The Metamorphosis of Fanggoudan

Ever since Cheng Yi and Wang Yilu made an agreement last time, Zhou Chengkong urged Duanfang to come to the set as soon as possible.

The shooting location has been rented for a number of days in advance, and one day of delay will result in an extra day's rent, not counting miscellaneous expenses such as labor, water and electricity.Whether in terms of film progress or economic considerations, the sooner construction starts, the better.

The shooting location happened to be in the suburbs of Beishi, and the location was large enough that many TV dramas and movies were rented there for filming.

Zhou Chengkong had agreed with Duanfang that he could arrive before noon, but Gan Bo dragged Duanfang out early in the morning.

Although Gan Bo didn't film, he also took the opportunity to satisfy his curiosity.Moreover, it's time to find out how the crew is doing by the way.

"You don't understand." He said to Duanfang, "As a newcomer, don't worry about what time others tell you, it's better if you go half a day earlier."

This seems to make sense. Both Duan Fang and Gan Bo arrived early in the morning, but they did not expect that the people on the set were already busy. The back of the camera assistant who pushed the track was already soaked in sweat. It seemed that he had been working for a long time. up.

Seeing the two people coming, Zhou Chengkong took the time to bring them under a sunshade.There are other children in the shed, who seem to be young actors who have come to act.

"You read the script for a while to find out how you feel. I'll come over and talk to you after I'm done."

Gambo also knew a little about the story of the script. When he saw those children, he guessed their roles.

"Are they acting as abducted children?"

A little girl next to her heard this, she shook her head and said, "No, some of them are small groups, and only five of them play the roles of abducted children."

She looks like she is only seven or eight years old, but she is not noisy, she is quiet and quiet, with big eyes like black grapes, she looks very cute.

She looked at Duanfang and said, "I'm Huang Xiaolu, playing Wang Beibei, brother, are you the actor playing Yang Rui?"

Although she is young, she is generous and her cheerful smile makes it hard not to like her.

Duanfang smiled at her, nodded and said, "My name is Duanfang, and I play Yang Rui, but I'm not an actor yet."

His tone was gentle, and he looked easy to speak, which made Huang Xiaolu quietly relieved.

She had seen it before, Duanfang was brought in by Zhou Chengkong himself, someone who can be brought in by the editor or director must have something special, her mother told her that if you meet this kind of person, you must be with him They have a good relationship.

Although she is young, she has also worked in many crews. The crews are big and small, and there are all kinds of people. Not all of them will have a gentle attitude just because she is a little girl. My mother's actress, every time she got off the show, she would give her a cold face, blaming her for rubbing off his makeup.

Huang Xiaolu is actually not as calm as she appears. Although she got the role of Wang Beibei, this is her first time acting in a movie, so she is still a little nervous. Fortunately, Duanfang's personality is as good as his appearance. Had a better time.

"How do you know I'm playing Yang Rui?" Duanfang said while taking out two candies from his pocket, spread his palms, and handed them to Huang Xiaolu.

Duanfang always has candy in his pocket, and every time he serves cocoa for an injection, he can get a candy from him.

Huang Xiaolu accepted the kindness, and sharing the candy made her feel a little better about Duan Fang.

"Because I heard the director call your name." Huang Xiaolu explained.

"When you didn't come over yesterday, they all said that a very smart big brother would play Yang Rui."

After a while, Huang Xiaolu told Duanfang a lot about the crew, even though she is so young, she knows a lot.

"Brother Fang Fang, don't be nervous, it's actually not that difficult to act for the first time." Huang Xiaolu said, "You are so good-looking, even if you don't speak and just look at the camera, the director won't say anything about you."

This is too exaggerated, Gan Bo couldn't help but look at Duanfang, then at Huang Xiaolu, wondering how she judged.

"What do you think is your good-looking brother Fang Fang?" He asked.

This sentence is rare for ordinary children, but it can't stop Huang Xiaolu.

"Brother Fang Fang looks good everywhere. After seeing him, the director will definitely not be willing to talk about him."

What does it mean that the director is reluctant to talk about him?

Gan Bo just wanted to say it was wrong, but when he turned his head, it seemed that it was true.Didn't a certain little parent just talk about cooperation with the director? No one would give Duan Fang any face.

But this little girl can really talk, Gan Bo searched the Internet casually, and unexpectedly saw Huang Xiaolu's encyclopedia on the Internet.

Unbelievable, such a young girl has already acted in five or six TV dramas, and the reviews say that her acting skills are not bad.

