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"New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has a total of six units.

In order to shorten the shooting period and save costs, Tangren adopted a multi-director team model.

In addition to Wu Jingyuan, the director of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", there are two other directors, Huang Weimin and Wei Hantao, each responsible for the filming of a group.

Wu Jingyuan is naturally the chief director, and the other two will hold meetings with him every day to summarize and arrange work.

According to the general work process, he has to greet his unit director first.

But on this day, when he had just led his assistant Zhao Xinxin to the set, he saw Liu Shishi, who was wearing a white satin dress embroidered with colorful butterfly patterns, squatting in front of the camera and crying.

woo woo woo...

It's not the kind of crying.

It is like the drizzle during the Qingming Festival, a low, long and sad sob.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, this girl is so beautiful." Zhao Xinxin, who was standing next to him, said softly after seeing her.

"Especially when she cries, her eyes are full of tears, which makes her look even prettier."

She thought to herself, no wonder she was the school beauty in the martial arts school, but after joining the crew, she could only play small roles and be a stand-in.

There is no way. Most of those who can become the leading actors are far superior to ordinary people in terms of appearance and temperament.

Even those actresses who don't use their looks as a selling point are generally much more beautiful than ordinary people.

For example, Jiang Xin who participated in the "Xiao Cui" unit.

Among all the female stars, this one is definitely not known for her looks.

He has even been criticized for being fat.

But if you really find an ordinary girl standing next to her, you will find that Jiang Xin's face is two sizes smaller than that of the average girl.

And she is not fat at all, with a thin neck and long legs.

It's just because there is always someone stronger than you that it seems she can't make a living by relying on her looks.

For example, in the "Xiao Cui" unit, she can only play the female villain.

Because the leading female role in this unit is Li Bingbing!
Standing next to Li Bingbing, Jiang Xin's round face immediately looked fat and round next to the other's pointed face. She was obviously ten years younger than the other, but she exuded an "auntie" temperament.

The little lion has a very girlish vibe, because she is a girl already and is only eighteen years old.

The girl's tears were like the wind blowing on the lotus leaves and the rain wetting the banana leaves. Not only Zhao Xunxun loved to watch it, but Zhang Yuan also loved to watch it.

He still wants to.

"Hey!"

"My little sister's acting skills are pretty good!"

"The crying scene was so natural."

But when he looked around the next second, he knew he was overthinking.

"Don't cry, don't cry?" Director Wu Jingyuan came to her side, squatted down and asked.

Hu Ge, who was acting opposite her, had a helpless look on his face, and even a hint of frustration in his eyes.

"Hiss, hiss..." Liu Shishi was sobbing when she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of her eye.

"Junior brother!"

After seeing Zhang Yuan, he stood up suddenly, trotted a few steps, and threw himself into his arms.

Zhang Yuan: …

How will the crew look at me if you do this?

Zhang Yuan turned around and saw his assistant squinting at him.

"Brother Zhang Yuan is really popular with women..." Zhao Xinxin was still muttering.

"Ahem, the crew's matters should stay with the crew." He hastened to remind.

"What's the matter?" Then he lowered his head and asked.

"Junior brother, I don't want to act anymore?" After saying that, she buried her head in his chest and continued crying.

Fearing that she would be bullied, Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows and came in front of Wu Jingyuan.

"what's up?"

"Zhang Yuan, I've been missing for a while." Director Wu scratched his sparsely haired head and said, "Well, it's nothing serious."

"Boss Cai has taken care of her. This is your senior sister, so everyone is taking good care of her."

Director Wu was helpless.

Liu Shishi’s current acting skills cannot be said to be professional and superb, but it can be said that there is a lot of room for improvement.

It's roughly equivalent to Liu Xixi's level during the "The Story of a Noble Family" period...just not that high.

I have played supporting roles in two TV series, but I was taught step by step by the director.

Not at all. At least I know clearly what to do on the set and what to pay attention to.

However, the understanding of characters, expression of emotions, and interpretation of scripts are still at a very early stage.

This time, Zhang Yuan forced her to take the lead and gave her the position of the female lead in the unit.

In fact, based on her current fame and ability, she is not worthy of this role.

