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Chapter 98 Mr. Chen will beat your feet!

It's not long before summer vacation, and the copies of Xinlongmen Inn are working overtime to develop and print them.

Promotional activities are also being prepared, but only Liu Xiaoqing is still the main actor, so she can only work hard for her to run a little more.

Liang Jiahui went back to Hong Kong to film a movie and would not come until before the premiere.

Lin Qingxia is still visiting her sister in Changchun and will not come to the capital in a few days to participate in promotional activities and then return to Xiangjiang.

Chen Shiping's promotion of New Dragon Inn is not as serious as that of Once Upon a Time. One is for the Lunar New Year release, and the other is just for summer release, not a concept.

What's more, the copies have been sold, so why worry so much? Just go through the necessary publicity and hold the premiere.

Besides, it is enough to have the rich lady in front of me now. Who doesn’t know the rich lady in the whole country? She has great appeal!

Chen Shiping is now more focused on the preparations for Wives and Concubines. The actors, costumes, and script optimization are enough to keep him busy.

"Director Chen!"

"Director Chen."

In the art workshop, many artists raised their heads and said hello when they saw Chen Shiping coming.

Chen Shiping smiled and nodded in response, and walked straight to a tailor's table, with pieces of clothing hanging on the hangers in front of the table.

There is also a name posted on it, which is Songlian.

"Director Chen?" The master who was making clothes put down the scissors in his hand and stood up and said, "Several sets of clothes for Songlian have been finished."

Chen Shiping hummed and checked every piece of clothing. The inner changes of the character Song Lian were reflected to a certain extent in the color of the clothes.

From the simple black and white student clothes at the beginning to the purple at the end, the inner state of each stage is reflected in the changes in the clothes.

After checking them one by one, Chen Shiping was generally satisfied. He would take these clothes home and let Xiao Baicai wear them for himself!

There are some bellybands that are quite nice and look very stylish.

After checking Songlian's clothes, Chen Shiping turned to look at the clothes the master was making and asked, "Are these the eldest lady's clothes?"

"Yes, Teacher Yu Ping just came to measure the size yesterday."

"Is Jiang Shan here? Has she started doing it? The color of the little maid's clothes must be soft, mainly pink."

"Still not here."

Chen Shiping frowned. Yesterday was the weekend. He had notified Jiang Huayan before. Why didn't Jiang Shan come to take measurements?

Delay!

Chen Shiping wandered around the art workshop for a while, checked other props, and then left.

Jiang Shan was in the drama, and Chen Shiping was too lazy to run there, so he went to the Literature Department to find Jiang Huaiyan.

As soon as he entered the office of the Department of Literature, Chen Shiping complained to Jiang Huayan: "Teacher Jiang, what's going on with Jiang Shan? She was asked to try on costumes, but there's been no movement until now."

After hearing this, Jiang Huayan stood up and said sheepishly: "Shi Ping, yesterday she had something to do at school, so she was delayed. I will call her later and ask her to go quickly."

"Okay, tell her to hold on tight, time waits for no one." After Chen Shiping said that, he left.

There are so many little episodes in life, and with so many people on a crew, there will always be people who have various problems.

The actor's makeup has not been finalized yet, and Chen Shiping was not satisfied with the photos sent by Zhu Lin.

Not because it doesn’t look good, but because it looks so good.

The second wife is an unpopular and scheming woman, but the photos Zhu Lin sent her are a bit too beautiful.

The master is not blind, how can he not be favored if he looks like this!

Chen Shiping took the photo and looked at it for a long time. Finally, he used a pen to smear on the photo a few times before he felt it was interesting.

Get rustic bangs to cover Zhu Lin's forehead, and it will look much more ordinary.

But her figure is too good, it would be better if she gained weight.

Chen Shiping looked at the photo and thought about it for a while before deciding to choose Zhu Lin. It was easier to be ugly than beautiful, and the yellow flowers in the wind were more in line with the position of the second wife.

The eldest wife is a piece of dead wood in the Chen family's mansion; the second wife is a yesterday's flower that has fallen out of favor and has a twisted and dark mind; the third wife is in her prime and is as beautiful as the most prosperous flower on the branch; the fourth wife is a 28-year-old daffodil in bud. .

This is how four wives should feel. The more Chen Shiping looked at Zhu Lin's photos, the more suitable he felt. How could he be the second wife?

She was forced to play the role of a fading flower, and Chen Shiping felt a pity that she could not fully display her beauty.

If you feel wronged, feel free to feel wronged. Treat it as dedicating yourself to art.

However, it is quite interesting to think that the king of the daughter country suddenly turned into a spider spirit, and I am a little looking forward to it.

Having made up his mind, Chen Shiping called Zhu Lin and asked her to come to the capital as soon as possible, firstly to have her makeup finalized and secondly to familiarize herself with the script.

