Chapter 31 Start shooting
9 p.m.
When Zhou Qiqi left in the car, she lowered the window and waved goodbye to Xu Kun.
Xu Kun also responded enthusiastically yet reservedly.
Although there were some twists and turns in the process, the result was good. He successfully gained a young girl with his "acting skills" and almost exchanged mobile phone numbers with the girl. Unfortunately, he was intercepted by County Magistrate Zhou halfway.
The little girl also said that she would come to visit the crew during the winter vacation - she went to middle school in the provincial capital and came here on temporary leave.
Xu Kun just hoped that when she came, she would never encounter a scene where a group of rough men like black coal briquettes were surrounding the female workers and talking obscenely.
In addition, County Magistrate Zhou also made an agreement with Li Yang that the real place names and landmark buildings in the county should not appear in the play - the owner of the small coal mine does not care, but the county wants to save face.
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Return to the hotel.
Everyone worked together to denounce Li Yixiang. If Li Yixiang hadn't been lazy and refused to go, there would be no need for Xu Kun, a Yehuchan, to support the show with the 92-year-old Beijing Film Academy squad leader sitting in charge.
In the next few days, Li Yang was not in a hurry to start the filming, but took the actors to experience life in the mine.
Xu Kun went to the mines with Li Yixiang during the day, and dialogued lines with Bao Qiang at night. In between, he took time to follow Li Yang to the broadcasting bureau to prepare for the audition of the "employees" of the massage parlor.
As a result, except for a young female host who responded positively, everyone else had their own concerns and were not very enthusiastic.
After all, they are playing the role of a woman who has fallen into disgrace. In this small county, which is as big as a palm, if any rumors spread, it will definitely affect their daily lives.
In the end, the female host who signed up enthusiastically was also stopped because she was broadcasting the evening news and represented the image of the county.
In the end, for the sake of County Magistrate Zhou, a few girls were selected from the county drama troupe.
As a result, the crew had another misunderstanding during this period. After visiting the mine with no safeguards, they successively found a prop, a scene note, and the actor who played 'Tang Zhaoxia' - the one who was replaced by Tang and Song Er as soon as she appeared on the scene. The character who killed someone was suspected to be Yuan Fengming's father.
The common characteristic of these people is that they need to go into the mines.
When something like this happened at the last moment, Li Yang was so anxious that he had to rush back to the capital overnight to find a replacement.
After a lot of trouble here and there, it was already mid-month by the time I turned on the phone.
Of course, there is good news. For example, Xu Kun and Li Yixiang have completely integrated into the mine. They can walk, sit or lie down and mingle with the miners without looking strange at all.
Xu Kun even became good friends with the bodyguard and driver at the mine. He kept everything black and white from him. According to this buddy, he privately revealed that this small mine alone has been buried for many years. Seven or eight people.
Most of them died in mining accidents, but some died not because of mining accidents.
Xu Kun didn't tell anyone these things, firstly because he promised to keep them secret; secondly, even if he told them, everyone would have to go down the well, which would only add more fear.
December 17th of the Gregorian calendar is the appropriate time to break ground.
At the start-up ceremony, Li Yang deliberately bought a big bull with beards and tails in order to seek good luck. The cow alone cost several thousand.
But beef soup does boost morale.
The first scene that officially started shooting was the opening scene of the script, where Song Jinming, Tang Chaoyang and "Tang Zhaoxia" filed out of the work shed and prepared to start working in the mine.
It’s not that Li Yang plans to shoot in sequence, the main thing is that the new ‘Tang Zhaoxia’ is a strong man he dragged from the capital, and she is in a hurry to return to the capital after filming.
Compared with the original version, Xu Kun's version has made many detailed changes. For example, 'Tang Zhaoxia' originally came to the mine as a younger brother, but now she has naturally changed to Tang Chaoyang's 'brother'.
For another example, after getting the helmet and coal mining tools, the scene of the three people smoking together was originally started with Tang Chaoyang, with 'Tang Zhaoxia' in the middle, and ended with Song Jinming snatching them away and taking a sip.
Now it was Song Jinming [Li Yixiang] who took the first swipe, and then handed it to 'Tang Zhaoxia'. 'Tang Zhaoxia' took two greedy sips, and when Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] snatched it away, she even pulled it out. Got some saliva.
Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] showed a disgusted expression, first rubbed it hard on his sleeve, then frowned and took two sips, then threw it to the ground and stamped it out.
"Brother, let's go~"
He greeted lazily, and the three of them got on the elevator together and sank into the mine with the shaking camera.
The shot of sitting on the elevator and sinking was repeated over and over again.
But after filming the scene coming down from the elevator five or six times, Li Yang was still not very satisfied. Finally, after discussing it with the assistant director and cameraman, he decided to cut the scene altogether.
