The MV for "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scale" has finally started shooting as planned.
Although Li Ming meant to wait until the snow melts before talking, the filming needs to be blocked. If they are blocked for a day longer, they will lose money for a day. Of course, the Forbidden City will not agree.
Unless you add money.
As it happens, this is what Li Ming lacks.
On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Ming led the crew he had temporarily assembled for filming the music video and met Zhou Ziwu in front of the Meridian Gate.
Because Li Ming wanted to take some shots of him singing while standing in the morning sun, a group of people came very early.
Zhou Ziwu checked the time before and saw that it was just after seven o'clock and the sun had not yet risen.
"You haven't had breakfast yet?" Li Ming looked at Zhou Ziwu and asked.
Zhou Ziwu nodded. He got up at six o'clock. After washing and changing clothes, he took a taxi and came directly. He didn't have time to have breakfast.
It was okay if Li Ming didn't ask, but when he asked, he suddenly felt hungry.
"That's just right, I've prepared it for you."
With that said, Li Ming unzipped his clothes and took out one from his arms...
Hand cake?
Zhou Ziwu's eyes widened as he looked at the hand cake he took out from his armpit, not very appetizing.
Seeing that he seemed worried, Li Ming laughed and said, "Don't worry, I wrapped it tightly with two layers of plastic bags, and with my body temperature, it will still be hot."
Zhou Ziwu: "..."
marvelous.
When you say this, it seems like you have lost your appetite even more.
The onlookers nearby almost scratched their shoes with their toes. My wife was so embarrassed!
"No need...Gulu~"
The sound of "drums" came, and there was a feeling of embarrassment in the air.
Half a minute later.
"Director Li." Zhou Ziwu bit into the hand pancake which was still hot as expected and said, "When should we start?"
Considering that he might not have food until noon, he gave in to his body's instinct.
As for the other things, they are all for adults. Anyway, they are wrapped in packaging bags, so they are clean and hygienic.
Li Ming breathed heat into his cold hands and looked around: "Everyone is here, let's go in."
Everyone in the crew followed suit without saying a word.
As the main entrance of the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate actually has a total of three door openings. The largest main entrance is usually only accessible by the emperor. If civil and military ministers want to enter the Meridian Gate, they can only pass through the Yemen on both sides.
Today, everyone can enjoy the treatment of an emperor.
The crew arrived too early and the Meridian Gate hadn't opened yet.
Li Ming walked in the front, and Zhou Ziwu followed him to the tall red wooden door. Just as he was wondering if he should ring the doorbell or something, he heard Li Ming shout:
"Master, please open the door!"
After a while.
"squeak--"
The heavy door rang in response. Four Forbidden City staff members slowly opened the door. However, the wooden door was too wide. From the perspective of the crew, the door opened automatically.
"Hey! It turns out that there were voice-controlled doors in ancient times."
Zhou Ziwu paused.
The people around him were a little sleepy because they got up early, but when he said this, they all became energetic.
puff!
The makeup artist who was traveling with me couldn't help laughing.
Teacher, it’s so fun this week!
After walking through the Meridian Gate and crossing the Jinshui Bridge, a group of people stopped in front of the Gate of Supreme Harmony. Further inside is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which is commonly known as the Golden Palace.
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Today’s first shooting scene is in front of Taihe Gate.
"Ziwu, you put on your makeup first," Li Ming said.
Zhou Ziwu nodded, finished the remaining hand cakes in a few mouthfuls, balled up the packaging bag into a ball, looked around and didn't find a trash can, and stuffed it directly into his pocket.
The makeup artist girl, who had just found it suddenly funny, twitched her lips when she saw this.
Yes, I thought that Director Li was quite indifferent before, and he didn’t pay much attention to the co-writer.
No one brought a stool, so the makeup artist had to stand and apply makeup on him. Fortunately, he had a good foundation and the makeup was very easy. Within a few minutes, her work was completed.
At this time, the morning sun finally rose.
The red-orange sunlight slides through the yellow tiles on the double eaves of the Gate of Supreme Harmony and pours onto the red palace wall. The snow that has not yet melted on the yellow tiles contrasts with the white marble steps on the ground.
The morning fog has not completely dissipated, and the light has undergone complex refraction and diffusion, making the entire Gate of Supreme Harmony covered with a layer of dense light.
"Ziwu, you will walk this way from Jinshui Bridge in a moment, and then stand here and start singing." Director Li Ming began to "tell the play" to actor Zhou Ziwu.
