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Chapter 682 Return, Jinling

"From summer to winter, with the hottest surface temperature ranging from 46 degrees to minus 5 degrees, after five months of shooting, Chen Kaige's film Legend of the Demon Cat has completed the Xiangyang 'Tang City' scenes and officially wrapped up. The film is scheduled for release on December 2017.12.22, ."

"The Great Wall directed by Zhang Yimou rebounded during the New Year's Day holiday, breaking 10 million in a single day, and the cumulative box office exceeded billion!"

"It is reported that the Indian scenes of the realistic film "Dying to Survive" were completed yesterday, and Li Mu has led the team back to China."

According to the current progress, the films of these two great directors have basically locked in the 2017 release date.

Although "The Great Wall" has a slightly lower reputation, its box office of 1 billion is a foregone conclusion. However, it has not yet been released worldwide, and we will have to wait until February this year to know the final results.

Li Mu also took a day off after returning to China, mainly for the sake of his daughter. After all, he hadn't seen her for more than a week, and it was impossible for Liu Yifei to bring the little girl to visit the set in India.

However, if the subsequent filming takes place in Jinling, you can go there every now and then.

"This girl was yelling a few days ago about why she hadn't seen you for so long."

Liu Yifei looked at the little bun in Li Mu's arms and savored the taste.

"She hasn't even learned to say these words yet, how do you know?"

Li Mu smiled and lifted the little bun high up. Suddenly, cheerful laughter came from above his head.

"Of course I don't know. She calls for daddy from time to time, but I've never seen her call for mommy so diligently."

"You're with her all day long."

While Li Mu was playing with the little kid, he responded to Liu Yifei who was a little jealous.

"By the way, how many days will it take to shoot your scenes in Jinling?"

"It's hard to say. It depends on the performance of the actors. If it's fast, it should be done in more than two months. If it's slow, it should take more than three months."

Li Mu thought about it and decided that "Dying to Survive" still requires a lot of acting skills. The patient's condition, struggle on the brink of survival, and desire for life are difficult to interpret.

"Little Baozi will be one year old in two months."

Liu Yifei reminded.

"Yeah, it's okay. The crew will be in the final stages of production by then, so taking a two-day break won't be a problem."

Li Mu smiled faintly and said, before he knew it, the little bun had almost filled up the table for the one-year-old party.

After a day's rest, Li Mu set out for Jinling early in the morning, a city full of historical and cultural heritage.

The place Li Mu was going to was Dachang area, where most of the filming scenes of "Dying to Survive" were taken.

At the same time, Wen Muye felt that the atmosphere on the crew today was a little bit off. The crew members were fine, but the actors seemed to be in a bad state.

"Director Ning, do you feel that the atmosphere is not right?"

Wen Muye didn't quite understand what was going on. Suddenly, the atmosphere seemed to become much more serious.

"The lead director is coming, and this kind of situation sometimes happens." Ning Hao glanced at the actors' rest area and immediately saw the problem.

"Ah, you mean Director Li is coming."

"Because you were the one leading the way before, you naturally didn't have this feeling when you were familiar with it. But Lao Li is coming, and not many people here have worked with Lao Li before, and Lao Li is the number one director in the industry. Do you think they can be relaxed and happy?"

Ning Hao sat on the chair and didn't take it seriously. "Don't worry, your senior brother has dealt with all kinds of scenes in filming movies. He handled this little thing as soon as he arrived. It's useless for you to persuade them now. You see Zhou Yiwei is not so restrained. After all, he has filmed several dramas and knows a little bit."

But Li Mu hadn't arrived yet, Xu Zheng arrived first.

"Old Xu, you're here quite early." Ning Hao stood up and said with a smile.

"Director Li asked me to come here early to rehearse with the others. Today we're filming my scenes with Wang Chuanjun. I'll take this opportunity to create a good atmosphere and get used to each other."

After Xu Zheng arrived, he greeted everyone and then went to the actor area to complete the task assigned to him by Li Mu.

"I see. I have to learn these things in the future. You have to predict the problems that may arise in the crew and solve them in advance. Otherwise, it will waste shooting time and costs."

Ning Hao gave Wen Muye some advice. He felt that he could be considered half of Wen Muye's teacher. He had put in a lot of effort these days.

Wen Muye nodded. As expected, when it came to the actual filming, the difference between this and filming a micro-film was huge. Only those who have actually directed a movie would know the difficulty involved.

When Li Mu came over, it was almost noon.

"I ordered a luxurious lunch for everyone today, but I have limited time so I'll deliver it here. Good luck everyone this afternoon."

"Thank you, Director Li!"

"It doesn't matter where you go when you have a good meal."

When everyone heard this, they cheered. Eating fast food recently made people feel a little dazed.

"How's the play going?" Li Mu walked to the actors' area and patted Wang Chuanjun and Xu Zheng on the shoulders.

"It's okay. If I'm lucky this afternoon, I'll pass it in one try. If I'm unlucky, I'll pass it within a few tries!" Xu Zheng promised, patting his chest.