Then the three of them started working in the mine tunnel like normal miners.
Because 'Tang Zhaoxia' was a young man caught temporarily, her movements were obviously unfamiliar and stiff compared to those of Xu Kun and Li Yixiang, so we mainly shot the scenes of the latter two.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Yang, who had collected enough materials, shouted "Ka". Next comes the most important plot in the early stage.
Seeing other miners sending out a cart of coal, 'Tang Zhaoxia', who was sweating all over her neck, took the initiative to invite the two of them to take a rest.
The three of them squatted down to a relatively flat tunnel. Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] grabbed a few sips from the water bottle first, then stuffed it into his nominal brother 'Tang Zhaoxia' and said, "Look at how tired you are. Sweat on my forehead."
With that said, Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] took off the helmet of 'Tang Zhaoxia' and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel.
'Tang Zhaoxia' held the kettle and said honestly, "I'm not tired, I just miss my baby a little bit."
"What do you think of me, baby? I think you miss your wife."
Song Jinming [Li Yixiang] joked and quietly held a short pickaxe behind his back.
Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] also picked up a pickaxe, held it in his arms and held it with both hands, smiling as Song Jinming joked about 'Tang Zhaoxia's' wife.
Seeing that the teasing was almost done, Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] suddenly said: "Brother, I will send you home today, what do you think?"
'Tang Zhaoxia' looked at him doubtfully, then looked at Song Jinming [Li Yixiang], and asked curiously: "What's the date today? I haven't paid yet, how can I leave?"
"That's not easy. You can see if my method is right or not."
Speaking of the word '中' at the end, Song Jinming [Li Yixiang] hit 'Tang Zhaoxia' on the head with a pickaxe.
‘Tang Zhaoxia’’s honest and bewildered expression suddenly froze on his face, but when Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] saw that he was still standing, he immediately gave him another hard pickaxe.
After suffering a series of heavy blows, 'Tang Zhaoxia', whose real name had never been revealed, fell down like a rotten wooden pile.
The two of them fucked hard for a few more times. Song Jinming [Li Yixiang] stretched out his hand to feel the breath of 'Tang Zhaoxia', and stood up to drag him deeper into the mine.
"etc."
But Tang Chaoyang [Xu Kun] stopped him, and then spat viciously on 'Tang Zhaoxia''s face.
At this time, the camera pulled over and gave him a close-up of his face. His eyes, which were open to three whites, revealed the ferocity and pleasure of a wolf under the miner's lamp.
Song Jinming [Li Yixiang] saw that he was determined to retaliate, so he shook his head in disapproval and pretended to drag the body of 'Tang Zhaoxia' again.
"Ka~Okay, very good!"
Li Yang shouted stop in time. The mine was uneven and if it was dragged through like this, 'Tang Zhaoxia' might really be erect, so a dummy would be used to replace it.
Xu Kun also hurriedly bent down and wiped the saliva from the face of the actor playing Tang Zhaoxia with his sleeve, apologizing loudly.
"It's okay, it's all for filming."
The actor turned over and sat up, and said carelessly: "Even if I have to bear grudges, I will bear his grudges against Lao Li."
"Didn't I promise to buy you a drink when I go back?"
Li Yang, who was watching the playback of the footage on the IVS, replied in the midst of his busy schedule, and clapped his hands after a moment: "Everyone performed well just now, especially Xiao Xu. The close-up at the end was very impactful!"
Hearing Li Yang's praise, Xu Kun let out a sigh of relief.
In order not to hold back Bao Qiang, who was about to take off, he spent a lot of effort figuring out the role of Tang Chaoyang, and designed many details based on the revised character's personality.
For example, in the original version, 'Tang Zhaoxia' took off his helmet by himself. In this version, at Xu Kun's suggestion, it was changed to Tang Chaoyang pretending to wipe his sweat and taking the initiative to take off his helmet.
The spit strands pulled out of the cigarette before going down to the mine, and the final act of revenge when he spat on Tang Chaoyang's face were all thought up by Xu Kun himself.
All these changes are to highlight Tang Chaoyang's ruthlessness, initiative, and unyielding retribution.
Now it seems that the effect is not bad.
"Guarantee one, keep one more!"
However, after all the praise comes, Li Yang decided to take another shot. After all, this is the most exciting breakout point in the early stage and cannot be overemphasized.
But this guarantee exposed Xu Kun's current shortcomings.
Li Yixiang made some adjustments to his performance based on the situation just now, but Xu Kun could only copy the original performance, because once he broke away from the repeatedly rehearsed routine, his performance level would drop significantly.
Fortunately, Xu Kun gave a half-true performance this time and basically understood the character of Tang Chaoyang. Otherwise, if something went wrong in the rehearsal, he might not be able to change it for a while.
(End of chapter)