Not a single character in Ning Hao's film has a name. Oh no, there is only Xiao An from the cultural relics department who is the only character with a name.
The monk is a monk whose parents died and has been a monk since he was a child. The monk has a friend who is a sheep butcher. The sheep butcher has a sister who is a private teacher in the village primary school. Then the monk has a senior brother who is the abbot of a very impressive temple.
The senior monk is still a layman and runs a small business and is stingy. The monk also has a cousin who develops a salon in the county. Then there are the head of the religious department, staff from the United Front Work Department, policemen from the police station, a lady from Paris in the county town, a tricycle driver, and the driver's neighbor.
The young man who pretends to tell fortunes and the fake blind man who sets up a fortune-telling stall on the street corner constitute all the characters in this film.
"Director, aren't these clothes too thin?" He Xin said with a bitter face.
Although He Xin usually calls Ning Hao "Hao Zi, Hao Zi", he immediately switches to "Director" as soon as he arrives on the set, because this is the rule.
Although Ning Hao didn't say anything, when he heard He Xin call him director in public for the first time, the upturned corners of his mouth fully showed how satisfied he was.
"I borrowed this from the temple. The monks here wear this. Don't wear it out. I'll have to return it later." Ning Hao said, holding back a smile.
At this time, He Xin was completely different from the Liu Dongbei in suits and ties a week ago. His original trendy hair style was completely replaced, leaving only five millimeters of burrs. This was left on purpose, because he is a hard worker.
There is no condition for a monk to shave his head every day.
He was wearing a shit-yellow monk's robe that didn't fit him well. It hung around his shoulders. The top looked very fat and the pants were obviously too short. There was no way, He Xin was tall, and there was no one as tall as him in the nearby temples.
For a monk, you can make do with a fat monk's robe for your top, but there's nothing you can do about your pants.
The short pants and fat clothes made him look awkward, but Ning Hao thought the effect was very good. And in order to make the character more contrasting, he also asked him to wear a pair of large metal-framed glasses. The reason is that the monk grew up
If you become a monk and read scriptures under dim candlelight at night, you will easily become short-sighted.
But He Xin felt that he was imitating Chief Jia's famous work "Xiao Wu". He Xin had watched that boring film. In it, the thief Xiao Wu played by Wang Hongwei wore glasses and also wore an obvious...
A loose suit that doesn't fit well and makes you feel uncomfortable when you walk.
Of course, this kind of deliberate imitation can be called a tribute, to pay tribute to one's predecessors and fellow countrymen.
Because although Section Chief Jia had already completed two short films including "Xiao Wu Goes Home" before filming "Xiao Wu", he always believed that "Xiao Wu" was his debut and the first of his hometown trilogy.
beginning.
It is estimated that Ning Hao did not regard his last incomplete "Thursday, Wednesday" as his debut film, but chose "Incense", which can be called a true feature film.
It has been a few days since He Xin arrived in Huairen, but Ning Hao didn't seem to be in a hurry to start the phone. Some of his friends from Taiyuan arrived one after another during this time. Some of them were his classmates in art secondary school, and some were
They were the actors of the Taiyuan Repertory Theater where he worked briefly after graduating from technical secondary school.
I have to say that this guy is very popular. Most of these friends from Taiyuan came to help for free. They probably solved all the roles in the play except the sheep-killer, because sheep-killing is a technical job.
He Xin had nothing to do during this period. Ning Hao's explanation to him was to let him adapt to this small county, put on the ill-fitting monk's clothes, experience the characters, and then consolidate the newly learned Shanxi dialect.
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He Xin really did this. At first he was a little shy wearing ill-fitting monk clothes on the street, but the locals seemed to have a very friendly attitude towards monks. People often took the initiative to put their hands together and call "Master". Think about this
There is Wutai Mountain in the south and the famous Yungang Grottoes in the north. It was originally a popular place.
In this way, he simply let go and just experienced life, wandering on the street and chatting with people. He also found that the Shanxi dialect taught to him by Ning Hao was more like the accent in Taiyuan, and the accent here was similar to the Taiyuan dialect.
