The Road to Rebirth of the Movie King

The start-up day is an auspicious day chosen by director Yang to be suitable for offering sacrifices and praying for blessings. He has directed many plays and encountered many things in the crew. Fortunately, the future shooting will be smooth sailing.

The weather on this day was fine, without the chilly wind of the day before.The enshrined table was covered by a bright red cloth, and the smoke from the incense candles was entwined on the roast suckling pig and fresh fruits next to it. The sunlight passed by the edge of the ancient city wall and shone on the bustling crowd around it.

"The friends present, the staff of various departments, the actors... Many of us are working together for the first time, but I believe that we will be able to work together to perfectly shoot the movie "Empire of the Night" and make it a reality." Do something great!"

After the chief producer’s brief speech, the main creators of the crew stepped forward to worship the gods one by one, then lifted the red cloth covering the machine, Yang Nianhong loudly announced to start the machine, and the red firecrackers were set off “crackling”, and everyone was arranged together After holding a banner and taking a group photo, the filming officially started.

After eating the start-up meal at noon, we took a short break. In the afternoon, the huge working team was divided into two film crews and started to work. The main actors in group A were putting on makeup and changing clothes to prepare for the shooting of the first scene, and group B participated in the start-up Under the leadership of the assistant director, the ceremony was transferred to Yongzhou Film City in H Province to shoot the plot about the Langfeng Kingdom.

In fact, apart from Ye Changshi, Bai Yiqing and some experienced veteran actors, many other supporting actors, especially the newcomers, arrived at the film and television city a week ago for a series of cultural and martial arts training, as shown in the sub-session table , the first scene included a circus and some fighting scenes. However, there was a problem with the horses that were scheduled to be rented, and they could only be used after a few days. In addition, the filming had just started. Although the working team was used by Queen Yang Nianhong, the tacit understanding was very good. , but the actors are still in the running-in period, and the two protagonists just arrived yesterday. They have not undergone a week of rigorous training and are still in the adaptation period. Content is less prone to error-prone shots.

This scene is not simple to say the least, it may be because the novel "Dark Night" condenses a story that should have been long and grand in just 40 words, so the slow and delicate plot of sitting, eating and chatting in peace is fundamental. No, the adapted script is almost the detailed version of the novel with some character dialogues added, and almost no changes in the plot, so Ye Changshi's first scene after the crew of "Dark Night" can be regarded as a simple scene. In fact, he took a bath play.

According to the play, the heroine Yin Yue and the second male Jiang Yi passed a city called "Wuxu City" on their way to the ruins of the Dark Ye Country secretly ordered by the emperor. Once they entered the city, they felt a whirlwind and lost their way. Before reaching the city gate, although the street scene in front of you is bustling and lively, it always reveals a strange feeling. Both vendors and passers-by are wearing black cloaks, doing their own things, turning a blind eye to people's actions and inquiries, and turning a deaf ear to them.After some discussion, they decided to split up, Jiang Yi went to find a way out of the city, Yin Yue found a spare inn to settle down just in case, and then in the inn, she met the hero Rong Chen again.

In order to try to succeed once, Ye Changshi found Bai Yiqing, who was fixing her makeup, and corrected her lines a few times. This young actress did not show any reluctance, her attitude was neither cold nor enthusiastic. And part of the straight hair hangs down on the waist, just looking at the appearance, it does have the image of a fairy who does not eat fireworks.

When the scene was almost right, the staff in the corridors and guest rooms also set up the set, the props were placed in specific positions, and unnecessary people in the house were cleared.After a simple warm-up, Ye Changshi took off his big down jacket and handed it to Xiao Jin. Goosebumps all over his body when the bare skin on his upper body came into contact with the icy air for the first time. Stepping into the bathtub, fortunately, in order to capture the effect that the male protagonist enjoys the bath very much, the water in it is also real hot water, not replaced by any props.

The actors were in place, the bright lights were turned on, and the camera position had already been set. As soon as the slate was hit, Yang Nianhong immediately focused on the monitor.

[There are no windows in the corridor, the blurred light from the guest rooms on both sides penetrates through the thin paper on the door and hits the opposite door, the footsteps step on the old wooden boards creaking, Yin Yuexiu frowned slightly, in this city It's really strange that everyone who came in with Jiang Yi didn't seem to see them. The inn was also very deserted. There was only the shopkeeper, not even a guide. She didn't hear her own words at all, so she had to be vigilant.

Randomly picked the guest room, knocked on the old carved wooden door with the hilt of the sword, and the red sword tassel swayed accordingly. After waiting for a while, there was no movement, Yin Yue lifted the burden to her body, and pushed it hard Opening the door, she saw a large bathtub in the middle of the room where she judged no one was, and it was foggy. The windows on both sides of the room were closed, and a candle was lit on the table. He could clearly see the side face of the man soaking in the bathtub, and at this moment the other party also noticed the movement here, and turned his head to look over.

"It's you."

Yin Yue's complexion changed, she remembered seeing this person in the capital of Langfeng Kingdom not long ago, but he appeared here today, is he also someone who entered the city by mistake?No, maybe he knows more.