"Of course, you don't have to actually sing. I will play the song later and you can just lip-sync to it."
"People can tell the lip-sync at a glance." Zhou Ziwu said: "I know that in order to maintain the sound quality, it is impossible for the music source to use live recording, but it is the minimum to actually sing."
Li Ming shook his head and said: "Of course I hope you will really sing, but I'm afraid your voice won't be able to bear it. You know, we don't just sing it once."
"We need to use multiple scenes, and you may have to sing each scene many times. Calculating it this way, how many times do you have to sing it?"
Zhou Ziwu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have no problem, just practice singing."
He said so himself, what else could Li Ming say, and it would be rude to refuse again.
"Okay, come on then. Remember, when you get here, you must stop."
Zhou Ziwu made an OK gesture.
"Pop!"
Li Ming clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention.
"Attention all departments, one scene at a time, a!"
…
The New Year is over, and all walks of life are starting to operate again.
As one of the judges of the Golden Melody Awards, Gan Wenliang encountered an annoying incident on his first day of work after the new year.
In less than a week, he will participate in the jury meeting of the conference.
At that time, the judges will vote according to the awards and select the nomination list.
At this time in previous years, he had almost made up his mind as to which song to submit for which award. Even if he hadn't thought about it, he had a rough idea.
But this year, he really doesn't know how to make a choice.
It’s not that the quality of the songs submitted was too low to be worthy of the Golden Melody Award, but that the quality of the submitted songs was too high for him to choose.
For example, for the Best Composer Award, the first person he wants to choose is definitely Zhou Ziwu.
You can’t just submit [Zhou Ziwu], you also have to say which of his songs do you think he deserves this award.
At this time, the problem arises.
Talk about "Nocturne"?
What about "Blue and White Porcelain"?
Are you convinced by "Meet"?
In addition to the best composer, there is also the best lyricist award.
If you choose "Blue and White Porcelain", what about "Preface to Orchid Pavilion"?
ah!!
With a roar in his heart, Gan Wenliang looked at [Zhou Ziwu] following the song titles on the paper, and suddenly gritted his teeth and shook his fist in the air.
It's all you, Zhou Ziwu, your sins are so serious!
…
once.
Zhou Ziwu did not take the saying "listen to others' advice to eat enough" seriously.
It wasn't until today that he understood this sentence deeply.
"Card!"
The sun sets in the west.
The Forbidden City was beautiful at five o'clock in the evening, but Zhou Ziwu had no intention of admiring it at this time.
When he heard Li Ming yelling, he looked away at the horizon, touched his throat, came to Li Ming, took the water from him, and took a sip to moisten his throat.
"It's over?"
Now he can say one less word.
It's not that he pretends to be aloof and cherishes words like gold, but that he really doesn't have the energy to talk much now.
Singing is not only a technical job, but also a physical job. Especially songs like "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scale" that contain high-pitched and angry sounds require more physical effort.
Li Ming nodded, "That's almost it."
Today, he mainly recorded the scene of Zhou Ziwu singing. As for the empty scene with no one in the scene, he could find it from the materials he had arranged before. It was just a matter of spending more time.
Zhou Ziwu made an OK gesture again and said, "Let's go."
After saying that, he was ready to leave.
"Wait a minute." Li Ming stopped him, "Let's all have dinner together, I'll treat you."
Zhou Ziwu turned around and looked at Li Ming with surprise, as if he had met him for the first time.
Although they had only met twice so far, he still felt that Li Ming had changed.
A director who was filming a music video and brought hand cakes to the singer for breakfast actually offered to treat him to dinner!
His look that seemed like the end of the world made Li Ming a little embarrassed, "Are you going or not?"
"Go, of course, why not go!" Zhou Ziwu agreed quickly, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.
He decided to order the most expensive thing when he got to the place to eat later, so that Director Li would know that people in the world are evil.
…
"I'll have some tripe."
After Zhou Ziwu finished speaking, he handed the menu to the person next to him.
He made a mistake. Unexpectedly, Li Ming predicted his prediction and took everyone to eat hot pot.
Until the meal was finished, many people at the table still couldn't believe that Zhou Ziwu, who had just won the first prize in the most prestigious Spring Festival Gala voting event and was extremely popular, was actually willing to "condescend" to come and fight with his group.
Let's eat together in an ordinary hot pot restaurant.
This is incredible.
Those who work in their profession usually have to interact with celebrities. However, among the celebrities they come into contact with, no matter they are big names or small celebrities, there are really few who are as approachable as him.
