Chapter 4 Wine
Early the next morning, director Gao Qunshu told the entire crew Zhang Yuan’s thoughts on the combination of cigarettes and characters.
This idea has the support of most of the cast and crew!
Undoubtedly, this detail change will help shape the characters in the play. More importantly, the villains, including the leading actor Sun Honglei, can smoke better without having to use their own cigarettes. Spend money, these people are not only supportive, but almost laugh out loud.
This incident earned Zhang Yuan a lot of thanks and skill points.
But they underestimated Gao Qunshu's stinginess...no, his talent for saving.
This person asked the stage manager to buy a pack of 555 and a pack of Hongtashan. When he got it, he took out all the cigarettes inside, and then drank 2.5 yuan a pack of New Shijiazhuang.
Anyway, you can only see the cigarette box during the filming, and the audience can’t smoke, so just make it a show.
This operation made those old smokers very angry.
"Director Gao might as well be squatting next to a small shop and picking up cigarette boxes thrown away by others." Zhang Yuan complained, which made the actors nearby very happy.
Everyone knows that director Gao was let go by investors before filming this movie. He paid for his house and car and scraped together the money to start the movie. It is understandable that he should save some money.
This morning we were still filming the police interrogation scene between him and Shi Zhaoqi.
Zhang Yuan's performance was praised by the veteran actor, who said that he was talented, could enter the scene, respond well, and had good lines.
In the whole morning, there was not a single NG caused by him. The shooting went very smoothly, and the crew members, including the director, were in a good mood.
At noon, this time roommate Zhao Jin finally recognized the gap between himself and Zhang Yuan and did not ask him to eat lunch at all.
"Zhang Yuan, let's go to the hotel private room." The hotel director called him again.
"There is also a reception banquet today?" Zhang Yuan wondered, the crew should be all alive.
"No, I have to shoot a dinner scene in the afternoon, so I asked the hotel to prepare some food. You can come and eat together."
Dinner scene?
Zhang Yuan went through it in his mind. Almost all the dinner scenes in the movie "Conquest" were famous scenes!
He thought of "Tiger Song" who joined the group yesterday. Today's dinner scene wouldn't be that scene.
As expected, the staffing arrangement when shooting started in the afternoon confirmed his idea.
"Qiangzi, let me give you a message, brother."
"Young people, don't be too arrogant!"
Ma Xiaoming, who played Song Laohu, stared angrily. The hand holding the cigarette butt pointed viciously at Sun Honglei, and the corners of his trembling mouth twitched together with the beard attached to it.
"Why don't you call me young man?" Sun Honglei turned around and retorted with disdain, his momentum not losing at all.
“Stuck!” The two of them were acting energetically, but the director shouted to stop.
"Director Gao, could it be that I acted too bad again?" Sun Honglei has been told so much that recently, he has been wondering whether he is in the wrong profession and should not be an actor, and is more suitable for mixed society.
"You have no problem, Brother Ma. You speak too fast, your expression is too nervous and unnatural, and it's a bit stiff."
This time it was the opponent who had the problem.
"Do it again, Brother Ma, try to relax, speak slower, and have clearer lines."
Ma Xiaoming nodded angrily.
I thought that the shooting in the afternoon would continue to be as smooth as Zhang Yuan’s in the morning. Unexpectedly, I shot this scene 9 times in a row, and it never passed.
"Brother Ma, I said, relax and slow down your speech!" Director Gao was anxious and his tone was much heavier.
"I'm already very relaxed. Damn it, I'm not going to act anymore!" Ma Xiaoming slammed the table, stood up and walked out of the private room.
Sun Honglei hurriedly went out to persuade him to make peace, while director Gao Qunshu looked helpless.
Director Gao smacked his teeth and rubbed his eyebrows.
It stands to reason that the director is the biggest on the set, so can the actors rebel?
Actually, this also depends on the situation. Ma Xiaoming is not easy to deal with in society, and the salary given by the crew is still small.
Not only that, Ma Xiaoming fell asleep during a makeup test, and the makeup artist shaved off his bald head without his consent. When the elder brother woke up, he almost fell out and left, but it was the director who persuaded him. Leave people behind.
