1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 397 Temporary Change of Scene
After scolding Li Xiaoran, Zhou Yan turned around and went back into the house to find Zhao Fei to discuss adjusting the movement in the afternoon.

It wasn't until 11 o'clock in the morning that the crew finished work and everyone rushed back to eat.

Zhou Yan also saw Li Xiaoran again in the cafeteria. She had indeed changed into her pajamas and tied her hair up, but she was not wearing any makeup and was wearing relatively ordinary clothes. Even her T-shirt was the same one she wore at the last audition.

I have to say, Li Xiaoran is really different from ordinary girls.

Seeing that she changed her clothes and tied her hair, Zhou Yan didn't say anything else. These were all his requests to Li Xiaoran.

After dinner, Zhou Yan was about to go back to his room to pack his luggage, but Jiang Mengfei stopped him with a smile.

"Lao Zhou, I've arranged a car for you, do you want to go and have a look?"

"car?"

Zhou Yan showed a puzzled expression. The crew only had a few cars in total. Li Hong had asked before whether he should arrange a separate car for him, but he refused.

Anyway, the crew has a car, so he can just use it when he needs it.

At Jiaochangwei, Zhou Yan didn't need a car much, so if he wanted to go find Zhou Hong or go to Zhou's Entertainment, he could ask Zhou Hong to send a car directly.

Out of curiosity, Zhou Yan and Jiang Mengfei walked outside.

Zhou Yan looked at the empty road outside and asked curiously, "Where's the car?"

Jiang Mengfei walked to where the bicycles were parked and patted the seat of one of the Phoenix brand bicycles. "Old Zhou, your eyesight is really bad. Can't you see so many bicycles?"

"This is what you are talking about." Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

"What else?" Jiang Mengfei smiled. "Bicycles are the most practical here at Jiaochangwei. Our crew has an average of four people per bicycle. It would take nearly ten minutes to walk from Point 7 on the beach to our warehouse."

As he spoke, he patted the Phoenix brand car again and said, "This one I gave you is the latest model."

"Well, it's nice to ride a bike here."

Zhou Yan nodded, walked over and took the handlebars of the bicycle from Jiang Mengfei.

"How is it? Can you still ride?" Jiang Mengfei asked with a smile, with a hint of doubt in his voice.

Zhou Yan smiled confidently and said, "Do you want me to show you how to spread your hands?"

"Don't do that. If something happens to you as the director and the lead actor, our crew will be stranded here. It's better to be cautious."

Zhou Yan hadn't ridden a bicycle for a long time. Now he was holding the handlebars, eager to try it.

He pushed Jiang Mengfei away and took a step forward.

The new model was a new model, much better than the one he had ridden at school before.

Wang Zuxian also finished her meal and came out. Seeing Zhou Yan riding a bicycle, she walked up to him with a smile and said, "Third brother, you want to ride a bike."

Zhou Yan smiled and patted the back seat, "Come on, Xiaoxian, I'll take you for a ride."

"it is good."

Joey Wong didn't hesitate at all and sat down on it.

The car was tilted, and her jump almost crushed it. Zhou Yan had a hard time steadying the car.

Jiang Mengfei was startled and hurried to help Zhou Yan hold the handlebars, "You guys better be careful."

"no problem."

After Zhou Yan straightened the handlebars, he pushed the bike with his foot and the bike sped away.

He had indeed not ridden a bicycle for a long time, so his skills were a bit rusty. Although the bike was moving, it was shaky and seemed like it would fall down at any time.

Jiang Mengfei was terrified watching from behind, fearing that Zhou Yan and Joey Wong would fall out of the car together.

But Joey Wong, who was sitting in the back row, was not worried at all. Instead, she took the opportunity to hug Zhou Yan's waist tightly and put her face on his back.

After riding for about ten meters, the bike picked up speed and Zhou Yan regained his riding feeling. The bike stopped shaking and began to move forward steadily.

Seeing the car moving steadily, Jiang Mengfei in the back also breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, Jiang Mengfei became nervous again, because Zhou Yan actually stood up and pedaled, and the speed of the car was getting faster and faster.

After a while, the car ran ahead and headed towards the seaside.

After crossing a small slope in front, there is a big slope behind, and the road conditions will become worse. If you are not careful, you may really overturn the car.

