Actors have no vacation

Chapter 170 Chapter 168: Rent
When filming "How about going to your house tonight", Director Zhou only had two or three cats and dogs under his command. Sometimes the material was not enough to shoot, and he had to carry the equipment to the street for a whole day.

Now the filming of "Life Alone" has received the attention of the station. Adding up this group and that group, there are almost two No. 30 people, and the situation is very different.

When Director Zhou came to Guan Chen's house this time, he brought three fellows from the camera crew.

Two of them have big arms and round waists, can run horses on their arms, have dark skin, and are rough all over. They are obviously "Lianjiazi" in the camera, with both experience and qualifications.After the two of them entered the room, they took the equipment and began to measure the light without saying a word, thinking about the placement of the camera.

Guan Chen's room quickly became crowded.

There is also a young video camera brother who is an old acquaintance of Guan Chen.In November last year, he and Director Zhou picked up Guan Chen on the road, and the three of them changed their fate ever since.Now revisiting the old place, back to the place where "Tonight" made its fortune, the camera brother specially brought a gift.

"Brother Chen, your birthday is coming up in a few days, I'll give you a gift in advance, I don't know if you like it or not." The camera brother handed Guan Chen a box.

Guan Chen opened it and saw that it was a camera.He can't understand the configuration, and he doesn't know the price, but he likes this kind of gift that makes people feel cultural and artistic at first glance, "Yes, I accept it."

Putting the camera away, Guan Chen asked the trash boy to fetch some water from the refrigerator to entertain the guests.

"This place has changed too much." Director Zhou took a cold mineral water and looked at Guan Chen's room, feeling very emotional, "A year ago and a year later, it's like living in two different people."

There used to be countless papers scattered on the ground. Picking up a piece of paper is like picking up a line of poetry. Now the ground is cleaned up, and all the papers and manuscripts are now neatly placed on the table.

In the corner where garbage bags were piled here and there, now there are a few dumbbells and grips for exercise.

In the open closet, there are now sportswear of the same style but different colors.

The previously empty and dirty walls are now snow-white, with a map of the magic capital, a few movie posters, and a sketch and Chinese painting with skillful lines pasted on it.

On the surrounding furniture, colorful post-it notes were pasted casually, with the correct pronunciation of certain ancient poems and idioms written on them, as if living in this home was a high school student who was facing an exam.

There are postcards and letters on the bedside table.

There's a football under the bed, some scripts scattered around the bed, a metal baseball bat leaning against the window sill...

Compared with a year ago, there are so many changes in this house, it really makes people feel the taste of home, not a messy coffin.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the two walls full of books.

Director Zhou walked around the room a few times, only to feel that many inspirations emerged in his mind: "We can combine "Tonight" to make a retrospective. Compared with a year ago, your current living habits, hobbies, and diet changes are all different. What changes have taken place, the audience will definitely be very curious." It seems that the final picture has been made up in the process of speaking, Director Zhou became more and more excited and spoke faster and faster.

Guan Chen didn't care.

Now he is not guilty at all, because everything in this house has a story related to him.Let him speak, and he can tell the history of what happened to him with substance.

Except for those two walls of books, of course.

"Director." The cameraman who scouted the scene came over and went to Director Zhou and said something.Director Zhou frowned gradually.

"What's wrong?" Guan Chen asked.

Director Zhou pondered for a while before answering, and then slowly said: "The lighting here is not very good, but it's not a problem. You can change the light bulb, put a few more floor lamps, and desk lamps. It's just this camera position... There is no room for development. When the time comes to shoot, the camera switching will easily make the audience feel monotonous."

Put it mildly.The implication is that the place is too small.

"But it's not necessarily true. I'll see if I can think of a way." Director Zhou added, walking around the room.

Guan Chen looked around the room, but he wasn't very angry.This place is small in the first place, and he has set up surveillance here himself. After all, with only a few cameras, he can capture what the people in the house are doing in all directions without blind spots.

After mumbling for a while together with the three cameras, and after reaching some conclusion, Director Zhou moved to the side of Guan Chen with difficulty, with an expression of not knowing how to speak.

