"How is it, how do you feel about our crew these days?"

In a makeshift lounge in an abandoned factory, Lu Zhengyi casually sat on a wooden box with props, lit a cigarette, and looked at Wang Xiaoxu who entered the house through the door.

As filming slowly got on track, more and more people were on the set.

Some supporting roles, temporary group performances, handymen...... Slowly arrived, like the glasses guy who was in charge of the liaison officer of the miscellaneous department in the plot, and the takeaway girl.

They are all in the real scene of an abandoned factory, with shots and scenes.

But because of this, some people in the crew can no longer discuss things other than the 'First Commandment' so blatantly, and if Lu Zhengyi wants to talk to Wang Xiaoxu alone, he also needs to find a quiet place.

As mentioned in the plot, the employees of the Plum Fox crew must also strictly abide by the 'First Commandment', there are no ghosts in this world.

"It's complicated, and I feel that the actors' filming is a little different from what I imagined."

Wang Xiaoxu thought seriously for a while, and replied, "I originally thought that the shooting on the set would be very joyful. ”

"I've seen some TV series and movie shooting footage before, probably a group of photographers shooting around a few characters and a scene, but across the screen, I am embarrassed and ashamed of them."

"Especially some love, Xianxia-themed films, a few people shouted there, why don't you love me, Void Spirit Immortal, Charm, Shenjun, I want you to ...... today"

As he spoke, he couldn't go on, covering his face and feeling like a fool.

In front of Director Lu alone, Wang Xiaoxu felt ashamed to say his lines like this.

Not to mention, that group of actors is in public.

Wang Xiaoxu watched the video at that time, and he felt a little like 'I have exhausted my greatest courage to open the video' and 'I can't finish watching it, I can't finish watching it at all'.

"Embarrass others...... Hey, you're thin-skinned. Lu Zhengyi could understand what he meant, but he was a little helpless, "But acting is like this, so outsiders don't often say that actors are crazy." The better the play, the crazier the people on the set. ”

"But Mr. Chang, they acted very well, and they didn't give me an embarrassing feeling." Wang Xiaoxu hesitated, "I didn't feel ashamed even when I watched from the sidelines, but I had a ...... The feeling of looking at another world, through the lens. ”

He gave the same opinion as the mountain watcher before.

Standing behind the camera, he seems to be looking at another world through the dividing line drawn by the camera and the light.

"That's not right."

But soon, he shook his head again, "It should be said that it is the influence of the atmosphere." ”

"My impression of the set is all from watching the tidbits of those film and television dramas, they are all giggling and laughing, and occasionally laughing, and the staff and directors next to them also laugh."

"But our crew is different, everyone is very serious, there is almost no laughter, quite serious. I'm a little afraid that I'm not doing well and I'm holding the team back. ”

Lu Zhengyi was even more helpless, "Please, how do you laugh in a horror movie." ”

Don't laugh, it's good not to run away in fright.

Wang Xiaoxu pondered for a moment, "I don't know how to describe it, but it's probably ...... Our vibe is a little heavier. ”

Things like laughing scenes, NG a lot of times, etc., seem to be very casual things in those tidbits videos.

It gives people the feeling that even if they make a mistake, they will not be scolded.

The actors, crew, and directors don't seem to have any pressure.

In that case, it was more embarrassing for Wang Xiaoxu to watch as an audience.

Especially those actors said to the heroine in the camera seriously, 'Damn woman, the consequences of angering me are not something you can bear', and after saying that, everyone laughed out loud.

He was separated by a screen, and it was hard not to feel ashamed.

But if you're on the set and you're watching the actors act like this, and everyone else around you is laughing, it's not embarrassing, it's joyful.

A more relaxed working atmosphere is indeed better for people in the workplace.

But Wang Xiaoxu is on the set these days, and the atmosphere he feels is completely different from what he expected.

As a 'trial worker' watching everyone shoot on the side, as long as the scene notes open the mirror panel, the atmosphere of the whole scene is very serious and heavy.

Everyone quietly watched the story in that corner of the 'small world', and adjusted the camera, lens, and lighting according to Lu Zhengyi's instructions......

Even Huang Yaozu, played by Mr. Chang, is in the camera, holding an inflatable little dinosaur and dancing.

Everyone else also watched this scene very calmly, without saying that they thought it was funny, and then made a fuss.

For a while, Wang Xiaoxu didn't know whether the actors who said shameful lines had a stronger sense of conviction, or whether Mr. Chang's acting skills were more prominent.

I don't know which of the two atmospheres is better.

"I can only say that the choice is different." Lu Zhengyi spat out a cigarette, "Filming can be regarded as work, it's good to be relaxed and make money happily." Anyway, after filming, most of them won't go to watch their own films. ”

"But Mr. Chang is different, or we are different, we like to be serious at work, and when it's over, we look at the comments from the audience saying things like 'good acting', 'good shooting', 'scared to death', and then be happy and happy."

