The young actors and staff on the side were whispering to each other, while the assistant director, holding a thermos cup in one hand, walked quickly to Li Yi and Zhang Min, handed the cup to the two of them, and praised: "What happened just now?"
What a great performance! You guys are really getting closer and closer to each other, especially the two scenes before and after the underwater kiss, the connection is very natural and very good!"
Li Yi held the thermos cup, drank two sips of hot tea to warm up, and said with a smile: "Let's go and have a look!"
After Li Yi saw the scenes he had just shot, he was very satisfied. He also praised Zhang Min and the actors who played Dryad Granny and Xiao Qing.
Zhang Min was holding a thermos cup and was used to Li Yi's compliments. Although she didn't say anything, her smile was particularly sweet.
The actors who played Dryad Granny and Xiao Qing were naturally very happy. They said a few words of humility and said that they were lucky that they did not play with Li Yi in the whole process. Otherwise, they would inevitably be nervous when facing him, and they would have to do it over again.
OK.
What we just filmed was the last scene of the day. After Li Yi and Zhang Min took a hot bath and changed their clothes, it was almost dawn.
The assistant director and others were still cleaning up the scene. After greeting them, Li Yi took Zhang Min and left first.
"Brother Yi, it's almost dawn, would you like to accompany me to watch the sunrise? I haven't seen the sunrise yet. After the two of them walked a short distance away, Zhang Min said to Li Yi.
Li Yi thought about it and found that he had never seen the sunrise since he was a child. He usually stayed in the big cities. It was rare to film in such secluded mountains and fields. He just took this opportunity to enjoy the sunset.
It’s not bad to go out.
Zhang Min nodded, agreed, and walked deeper into the forest with Li Yi.
Most of the plot of "A Chinese Ghost Story" needs to be shot at night, and during this time, the two of them, taking advantage of the break from filming, would often go to the woods to "watch the moon" and they already had a fixed place to go.
The view there is wide open and the grass is soft. As soon as they said they wanted to watch the sunrise, the two of them naturally walked there in a tacit understanding, as if they regarded that place as a secret base.
After entering the forest, Zhang Min naturally approached and took Li Yi's arm.
Originally, when she did this at first, Li Yi would resist, but every time she could find a valid reason, such as feeling cold or afraid of falling, so Li Yi had no choice but to let her go.
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the secret base that belonged to both of them.
The night was as cool as water, the temperature was rising, and there was a lot of morning dew on the grass. The two of them could not lie on the grass as before, but could only stand side by side, breathing the fresh air while looking at the increasingly bright east.
, waiting for the dawn to break.
"Brother Yi, how do you feel about my performance just now?" Zhang Min asked in a low voice.
"It's very good. The acting skills are solid and natural and smooth." Li Yi said casually.
"What I'm asking about isn't acting, it's about this!" Zhang Min looked up at Li Yi, pointed at her lips, and said with a red face.
After Li Yi was stunned for a moment, he realized that what Zhang Min meant was how he felt when the two were filming a kiss.
This made him speechless for a moment, and he really didn't know what to say.
Seeing that Li Yi was silent, Zhang Min stood on tiptoes, closed her eyes, brought her lips closer, and kissed Li Yi's mouth.
But before she could kiss him, Li Yi stretched out a finger and put it between her lips to stop her.
Li Yi knew that Zhang Min liked him, and just like Zhu Yin, she had deep admiration for him.
He also thought that if he had met any of them before he was with Cheng Yajie, they would probably get together.
After all, Li Yi is just an ordinary man, not a saint or a gentleman. It is inevitable that he will have some small thoughts, and he will also have throbbing and struggling deep in his heart.
He could not mercilessly refuse the admiration of Zhang Min and others, and was completely unmoved. However, every time, relying on his inner love for Cheng Yajie and his commitment to the love between the two, he stuck to his bottom line.
Li Yi doesn't think that other men could do better than him.
But now, he felt that his relationship with Zhang Min was on the verge of danger.
Zhang Min opened her eyes and saw Li Yi looking at her seriously and said slowly: "Zhang Min, I hope you understand that I already have a lover, and I have a very good relationship with her. You are a good person.
Girl, you deserve a better destination. Maybe some of my actions have caused you misunderstanding. I hope you can understand that I am not a saint and I cannot refuse all temptations."
Before Li Yi could finish speaking, Zhang Min put her finger to his lips to tell him to stop talking.
"Brother Yi, I understand everything. I didn't really want to destroy your feelings. I never had any extravagant expectations. I also know that you just don't hate me and have some good feelings for me." Zhang Min's eyes dimmed and he whispered:
"I just can't control my liking for you. I'm very satisfied to be close to you like this."
