Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 339 It's Not A Fuel-Efficient Lamp

Pukou Railway Station hired more than 100 extras. The cost of extras here is twice as expensive as that in the Northeast, 20 yuan a day, including two meals.

In addition, more than a dozen foreign actors were invited, all of whom were international students from major universities in Lanjing. Some played the role of tourists, and some played the role of the turbaned policeman Asan.This fee is expensive, 1000 yuan for five hours and 200 yuan for one hour.

I heard that the extras were making a fuss during the morning rehearsal, accusing the crew of advocating for foreigners and demanding equal pay for equal work.

The national sentiment is understandable, but it is a bit unreasonable to talk about the matter. After all, foreigners are a scarce resource, and Chinese people can grab a lot of them. In order to highlight that Shanghai was an international city in the 30s, foreigners also took on more shots, which were regarded as small special services. Bar.

According to the current labor costs, 20 yuan a day for extras is very reasonable.Naturally, it is difficult to treat foreigners according to domestic labor standards. For 20 yuan a day, no one is willing to work, and the workers are not Nico, but all white people.

Putting aside racial discrimination, white people, even those from Eastern Europe, have higher labor costs than black people from Africa.What's more, the international students we are looking for are basically from Europe, North America and the Middle East.

Li Tang had been in Hollywood in his previous life and knew the market conditions there very well. For example, for background extras, union actors cost $29.8 per hour, while non-union actors cost $15 per hour.But please note that he does not calculate it based on one hour with you. The starting price is 8 hours, which means that even if you only shoot for an hour, or even a few minutes, you will be billed based on 8 hours of work.

Another point to pay special attention to is that extras who have lines are also what we usually call special actors. No matter how many lines they have, as long as they speak, it is not calculated based on 8 hours a day, but the salary will instantly increase to 850. dollars a day.Of course, some low-budget movies with low investment can be slightly cheaper, but they will never be less than $500 a day.

In this way, the foreigner hired here costs 1000 yuan for five hours. According to the current exchange rate, it is almost 120 US dollars. Five hours is almost equal to one day. Besides, they are all small professionals with many cameras, so the price is not expensive.

Those group acts are nothing more than jealousy, they want to take advantage of the opportunity to gain more benefits for themselves, and at the same time they don't want to see others get more.So the feelings are understandable, but it doesn’t make sense.

In the end, the crew used their trump card. At this price, those who didn't want to act could withdraw, and the ones who caused the most trouble were directly settled. This finally calmed down the storm.

When Li Tang, Zhang Ziyi and others arrived, they were rehearsing under the command of the assistant director.When I saw Li Tang, Li Bingbing and Zhong Cunheng getting out of the car, these group performances were normal. At most, I just looked at them twice.

When Zhang Ziyi got out of the car, the crowd suddenly became commotion.

"Look, Zhang Ziyi!"

"Hey, it's really Zhang Ziyi!"

"It has been said in the news that the movie we are filming now stars Zhang Ziyi and Li Tang."

"Didn't you say there was also Zhou Xun? Why didn't you watch it?"

"Zhou Xun? I don't know. Look, isn't that Ling Chuchu from "Shaobao" next to Li Tang? What's the name?"

"Li Binbin!"

"Yes, yes, it's Li Binbin. Then there are only two possibilities. One is that the person has been replaced; the other is that there is no Zhou Xun's play here, so she doesn't need to come." One of the extras who seemed to know very well said.

The crowd in front of them was in chaos, and the assistant director who was standing on the wooden box to direct quickly shouted loudly with a loudspeaker:

"Hey, hey, hey, be careful, don't talk!"

"Hey, as for you, and you guys, don't look around, just follow your respective routes..."

"Okay, okay, let's walk again. Let me tell you, I'm going to put on makeup and change clothes in a while, and we'll be shooting for real soon. Please pay attention to what I just said, follow your own prescribed route, and don't look at the camera. Let's Finish the filming and finish the work early, otherwise it will be a waste of your own time..."

Assistant director Balabala talked about it, and then rehearsed it again. It was barely okay before disbanding, and then everyone put on makeup and changed clothes.

There is no way. The temperature at the scene today is as high as 35 degrees. It is unrealistic for you to let the extras rehearse in bulky costumes. You can only rehearse first and then put on makeup and change clothes before filming starts.

Today I just shot some empty shots and scenes of people coming and going at the train station. The actors don’t need to show up for the time being.

The scene filmed at Pukou Railway Station this time is about the anti-Japanese resistance organization getting information from Japanese intelligence officer Yamamoto. They hired a killer to wait for an opportunity to assassinate Yamamoto.However, due to a very accidental mistake at the train station, Situ, the clerk of the foreign bank who was sitting opposite the killer on the train, the role played by Li Tang, was mistaken for the killer.

