To be honest, the 25-year-old Gao Yuanyuan playing the role of the 19-year-old Wu Qinghong does look a bit old.
Especially when she was wearing a dark red jacket similar to the style of Lenin's clothing from the 1970s and 1980s, and a pair of dark blue khaki pants wrapping her two slightly thick thighs, coupled with her innate familiarity.
Her temperament seems a bit different from that of a 19-year-old girl from a technical school.
However, there is a saying that Yuanyuan is still very beautiful without makeup. In He Xin's opinion, the so-called beauties without makeup who were touted on the Internet in later generations are far behind Yuanyuan now.
At this time, Gao Yuanyuan, Li Bing, and He Xin, who had changed into costumes early in the morning, were having breakfast together in a snack bar opposite the hotel, surrounded by a large group of people watching.
No way, celebrities are popular wherever they go. Especially in third-tier cities in the mainland like Guiyang, celebrities are really a rare species.
Especially after He Xin joined the crew. When he was filming "Seven Swords", he had always had a big bald head. Now he has just grown a little hair, and he looks like Liu Huaqiang. That is a third- and fourth-tier city and small town.
The idol in the minds of young people!
"I told Brother Zheng to stop filming, can't you just let us have breakfast in peace?" He Xin said with a depressed face as he looked at the guy opposite who was holding a DV and was filming non-stop.
This guy, like his original name, He Zheng, just graduated from the Nortel Directing Department this year. Like several other assistant directors on the crew, he just graduated from the Nortel Directing Department this year.
It seems that Wang Xiaoshuai supports these juniors who have just stepped out of school and gives them opportunities to practice and learn. In fact, from another perspective, these people are not cheap labor!
However, the He Zheng and Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him obviously looked at him differently and asked him to be independently responsible for the filming of the simultaneous documentary.
The so-called simultaneous documentary is to shoot some behind-the-scenes footage, such as how the director and the creative team worked hard during the creation; how the actors worked hard during the filming, endured various hardships, etc. It will also include some daily life of some actors and directors during the filming, etc.
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This kind of synchronized documentary is usually used to promote the movie before its release, but if it is shot well, it can even be released as a real documentary.
When filming "The Promise" and "Seven Swords" before, there were simultaneous documentaries shot. Of course, "I 19" was limited by financial resources. The shooting of simultaneous documentaries was far less sophisticated than the previous two blockbusters, with a complete shooting team.
Something like that. There are only two people here, He Zheng and a camera assistant, and most of the time it is the director He Zheng who takes the camera everywhere and takes pictures non-stop.
The crew has been filming here for some time. When filming on the set, the set is usually cleared, and the local people can only watch the excitement from the outside. But it is different now. He Xin and Gao Yuanyuan are sitting here with the faces of stars.
While having breakfast, there was someone filming with a machine nearby, and no one was paying attention. Of course, the common people would gather around to watch out of curiosity, and they couldn't tell the difference between a DV and a film camera. They only knew that they were filming a movie.
But in the face of He Xin's complaints, He Zheng didn't care at all. The most important thing in shooting a documentary is authenticity. Now a large group of people are watching the actors eating breakfast, which is the embodiment of reality and the effect he wants.
While holding the machine firmly with one hand, he waved his hand and said: "Do whatever you are supposed to do, just talk as you like, just pretend I don't exist, don't carry any baggage, otherwise it will be fake."
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He Xin glanced at Gao Yuanyuan, who was sitting opposite, and the other person also gave him a helpless look in return.
After a while, the breakfast ordered by the three people was brought to the table. Compared with the beef noodle soup that Li Bing ordered, which was clear and watery, He Xin followed Gao Yuanyuan and ordered the restaurant's specialty Changwang noodles.
The "chang" in Changwang Noodles refers to pig intestines, and "wang" refers to pig blood, and the noodles here are different from other places. They are yellow, a bit like instant noodles.
When he first entered the door, He Xin found that there were many diners ordering this Changwang Noodles. The yellow noodles looked very chewy, braised pork intestines, tender pig blood, plus small pieces of dried fragrant and oily glutinous rice cakes.
Stir-fried soybeans, bean sprouts, chopped green onion and other ingredients, and finally pour a big spoonful of red oil-glazed soup on it, which is very appetizing at first sight.
However, He Xin doesn't like spicy food very much, so he specifically asked for it to be mildly spicy when ordering.
When the noodles were served, the color of his bowl was obviously much lighter than the red color of Gao Yuanyuan's bowl.
He's not so good at pig blood, but pig intestines are his favorite. When the noodles were served, he quickly picked up his chopsticks and mixed them, which was a big mouthful...
But when the noodles and the soup entered his mouth, it was a thrill. He still opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened. This was a kind of spiciness that he had never tried before, and he felt that his tongue and even the entire mouth had changed.
of numbness.
Swallowing, he couldn't swallow it, and it was inappropriate to spit it out. When he was in a dilemma, he accidentally choked. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand, turned around, and coughed violently, which was so spicy that his nose and tears came out.