"What we like more than the salary is the feedback that the audience gives us after seeing the film."

Speaking of this, he paused, "It's like a company where there will be colleagues who like to fish and can easily get a guaranteed salary." But there are also people who want to progress and get project bonuses, so they have their own choices. ”

"The point is that you have to find the right circle for yourself, and if a person who wants to improve goes into an office full of fish-groades, there will only be endless work. On the contrary, if a person who wants to mess around enters a highly motivated team, he is destined to be eliminated. ”

"So you think, can you accept our working atmosphere?"

For working in this kind of team that seems to be 'professional' and 'serious', Wang Xiaoxu, who was not very confident, was stunned, "Yes!" ”

Inexplicably, he remembered himself.

When you are alive in the company, the big guys will leave their jobs to themselves for the purpose of accumulating experience.

Although Wang Xiaoxu did not resent them, because there was indeed one aspect of his own.

I never rejected them, so much so that later, they were accustomed to throwing things to themselves.

But there will still be hatred of this emotion.

But now, Wang Xiaoxu suddenly began to think about whether it would be a question of choosing the wrong team.

It's like the crew who has been in contact with it in the past few days, and he has never seen it when he shirks his work.

Even, they took the initiative to take the work, as if this was not a crew, but a sales department that sold buildings and cars, and everyone was rushing for performance.

"This is a contract."

Lu Zhengyi was very satisfied with his answer.

Open a document on your phone and show it to him on the table.

"This is a contract for ordinary employees, such as Teacher Chang, Teacher Zhang or Ajie outside, they all signed this contract."

"I haven't drawn up a contract for a special employee like you, but it's probably about the same, and if you want to pay for it, I'll regularly call the bank card of the person you designate."

"And your main job is to use your identity as a ghost to cooperate with the crew."

said, he hesitated slightly, "Like your predecessor, she is more powerful, not only can she switch freely between virtual and real, but she can also change her face as a stand-in, which adds a lot of realism to our film." ”

"At the moment, you may have a relatively short time to become a ghost, and in my personal experience, it will take time."

Survive the time of the first eon.

In the latter sentence, Lu Zhengyi did not speak.

It's like when he explained his cultivation to Xu Feng, he couldn't say it too clearly.

Some things are too clear, but they affect the process of responding to the catastrophe.

And Wang Xiaoxu silently looked at the content of the contract and roughly understood why other people outside worked so hard.

In fact, in addition to really liking it, there should be a bonus.

"Knock knock."

And just as Wang Xiaoxu was looking at the contract, there was a knock on the door.

"Director Lu, Lily is here."

Then, Zhang Yuming took a skewer of barbecue and poked his head into the room while eating, looking everywhere.

Unfortunately, he didn't see anything.

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "Okay, I see." ”

He is clear about Yu Li's arrival with the crew today.

"It's the one in the old corpse in the mountain village...... Sister of a journalist? ”

Wang Xiaoxu looked away from his phone and hurriedly asked.

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "Well, Yu Li and we have a chance to cooperate in this drama." ”

But then, his gaze was a little strange, "What? Are you a fan of hers? ”

Before, when Wang Xiaoxu saw other actors, he was not so excited.

"Count...... Sort of. ”

Wang Xiaoxu scratched his head embarrassedly, "Teacher Yu is still good-looking." ”

"When I first watched a movie, she made a deep impression on me."

"Later, I didn't have her in your spell, it's a pity, and I also have to chase her new online drama."

He stammered.

This...... Is this suddenly going to work with idols?

"Let's go, let's go meet your idol together."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and stood up from the wooden box, and threw the cigarette butt he snuffed out in his hand into the trash.

Then, Wang Xiaoxu hurriedly followed.

He's just an ordinary person.

Compared with Liang Meijuan, who had already seen the world and done big things before joining the crew, he was a very ordinary worker.

It's just that the fate is good, and it has become a ghost.

One person and one ghost walked outside one after the other.

However, as soon as the door of this lounge opened, a strong smell of barbecue meat entered Lu Zhengyi's nose.

He walked over helplessly, and then saw Yu Li, who he hadn't seen for a long time, happily following others to catch up, and by the way, getting to know and bribe new colleagues.

Of course, she brought the barbecue.

In addition to the barbecue, Yu Li was followed by two people, a man and a woman, like assistants.

"Lu, Director Lu!"

As soon as Lu Zhengyi approached, Yu Li, who was still very lively, was like a mouse seeing a cat, standing there, as obedient as a little quail.

She was afraid of herself.

Listening to Zhang Yuming, she felt very guilty about letting herself 'down'.

