at the beginning, then now there is only sympathy left. For example, at noon, when the staff brought the meal, everyone else was eating, and only Li Tang was hiding far away. Not to mention watching others eat it, you can't even smell it.

After about ten minutes, I saw a large army coming over, and the crew hired a lot of local villagers, in addition to acting as extras, more to help the crew carry equipment.

In this big mountain, every time the camera position is adjusted, it has to be carried by people on their shoulders and hands, from one mountain to another. It doesn't seem like a long distance in a straight line, but the winding mountain road takes a long time.

In particular, the two film cameras with wide-angle lenses were carried up and down by two French photographers, each of whom was followed by two camera assistants to help carry tripods, tracks, and film.

The long shot is done, and then the close-up shot.

Before they could catch their breath with their heavy cameras, the two French photographers were busy looking for angles and arranging the right ones.

Clear-eyed people can understand at a glance that such a big formation was pulled out as soon as the camera was turned on, to put it bluntly, it was to grind the shots, so that this Chinese-French mixed crew could run in as soon as possible.

"Li Tang, can you still hold on?"

Dai Sijie walked over and saw Li Tang lying on the steps like a dead fish, so he squatted down and asked.

"Director, let me rest a little longer."

The breath is panting, but you still have to accumulate strength.

Dai Sijie looked at the sun gradually setting in the west, and said, "Rest for ten more minutes, start filming when the camera is arranged, hold on, and you won't have to run tomorrow." ”

To say that the equipment of the crew is absolutely first-class, including the kind of portable monitors, the full set of Alai's equipment, all of which are shipped from France, and the operators are all foreigners.

"Okay, all departments are ready...... Action！ ”

Li Tang fought hard, gritted his teeth and picked up the cover, and climbed up the mountain road with a net bag.

Truth be told, when it comes to photography, the French are absolutely top-notch. The camera movement of this shot first gives a close-up of the dark and sturdy calves of the two footmen walking in front of them with wooden sticks and heavy wooden boxes on their backs, and the feet in straw sandals walking step by step on the steps heavy and steady.

Then the camera slowly zooms out, from close-up to panorama, where heavy wooden boxes bend their waists, ragged clothes, dark complexions, and rugged mountain roads make up a picture of suffering.

The camera slowly rotated, Chen Kun and Li Tang entered the painting, their confused eyes, messy steps, and luggage on their bodies all showed that they were newcomers.

One shift today, there are too many things in the past two days, two more are owed, there are still things tomorrow, two shifts at most, and then find a way to make up for it in two days.

(End of chapter)