I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 92 090.Friends

To be honest, Gong Li was not surprised by Xu Xin's particularly determined attitude on the phone.

This kid is very smart.

Although she only had contact with him twice, she understood that the other party was definitely not the kind of brainless person.

It can even be said that this child's brain is far more mature than the average person.

What kind of city is a twenty-year-old young man, and how does he deal with things... Everyone has come from a young age, and they don't need others. Just compare them with yourself, and you will understand in your heart.

Therefore, seeing Xu Xin's firm words, Gong Li didn't say anything more.

Because she also understands that replacing Li Man and replacing Li Man with Yang Mi are two completely different things.

The former is a private matter related to her own interests and whether she can feel happy in her heart.

The latter is the "reward" of this young man who intervenes as a third party under the balance of interests.

I'll do things for you when I get paid.

But asking people to work hard is too much.

"Okay, let's meet in the afternoon."

"Hmm, Teacher Gong, please hang up first."

The phone hangs up.

Xu Xin lit a cigarette for himself.

After smoking a cigarette and sorting out his thoughts, he figured out how to proceed next. He put out the cigarette butt and headed towards the scenic area for today's group performance, which was an extremely depressing palace. Go.

When they arrived at the entrance of the palace, the actors had already entered one after another.

Everyone was holding their own clothes in their hands, but they were all wearing white tube tops and loose bloomers.

The bloomers are still half too short.

A group of actresses don't care about their looks, just showing off their white tops and legs underneath... They really agreed with Assistant Lin's words:

"A whole women's bathhouse."

This morning was a big drama.

Hundreds of extras perform how a new day in a dynastic court begins.

He had seen Director Zhang's rough shots, which were meant to record a group of palace maids starting from folding quilts in the morning to changing clothes and doing whatever they were doing.

There were one or two hundred people, it was quite a scene.

There are four rectangular high platforms in the empty hall, and a small mountain of quilts, pillows, etc. are piled on the high platforms.

Entering the entrance of the palace, Xu Xin saw Zhang Yimou sitting in a daze on the chair with his arms folded over the camera crew in the corner.

He didn't say anything, walked over and sat aside.

After waiting for a while, Li, the action director, walked in with a loudspeaker:

"Everyone, each receive a set of bedding!"

He issued his first orders to the actors.

After hearing his words, the girls rushed up like a swarm, holding plastic bags containing costumes in one hand and holding the quilt with some difficulty in the other.

Fortunately, Li Cai did not delay:

"The person who took the quilt should look at the tape on it. A cross is a bunk! The corners of the quilt are aligned with the tape. Do you understand a line?! Align a line!"

After he finished speaking, the competition came out.

When some of the extras heard this, they subconsciously rushed forward.

There is no camera in the back.

The cameras were in front, and they obviously wanted to take the most advantageous position.

And Li Cai's words were like the gun that gave orders.

Gunshots were fired, and a group of people began to grab the few "chairs" left.

The crowd rushed over with a buzz.

The several actresses occupying positions in front were pushed down directly and fell to the ground.

"stop!!!!"

Li Cai instinctively picked up the horn:

"What are you doing!? What are you doing! What are you squeezing for? What the hell are you squeezing for!?"

Glancing at the actresses who quickly stood up, Li Cai looked a little annoyed:

"Everyone, back up! Just line up like this! I'll see who dares to squeeze in. If anyone is pushing forward, get out! Back up!"

They were scolding and drinking, and a group of people didn't dare to mess around.

Obediently walk back step by step.

There was no pain on the faces of the actresses who were pushed and fell, but there was a hint of joy on their faces.

Because they occupied the front position.

Just such a shot...

It can be said that all the ups and downs in the world are contained here.

Xu Xin looked at it with emotion on his face.

Looking at other people, it seems like it is commonplace and not unusual.

After the actors were busy for a while, and the palace seemed to be like a big shop, Li Cai asked them to fold their clothes neatly and put them next to the pillows.

After folding the clothes and finishing his work, he said directly:

"Everyone, lie down there, naturally, and stop moving!"

Hearing this, the actors quickly got into bed and lay down.

Only then did Zhang Yimou speak:

"Find the angle first."

Following his words, the boom controller nodded, and at the same time, a picture appeared on the monitor in front of him.

The angle of this kind of long-angle lens is actually not easy to find, but the person who can serve as a photographer for Zhang Yimou is obviously not an ordinary person.