Director Wu had a very hard time filming these days, and the male lead Hu Ge was also exhausted just to cooperate with her.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yuan pointed at the girl lying on his chest.

"Hey...according to the script, there is a kissing scene."

"She and Hugo kissed."

"As a result, she started crying whenever the other person came close to her. This happened several times."

This is why Hugo looked so upset.

It was as if I was going to rape her.

Hu Gexin said that his first screen kiss was given to Sun Li, the former top actress of Tang Ren.

After filming the kissing scene, Sun Li was quite happy and felt that she had gotten the upper hand.

It's easy for me to praise him for his handsomeness.

Why did Liu Shishi make people cry?

He didn't even think about the fact that Sun Li was pregnant now. Not to mention kissing scenes, Zhang Yuan couldn't even imagine what good things that mouth had tasted.

Liu Shishi is so young now, she has never even seen it, let alone eaten it.

After Zhang Yuan roughly understood what was going on, he grabbed Liu Shishi's shoulders and helped her to the rest area nearby. Then he spoke to her with a serious expression.

“That’s very unprofessional of you!”

"You cried during a kissing scene, delaying the filming."

"So you're never afraid of kissing scenes in your life?"

"I worked so hard to find this role for you, but you didn't take it seriously. I'm very disappointed."

Liu Shishi opened her mouth. She didn't expect that the other party not only did not comfort her, but also blamed her.

"But……"

"Have you read the script?"

"Looked."

"Did you know there was this kissing scene?"

"I know..." the little lion replied timidly.

"If you can't accept it, you should communicate with the director before filming."

"I dare not..." she murmured.

"Besides, this is just your first screen kiss, not your real first kiss." Zhang Yuan whispered.

After many "teachings" by herself, Liu Shishi is now quite familiar with kissing and is even getting better at it.

There has been significant growth in skills and experience.

"But he is not you..." the junior sister replied with a blushing face.

Since she said so, what else could Zhang Yuan do?

You can't force her to kiss someone.

This is too cheap.

"Come with me." He had no choice but to pull Liu Shishi to the director's side.

"Director Wu, can the kissing scene be deleted?"

"If it is deleted, the impact of the plot will be weakened. The climax of the emotional drama between the two protagonists happens to fall on the kissing scene." Wu Jingyuan had a good impression of him.

After all, when filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Zhang Yuan not only put forward many reasonable suggestions for plot modifications, but also always focused on filming and never changed the script casually because of his own needs.

"Well...why not borrow a spot?"

"Okay, I'll ask the camera crew to adjust the angle." Wu Jingyuan nodded helplessly.

Hu Ge on the side breathed a sigh of relief, at least he could continue filming.

But then I thought.

"With just one word from him, the director has to change the play."

"The director has to support the people he arranges, even if they don't perform well."

"Why is the gap between actors so big?"

"When can I become like him?"

"Okay, I've arranged everything for you." Zhang Yuan turned around and gently pulled Liu Shishi over: "Shooting with a borrowed angle is a common kissing technique."

"There won't be any real contact, so don't worry."

"Well, junior brother is the best to me." The little lion finally burst into laughter.

Zhang Yuan shook his head helplessly.

“When acting, you have to give it your all, just like when you dance.”

"You can cry, act like a spoiled child, or even just leave the scene, but during the filming, as long as you can still move, you must not affect the crew's work."

"I don't want to see a second time like that."

"Junior brother, you are so fierce." Liu Shishi lowered his head and only dared to look up at him secretly.

"But he looks handsome even when he's fierce."

Zhang Yuan thought to herself that she should leave quickly, otherwise her mind would not be on acting.

"Ge, do me a favor." He came to the depressed Hu Ge.

"You are a professional, you have the acting system of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, please help me teach her more."

"Brother Yuan, I didn't act very well myself, so if I teach her..."

Hu Ge is from Shanghai. Shanghai people tend to be conservative and reserved in their speech, and they won’t promise anything unless they are 100% sure.

"I'll treat you to seafood once a week. You can choose lobster or king crab." Zhang Yuan immediately responded upon seeing this.

"I will definitely do my best!" Hu Ge's attitude changed immediately.

This guy is also a seafood lover. He also greeted the chief director Wu Jinyuan.

Director Wu saw how sternly he took care of Liu Shishi, and he admired his impartiality.

