I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 50 049. It has to be shot like this

"Documentary?"

After being awakened by the familiar rural sentiment, Xu Xin suddenly noticed that the filming of the movie was a bit strange and asked in surprise.

Yu Zhen shook her head:

"No, it's a movie. It's just that % of the people in it...well, eighty percent, they're all non-professional actors. You watch it first, and I'll make the dumplings first. You mainly read the story. After that, we'll chat and watch. Can I give you any inspiration?"

"……good."

Xu Xin nodded and followed the camera's somewhat documentary-style shooting angle, gradually following the dark blind shaft from the mine outside...

He was very familiar with blind shafts.

What is familiar can no longer be familiar.

According to my father’s words, we all rely on this to make our fortune.

If you know there is coal underground, dig a well and dig down.

It doesn't require any technology or technical content, it's the simplest and most straightforward way to mine coal.

When you find coal, dig down.

What is called production safety and so on, just treat it as free, just dig it out.

Then when they encounter a place that cannot be dug, they use explosives to blast it, and then continue to send people to dig.

It is simple and crude, but it has helped countless small coal mine owners accumulate their first pot of gold.

It can be said that Xu Xin's family started from a small coal kiln, but that cannot be said... It can only be said that Shenmu's coal is so good, and the storage capacity of high-quality coal makes people jealous.

At that time, Xu Daqiang also started to build a small coal kiln after discovering coal.

If you want to say whether dad is cruel or not, Xu Xin doesn't know. But if you want to say whether dad's life is good or not, Xu Xin can only say that it is really good.

When coal was discovered, Xu Daqiang had already accumulated a fortune from mixing stations. Then I wanted to build a coal kiln... Actually, it was a special product of that era. For example, coal from a large coal mine costs one yuan per ton, and this one yuan of coal also requires various coal stamps and road tickets, and you have to queue up and have to be checked up and down by some checkpoints or other people.

It's actually very troublesome.

But it's different when it comes to finding a small coal kiln.

Although the output of small coal kilns is not good, it can reverse the relationship between supply and demand.

I beg you to come and buy coal, and take the initiative to help you get in touch. Not to mention the boss, the driver has to provide good food and drink when he comes, let others help promote it, and let more people know that we also have coal here.

Anyway, this thing is just a person's labor cost. Coal is readily available, just money picked up from the fields.

Therefore, the price of a large coal mine is one yuan per ton, while that of a small coal mine is only 90 cents, or even 80 cents.

Then, the procedures are still those of the "affiliated" large coal mines, and of the 80 cents of coal mines, there may be 10 to 20 cents as a rebate for the buyer.

In short, everyone can make money together.

Think about it, if this continues, will the business of the small coal mine be bad?

And why is it said that dad is lucky... After he rented a small coal kiln, the quality of the coal there was very good. How good is it? Maybe no one would believe it. Fixed carbon content averages over seventy-three percent.

It has a high ignition point, but is extremely resistant to burning, and is also the most expensive.

And this kind of coal also has a name that everyone is familiar with, called "anthracite".

Under the ground Xu Daqiang bought is a large area of ​​anthracite!

So after realizing the value of this batch of coal, the villagers directly jointly started a joint venture to build the kind of formal mining coal equipment.

The reason why we don’t build a blind well is also very simple. First, it’s slow and there’s not enough effort every day. How can the machine start pumping out money as soon as it spins and rumbles? Secondly, this coal area is a treasure. In order to prevent others from causing harm, we must hire our own people as much as possible. You must be kind to your own people, they are all sisters and brothers on the same family tree. So no matter what else, the safety factor is increased. Otherwise, if someone with evil intentions causes harm and someone dies, then this treasure land will be gone.

Just these two points... let alone having a conscience or not, it was purely caused by "forced by reality".

Then... Xujiawan Coal Mine came into being.

There is no need to talk about the various cost management in the middle. In short, Xu Daqiang, the factory director, was elected.

Although it can't compare with that kind of big coal mine, it is at least profitable enough.

It's that simple.

When Xu Xin's family was building a mine in the past few years, he often visited the area. He saw too many small coal mines with blind shafts in that area.

So seeing these at this moment is particularly cordial, and I am thinking about how the plot of the story will develop, and whether there will be a time like when a group of people came to the mine to cause trouble like when he was a child, and both sides would fight with pickaxes and so on...

There was a "bang" sound... Among the three people who were younger than each other just now, the thin man with protruding cheekbones was hit on the head with a pickaxe...

"..."

Xu Xin was stunned.

This is……

Killed someone?

…

An hour and a half later.

Xu Xin frowned.

When Yu Zhen, who had been making dumplings, heard the news of the end of the film, she put down the last dumpling and asked Xu Xin:

"How about it?"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless.

Just touched my pocket...