Although Lu Zhengyi didn't quite understand why she thought so, it was probably a feeling that she was still at the top of her class in junior high school and was valued by her teachers, but after a few years, she had learned badly and failed the college entrance examination.

I didn't dare to go back to my former alma mater and meet the teachers who once valued me.

But in fact, even if you meet, the teacher feels that it is a pity at most, after all, there are so many students in each class, and there are also many students who are valued.

And when Lu Zhengyi calmly looked at the two people beside her, Yu Li hurriedly explained, "The two of them just helped me move my luggage, and by the way, brought some food, and left soon, Director Lu, I remember the rules." ”

As she spoke, she quickly took out her mobile phone and planned to hand it in.

People like Ajie and Bai Wei, who have come from the old corpses in the mountain village to the present, can't help but laugh.

And some of the supporting roles and staff who just came to this film have no clear reason.

"You don't have to pay it, that's the old rules."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand, "But the rules of the assistant are the same, and superfluous people cannot be present." ”

In the past, it was not easy to add one Liang Meijuan to control the entire crew so many people, and handing over the mobile phone was to avoid the leakage of things during the filming process.

But later, after signing a contract with the big guy and forming a relatively formal troupe-style crew, this rule slowly disappeared.

After all, like now, there are about 50 people on a set, and half of them are themselves, and they are all managers, such as the camera crew and the props team......

In this case, Lu Zhengyi's control over the crew is actually quite high.

Like last time, the exposer named Huang Xuan, she didn't know anything in the crew, and the pictures she secretly took were all very ordinary pictures, so she could only rely on her writing skills to write small compositions and make things up.

"Huh?"

Yu Li raised her head blankly, a little unclear.

"Okay, everyone has almost rested, and they have eaten."

Lu Zhengyi clapped his palms, "It's time to prepare for the afternoon shot." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Yu Li again, "Lily, then you can watch from the side first, and read more of the script." ”

"It just so happens that at this scene, you don't have a lens, so you can think more about your role."

Yu Li hesitated and nodded.

"Okay."

She whispered back.

Lu Zhengyi glanced at Wang Xiaoxu, who was a little nervous and didn't dare to look at Yu Li, shook his head helplessly, and walked towards the monitor.

And Wang Xiaoxu followed after hesitating for a moment, and did not stay next to Yu Li.

Cameras, props, make-up ......

Soon, the two assistants brought by Yu Li left behind.

And the rest of the crew also started to get busy after eating all the barbecue.

Because the actor who played the liaison officer also arrived, the scene to be filmed now is the plot of Li Guoqiang who has just entered the sundries department.

"Click."

As Bai Wei filmed the clapperboard in front of the camera.

In the camera, Zhang Yuming, who was still giggling, immediately entered the state, his face became gloomy, and his brows were also furrowed.

The Miscellaneous Goods Section is not within the Detective Bureau, but is set up in a separate abandoned factory, which is a bit of an outsourced small department.

So Li Guoqiang was transferred here, which can actually be regarded as a demotion.

"Is Xiao Ming in such a good state now?"

Yu Li did not study the script, but set her sights on the corner where the filming was taking place.

Because it was quiet all around, her voice was not loud, as if she was muttering to herself.

"Excuse me, I'm the newly transferred Agent Li Guoqiang."

Li Guoqiang stood at the door of the miscellaneous department and said to the liaison officer who was piling up blocks in the distance.

However, the liaison officer, who was seriously stacking the blocks, did not respond to him.

"I'm Agent Li Guoqiang, newly transferred."

He couldn't help but repeat it again, this time with obvious impatience in his tone.

This expressiveness is very clear and intuitive.

At this point, the liaison officer who stacked the blocks finally reacted, also with a little impatience, but did not speak, but pointed to the chair in the distance with his finger.

Li Guoqiang followed his fingers and walked to the chair next to him and sat down.

On the table, a set of drinking glasses was neatly arranged.

"Where's the sir?"

After Li Guoqiang sat down, he glanced at the time and couldn't help but ask the liaison.

But instead of responding, the liaison piled up the building blocks......

"Click."

But at this moment, Lu Zhengyi's voice sounded clearly from everyone's headsets.

And Bai Wei also knocked down the slipper in a timely manner.

"Huh? Why is it stuck? ”

Yu Li, who was looking at it vigorously, looked at this scene blankly.

Was there something wrong just now?

"Ah Hui, when you were stacking blocks, you didn't show enough concentration." Lu Zhengyi walked out from behind the monitor and explained calmly, "In this shot, you don't need to pay attention to others, your eyes only need to look at the blocks in front of you and build the blocks." ”

"You have to match the scene, with the leaky roof, the iron bucket filled with water, and the clock on the wall, so that the audience can feel Li Guoqiang's eagerness."

"And feel it, the breakdown of the Sundries Department."

'Actually, it's fine. ’

Next to her, Yu Li, who had been watching, couldn't help but say in her heart.

