Chapter 653 The Horse that Makes Big Money
It took a while, but Lin Hui finally finished explaining to Zhang An.
“Brother Zhang An, that’s all we want to shoot in a while. In general, we just want to make your horse run, and try to run as unruly as the king of horses. "
With his mouth already thirsty, he drank two mouthfuls of water for himself, fearing that Zhang An wouldn't understand, and finally summarized it.
“Is that it?”
Zhang An hesitated for a moment, and then said.
At first, he thought it would be troublesome, but after listening to the explanation, he found that it seemed nothing special.
“This is indeed the case, but generally the horses we can rent are ordinary draft horses. It is very easy to make them run, but if you want to run well, it is too difficult to show that kind of temperament. So that's why I took a liking to your two horses at first glance."
Seeing Zhang An's tone, Lin Hui also spread his hands helplessly.
In fact, he had already shot many of the scenes here when he was in other places.
It's just that the finished product is even worse than unsatisfactory.
After all, the horses they rented before did not have the temperament and personality of good horses at all. Even if they try again many times, it will be useless.
This was also the reason why after he came to Changqing Village, he had seen so many people's horses and was still not satisfied. It was not until he saw Zhang An's Dahei that he felt like love at first sight.
The feeling was very mysterious, as if someone kept saying in his mind that this was the Ma No. 1 he had always wanted to find.
It is precisely because of this that when he was at Zhang An's house, he looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal.
"Then let's do it again first and let Director Lin take a look."
Although Zhang An didn't understand what kind of effect Lin Hui, the director, wanted to achieve.
But after listening for a long time, he felt that this was not a problem at all for Dahei.
“OK, let’s get ready to start.”
Hearing what Zhang An said, Lin Hui immediately asked others to prepare.
By the time Zhang An led Dahei to the designated place, all the camera seats were ready.
"Um, Director Lin, didn't I have to go over it for you first? Why did I start directly?"
What Zhang An originally wanted was to let Dahei follow Lin Hui's instructions. I asked you to come out and have a look before talking about it.
But he didn't expect that even though he said that, it actually started directly.
"It's okay, brother Zhang An, just pretend that these camera slots don't exist and just let them run. If it doesn't work, let's start over. It won't delay anything anyway."
< br>Lin Hui waved his hand indifferently. Because he had spent so much time before and failed to take a good picture, he now did not expect to finish it just by doing it a few times.
Anyway, he planned to shoot these scenes today for one day.
The reason why he was on camera from the beginning was his experience as a director over the years.
Sometimes the thing you want to take is like a flash of inspiration. Sometimes you think you can take it in just a few takes, but it takes you several days to take it. When you don’t think about it, When it succeeds once, it happens.
So as soon as he came up, he asked someone to turn it on. If it worked, he would make a lot of money. If it didn't work, there would be no delay in starting over.
Before getting ready to start, Zhang An patted Dahei's slender and strong neck, and then whispered softly into its ear.
In the eyes of others, Zhang An seemed to be telling the dark horse something, but in fact, Zhang An was really explaining something to Da Hei.
When Lin Hui started shouting, Zhang An slapped Dahei on the butt.
After receiving the order, Dahei immediately started running as fast as he could on his four strong horse legs.
Since last year, Zhang An has not taken him out to run wildly. Now that he has the opportunity to indulge, of course he will not let it go, especially since this is a task assigned to him by his master.
When it enters the shooting range of the camera, it has already entered the state.
Following Zhang An's gestures on the sidelines, Dahei ran wildly, raised his head, and roared to the sky.
“Okay, this is what it looks like, this is the momentum.”
Lin Hui stood in front of the switchboard and was so excited when he saw this scene in the camera.
At the end, when Zhang An raised his right hand to signal to stop, the big black horse raised its two front hooves high, its head raised proudly, accompanied by the bamboo leaves blown by the winder, a pair of His unruly temperament shines through the lens.
"Very good, very good. I got it done in one go. That's what I said. Some horses are born with this kind of aura of looking down on the world."
Lin Hui never expected that this was just the beginning and he had already succeeded. .
He was very lucky that he had turned on the camera just now. Otherwise, if he had done it first as Zhang An said, he might have missed this flash of inspiration.
