director of the millennium

Chapter 123 Visiting the team, Liu Yifei’s "Diary on the set"

The well-arranged coffee shop was filled with group performers pulled from the entrance of Beijing Film Studio.

Following Wu Yuan's "Action", the group performers who were sitting quietly in their seats just now chatted with each other with a smile, and tasted the coffee and snacks on the table.

Four film cameras were aimed at the table in the center of the cafe from different angles.

Luo Jin and Yuan Hong looked around at the layout of the coffee shop.

"The carpentry on the ceiling is good."

"This chair is quite comfortable to sit on."

"This newly opened coffee shop is more refined than the one we used to go to."

Because before the official start, they have already gone through several scenes, so the performance of both of them is not bad.

Wu Yuan, who was sitting behind the monitor, nodded and said with satisfaction: "Cut to the point!"

A camera moved forward, and the lens focused on the waiter who was not participating in the chat, but was holding the menu and staring blankly at the waiters who kept walking around.

"Sanye" has never seen such a high-end restaurant in a small rural town, and even in the small town where she lives, the only place that sells things is a canteen that sells social reforms!

"Wen Jie, is your order ready?"

Yuan Hong's shout brought him back to his senses, and he quickly lowered his head to look at the menu.

"So expensive?!"

"The cost of a cup of coffee is more than my monthly pocket money!" Hu Ge shouted in surprise.

"Okay, click!"

When the on-site field management decided, Wu Yuan picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Keep this status and keep one more line!"

Liu Yifei, who had been standing beside Wu Yuan watching him direct the play, quickly handed Wu Yuan a bottle of mineral water.

"Brother, the weather is hot, drink more water."

"Oh, good." Wu Yuan casually took the mineral water without even looking at it, unscrewed it and took a sip, and hurriedly ordered: "Props team! Make up for the extra meals on the extra table!"

"As for the lighting artist, adjust the light angle and make the backlight brighter to make the cafe brighter!"

"Remember to add a few group shots during the photography session."

"Hurry up and take another one!"

The filming of "Your Name" was not too difficult.

For these actors, most of the roles they play can be regarded as playing their true colors. If college students play high school students, there is no possibility that they have no experience and don't know how to act.

Not to mention Chen Hao, as the most professional actor in the whole crew except Grandma Wu, the role of Sun Meimei is a piece of cake for her.

Isn’t she just a heartthrob sister with flaming red lips and full of charm? Isn’t that something that comes easily?
The only more challenging one is Hugo.

He is indeed the most important actor in this movie and has the most complex role.

In order for him to act well in this movie, Wu Yuan lectures him on the scene every day, and every time before the official shooting starts, he has to walk through the scene a few times to make sure that there is no problem before shooting.

Hu Ge is still quite spiritual, at least the 21-year-old Hu Ge is basically in line with the character design of the actor in "Your Name", and he can't be said to be handy in acting, but under Wu Yuan's training, it is still smooth.

The scenes in the capital are still being filmed in an orderly manner.

However, not all the crew is busy. Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, and Zhou Yang, who are mainly filming scenes in Yunnan Province, are relatively free.

In fact, Wu Yuan did not require them to form a team with the capital.

For example, teacher Wu Yanshu, who played the role of Grandma Sanye, has not joined the group yet. She will be notified to join the group when the crew moves to Yunnan Province.

But Liu Yifei took the initiative to join the group, saying that she wanted to observe the shooting skills of other actors and learn from them.

If she did this, then Zhou Yang and Zhu Yawen must have come together.

It's a good thing for an actor to learn, and Wu Yuan is naturally happy to see this.

The three of them also report to the set on time every day, and start work with the crew.

No, today we were filming a date scene between Hu Ge and Chen Hao on an overpass near Shunyi, the capital. All three of them were present, and they were even sitting on the edge of the set, looking like they were watching the show.

"I have melon seeds here, Qianqian, can you knock them out?" Zhu Yawen took out a large bag of loose melon seeds from her arms like magic, and handed them to Liu Yifei like a treasure, without even looking at Zhou Yang next to her.

Zhou Yang was a little unhappy, raised his hand and slapped Zhu Yawen on the back: "You only have Qianxi in your eyes, why don't you ask me if I want to eat?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Zhu Yawen rubbed his back with a grin, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into Zhou Yang's hand: "Eat, eat, eat, I will let you eat."

Seeing the two of them fighting, Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed, she knew that Zhou Yang was trying to save her.

