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Chapter 12 Li Xiaowan is Here

On June 6st, the filming was halfway through, and today the crew returned to the sea again to film Yang Mi's scene on the whale carcass.

Xu Manyun told Tang Liao'an yesterday afternoon that Li Xiaowan would come to Xiangshan to visit the class at noon at the latest, so he could get ready.

This is unavoidable, after all, Yang Mi is now Rong Xinda's more potential actress, and she is deeply favored by Li Xiaowan, and she is the object of vigorous training.

Moreover, Xiangshan is not far from Hengdian, and it only takes three or four hours to drive, so it is very convenient to come and go.

During this time, Tang An was also thinking about how to deal with it. If Li Xiaowan saw that he was the only one on the set and took Yang Mi back in a fit of anger, he would be blinded.

Fortunately, the film is now in the middle and late stages. As long as Li Xiaowan is not too impulsive, she will let Yang Mi finish the film.

And Tang An's scene today was also temporarily arranged. He wanted to show his directorial talent in the shortest possible time, so that Li Xiaowan believed that even if he was the only one in the crew, he could do a good job.

Commanded several people to push the whale prop into the sea, and after floating in a suitable place, let people fix it at the bottom of the water.

Now it is about 50 meters away from the shore, and the water is not too deep.

In addition to them, Tang An also went to a nearby scenic spot and temporarily hired 30 lifeguards at a high price of 3 yuan a day to prevent accidents from happening.

Everyone is wearing a full set of equipment. Tang An's camera is not a professional underwater camera, so he can only cover the outside completely, leaving only the lens exposed to prevent water from entering.

After checking it out, the filming started.

"Race 19, 1 shot, 1 time!"

"start!"

Tang An put on a cheap nylon wetsuit and floated on the water with the camera on his shoulder.

In the camera, Yang Mi, who was lying on the whale carcass, slowly struggled to take pictures, put his hands on it, and looked back at the wound on his thigh.

The huge tooth marks of the two factions were bleeding profusely.

Yang Mi quickly flattened her thigh, removed the rope around her ankle used to fix the surfboard, and applied an emergency bandage to stop the bleeding first.

"Crack!"

"Wait, do it again, pay attention to your expression!"

"Remember what's written in the script, close your eyes and raise your head and scream in despair!"

"Despair, do you understand what it means?"

Listening to Tang An's instructions, Yang Mi just wanted to shake her head to express her understanding.

Unexpectedly, Tang An immediately explained to her, "Think about it, if you are seriously injured and floating on the uninhabited sea, and there is a hunting shark nearby, ordinary people must be stunned immediately and don't know what to do. It's despair!"

Yang Mi nodded thoughtfully, "Director, I understand!"

"Scene 19, 1 shot, 2 shots, start!"

Yang Mi untied the rope again, wrapped it around her thigh, tied a knot to stop the bleeding, and shouted in pain, "Ah!"

"Crack!"

"Much better than before!"

Tang An praised, and then said, "But your timing is wrong. You have to shout out at the same time as you tie the knot. The pain is also one of the reasons why you are so desperate!"

Then why didn't you say it earlier!
Yang Mi muttered in a low voice, and untied the rope on her leg.

"What?" Tang An, who was fiddling with the camera, turned around and asked.

"Ah nothing, I understand!"

This shot did not meet Tang An's requirements until the 13th time. He was very strict with each shot, after all, the big screen is not so easy to fool around.

"Okay, you lie down now, I'll take some close-up shots!"

First, it is a close-up from the bottom to the top, shooting the wounds on Yang Mi and the whale together, suggesting to the audience the situation of the heroine in the future.

Then there is the horizontal close-up of the side. Yang Mi is still very firm when lying flat, like two peaks suddenly rising from the plain, which is very attractive.

The time was slowly approaching noon, when Li Xiaowan also arrived.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Tang An simply called it off a few minutes earlier.

Back on the shore, Li Xiaowan in business attire was waiting there.

"Hi, Mr. Li!" Tang An greeted her before taking off his diving suit.

Li Xiaowan looked around and asked with some uncertainty, "Director Tang, why didn't I see the rest of the crew?"

Tang An didn't hide it either. At this time, he couldn't hide it no matter what, unless he temporarily recruited a large group of people to make up the numbers, but Li Xiaowan would definitely see through it.

"You don't need to watch Mr. Li, I'm the only one on the set!"

"Director Tang is joking!" Li Xiaowan looked back at Tang An and laughed dryly.

"This kind of thing is nothing to joke about. Mr. Li can ask Mi Mi if he doesn't believe it!" Tang An shook his head.

Li Xiaowan frowned and looked at Yang Mi.

Yang Mi looked at Tang An, seeing that his expression was normal and not panicked, so she told the truth.

"Mr. Li, what Director Tang said is true. During this period of time, Director Tang is the only one who is filming the movie except for a few temporary helpers!"

Xu Manyun echoed, "Mr. Li, that's true. Director Tang is currently working as a cameraman, lighting engineer, props engineer, and set designer. He completed the entire film by himself!"

Now Li Xiaowan was even more shocked, followed by anger after being deceived.

"Mr. Tang, aren't you going to explain?"

Li Xiaowan accentuated her tone and even changed her address.

She never thought that Tang An's small crew would be so small before, saying that the grass-roots crew was flattering.

Tang An motioned the two of them to get in the car first, and then explained to Li Xiaowan.

"Mr. Li, due to insufficient funds, the crew has saved everything they can save, and I really don't have any extra money to hire people!"

"It's unheard of for me to have a crew with only one person in the industry for more than 10 years. Mr. Tang doesn't need to say any more. I'm going to take them away today. It's undoubtedly a waste of time to stay here!" Li Xiaowan laughed angrily.

"Mr. Li, I can understand your feelings. This is indeed a bit of a fantasy, but please rest assured that there is only one main character in this film, and the camera is not very complicated. There is absolutely no problem with me alone!"

As Tang An spoke, he turned on the monitor and brought out the material he had taken before.

"Mr. Li, please take a look. This is the result of our more than half a month. I believe that even if we find a well-equipped crew, we may not be able to shoot better than this!"

Seeing what Tang An said so confidently, Li Xiaowan leaned over to take a look.

There is nothing wrong with the lens and lighting. Although there are some minor flaws, they are harmless.

But what really interested Li Xiaowan was Yang Mi's performance.

It has only been more than half a month, and she found that Yang Mi's acting skills have improved a lot, and she can already support a movie.

Although this film relies on creativity, plot and rhythm to win, Yang Mi's progress is undoubted.

Maybe it would be good to stay and continue filming, no matter how the film is, at least you can practice Yang Mi's acting skills.

Is that it? After Tang An's repeated persuasion, Li Xiaowan agreed to let Yang Mi finish the filming.

We had lunch together at the village head's house at noon, and after confirming with Xu Manyun and Yang Mi that there were no other problems, they gave instructions before going back to Hengdian.

"President Li, don't worry, Director Tang's filming is very good, this movie should not be bad!" Yang Mi also said something nice to Tang An.

Hmph, it's just funny, if one person can make a good movie, why do we need so many behind-the-scenes people!

Li Xiaowan thought to herself, if it wasn't for practicing Yang Mi's acting skills, she would never allow this "movie" to continue shooting.

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(End of this chapter)