Report to your sub-crew.

I first met Huang Weimin, the director of the "A Chinese Odyssey" unit.

"Hello, Director Huang."

"Hello, hello. It's our first time meeting you. You look more energetic than on the screen."

This guy has a simple and honest look, with medium-long hair, and looks a bit like a otaku.

"I'll need your continued care for the "Xiao Qian" unit this time."

These were said by Director Huang and Zhang Yuan.

It sounds like the actors and directors should say this.

"Boss Cai and Director Wu both said that you have your own understanding of the script and the shots, and you can tell me any ideas you have."

“We create together.”

Zhang Yuan looked at it carefully and made sure that the other party was not praising him or flattering him, but was speaking sincerely.

"Are you...just in charge of our unit?"

"I am mainly responsible for the guidance of post-production and animation special effects. Since there are not enough people, Mr. Cai and Director Wu gave me the opportunity to practice again."

He very sincerely revealed that he did not have much confidence in the job of TV series director.

"Have you ever directed a film or TV series before?" Zhang Yuan asked with some concern.

"As for TV series, no." Huang Weimin smiled: "As for movies... no."

Zhang Yuan: …

Then what are you talking about?
After learning the details, Zhang Yuan realized that Director Huang was the same as himself.

He came out to work and earn money to support his subordinates.

This person is a big comic fan, and his favorite is "Havoc in Heaven".

When I grew up, I went to study abroad at the University of California, Ian, and I also studied art. My dream was to be able to make my own animations one day.

But in his youth, that is, the 1990s, the era was dominated by Japanese animation.

"Slam Dunk", "Detective Conan", "Pokémon", "Eva"... the island culture was madly "invading" the Chinese cultural industry at this time and became the collective memory of young people of that era.

However, domestic animation is gradually declining. Even the Animation Studios that inspired Japanese masters such as Osamu Tezuka and Hayao Miyazaki has become dilapidated.

Huang Weimin could hardly see any hope for Chinese animation and could only sigh.

But in 99, Shanghai Animation Studio, which was about to enter a new century, made another effort. With the investment of Shanghai TV Station and the support of nationally renowned actors, it spent a huge amount of 1200 million to produce "The Lotus Lantern", a sequel to Chinese animation.

Ning Jing, Xu Fan, Jiang Wen, Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao and many other stars came together to dub the film, while Jeff Chang, Liu Huan and Coco Lee sang the music.

Shangmei Factory is old, but it still has a great reputation.

There are two other voice actors for Chenxiang in this version of the animation. The main voice actor is Yang Shuo, who later worked as a news anchor for the Imperial Capital TV station for a while.

And the other person is Hu Ge!

He was the voice actor for the "Ah!" that Chenxiang shouted when he grew up, and he was paid 50 yuan for it.

It was because of the sudden emergence of "The Lotus Lantern" that Huang Weimin felt that there was hope for Chinese animation, so he decided to return to China.

Soon, he found a job as an animation director in an animation company.

It's quite respectable to be able to become a director as soon as you return to China.

However, after joining the company, this person was dumbfounded.

There are six people in the company, one boss and five directors...

Huang Weimin experienced the dangers of the domestic workplace for the first time.

The job of the "director" is to produce one episode of animation every month, doing everything by themselves, from scripting, storyboarding, production, to editing.

After working for a year and producing dozens of episodes of animation together, the boss finally... ran away.

Now there are five people in the company, all of them are directors.

Huang Weimin is the oldest. With his love and passion for the animation industry, he gritted his teeth and upgraded himself from director to boss.

Then, I got this job.

He is good at drawing storyboards, writing scripts, and doing post-production. Wu Jingyuan would study the key points of specific shots and movements with him before shooting starts every day.

After work, I would take him to watch the footage shot every day.

When he is free, he will come to take care of me from time to time.

It can be said that I took him with me throughout the whole process.

Zhang Yuan understood it now.

Boss Cai deliberately arranged him to work with himself because he knew that he was capable, not prone to making mistakes, and could make up for some of his shortcomings in directorial experience.

"Okay, let's study it together."

"Okay, okay, let's study together."

"By the way, this is the first day's episode script, take a look first."

"OK."

