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He Xiuyi thinks, as a director, Zuo Ran is much more tired than Li Chaoyin and the others...

He takes care of everything!

After scouting the scene, Director Zuo first chose Zhenbeibao West Studios for the exterior setting.It is located in Yinchuan City. It is rooted in the two abandoned forts of Zhenbei Fort, which was used to garrison troops in ancient times. There are Ming City, Qing City, Cultural Revolution Compound and other areas inside. It is often used to shoot Ming, Qing, Republic of China, and Cultural Revolution background video. The crew of "Seeing Yu Meili Again" will mainly use the "Cultural Revolution Compound", where there are "big dining hall", "criticism platform", "model stage" and so on.

The scenes before the Cultural Revolution are mainly interior scenes, which are relatively simple.As for the fireworks field that Yu Meili reformed through labor in 1983, Zuo Ran chose a real fireworks manufacturing company.At first, the CEO was afraid of delaying production, so he didn't agree. Zuo Ran treated him to ten drinks before he finally got it.But what the CEO likes to drink is not wine, but milk tea, and the production crew does not meet him in a big hotel, but in a dessert shop.It was Zuo Ran's sentence "Fireworks manufacturing company is not a scene provider, but a story participant" that moved the CEO of Milk Tea.

Then, Zuo Ran drew detailed pictures of the eight main scenes of the square, school, public toilet, street, barber shop, bathhouse, and fireworks factory, which laid the tone for the entire film.And because of his professional background in architecture, Zuo Ran produced the plan, elevation, section, and renderings of the eight main scenes, which is very spectacular.According to Zuo Ran, the art director Juan drew hundreds of design drawings of various exterior and interior scenes, all of which were faithful to the original concept of the director.

The shot script was also drawn by Zuo Ran himself - unlike "Wanli Longsha", this time Zuo Ran didn't hire so many assistant directors, he already had confidence and felt that he could complete the script independently.Based on the photos of the scene, he wrote a video table, a paragraph describing a scene.After writing the image list, Zuo Ran thought about the viewpoint, shooting angle, scene, and editing needs one by one, and made a shot list for each scene, using words to describe each shot.A scene ranges from two or three shots to as many as dozens of shots, and then draws a picture for each shot to form the final storyboard.There are no borders in the storyboards, because the cameraman will find the border himself when the time comes.

Zuo Ran held a meeting and distributed the storyboards to all the main creators and actors, asking everyone to read them carefully from beginning to end and ask for opinions.

"Uh..." Su Yang, who was already familiar with Zuo Ran, smiled, "Director Zuo..."

Zuo Ran's voice was very cold: "Huh?"

"Your storyboard, it shows the characteristics of each of us." The storyboard of "Seeing Yu Meili Again" is lifelike, and with a few strokes, it can make everyone understand which character is in the painting.

Zuo Ran: "...?"

"But, you are biased!" Su Yang's character is free and easy, carefree, seemingly without integrity, which is completely different from the "cautious" and "cautious" Ming Lei.

Zuo Ran still: "...?"

"You draw He Xiuyi's face very carefully, but other people's faces... are very perfunctory." Ming Lei and Su Yang still call He Xiuyi "He Xiuyi"——In "Wanli Longsha", He Xiuyi made Ming Lei Su Yang Calling himself "He Xiuyi", he also insisted on maintaining the original title when he came to the crew of "Meet Yu Meili Again", although after winning the first actor, He Xiuyi has been upgraded to "Mr. He".

Zuo Ran was taken aback: "Really?"

"Yeah." Su Yang laughed again, "He Xiuyi's eyebrows are clear, but our facial features are all blurred...Only in close-ups do we have eyes, nose and mouth."

Zuo Ran said indifferently: "Because he is the protagonist."

Actually not.

It was only then that Zuo Ran realized that... when he was painting He Xiuyi, he would draw strokes instinctively, and enjoyed those moments very much.He portrayed He Xiuyi's every expression and every angle, and his sense of satisfaction gradually swelled in the process - he knew each other so well, and never hesitated whether a certain expression or a certain angle of He Xiuyi should be this way or that.Each He Xiuyi was born under his pen, with lovers happy or angry or sad or happy.But for the other actors... Zuo Ran is doing business - in order to save preparation time, he hastily sketched and skimmed quickly.

"Leader Zuo, let me ask you a question." Newcomer Long Fei actually interjected, "This close-up...my tear mole is under my left eye, and you painted it on my cheekbone, so it's okay? But what does it affect the balance of the picture? right?"

Zuo Ran glanced at it: "It's okay."

Long Fei has a tear mole, which is his beauty, and fans can't forget to put this little mole on their fanart.However, Zuo Ran chooses people more based on whether the other party fits the temperament of the character, and has never stared at other people's faces very carefully, no matter how beautiful the other party is.Therefore, he only vaguely remembered that Long Fei had a tear mole, but he didn't notice where it grew at all.

At the end of the meeting, Zuo Ran glanced at the crowd: "Okay, let's go. Come over on the 5th of next month for a speech, and no one is allowed to be absent."

Everyone nodded.