Ma Yihao’s own scene has been filmed, and now comes the scene of the male protagonist and Ma Yihao together.
To be honest, the actor Lin Hui chose for the leading role looked quite handsome and masculine, completely different from those effeminate male stars of later generations.
But when he got close to Dahei, Dahei became stubborn and wouldn't let him get close at all.
“Forget it, let’s make the reins longer, adjust the camera, and then use the misalignment method.”
Because the protagonist needs to show his face, we can’t use a stand-in, so I tried it. It didn't work several times, so Lin Hui had to rely on the camera to adjust.
On the other side, Ta Xue, who was following the actress, was very calm and didn't have any temper at all. He was much better than Da Heike.
However, after the reins were lengthened, the distance between the man and the horse was a little further, and with Zhang An’s comfort, Dahei became more at ease, and the subsequent shooting went much smoother.
On the second day, it was time to shoot the horse riding scene.
After Lin Hui discussed with Zhang An for a long time, Dahei was still unwilling to let the actor ride on, so he had to find another way and use a stand-in.
In this way, Zhang An was recruited by Lin Hui to promote the actor. His small goal of filming a movie for the first time in his life has been achieved.
While filming the horse riding scene, Zhang An still tightened the reins and did not let Dahei let go and start running.
Because he was followed by the actress, Zhang An was worried that she wouldn't be able to control the snow if he ran too fast.
Although the actress is very beautiful, her riding skills are pretty good, and her temperament is much gentler.
But if Dahei lets go and takes the lead, Taxue will also be accelerated, and the actress will also suffer.
Even so, it failed many times and it was not completed until the sixth retake.
The scene was not over until the end, when Dahei and Zhang An, who was acting as a double, were pierced by thousands of props and arrows.
Before the end, Lin Hui gave it a close-up.
Dahei lying on the ground was a little restless and wanted to get up from the ground, because it had never been in the habit of lying on the ground. Even when sleeping at night, it would still stand up, every day.
But Zhang An was watching it from the side, so it had no choice but to lie down and wait for Lin Hui to finish taking the picture.
In the play, the male protagonist is just injured and has not finished filming, but Dahei is dying and cannot die anymore, so he just receives the box lunch. "Finish it and call it a day, brother Zhang An, thank you so much this time."
Lin Hui was very satisfied with the efficiency yesterday and today, as well as the quality of the finished film, so he came over to talk to Zhang An When An was talking, she couldn't hold back the smile on her face.
“Haha, this horse is a good horse, but it’s a pity that no one can ride it, otherwise I would have wanted to be addicted to riding a good horse.”
The actor Chen Yuan also came over to chat for a while. In other words, they had gotten to know Zhang An a lot in the past two days.
“Hahaha, let alone letting other people ride it, many people’s mares in our village were so fascinated by it that they wanted to keep it, but it just wouldn’t let people get closer, otherwise it would waggle its hooves crazily. Later, my friend was worried that she would die alone, so she bought Taxue from the grassland to be her daughter-in-law. "
Chen Yuan has a good personality and is approachable, so Zhang An is quite willing to get to know him. .
After half the pay, the crew had to continue filming, and Zhang An didn’t stay any longer, preparing to lead the horse and leave.
"Here, Zhang An, this is the salary for your two horses and you, a total of five thousand yuan."
Before leaving, Lin Hui gave him the money.
The two horses received a total of four thousand, and Zhang An himself received one thousand.
Although he took a job as a stand-in, his salary was still not as high as that of the Dahei couple.
But it is also very good. From one-fifth to one-half, the value is approaching very quickly.
"Thank you, Director Lin. After today's work is over, why don't you go to my place for a drink?"
Zhang An didn't shirk and just accepted the money. This was the case between himself and Dahei. Money earned from two days of hard work.
“We can’t do it today, I guess we’ll have to shoot at night. Let’s wait until tomorrow. I’ll definitely go there tomorrow. I’ve heard everyone talk about your good wine and food in the past two days, so I must try it myself. ”
These days they live in the village and have been eating at Zhou Yang’s house. They pack lunch for lunch and go directly to eat.