Members of the resistance organization came forward to contact Situ and provided information about the assassination target. However, the confused "killer"'s abnormal reaction caused chaos. During the gun battle, Zhang Ziyi, played by Ding Hui, who was responsible for covering the contact, accidentally killed Situ, played by Li Binbin, who came to pick him up. Girlfriend Yi Ling.

This is a large-scale shooting scene, including fighting, gun battles, flying cars, etc.To be honest, excluding one day today, the remaining three days were very stressful to shoot.But there is no way. Pukou Railway Station is still in operation. The initial application time was one week, but the approval only took four days, otherwise the normal operation of the railway station would be affected.

Li Tang's shooting scenes mainly focused on the scene where he was kidnapped and stuffed into the car by the resistance organization in a green train carriage from the 30s that was modified by the crew, and finally escaped and was hidden under the platform.

If you just look at this process, the filming content seems to be very simple, but in addition to explaining that Situ, a foreign bank employee played by Li Tang, is innocently involved in the battle between the anti-Japanese resistance organization and the Japanese intelligence agency, this scene is more important to show that Situ While witnessing the inner drama of his girlfriend being shot dead by Ding Hui.Because this emotion runs through Situ throughout the entire movie.

The enthusiastic fans outside were blocked by the barbed wire fence surrounding the crew, and they were still shouting Zhang Ziyi's name loudly.In order not to cause a commotion at the scene, Zhang Ziyi quickly hid on the other side of the platform with her assistant and English teacher after getting off the bus to communicate with Lou Ye and the executive director.

Upon seeing this, Li Binbin hurriedly followed her. Even though she was very envious and jealous of Zhang Ziyi in private, in public she was known to be a good person.

Usually actors who come from the bottom have skills in this area, otherwise they would not be where they are now.Specific to his ex-girlfriend, she has a somewhat flattering personality.

Sure enough, after Li Binbin walked over, he hugged Zhang Ziyi warmly, as if he was his best friend for many years, both of whom are good actors.

Li Tang glanced at it from a distance, and did not go over to join in the fun. Instead, he walked around in the modified carriage parked on the railway track, walked across the overpass across the railway track, and walked along the platform where extras gathered. One lap, and at the same time, I briefly went over the scene to be filmed in my mind.

When walking across the platform, I met a few extras asking for autographs, and even heard some of their comments:

"Hey, I think Zhang Ziyi looks average, not as beautiful as she looks in the movie!"

"Nonsense, in the movie everyone wore makeup, but now they don't have makeup, of course they look different!"

This may be a fan of Zhang Ziyi.

Someone immediately said: "That Ling Chuchu doesn't look as good as on TV, too thin!"

The buddy followed up with another sentence: "But in comparison, I think Zhang Ziyi has a better temperament."

Does Zhang Ziyi have a better temperament?

Li Tang felt that compared to his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Zhang, a young and successful classmate, seemed more confident and had a greater aura.As for things like temperament, benevolent people have different opinions, and more of them come from fan filters.After Li Tang signed a few names, he waved goodbye to the extras.Perhaps seeing that Li Tang was so approachable and easy to talk to, many extras lamented that they did not bring a pen or notebook, thus losing the chance to get the star's autograph.

"Li Tang looks really handsome in real life, even more handsome than on TV!" A female cast member who had just received Li Tang's signature looked at Li Tang's back and said with an infatuated look.

Someone immediately echoed: "Yes, and he is so tall. He seems to be a head taller than me. He must be about 1.8 meters, right?"

At this time, a wretched-looking guy appeared out of nowhere and approached the two girls. He said sternly: "It's definitely not 1.8 meters, at most he's 1.7 meters or eighty-nine. I was standing next to him just now. Next to me, I’m 1.7 meters [-], which looks about the same height.”

As he said this, the guy deliberately raised his chest and stood at attention, trying to show off his majestic figure in front of the two girls.

As a result, the two girls were dismissive, and one of them even choked: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to speak against Li Tang!"

As he said that, he looked at the wretched man with disdain and said disdainfully: "Still as tall as he is? Far from it!"

A person next to him also chimed in and said, "That's right, when Li Tang signed autographs for us just now, he lowered his head. How can you compare? Hehe, he didn't even urinate and take a look at himself, it's true!"

After saying that, he picked up the girl next to him and turned away, leaving only the wretched man messy in the wind.

This guy obviously wanted to strike up a conversation, but he got scolded.It's not easy to see like a girl, so I can only look at Li Tang who has already walked onto the overpass. Looking at the tall and handsome figure in the distance, this guy can only spit hard on the ground and mutter something in his mouth.

Li Tang didn't know that during his short stay, in addition to gaining two iron fans, he also gained one unfaithful fan.