Chen Shiping will hold a script seminar in a while, and all actors will participate.

After confirming Zhu Lin, Chen Shiping notified all the actors to report to Beijing Film Studio within a week.

It is now early June, and the script discussion will take at least two weeks. After two weeks, Fu Huadao will be almost completed, and then we can leave for Shanxi to start filming.

In the evening, Chen Shiping returned home and told Tao Huimin about the incident during dinner.

Tao Huimin became visibly nervous. He looked at Chen Shiping with some worry and asked, "What if I don't perform well?"

"I'm here, don't worry." Chen Shiping said with a smile.

Tao Huimin was not a professional actor, so she felt a little unsure.

When he went to bed at night, Tao Huimin was reading the script when he saw Chen Shiping coming in holding a red lantern.

Tao Huimin sat up and asked, "What are you doing? Why did you take out the lantern out of season?"

"Let you feel it in advance." Chen Shiping put the lantern away and said with a straight face: "I have to set some rules for you."

Seeing Chen Shiping's serious look, Tao Huimin burst into laughter.

"Hey, don't laugh. I'm helping you get into the act. Our old Chen family has a lot of rules."

"Then you tap my feet first. It's been so long since I've been in your old Chen's house and I haven't beaten my feet yet."

"Okay, okay, give me your feet!"

"Hey, why are you taking off your pants?"

"I'll beat your feet!"

"shameless!"

Mr. Chen finally beat Tao Huimin's feet. When entering the Chen family's door, he must abide by the Chen family's rules!

To light the lamp, tap your feet!

After an unknown amount of time, Tao Huimin lay on Chen Shiping's chest and panted. His fair face was unusually rosy, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Does it feel good to beat your feet?" Chen Shiping asked, holding Tao Huimin's little hand and playing with her fingers.

Tao Huimin weakly withdrew his hand and pinched Chen Shiping's waist and said, "He said he would help me get into the scene, so that's all!"

Chen Shiping grabbed Tao Huimin's little hand and said, "If you dare to attack me, I'm going to take action against you!"

"Hmph, if you can, you can do whatever you want all night long!" Tao Huimin bit Chen Shiping's chest in dissatisfaction.

"Hey, you like to bite people so much, don't you? I'll let you bite them!" After saying that, Chen Shiping turned over, and then Tao Huimin's hesitating voice sounded in the room.

In the next few days, He Saifei and Zhu Lin came to the capital one after another, and Su Tong also came from Shanghai. How could the script seminar not be attended by the original author.

In the spacious conference room, all the actors had arrived, and Chen Shiping sat at the head of the room and distributed the scripts one by one.

"This is my first time collaborating with you. This is teacher Su Tong, who is also the original author of the novel." Chen Shiping introduced to everyone with a smile.

Everyone applauded gently to welcome Su Tong. Su Tong was a little embarrassed and quickly stood up to introduce himself.

Su Tong is still very young and it is his first time to participate in film creation, so he behaves very modestly.

After Su Tong introduced himself, Chen Shiping looked at him and asked with a smile: "You don't need me to introduce these actors and teachers. They are all regulars on the big screen."

"No need, we all know each other." Su Tong said with a smile.

Chen Shiping nodded, looked at everyone and said, "Then let's get straight to the point. Let's read the script first and get familiar with it."

The seven or eight actors in the conference room all smiled and opened the script and began to read it carefully.

Su Tong had read the script a long time ago. While everyone was reading the script, he said to Chen Shiping: "You have changed a lot. I didn't expect many places. It's almost a new story."

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Is there still a difference between novels and movies? One is text and the other is audio-visual language."

"Well, your lighting is quite interesting, but why did you go to Shanxi to shoot? I was writing about the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River." Su Tong didn't quite understand Chen Shiping's choice.

"The water town in the south of the Yangtze River is too gentle, not as cold and bleak as in Shanxi." Chen Shiping paused and said, "I want a simple and rigid composition. The houses in the south of the Yangtze River are too beautiful and not so depressing."

Su Tong nodded thoughtfully and said, "That's true. The beauty of Jiangnan Water Town makes people ignore the persecution of women by feudal concepts."

Chen Shiping: "This is the different way of thinking between the director and the author."

Hearing Chen Shiping's words, Su Tong turned to look at him and said, "Then don't you have both?"

"So it would be most appropriate for you to adapt the novel for me! It will be wasted by others."

Su Tong couldn't help but feel happy, and didn't know whether Chen Shiping was praising himself or him.

The actors soon read the script. Chen Shiping didn't say anything more and just asked them to go through it according to their respective lines.

Tao Huimin was the first one, and she was still a little nervous. She took a deep breath with the script and started to develop feelings.

"You don't have to be emotional, just follow the lines."