As a relatively sensitive girl, Zhou Yang could actually tell that Zhu Yawen's feelings for Qianqian seemed to have deteriorated recently, from a classmate friendship to something else.

She could also tell that Liu Yifei had no idea about this, so she made jokes so as not to embarrass both parties too much.

casually stuffing the melon seeds in Liu Yifei's hand, Zhou Yang grabbed another handful from the bag, and then said with satisfaction: "Sit tight, the filming will start soon."

"Look at how other people play emotional dramas, you can learn from it, and see how Hu Ge enters and exits the drama."

Well, that makes sense.

Zhu Yawen glanced at Liu Yifei awkwardly, sat back on the folding chair obediently, and looked at Hu Ge and Chen Hao who were preparing on the overpass.

However, after waiting for a while, they didn't wait for the voice of Wu Yuan shouting "Start", they only saw a staff member trotting to Wu Yuan's side, whispering something in his ear, and then Wu Yuan stood up and shouted to stop the set , followed the staff.

"What's going on?" Zhu Yawen said with some doubts.

"I don't know." Liu Yifei and Zhou Yang looked at each other and shook their heads.

Soon, they knew the answer.

A few minutes later, Wu Yuan led the three people back to the overpass.

The crew of "If Love" came to visit the cast of "Your Name".

Zhang Guorong brought Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and the three followed Wu Yuan, all looking at the set with some curiosity.

"Director Wu, if I knew you were filming the location today, I would have come to visit the set another day." Zhang Guorong wiped the sweat from his forehead. The capital city is still very hot in August, and he would sweat profusely after staying outdoors for a while.

Zhou Xun's attention was on the actors, and he stepped on his feet and looked curiously at Hu Ge and Chen Hao who were facing each other: "Is this the hero and heroine of your movie?"

"Is that boy a newcomer?"

"The woman looks familiar"

"Ah! The heartthrob of "Pink Girl", isn't it? This TV series is very popular!" Zhou Xun tugged at Chen Kun's sleeve: "Kun'er, this girl is beautiful, why don't you go up and ask for her contact information? "

"Don't make trouble." Chen Kun pulled away Zhou Xun's outstretched hand with black lines all over his face, "Now that you have a boyfriend, you can't wait for all your friends to fall in love, right?"

"Why don't you give Yuan'er one too?"

"Hehe." Zhou Xun smiled mischievously, introducing a girlfriend to this guy, what kind of joke are you playing?

Wu Yuan, who was listening to their bickering, was also amused and shook his head: "Chen Hao is not the heroine, the heroine is there."

As he said that, he pointed to Liu Yifei and three people sitting in a row in the corner of the set.

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun followed his hand and looked over, and their eyes happened to collide with those of Liu Yifei and the other three who were looking over.

"Is it her?" Chen Kun was a little surprised: "Liu Yifei?"

Liu Yifei who saw Chen Kun was also very surprised.
In the crew of "A Family of Gold Fans", Chen Kun was not very kind to her.
Wu Yuan also looked over, he smiled, and said to Chen Kun: "The little girl is still working hard, studying hard at school, and has a lot of practical experience."

"Don't look at her from Wuxia Amon's perspective."

While speaking, he waved at Liu Yifei.

Zhou Xun curiously looked back and forth between Wu Yuan and Chen Kun. She didn't know Liu Yifei, let alone what kind of relationship they had with her, but she didn't ask.

But Zhang Guorong was different, he directly asked curiously: "What's wrong with this little girl?"

"It's nothing." Wu Yuan shrugged: "When this girl was not in her freshman year, she acted with Chen Kun in her debut work. At that time, she didn't know acting at all. You have to be taught by him."

"I don't know how many times the little girl has been scolded and cried."

"It's what Kun'er can do." Zhou Xun nodded suddenly.

Chen Kun is really serious about acting. Even if she didn't act well on the set, she would be criticized by Chen Kun, not to mention a young girl who hasn't learned acting yet.

Zhou Xun could imagine how miserable the scene would be scolded.

While the few people were chatting, Liu Yifei, who saw Wu Yuan waving, walked over nervously.

"Director Wu, are you calling me?" She asked in a low voice, then looked at Chen Kun, who looked cold, and greeted timidly: "Hello, Teacher Chen Kun."

"Hey hey." Hearing this address, Wu Yuan was not happy.

