Song Jia came to the crew two days ago to report. This time she was able to win out from dozens of auditioning actors and get the opportunity to star in the new film directed by Zhang Baibai. She felt lucky and cherished this opportunity.
When she saw the list of main actors in this movie, she was almost stunned. Hu Jun, Liu Jialing, and He Xin were all famous names, and they were names that she could usually only hope to reach.
Even her roommate, Lin Yuan, who just turned sixteen this year, has already become famous early, such as the young Xu Jinglei in "Letter from a Strange Woman", Guan Yangyang in "The Halfway Couple",
All performed well.
Looking back at myself, it has been more than a year since I graduated. Apart from playing soy sauce in a few TV dramas that have received mediocre ratings and influence, I still haven't had a role that I can get.
So she behaved very low-key after joining the group.
In the group, she met the masculine teacher Hu Jun. Compared with the heroic Xiao Feng and Xiao Daxia she saw on TV, he was still very approachable in private, loved to laugh, and often joked.
In contrast, teacher Liu Jialing shows the usual reserved style of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.
But she never saw the legendary double-gold actor He Xin. At first she thought he hadn't arrived, but later she found out that he had arrived long ago and was not staying in the hotel, but had gone to experience life early.
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When she heard the news, she was immediately stunned. She originally thought that after getting the script, she had read and memorized it, figured out the characters, and was very well prepared. She couldn't wait to show it in front of the camera.
Experience life?
Although when I was in school, my teacher often said that experiencing life is the basis for an actor's performance. For example, in the 1960s, including the 1980s, a movie often took one or two years to shoot, and the actors at that time had to play farmers who knew how to
If you really go to the countryside and cultivate the land for three months, you will know how to cut grass and plant rice.
Today, this kind of thing is completely unthinkable.
Although she had heard of many examples before, such as Qin Hailu, in order to play the role of the woman who had lost her footing in "Durian Piao Piao", she went to a bar to chat with a real woman who had lost her footing and complained like a sister; she went to a tea restaurant in Hong Kong to observe
A woman who has lost her footing eats fiercely when she has time, fearing that she may not be able to eat due to too many customers.
Of course, these are all tidbits that came out after the fact, whether true or false, but it is true that Qin Hailu won the Academy Award for Best Newcomer and the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for this film.
When she was preparing for the role of Liang Xiaoxia, if she were asked to really experience life in a shampoo shop or a nail salon, she might not have the courage yet, so she could only quietly observe them as a customer.
Now she really saw a ready-made example. Not to mention the other party's status as an actor and a big name, he also had to let go of himself to experience life. More importantly, she admired the other party's seriousness in work and dedication to performance.
In the past, she always thought that she could succeed as long as she worked hard, and she looked down on those so-called celebrities who became popular through exaggerated idol performances. She thought that she was good enough, and all she lacked was an opportunity.
But at this time, the opportunity has come, but are you good?
Comparing this with Teacher He Xin, whom she had yet to meet, her self-confidence began to waver, and she even felt that she was as arrogant and ridiculous as a frog in a well. She understood more deeply that not everyone can succeed casually.
Early this morning, when she came to the filming site of "Haike Yingzhou" with the crew, she couldn't wait to meet the legendary double gold actor and Teacher He from her hometown.
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"Haike Yingzhou" sponsored the drama "Eggplant" very strongly, and also provided great support for the filming. Not only did it build two curved glass rooms at the entrance to the front hall of the apartment according to the needs of the plot - one
It's Momo's photo studio, and the other is Liang Xiaoxia's nail salon.
At the same time, a mansion with a sunny glass room on the top floor of the apartment was also renovated according to the needs of the plot.
It is said that the developer will retain these two properties and use them as selling points for the real estate after the movie is released.
Because it is a high-end residential area, there are a lot of security guards throughout the building. However, because the occupancy rate is not high, the security guard's work is currently relatively idle.
The place where He Xin lives now is in an attic of the underground parking garage. The original design here was the duty room of the underground parking garage. It is a long and narrow rectangle with a floor height of less than two meters, so that when He Xin is in it, he is always in trouble.
You have to keep your head down at all times. If you are not careful, you may hit your head.
There is an iron gate at the door, but a torn sheet is hung to block it. The area leading to the window is separated by an iron plate spray-painted with blue sky, beach and sea, making the whole room darker and more depressing.
Originally, no one lived here, with only a shabby old-fashioned desk, a chair, and an LCD TV hanging on the wall to display surveillance images.
Because this is also one of the filming scenes, before He Xin even moved in, an iron frame bed had been set up, a simple wardrobe by Mai Zhixibai with a faded surface and a loose zipper.