After trying to cut in from several angles and finding a suitable camera position, Li Cai saw Zhang Yimou nodding his head and asked everyone to get up and start telling them what they were going to do.

it's actually really easy.

This is the scene where the palace maids get up. After a while, the palace maids in full dress will ring the clock. After hearing the time, these palace maids will quickly get up and pretend to get dressed.

It's that simple.

But having said that, it’s actually quite difficult to shoot scenes with multiple people.

Not only did everyone need coordination, but there were also some close-up shots that had to be shot several times.

After all the actors had finished talking about the play, Zhang Yimou said:

"Try taking a photo first."

Liu Guonan nodded:

"All departments are in place, and the palace ladies are ready."

Soon, several people came in holding props that looked like rattles.

Xu Xin wasn't sure what these were, but he saw from the script that there was a proper name for this kind of thing, called "knocking on the watch".

But I didn't hear any movement.

Then, Liu Guonan shouted to start shooting, and in the close-up view of the camera, a sound like a shaking wooden box containing glass beads resounded throughout the palace.

And dozens of palace maids climbed up from their bunks at the same time...

…

Many people say that the scene is easy to shoot, but it is really easy to shoot.

There are many people, the scene is a bit complicated, and it is not easy for the audience to find out when someone makes a mistake.

But that’s why it’s so difficult to photograph.

There are too many people, and it is too difficult to unify. If you are not careful, it will look particularly fancy.

The filming of this scene was not particularly smooth. From time to time, people would make mistakes, such as accidentally knocking off their clothes when lifting the quilt, or getting up early, or not meeting the close-up shots required by Zhang Yimou. "The legs should show the layered feeling of stepping on the shoes."

I took seven or eight pictures at once.

Some girls even had sweat on their foreheads.

And while taking advantage of the re-shooting period, Jiang Quan found Li Cai in another palace set, who was lecturing the actors who had tied up the palace ladies' heads.

"Brother Cai, let me tell you, Assistant Lin told me, that..."

He pointed at Zhao Liying, who was practicing walking face to face and tying her partner's clothes:

"That's what Assistant Lin specifically said to take care of."

Li Cai raised his eyes and nodded:

"Um."

"Then there's that one...that one is Sister Gong's replacement. Please put the two of them in the first row later."

"Okay, got it."

Li Cai nodded to express his understanding:

"Everyone stop."

He shouted, and after the actors stopped, he walked back and forth among the actors several times as if to check, and grabbed Zhao Liying's arm:

"come here."

After catching Zhao Liying at the front, without saying much, she walked straight to Zhang Jiao:

"Come here too."

After pulling them both over, he waved his hand directly:

"Others, please take a step back."

In the midst of Zhao Liying's surprise and Zhang Jiao's slight confusion, the two rows of palace maids...especially the girls in the first and second rows glanced at the two of them jealously and silently stepped back. Location.

Zhao Liying glanced at her new partner vaguely, and then secretly glanced at... Jiang Quan, and her heart began to beat faster than expected.

Li Cai then continued:

"For a moment, everyone, stop fucking pushing me forward! The position you are in right now is the position you will be in when the shooting starts! Find them all, you know! Whoever is running around, just get out!"

Not that he was rude or mean.

But the person in charge of the extras set really has to do this.

This is the same as a foreman directing workers at a construction site.

If you talk nicely, your subordinates will really know how to cheat on you and do all kinds of tricks.

Therefore, it is really impossible not to speak harshly and not appear to be someone who is not easy to mess with.

He is not afraid of others being dissatisfied. If they are dissatisfied, he can leave.

The most indispensable thing in Hengdian is group performances.

"Okay, now keep coming, pay attention to the position, and after tying the bow, exchange it with each other..."

…

After more than an hour of hard work, the first scene finally achieved a result that met Zhang Yimou's expectations.

"Okay, next game."

With his nod, the theater props on the side walked in directly:

"The actors all go out and get their clothes and bedding."

The entire hall fell into a commotion.

Xu Xin has no intention of helping, this is not his job.

He is reading the script.

The next scene is also about changing clothes, and it looks like... this morning, it should be all about group portraits.

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly someone called Zhang Yimou next to me:

"A conspiracy."

Jiang Zhiqiang is here again.

Sure enough, Zhang Yimou's brows wrinkled again.

But he still stood up and walked out with the other party.

Xu Xin thought for a while but did not follow.

He just took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Ding Lili instead of Gong Li:

"Sister Ding, please tell Teacher Gong that Jiang Zhi came to see Director Zhang again."