But it's normal for Ma Xiaoming to be angry. His face was shaved bald, and his head was like a tea egg. He was shivering so much that he put on a fake beard to cover it up.
After a while, Sun Honglei returned, looked at the director, and then shook his head helplessly.
Obviously the other party doesn't buy it and is in a mood.
Gao Qunshu’s face suddenly twisted together as if he had drunk bitter melon juice.
"Director Gao, how about... let me think of a solution." Zhang Yuan, who had nothing to do in the afternoon and planned to watch the famous scene unfold, said softly at this time.
"What can you do..." Director Gao said subconsciously, but before he finished speaking, he thought of Zhang Yuan's performance in the past few days.
It seems like nothing is impossible with him.
"You really have a way. Lao Ma has a bad temper, so don't do whatever you want." "I'll give it a try." After that, he left the private room.
Looking at me and you, the crew members present could not figure out what Zhang Yuan was planning to do.
About half an hour later, Zhang Yuan opened the door and returned to the shooting room with Ma Xiaoming, holding their shoulders and talking and laughing.
"Brother Ma, let's film first. We will continue later in the evening."
"No problem, Brother Zhang."
Director Gao was dumbfounded. At this time, Are you two brothers?
It’s not appropriate for you two to be brothers at your age.
"Director Gao, how about we start filming." Zhang Yuan reminded in a low voice.
"Oh, ok, everyone, take your places, do it again!"
As soon as the filming started this time, Ma Xiaoming's performance immediately made Gao Qunshu's eyes shine.
The speaking speed has slowed down, the lines have become clearer, and even the mood and state of the performance have reached an extremely relaxed and natural state.
“This kid is amazing!”
"How did he do it?"
Director Gao wondered.
At the end of the scene, Gao Qunshu shouted to stop with a smile on his face.
“This one is good.”
“Brother Ma, how about we do it again to guarantee one?”
Huh... Director Gao responded with Ma Xiaoming's snoring.
"What's wrong with him? Did he fall asleep while acting?" Director Gao was confused and stepped forward to check.
As he stepped forward, a strong smell of alcohol accompanied by the sound of the other person's breathing hit him directly in front of his face.
"You must have drunk too much..."
Director Gao immediately reacted and looked at Zhang Yuan.
"Just now we each had a bottle of white wine, so we drank from opposite bottles, hiccup." Zhang Yuan also raised his head now, his face flushed.
When he was collecting skill points at dinner yesterday, he discovered that other actors could collect some points related to acting skills, but this Ma Xiaoming was the only one who had the ability to drink in addition to his drinking capacity!
Zhang Yuan thought at that time, this is not a drunkard!
So just now when he went out, he asked the hotel front desk for two bottles of white.
After a bottle of wine, Ma Xiaoming immediately became enlightened, forgetting all his unhappiness.
And this half-drunk state just fits the atmosphere of this scene. After all, the plot is that Song Laohu meets Liu Huaqiang for a drink, and the two have a conflict at the wine table.
There is no need to act at all, just sit there and enter the character directly.
After Zhang Yuan finished explaining his thoughts and actions, his feet softened and he fell down on his seat.
My drinking points have been increased a lot these days, but I still can’t hold myself back even if I drink too quickly.
"Hurry, get a bottle of water." Director Gao shook his hand vigorously.
Finally it was the director's turn to bring me water... Zhang Yuan smiled and sighed about the reincarnation of heaven.
Gao Qunshu admired in his heart.
This guy is not only good at acting and changing plays, but he can also handle emergencies on the set, and he is so sophisticated in his ways!
How many more surprises can he give me?
The other actors and crew members also looked at Zhang Yuan with admiration.
After all, without him today, I don’t know how long it would take to complete this scene.
Now the smooth completion of the work depends entirely on him!
[Received thanks from Gao Qunshu, camera sense +3, director skills +2, script writing +5, perseverance +2! 】
【Received thanks from Sun Honglei, acting +5! 】
【Received thanks from Jiang Tao, +1 for lighting arrangement! 】
[Thank you from Jiang Zhiwen, +2 for photography skills! 】
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(End of this chapter)