A plastic washbasin stand holds two plastic washbasins, one large and one small. There is a green enameled wire in the middle, and clothes and towels to dry are hung on it.
There was an incandescent lamp of about thirty watts, with about ten centimeters of wire hanging from the top. The switch was a pull cord, and when it was pulled, it emitted a dim orange light.
Although the attic is simple, it is very clean. There is a straw mat on the iron frame bed, a shriveled pillow that looks like it has been used for a long time, and a neatly folded towel and blanket that has been washed and turned white.
Although it is a rough cement floor, it is still mopped with water. Because it is a basement, the ground is not easy to dry, giving people a damp feeling.
Although Liu Fendou is just a security guard, he subconsciously thinks that Liu Fendou should be a clean person. He has no girlfriend and is very realistic, but he is not interested in Momo who wants to get close to him, and he persistently looks at the glass room on the top floor.
The noble lady who kept roses in her house could see that his temperament was actually aloof and arrogant.
He has no surname in his life, and he probably would never patronize those cheap hair shampoo shops in the dark corners of the city. On the one hand, he is short of money, and at the same time, he may not like them at all.
Because a person lives alone in such a humid and depressing environment, he is likely to develop a hobby of dusting. While imagining the lady in the glass room he saw during the day, he vents his depression. Because it is too frequent.
, which caused him to have some physical problems.
He Xin didn't sleep well at all on the first night. It wasn't because of the heat. The basement was quite cool, and the exits at both ends of the garage were ventilated. The main reason was that there were so many mosquitoes that he was bitten all over his body.
The next day he bought a combination of mosquito coils and mosquito killers, and was finally able to sleep well. Although it was difficult to move from frugality to luxury and from luxury to frugality, he felt that the environment here was good.
He had greeted his girlfriend in advance and turned off his mobile phone at night. There was no computer or TV. Lying on the bed, staring blankly at the gray cement floor, it was easy to assume the role of Liu Fendou.
In it, you can imagine various past experiences of the character; various psychology that he may have when facing Qianyu; why he finally reached this point, etc.
His work during the day was very leisurely and monotonous. He would get up very early in the morning, run five kilometers around the community, take a cold shower in the toilet, and change into a security uniform.
The property has its own small canteen. Breakfast is usually 2 taels of white porridge and two steamed buns, and lunch and dinner are 2 taels of rice plus one meat, two vegetarian and three dishes. It should be said that the food is pretty good.
In addition to guarding the garage, he also takes shifts during the day to stand guard at the door or direct the vehicles entering and exiting the community. However, eight or nine o'clock in the morning is his most free time of the day. He usually washes the clothes he has changed and tidies up the attic. Every day
He would mop the ground with water.
It was humid, and the air became humid, and after the exposed cement floor had absorbed enough water, it would emit an earthy smell, a bit like the smell of mud after rain. At the same time, this smell reminded him of the time he spent at the construction site.
Scenes of doing small jobs.
Occasionally, he would try to recall what kind of girls the original owner of this body liked. It had been too long and the impression was very blurry. After thinking about it for a long time, he could only recall Yuan Hexin's obscene thoughts during the turmoil of adolescence.
Those female stars are roughly related to Zhelin, Li Jiaxin and other recognized beauties.
Hey, why is there still Zhao Yanzi? Bad review!
Then he would run to the curved ramp at the entrance of the garage, lean against the high wall covered with expensive stone, and look up at the tapered glass room on the roof just like Liu Fendou in the script.
Although the glass house was empty at this time, and even the glass on the exterior wall looked a little dirty due to the recent heavy rain, and the transparency was not very good, he could still imagine that the glass house was filled with blooming roses, with only two colors, red.
and white.
A lady wearing white silk pajamas would always take care of these flowers carefully. She was noble and beautiful, and every move she made seemed to tug at his heartstrings.
Especially whenever the sun shines, the nine o'clock sun just casts the shadow of the tapered outline of the glass house on the wall. His hand will rub the shadow reflected on the wall, as if he can touch it.
In the afternoon, after his shift ends, he will learn the gestures for directing traffic from the security captain who has been an auxiliary traffic policeman. He doesn't know if these gestures are standard, but they look like this.
Seeing him standing in the open space at the door and making gestures in a orderly manner, the two security guards standing guard at the door looked fresh and strange.
It was said that a movie was going to be filmed here. I heard that there were also big stars such as Liu Jialing, Hu Jun, and He Xin, which made everyone very excited. It is said that the big boss spent millions to invite the crew to film here and pay for the real estate.