"I'm going out to have a cigarette, Teacher Yu."

"good."

Xu Xin left Yu Zhen's house and lit a cigarette in the emergency passage that he had wanted to smoke an hour and twenty minutes ago.

At the same time, I was thinking about the plot of "The Blind Shaft".

What is the story "The Blind Shaft" about?

A rough summary is that Song Jinming and Tang Chaoyang are desperadoes who specialize in making money and killing people. Their modus operandi is to deceive people into going to the mines, disguise themselves as their relatives, wait for an opportunity to kill each other, and then rely on the "relatives" A layer of connections, to extort money from small coal mine owners who were afraid of making things worse because people died in the mines.

The two committed the crime together and had a tacit understanding. After killing a miner, they took the money and started looking for a new home. As a result, I met Yuan Fengming, a young man who dropped out of school to work at the age of sixteen. After using some tricks to get the young man into the mine, when it was time to kill the young man, Song Jinming couldn't do it. As a result, Tang Chaoyang directly hit Song Jinming's head with a pickaxe, and the two of them started fighting.

Yuan Jinming was so frightened that he ran away. After running out of the mine, the miners guarding the door thought that there was no one in the mine and blew up the mine. Both Tang and Song died in the mine, but Yuan Fengming survived.

That's the story.

Actually the story is quite simple...

But Xu Xin guessed that the director of this story must have drawn on some real events when writing the script.

And these things that really happened... coincidentally, he had heard about it and knew about it.

Therefore, he had a strong sense of involvement in the whole story. While reading it, he recalled the things he had heard about when he was a child.

Although most of these things came from the words of his father or elders when they were drunk, and they would deny it when asked when they woke up... but they left a very deep impression on Xu Xin's heart.

And the shooting place... although it didn't look like northern Shaanxi, it still made him feel like he was there.

Therefore, I endured the cigarette in my mouth for more than an hour.

Even when he took the first puff, he still felt uneasy, recalling the chimney of the last crematorium, and his breathing was up and down.

But after smoking a cigarette and calming down...

He frowned.

After thinking about it, he lit another one for himself.

Then he returned to Yu Zhen's house smelling of cigarette smoke.

When she saw him coming back, Yu Zhen's first words were:

"How was it? How was the movie?"

"generally."

Xu Xin said subconsciously.

"..."

Yu Zhen's mouth twitched...

Good guy, you are too loud. This is a film that was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the award-winning film for Best Film at the Asian Film Festival.

Does it become normal when it comes into your mouth?

Xu Xin also saw Teacher Yu's strange expression, and instead of hiding it, he chose to say directly:

"Teacher Yu, I'm not talking about the story, I'm talking about the shooting. If I were to shoot it, if you don't talk about anything else, just the last scene in the mine, I wouldn't fix the lens. The camera should be here."

He pointed to the lower part of his side:

"The camera is here, giving a close-up of the side face. And then the lighting has to be like this... also from the side."

Pointing to the position in front of the "camera":

"The light shines on the lower side of Tang Chaoyang's face, using the natural shadows of his facial features to outline his eyes even more fiercely! And it also has to highlight his Adam's apple! Do you understand?... He has to sweat, firstly Because of nervousness, and secondly, because of work, it is actually very stuffy underground. When talking, half of his face must always be dark in the camera. Only by using this contrast can we give the audience more powerful oppression! And then instead of having to Urgently: Feng Ming! Uncle will send you home!...You must have this tone!"

A harsh, ferocious and impatient tone emerged instantly, and came out through Xu Xin's mouth:

"The more urgent, the better! You have to be so cruel that you can grit your teeth! Do you understand?...Then the light has to simulate the dimness in the mine, and it also has to shake, one bright and one dark. This is the right way. Then when wearing a helmet Only when Song Jinming gives him a pickaxe from behind can the audience's emotions be vented!"

"..."

Seeing him dancing and gesticulating, Yu Zhen's brows suddenly wrinkled.

She understood what Xu Xin said.

And because I understood it, I naturally sketched a picture in my mind.

In the dark underground, in the close-up, Tang Chaoyang's facial features fluctuated with the swaying dim light, and sweat flowed freely on his neck, which was covered with soot. The characteristics that represented workers, strength, and strong physique. The moment can be the best hormonal catalyst.

Paired with the fierce tone, the cold eyes outlined by the light and shooting angle, and the Henan dialect...

"Fengming~~Come~Uncle will take you home..."

Then……

With a sound of "Bang!", Song Jinming, who had been attacked just now, suddenly hit his head from behind. That sudden counterattack...

"!!"

All of a sudden, Yu Zhen felt goosebumps rising on her skin.

He nodded unconsciously.

Not to mention...if it were shot like this, and if the appropriate background sound was found, the tension would indeed tug at the audience's heartstrings more than the original shot.

This kid...

sure!