Huayu: Director started with art films

This scene took more than an hour to shoot.

"Stuck! This one passed!"

Hearing that she finally passed, Liu Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief and then turned around to look at the director next to the monitor.

At this time, the assistant director who was in charge of receiving them came over and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, please excuse me, your opera house."

"Director Chen is too polite."

Liu Xiaoli smiled and said, "It is our honor to perform with such a large crew!"

Hearing this, Director Chen smiled and was not modest. In fact, the crew of "Red Cliff" was not only the largest film investment, but also involved actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and the director was Li Yishu, who won four gold medals.

Anyone who is chosen, even if it is just a small role, is enough to be proud of and it becomes their glorious resume.

"No matter what, I have to thank your opera house. Please thank your director for me later."

"Okay, Director Chen."

After the two chatted for a few words, Liu Xiaoli led the team back to the dressing room next door.

Everyone first changed into their own clothes and put their dance costumes into the large bags they brought with them. Then they began to take off their hairpins and makeup.

These clothes of theirs were brought from the opera house, so of course they had to take them back with them.

"咚咚-"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. A female team member who was closest to the door shouted, "Who is it?"

A woman's voice came from outside: "I'm the assistant director. Is Liu Xiaoli here?"

Hearing this, all the team members in the room looked at Liu Xiaoli.

Liu Xiaoli was also confused, but she still walked to the door, opened it, and saw a woman standing at the door. "Hello, I'm Liu Xiaoli. What can the director do for me?"

The female assistant said, "I don't know about that. Director, please go over there."

"Okay, wait."

Liu Xiaoli said something, turned around to tell her colleagues a few words, and then left in a hurry following the female assistant.

"Hey, what do you think the director wants Liu Xiaoli for?"

"Who knows, maybe he's attracted to her?"

"Don't be ridiculous. The director is an internationally renowned director. He has seen all kinds of beauties."

"..."

Everyone was chattering. Two people who were on good terms with Liu Xiaoli frowned and stood up to scold, "What nonsense are you talking about? Maybe the director felt that the performance just now was lacking and called Sister Xiaoli over to ask. Stop talking nonsense here!"

After hearing this, the group of people didn't say anything else.

It’s still the shooting scene just now.

Li Yishu was discussing tomorrow's play with Xie Jin. When the female assistant came over and said that Liu Xiaoli was here, he said something to Xie Jin, turned around and walked out of the house with the female assistant. When he came to the door, he saw Liu Xiaoli wearing a black round-neck short-sleeved shirt.

Seeing Li Yishu coming out, Liu Xiaoli said, "Director!"

"Hello, Captain Liu!"

Li Yishu smiled and stretched out her hand, saying, "Thank you very much for the help from Wuhan Opera House this time."

Liu Xiaoli quickly shook hands and said, "Director, you are so polite. Our opera house is honored to be able to participate in the filming of this movie."

Hearing this, Li Yishu smiled and said, "Captain Liu, the dance you performed today was very beautiful. I wonder who choreographed it?"

"I made it up."

"Captain Liu can also choreograph?"

"Yes, I am now mainly focusing on choreography in the opera house."

"That's it..."

Li Yishu thought for a moment and explained her purpose: "I asked Captain Liu to come here mainly because I want to discuss cooperation with your opera house."

"Cooperation?" Liu Xiaoli looked puzzled.

Li Yishu nodded and said, "Yes, after we finish filming the scenes here, we will go back to Hengdian to film the indoor scenes. There will be many dance scenes like today, so I want Captain Liu to tell the leaders of your opera house when he returns."

Filming this scene today also reminded Li Yishu that after returning to Hengdian, she would film Cao Cao's celebration banquet after his victorious conquest of the Wuhuan, as well as Zhuge Liang's debate with scholars in Jiangdong.

These scenes all require dancers to perform as accompaniment to a greater or lesser extent.

Although the roles of these dancers can be played by just any person, in order to achieve perfection, it is naturally most appropriate to find professional dancers.

After listening to Li Yishu's words, Liu Xiaoli suddenly realized that this was the reason why she was contacted. She nodded and said, "No problem, Director. I will explain this to the leaders when I return to the opera house. I believe they will not refuse."

In recent years, opera house tickets have been selling less and less.

With this money, people would be more willing to go to the cinema to watch two movies.

That is to say, the opera house is a state-owned institution and has policy and financial support.