After a moment, Ding Lili replied:

"OK."

Seeing this reply, he took out his notepad.

I plan to perfect the details of the queen’s clothing while I’m waiting.

After waiting for a while, after the props had moved out all the long wooden frames used to build the pavilion, Li Cai came in with a group of palace maids.

But this time it was not as crowded as before.

Everyone was as obedient as a rabbit, and settled into place obediently.

Xu Xin saw Zhang Jiao and Zhao Liying gathered together at a glance, standing in the first row.

Zhao Liying, who had been paying attention to him, bowed politely when she saw him raising his head.

Xu Xin nodded slightly in response, lowered his head again, and continued writing and drawing with a pencil.

Until Zhang Yimou came back with a calm face.

After taking a look at Xu Xin sketching there, he sat down and asked:

"What are you going to change?"

"Inner lapel."

Xu Xin pointed at the outer gauze layer on the portrait:

"The queen is seated, so the golden chrysanthemums on her gauze may not be so conspicuous after she is seated. Just watching their performance, I was wondering if I could highlight that touch of gold on the placket."

"……Um."

Zhang Yimou nodded:

"It will probably be noon when this scene is finished filming. Let's have a meeting while eating."

"OK."

…

Xu Xin's guess was correct.

Just these two scenes took me a whole morning to shoot.

He had been listening to the sound of the clock all morning, and the noise made his ears hurt.

At noon, I had dinner with the team and talked about Olympic plans.

After eating, suddenly, Zhang Yimou left him a task:

"Xiao Xu, at noon, you follow Guo Nan to the pharmacy and take Zhang Jiao to decorate the lights."

"Hey, okay."

Xu Xin responded and walked to Liu Guonan:

"Director Liu, thank you for your trouble."

"Well, it's okay."

Liu Guonan shook his head, very politely.

"Then shall I call Zhang Jiao first?"

"Okay. I'm sorry to trouble you, Xiao Xu."

"It should."

Xu Xin also said politely and walked directly towards the palace entrance.

…

"Ah, you are an international student!?"

Carrying a lunch box that was obviously a few levels below the quality of the crew, Zhao Liying looked at the friend she had just met in the morning with eyes full of surprise:

"Really? Where are you studying abroad?"

"He Guo."

Zhang Jiao said while eating rice:

"I went to high school and studied fashion design there."

"Designer?"

"Um."

"Hey, isn't it expensive to study abroad there?"

"Fortunately, the school I went to is not particularly good. The annual salary is more than 1.1 million."

"So expensive!????"

Zhao Liying's eyes widened in surprise:

"More than a million!?"

"Yen! Not yuan. When converted, it's more than 60,000 yuan a year."

"...That's so expensive!"

"Actually, it's not expensive anymore. The hourly salary of Aru Baitou over there is more than 600 yen."

"How much is that? What is...Aru...Aru that one?"

"It means working part-time. He is probably close to forty."

"Forty yuan an hour? Then if you work eight hours a day, it's three or four hundred? A month... ten thousand yuan!?"

"Yes, this is still a temporary job. If it were a formal job, the hourly salary would be about 900 to 1,110 yuan, or even higher."

"Mom..."

The girl's eyes were full of surprise.

After thinking about it, he suddenly said:

"There are a lot of people working there, right?"

"Our people?"

"Um."

"There are quite a lot. I know a lot of people working there, but the consumption there is also high, and everything is expensive. Not to mention anything else, just tomatoes, each one costs more than 20 yuan. You know where Am I so greedy for foreign persimmons and scrambled eggs over there? But I can’t afford it, so I can only eat chicken, or the discounted lunch boxes every day... And the Chinese people working there are not willing to buy anything, and I even know a family Husband and wife, if they want to eat fruit, they buy an apple, half for each person... We can save one or two hundred thousand a year. In our family, we can even earn money for a house, a car, and for our son to go to college... …”

Zhang Jiao kept talking to her about her experiences while studying in China.

It can be seen that Zhao Liying is just listening to a story.

While chatting, Zhang Jiao also became somewhat interested in this new friend:

"What about you? Why do you want to come here to be an extra?"

"Because... I don't know what to do."

Zhao Liying showed a trace of embarrassment:

"I have worked several jobs before, but I didn't do well..."

"What did you study?"

"Flight attendant."

"Hey, stewardess?"

Zhang Jiao was a little surprised now, and then looked her up and down...