At this moment, they had the same sigh as An Ran yesterday: This guy really doesn't look like a star.
After the meal, the group dispersed.
When Li Ming got home, before he could sit down, his cell phone rang.
When I opened it, I saw that it was Huang Liqiang's.
"Hey, Xiao Li, I heard that you went to the Forbidden City for filming today?"
"Yes, Teacher Huang, do you know all this?" Li Ming asked with a smile, with surprise in his tone.
"I heard what my friend said." Huang Lizheng added, "How was the filming process? Did it go smoothly?"
“It went very smoothly.”
The two chatted for a few minutes and found that Li Ming couldn't get to the point. Huang Lizheng became a little anxious. How could this kid be so slow? Couldn't he hear that I wanted to know about Zhou Ziwu?
"Haha, Xiao Li, if I remember correctly, you went to shoot the MV for "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scale" today, right? How was Zhou Ziwu's performance?"
He chose to speak out.
Li Ming sighed: "I have to say, he is really different from what I imagined."
Huang Liqian raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Why is it different? Please tell me in detail."
Li Ming: "He..."
Two minutes later.
"Well, is that all?"
After receiving a positive reply, Huang Lizheng hung up the phone.
The reason why he made this call today was to learn more about Zhou Ziwu through Li Ming.
When Zhou Ziwu was in front of him before, he behaved quite likeable.
But he was a little scared, afraid that Zhou Ziwu's behavior was deliberately pretending in front of him.
After being in the industry for so many years, he has seen too many people who do one thing in front of them but another behind their backs.
He was afraid of Zhou Ziwu, who was also such a person. So he chose to fully understand Zhou Ziwu through Li Ming's mouth.
Unlike him, Li Ming is not famous and has no big background.
If Zhou Ziwu is really the kind of duplicitous person, then at this highlight moment of his life, he will definitely show it more or less when facing a powerless little director like Li Ming.
And now, the answer he got from Li Ming was that Zhou Ziwu was indeed a young man with good conduct.
Now, he can rest assured.
…
One night passed.
Li Ming focused his work on editing the music video for "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scale", while Zhou Ziwu got on the plane heading south and returned to Shanghai.
Because he didn't tell anyone when he came back this time, his mother and Chu Dahu at home were very surprised when he came home.
Then, something even more surprising happened to them.
In front of his mother, Zhou Ziwu grabbed the suitcase and headed straight to the bedroom with the confused Chu Dahu.
Looking at the young couple who closed the door with a bang, Zhang Suyue blinked. After she realized what she was doing, an unstoppable smile appeared on her face.
Taking out her mobile phone, she dialed Zhou Wenshan's number, "When you come back, remember to go to the vegetable market to buy some oysters, lamb kidneys, etc."
After hearing the names of these foods she reported, Zhou Wenshan suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on his back.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He asked carefully: "Why are you suddenly asked to buy these?"
"Your son is back. He was in a hurry as soon as he came in... Oh, forget it, I'll buy it myself. By the time you get off work, the day lilies will be cold."
After saying that, she hung up the phone, changed her clothes for going out, and went straight to the vegetable market happily.
In the bedroom.
Chu Qingqiu's face turned red, "Oh, what are you doing?"
Zhou Ziwu didn't even explain. After letting go of her hand, he opened his suitcase and took out a large ball of clothes from the corner of the suitcase.
After uncovering the inner and outer layers of clothes, he took out the first prize trophy for "My Favorite Spring Festival Gala Program" with a strong sense of pride in his tone.
"Look at my new trophy!"
Chu Qingqiu: "..."
…
After resting at home for a few days and experiencing the transformation from being a "handheld treasure" to being madly disliked, Zhou Ziwu was planning to find something to do for himself when he suddenly received two pieces of news.
The good news is that I was nominated for the Golden Melody Award.
The other good news is, there's more than one.
"well……"
His frowning and sighing look confused Chu Qingqiu on the side, "Isn't this good news? Why are you sighing? What's wrong? Don't you want to receive it?"
Zhou Ziwu shook his head, "That's not true. It's just that you mentioned so many nominations. What should I say in my acceptance speech? It's impossible to say the same speech four, five, six, seven or eight times, right?"
I knew it!
Chu Qingqiu rolled his eyes, "You have only received a few nominations, and you have only given seven or eight acceptance speeches. Besides, these are just nominations. The final result is not yet certain."
Zhou Ziwu touched his chin, "It makes sense, so I have to prepare my acceptance speech quickly to avoid using it later."