"If this place is not suitable for filming, then let's go to another place." Guan Chen took the initiative to open the conversation.

Feeling relieved, Director Zhou raised his eyebrows with joy, and hurriedly said: "The rent program team of the new house can be responsible, and the monthly rent of 1 to [-] is no problem, and the funds are sufficient."

With a monthly rent of 1 to [-], you can rent a very good house in a relatively prosperous area of ​​Shanghai.

However, Guan Chen shook his head and said, "Don't waste your money, I still have a house to rent in other places."

Director Zhou was curious: "What type of apartment?"

Guan Chen can't say for sure: "There are one bedroom and one living room, and there are one bedroom and two living rooms. The same apartment type has different sizes."

"Ah?" Director Zhou was shocked: "How many houses did you rent?"

Guan Chen made a "four" gesture.

Director Zhou's complexion changed, and he didn't know what the plot of the golden house hidden in his brain had come up with. He faltered and persuaded: "Isn't it good to use it to record the show?..."

Guan Chen waved his hand: "It's okay."

As early as the first half of the year when he got his first salary, he used part of it for the Three Caves of the Rabbit.

It was true that Guan Chen only rented three apartments at the beginning, but some time ago, he suddenly found out that the price of a certain apartment had dropped a little in the middle of the period, and the rent was expensive before, so he hurriedly rented another apartment in that community.Half a year ago, a set was [-], and now it is [-]. Even if it is evened out, each set is [-], which is not a loss.Guan Chen used the newly-learned idea of ​​covering positions to comfort himself in this way.

After more than half a year, although none of the safe houses were used, Guan Chen was always paying the rent, and he was prepared for danger in times of peace, so he might be able to use them someday.

Just like today, it just came in handy.

Guan Chen walked to the large map on the wall, and pointed out several safe houses he rented to Director Zhou: "Here. Here. And here——I rented two of these places."

Director Zhou's head seemed to be exercising. He first raised his neck to look at the north of the city, then twisted his neck to look at the west of the city, and finally closed his chin to look at the south of the city.

"It turns out that this map is used in this way." Director Zhou murmured, feeling like a policeman attending a pre-war action meeting in a gangster movie.

Director Zhou rubbed his neck and asked Guan Chen, "Why are they so far apart? Is it based on Feng Shui..."

Guan Chen was too lazy to answer this question, so he smiled inscrutably, took off the coat from the hanger, and greeted Director Zhou while putting it on: "Let's go, it's still early, go and see which place is more suitable for recording the program."

Director Zhou looked at the destination that spanned more than half of the magic city, and sighed, his face as painful as a crumpled piece of paper.

"Brother, what about me?" The trash boy raised his head from the computer screen and asked Guan Chen.

Guan Chen said: "After the task is completed, you can surf the Internet casually. If you want to go home, remember to close the door."

Guan Chen took out a hundred-yuan bill from his wallet and placed it on the table, "This is wages."

The rubbish boy happily accepted the banknote, murmuring with emotion, "So it's so easy for office workers to make money", "I want to do it in the future", and so on.

Director Zhou on the side said in a low voice, "Is this considered child labor?"

"Child labor?" Guan Chen thought for a while, then turned his head and said to the trash boy, "Afu, you have been officially included in the [Bamboo Forest] idol group's candidate list. Go to the studio to sign a contract another day."

The trash boy was shocked, he couldn't remember when he signed up for this thing.

"Just now." Guan Chen said to the trash boy, he was just a trainee in name, he didn't need to make a debut, he usually helped out with running errands and fiddled with PPT, and occasionally showed his face in the mirror, so he could receive living allowance from Guan Chen up.

Of course Trash Boy agrees.

Guan Chen turned to Director Zhou and said, "No problem. Child actors are not considered child laborers."

Director Zhou was silent for a few seconds, and Guan Chen discussed with concern on his face: "Brother Chen, there is something I need to tell you in advance. Our variety show will be broadcast in the first half of the night, so the review of the content will be a little tighter. Yours Some small classroom knowledge may be cut off..."