Gan Bo quietly told Duan Fang, "This Huang Xiaolu is definitely considered an acting school among child actors, and the female lead who plays her mother is also a well-known veteran actress."

In addition, although the actor who played the role of the trafficker is not so well-known, his acting skills are also recognized by the audience.Reliable actors, rigorous screenwriters, and persistent directors, it seems that this crew is still quite promising.

"As long as the plot doesn't collapse, this should work well."

But it is a pity that there is still one obvious deficiency.

"It's just that the script is too uncommercial, and if it's not done well, it may rush."

Even outsiders like Gan Bo know that most of the current movies are commercial movies with big investment and big production. They may not be well received, but they must be blockbusters.

However, the film that Wang Yilu and Zhou Chengkong are going to shoot, which focuses on finding relatives and fighting abductions, does not conform to the current movie-watching trend at all, and is very likely to be left out by the market.No one was willing to invest before, which is also a proof of this.

Even Huang Xiaolu came over and whispered: "My mother also said that the movie will be a hit, but she said that the director is very good, and she specializes in making this kind of film. Even if it is a jump, there may be a chance to win an award."

"Win the award?" Gan Bo searched Wang Yilu and Zhou Chengkong carefully again, and found that these two people did win the Best Director Award and Best Screenplay Award, but one was ten years ago and the other was eight years ago. Before, during this period, none of the works that the two participated in could splash water.

This time the two collaborated to film "Looking for Relatives", and I don't know whether it is a comeback or a fight to the end.

Gan Bo shook his head and stopped thinking about it.Whether the movie will catch on or not is not something he can predict. After thinking so much, it's better to sing well. After all, it's the first time the song has officially appeared. If it becomes popular, it will become a famous song.

In the same way, no matter what the final result of the movie is, at least you have to be careful when acting.

"Xiao Fang, you have to act with the spirit of your college entrance examination. If this is done well, it will be your famous work in the future."

Acting with the spirit of the college entrance examination?That doesn't seem so good.

Duanfang intends to play this story well, not because this is the first time he has participated in a movie, but because he really likes this story.

Although the name of the movie is "Looking for Relatives", the original story is called "Returning Journey". Before getting the script, Duan Fang first saw "Returning Journey" given to him by Zhou Chengkong.He didn't know what the film would be like, but after reading the novel, he fell in love with the story and characters of "Homecoming".

After reading it, he even asked Zhou Chengkong if the things in the story really happened, if there was really a little girl like Wang Beibei who was kidnapped, and if there was really a girl like Yang Rui Autistic teenager abused by traffickers.

He had heard about human traffickers and trafficking, but his feelings were far less impressive than what Zhou Chengkong told in his story.It's not that real life is not as touching as a story, but because words can arouse people's emotions better.

Zhou Chengkong in real life always looks gentle and good-natured, but his stories are far from his own image, and there is a sense of torture between the lines, which makes people feel suspicious after reading it The feeling of life.

In Zhou Chengkong's description, readers really feel the depressive despair, so that they have an illusion that this story is more painful than reality.

After Duan Fang finished watching it, he couldn't bear to think of Yang Rui, who he played.

The three of them chatted, from the script to the characters, and from the characters to the tragic story, and somehow ended up on the Top Ten Snacks in Beishi.

When Zhou Chengkong walked over from the other side, he just heard a sentence, "Let's go to the alley together after filming, shall we eat delicious food?"

Immediately, he snorted lightly, "It's not time for dinner yet? Just thinking about eating?"

Seeing that the three children all stopped talking, he leaned back on the folding chair next to him, sat down and said, "Don't think about eating too much, and practice more when you have time. I just happen to be free right now. Let's talk and play."

Telling the show was originally the responsibility of the director, but Wang Yilu was too busy, and the assistants on the set couldn't stop following Wang Yilu's busy feet, so Zhou Chengkong had to come over to take over the job himself.

It's just that, compared with other people, his way of telling dramas is a bit special.

"The feeling of drama is very empty. If you don't have any knowledge, you can figure it out on your own. You can't figure it out without eating or drinking."

He is not as rigorous as Wang Yilu. If you compare entering a play to learning to swim, then Wang Yilu's play is a mature coach who teaches you to master the basic movements step by step, but Zhou Chengkong is different. Throw it into the sea, as long as you don't drown, you can always learn to swim.

"But don't act in the mirror. The more you look at you, the harder it is to act. It's not a comedy. You can still have feelings in front of a mirror."

Obviously just talking about skills, Zhou Chengkong became interested, so he simply started to let Duanfang perform.