Frankly speaking, this girl is not ugly.

Especially those watery eyes.

Although her face is a bit rounder, she still looks cute.

"Then why shouldn't it be done?"

"Because I have no money."

Speaking of this, Zhao Liying doesn’t seem to feel any shame:

"I studied in a technical secondary school, and there are not as many job opportunities as there are in the formal aviation industry. I just have to stuff my money and ask others to find connections. Do you understand?"

"……Uh-huh."

Zhang Jiao nodded.

"My family didn't have any money, so... I stopped going to school. Then I went to work for others. I did everything from sales to secretarial work. But I still wanted to be an actor... so I came here."

"How long have you been here?"

"I actually came here last year, but I couldn't find a reliable group leader, so I played a few dead bodies. This year I met Sister Fang, and she introduced me to a lot of things~...Who is your group leader? Do you want me? Tell Sister Fang, will you follow her? Sister Fang is such a nice person~"

"Then let's wait until we finish filming this. I also found the group leader when I came here. I'm still rich with him. I'll tell you after I finish getting paid~"

The two of them chatted while eating.

The current location of the two of them is inside the main palace gate of the Chrysanthemum Terrace.

Zhao Liying ran very fast today, deliberately grabbing a spot and leaving one for her.

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard someone shouting from outside the palace gate:

"Quick, quick, the director is here!"

"!!"

The crowd immediately made a commotion, and Zhang Jiao was pulled up by Zhao Liying before she could react:

"You must say hello later. No matter who comes, call the director, you know? Then...if that director Xu comes, don't say too much...he doesn't like others trying to get close to him! Just be polite and keep it Just be polite, don’t act like you’re super familiar...you’ll suffer a loss!”

"Well……"

Listening to her words, Zhang Jiao nodded and stood slightly cautiously.

After waiting for a while, I suddenly heard a girl talking outside:

"Hello director."

coming.

she said to herself.

Then……

Then I saw Director Xu appear at the door.

…

Looking at the two girls standing together in the doorway, Xu Xin was stunned...

Is this a friend?

He thought for a while and said directly:

"Zhao Liying, Zhang Jiao, come here and follow me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back.

Not that he was very proud of Zhao Liying.

If the two of them were not standing together at noon today, Xu Xin would just call Zhang Jiao over.

But now the two of them got together...whether they were temporary partners, or they really got along and became friends...

Based on his observation of the status of this group of performers in the past two days, in fact, there are all hidden motives behind it.

And if the two of them are not friends, it's okay. Whoever gets the opportunity belongs to whoever, and you can't blame others.

But since we are friends...

Then think of it as helping them maintain their friendship.

It's just a matter of words. The two ladies can really support each other, and at least they have someone to rely on in this "city" full of calculations.

Otherwise, if they go out alone, they may have just become friends. After Zhang Jiao leaves, the next time they meet... Xu Xin is afraid that Zhao Liying's knife will stab Zhang Jiao in the heart.

Although it's a bit exaggerated... But just waking up in the morning, this group of actors were able to push several girls in the first row to the ground without anyone helping them in order to get a seat in the front row...

It's not surprising that this can happen.

So, he called their names.

Then, regardless of the disappointed or jealous looks on other people's faces, he walked back directly.

The two men followed quickly.

When they were almost at the palace gate, Zhang Jiao said tentatively:

"Director Xu...is...is there something wrong?"

"..."

Zhao Liying on the side subconsciously pulled her.

No... I won't let you get close to this Director Xu.

This man has a dog face.

One second you are friendly, the next second you are baring your teeth!

And just when Xu Xin turned around, an innocent smile appeared on Zhao Liying's face:

"Director Xu, we can definitely do a good job! Don't worry!"

"..."

Xu Xin didn't speak or answer.

Just nodded.

And when he turned his head away and continued walking forward, Zhao Liying looked at Zhang Jiao and shook her head violently and silently.

meaning is:

"Stop talking!"

"..."

Zhang Jiao was a little confused...

As for what?

Why do you look so scared?

Director Xu... is very easy to talk to.

But she still chose not to say anything. Xu Xin took the two of them to the tent and heard Xu Xin say:

"Director Liu, people are here."

"……Um."

After glancing at the strange girl next to him, Liu Guonan didn't care and stood up with the tea cup:

"Let's go."

"good."

He took the lead, including several crew members and the last two girls who dared not breathe, and walked all the way into the palace.

