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"what are you doing?"

Nan Shan squatted down and asked curiously.The girl combed the red cylinder with thin callused hands, without raising her head, she said, "This is a firecracker, and it will be set off later. Haven't you seen it?"

"No." Nanshan shook his head, "We will put fireworks during the Spring Festival, but it doesn't look like this thing. Do you always put this thing when you get married?"

"Yes. Uncle Ma entered the city a few years ago, and he brought it back with him. He said it was a custom, so he let it go." The girl raised her head, her black eyes stared straight at Nanshan, "Tell me, 'Fa What's a volute, okay?"

"Okay." Nan Shan stood up and gestured excitedly to the girl, "It's very loud, it will fly as high as the moon,...when bloom, it's paralleled!"

"Ah..." The girl couldn't understand English, and opened her mouth slightly.Nanshan became anxious, his face flushed slightly: "It's very beautiful... no, nothing can compare to it! You'll know when you see it."

He paused, and said again: "I will let you see."

.....

"Pass!"

The assistant immediately handed over water and a towel, and asked the girl to wipe her hands.The actor who plays the girl Qingqing is called Guan Yunying, and she has been filming with Zheng Yaoguo early on.These days, she and Shen Qiao had already become friends, and after wiping their hands, she smiled and said, "What did you mean just now?"

"Incomparable." Shen Qiao replied, "I'm sorry, I thought of acting like this on the spur of the moment, and you almost couldn't handle it."

"It's okay." Guan Yunying waved her hand, then raised half of her mouth, and said with an evil smile: "You should apologize to Brother Hua the most, you have to go through every scene several times."

Just as Shen Qiao was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of someone coming from the corner of her eye: "Director Zheng." He called, and Guan Yunying quickly sat up straight, and said politely, "Hello, Director Zheng."

"What are you talking about?" Zheng Yaoguo half-jokingly looked at the two of them, Guan Yunying turned away quickly, Shen Qiao had no ghosts in her heart, instead she raised her head slightly, "Director Zheng, what's the matter?"

"The filming plan is changed. The weather is good tonight, so we will shoot the fireworks scene earlier." Zheng Yaoguo said with a smile, "Hurry up and rest and get back on your feet."

"Okay." Shen Qiao responded, he seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and said to Zheng Yaoguo, "By the way, Director Zheng, I, I..."

"What's the matter with you?" Zheng Yaoguo pinched Shen Qiao's face, he liked Shen Qiao so much, Guan Yunying complained privately that he had never treated that child so well except for Zhao Wenyan, Shen Qiao's eyes were a little erratic, and then he stared straight at her for a moment Looking at Zheng Yaoguo, "When I was acting these days...did I change too much?"

"Oh?" Zheng Yaoguo was taken aback.

"It's all because of me that you called the card several times." Shen Qiao lowered her head a little ashamedly, "I didn't follow the script."

Zheng Yaoguo was stunned for a while before he understood what he meant.He laughed and touched Shen Qiao's head: "I have never lived in the United States, and I may not understand the habits of your foreign Chinese. You can do as you think." He paused, and said again, with a very kind tone, " You acted very well, even better than I expected, even..."

The air was suddenly quiet.Shen Qiao was puzzled and said, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Zheng Yaoguo said, "Let's have dinner first, and the filming will start at seven."

"Qingqing."

Nanshan stood at the gate of the small courtyard, and waved excitedly at the girl. Qingqing let out a "hey", put down the work in her hands, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"

"Come with me." Nanshan said mysteriously.

The two walked all the way to the lake, Nanshan opened the bag in his hand, and said, "I said I would show you the firework, and here it is." He smiled so hard that the stars in the sky seemed to lose their brilliance, "When I went to town today, When I saw something for sale, I brought it to you."

"..." Qingqing couldn't say anything anymore, she opened her mouth wide, her beautiful eyes looked straight at Nanshan, her face was slightly blushing, Nanshan didn't see it, and lit the lighter.

With a loud "boom", thick smoke bloomed in the sky, and then one after another fireworks bloomed in the night sky, which was so beautiful.Nanshan stretched out his hand, made a circle with his index finger and thumb, looked sideways at Qingqing, and said triumphantly, "This is unparalleled, remember?"

The fireworks, the bright moon, and the stars are clearly extremely beautiful scenery, but everything is dimmed in front of the light in the young man's eyes.

Qingqing was stunned for a long time, then lowered her head slightly, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I remember."

......