Li Yi remained silent and didn't know what to say.
The two of them looked at the east. The sun was rising slowly, and the dazzling golden light spread across the earth. Their bodies were also coated with a soft layer of light.
Li Yi put his arms around Zhang Min's shoulders, and she gently leaned her head on Li Yi's shoulders. The two of them looked at the rising sun in the sky and leaned together for a long time.
Since watching the sunrise together, the relationship between Li Yi and Zhang Min has become much closer, and they also cooperated more tacitly during filming.
The filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" attracted media coverage.
Before this, Li Yi was a key target for many celebrities to fawn over and make friends with. The company he founded after becoming independent was also the first choice for many actors who wanted to sign contracts!
At that time, what everyone valued was basically Li Yi's talent and ability.
What a powerful backer and noble person, Li's reputation in the art circle has more than doubled!
In terms of seniority in the industry, Li Yi is definitely not as good as Brother Chen Long. After all, when Brother Chen Long debuted, he was not even born yet. But in terms of reputation, Li Yi today is really as good as him!
After a period of filming, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is almost finished.
In order to build momentum for the film's promotion, Li Yi personally took several stills of Zhang Min and selected the one he was most satisfied with as a preview poster and exposed it on his Weibo.
This still is very simple, just a solo photo of Zhang Min dressed as Nie Xiaoqian.
Under the cold moonlight, half of his face was covered by his hair that was ruffled by the breeze, and he was staring in the direction of the camera, with eyes that seemed to contain a thousand words.
This is undoubtedly a very picturesque and story-telling photo. After seeing it, not only can people not take their eyes away, but it is also difficult to forget!
Originally, Li Yi's new movie has received a lot of attention, and as soon as this still was released, it aroused quite an enthusiastic response:
"Wow! Is this really Zhang Min? It feels like a different person! She used to dress up in modern style in God of Gamblers, and it felt pretty good, not amazing, but now, she doesn't look like a real person. In the mortal world! How can it be so beautiful that even a woman like me is moved by it?
"The camera and the eyes are really great. The eyebrows and the corners of the eyes are full of charm and drama!"
"I heard that Zhang Min's look in the movie was done by Brother Yi, and the photos were taken by Brother Yi himself. I just want to say that I must be very happy to be Brother Yi's girlfriend, because she is really good at discovering the beauty of women. !”
"It's so cold-eyed, so poignant! It's simply breathtakingly beautiful!!"
"It's so emotional. She's both a fairy and a monster, and her eyes last a thousand years! This is what a Chinese female ghost should look like!"
"Isn't it just a movie ticket? I've bought it. Brother Yi, hurry up and release it!"
Since ancient times, there have been many stories about monsters and ghosts in China, but the ones that are well-known to everyone are basically monsters, such as Jieji, Bai Suzhen, White Bone Demon, etc. Their popularity among the people is comparable to those of princes and generals. The phase and the like are too high!
There are very few ghosts in comparison, and Nie Xiaoqian is just the representative figure among them.
Long before the filming of A Chinese Ghost Story began, everyone already knew that the film was based on a story called Nie Xiaoqian in Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.
The stories in Liaozhai have long been interpreted in many TV series and movies and have become familiar to the audience. The most impressive one is naturally the story of Hua Pi and Nie Xiaoqian.
Even if Li Yi's movie will definitely re-create and delete the original story, it will not deviate from the core and main line of the story. Therefore, many art fans and movie fans had previous expectations for A Chinese Ghost Story just because it was Li Yi's movie. Art's new movie.
As for the movie itself, they are actually not particularly interested. After all, Nie Xiaoqian’s story is
Although it is not as famous as Daji, there are many similar works, and I have long been tired of them!
It's nothing more than old wine in new bottles. No matter how talented Li Yi is, what tricks can he pull off!
But as soon as Zhang Min's makeup photo came out, everyone's expectations and feelings about the movie completely changed just through one photo!
In the past, most of the images of female ghosts in film and television dramas were green-faced, fanged, ferocious, with iconic red clothes, long tongues, etc. Even if they tried to portray a very gentle female ghost, they would still look pale and miserable. .
After all, she is a ghost, and no matter how beautiful a female ghost is, she still has to look a little different from other people, otherwise the audience will definitely be very surprised when they see her.
But judging from this still, the Nie Xiaoqing played by Zhang Min is absolutely stunning. At first glance, it makes people feel extremely stunning. At the same time, the more you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.
And her cold and sad eyes make people feel infinite love and fantasy. At the same time, they can also immediately realize that she is not an extraordinary woman. Even if she is not said to be Nie Xiaoqian, her unique ghost-like temperament will make people feel that she is not an ordinary woman. The word female ghost comes to mind!