Zuo Ran glanced at Zhang Xiaomao who was about to play Yu Meili's scumbag boyfriend's wife: "Zhang Xiaomao, lose weight, 10 catties. As a woman in the Cultural Revolution, 110 catties is a bit exaggerated."

"...!!!" Zhang Xiaomao said, "How can there be 110!!!" In fact, she really... is more than 110 catties, fluctuating between 110 and 115.Zhang Xiaomao is very beautiful, but for an actor, his figure is "on the fat side". He is 1.7 meters tall, but weighs more than 110 kilograms.Glass-hearted Zhang Xiaomao is really popular recently, but she doesn't feel it, because she is a glass-hearted, and only gets annoyed when others scold her.

He Xiuyi originally just watched Zhang Xiaomao's excitement with a smile, but he didn't expect... After returning home, Zuo Ran told him that he also needed to lose weight.

"I...???" He Xiuyi was stunned, "Need to lose weight too?"

"Yeah." Zuo Ran was also reluctant and distressed.But he is very clear that He Xiuyi has the highest pursuit of art - rather than eating and sleeping, he wants to shoot well.

He Xiuyi questioned weakly for a while: "But when filming "Family", Director Li didn't let me down..."

"Because you are fatter than then."

"..." He Xiuyi was stunned.That year... how old was he?That's right... I am indeed heavy.After interacting with Zuo Ran, he became "fat".In fact, he is much more tired than when he was taking care of his mother at home, but he is still fat, maybe it is just in response to the phrase "the heart is wide and the body is fat".Zuo Ran's cooking is delicious, a hundred times better than his own.

……

He Xiuyi could only lose weight.

On the day of the dialogue, he lost five catties!

Zuo Ran said it was ok, he would shoot the videos in chronological order.And as He Xiuyi continues to lose weight, the story will also enter the Cultural Revolution and 1983. The experience of "Yu Meili" is even more embarrassing. In terms of image, she is getting thinner and thinner.After the Cultural Revolution, he was thinner than before the Cultural Revolution, after being imprisoned, he was thinner than before being imprisoned, and after aging, he was thinner than before.He Xiuyi was amazed by Zuo Ran's deep consideration - for an actor, it is easy to lose weight gradually, but it is difficult to gain weight gradually.

Zhang Xiaomao, who came to the correct words, was indeed slimmer.When she saw Zuo Ran, she asked in surprise, "Director Zuo, you've lost weight too...?"

Zuo Ran said, "I don't know, let's get the words right."

He Xiuyi: "..."

He knew that it was because Zuo Ran had been accompanying him to lose weight.The two lived together, and Zuo Ran also ate cabbage and other vegetarian food with He Xiuyi every day. His workload was heavy, and in the past two weeks, he lost more weight than He Xiuyi.He Xiuyi asked Zuo Ran to get some meat for himself, but Zuo Ran disagreed, fearing that his lover would be greedy.

Nowadays, the crew generally no longer have a full lineup of dialogues.Occasionally, someone as stubborn as Li Chaoyin would let the actors sit in a circle on the chairs and look at each other and read the words.

But Zuo Ran... has created a very unique method.

After chanting the words in a circle, he asked everyone to face the storyboard and check it again!

Zuo Ran had someone get a software before, and put all the storyboards in, arranged in chronological order, scene by scene in an orderly manner.After the actors are seated, the assistant will project the storyboard scripts one by one on the big screen, with corresponding lines at the bottom of the screen.Facing the screen, the actors read their own words one by one.

Zuo Ran believes that investing in images can make people understand the film better.

As a result, the voices of several actors came out.

He Xiuyi also gradually got involved in the plot.

The two protagonists begin with sex in a public restroom—

But afterward...it was very innocent—a very special innocence that belonged to the 60s.

At that time, the two could not hug, kiss, or show their love.

Yu Meili gave the other end of the branch to her lover.

Yu Meili hugged each other across the river.

Yu Meili used the mask she had worn as a gift.

He Xiuyi felt that Zuo Ran had many flawless fantasies.The two are in various eras, talking about taboo or outspoken love affairs.This is Zuo Ran's way of immersing himself in love.

When it came to the scene "before being fired", He Xiuyi looked at the screen and read the letter he wrote to his lover.He said with a trembling voice: "The paper is short and the love is long, and the words can't express it; the heart of the fist is hard to express; the mountains are low and the sea is shallow, so why be afraid of the danger of the road; the future is long, and the music is endless."

The mountains are low and the sea is shallow, so why not be afraid of dangerous roads;

For some unknown reason, He Xiuyi suddenly completely merged into the character...!

He understood Yu Meili.

He and Zuo Ran had a smooth journey, and he never considered... If one day, the whole world told him to give up, what would he do.

Now, he has that mood.

He doesn't care.

Yes, he doesn't care.

Anyway...together too.

What kind of difficulties are "low mountains and shallow seas".

Maybe this is what Zuo Ran wanted him to experience?

One day in the future, as stars, they will also face very difficult situations.What should we do at that time?Are you ready to face everything together?

He Xiuyi felt that through this drama, he would be well prepared without any fear.

The difference is that Yu Meili's lover failed Yu Meili, but Zuo Ran wouldn't.

So I am happy.

Yes, I am happy.