After the performance, Zheng Yaoguo didn't yell, and the staff stood by. Zhao Wenyan poked his head out from behind the tripod and sighed softly.

Shen Qiao, he acted so well.

When observing Shen Qiao from behind the camera, Zhao Wenyan was almost overwhelmed by that shocking force: if it wasn't for the support of the tripod, he didn't think he could hold the camera steady at all.

He began to subconsciously simulate how he would handle this clip if he were the director. Many ways flashed through his mind, but none of them felt enough, all of them were not enough.

Those methods seem to be too simple and crude, unable to release this shock in the most comprehensive and intuitive way.Maybe the teacher will have a way, he thought, subconsciously looking at Zheng Yaoguo.

To his surprise, Zheng Yaoguo frowned, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied. He was surprised, but Zheng Yaoguo suddenly said: "Okay."

The audience cheers.Zheng Yaoguo stepped forward and patted Shen Qiao on the shoulder lightly, saying: "Go back and rest, there is no need to shoot the next scene."

Shen Qiao nodded, turned around and waved to Zhao Wenyan: "Wenyan, go back."

"How many times have you read it?"

Hearing the woman's voice, Zheng Yaoguo didn't turn his head, but said calmly: "It doesn't matter how many times you read it."

Song Cheng frowned.

In the movie, she played a young widow abiding by chastity, and she was deeply loved by the villagers, but even if she was still wearing a coarse linen costume and dark makeup on her face, she could not hide her demeanor from an international actress. Live: "Still don't know what to do?"

"Yes." Zheng Yaoguo stared at the editor tightly, and suddenly sighed, "Shen Qiao...he is too stealthy, I don't know how to cut his scenes."

In Zheng Yaoguo's original vision, "Nanshan" only needs to fit the role, and he has his own way of training and handling.Later, he found out that Shen Qiao's acting skills were surprisingly good, and he just thought it was a surprise, what kind of actor matched what kind of director, and he was confident that he could handle it.

But now, Shen Qiao's acting is getting better and better every time. Today's scene by the lake has already made him doubt whether he can control it well, and Shen Qiao's partial excellence will damage the whole?The performance of an actor can improve the quality of the film, and even become the highlight of the film, but in his conception, "Nanshan" is by no means an acting show for the leading actor.

Shen Qiao's acting skills are not yet perfect, but he fits too well with the character, and the character's experience is what he is going through, so his performance must be far beyond his normal level.But the same rule does not apply to Zheng Yaoguo.

"Now I finally understand Brecht's distress. A performance that is too good will make the audience fully immersed in the play, so that they can't think about the director's expression content (1)." Zheng Yaoguo smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect him to be so good. "

"I've always felt that you set Shen Qiao too hastily." Song Chengyi said, "Even if you asked him to perform a segment in advance, it wouldn't be like this."

As long as he is acting, his talent and acting skills cannot be hidden at all.If it was discovered in advance, the current situation could be avoided completely.

"The actor of 'Nanshan' only needs to fit the role. I never thought that he not only has acting skills, but also has such good acting skills." He is the one with good conditions. Wen Yan...it is rare for him to like someone so much."

"Yes, it's rare for him to like someone." Song Cheng fell silent, and sighed softly, "No matter how you say it, Shen Qiao has surpassed your movie. Yaoguo, you have to give up one."

Either abandon Shen Qiao and let him change his acting method to follow Zheng Yaoguo's rhythm, or directly change an actor; or abandon all the framework of his original conception, future development, and final product, and completely follow Shen Qiao's ideas. , "Nanshan" is Shen Qiao's movie.

If you choose the former, this work will follow Zheng Yaoguo's original conception, and it will be as satisfactory as his countless stable performances before; Even if the finished film is not good, he will not be dusted by it.

But the biggest hidden danger of the latter lies precisely in Zheng Yaoguo: he has never faced such a situation, he is the director, he controls the film, but the challenges that Shen Qiao may bring to him may exceed his talent and ability : Does he dare to gamble?

"It's not his fault that he played too well. I can't destroy him because there will always be someone who has enough ability to control him." Zheng Yaoguo sighed heavily, his eyes under the light had a hint of tragedy, "They That's the future."

Song Cheng's eyes were dim, and he remained silent.

"Starting tomorrow, we will follow Shen Qiao's rhythm." Zheng Yaoguo calmed down instead. He smiled at Song Cheng, and said word by word:

"If the movie doesn't deserve him, ditch the movie."

(1) The "defamiliarization effect"