"Xiao Fang, you come first, you just think that you are Yang Rui."

As soon as his lips touched, he began to speak in a crackling voice.

"You are an autistic person who looks like a fool on the outside. You have to believe that you are a person with a language barrier. You can't express your feelings. No one cares about you, but deep down you have always had your own. idea……"

Gan Bo was surprised when he heard it, he turned his head and asked Huang Xiaolu, "Did you act like this before?"

Is the showbiz all so simple and rude?

The expression on Huang Xiaolu's face was exactly the same as his, just as dazed.

"I've never heard anyone tell a play like this." She shook her head, "They used to explain it clearly to me in advance, and they would mark it for me in advance, and they were very careful."

Although she didn't directly say that Zhou Chengkong's method of lecturing was rude, but that was obviously what she meant.

Gan Bo felt that Zhou Chengkong treated Duan Fang as if he was treating an adult, not a newcomer at all, thanks to Duan Fang, who listened to the show, otherwise he would be replaced by a boy of the same age Come on, facing such a long description, I am afraid that I will feel dizzy and do not know what to say.

After Zhou Chengkong finished speaking, Duanfang was about to act, but after waiting for a minute, Duanfang still didn't move.

Gan Bo hurriedly said, "Uncle Zhou, Xiao Fang has just entered the industry, so he still doesn't understand anything."

Not to mention the rules, even he might not be able to understand what Dao Zhou Chengkong meant.

"So what's the matter with being young?" Zhou Chengkong frowned, disapproving of what Gan Bo said, "In the showbiz industry, strength has nothing to do with age."

Gan Bo sighed in his heart. He knew that Duan Fang had a high IQ, but that didn't mean his acting skills were also good.

Can studying and acting be generalized?Haven't you seen that Xiao Fang's face is dull and stupid?

wait, stupid?

Gan Bo just wanted to take a closer look, but Zhou Chengkong gave him a stare and stopped him. Looking at the gesture to silence him, Gan Bo shut his mouth obediently.

No wonder he reacted too much, Duan Fang seemed to be a different person.

At first, it was a dodging look, timid and uneasy, which made people subconsciously dislike it when they saw it, and even Gan Bo felt uncomfortable when he saw it.

That's not all, the more Gan Bo looked, the more he felt that something was wrong. He was still the same clothes, and he was still the same size, but he seemed to be a bit shorter. Fear, as if there is a terrible person in front of him who is reprimanding and bullying him.

There were no cameras around, and no shooting track, so Duanfang stood two meters in front of him, looking this way, Zhou Chengkong nodded his head at the expression on his face.

"How?" Zhou Chengkong asked.

"It's a bit unpleasant." This is Ganbo's most intuitive feeling.

Huang Xiaolu's answer was more straightforward than Gan Bo's, she took a step back directly, "I'm afraid."

He was obviously the big brother who had eaten candy with him just now, but now he looked like a stranger, and he was the kind of stranger who made people dislike him at first glance.

At this time, Duanfang squatted beside a corner, and tried to shrink in, but his back was blocked, and there was no way to retreat.It might be understandable for a four- or five-year-old child to do so, but Duanfang looks like a teenager from the outside, and with his stature growing recently, his movements of shrinking his body and trying to hide himself become very different. It's ridiculous.

Just now he looked unattractive, but he made Gan Bo and Huang Xiaolu laugh immediately.

It’s no wonder they laughed lowly, it’s just that Duanfang’s appearance is so stupid, he can pass by by moving to the side, but he seems to be blind, stubbornly smashing against the corner of the wall.

Not only he and Huang Xiaolu smiled, but even Zhou Chengkong also smiled.

"That's right, that's fine."

Duanfang stood up when he heard it, his eyes rolled, his smile was not even a little darker than before, he was a cheerful and optimistic boy.

Zhou Chengkong was very satisfied, "As expected, I saw the right person. You have a very flexible mind. It is no problem to eat this bowl of rice."

"I have a good eye. I can pick up a pearl at will. The old boy Wang Yilu said he couldn't do it before, so he sent you back. Let's see if his face hurts later."

"Huh? Is this called good acting?" Gan Bo scratched his head, "Shouldn't good acting be like that written in novels, playing a role can move the audience to tears, making people feel sad for it, for it? Are you happy?"

"Hey, the current novel has improved, and I know that I am sad because of it, and I am happy because of it." Zhou Chengkong smiled, and looked at Gan Bo with a foolish expression.

"You should read less novels in the future. I don't write stories like this now."

"But what Xiao Fang did just now was too ugly." Gan Bo still felt that something was wrong.

