Huayu: Start by asking ex-girlfriends for alms

Chapter 122 Li Pingbin: I'm used to it, I won't bother with the dog guarding its food!
Hong Kong actors have suffered from wearing sunglasses for a long time!

Not only the actors, but even the investors are afraid of Wang.

Liang Jiahui never wants to experience the experience of filming "Ashes of Time" again.

Zhang Guorong was stung by a scorpion and Zhang Xueyou fainted in the desert.

He tried to have fun in the midst of adversity. When he had no scenes to shoot, he would drink beer with Jacky Cheung and watch Tony Leung Chiu-wai suffer with a gloating look on his face.

This is exactly in response to the line in "Ashes of Time" quoted from Gu Long's novel: What is the difference between drinking wine and drinking water? The more you drink wine, the warmer you feel; the more you drink water, the colder it feels.

Drinking beer in the desert is a feeling that is hard to describe!

When the funds were cut off halfway, Zhang Guorong contacted investors and raised two sums of money.

When Wang Zuxian's contract expired, he temporarily found Yang Cai Ni to take over.

This went on for two years on and off.

Physical pain can be endured, but mental torture is difficult to erase.

As a result, Liang Jiahui was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of ropes for ten years. After sympathizing with other actors and crew members, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

Diurelaoum! What's the overflow of compassion?

Fortunately, his acting skills were superb and he did not lose control of his expression.

While his expression remained the same, his peripheral vision quietly fell on Zhen Jiecheng's face.

It should, probably, definitely be much better than Wang Sunjing's, right?
Liang Jiahui thought carefully and looked forward to it.

"Crack!"

"Wrong position, try again!"

Liang Jiahui's heart trembled.

"Crack!"

"Do you know what cooperation is?"

“Do you know what dynamic balance is?”

Liang Jiahui noticed that Zhen Jiecheng's tone had begun to fluctuate, his eyebrows trembled a few times, and then he forced himself to calm down.

"Come here, I'll explain it one last time!"

"Guarantee one!"

Finally, there was no more "click", which made everyone on the set breathe a sigh of relief, including Liang Jiahui.

But after all, I didn’t pass, so I had to cheer myself up again and wait for the fourth make-up exam!
"Pass!"

When Zhen Jiecheng walked towards the monitor again, the long-awaited voice came from the loudspeaker.

It was clearly just the first scene on the first day of filming, and it was clearly just a “simple” scene.

Everyone seemed to have finally finished filming after working hard for many days!
Liang Jiahui felt inexplicably moved and relaxed.

Quietly write down a number in your mind: 5.

The first scene was shot 5 times.

Hahaha! I only took 5 shots!
that's nice!

The atmosphere on the set became more solemn, but Liang Jiahui became more relaxed.

5, 7, 4, 6, 2, 8 took three days to shoot, and the shot with the highest number of repetitions was only shot 8 times!
Moreover, no matter how much Zhen Jiecheng cursed and criticized, he would always put on a gloomy face and patiently explain the play after he got angry.

Compared to the damn Wang Sunglasses, compared to the damn weird people who try to figure out the "feeling" on their own, it's so comfortable.

Yes, Liang Jiahui has learned how to “fuck”.

Under the influence of the surrounding environment, he can pronounce with authentic Beijing accent, with clear and melodious pronunciation.

Not only that, Liang Jiahui also transformed himself into a Labrador, frequently wandering among the many actors, actively helping them adjust their mentality, comforting and encouraging them.

This scene moved Zhen Jiecheng deeply, and he exclaimed that Brother Jiahui’s acting skills were solid and his character was even stronger.

Therefore, with the cooperation of Zhen Jiecheng and Liang Jiahui, one playing the good guy and the other playing the bad guy, the filming process was bumpy but overall it was quite smooth.

"On the street on the right, the street lights are yellow."

Zhen Jiecheng stood at the intersection of two streets at right angles.

Pointing to the convenience store at the intersection, whose storefront faces the right-angled horizontal line, he said, "Change the lights in the convenience store to cold lights!"

"It creates a contrast between cold and warm!"

After a pause, he suddenly stopped talking and frowned.

So everyone stopped their whispered discussions, as if they were trying to create a quiet environment so as not to disturb Zhen Jiecheng's thoughts.

Even if it is not indoors, even if the studio is not closed. From time to time, passers-by pass by, and children's laughter can be heard from time to time.

"Sprinkle water! Sprinkle water all over the asphalt road!"

Zhen Jiecheng finally spoke and turned to look at Li Pingbin.
"Teacher Li, if you use light reflection, I'm sure the shots you take will be more beautiful!"

"Well! Let's try it first!" Li Pingbin nodded, "Let's see the effect."