, didn’t even dare to raise their heads.
Fortunately, Li Bing, who was sitting next to him, had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly handed over the napkin.
His bearlike appearance immediately attracted a burst of good-natured laughter from the people watching at the scene.
It is said that Sichuan is not afraid of spicy food, Fulan is not afraid of spicy food, and Guizhou is not afraid of spicy food. It is indeed well-deserved. After finally wiping it off, he hurriedly waited for a while, and saw Gao Yuanyuan glance at him with a look of disgust, and then continued to pick at it with relish.
Eat the noodles and pig's blood soaked in red oil soup calmly and calmly.
Seeing this, He Xin's admiration suddenly arose spontaneously, like a surging river, or like the Yellow River flooding out of control. At the same time, he asked with a look of disbelief: "Sister Yuanyuan, aren't you hot?"
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"It's okay, I think the taste is just right!" Gao Yuanyuan said calmly.
As he spoke, he actually took a sip of the bright red soup. He Xin's mouth was drooling as he looked at it. He looked at the noodles in his bowl and didn't have the courage to try it anymore.
On the other hand, Li Bing, who was next to him, saw this and said hurriedly: "Brother Xin, I can't get used to the food here, it's too spicy! But the beef noodle soup in clear soup here is good. I'll get you a bowl. You can try this!"
"Uh...okay!"
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After breakfast, Gao Yuanyuan took the crew's car and left first. The film "I'm 19" tells the story of the nineteen-year-old experience of Qinghong, the character she plays, and her role is the most demanding. During this period, she was filmed almost every day.
In contrast, Li Bing, the titular male lead, seems much more relaxed, basically spending two days fishing and three days sifting. I heard that He Xin wanted to get familiar with the surrounding environment, so he volunteered to be a guide and accompany him.
Brother Xin walked to the set.
In fact, the set is very close to the hotel where we are staying. It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk through the Second Ring Road on the edge of the city and along a winding side street.
Guizhou is mountainous, and the edges of the city are covered with small hills tens of meters high. The small streets are rolling along the mountains. After walking for a while, there was a rare piece of flat land, and there was a seemingly large factory, but there was no tall chimney.
Tobacco, the factory area is also deserted. These days, large state-owned factories like this are generally not profitable.
Li Bing introduced that this factory is called the Mining Machinery Factory. It was once a large factory in the local third-tier construction industry. The studio is located in the family area of this factory.
There is little flat land here. The family area of the Mining Machinery Factory is not a community-like area like He Xin's hometown. Instead, it is built along the other side of the small street and along the mountain in rows of long four-sided buildings.
An old building.
After walking for a while, the small street became ups and downs again, and went up a high slope with a drop of about ten meters. At the bottom of the slope, I saw a large group of people crowding in the yard of an old building, some watching the fun, and some working.
It was so lively coming in and out.
This winding small street is called Qinglong Road, and the filming location is at No. 19 Qinglong Road. Li Bing said that when the director was scouting the location, he specifically chose the auspicious number No. 19 because the movie was called "I'm 19."
This is also a four-story old building, with four families living on each floor. Qinghong's "home" is in the eastmost room of the building. There are three small bungalows in the yard, one of which is Qinghong's.
The kitchen of the "home" and the other two rooms are used by the crew to store equipment and props.
At this time, the crew was still making preparations for filming. The camera was set up in the kitchen where the crew had set up. A west-facing window faced the small slope where He Xin and Li Bing came just now.
The director's monitor is located in another bungalow next to the kitchen where props are stacked. The weather is very cold, and there is a small heater next to it. However, the door is open, and people keep coming in and out. The heater is not very effective.
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In the yard, props and field workers are nervously setting up the scene. It rained lightly all day and night yesterday. Although the rain has stopped, the ground is still wet. The sky is still gloomy, and there are layers of mist floating in the air.
The fog makes people feel hazy and humid.
There is a gray striped sheet hanging on the clothesline in the yard, which cleverly covers the crowd watching the excitement across the street. There are several flower pots piled in the corner of the yard, but the plants inside have long since died, but they are planted in
The onions and garlic in the worn enamel basin are full of life.
Seeing this Wang Xiaoshuai's usual technique, He Xin couldn't help but smile knowingly. The flowers and plants in the flowerpot showed that the owner was once a person with a lot of interest in life, but the dead flowers and plants represented the owner's disappointment in the current life. Instead, they were replaced by
The vibrant onions and garlic also hint at the hardships of life.
As for symmetry, there are two old-fashioned cotton sweaters that are still dripping hanging on the clothesline on the other side of the yard. Looking out from the lens of the camera set up in the kitchen, there are clothes and sheets drying on both sides, and below the lens.
On the low wall are vibrant onions and garlic, and a pair of clean white sneakers. The picture further extends to the long winding Qinglong Road in front of the house.
"OK, everything is ready... OK, the actors are in place!"
Outside, executive director Niu Le was directing the scene with a loudspeaker.