"Not good-looking? Do you mean not beautiful or exciting?" Zhou Chengkong raised his eyebrows.

Gan Bo couldn't say it, what he had to say was, "I don't feel amazing."

"If the acting is good, isn't it always eye-catching and amazing?"

These words made Zhou Chengkong amused, "Are you just like your singers, you can amaze the audience with your voice?"

"Really talking in layman's terms, let me ask you, do you still remember how he felt when he acted just now?"

Gan Bo nodded, of course he still remembered.

"Can't you just remember?"

"But..." Why does it feel different from what is said in the novel?What expressionism, experientialism, and methodism?

There is no experience school and no method school. Duanfang didn't follow the right teacher when he started. He followed Zhou Chengkong by mistake, and expressed the Yang Rui he imagined when he was reading the novel.

His performance does not have any skills, it is purely a false simulation state, but fortunately, there are no lines, which avoids language distracting emotions and body movements, which adds a sense of reality.

If Wang Yilu saw this kind of performance, he would definitely say it was rustic.But although in the eyes of professionals, this kind of performance is very rough, but the Yang Rui shown by Duanfang fits the image imagined in Zhou Chengkong's mind.

What does it mean to perform a character that fits the vision in the creator's mind?That means the actor is almost 80.00% successful.

Maybe even Gan Bo didn't notice it. Although he felt that he didn't feel Duan Fang's acting skills, he could still remember the feeling of Duan Fang's performance after the performance.

After having lunch together, Gan Bo Duanfang said a word and left. He still had to practice singing in the afternoon.

After lunch, Duan Fang was taken to change his clothes.

It was a blue-and-white sportswear. I don't know where the crew got it. It was loose and deformed, and there were even stains here and there.

The non-stretch fabric is loose, but it doesn't fit at all.

"Excuse me, is the size of the clothes wrong?" Duanfang has grown a lot recently, wearing this tattered tracksuit, a lot of wrists and ankles are exposed.

Unexpectedly, the dressmaker was very satisfied after seeing it, "It's not small, it looks just right, I didn't expect you to be so tall, and it just so happens that we don't need to shorten the clothes."

Wearing such a set of clothes, it is cool to be cool, but the shape is more ridiculous.Fortunately, Gan Bo left early, otherwise he would have laughed out loud seeing Duan Fang like this.

"This looks good, Xiao Fang, please pull down the zipper a little bit, make it looser, don't be so straight."

Zhou Chengkong was also very satisfied with this look, not only that, he also pulled Duanfang to make a hairstyle.

This hairstyle is even more silly, the front forehead is like a dog chewing, and the back of the head is messy.Whether it's the front, side, or back, this is definitely a messy hairstyle with no beauty at all.

The hair stylist was afraid that Duanfang would be wronged when he cut it. There are no boys at this age who are not ugly. Who knew that after the cut, Duanfang laughed first when he looked at the mirror.

Seeing him laugh, the hair stylist also laughed, and he told Duanfang not to worry, "Your look is temporary, if you don't like it, just wear a hat when you go out."

It's not that the designer has no aesthetics, it's just that Yang Rui in the script has such an image, the dog-eating bangs are cut out by Yang Rui himself, and the back of his head is always messy and unorganized because it is inconvenient.

After finishing the hairstyle, Duanfang was moved to the makeup artist before he had time to catch his breath.

"Don't be nervous, little handsome guy, close your eyes, and my sister will change your face later."

The bottles and cans were crowded together, and after a while, Duan Fang was transformed into a very malnourished appearance.

When Zhou Chengkong brought Duanfang to Wang Yilu, Wang Yilu almost didn't realize that the person in front of him was Duanfang who had dinner with him before.

"Well, let me say that he can act." Zhou Chengkong was so proud that his crow's feet appeared.

Wang Yilu's attention was not on him.He stared at Duan Fang closely, the more he watched, the more surprised he became.

These two foolish hairstyles, clothes that are worse than tattered clothes, a pair of dull eyes, a face that is not full of energy and blood, is it really the smart boy that I saw that day?

Wang Yilu: "Old Zhou, our film crew hasn't found a model designer yet, so why don't you also do it part-time? Why didn't I realize that you have this talent before?"

Zhou Chengkong glanced at Wang Yilu angrily. He is already the screenwriter and assistant director, so let him also be the styling designer?

He's not stupid, even if he does three jobs, he still only gets one salary, so he won't do it.

"Okay, don't put a high hat on me, since you are also satisfied with the look, then hurry up and start shooting."