The director spoke and the props team quickly set up the scene.

If there is no time to find a sprinkler truck, then we have to do it manually.

Not only the staff, but also the actors came to help, and even Aunt Liu was accompanying Liu Yifei to sprinkle water.

Soon, both streets were wetted. As night fell, street lights came on.

When everyone stood at the intersection and took a look, they indeed felt a different kind of beauty!

"Why do I feel it's almost the same!" Liu Yifei muttered softly, and soon she was delighted to feel the warm palm of her mother's hand touching her forehead.

"What do you know? When it's your turn later, if you can figure out your position, mom will be thankful!" Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at her daughter.

"Mom, you are mean to me again! Am I still your biological daughter? Why do I feel that in your heart, senior is much more important than me?"

"Bah! A dog can't spit out ivory. What are you talking about?" Aunt Liu spat.

To be on the safe side, Li Pingbin turned on the camera.

He quickly raised his head and greeted Zhen Jiecheng.

"Jie Cheng, come and see! It's beautiful! The picture is very beautiful!"

"Here it comes!" Zhen Jiecheng trotted a few steps, "Yes! After post-production, the picture will be more beautiful."

This operation method will be commonly used in Hollywood in the future.

Water was sprinkled on the Times Square in Xinxiang, and then the lights of taxis, police cars, various car lights and billboards were reflected on the road surface, rendering a filter effect that was more vivid and lively than the rigid industrial technology.

"Ok! All units, get ready, and get ready to shoot!"

As he spoke, Zhen Jiecheng waved to Wu Yanzu who came to guest star.
"A-Zu! Remember what I told you, 95% gentleness and 5% arrogance and disdain."

"But the effect of the performance should be that the latter is almost exposed, and as the camera slowly pushes in, it will become more and more obvious. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Wu Yanzu nodded.

"Okay!" Seeing this, Zhen Jiecheng led Wu Yanzu into the set.

As soon as the assistant director said "action", the performance began immediately.

Li Pingbin's heart is steady and his hands are even steadier, as he captures Zhen Jiecheng and Yanzu Wu in an over-the-shoulder dialogue shot.

In front of the convenience store, at the intersection of the street, there is a small table and two small stools. Two people are sitting there drinking beer with snacks they bought from the convenience store.

Zhen Jiecheng's location is on the left, closer to the convenience store.

Yanzu Wu sat on the right, with his profile facing the orange-yellow street lights in the distance.

Two people, two tones, one cold and one warm.

While drinking and chatting, Wu Yanzu suddenly took out his mobile phone, opened it and showed it to Zhen Jiecheng.

A photo of a beautiful girl caught my eye!

"Isn't it cute?" asked Wu Yanzu.

Zhen Jiecheng leaned forward, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He was clearly yearning, but he had to force out a normal expression.

"She is your tutoring student?" "Yes, she is a sophomore in high school! You will be my English tutor."

As he spoke, Wu Yanzu threw out a lot of reasons.

Something like the salary is very generous and the students are very well behaved.

Even though you are a repeater, your abilities are much better than those college students who only know how to skip classes and sleep in.

Until Zhen Jiecheng suddenly spoke,
"you like her?"

Hearing this, Wu Yanzu's voice paused, and then he forced a stiff smile.

"I was serious!"

"I want to officially date her when she goes to college."

"Before that, please take good care of her."

After a pause,
"If it's you, I'll be relieved!"

Slightly disguised, or almost not at all.

The condescending contempt is evident in his words!
If it's you, I feel relieved!

What are you worried about?
Don’t worry about being poor!
Rest assured, repeaters!
Both his ability and family background are appalling, so he deserves the most "sincere" words of reassurance!
Hearing this, Zhen Jiecheng lowered his head slightly.

When he raised his head again, although the tone of voice had not changed, his brows were still lowered and the movement of stroking his neck subconsciously was all vividly recorded by the camera.

"Thank you for trusting me!"

"Tsk tsk! His acting is much better than other actors of the same age!"

"No, it's unfair to compare with actors of the same age. Jie Cheng has enough ability to compete with those talented actors!"

Li Pingbin sighed,
"Just like his senior Zhang Yimou, if he can direct, he can act. If he is good at one, he can be good at everything."

While thinking about this, I never relaxed my work.

He gestured to the assistant director.

Soon, according to the arrangements made in advance by Zhen Jiecheng, a minibus sped past on the street.

And when the minibus passed by Zhen Jiecheng from behind, the camera angle changed immediately!
The camera changes from the previous over-the-shoulder shot to a single-person shot, and begins to slowly push forward.

As we all know, when the lens is pushed forward, lens deformation begins to continue to occur.