But even with policies and funds, the wages of ordinary workers are really a bit disappointing compared to the outside world.

Many young girls in the opera house could not stand the low wages and resigned to seek other jobs.

This time, not only is there an opportunity to earn extra money, but it will also increase the reputation of their opera house. Liu Xiaoli believes that the leaders of the opera house will definitely agree.

"Then I'll trouble you, Captain Liu."

Li Yishu extended his hand again and said with a smile, "I have to go to Shanghai in the next two days. If your opera house agrees, please contact the assistant next to me."

"No problem, Director." Liu Xiaoli shook hands and then looked at the assistant.

Li Yishu said, "Xiao Zhang, when you send Captain Liu back later, give her your contact information."

The female assistant nodded: "Okay, Director."

After chatting for a few more sentences, Li Yishu asked his female assistant to send Liu Xiaoli back, and he turned back into the house to continue discussing the filming of the next scene.

"Thank you, Assistant Zhang."

Liu Xiaoli took the phone number the other party had written down and said with a smile, "I'll ask our leader directly when I get back. If he agrees, I'll call you before tonight."

"Don't worry, it won't be too late to call tomorrow." The female assistant glanced inside the room and said with a smile, "Captain Liu, the director can't leave without someone, so I'll leave first."

"Okay Assistant Zhang!"

After watching the other party leave, Liu Xiaoli turned around and went back to pack her things, when she heard someone ask, "Captain, what does the general director want you to do?"

She glanced at the man and saw that everyone around her was curious. After thinking for a while, she said, "The director wants to cooperate with our opera house. The crew will return to Hengdian to film a movie. There are several dance performances, and they want us to arrange a group of people to participate in the filming of the movie."

Upon hearing this, someone's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Captain Liu, you must take me with you! I can earn more by jumping out once than by paying my salary!"

"I also need to go!"

"Captain, you must take me with you." "Yes, Captain, take us with you!"

"..."

These dancers earn around 2 to 500 yuan per month, depending on their length of service.

Liu Xiaoli's salary is a little higher, but only 900 yuan.

She has been working in the opera house for nearly 20 years and won the "Five One Project Award" and the Ministry of Culture's Wenhua Performance Award last year, which is why she is paid such a high salary.

But if you come out today to earn some extra money, you can get 200 yuan, which is equivalent to nearly a month or half a month's salary in one day!
Who wouldn’t be happy?
Listening to everyone's chattering, Liu Xiaoli said with a headache: "Okay, okay, let's go back first. We still have to talk to the leader about this. It's unclear whether the leader will agree or not."

"How could I not agree? That's Director Lee Ye-seo!"

"That's right, I saw the director and he wanted to come and dance in person."

"..."

Seeing that everyone started talking again, Liu Xiaoli shook her head and started to pack her things. The more they talked, the more they enjoyed the conversation. If she didn't start talking, they would probably stop talking later.

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It was just as Liu Xiaoli had expected. After a while, when everyone saw that Liu Xiaoli was not responding, they lost interest in the discussion. They quickly packed up their things and prepared to return to the song and dance theater. Then they began to think of ways to get the opportunity to perform in Hengdian.

Whether it's to make extra money or for the opportunity to become famous, this is something not to be missed.

After a group of people got on the bus arranged by the crew and returned to the Song and Dance Theater, Liu Xiaoli found the director who had arranged them before and told him about this.

"Good thing!"

Upon hearing this, the director readily agreed and said excitedly, "This leader will definitely agree, but can you ask Director Li if we can add the name of our dance theater behind the scenes of the movie? They don't have to pay for the performance fees, our theater will reimburse them ourselves!"

"This one……"

Liu Xiaoli hesitated and said, "I don't know. I'll call and ask later."

"Okay, you ask first. I'll report this to my leader now."

The director was smart enough to know that it was not worth it for such a little extra money. It would be better to do voluntary labor and also add the name of their Wuhan Song and Dance Theater behind the scenes of the movie. In this way, if the movie sells well, their song and dance theater can also add luster.

Maybe you can even get a political achievement!
The next morning.

Still on the Yangtze River, the crew is filming a big drama!
That is the scene where the warship burns and sinks to the bottom of the river.

This scene not only attracted a large number of onlookers, but even the leaders of the Wuhan Yangtze River Navigation Administration came to the scene in person.