Sensing her suspicious gaze, Rong Chen smiled, wrung out the cloth for wiping his back and brushed it over his shoulders, and said in a frivolous tone: "Is Xiaoyue here to help me wipe my back?"

Yin Yue frowned even deeper, and walked in with a sword in her hand. The crimson linen dress brushed against the threshold, making a slight friction sound. She stood a foot away from the tub, staring at the man with a half-smile After a while, he said: "You can live in an inn, and you can get a bathtub and hot water. I can guess that you can talk to people in this city."

"Hmm." The man responded lightly, expressing his agreement with her words.

Yin Yue continued: "I want to know, what exactly is Wuxu City?"

Hearing that Rongchen put away his smile, turned his head sideways, lowered his head slightly, a few strands of hair on his forehead brushed against his cheeks, letting his handsome face become blurred and difficult to see under the dim light of the candle, he opened his mouth and said : "Why do you think that the people in the city... are people?"

At that moment when he asked, his voice seemed to be whispering from an ancient and distant place, indistinct, but Yin Yue could hear it clearly, and suddenly felt palpitations.

"What is it not a person?" She opened her mouth and asked with difficulty, feeling a bit bitter inexplicably.

"I don't know, I guessed it randomly." Rong Chen's tone became cheerful again, as if he was very proud after a successful prank, he looked at Yin Yueshanger and let out another chuckle, as if he said inadvertently: "Maybe the people in the city are normal, but you are the ones who have the problem?"

Suddenly, crisp bells and strange tunes rang out from the street outside. The singing voices of both men and women passed through the thick wooden walls of the inn into the room, and the flames on the candles swayed to the rhythm of the bells. The vaguely old songs made the atmosphere even more eerie.

Yin Yue immediately clenched her sword: "What do you mean?" She was a little flustered by the two words he said lightly, and took two more steps, wanting to ask the truth about the abnormality in the city more clearly.

Rong Chen seemed startled by her action, and leaned against the tub in a leisurely manner, speaking with a smile every day: "Xiao Yueyue is such a rascal, if you come here again, you will see me Empty!"

The corner of Yin Yue's mouth twitched slightly, and she took two deep breaths as if she was trying to calm down the urge to kill the person in front of her with a sword. Then she turned around angrily and walked out, her red gauze skirt and white hem flying in the air. With a beautiful arc, the old surgery door was closed again with a "bang", and there was a girl's angry voice outside: "Wash me quickly!"

Rong Chen looked at the door and curled his lips. The sound of the bell went away, and the candle was suddenly extinguished. He lowered his eyes, staring at a certain direction in the bathtub, wondering what he was thinking. 】

The first scene was completed pretty well. After Director Yang said "cut", Ye Changshi also climbed out of the bathtub, wiped off the water drops with the help of his assistant, put on his clothes and sat in front of the makeup mirror. He blows his wet long hair with a big hair dryer.

At the beginning, there were not many scenes where the male lead appeared, and most of them were the female lead and the second male lead. Ye Changshi was also happy to sit by the side wearing a thick down jacket and watch them shiveringly filming.

When the sun went down, the temperature dropped sharply again, and the crew happened to switch scenes around the open-air unsheltered city wall. Everyone who had nothing to do was wrapped up in cotton jackets, scarves, and put on masks and gloves, but they could still feel the cold wind carrying fine sand. Scratching his face, it may be because everyone is not used to work on the first day, and the time to finish work is early today. Allen heard that there is a place in the film and television city that performs opera at night, so he wanted to go see it.

Ye Changshi found that ever since he played the role of Shen Boqing, the make-up artist had developed a strong interest in the ancient art of opera. He often put on his own make-up in front of the mirror after work alone. Fortunately, the lights look scary at night.

Having said that, Ye Changshi originally thought that it would be fine to go back to the hotel so early, and as a southerner who came here for the first time, it was quite new, so he decided to go to the film and television city with them to enjoy the entertainment prepared for tourists. In the middle of the show, I received a text message from Yang Nianhong asking me to go to his room. Ye Changshi, who was always very "obedient" in front of Teacher Yang, had no choice but to return to the hotel, guessing that the other party wanted to talk about movies with himself, the male lead. He even went back to his room and took the script. Yang Nianhong's room was upstairs from his own, so it was a good way to go.

Taking the elevator up to the first floor, the lights in the hotel corridor were always on, no one was passing by at the moment, it was quiet, Ye Changshi went to Director Yang's room and knocked on the door, and soon someone opened the door.

"Director Yang, I'm here."

Yang Nianhong changed into an old but very energetic shirt and wore a pair of rimless glasses. He still nodded with a straight face like a high-level intellectual, beckoning people to go in quickly, and then closed the glasses. the door.

After Ye Changshi entered the door, he heard the sound of drinking water in the room. He thought that there must be other actors here, but when he walked to the living room of the suite, he saw a middle-aged man with a sloppy description sitting on the sofa. Ye Changshi was stunned. I was taken aback, and blurted out: "Old smoker?"