At 9:30 a.m. on December 15, 2013, the crew and workers of "La La Land" were preparing carefully, and the actors were also ready to go.

The makeup artist who applied makeup to Pan Yueming was quick with his hands and feet, powdered the thrush, and moved very quickly.

Chongqing is still very cold today, according to the weather forecast, this winter, Chongqing is extremely cold, and this cold snap can last until the end of the month.

The field workers are all wearing thick down coats.

The actors can't help it, their main dress is still summer style.

At this time, Yue Yueming's body trembled slightly, he was wearing a shirt, with a suit, and inside the shirt, there was a thermal underwear, but he was still very cold.

The makeup artist couldn't help but look at Yue Ming, with a look of sympathy in his eyes.

The filming of this movie has been very fast, but in the last scene, something went wrong.

This scene is actually very simple, it is to shoot the picture of the male protagonist playing the piano and showing off his skills.

If it's a general movie, maybe I'll find a replacement.

However, this is a film that will participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and replacing it with a hand will definitely lower the judges' impression score.

Films participating in the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival must have original actors' voices.

For stand-ins, hand substitutes, and foot substitutes, although there are no clear regulations.

But the jury of the Cannes Film Festival didn't like it.

When he filmed this scene before, he was probably too tired, or he didn't practice enough, and he stumbled when he bounced, without the bearing of a jazz master.

After thinking for a while, Li Shengyao announced that the crew would rest for two days.

said that it was the crew resting, but in fact, the big guys knew very well that it was to let Yu Yueming rest and recuperate.

Regarding this, the actors and field workers didn't say much, after all, Li Shengyao has always been strict.

But now that he's back, the big guy's eyes are not so friendly when he looks at Yue Ming.

It's too cold, no one wants to drag out the last scene, and the big guys want it to be over quickly.

Especially the people in the film crew, they follow Li Shengyao, and the work intensity is higher than that of the average crew.

And Li Shengyao has filmed three movies in a row, starting in September last year, and now it has been almost fifteen months, from Dalian to Tyrande, and then to Chongqing, these people are tired.

Before that, they all had one movie a year, which was very relaxed.

Not to mention that many people have already planned a vacation, and if it is delayed at this time, it will naturally not be happy.

The actors also have something to do.

Needless to say, Li Lianhua's fashion resources have always been good.

Even Yue Ming himself has a lot of things, and at the end of the year, all kinds of business activities are coming.

In such a situation, everyone hopes that Yue Ming can play well and finish filming the last scene as soon as possible.

The pressure can be imagined.

The makeup artist felt that everyone else was looking at her at this time, she didn't dare to look up, she could imagine how many people's expectations were carried by Yue Yueming's work today.

Finally put on makeup.

Li Shengyao stepped forward and patted Yue Yueming on the shoulder, "Don't be pressured, don't worry, we all support you." ”

When he heard this, he nodded gratefully.

A moment later, with the assistant director shouting, today's shooting officially began.

Sitting in front of the piano, playing intently, the camera gradually zoomed in, aiming at Qiang Yueming's hands.

Li Shengyao soon found that the rhythm of the Ming Dan was out of order, and it did not match the rhythm of this piece.

This is the end of today's first performance.

Two days ago, his movements were stiff, his lips were dry, and his eyes were tired.

After resting for two days, Yu Yueming's condition is slightly better, although his rhythm just now is chaotic, but his hands are flexible, and he looks more powerful and skillful.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands, "Okay, rest for ten minutes, and then come back." ”

When the others heard this, they looked at Yue Ming and didn't say anything.

He was a little embarrassed, he had been practicing this piano piece for almost a year, and he was already very proficient.

But the rhythm was out of order.

If it's accompanied by music, it will look weird, like the dubbing lip sync doesn't match.

Although the audience may not be able to find out, Lee Shengyao will certainly not tolerate such a mistake.

He then sat down and let the makeup artist mess with it, and Yu Guang couldn't help but glance at Li Shengyao, and was relieved to see that Li Shengyao was not angry.

The makeup artist quickly helped with the makeup.

Then all the film crew members prepared, accompanied by a shout from the assistant director, and Yue Ming began the second performance.

Compared with the first time, this time it is more proficient and smooth, but overall, it lacks a trace of chic and a trace of spirit.