Judging from her field of vision, whether it was Zhang Yuming or this Ah Hui just now, in fact, both of them performed well.

Even if there are some small flaws, they are the kind of small flaws that can be ignored.

Ah Hui, who was wearing glasses, quickly stood up, "Got it, Director Lu, I, I'm thinking about it." ”

"Okay, then you think about it."

Lu Zhengyi's tone was always calm, but it gave people an inexplicable oppressive force.

Next to it, the props team has begun to clean up the water in the bucket, restore the clock on the wall, put the water on the chairs, the table, and the building blocks...... It's all restored.

In the same way, the camera position that was moved just now for shooting has also returned to the original place.

From the beginning of filming to the time something went wrong, Lu Zhengyi shouted to stop, and it was only a few minutes later.

However, it took half an hour to restore all the props and camera positions.

'It's horrible......

Yu Li sat next to her as a person who had no role for the time being, and she could feel that a big mountain was pressing down from her shoulders little by little.

She remembered in a trance what kind of crew Lu Zhengyi's crew was.

In addition to having real ghosts, this crew is also a crew that is extremely strict in all kinds of work.

It's like the ease and joy she feels in other crews, which won't be found in this crew.

Hurriedly, Yu Li took her eyes off the shooting screen and began to focus on her script.

You know, she hasn't taken this role yet.

……

……

"How's it going, the first day back."

Chang Zhengwei drove the car and asked casually.

On the way back to the hotel, Yu Li followed Zhang Yuming and Chang Zhengwei in a car, which was regarded as a gathering of old friends.

"No, it's half a day."

Zhang Yuming corrected, "I just saw Lily sitting there alone reading the script, and I probably know her mood." ”

"Actually, it's fine."

Yu Li leaned back in her chair and sighed with some emotion, "Familiar atmosphere, familiar people." ”

"That's how I came over in my first play, and I can still adapt to it."

"It's just looking at your performance, I can't believe it, what's going on, Xiao Ming, I haven't seen you for a while, why are you suddenly so good, acting so well, I'm not used to it."

It's not just that you're not used to it, it's just like judging two people.

is like an old corpse in a mountain village, when he didn't know that Chu Renmei was actually a real ghost at first, Zhang Yuming's performance can be said to be ...... Relatively average.

Generally, a shot will be NG many times, and later, with the blessing of Mr. Chu's identity, he began to perform more smoothly.

But that's not acting, that's really scared, and it has nothing to do with acting.

Now Zhang Yuming's performance is called real acting skills.

A person who is so lively and active in reality directly transforms into a mature uncle as soon as she enters the play, which is a little surprising to her.

"There's no way, working under Director Lu, you must work hard." Zhang Yuming said modestly, but his tone was very proud, "But you haven't seen Teacher Yu act, that's the real cow, better than Teacher Chang." ”

"Step on one and hold one, right?"

Chang Zhengwei, who was driving, said, "Actually, it's just ...... Almost, she's very focused. ”

For Yu Wenxiu, he is convinced.

"Of course I know, why haven't I watched the teacher act."

Yu Li said dissatisfiedly, "You forget, I have always supported Director Lu's movies." ”

"It's like a spell, a pair of eyes, I've seen them all."

"Teacher Yu, it's really amazing, I'm just curious, why she hasn't been popular before."

Chang Zhengwei shook his head helplessly, "It's not that if you act well, you can be popular, and you can have filming." It mainly depends on luck and ...... Relationship bar. ”

"You and Xiao Ming, that's really lucky, you can have such a good opportunity at a young age."

"Don't talk about Teacher Yu, look at me, I'm also in my thirties before I started to emerge."

It's a stroke of luck.

In fact, there are not many actors who have the same experience as him and Yu Wenxiu.

But when Lu Zhengyi was unknown, it was the two of them who met him, which was really lucky.

"Speaking of which, what about Teacher Chu?"

But then, Yu Li asked with some curiosity, "And Deputy Director Zhang, I haven't seen anyone all afternoon." ”

"I remember, the two of them should have stayed in the crew to work with Director Lu all along, right?"

"This time, we're back with the old version."

year.

After a full year, she came back again, and met these people, and everyone was still the same as before.

This feeling is actually quite good.

Although the shooting atmosphere is still so heavy and serious, she is actually quite happy.

None of us have changed.

But for her questions, there was some silence in the car.

“…… Deputy Director Zhang is sick, after all, he is old. ”

Zhang Yuming saw that Chang Zhengwei didn't speak, and replied helplessly, "Teacher Chu's words, it's not convenient to tell you for the time being." ”

"I can't tell you too much, you have to pass the crew's audition first."

"In fact, a lot of things have happened during your absence, in addition to filming, there are also a lot of things in life, a lot more...... New rules. ”

(End of chapter)