Jiang Mengfei was startled and quickly got on his own bike and followed.

Zhou Yan's cycling speed exceeded Jiang Mengfei's imagination. Although he was riding with someone, he pedaled very fast. Jiang Mengfei behind him not only failed to close the distance between them, but the distance between them became farther and farther.

Not long after, Zhou Yan crossed the slope in front and Jiang Mengfei could no longer be seen behind him.

Jiang Mengfei pedaled hard at the back, and after several minutes, he finally climbed up the opposite slope.

After going up the hill, Jiang Mengfei finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhou Yan park his bicycle not far away and standing on the shore with Joey Wong to look at the scenery.

Finally riding in front of the two people, Jiang Mengfei said breathlessly, "Old Zhou, you are trying to scare people to death. A few days ago, Manager Hong rode his bike past here and almost fell flat on his face. You are so brave to bring someone with you."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Meng Fei, your physical fitness is getting worse and worse. Is this just a short distance that makes you so tired?"

"Such a stretch of road?" Jiang Mengfei said unhappily, "This section of the slope is about 40 to 50 degrees, and the road surface is not good."

There is a main road in Jiaochangwei Village. The houses and accommodation areas where they filmed are all next to the main road, and the road surface is very well built.

But the section to the beach, starting from the fork in the road, is a gravel road. When Zhou Yan rode over, Joey Wong could feel obvious bumps from behind.

If Wang Zuxian hadn't said that her butt hurt, Zhou Yan wouldn't have stopped.

A little further ahead, there is a small pier, and Zhou Yan originally wanted to go there to take a look.

"What is that dock used for?" Zhou Yan asked, pointing in the direction of the dock.

"Of course the pier is for boats, but there are two piers here, and there aren't many people in the village, so this pier is basically not used. When you weren't here, Shen Yan and I went fishing there."

"Did you catch anything?"

"It's not easy to fish, why not get a boat and go to the middle."

Zhou Yan stopped and looked, then said, "Let's go and take a look."

After saying that, he went over and rode on the bike.

Wang Zuxian also walked over and whispered, "Ride slower, your butt still hurts."

"Okay." Zhou Yan smiled, "I'll put a soft leather cushion on the back seat so your butt won't hurt when you sit on it."

The three of them rode their bikes towards the pier. This time Zhou Yan rode very slowly. Joey Wong held Zhou Yan's waist and looked at the mountains in the distance. Occasionally, a gust of sea breeze blew by, making her feel very comfortable.

Jiang Mengfei was behind with a smile on his face.

He felt that he understood why Zhou Yan rode so hard just now, it turned out to be for this. I have to say, Lao Zhou's trick was really great, look how scared Wang Zuxian was, she hugged Lao Zhou's waist tightly, not daring to let go at all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mengfei also quickened his pace and moved forward, leaving some space for Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian.

When Zhou Yan originally stopped on the slope, he felt that the pier was only a few hundred meters away from them, but when he rode over, he found that it was much farther than he had imagined, probably about one or two kilometers away.

The view from the coast is wide and everything seems close.

And the pier was not as small as he had imagined.

This is an ordinary pier, several dozen meters long and about six or seven meters wide.

Six or seven meters is wider than many roads, so Zhou Yan rode straight on it and didn’t stop until he reached the front of the embankment.

I have to say that this pier is really suitable for fishing. With this length and width, it can easily accommodate one or two hundred anglers.

Standing at the front of the embankment, it felt like the mountains on the opposite side were very close, but Zhou Yan knew that the distance only looked close, and it was at least five or six kilometers away.

The scenery here is very good, and you can see the entire scenery near Jiaochangwei, including the continuous mountains, the vast coastline, and the rows of houses.

Joey Wong also liked this pier. She walked to the embankment and leaned over to look at the sea below, wanting to see if she could find some fish.

“Just looking at the sea makes me want to go swimming.”

Joey Wong likes swimming, and when she saw the sea water was so clear, she naturally had the urge to go into the water.

Jiang Mengfei smiled and said, "Li Hong and his friends have already gone down there to swim. They said this place is suitable for snorkeling, but they don't dare to go down there without equipment."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Still need to pay attention to safety."

As the first person in charge of the crew, he must pay attention to the safety of the crew members. The most feared thing at the beach is drowning.

