What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 6 The Illuminated Capital

The actors in Pinghu Film and Television City rented collective apartments in the film and television city on weekdays, so that they could follow the arrangements at any time. Although Yang Shu resigned, the lease period has not yet expired, so he still lives here.

The apartment is built like a school dormitory, and there is even a small playground in front of it, with sports equipment such as parallel bars, and when the sun is sunny, it is covered with all kinds of sheets, bedding and clothes.

The sun is good today. Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, the playground and the aisles are full of dancing girls wearing black tights while pressing their legs and looking at their mobile phones.

Yang Shu, wearing a wet yellow-green military uniform, walked through the girls with a [-]-cap prop gun on his back, and greeted a few familiar ones as he walked.

"Yang Shu, why did you even rebel? Recently, the appearance of the puppet army has greatly improved."

Yang Shu patted the armband: "The lawyer's letter is a warning, the boss is always the Northeast Army, not a puppet army, and I will sue you for defamation."

"You are professional enough to play leggings, come over and press your legs with us, I will help you open your hips!"

"It's almost the same if I opened your hip. The boss's leg is just pressed casually. Believe it or not, I shot you dead."

"I said Yang Shu, why did you put on your clothes back? It's still wet."

"I just filmed a scene of the young marshal's military parade in the rain. I have to clean it up before returning it."

……

The wet clothes stuck to Yang Shu's body, revealing his muscular lines, which the girls obviously liked. He smiled and joked all the way, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Man wearing sunglasses standing at the corner of the aisle, in the mottled shadow of the laurel tree.

"Why are you here?" Yang Shu's eyes lit up in surprise, and then he understood: "Did you answer?"

Liu Man was wearing a sky blue half-sleeved shirt embroidered with tender white daisies, and retro style cropped bloomers with black and gray vertical stripes. He still had a refreshing style. He took off his sunglasses and walked over with a half-smile: "I can't see that you are poor enough. Didn't you say you resigned, why are you still accepting dramas?"

The girls who were pressing their legs stopped when they saw her, and whispered in surprise: "This is Liu Tao? I didn't recognize her wearing sunglasses."

"It seems not, too young."

"I heard that Liu Tao has a younger sister who looks very similar to her, and she was still filming here some time ago."

"That should be her..." Someone played tricks on purpose: "I said Yang Shu, when did you secretly have a girlfriend, what do you think we are?!"

Everyone roared with laughter, Yang Shu didn't explain, he straightened the gun on his shoulder, turned his head and smiled and continued: "I regard you all as sisters under the iron heel."

Liu Man glanced at the girls and snorted lightly: "You are like a fish in water, hurry up and change your wet clothes, we are in a hurry."

Yangshu's dormitory is small and compact, with one bed, one table and one chair, no separate bathroom, and it is neatly tidied up, looking like a cabin on a ship.

After three years in the film and television city, getting this single room is the best treatment a man can get.

Yang Shu stripped naked inside and wiped his body. Liu Man stood outside the door and didn't come in. He told the situation through the doorknob: Ruhe has already made an appointment. This morning, she will be informed to come to Beijing for an interview with the screenwriter. If there is no problem, we will arrange to start filming. .

"I promised to meet with you at the company at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." Liu Man was happy but also a little dissatisfied: "I started calling you after eight o'clock, but no one answered until noon, so I just came here because of my anger. You pack up, we have to leave in a minute."

Because time was tight, Liu Tao sent a car to take her here.

Liu Tao's home is actually in the capital, but during this period of time he was working in Shanghai, and Liu Man was always there. Pinghu Film and Television City is in Jiaxing, and it takes more than [-] kilometers to drive there for more than an hour.

Yang Shu was a little apologetic: "Actually, I stopped working two days ago, but this morning, the period drama "Young Marshal" in the article was filming a war scene, and there was a serious shortage of people. The group leader asked me to help for a few hours. I was embarrassed to shirk it for a while and went, but I didn't expect to miss your call."

"Is there a lot of money?"

"The Northeast Army is rich and much older."

In fact, it’s not impossible to shirk the crowd’s calls. After all, they are still poor. The consumption in the capital is high and there is not much money in their pockets. It’s good if they can earn 200 yuan more. He didn’t expect Liu Man to be so stuck in Beijing. tight.

It's embarrassing to make an oolong, but Liu Man is a little proud: "My hunch is always accurate. If there is news in two or three days, it will only be two or three days. From now on, you should listen to me more obediently."

Fortunately, he was ready to leave at any time. Yang Shu entrusted others to wash the Northeast Army uniform and [-] caps and return them tomorrow, then picked up his backpack and followed.