However, in the past, the word "female ghost" had a hint of terror and fear in people's minds, but when seeing Zhang Min's version of Nie Xiaoqian, not only did people not feel scared, but they felt that she made the word "female ghost" even more scary. Looks a bit gentler!
It has both the stunning beauty of the human world and the coldness that does not belong to the earthly world!
It’s really unforgettable!
After this still was released by Li Yi, not surprisingly, it immediately aroused everyone's heated discussion, making art fans and movie fans who were just looking forward to Li Yi's new movie put their expectations and attention on this movie. On the movie itself.
And those viewers who had no interest in the movie before because of the subject matter of the story, whether because they were scared or bored, began to pay attention to it and look forward to it!
Most of the actresses who have been the heroines of Li Yixin's movies in the past started to attract attention and become popular after the movie was released.
But this time it's different from before.
Zhang Min has received a lot of love and praise based on this still photo alone, and the number of followers and fans on Weibo has soared, making many actresses’ eyes red with envy!
While Zhang Min was extremely pleasantly surprised, she was even more grateful to Li Yi. Li Yi's original promise to make a movie with her and make her famous was fulfilled in advance even before the movie was finished!
After several months of filming, A Chinese Ghost Story is finally coming to an end.
Today is especially lively, everyone is full of energy, with irrepressible excitement and smiles on their faces, because with two more scenes to shoot, the movie will be completed!
"It's the last two scenes. Everyone, cheer up. After filming, we will call it a day and go to the closing banquet!"
The assistant director shouted to the staff on site.
"Okay!" Everyone responded in unison, gearing up.
The actors on the side have already found the best viewing position, sat down comfortably, and are waiting for the filming to be completed.
In the last two scenes, only Li Yi, Zhang Min, and Yan Chixia, played by Wu Ma, were filmed immediately following yesterday's battle with the Black Mountain Demon. This was the final destination of the three of them after the battle.
"Get ready!" Seeing that Li Yi and the others were already in place, the assistant director immediately shouted: "Start!"
The scene in front of the camera was in a dilapidated house. Li Yi, who was originally standing there with his back to the camera, heard the assistant director's instructions and immediately fell to the ground in pain, as if he had fallen out somewhere.
At that time, after post-processing, this scene will be shaped like Li Yigang passing through the crack and returning to the Yang world from the underworld.
After Li Yi fell to the ground, he immediately got up, squatted down, stretched out his hands forward, and dragged Wu Ma, who was playing Yan Chixia, who was already lying in front of him, out with great difficulty.
"Master Yan, we are back in the human world." Li Yi said while dragging him.
At the same time, the camera gave a shot of the light shining outside the window, and two rooster crows were played at the same time.
"What's wrong, it's dawn! There's Xiaoqian here too, pull her out quickly!" Yan Chixia, who looked extremely weak with blood still on her mouth, reminded her hurriedly.
Li Yi immediately turned around, calling Xiaoqian, and pulled out Zhang Min who was lying on the ground. Zhang Min also looked very weak.
Li Yigang helped Zhang Min up from the ground. At this time, one of Zhang Min's arms suddenly stretched out, and her body kept moving back, as if someone was pulling her back. Her face was full of anxiety. and a look of fear.
Li Yi, on the other hand, pulled her hard and competed with the invisible force, like a tug of war, while shouting to Yan Chixia: "Master Yan, come here and help!"
This scene also needs to be post-processed. Special effects will be used to make countless hands stretch out from the cracks in the underworld to pull Nie Xiaoqian back. However, during filming, this scene naturally requires Zhang Min and Li Yi to perform it.
That feeling.
When the assistant director saw this scene, he couldn't help but nodded. He looked at Zhang Min with even more approval in his eyes.
Compared with Li Yi who pulled Zhang Min, Zhang Min's non-physical performance was obviously more difficult. In the past, only Li Yi could make him feel extremely real in such non-physical performances.
When other people on the side saw this scene, even though they knew that this was an act and that it was the effect of Zhang Min's own performance. In fact, there was nothing pulling her, but they also had anxious looks on their faces, wanting to fight for the two.
People shouted a few words, "Come on!"
But if Zhang Min's role is replaced by Li Yi's performance, the assistant director has no doubt that everyone's first reaction will not be as simple as shouting "come on", but they will really think that Li Yi is being held by ghost hands and can't help but rush forward.
help!
As for today's Zhang Min, although it is still a little lacking compared to Li Yi's performance, it is still quite good. It seems that during this period of time in the crew, she followed Li Yi inseparably every day, learned a lot, and made considerable progress.