"You call me Senior Brother, why do you call Brother Kun'er a teacher?" Wu Yuan smiled and hugged Chen Kun's shoulders: "This is your serious and direct senior brother, quickly call Senior Brother!"

Liu Yifei raised his head and glanced at Chen Kun, seeing that his expression hadn't changed, so he shouted softly, "Hello, Senior Brother."

"Yeah." Maybe it was because of Wu Yuan's face, or maybe because he listened to Wu Yuan's words just now, Chen Kun nodded kindly and said: "It is very important for you to be able to act in Director Wu's play." A lucky thing.”

"If there is something you don't understand or don't know, just ask Director Wu more, don't think about it by yourself."

"Perform well, show your all-out attitude, and don't embarrass the school and your brothers and sisters."

"You still have acting talent. As long as you work hard, you will become an excellent actor."

But no, it’s all in Wu Yuan’s movie, can the future still be bright?
"Yeah!" Liu Yifei nodded firmly, and seriously promised: "I will try my best to act well, so as not to embarrass my senior brother!"

Chen Kun then showed a smile, patted her shoulder with a smile, then turned to Wu Yuan and said:

"Yuan'er, Director Zhang has brought two carts of watermelons for you guys, why don't the crew take a rest and eat some watermelons before continuing to shoot."

Sure enough, it's watermelon again, the first choice for summer visits.

Wu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"Where's the assistant director! Tell the crew to eat watermelon!"

"If Love" started much earlier than "Your Name". When Wu Yuan was still in the United States, Zhang Guorong started it in Beijing.

Of the investment in this film, US$300 million came from Light and Shadow Times, and the remaining US$100 million came from China Film.

The cost of 3000 million RMB, to be honest, there is still a lot of pressure to pay back the cost, but it is not impossible.

As long as this movie can have a box office of 2000 million yuan and win a few heavyweight awards, then selling the copyright will not only recoup the cost, but also make a small profit.

Therefore, Director Han is quite optimistic about this project, and all preparatory work has been given the green light.

After "Stealing Heart" was released with a box office of 1800 million yuan in the mainland and 2300 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, the filming of "If Love" began.

Now, the filming of the film in the capital has been finished, and the crew has entered a stage of suspension.

There is no way, the rest of the scenes need to be filmed in winter, and the weather must be ten or twenty degrees below zero, so there is no way to shoot now.

Zhang Guorong could only wait until winter came and then take the crew to the Northeast to find a location to shoot the rest of the plot.

Sitting under the awning and eating melon, Wu Yuan asked: "Zhang Sheng, are you going to return to the Hong Kong music scene and release a new album?"

"Well, I promised my fans and friends that I will make a new album this year."

Zhang Guorong, who was also picking out melon seeds with a slice of watermelon, said casually: "Now I don't want to accept the drama appointment, but I can't completely go behind the scenes. The album can still be done."

"Compared to acting, making an album is more convenient to arrange time."

It takes a month or two for acting to enter the group, and you can’t do other things in the middle, but you can pick time to go to the recording studio to record songs for the album, and divide it into a few days to record. The schedule is much easier.

Zhang Guorong can even record songs while filming.

Even holding a concert is definitely not compatible with filming.

"We won't be doing a tour this year, but next year we may have a tour, and then we will spend at least half a year on concerts." Zhang Guorong said again.

He was reporting to Wu Yuan in advance, telling him not to look for him if he has a play next year.

"Okay, I understand." Wu Yuan nodded.

He also has a movie shooting plan in hand, which is the remake copyright of "Butterfly Effect" bought from Shinsen.

Wu Yuan plans to make this movie next year, and it will be screened in three places, Taiwan, Taiwan, and bring a little baptism of low-budget sci-fi movies to mainland audiences.

The movie "Butterfly Effect", like "The Night the Comet Came", is a science fiction story based on a physical experiment or conjecture.

There are not many special effects, but the story is related to science fiction, which can bring a lot of "science fiction" inspiration to domestic audiences.

No way, before "The Night the Comet Came", mainland movies didn't have the concept of science fiction at all.

Wu Yuan doesn't want to wait until "The Wandering Earth" 20 years later, or until future foreign science fiction blockbusters such as "Transformers", "Gravity" and "Interstellar" to baptize domestic audiences. That would be too late.

He wants to lay out the domestic sci-fi movie market as soon as possible!
It's just that who should be the director of "The Butterfly Effect" is indeed a problem.

