The garden, pond, and the small white building of the Meiying Factory, plus a few green pines covered with snow.
From a distance, it seems to match the temperament of the American Film Studio.
In the simple but not simple studio, a row of old-fashioned shelves are placed against the wall.
The shelves are not only filled with various puppet props, but also a coffee stove.
At this moment, Jiang Shan and Qu Jianfang, the director of "Afanti", were standing side by side in front of a tool rack.
"Is two carving knives enough?"
Facing the music director's inquiry, Jiang Shan nodded: "That's enough."
On the other side, the lights and radio are all turned on.
Duan Xiaoxuan, who pressed one hand on the machine, gave Jiang Shan a friendly reminder: "Do I need to rehearse again? Or should we just start filming?"
"Just shoot,"
This move of his own is not a job that can be completed in a few minutes: "Can it be edited later?"
"Of course," Duan Xiaoxuan and Qu Jianfang both laughed: "The splicing and cutting are random, our factory only does these piecemeal jobs."
"Teachers," Jiang Shan bowed his hands to the two seniors: "You two are going to have a hard time later. My time is not short."
Qu Jianfang smiled slightly: "It's okay. If you stay here for a long time, you will understand that our factory usually only has working hours and no off-duty hours."
"And they all work overtime on their own initiative." Duan Xiaoxuan often has to go back and forth between several crews: "You just do your thing for a while, and leave the rest to us."
"Thank you for your hard work," Director Xu also said at this moment: "Same as last time, all the expenses incurred in shooting the advertisement will be charged to our Light Industry Bureau."
After the two-sentence statement from the employer ended, under the watchful eyes of some onlookers.
Jiang Shan picked out an orange pencil from a box of Zhonghua colored pencils on the table.
Then, he picked up the carving knife amid curious eyes.
Just once, twice... I started sharpening the pencil.
"Um?"
Qu Jianfang, who was also holding a machine, silently hummed in his heart:
"It took you a long time to do this? Fortunately, I helped you pick out a carving knife for a while. It turned out to be just for sharpening pencils?"
Pan Hong and Liu Xiaoqing looked at each other, feeling somewhat disappointed.
I thought I would see a masterpiece, but I never thought it would be so... ordinary.
When a few disappointed eyes drifted towards Jiangshan, Director Xu, Huang Hua and Section Chief Han not only did not show a trace of disappointment, but all of them opened their eyes wide and round.
Only they know in their hearts that sharpening pencils for others is just ordinary pencil sharpening.
But Jiang Shan is definitely not the case. As long as he sees this kid starting to sharpen his pencil, it will be fine.
Sure enough, within a few minutes, everyone present opened their eyes wide.
Not only that, a circle of people stretched their necks towards the same focus.
The pair of hands shrouded in light looked extraordinary from the moment they started sharpening the pencil.
The carving knife should have started from the top, but it stopped directly in the middle of the colored pencil.
On the white chopping board, Jiang Shan controls a pen in one hand and a knife in the other.
Under the spotlight, the orange pencil lying across the table was being sharpened back and forth in the middle with a sharp blade.
At this time, there was only the sound of rustling... in the studio.
When pieces of sawdust peeled off the pencil, an inch-long piece of orange lead was completely naked in front of everyone's sight.
The next second, Jiang Shan held the colored lead firmly on his fingertips with one hand, and with the other hand he held the carving knife and flattened it into a pointed carving.
His eyes were bright and cautious, and it seemed that he had never been so focused before.
To scratch, shovel, stab, carve, stab, pick...
As the pen core was picked off bit by bit by the tip of the knife, the original complete orange pen core gradually revealed its shape.
It was only then that the few people gathered around the workbench came back to their senses.
It turns out that Jiangshan’s purpose from the very beginning was not to use colored pencils to draw on paper.
Instead, draw directly on the colored pencils.
Seeing this scene, Director Xu and Huang Hua looked at each other slightly.
None of them expected that this kid's skills were far crazier than they expected.
The phrase "advertisement retention rate" is simply a joke here in Jiangshan.
I wonder, who can look away during the playback of his works?
Breathe
When Comrade Jiang Shan blew away the crumbs on the pencil lead, several English letters clearly stood out on the inch-long pencil lead:
H E L L O
After this scene appeared, Duan Xiaoxuan, who had been staring at the camera, blinked her eyes in surprise.
On the other side, Qu Jianfang, who felt incredible, poked his head directly from the camera.