He walked across the overpass and walked down the steps. As he walked, he was still observing the height from the rails to the platform. It was about 1.5 meters. He couldn't help but think of the father in "Back" who went to buy oranges and struggled to climb up to the moon across the rails. From the back of the stage, I estimate that Mr. Zhu Ziqing's father is only 1.6 meters tall at most. If he were replaced by Li Guoqing, who is 1.8 meters tall, he would probably be able to jump up with just a push of his hands.

At this time, a burst of laughter like silver bells interrupted his thoughts. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Ziyi and his ex-girlfriend were talking about something, and they were leaning forward and backward in joy.

Zhang Ziyi saw Li Tang coming and waved quickly: "Brother Li, hurry up!"

"Is something wrong?"

Li Tang walked closer and saw Zhang Ziyi actually turned her head over to talk and came closer to his body to take a sniff.

He was startled, and he quickly took a step back and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "I just want to smell if you are wearing any perfume today."

Li Tang couldn't help but said in shock: "When did I wear perfume?"

When they were filming in Fushun, Northeast China, the two of them basically spent the whole day together. Didn't she know whether she wore perfume or not?

As a result, Zhang Ziyi burst out laughing again, pointing to her ex-girlfriend beside her and saying: "Just now, Sister Bingbing said that you didn't like to take showers when you were in college. She also said... She also said that you can just spray it with perfume to match your body odor. , the result of this mixture is more... haha, more personal charm!"

Even though this was an embarrassment for the original person, Li Tang still looked at his ex-girlfriend speechlessly. His ex-girlfriend looked as usual and even looked at him provocatively, while Li Xiuxiu looked slightly embarrassed next to her.

She understood her sister's intentions very well. She just wanted to make friends with Zhang Ziyi. Because the two were not familiar with each other before, the conversation could only revolve around Li Tang, whom they were familiar with.

But I didn't expect that my sister would tell Li Tang's embarrassing story as a joke in an attempt to get closer to Zhang Ziyi.But what she didn't expect was that Zhang Ziyi would report this embarrassing incident to Li Tang in front of him.In this way, not only Li Tang became a joke, but even his sister... well, it seemed that she also became a joke.

But to be honest, she admired her sister for still keeping her face calm and her heart not beating. At the same time, she couldn't help but worry that Li Tang would be angry because of this.

Li Tang knew that his ex-girlfriend's provocative look was nothing more than a fierce look, as if she was saying to him: I just said it, how's it going?

It's obvious that neither of these two is an easy person. Although her ex-girlfriend is six years older than Zhang Ziyi and made her debut earlier, in terms of rank, her ex-girlfriend may not be close.

Of course, you can also understand that Zhang Ziyi has a straightforward personality and lacks a handle on her mouth. She talks about everything without caring about the feelings of the people around her.

But the question is, can she achieve what she has achieved today if she speaks unabashedly?
So the real reason is that she doesn't pay attention to her ex-girlfriend at all, she just wants to see Li Tang's jokes.Or maybe she did it on purpose and just wanted to see a joke.

Of course Li Tang was unhappy, and he was secretly scolding his ex-girlfriend for being dishonest. Why did you bring yourself with you when you went to please others?

But of course he couldn't let classmate Xiao Zhang succeed. He spread his hands and said helplessly: "This has happened for a long time, is it worth laughing about?"

As he spoke, he took a step forward calmly, deliberately getting very close to Zhang Ziyi and said, "Smell it carefully, does it smell like a man?"

He had just walked around and was inevitably sweating.As a counterattack, he deliberately treated the opponent with suspicion.

In fact, Zhang Ziyi smelled his scent just now. Now that she got closer, the smell became clearer.It smelled a little like sweat, but not smelly, but it had a different kind of smell of male hormones. It actually made her heart beat a few times faster, and her ears felt faintly hot.

Because this smell can easily stimulate her sense of smell and transmit it to the brain, causing the secretion of dopamine, which reminds her of some indescribable pictures.

I said a lot, but I can sum it up in two words - Sichun.

Fortunately, her rationality reminded her to take a step back in time, looked up at Li Tang, and said without showing weakness: "What are you doing? You can't take a joke?"

Li Tang stared at her eyes until he saw panic in her eyes, and said with a faint smile on his lips: "Xiao Yizi, congratulations, you have successfully angered me! "

"Humph, what's the matter?"

Zhang Ziyi actually saw that Li Tang was bluffing, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued without showing any weakness.

But Li Tang did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at his ex-girlfriend next to him and said with a slight smile: "You killed my lover. I want to stay angry with you. Thank you for helping me find my emotions."

　Didn't I have a headache and a sore back yesterday while typing? I drank two cups of coffee, but couldn't sleep at night. So I looked through the comments of book friends, and I saw it from 11:30 in the evening to 06:30 in the morning.It's honestly very interesting and many of the comments speak directly to the author's heart.There are also many insights. I would like to say to these book friends here: "I would like to learn from you!"

　　
　
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