There are obvious differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
But one day he discovered that at the two intersections connected by the widest road in the center of the county, an iron frame had been erected with a lifting hoist hanging on it, and large pieces of dark metal were being unloaded from the truck.
He was a little curious about the big square stone. When he stepped forward to inquire, he found out that this stone, which was seventy or eighty centimeters long, forty or fifty centimeters wide and high, and shaped like a strip of bluestone, was actually a piece of coal.
This was very new to him, because the coals he had seen before were all crushed like gravel. At the same time, he also learned that they were building a unique local custom - Huairen Wanghuo.
The workers who built it told him that this kind of prosperous fire is to use large coal blocks to build a tower-like object, put firewood inside, and put a big red note on the outside with the words "vigorous and prosperous" written on it, which means congratulations on prosperity throughout the year.
The intention is auspicious. Wait until midnight on New Year's Eve, when the firecrackers are blasting, light the fire. Then the flames will erupt from the gaps in the coals, shaped like a pagoda, which is both cold-proof and spectacular, in order to soar to the sky.
Originally, this kind of raging fire was built at the door of the house. It depends on whose house has a big fire and the fire is strong. But this kind of fire hazard is also great, so now this kind of flaming fire is burning at the door of one's house.
The custom of fire has been banned.
However, in order to preserve the tradition, the county will build coal towers more than ten meters high at the two largest intersections in the county every year. Not only are they covered with big red notes saying "The Fire is Soaring", but they are also hung with red lanterns.
Before the Spring Festival, a unique scenery in the county is lit up on New Year's Eve. At that time, the flames soar into the sky and are very spectacular.
He Xin immediately thought of a scene in the script. The monk was inspired by a young man who asked him to tell fortunes for himself and his girlfriend and paid him a hundred yuan. He bought a fortune telling book from a street stall and started to work as a fortune teller.
Unexpectedly, all of the day's income was robbed by the gangsters called by the fake blind man, and he was beaten. Then when the fire started, he was walking on the street alone and bored.
Only then did he finally understand that Ning Hao had deceived him again this time, saying that the filming would be completed before the Chinese New Year. He was probably afraid that he would not agree, and wanted to wait until the end of the filming to make it difficult for him to get off the horse.
When the showdown comes, he can even imagine the expression the guy will use to face him.
But after he returned, he didn't lose his temper with Ning Hao to expose the matter. Since he had agreed and the people had arrived, what could he say when he saw the people in the guest house busy working on the movie? He couldn't just throw away the burden.
People!
Now that the matter has come to this, he is just curious about when the guy who deceived him told him about this, and whether his face at that time was what he imagined.
"What? Isn't Ning Hao too unreliable? How could he be like this..."
When Cheng Hao learned the news on the phone, he immediately complained to Ning Hao. You must know that before He Xin left this time, he had agreed with Cheng's parents and Cheng's mother that he would still go back to Qingdao for the New Year. This must have been ruined.
"Okay, okay, now that the matter has come to this, what else can we do? I guess he will definitely put this scene to the end, so I will definitely be able to come back on the first day of the new year. Please help me tell my parents.
Just say that I can't help it and I'm really sorry." He Xin could only offer kind words on the phone.
Fortunately, my girlfriend is quite sensible and sensible about this kind of thing. She just vented her emotions just now. After she calmed down, she could only say: "Then... okay, I have to wait for a few days."
It’s finished, can I come over to visit the team then?”
"no, I'm fine."
He Xin hurriedly said: "You'd better go home and have a good rest. Besides, our parents are looking forward to your return as soon as possible. There are only about twenty days left before the Chinese New Year. I will be back after filming. And the next part of the movie is due."
We are also shooting in Qingdao, we have time, but you must come and visit us then!"
Why did you come to visit me? There are two old policemen at home who are keeping a close eye on me. They really don't want to do anything good for their physical and mental health.
"Hmph!" His girlfriend obviously understood the meaning of his words immediately and snorted arrogantly.