This time, he said silently in his heart: "It's really amazing. It's still carved with naked eyes?"
Bureau Xu, Huang Hua and Section Chief Han, who were smiling with their lips pursed, and Pan Hong, Chen Peisi and Liu Xiaoqing, who were opposite with their mouths wide open and their eyes full of surprise, formed two completely different sets of reactors.
Soon, under their wide-eyed stares, Jiang Shan picked up another green pencil from the pencil case.
This time, his carving knife changed its path and began to cut away from the top of the pencil.
It's still the same action of cutting first and then carving, and still only the sound of rustling can be heard.
Holding the carving knife in his hand, he carefully used various moves on the green refill.
From time to time, I have to blow a few times.
Gradually, under the gaze of everyone, the bare lead at the top of the pencil slowly turned into a miniature lock.
Not only that, there is also a key of matching size hanging on this small lock.
Phew~~
With a few loud exhales, several people around him breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Obviously, the hands illuminated by the lights really made the onlookers nervous.
It is really exciting and nervous to see such a small gadget carved out of such a big place.
Especially when watching the carving knife in Jiang Shan's hand remove the excess bit by bit, revealing the essence.
That feeling of comfort that I had never experienced before actually made me want to keep watching.
As if he knew what everyone was thinking, when two colored pencils, one orange and one green, were placed side by side.
Comrade Jiangshan picked out a bright red pencil from the pencil box.
After using two colored pencils to warm up his hands, his speed improved significantly this time.
Knife left and right, scraping and sharpening, and a bright red rose appeared on the tip of the pencil.
After that, colored pencils were taken out one after another.
Yellow, pink, purple...
Until the moment Jiang Shan finally stopped, six roses of different colors were blooming side by side on the top of six colored pencils.
After pushing the lens towards the finished product on the table for a while, the two photographers who had already received the signal were reluctant to shut down the machine.
Wow——
A round of applause suddenly rang out in the studio, making Jiang Shan feel comfortable while leaning on his chair.
Huang Hua: "High, really high!"
Duan Xiaoxuan: "Every shot is wonderful."
Director Xu was already so excited that he clenched his fists. He had been nodding vigorously to Jiang Shan for a while: "Well done!"
Qu Jianfang said directly to Jiang Shan: "You boy is awesome."
"Jiangshan," Chen Peisi didn't know how to express it: "I'm convinced. Brother, I'm completely convinced this time."
Looking at Pan Hong and Liu Xiaoqing, they rushed to Jiang Shan's side.
"You are so awesome," Liu Xiaoqing patted Jiang Shan on the shoulder: "I was dumbfounded just now."
"I didn't even dare to take a breath," Pan Hong's pretty face was slightly red, and she didn't know whether it was because she was suppressed or excited: "It's so beautiful!"
Under the leadership of the two lesbians, several people in the room picked up the colored pencils on the table.
Look left and right, no matter how you look at it, it’s incredible.
But, it was indeed something that happened under his own eyes.
“What a neat gadget!”
"If you ask me, this lock is the one that shows the most skill."
"We Chinese are naturally very patient." Duan Xiaoxuan was holding a yellow rose, not to mention how much she cherished it.
Qu Jianfang nodded: "I have also heard of strange people who can carve on a grain of rice or a strand of hair."
"But this is the first time I've seen Xiaojiang's skills. It's really impressive."
"The key is that it looks wonderful."
When the colored pencils in the pencil box were taken out one by one by Jiang Shan and put back on the table one by one, they had turned into pieces of colorful art.
Everyone who witnessed all this felt that the scene that just happened was enough to reflect on for a while!
At this time, Jiang Shan, who had been silent until now, began to speak:
"Everything has its causes and consequences. Since we want to do other people's business again, the first thing we need to change is the impression those countries have on us.
Since Party A’s impression still remains on the time when the Chinese pencil broke its shaft and shattered its lead,
As a qualified Party B, you should show them your current pen holder and refill.
Not only to show it to them, but also to their people.
Not only do we have to coax Party A to spend a lot of money to purchase goods, we also coax Party A's people to spend a lot of money to buy pens.
At that time, our Zhonghua brand pencils will have more funds to develop better pencils.
Only when we win with our pen can our waist be strengthened."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two photographers who received the signal to start shooting focused their cameras on Jiang Shan's hands again.
At this moment, the arrogance rising in the studio was obviously different from the past.
And Jiang Shan's hands seemed to be different from before...
