After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 7 Turning on the machine and getting fucked for free
On July 7, the filming of Diaosi Man started at the Beijing Film Academy.

To save money, keep everything simple.

The fruits, snacks, drinks and pig heads on the altar can be replaced with photos as a token of their appreciation.

Use an incense burner to burn incense, add some rice to a large bowl, and you’re done!
This operation shocked a group of people.

"Mingyang, it's just a nice opening ceremony, but you're being too perfunctory." Zhang Ruoyun shouted.

"At least buy some real fruit..."

"Such a solemn opening ceremony was messed up by you."

"We don't have money! Let's keep everything simple." After Li Mingyang finished speaking, he took the lead in burning incense. After everyone had finished burning incense, the formal filming began.

Everything is back to the time when we started our business.

Of course, the conditions were much more difficult back then, and the actors used at that time were all extras from Hengdian who had been there for 70 or 81 days.

The actors we use now will be big stars of the future.

Zhang Ruoyun, Qiao Shan, Zhang Xiaofei, Tan Songyun.

At that time, there were only three people behind the scenes of the crew. He served as the director, photographer, lighting technician, and set designer. He also had to do odd jobs with others, such as moving props, distributing lunch boxes, and organizing costumes.

Now the behind-the-scenes team of more than a dozen people are elites from other departments of Beijing Film Academy.

If we were to say if the creative team has any regrets, of course there are!
Yang Mi, 208, Yuan Shanshan, and Kan Qingzi all stopped filming because the plots were too vulgar and they were low-budget web dramas.

Fortunately, Li Mingyang had a trick up his sleeve. When shooting the sample film, he specially asked Yang Mi to shoot three short stories, which was enough.

Li Mingyang shot more than twenty short stories around the playground and the tree-shaded path next to it, from day to night.

Except for a one-hour break for lunch, everyone was busy the rest of the time.

This operation not only shocked everyone in the crew...

Yang Mi, who was peeking through the telescope, was also shocked.

Yang Mi doesn't want to shoot such vulgar online short dramas. Micro-movies are her bottom line.

"It's not done with care at all. Will anyone really watch it? Is it a scam?"

"Definitely is."

……

After the first day of filming, Li Mingyang invited everyone to eat at a food stall.

"My dear Director Li, can't you treat us to a meal? We are eating at a food stall again..." Tan Songyun patted his calf and put his hands in front of him, his hands were covered in blood.

Damn mosquitoes.

"Let's make do with it today and have a good meal tomorrow..." Li Mingyang lit a cigarette and took a sip of wine.

"Can you please stop smoking? Look how many people are smoking in the class." Tan Songyun said, covering his nose.

"It's so stressful!"

"Where does your pressure come from? You sleep more than a pig every day, so we often think today is the weekend." Zhang Ruoyun couldn't help but complain.

"You guys are competing with me, but I'm not going to be an actor."

This sentence silenced Tan Songyun and Zhang Ruoyun.

It was the first time for both of them to film a scene with Li Mingyang.

After today's high-intensity filming, they discovered that Li Mingyang is like a salted fish every day. He doesn't read any books, but he knows everything.

Photography, lighting, recording, scenery, movement, camera position...it seemed like there was nothing he didn't understand.

There are students behind the scenes, and when the crew is operating, there are bound to be some minor problems, such as problems with the sound reception, actors running out of the screen, and the sky suddenly changing.

Li Mingyang can always solve problems quickly.

Strong ability to control the situation.

You feel like he is just taking pictures randomly, but when you see the result, it is quite interesting.

He is not just a nobody, he is a natural born director!
Halfway through the meal, Li Mingyang suddenly went to find the boss with two bottles of beer.

Zhang Ruoyun wondered, "What is he doing?" "What else can he do? He must be trying to use other people's venues for free."

"Oh my god! Is it really that serious? He wasn't like this before! It's all because of Sister Jingtian. He's used to it."

Tan Songyun gave Zhang Ruoyun a cold look.

"Boss, how long have you run this food stall?" Li Mingyang handed over a bottle of beer.

"It's been five or six years."

"You cook this dish well. Our students from Beijing Film Academy must come here often!"

"Haha, Liu Yifei has eaten here before," said the proprietress.

The proprietress is in her forties, dressed simply, and has many wrinkles on her face, but you can tell that she must have been a beauty when she was young.

Li Mingyang smiled and started chatting with the couple. Under the indiscriminate attack of the peach blossom eyes, the landlady's liking for him grew stronger and stronger.

When the time was right, Li Mingyang proposed to borrow their venue for filming and help them with publicity.

"We are a small business, so we don't need any publicity."

"It's free, no money required." Li Mingyang said with a smile.

"Your filming is delaying my making money!" said the boss.

"I mean well, don't be so aggressive!" The lady boss said with a smile, "Young man, it doesn't matter how long you shoot. If you only shoot for one day, it's not impossible."

"Thank you, big sister. One day is enough. Big brother and big sister are so photogenic, you can show your face when the time comes. My drama was filmed by Youku.com, maybe it can even be on TV."

"That's great! I've never been on TV in my life."

The boss looked at his wife helplessly, as she lent out her own site so easily and took two laborers along.

But he didn't dare say anything more and could only express his gratitude in his heart to the young man who was delaying his making money.

After arranging the venue and extras, Li Mingyang returned to his seat and continued eating.

"Mingyang, where did you go?" Zhang Ruoyun asked?
"I went to borrow the location. The boss and his wife are both nice people. They agreed to lend it to me for free so I could shoot the movie."

"Damn, if they lend it to you for free, they make at least a thousand a day from this business!"

"They also agreed to help as extras."

"How did you do that?" Tan Songyun widened his eyes, looking incredulous.

"I am sincere!" said Li Mingyang.

Zhang Ruoyun and Tan Songyun were speechless again.

Qiao Shan and Zhong Xiaoyu at the next table looked at the food on the table and suddenly didn't want to eat.

"What are you two doing standing there?" Zhang Xiaofei said.

"I'm worried that there might be something in the food..."

"He waits until all the food is served before he tries to trick people. Don't be afraid!" Zhang Xiaofei lowered his body and said quietly.

When Qiao Shan and Zhong Xiaoyu heard this, they realized it made sense and started eating again.

……

The next day, producer Zhang Wei came!
Manager Qiao’s aesthetic taste is fine. She is indeed a beauty, but a little old. She is thirty-five this year...

The reason why Li Mingyang knew she was thirty-five was because he was Zhang Wei's immediate superior in his previous life.

Penguin Video established a branch in Dongyang High-speed Railway New City. Originally, financial director and producer Zhang Wei was the first choice for general manager of the branch.

It happened that at this time, Penguin acquired his film and television company, and he was directly parachuted in to become the general manager of the Dongyang branch.

From then on, Zhang Wei held a grudge against him and made trouble for him every day.

When Li Mingyang left Penguin Video, the last thing he did was to fire her.

It’s not that enemies don’t get together!

(End of this chapter)