Putting this matter behind for the time being, Wu Yuan ate the watermelon in two bites, stood up and clapped his hands: "Everyone, eat as soon as possible, and start filming immediately after eating!"

"If it's any later, it will be evening, and the scene will have to be postponed until tomorrow!"

On the same day, the crew of "Your Name" finished work at 05:30 in the afternoon.

Due to the visit of Zhang Guorong and others, it was somewhat delayed. As a result, the filming of this scene was not completed and had to be reshot tomorrow. However, the whole crew was very happy.

There is watermelon to eat, and I have escaped the hottest hour at noon.

Liu Yifei was also very happy. When her mother came to pick her up, she was bouncing when she walked.

"Sissi, why are you so happy today?" Liu Xiaoli asked curiously.

She really couldn't get away from something today, so she didn't accompany Liu Yifei on the set. She didn't expect her daughter to encounter something interesting today.

"Hey." Liu Yifei shook her head, reached out and hugged her mother's arm, and said charmingly: "Senior brother Chen Kun came to visit the class today, and he encouraged me to act well, and praised me for my talent!"

"Ouch~" Liu Xiaoli covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "He can still praise people?"

"It's a pity that my mother is not here today, and I didn't see him praise you."

"It seems that our Sissy has really become stronger, this year's acting class is not in vain."

Liu Yifei smiled foolishly: "Senior brother is right, I should lay the foundation now, study the lessons in school carefully, and observe and study the performances of other actors when I am on the set."

"Mom, let me tell you, Hu Ge did a great job today. He is only a sophomore..."

"And Sister Chen, she is really beautiful, and her every move and smile is charming. I can't even imitate it..."

The mother and daughter entered the house chatting and laughing.

Liu Xiaoli went into the kitchen to cook for her daughter, while Liu Yifei was busy feeding the pets at home.

Both mother and daughter had restless tempers. After a busy time, eating and bathing, when Liu Yifei finally relaxed and returned to her room, it was already close to nine o'clock in the evening.

Twisting her sore waist, Liu Yifei thought for a while, but instead of lying on the bed, she walked to the desk and sat down, and took out a thick leather notebook from the drawer.

On the cover of the notebook, there are four big characters written: "Set diary."

After concentrating on these four words, Liu Yifei opened the inside page.

On each page, there is a small line recording the date and diary of the crew.

On June 2002, 9, the weather was fine.

I arrived in Yongkang today. It’s really beautiful here. I also met Brother Zhiying. Little Tornado is really handsome!

On June 2002, 9, the weather was fine.

Today, two boys came up to me on the street and asked for directions. Boys these days are really bad guys. They always look for a pretty girl when asking for directions.

On June 2002, 9, the weather was cloudy.

Brother Zhiying NGed more than a dozen times today, Wia hanged all afternoon, it hurts to watch, but fortunately my Wang Yuyan doesn't know martial arts.
On September 2002, 9, the weather was neither sunny nor cloudy.

Hey, I've been filming night scenes for two nights in a row. I'm so tired. I have to start work early in the morning tomorrow. Justice can be late. Why can't I be late?
On September 2002, 9, light rain.

I'm so annoyed, I've been praised for being pretty by sisters Chen Hao and Tao, and now I hate myself a bit, no matter how hard I try, I'm still just a beauty in the eyes of others.

On September 2002, 9, it rained moderately.

I recently discovered a good way to vent my stress. Every time I get scolded on set, I will go to the toilet. After using it, I angrily say to the toilet: eat shit!Then flush the toilet, really super decompression!
"..."

Most of the records in the diary are Liu Yifei's life on the set of "Tian Long Ba Bu" and his small thoughts, so it is no wonder it is called "The Set Diary".

And if you turn back, the date has directly spanned a year, and it is some records of her life on the set of "Your Name".

Soon, she turned to a new blank page.

Picking up the ballpoint pen on the table, Liu Yifei glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall, lowered her head and started writing.

On June 2003, 8, the weather was fine.

Today director Zhang Guorong brought sister Zhou Xun and senior brother Chen Kun to visit the crew, and senior brother Chen Kun even praised me.

I know that he speaks kindly to me because of my brother's face, but I am still very grateful to him.

I hope that next time I see senior brother Chen Kun, I can straighten my back and tell him confidently that my acting skills are already very good!
By the way, senior brother smiled at me today, he looks so pretty when he smiles, hehe.

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(End of this chapter)