The people recorded in the camera will also be deformed, or in layman's terms, they will become ugly!
This shooting technique is used to focus on Yanzu Wu and highlight the character's purpose.

As early as during the discussion of the script shooting ideas, when Zhen Jiecheng first proposed it, Li Pingbin couldn't help but applaud for such detailed handling!
"Not only can I direct and act, I can also shoot and paint!"

"Fuck! All the directors who graduated from the photography department of Beijing Film Academy are really freaks!"

"No wonder they can dominate the directing department by being idle. It would be the same if they were rivals from other schools!"

Li Pingbin smacked his lips and shook his head.

Without waiting for the assistant director to pick up the loud speaker, he took the initiative to gesture and shout,

"Pass!"

what?
Pass?
Everyone was stunned.

"Old Li! What are you doing?" Zhen Jiecheng stood up, looking alert, "Are you trying to usurp the throne?"

"Ah? No, no, no! I didn't!" Li Pingbin didn't notice that Zhen Jiecheng's address had changed from "Teacher Li" to "Old Li" and waved his hands quickly, "Go and see for yourself! There's no problem with your acting, and there's no problem with my filming! It was completely in accordance with the ideas we discussed beforehand!"

"Oh! I understand. I'll come and see it right away!" Upon hearing this, Zhen Jiecheng's expression relaxed a lot, but his tone was still not relaxed at all.

"Let me tell you something. It's okay for normal times. The director, actors, and other staff are all friends!"

"But once we're on the set, everyone has to listen to me!"

“I’m the director!”

As he spoke, he walked to the monitor and looked at the footage seriously. Then, as if his face changed, he became excited when he saw Zhen Jiecheng's expression.

"Mr. Li, great photos!"

Applause! That's not enough, raise both hands and give two thumbs up.

"Ah Zu, you acted well!"

While mentioning the loudspeaker, I also praised it.

After getting the loud speaker, Zhen Jiecheng felt more at ease. He grinned.

"Pass!"

"Come on, come on! Everyone, pack up and go eat!"

"Instead of eating the boxed lunch, let's go eat something good. Just think of it as a celebration for Grandpa. I'll treat you!"

"We're all brothers and friends, so don't be polite. Just tell us what you want to eat, and don't be shy!"

"Teacher Li! Director Zhen's words just now might be a bit harsh, please don't take it to heart!"

Labrador is starting again!

While everyone was packing up, Liang Jiahui approached Li Pingbin.

Not only Liang Jiahui, but Liu Yife also jogged over.

"Teacher Li! Senior always has a bad temper when filming, but he is not against people but the matter."

"Sometimes the words he said were very hurtful. I've been scolded by him before, and it was very harsh."

"Don't take it to heart. Just take your words as a joke. Just let it go in one ear and out the other. Don't take it seriously."

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Li Pingbin was so happy that he laughed out loud.

"Alright, alright! Do I still need your comfort?"

"I'm used to it!"

"Habit?" Liang Jiahui was stunned. "Isn't this your first time working with Director Zhen?"

"Yes!" Li Pingbin nodded, "But I have worked with Jiang Wen before!"

As he spoke, Li Pingbin put away his smile and looked blankly, as if he was reminiscing.

"Jiecheng and Jiangwen are half-brothers, they have similar interests."

"Even their bad tempers are exactly the same!"

"No! Jie Cheng is even more shameless than Jiang Wen. This guy is totally a dog!"

"You two don't know, when Xu Jinglei was filming "A Letter from an Unknown Woman", one of these two brothers was an actor and the other was just visiting the set. They got so angry over the loud speaker that they quarreled to the sky in the crew!"

"They were both 1.80 meters tall and strong. I was worried that they might end up fighting after arguing."

Hearing this, Liang Jiahui could no longer hold back his curiosity.
"Did you do it?"

"No! It was just thunder but no rain, but the spit from those two was more than when an old lady was arguing!"

“Who wins?”

"Who else could it be? Jie Cheng!" Li Pingbin bared his teeth again, "This is the guy that even Jiang Wen is afraid of!"

"Don't be fooled by his nice words. Once you are on the set, no one can challenge his authority, let alone touch his power."

"I'll turn against anyone who touches me!"

"To use Jiang Wen's words: He is born with a dog-like face and is born to be a dog protecting his food!"

"So why should I feel wronged? How can I argue with a dog?"

After a pause,
"Don't get me wrong! Jiang Wen also said this when he lost the argument and didn't get the megaphone!"

"It has nothing to do with me!"

　I'm sorry to all my readers, I've been having diarrhea recently.

Prepare more next time.

And there are still multiple chapters of three to four thousand words!

I kowtow to all the readers!

　
(End of this chapter)