A small guesthouse next to Luohan Temple in YZ District, Shancheng. This is the location of the crew of "Crazy Stone" and an important shooting scene for this drama.

Since this drama has only invested three million, Ning Hao wants to have a lot of money. The entire crew is relatively simple, even simpler than "Waiting Alone" filmed by Qin Yu last year.

Ning Hao was the director and the main photographer. Because he could not afford the film money, he did not even dare to choose a film machine, but chose a digital DV machine with relatively low clarity.

The deputy director and chief lighting technician are also served by Yue Xiaojun, so the role of Xiaojun in the thief gang played by Yue Xiaojun is mostly arranged in places with brighter lights. Huang Bo and Qin Yu, who had just arrived at the crew, were arranged by Ning Hao to have the drama business and the driver's life.

Others such as makeup, props, sets, and recordings are mostly performed by Nortel Electronics students. If you don’t distinguish them carefully, you will think that this is shooting students’ graduation works.

Not only does it save on personnel expenses, but also accommodation. This small dilapidated guesthouse cannot satisfy a single room for each person. Of course, there are not many single rooms here, most of which are double rooms and triple rooms.

Finally, the crew rented all the double rooms in the guesthouse. Director Ning Hao and Deputy Director Yue Xiaojun lived in one room. Guo Tao and Liu Hua were more familiar with each other; the Sichuan-Chongqing comedy star Wang Xun and Huang Bo, who was also "extremely good-looking", lived together. Although Xu Zheng had the biggest wrist, he did not have too many airs to see that there was no single room, so he lived with Qin Yu. He arrived half a day later than Qin Yu, and the car he picked him up was also an important prop for the crew - Chang'an Star.

The two years ago, a drama "Zhu Bajie" made Xu Zheng popular all over the country. Although the love story between Zhu Bajie and Xiaolongnu in the play ended in a tragedy, he married a beauty in reality.

Originally, Ning Hao sent the script to Tao Hong in this drama, hoping that she would come to play Dao Ge's girlfriend Jingjing in the drama. Unexpectedly, Xu Zheng was attracted by the story after seeing the script. He personally called Ning Hao to play one of the characters, and did not have a pay. This made the stingy Ning Hao very happy, but he still agreed with a reserved "reluctantly".

Liu Hua is an old actor in the circle who was softly beaten by Ning Hao. As an old senior in the circle, Liu Hua does not lack opera appointments. Although he has not played the protagonist several times, his acting skills are recognized in the circle.

Liu Hua received a call from Ning Hao for the first time. After asking about the pay, he just quit. The actors make a living by relying on the pay. After all, everyone is a family member. The spirit of dedication to love has long been defeated by reality.

Ning Hao, who was rejected, was not discouraged and beaten three times in a row. If he was finally moved by Ning Hao's spirit of visiting the cottage three times, it would be better to say that it was because he was all in the same circle and it was hard to refuse again. After all, Beijing Film Academy has to give face, and the great people from the Beijing Film Academy photography department should not offend too much.

Liu Hua still took on this drama, but after reading the script, he was attracted by the role of Brother Dao in the drama. Brother Dao has been in the world for many years, and is very scheming. He is never vague when he should be cruel, and he admits frugality when he should be cowardly. This is a role that can be outstanding after playing well, and Liu Hua knew that the crew was really in trouble, so he symbolically asked for a 25,000 yuan salary.

Guo Tao was also moved by this script. Guo Tao starred in Feng Xiaogang's movie in 1994. He was a more popular male star. He didn't have too many projects to look for him. Later, he was attracted by the role of Bao Shihong in this drama and agreed to Ning Hao's invitation. As the male protagonist of this drama, Guo Tao only had a 100,000 yuan salary, which was definitely a friendship price. In order to match the characteristics of the characters in the drama, he rushed to Shancheng half a month ago to learn Shancheng dialect, feel the characteristics of this city, and carefully ponder the unique temperament of men in Shancheng.

When Xu Zheng was taken to the guesthouse by Qin Yu and Huang Bo, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I know that the crew is simple, but I didn't expect it to be so simple. When Ning Hao first contacted me, he said that the conditions were difficult and there must be a heart that loves movies to support it. I also thought that no matter how hard it was, it was in the mountain city, so how hard it would be better than shooting war scenes. I didn't expect that he could find such a guesthouse, which would cost him fifty dollars a day."