"Brother Xu is a good leader," Wang Chuanjun seemed much more humble.

"Why are you being so modest? You must have studied the script a lot. I felt like he was leading me a lot several times. And you must have lost a lot of weight. You look much more listless than when we met a few days ago." Xu Zheng praised him. "You've made a good transformation. You're much better than the people who acted with you in Love Apartment back then."

"You're likely to get criticized for saying this." Li Mu smiled, then observed carefully. Wang Chuanjun's demeanor was impeccable, and it was obvious that he had made sufficient preparations during this period.

"Okay, I'll see you this afternoon."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction and continued to prepare other matters.

In the afternoon, Li Mu was going to shoot the scene where Cheng Yong and Lv Shouyi met, that is, the scene where the owner of the small hotel next door to Cheng Yong introduced his old neighbor Lv Shouyi to him.

This scene is the first appearance of the character Lu Shouyi in the play.

After some work by the makeup artist and stylist, Lu Shouyi was now wearing an old-fashioned gray-green plaid suit jacket, a very strange reddish-brown tie, and a gray-blue shirt. Just from his attire, it could be seen that he was not a sociable person.

In the script, Lv Shouyi is described as tall but thin, with medium-length hair parted in a 3:7 ratio, and wearing very gentle silver-framed glasses. His eyes are large but somewhat empty, and the lower half of his face is completely covered by layers of visor.

At this moment, everyone was immediately attracted by Wang Chuanjun's look.

"Okay, okay. I didn't expect this actor to be so hardworking." Ning Hao sighed secretly at the side.

"This actor is a great choice. He fits the image I wrote in the script very well."

Han Jianu arrived at noon because Li Mu was coming today. When she saw that the character she designed was perfectly fit by the actor, she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"It's over. This is even more stressful. I felt it was not easy when we were acting together, but I didn't expect that once I put on the costume, I would be completely different."

Xu Zheng secretly sighed that he was in trouble. If he didn't act well, he would be crushed by the supporting role.

At this time, Cheng Yong, played by Xu Zheng, is the owner of a shabby Indian magic oil shop. He has almost no business and sits there all day playing card games on an old big-headed computer. He is unkempt and lives in the shop every day but cannot even pay the rent.

"Old Xu, I haven't seen you with hair in a while. I'm not used to it."

The moment Ning Hao saw Xu Zheng finished his styling, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Everyone laughed along with Ning Hao.

The atmosphere in the crew suddenly became much more cheerful.

"It's a bit rare. Are you dreaming about more than ten years ago?" Li Mu gestured to Ning Hao.

"Don't tell me, it really feels like that."

Li Mu and Ning Hao started to attack without stopping.

Xu Zheng could only shrug helplessly.

"Attention all departments and units! The first scene of Jinling's first scene will begin filming soon!"

Wen Muye acted as an assistant director, directing, and with Li Mu's "ACTION" command,

Xu Zheng, who plays Cheng Yong, immediately gets into the role and picks up a toothbrush to start brushing his teeth.
Lu Shouyi, played by Wang Chuanjun, retreated to the outside of the magic oil shop and walked in with the owner of the small hotel next door.

"Let me introduce you to our old neighbor. My last name is Lu, and this is Mr. Cheng."

The old man was one of the local extras, so his tone was full of Jinling accent.

Cheng Yong wiped his face with a worn towel and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What's the matter?"

"He wants you to bring some medicine."

"Smuggling?"

Cheng Yong stopped what he was doing, but his tone didn't show much surprise.

Li Mu sat in front of the monitor, Ning Hao and Wen Muye sat next to him, and all three nodded.

Xu Zheng played this role very well, portraying the calmness and scheming of a magic oil shop owner who has experienced all kinds of difficulties in life when facing various things.

The hotel owner pulled Cheng Yong out and gave him some advice, pointing out that he was short of money.

Cheng Yong looked inside through the glass door from outside, trying to find out something from him.

Lu Shouyi, who was in the room, looked at him with a pair of innocent eyes, then slowly took off his mask.

He first took off the ear loops of the outermost white mask, then pulled the second mask to his neck, and finally took off the innermost blue mask to his chin, revealing his stubbled face, and the muscles on his face moved.

He forced a very unnatural smile. It would be more accurate to say that he was a bit reserved rather than sincere.

"Click, OK, it's done, get ready for the next shot."

Li Mu really didn't expect that this scene would be performed so smoothly. Wang Chuanjun was in such a good state, and Xu Zheng seemed to be influenced by Wang Chuanjun and his performance was not bad at all.

"That's great. Wang Chuanjun must have experienced this kind of morbid feeling in real life. He must have been thinking about it a lot during this period."

Ning Hao praised again.

This is the kind of actor the director likes the most, because they not only act well but also act realistically.

Some people act well, but they lack a little soul, and often this lack of soul is the key to the sublimation of the role.
(End of this chapter)