"Call me if you have something. I saw a lot of shops on the way here. The clothes are very beautiful. Let's go now." Wu Jiajia playfully stuck out her tongue, waved and turned around to go out.
The assistant's job is to handle the daily chores of the artist, including serving tea and water, providing food, clothing, housing and transportation. Some of them are no different from nannies, except that Fang Jing doesn't like to be served by others, so Wu Jiajia is very relaxed.
Her job is to book hotels, answer the phone and convey Yang Ning's message. The rest of the time is free, traveling all over the world with Fang Jing. In her words, it is traveling.
She is the most idle assistant in the entertainment industry, bar none.
Looking at her back, Fang Jing smiled and shook his head. He hired three thousand yuan a month. He didn't know what this girl was after.
After taking a shower half an hour later, I changed into a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants, lowered the brim of my hat and went out. This outfit was similar to that of a tourist.
The crew was in the mountains ten kilometers away, and arrived in a short time in the staff's car.
This time he didn't ask the driver to bring the RV. It was too troublesome. He could go back and forth with the car in the group every day, but if it didn't work, it would cost more than ten yuan for a taxi to come back.
Saying goodbye to the hustle and bustle of the city, the countryside naturally has a different flavor. After getting out of the car, Fang Jing took a deep breath of fresh air. The faint sweetness of the grass was mixed with the dry smell of the earth.
The breeze is just right and the sun is not dry!
"Fuck! Who is so unethical?"
A crew member stepped on cow dung as soon as he opened the door and got out of the car. The upper part of his shoe was not submerged, and his expression was incredible.
Fang Jing shuddered and walked quickly towards the theater area where the scenery was set up.
Pastoral life is not only poetry, butterflies, birds singing and fragrance of flowers, but also mosquitoes, cow dung, snakes, insects, rats and ants.
There are always people on the Internet who say that cities are stressful and envy the life in the countryside where they work at sunrise and rest at dawn. In fact, they are all hypocritical. They are too full. If you really let them come to the countryside to stay for a few months, I guarantee that they will cry and scream to go home.
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"Hello, Teacher Fang Jing!"
"Hello, hello."
The temporary setting that the crew set up was a small village with an area of more than 7,000 square meters, dozens of thatched houses, and chaotic alleys.
Next to it is the Yuqiao River, hundreds of stone steps, several pavilions and halls above, with cornices and hanging corners, creating a fairy-style scene. Comparing the two, they are completely different.
"Telephone pole! Pay attention to the camera team, see if it can be captured, if not, move it. Props team, who the hell took the dental cylinder? Was there such a thing in ancient times?"
Director Zhou Yuan pointed at the busy staff and cursed, directing this and that. He was so busy that when he saw Fang Jing, he just nodded and had no time to say hello.
Enjoying his leisure time, Fang Jing stood aside and observed carefully, learning how they set up the scenery. Not to mention, Zhou Yuan is indeed a professional in ancient costumes. He knows a lot about ancient things and he talks about it.
After a while, Zhou Yuan sat down to rest when he was tired. He took a sip of water, looked at Fang Jing, and came over to say hello.
"How's it going? My Caomiao Village is pretty good, isn't it? How accurate is it from your book?"
"Is this Caomiao Village?"
"That's right!"
Fang Jing was surprised, "There are only three scenes in Caomiao Village in the script, right? Why did you build such a big scene for this?"
At first he thought this was a scene where many scenes would be filmed in the future, but he didn't expect that it was actually Caomiao Village where the film opened. The crew was really rich and their budget was burning.
Very satisfied with Fang Jing's expression, Zhou Yuan said with a smile: "That's right, in order to restore the real scene, I hired more than 300 people to build it. It's a bit rough, so I'll make do with it."
"Is this enough? It costs a lot of money, right?"
"How much can a few wooden boards and a pile of weeds cost? It's mainly a waste of energy. But there's nothing you can do about it. Only when the scene is realistic can you feel it when you act it out, and when we shoot it, the effect will be good."
Zhu Xian doesn't have too many scenes, and most of the scenes are in the mountains, so when it comes to real scenes, Zhou Yuan can recreate them as much as possible. This is his usual style.
Pointing to the Jade Bridge Hall on one side, Zhou Yuan said proudly: "This is Qingyun Gate. Tell me if there is anything that needs improvement."
"Then I'll just say it?" Fang Jing said seriously.
Uh! Zhou Yuan is depressed. Labor and management are just being polite. Do you still take it seriously?
"But I have to say something ugly up front. It takes time to set up the scene. If you change it, you can't change it in three to five days. You can say it's a small problem, but I can't do anything if it involves big funds. Even if I agree, your boss Huanrui doesn't agree.
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Fang Jing is a creator and screenwriter, as well as a popular star and actor, so he still has to give this face, and he will agree as long as it is not excessive.
"It's not a big problem." Fang Jing pointed to the lotus pond beside the bridge and said, "This should be the habitat of the mountain-protecting beast, right?"
"Yes, that's right!" Zhou Yuan nodded.
In the original work, the Qingyun Sect is always protected by mythical beasts, and the spirit master will attack and kill foreign enemies when they invade. This aspect has also been retained in the adaptation.
Although the Lingzun will be replaced by green cloth during the performance, and the special effects will be synthesized later, he still built the Lingzun's nest according to the proportions.
"Don't you think it's superfluous to put lotus flowers in the lotus pond? The Spirit Master is a mythical beast with a tall body. Every time he comes out of the water, the color changes with the wind and clouds, and the water in the pond rolls. What lotus flowers are there? They have been destroyed by the waves, right?"
"That's right!" Zhou Yuan slapped his forehead and shouted in the distance: "Props team! Pull out the lotus for me!"
"If you hadn't reminded me that I almost made this stupid mistake, I would have asked them to go to the town to buy it specially a few days ago. I didn't expect this mistake."
Fang Jing smiled modestly and said: "You have to do so many things. It is normal to have some negligence. I don't understand anything. I still want to ask you some questions. I don't know if I have time?"
"No problem, just ask!"
An hour later...
"Xiao Zhu, come and stay with me while I go to the toilet." Seeing the assistant director of the crew passing by, Zhou Yuan seemed to have seen a savior, and ran away as soon as he finished speaking.
He was really annoyed by Fang Jing's questions. He had to ask questions about everything from scenery design to slide rail placement and costumes. He was known as "Learning Technology".
I'll learn from your uncle's technique! Have you ever seen any star on the set who learns technique like this? If you teach an apprentice to starve the master to death, if you continue to ask questions, all this valuable experience and knowledge will be emptied out.
"Director Zhu, long time no see, which studio did you choose to design this costume? It's so beautiful!"
The Qingyunmen's clothes are light blue, and they all look similar, but if you look carefully, you can find that some details are different depending on their status.
Some have no patterns, some have them, some are lighter, and some are darker. It can be seen that the designers are very careful.
"Oh! You are telling me this, this is not the person we are looking for, but your company is looking for it. It seems to be called Qingkong Studio, and it was made by a bunch of college students."
"Do you have their phone number? I don't mean anything else. I just think the design is good. I can help introduce it to my friends if they film in the future."