What about advertising?
The first person to arrive was a short, fat, semi-bald man called the "Director." This short, fat man could speak the local dialect fluently. Although he was unattractive, he was very impressive. Every time he came, the property manager would respectfully accompany him personally.
After he pointed, two curved glass rooms began to be built at the entrance of the apartment, and then the owner of the building on the top floor, which was treasured by the boss and not easily sold, also started to renovate it.
During this period, Hu Jun came several times, but He Xin, the legendary Hong Kong star and everyone's favorite "Brother Qiang", never showed up.
But unexpectedly, after a vice president of the head office personally came to hold a meeting and lectured, asking all colleagues in the property company to unconditionally cooperate with the crew in filming, He Xin came. Not only did he come, he actually became one of them.
At first, everyone was very curious, but due to the strict order from above not to disturb other celebrities, everyone could only watch from a distance. If He Xin hadn't taken the initiative to speak, they would never have dared to say a word to him, let alone ask him.
Signed autographs and took photos.
I heard that big stars played security guards in movies, but they didn't understand. In their opinion, the job of security guard does not have any technical content. As long as Zhou Zheng is young and strong, he does not need any diploma.
some type of.
But this big star works extremely seriously, standing guard, directing traffic, even sleeping in the attic of the underground garage, and practicing various traffic-directing gestures every afternoon.
"Hey, what do you think he is doing? A job like ours can be done by just changing clothes. Is it necessary for him?" Security guard A pursed his lips in the direction of He Xin with a puzzled look on his face.
Talk to security guard B.
Security guard A is very young. With his thin body and hairy lips, he looks like a newcomer who just came out of his hometown. Security guard B is in his thirties and is obviously an old man.
He then turned to look in the direction of He Xin, and then said to security guard A with a disdainful expression: "What do you know? There is a saying... Oh, yes, art comes from life, and it must be high.
About life. What he calls it is experiencing life. To experience life means that if he wants to play a security guard, he must first experience what this industry is like! Besides, he is an actor, do you think he can just get it casually because he is an actor?"
"Then since he is experiencing life, why is he usually like a boring gourd? He rarely even talks to us. He seems to be very arrogant."
"Well... after all, they have different identities from us. Besides, they are here to experience life, not really to work as security guards. Do we need other big stars to take the initiative to come over and get close to us? Let alone other big stars.
Even among the rich people living in the building now, how many of them can look at us seriously?"
"..."
Security Guard A felt that it seemed reasonable, but after thinking about it, he muttered in a low voice with some dissatisfaction: "I think his experience of life is not a real experience of life, maybe it's just a show."
Of course, He Xin was not just trying to show off, he just deliberately created an impression of Liu Fendou as an aloof and unsociable character.
Four days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the crew will officially enter the set to start shooting this morning.
He deliberately changed shifts with Security Guard B on the morning shift, put on his security uniform, hung up various accessories such as an armed belt, put on a large cap, and when he walked to the lobby on the ground floor, he specifically took a look at himself in the mirror.
"Snapped!"
He saluted himself in the mirror, and then made a few well-practiced gestures.
Well, not bad, the guy is very energetic!
He evaluated himself secretly and ran to the door to perform his duties.
In fact, he just wanted to take advantage of today to test the results of his four-day experience of life. At the same time, he had a little bit of fun, just to see when the crew would recognize him.
Not long after, around eight o'clock in the morning, a white Jiefang brand light truck loaded with props and equipment was seen driving slowly down the ramp, followed by two vans.
The crew has arrived!
He suddenly became energetic, stood up straight, and at the same time used standard hand gestures to direct the incoming vehicles.
"Hey, Teacher He, it turns out it's you!"
Unfortunately, when the first light truck drove over, an on-site producer sitting in the passenger seat suddenly lit up when he saw him, and he quickly stuck his head out of the window and greeted him warmly.
"..."
Okay, pretending to be a failure!
With a bit of revenge, he deliberately ignored the on-site producer and continued to direct the vehicles behind him as if he was immersed in the character's state.
Two vans stopped and the crew, including director Zhang Baibai, got out one after another. Seeing his appearance, no one came over to disturb him.
At this time, a tall and beautiful figure stepped out of the van, with long wavy hair, a fancy dress, and a pair of mid-heeled white sandals, and walked over gracefully.
"Hey... Teacher He!"
He Xin, who was concentrating on the command, turned around and saw a beautiful face that was younger than he remembered, and full of... well, it seemed to be admiration, but at the same time mixed with some complicated expressions.