Chen Shiping interrupted Tao Huimin with a smile, looked at everyone and said, "The script is a script, but each character has his own characteristics. Please go through it and see what's wrong."

Tao Huimin pursed her lips and quietly rolled her eyes at Chen Shiping. He had not told her earlier, which almost caused her to make a fool of herself. She would not let him beat his feet when he went home at night!

After re-adjusting his emotions, he took the script and read: "Mom, you don't have to tell me anymore. You have been saying it for three days. I have figured it out. Just marry whoever you want."

Chen Shiping took the script and acted as a narrator to deliver the words to her, but as soon as she opened her mouth, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

dong dong dong~

An employee of the co-production department carefully opened the door, stood at the door and shouted to Chen Shiping in a low voice: "Director, I have your phone number, long distance to Xiangjiang."

Chen Shiping reluctantly put down the script, asked Su Tong to help read the lyrics, and then went out to answer the phone.

Chen Shiping came to the co-production department and picked up the phone. It was Xu Feng calling.

She said that she was in Xiangjiang and would come to the capital in the afternoon, hoping to meet Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping chatted with her for a few words and then hung up the phone, feeling a headache as he touched his chin.

Xu Feng was anxious to take photos of Farewell My Concubine. He came here just to have a detailed chat with Chen Shiping and also said he wanted to meet Cheng Kaige.

It's nothing to meet Cheng Kaige. Cheng Kaige is going to film and walk and sing at the same time, so he will definitely not agree to pick up Farewell My Concubine.

What's more, if he saw that Chen Shiping was unhappy, how could he agree to it.

Chen Shiping's headache was that he had to film Wives and Concubines and had no time to prepare for Farewell My Concubine.

The boat will naturally straighten out when it reaches the bridge. We will wait until evening to discuss the matter. Let’s go to the script seminar first.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Shiping was waiting for Xu Feng to come out at the pick-up gate of Beijing Airport.

But before Xu Feng could wait, he saw Lin Qingxia coming out. Although Lin Qingxia was disguised, Chen Shiping recognized her at a glance.

Chen Shiping waved to her from a distance, but she lowered her head and didn't see him.

"Gold inlaid with jade! This way!" Chen Shiping had no choice but to call out the name in the play, but he did not dare to call Lin Qingxia.

Lin Qingxia, who was walking with her head lowered, suddenly heard someone calling Jin Xiangyu. She subconsciously looked up and saw that it was Chen Shiping waving to her. A hint of surprise flashed through her eyes under her sunglasses.

Lin Qingxia dragged the box over and looked at Chen Shiping excitedly and asked, "How do you know my flight? I also want to give you a surprise!"

Chen Shiping didn't want to discredit her, so he smiled and said, "I have a friend in the civil aviation industry who asked him to find out."

"Are you really here to pick me up?" Lin Qingxia grabbed Chen Shiping's arm in surprise and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to surprise me first."

"Of course, but there is a friend who also has a flight today and picks her up by the way." Chen Shiping explained.

The excitement in Lin Qingxia's eyes subsided a lot, and she muttered: "It turns out I was picking up someone else."

Chen Shiping said without changing his expression: "It's just a coincidence."

"Really?" Lin Qingxia took off her sunglasses and stared at Chen Shiping before saying, "Forget it, I just believe you once."

Why do you think so much? It only increases your worries.

"Who are you waiting for?" Lin Qingxia asked curiously after she had calmed down.

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "You should know Xu Feng from Tang Chen's movie."

"It turns out it's her." Lin Qingxia suddenly said: "I was just going to tell you. Didn't I tell you last time that Sanmao wrote the script and she later bought it."

Chen Shiping asked strangely: "Didn't Sanmao ask you to act?"

Lin Qingxia nodded and said: "You are looking for me. I will ask Xu Feng when she comes."

"Then let's wait together."

After the two waited for a while, Xu Feng came out of the exit. She saw Chen Shiping at a glance, and when she got closer, she realized that Lin Qingxia was standing next to him.

After a few people came out of the airport, on the way to the hotel, Xu Feng smiled and told Lin Qingxia that they were quite destined.

But it wasn't fate. Chen Shiping thought it was fate. When he came to pick up Xu Feng, he accidentally bumped into Lin Qingxia.

Chen Shiping drove the car and asked, "Mr. Xu, are you here because of Sanmao's script?"

Xu Feng nodded and said, "Yes, preparations for Farewell My Concubine will take a long time. I want to make this movie first so that I can get familiar with the mainland film production model."

At the end, she added another question: "By the way, are you interested?"

Just when Chen Shiping was about to refuse, he heard Lin Qingxia say: "Yes, he told me about it before!"

Chen Shiping: "." I'm sorry, I'm so busy!

Chen Shiping saw the expression on Lin Qingxia's face through the rearview mirror and wondered if she wanted to take the opportunity to light a candle with him.

(End of this chapter)