You must know that the actor is very proud of his piano skills, although the traditional jazz he likes is becoming less and less popular with the audience, but as long as he touches the piano himself, the whole person's temperament becomes different.

At the end of the second performance, Li Shengyao called to Yue Ming and explained the situation.

Yue Ming immediately nodded to indicate that he understood.

So he continued to shoot, and he shot five times.

Among them, the third, fourth, and fifth times, the performance was good, and finally achieved the effect that Li Shengyao wanted.

These three times are like a pianist, very devoted, intoxicated, and light and chic.

The latter two passes don't work well.

Li Shengyao understood that the three times just now were probably the pinnacle of Yue Yueming's performance, and it was impossible to improve it again, so he clapped his hands, and then stood up, "Okay, the performance just now is very good, it's over, pass." ”

When the actors and field workers heard this, they shouted one after another.

Li Shengyao explained a few words to Dapeng, and then took the members of the film crew to do the final finishing work.

Although I haven't heard of the film and television company's film and video tape being broken, Lee Shengyao is still very cautious and asks the film crew to keep it carefully and not be careless.

After all the equipment was packed, Li Shengyao arranged for the finale ceremony.

Soon after, with the cheers of "It's finished", "La La Land" was officially completed.

Just like in the old days, Lee Shengyao led the assistant director to give red envelopes to the actors.

Li Lianhua and Yue Ming were very excited.

"Director, I learned a lot from acting this time, thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"Director, I'll toast you a few glasses in the evening."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Okay, we'll see you at the final banquet in the evening." ”

Li Lianhua and Qiang Yueming's work is not over yet, and the two of them still need to do the final dubbing, as well as the recording of a song.

This song is a couple's duet specially created by Lu Guanting for the male and female protagonists, and it is not a theme song, but a movie promotion song.

Lee was even busier, editing, soundtrack, fine editing, and special effects.

Among them, the editing and soundtrack are all good, and the final special effects are what worries Li Shengyao the most.

Don't look at the movie footage, the special effects look like tens of seconds, or a minute or two.

But this little bit of a picture often takes months.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "La La Land" had several beautiful special effects, which undoubtedly made the movie more exciting, made the male and female protagonists look more feeling, and the atmosphere was more romantic.

The American version of "La La Land" can be said to be a concrete embodiment of the industrialization of Hollywood films.

This is an ability that mainland film and television do not have.

Of course, it can't be outsourced, it can't be outsourced to Hollywood VFX, or Peninsula VFX.

Mainland special effects companies will never have the opportunity to exercise.

What's more, Fenghua originally had a special effects department, relying on Fenghua's resources, it mixed very well.

As long as they make persistent efforts and do this job well, Li Shengyao will arrange for the special effects department to produce animated films, and if the animated films are a big hit, they can be stripped out and harvested in the beautiful country.

In this case, the work in front of the special effects should be done as soon as possible, so as not to leave enough time for the special effects department in the end.

So Lee Shengyao is quite busy, and he doesn't have time to rest.

……

Just like Li Shengyao's plan, after the celebration banquet, Li Shengyao quickly returned to Yanjing with the film roll, and then led people into the editing room and began editing "La La Land".

This movie is a song and dance film, and the rhythm requirements are very high, and when editing, Li Shengyao needs to consider a lot of things.

In order to complete the work as soon as possible, Lee Shengyao took three editors to work overtime, working ten hours a day.

It lasted until December 23, and Li Shengyao did not work overtime, but took a night to participate in the starlight ceremony of Fenghua Video.

Now Tencent, Sohu, and Sina are all going to hold a starlight ceremony, which is a mess of pork awards.

Fenghua video naturally has to be engaged.

It's not to compete with a few other video sites, but to make money.

Those pork awards are not important, the trophies are all wholesale in Yiwu, thirty yuan each.

But tickets for fans to enter the venue, sponsorship fees for advertisers, and earnings from uploading to the web are profitable.

This is the reason why various platforms hold such pork awards.

This time, since it is an award ceremony on its own platform, it is natural to participate.

So Li Shengyao took time out of his busy schedule to come to the Fenghua Starlight Ceremony.

He has been staring at the computer for ten hours a day, his eyes can't stand it, his eyes are dry at this time, and he is very sleepy.

took Chen Hao on the red carpet together, and after entering the award venue, the lights were not very bright, and Li Shengyao was even more sleepy.