One area of ​​the palace has been transformed into a medicinal kitchen filled with various medicine cabinets.

There are also various exquisite copper stoves, medicine pestles, medicine knives and other props placed on the table.

Liu Guonan took a look at the footage in his hand, and because the two actors were here, he changed his name to Xu Xin:

"Director Xu..."

"No, no, no, just call me Xiao Xu."

"Okay, Xiao Xu, if you feel something is wrong for a while, tell me."

"I'll learn more from you."

"Um."

Listening to Xu Xin's kind words, Liu Guonan nodded and pointed at the position:

"Which one of them will come?"

"Zhang Jiao, stand over there. Zhao Liying, come here."

Xu Xin waved.

Zhang Jiao followed where Liu Guonan pointed and stood behind a table.

Liu Guonan sat in front of the monitor.

"Add a pair of reflectors first."

Following his command, a lighting engineer immediately walked up to Zhang Jiao, squatted down, and laid a bright silver reflector around her waist, which immediately lit up the shadow of her chin.

Zhao Liying's eyes widened and she didn't understand what was going on...

Xu Xin didn't explain, and Liu Guonan naturally couldn't explain either.

After just taking a look at the footage, he said to Zhang Jiao:

"You make this move."

He made a gesture of putting his hands on his abdomen.

Zhang Jiao nodded immediately. After performing the action, because there was an extra pair of arms on her abdomen, the light and shadow were blocked and reappeared.

"Adjust it so that there is no shadow on the chin."

After Liu Guonan finished speaking, the light began to move the reflector to find an angle.

Just doing this job is actually quite boring.

Zhang Jiao couldn't move, she just maintained this posture.

Like a puppet.

The light is adjusted little by little, and time passes by minute by minute.

Soon, sweat appeared on her forehead.

Mainly because I have maintained this posture for a long time, my hands are a little sore, and the weather is also hot.

She could only occasionally wait until the fan swung its head to feel the cool breeze, which seemed like she was really suffering.

But no one cares.

After confirming the lighting for one shot, start the next one.

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

During the whole process, Zhao Liying watched from the side, while Zhang Jiao stood there sweating profusely.

At this time, Xu Xin's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

After taking it out, he looked at the caller and then stood up:

"Hey, Director Zhang, tell me."

"Xiao Xu...Gong Li is here, please come here."

As soon as he heard Zhang Yimou's words, Xu Xin understood... that he had to block the knife again.

Only this time the knife...

A bit hard to stop.

"Okay, Director Zhang, I'll be there right away."

After hanging up the phone, he whispered to Liu Guonan who was sitting in front of the monitor:

"Director Liu, Teacher Gong Li is here. Director Zhang asked me to come."

Liu Guonan nodded:

"Well, you go ahead."

"good."

He took his notebook and walked directly outside the camera. He left the pharmacy and jogged all the way. When he arrived at the entrance of the main hall, as expected, Gong Li's RV had already driven over.

He didn't see Zhang Yimou, so he went directly to Gong Li's RV without asking.

When they were about to reach the place, suddenly, the door was opened. Ding Lili got out of the car and got out of the way, saying:

"Xiao Xu, is something wrong?"

It's quite a bit of a cover-up.

The position he gave way was obviously meant to let Xu Xin get in the car.

Xu Xin, who understood instantly, nodded:

"Sister Ding, is Teacher Gong here? I just have some clothing matters that I need to discuss with Teacher Gong."

"Ah?...Then...you go up."

Not to mention Ding Lili's acting skills.

It should be as pretentious as possible, but in fact these words are meant for the people inside.

Then, Xu Xin got into the car.

At a glance, I saw three people sitting in the car.

Zhang Yimou, Jiang Zhiqiang, and Gong Li.

Three pillars.

Looking at him.

Jiang Zhiqiang frowned, Gong Li looked straight at him, and Zhang Yimou seemed to be in a daze.

Xu Xin quickly said:

"Uh... Director, Teacher Gong, Jiang Zhi, are you in a meeting? I'll go first..."

"Need not."

Before he finished speaking, Gong Li spoke:

"You just happened to be here, Xiao Xu. Don't you also know something about our shooting progress? Sit down and chat."

"Well……"

Xu Xin hesitated for a while.

First he looked at Zhang Yimou, then at Gong Li.

It seemed very difficult and a little nervous.

But in the end, he nodded, sat at the end of the long sofa very close to him, and said respectfully:

"OK……"

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