They were originally surprised by the dishes prepared by this small restaurant in the mountain village.
But no one expected that Zhou Yang would tell them that the best food in the village must be at Zhang An's house.
It’s just that Zhang An’s family has stopped doing this business for a long time. Even if they want to try it, they have no chance.
Now that he heard Zhang An’s invitation, Lin Hui agreed without thinking.
"Okay, then tomorrow night, I will wait for Director Lin to come over."
Zhang An was just saying a polite word, but he didn't expect Lin Hui to agree directly.
But it’s nothing. It’s just cooking a meal to entertain others. It’s not a troublesome thing. After all, I just made so much money from them.
Back home, Wang Fang was putting the garlic moss collected by everyone into a plastic basket in the yard.
Little Siqi was dancing his small wooden sword blindly beside him, with several big dogs surrounding him, looking like a sanctioned villain.
"Mom, this is my wages for the past two days. Take it and keep it."
The first thing Zhang An did when he got home was to pay the wages for these two days. pay.
Because tonight, the walls of the sheepfold will be scraped, and then the wages of the second uncle and others will be paid.
Although I sold a lot of garlic moss yesterday, I haven't received the money from Ding Yi yet, and I have to wait until later to settle the matter together.
According to Zhang An’s understanding of his mother, she will definitely feel heartbroken when she has to pay her wages at night.
So he planned to use these two days' wages to pave the way for his mother, so that he wouldn't worry about money so much.
"Didn't you just work for two days? How come you have so much money."
Wang Fang hasn't gotten the money yet, and just looking at it, she feels something is wrong, because this It looked like there were thousands.
Even if she smoked all the garlic moss for a day yesterday and sold all the garlic moss today, she would only be able to sell it for more than a thousand yuan at most.
How many fields of garlic must be harvested to sell it for so much money?
“Hahaha, I didn’t earn this money alone. There are a total of five thousand yuan here, and I only have one thousand yuan. The rest was earned by Dahei and the others.”< br>
Zhang An chuckled and then explained.
Because Wang Fang only knew that he had gone to work for others these two days, and had no idea about the price that Lin Hui had negotiated with him before.
"Ah, they are so capable. I will feed them a pot of corn that night."
Wang Fang was stunned after hearing this. She had never thought about it. The two horses made four thousand dollars in just two days.
If this were placed in a big city, it would be enough to cover the wages of two people.
But surprise is surprise. In her case, merit must be rewarded.
The best reward for the animals at home is always a pot full of corn.
"It's better to say goodbye. They definitely won't like eating corn now. I'll just cut two more baskets of grass for them then."
If you feed corn to the livestock at other people's homes, That's the best treatment.
But this is not necessarily the case in Zhang An’s family, because even last winter, their animals ate silage feed prepared last year.
In addition, after the New Year, Zhang An watered the several acres of pasture in the depression with space spring water, and now they are all growing green and very good.
So now, their animals don't even eat green grains, and instead eat fresh grass.
Although corn is food and is the best thing, its taste is much worse than fresh and delicious grass, especially grass that has been watered by space spring water.
However, Zhang An is not prepared to treat them badly, there must be rewards.
Although the grass grown at home has been watered by space spring water, he is still a little unable to use it.
So he has already thought about cutting some space for green grass in the past few days for them to eat as much as they want.
When the time comes, we will find an opportunity to let the family run a few laps in the space.
Then Wang Fang carefully collected the money, took it home and put it away.
Zhang An unsaddled the horses of Dahei and his wife, and then let them rest in the pen.
In the evening, the walls of the sheepfold had been scraped. During dinner, at Zhang An’s signal, Wang Fang came out with money and paid everyone’s wages.
But I didn’t know it, but I was shocked to find that the wages alone cost more than a thousand.
Because this is not only the people who scraped the walls in the past two days, but also the people who built the walls and roof tiles in the past few days.
That's it, Zhang Jianjun still doesn't want his share. In his words, he works for his own family, and he doesn't get paid for it.
Other people also made some concessions, but except for the second uncle, Zhang An still declined other kindnesses and settled them all. After all, it is not easy to work out.
(End of this chapter)