Just when he was about to be lazy and squint, Wu Jing came over.

He first said hello, and then said: "Director, I have found the direction of the next movie, I want to shoot our Chinese Rambo, what do you think?"

When Li Shengyao heard this, he was a little more energetic, he knew that what Wu Jing wanted to produce was "Wolf Warrior", so he smiled and nodded, "This idea is good, you can try it." ”

He paused for a moment, thinking of the script creation of "Wolf Warrior 2" in his previous life, Wu Jing invited many online military gods, and said: "You can find authors who write military power on the Internet to write scripts for you, and the scripts they write are more sharp and fashionable, and more in line with the tastes of young people."

Wu Jing got Li Shengyao's suggestion and was very happy, "Okay, I'll prepare the script well." ”

Wu Jing then left, and then Lu Yang, Huang Bo, and Baoqiang all came to Li Shengyao for guidance.

They both want to make new movies, among which Huang Bo and Baoqiang are excited when they see Xu Zheng so successful and want to be directors themselves.

Chen Sicheng also came over, "Director, I have already written the script of "Modern Love Story", do you need to read it?" ”

"Don't look at it, I believe in your ability, you go to Fenghua tomorrow, I will explain to the people in the investment department, how much money you want, you can discuss."

Chen Gou didn't expect Li Shengyao to trust him so much, and he was very happy, "Director, I will definitely make this movie well, and I will definitely not disappoint you." ”

Li Shengyao finally found time to participate in his own business activities, and thought that he could be lazy, but he didn't expect that there would be an endless stream of people coming to worship the pier.

It wasn't until the awards party started that Li Shengyao got some rest, he didn't hesitate, clasped his hands to his chest, and then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

An hour and a half later, the awards party ended, and Lee went to the celebration banquet with the others.

Chen Hao has a special identity and has long since retired from the circle, but as Li Shengyao's woman, she is naturally indispensable to stammer.

Li Shengyao was still sleepy, greeted a group of friends, and then went into the lounge, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

After sleeping for about half an hour, Li Shengyao regained some energy a little, and someone knocked on the door outside.

"Director, may I come in?"

It was the voice of Da Mi Mi, Li Shengyao got up and opened the door of the lounge.

Da Mi Mi walked into the lounge, with a strong smell of perfume, she was wearing a purple dress, and most of the two basketballs were exposed, which was very conspicuous.

Probably drank some wine, his face was slightly red, and his eyes were hidden with autumn water, which was delicate.

But once in the lounge, she threw herself into the couch.

"Alas, I'm exhausted."

Da Mi Mi stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Li Shengyao's clothes, "It's still easy for you, I'm really tired, and I have dark circles under my eyes." ”

Li Shengyao sat down, his right hand wrapped around Da Mi Mi's waist, then lowered his head and kissed him for a while.

"I'm also very tired, I'm going to be blind these days."

"How is it possible, why are you so tired, isn't "La La Land" finished?"

"Post-production, this film is going to participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival, and the special effects part will take a long time, so I can only hurry up on the previous production."

Da Mi Mi nodded, and then looked up, "It's Christmas in two days, brother, I have three days off, do you want me to accompany you?" ”

Da Mi Mi has completed the filming of "The Legend of the Ancient Sword", and after Christmas, he will go south to Shanghai, and then participate in the filming of "Small Times 34".

She hasn't looked for a boyfriend in the past few years, so she naturally has needs.

The last time I had a passionate night with Li Shengyao at the Venice Film Festival, although I scolded my mother the next day, I looked back and found that Li Dadao was really in good health.

Taking advantage of the three-day holiday, I want to renew the frontier.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he glanced at Da Mi Mi's career line, and then reached out and pinched it, "Forget it, I don't have time recently, I want to edit "La La Land", when I finish editing, the movie will be handed over to Lu Guanting for the soundtrack, I can rest for a while, and we will come back to learn when the time comes." ”

Da Mi Mi twisted his waist and stood up, put two basketballs in Li Shengyao's face, and said provocatively: "Brother, are you really not with me?"

Li Shengyao reacted immediately, he really has no resistance to big basketball.

Since childhood, I have loved the NBA and dreamed of becoming a ball control god.

But now he really didn't dare to waste time.

"Don't accompany me, I'll come to Shanghai in January next year, and I'll go to Shanghai to find you."

(End of chapter)