"Forty, I'm talking about the group purchase price." Huang Bo met Xu Zheng on the way, and knew that this big star had no airs.

"You are awesome!" Xu Zheng gave Huang Bo thumbs up, then looked at the room here, and praised: "Although the room facilities are simpler, they are quite clean and hygienic. It is still very good for such a guesthouse to have such a clean room."

"Brother Xu, this was tidied up by Qin Yu in the afternoon. Not only were the bed sheets replaced with new ones, but even the spider webs in the corners of the walls and the lime foam on the windowsills were cleaned."

Xu Zheng looked at Qin Yu on the side and said, "Xiao Qin, thank you for your hard work."

Qin Yu smiled proudly: "Brother Xu, I am a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, so I have to look at the tidy environment. I live with Brother Xu during this period, and I hope it's better not to be weird."

"How can I do it? I want to thank you." Xu Zheng said: "In two days, my brother will take you to have fun in the mountain city. The girl here is still good."

Qin Yu and Huang Bo looked at each other and showed joy: "Then let's thank Brother Xu first."

After all the main actors arrived, Ning Hao finally returned generously. Not far from Luohan Temple, the Xiaochuan Restaurant next to the most famous old-fashioned hotel in the mountain city, took the main actors to hold a welcome banquet. He also agreed in advance that filming will start tomorrow, and this event is also considered a starting banquet.

As the director, Ning Hao put away the cynical moment when he first met, but sincerely toasted everyone here: "Teacher Guo, Teacher Liu, Teacher Xu, Teacher Wang, Brother Bo, Qin Yu... I am really ashamed. I would like to welcome you here. Thanks to the teachers to give face, I took on this drama. The conditions are simple, please include it. This time I owe all the teachers. After our drama is released, I will definitely invite all the teachers to have a state banquet dish in the Imperial Chef next to me." After saying that, I drank it all.

"Okay, just for Director Ning's love for movies, I can predict that this drama will not be too bad." As an old senior here, Liu Hua took the lead in accompanying him to drink it all, expressing his respect for the director.

Respect the director is not just a verbal sentence, but it is actually a kind of artistic ethics. No matter how many disputes the two sides have during the early communication, as long as they sign a contract and take on the show, they must respect the director in the crew. In the past, Teacher Chang taught this in the Central Academy of Drama. Now Liu Hua and Guo Tao and other seniors of the Central Academy of Drama also set an example for Qin Yu, the younger generation.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone became relatively familiar with each other. As the younger generation who had just debuted, Qin Yu and Huang Bo consciously greeted all seniors: "Hello, Teacher Liu, Hello, Teacher Xu, Hello, Teacher Guo, Hello, Teacher Wang... I respect you." The few people here did not ask for help after the two of them greeted each other and stood up to give a gift.

With the popularity of "Bright Sword", "Happiness Like Flowers" has also entered the publicity stage. Qin Yu has already gained a certain reputation in the circle and is no longer the kind of cute newbie he used to be. Among the people here, except for Xu Zheng and Guo Tao, Liu Hua is only qualified and has good acting skills.

And there is an old saying, don’t bully the young man, you don’t know if the other party will have a soaring day. So the few people are also very polite to Qin Yu and Huang Bo.

After drinking for a while, Liu Hua asked Qin Yu, "Qin Yu is also from the Central Academy of Drama."

"Yes, Teacher Liu, I'm in the 2001 Performance Department."

"Then don't call me teacher, we are all fellow brothers." Guo Tao said, "Haha, with Xiaojun, we have taken over half of the Central Academy of Drama."

Xu Zheng said unconvincedly: "Don't cause hatred. We are just a little far away from Yanjing. The resources are often snatched away by your two schools, otherwise we will definitely not be weaker than you in the theater."

"That's right, the words just now made us Nord Television people unhappy. Brother Bo, we formed an alliance with Xu Zheng, and Lao Wang, the four of us would not believe that we could not drink them."

Huang Bo hurriedly waved his hand: "Haozi, don't hold me, I admit defeat. I just followed Qin Yu to a circle and it's already a little bit. If you play PK again, you will definitely fall down."

"Look at your cowardly."

Huang Bo would never admit that he admitted to being afraid because he knew Qin Yu's alcohol tolerance, but at the end he saw Ning Hao hitting the stone with dissatisfaction, he still couldn't help but smile.
Chapter completed!