Guan Chen asked, "Like the one just now?"

"Like the one just now." Director Zhou nodded sadly.

"It's okay, just look at it." Guan Chen said: "In the field of variety shows, you are an expert, so just look at it."

Guan Chen was surprised to be very eloquent. Director Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also worried that what Guan Chen said was angry or ironic, so a group of people walked out of Guan Chen's room and went to Guan Chen in two cars. Director Zhou and Guan Chen shared a car. In the car, Director Zhou tried to coax Guan Chen, saying that he had watched all the videos Guan Chen posted on the Internet, and they were really interesting. Knowledge, such as knots and escape, is more practical, and such small classes will be very popular if they are included in the program.

"Practical?" Guan Chen wondered, which of his little knowledge is not practical?
"For example..." Director Zhou's brain was running rapidly, "Renting a house, how to choose a house, this related knowledge point is very practical. Many people often find out that there is a problem with the rented house after paying the rent." There are many complaints about living in a rented house.He hoped that Professor Guan Chen would impart his experience.In Director Zhou's opinion, Guan Chen is a conscientious, courageous, high-IQ bachelor with rich experience in living alone. He must have a lot of opinions about renting a house. "You have rented four suites, and there are some duplicates among them. It must be in what way they attract you. You can share your experience. I will take a camera and follow you later, and it will be a test shoot!" Director Zhou Inspiration broke out, and I said I was excited again.

Guan Chen listened thoughtfully.

At the destination, the car stopped in an old town.

It's around four o'clock in the afternoon. There are people carrying vegetable baskets on the road, and some people just got off work. There are people coming and going, and there is a lot of fireworks.

After getting out of the car, Director Zhou really carried a camera, took the camera himself, followed behind Guan Chen, and even had a conversation with Guan Chen, just like the filming of "Tonight" a year ago.

Guan Chen led the way, and while walking, he said to Director Zhou beside him: "When I choose a house, I first look at the surrounding traffic conditions, such as where is the subway, is it close to the bus stop, and whether there are many taxis nearby. Is the road condition prone to congestion?"

Director Zhou nodded deeply, and subconsciously corrected: "That's right, the convenience of transportation is very important."

Guan Chen continued: "Second point, are there many alleys and roads nearby, are there any trees, and how far is it from the nearest police station?"

Director Zhou continued to revise: "Yes, the community atmosphere, green environment, and safety are closely related to residents' sense of well-being."

Guan Chen led Director Zhou and the others into an old building. There was no elevator inside, so they could only go up the stairs.

"The third point, I will see if there is a roof."

Director Zhou said with emotion: "It's really nice to have a house with a roof. You can exercise on it, dry your quilt, and drink a little wine. It's a pity that the roofs of high-rise buildings are not open now, only old buildings have them."

"The fourth point, sound insulation."

"Yes, sound insulation will affect the quality of sleep."

"That's about it." Guan Chen walked to a door and took out the key to unlock it.

"Wait. Is this gone?" Director Zhou was still thinking, and he didn't think there were only a few points to pay attention to when renting a house: "What about the lighting? What about the water pressure?"

"Those are not important." After Guan Chen finished speaking, he pushed open the door.

Director Zhou turned his head. It was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was pitch black inside.He suddenly had the feeling of visiting Guan Chen's house for the first time standing outside the door when he was filming "Tonight".

Guan Chen walked into the darkness, and a few seconds later, there were two beeps, and the sky suddenly opened.

Guan Chen just went to draw the curtains.The curtains in the living room are heavy anti-light curtains. When they are drawn during the day, no light can leak in, and the whole room is almost as dark as at night.

Director Zhou walked into the house, and as far as he could see, there was an empty living room without any furniture.

On the dusty ground, there was only an unopened tent.

Boxes of purified water, canned food, and first-aid kits are stacked against the wall.

"My other houses are almost like this." Guan Chen clapped his hands and said, "If you want to take pictures of the changes in my original home, then it's actually the same here. They all start from scratch."

"..." Director Zhou and the photographers opened their mouths wide, completely speechless.

(End of this chapter)