But he also knew that everyone wanted to go down and have some fun when they came to the beach.

So he immediately added, "If you want to go down, you must form a group and go together. No one can act alone. If anyone wants to snorkel, we can find a professional team to take everyone down to play."

"Old Shen and the others will definitely be very happy if they know this."

Zhou Yan nodded and began to study the dock under his feet.

He always felt that it was a waste to put such a good dock here.

After studying it for a while, he asked, "If we want to use this dock, will the procedures be complicated?"

"Is it for filming?" Jiang Mengfei asked.

"Ah."

"If it's for filming, it shouldn't be a problem. I guess we can just tell the village chief. After all, this pier doesn't usually have many boats. At most we can just pay some rent."

"Go ask later. If it can be used, get the formalities done in advance."

"Okay, I'll ask."

Wang Zuxian stood up and asked curiously, "What are you going to shoot on this pier?"

"I want to move the wedding to this pier, what do you think?"

"A wedding?"

Joey Wong became interested. She once again carefully looked at the embankment under her feet. The more she looked, the more she liked it.

In Zhou Yan’s previous design, the wedding was held on the grass by the sea. Joey Wong also liked that kind of open-air wedding, but compared to holding it on the pier, the grass seemed a little less interesting.

The embankment extends from the coast into the sea, like a natural stage. It will look very beautiful with just a little decoration.

In fact, in the whole movie, what Joey Wong cared about most was the wedding scene. She even regarded this scene as a rehearsal for her wedding with Zhou Yan, or a kind of complement.

I'm afraid her wedding with Zhou Yan will not be held at the seaside. She can't bring her grandparents to the seaside at that time.

It was even more impossible at the dock. Although the dock was quite large, it was impossible to accommodate all of their relatives and friends.

However, there is no way to do this in reality, but you can experience it in the movie.

"I think the pier is very special and interesting," said Joey Wong with a smile.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Then I'll try to change it."

Jiang Mengfei licked his lips. He actually thought that holding the wedding at the dock was a good idea, but he also knew that the workload would increase a lot with this change.

Apart from anything else, just setting up the camera is a problem.

Although the embankment is several meters wide, it is a "one-way street" and a dead end, making it difficult to coordinate during filming.

After all, Jiang Mengfei had followed so many film crews and was quite familiar with filming. He could already imagine that they would have to rent a few boats nearby for this scene.

In every aspect, shooting here is more difficult than on the grass.

However, despite the difficulty, Jiang Mengfei is still confident. He believes that this change will at most increase the budget and will not have any impact on the filming progress of the crew.

This confidence comes from the long-term cooperation between this group of people. They have overcome difficulties one by one together over the years. They have encountered too many situations like this where they had to make temporary changes to the script, and they have been able to complete them well every time.

As long as Zhou Yan has decided on his idea, all departments will quickly come up with a plan.

Moreover, the filming has not started yet, so changing the plan early will leave enough time for everyone.

……

The three of them walked around the dock for a while. Zhou Yan had no tools on hand, so he first measured the size of the embankment by pacing.

He also instructed Jiang Mengfei to bring people back to measure the size of the embankment accurately.

After returning to the dormitory, Zhou Yan packed his luggage first, and then without taking a lunch break, he ran directly to the study room next door to work.

There are four rooms in their yard. The upper two rooms, except for the one he lives in, the one next to it is a study, which means he lives on one floor by himself.

This study room seems to be shared by him, Zhao Fei and Xiao Can, but Zhao Fei and his friends have desks in their own rooms and there is no need to go upstairs to work. This means that Zhou Yan can use such a large study room alone, which is also his privilege as a director.

Zhou Yan did not change the script anymore, but directly drew a new storyboard.

He did not consider the difficulty of setting up the camera for the time being, and painted entirely based on his own ideas, just doing whatever felt right.

As for whether the shot can be realized, I have to discuss it with Zhao Fei after the painting is completed.

In fact, there is nothing that cannot be achieved, and there is no flying or hiding scenes. It is just a matter of budget.

Compared to the scenes in Titanic, what he drew were child's play.

Of course, Zhou Yan’s budget is not unlimited. If he really encounters a shot that requires a significant increase in the budget, he will definitely have to make concessions.

(End of this chapter)