After asking my assistant to take my luggage to the hotel and help prepare a lounge chair and a thermos cup, I went to the dressing room and planned to put on makeup while reading the script.

As soon as I entered the room, I found that Yang Mi, whom I hadn't seen for a few days, was wearing a white gauze dress decorated with many sequins.

Although both of them wore white clothes, the costumes of this crew were obviously not as good as those of The Return of the Condor Heroes, and Yang Mi's outfit was also far inferior to that of Liu Qianqian.

Her hairstyle is the kind that is all combed back, leaving two long strands of hair behind her ears and a waterfall draped behind her back. In fact, she looks a bit like Xiaolongnu.

But Yang Mi’s hairline... is very wise.

Unlike Sissi, who has a lot of hair, there is a bunch of fine, fluffy hair on her forehead, which makes her hair look even fuller.

Zhang Yuan glanced at her for a few times, and after Yang Mi noticed his gaze, she pouted and asked.

"What are you looking at?"

"It's very pretty and suits you very well." He could only praise her.

"Yeah." This made her smile.

But his face soon became sad again.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuan thought to himself that this girl was very good at making expressions. She always had a happy and smiling look in front of people, just to please others.

But today his expression was a little abnormal.

"I...Have you read today's script?"

"Not yet, I was just planning to take a look."

"There is a kissing scene in it..." Yang Mi said with a frown.

Zhang Yuan frowned.

Another kissing scene!

You sugar people all have asthma and always need artificial respiration.

He flipped through the script quickly.

Damn, it really is artificial respiration!
Ever since Leslie Cheung filmed "A Chinese Ghost Story", all similar stories have imitated the classic plot.

Breathing in water!

"Tsk." Zhang Yuan curled his lips coldly. This Huang Weimin is really a new director. How could he arrange a kissing scene for the hero and heroine on the first day?

You have to cultivate the relationship for some time first.

He and Yang Mi knew each other. It would be even more awkward if they were strangers... Of course, it would also be awkward to film a kissing scene if they were too familiar with each other.

"What do you think?" He turned and asked Yang Mi.

"I've never filmed a kissing scene." Yang Mi said with some difficulty.

Zhang Yuan shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Both of them!

How come these 17 or 18-year-old girls are so unprofessional?

It’s just a kissing scene, I’m not Zhang Tielin, I won’t take advantage of you deliberately.

And it’s different from the one with Liu Shishi.

This scene was about him breathing underwater, so he couldn't use a trick, so he had to shoot it live.

And this part cannot be deleted because it is a tribute to the classic.

"Are you a professional actor?"

"I...right." Yang Mi was startled when she saw him suddenly become serious.

"As a professional actor, you have to follow the script. Kissing scenes, fighting scenes, literary scenes, eating scenes, they are all the same."

"If you want to be a professional actor, you have to act professionally." Zhang Yuan had just been scolded by Liu Shishi and was already unhappy.

But the little lion is one of our own, so we have to pamper him.

I was the one who pushed Yang Mi into the crew. She didn't do a good job and it was my people who were lost.

When the time comes, Cai Yinong will poke his back again, so he will naturally deal with it severely.

"Dandan, go prepare two sets of toothbrushes and toothpaste."

The assistant brought the toothbrush and Zhang Yuan handed a set to Yang Mi.

"Brush it, be prepared, at least there should be no bad smell in your mouth, and be respectful to the actors you are acting with."

"Okay, I got it..." Yang Mi nodded reluctantly.

Soon after, on the set.

The crew prepared an inflatable swimming pool.

"When Xiaoqian takes the initiative to help Ning Caichen breathe, you have to pull Zhang Yuan's neck over and kiss him hard, understand?"

Yang Mi still nodded slightly with some hesitation.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself that her current appearance was nothing like the unrestrained look she would have in later generations.

What does time bring to people?

Wow!

He and Yang Mi stepped into the pool together.

The waterproof camera is in place.

"Come on, let's go!"

At Director Huang's command, the two of them sank into the water together.

After a few strong strokes, Zhang Yuan made a move as if to float up, and kicked Yang Mi outside the camera, signaling that she was ready to come alive.

Yang Mi gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, stretched out her hand to grab his neck, and kissed him fiercely... (End of this chapter)