They came mainly because they were concerned about the unnecessary trouble that might be caused by the sinking of the warship.

For example, if it sinks to the bottom of the river, will it affect passing cargo ships?

Li Yishu naturally welcomed them. After all, the warship was completely burned and sank to the bottom of the river. She would have to trouble the people from the Navigation Administration to help with inspection to see if it would affect the waterway.

Director Tian of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration looked at the large wooden boat moored by the shore and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Director Li, I heard that you spent a lot of money to build this warship. Isn't it a pity to burn it like this?"

"It's definitely a pity. This ship cost more than two million."

"More than two million?"

Director Tian was surprised and asked, "Director Li, why do you spend so much money?"

He looked at the big ship in the distance. Two million was enough to buy a modern small cargo ship. How could this one made of wood be worth so much money?
"The wood is not valuable, but the craftsmanship is valuable, and the most expensive part is the keel."

Li Yishu sighed, "It's very rare to find wood of this length in China now. We can only import it from abroad. Moreover, the wood used to make keels must be dried in the shade for several years. In order to find these keels, I traveled to many countries in Southeast Asia and finally received these five pieces from several timber merchants. The shipping cost alone was a lot of money."

"Then can't we just not burn it?"

Director Tian was heartbroken. It was such a waste to spend so much money to make the wooden boat and then burn it like that.

Li Yishu said, "Director Tian, ​​I am also heartbroken, but in order to pursue the truth, it is okay to spend more than two million."

There were some things he couldn't tell Director Tian, ​​an official, because the ship only cost two million yuan, which was only 25 US dollars.

American director James Cameron went to the deep sea to search for the wreckage of the Titanic, spending more than 300 million US dollars on exploration!

Although there is definitely something fishy going on, the cost of tens of millions of dollars is certain.

If you want to make money at the overseas box office, you can only use the real stuff if the special effects are not as good as before.

While the two were chatting, Xie Jin, who had been communicating with the prop master of the crew, came over and said, "Director, we're ready!"

Li Yishu nodded: "Remember to ask the photographer to wear a life jacket."

Xie Jin said: "I have already instructed and arranged two speedboats."

"Then let's get started!"

After Li Yishu finished speaking, Xie Jin picked up the intercom and began to arrange for the props team to start preparing.

On the river, several warships were like an angry beast, with raging flames all over their bodies, rushing straight towards the huge warship in front.

The bow of the ship cut through the fierce river breeze, which fueled the fire. The fire took advantage of the wind, and thick smoke rolled and rose wildly, dyeing the surrounding sky into a dark ink color in an instant.

The hard ram of the ship first pierced into the side of the wooden boat. With a heart-pounding thud, the hull of the wooden boat shook violently and debris flew everywhere.

"Team Three, pay attention! Someone has fallen into the water. Go and rescue them!"

"One group, the photographer takes close-up photos!"

"Team Two, notify the people on the boat that they can climb up."

"..."

Xie Jin commanded the naval battle on the river in an orderly manner. At the same time, the photographers on the speedboat took close-up photos of the collision of the warships.

Although the small boat rushed forward with flames, it was not actually on fire. There were just several fire barrels placed on the boat in advance, and the thick smoke was caused by some wet firewood thrown into it.

It took a whole day to shoot.

From morning to afternoon, it was almost time.

Xie Jin picked up the intercom and shouted, "Ignite!"

In an instant, more than a dozen fire spots appeared on the warship. As the staff and extras got off the ship one after another and boarded the speedboat to leave, flames began to rise from the warship, which was more than 100 meters long and dozens of meters high.

The crane on the cargo ship next to it was operated by the photographer to allow close-up shots.

As the sun set, the dim sunlight mixed with golden rays shone on the river, and a wooden warship caught fire.

This scene made many people at the scene sigh and feel inexplicably moved in their hearts.

Xie Jin couldn't help but recite the most classic poem in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, its waves wash away all heroes, success and failure are all in vain, the green mountains remain, the sunsets turn red; the white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the river bank are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze, and are happy to meet each other with a pot of muddy wine. How many things in the past and present are all turned into jokes?"

Hearing this poem, Li Yishu glanced at him and couldn't help but smile: "Director Xie, the Battle of Red Cliffs is not over yet!"

"Yeah, it's not over yet."

Xie Jin nodded in agreement: "When we get back to Hengdian, we must shoot well to live up to this scene." (End of this chapter)