Liu Man was sent to a black Porsche off-road vehicle. The driver was one of Liu Tao's female assistants. However, it was impossible to take them to the capital city more than 1000 kilometers away in more than ten hours, and they had to transfer to the high-speed rail.

The car left Jiaxing and took the expressway, and arrived at Hangzhou East Railway Station an hour and a half later. The two immediately boarded the high-speed train at [-] o'clock, and drove into the brightly lit capital just after ten o'clock.

Liu Man was a little excited all the way, and Yang Shu kept discussing with Yang Shu about the start of filming.

This is quite enjoyable. Like Liu Tao, she was born with a pair of sad eyes, with a rich and lovely expression, and she is also fragrant and refreshing.

Yang Shu listened to her very carefully, studying her changing lips thoughtfully.

The investment has been settled, and the next work is mainly to set up the film crew, choose the venue and cast the cast.

Liu Man has already received Ruhe's promise to create completely independently, which is quite a face for the newcomer. Of course, it may be that the other party is not interested in participating in such a small production.

The shooting location is not a problem, there are plenty of suitable places in Nuoda's capital.

The two have discussed forming a film crew more than once. Liu Man has many classmates, friends, and friends of friends in the industry. It is not difficult to pull together a web drama team.

Yang Shu has seen some works recommended by her, and she can basically find suitable people for clothing, makeup, and photography.

The most important thing is of course the casting. There are not many characters in "Lovers at the Table", mainly a pair of lovers and an old man, and they have not yet been finalized.

Yang Shu made a suggestion once, and now he made it again: "The investment of a single episode of our online drama is very low, usually only 50-[-], famous actors are definitely not affordable, and it is better for you than to find other newcomers To play the female lead, at least she should be pretty enough."

After the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology further regulates single-episode web dramas in the future, there will be a better name for the standard movie of 10 and [-] minutes called micro-film, but it has not yet been called.

It’s useless to boast about being pretty, last time Liu Man rejected the proposal on the grounds that he was not capable of directing and acting on his own, but today he changed his rhetoric: “Do you think I look like my sister, that’s why you repeatedly suggested me to act? "

Isn’t this nonsense? Of course Yang Shu has this in mind. This is also a common gimmick in the film and television industry. Back then Zhang Ziyi, Dong Jie, and Shen Aojun all made their debut under the name of Xiao Gongli, and the nursery rhyme was also named Xiao Zhang Ziyi. Development went smoothly.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Who said you can't act because your sister is acting?"

"That's what I said," Liu Man's joy was interrupted, looking a little displeased: "But this world doesn't need two Liu Taos, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen to learn to be a director."

"Your thinking is a bit too serious." Yang Shu handed her a bottle of water to suppress her temper: "There is a difference in age between your sisters, and the audience won't really be confused."

I'm afraid this may not be the case. From the moment I entered the station to getting on the train, people kept mistaking her for Liu Tao. In the end, I had to wear sunglasses and sit like a blind person in the carriage.

"I don't mean to be jealous and reject my sister." Liu Man didn't want to be misunderstood, and explained: "I have been very close to my sister since I was a child, otherwise she would be embarrassed to ask me to help take care of the two babies. It is purely a personal choice not to want to act .”

Having said that, it can be seen that she cares about being the shadow of others. The two sisters look too much alike. The elder sister is a star and she is the mirror image, but the mirror image is the opposite. The feeling of being like a shadow but insignificant, Yang Shu as a senior double can understand.

"Is it because your sister doesn't want you to debut in acting?"

"Absolutely not. Don't make wild guesses. In fact, my sister encouraged me to act because I don't like being talked about on my appearance."

Liu Man is still innocent, expressing his true thoughts in a few words.

In this case, Yang Shu no longer insisted on persuasion. Anyway, the two had an agreement, and the actor can only be confirmed if both of them are satisfied. It is not difficult to find a suitable heroine.

But there is one thing that Yang Shu finds strange. Although Ruhe notified the filming of "Lovers at the Table", he did not inform him of the amount of investment. This is a bit abnormal.

In fact, it is time to determine how much to invest, so that it is convenient for the director to plan in depth.

But Liu Man didn't take it seriously: "Ruhe is a big company, and a drop in the bucket is enough for our film. Director Ke of the production department took it very seriously and said he wanted to discuss some details with us."

This is a small project. I can't think of any details that affect the decision-making. Director Ke needs to worry about it. Is there no limit on investment?

This is probably impossible. Yang Shu is not as optimistic as Liu Man. Since the uprooting matter is even more unreasonable, it must be determined after an interview, and the screenwriter must also be present.

He had a hunch that something might be wrong, so he had to be mentally prepared.

(End of this chapter)