1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 8 Who is that kid?
After Sister Feng left, Zhou Yan also patted his butt and stood up. He didn't want to be conspicuous here.

At around ten o'clock, Zhou Yan was "writing" a novel in his private room when there was a noise outside.

"Teacher He, Teacher Gong Li, you two live in this room, Teacher Yang, you live in the same room as Teacher Ma..."

"Teacher He, you are in this room. There is a piano in Teacher He's box. Be careful when handling it."

……

Zhou Yan was listening to the noise outside with his ears turned, when suddenly the door was pushed open.

Jiang Mengfei, a young man from the scene production team, walked in with a box. When he saw Zhou Yan, he smiled and said, "You are in the room, door god. I thought you were out."

Then he gave way again, and a tall, thin man about 30 years old walked in from behind. This man looked quite well-dressed, with his hair neatly divided into three-quarter lengths. He should have applied some hair wax or something like that.

Why he is said to be particular is not only because of the hair wax he put on, but also because of his demeanor when he came in, as if he was acting in a stage play, and he even twisted his neck in a certain way.

Jiang Mengfei introduced the man, "Mr. He, this is the composer Zhou Yan. He came earlier, and now he lives in this room. Zhou Yan, this is Mr. He's Peking Opera teacher, Mr. He. You will be roommates from now on."

Teacher He nodded to Zhou Yan very gentlemanly, "Hello, my name is He Wuming, please give me your advice."

Zhou Yan smiled and moved a stool over, "I don't dare, I don't dare. Teacher He is tired from the journey. Sit down and take a rest."

He Wuming bent down slightly and said, "Thank you."

Jiang Mengfei put down the box in his hand, and then said to He Wuming, "Teacher He, you decide which bed is suitable and occupy it directly. I will help Director Zhang and the others move their things."

"Thank you for your hard work. Go and do your work."

Jiang Mengfei was not used to He Wuming being so polite. He smiled, and then raised his eyebrows at Zhou Yan, "Old Zhou, please help Teacher He."

Zhou Yan made an OK gesture and said, "Don't worry, Teacher He will leave it to me."

After Jiang Mengfei left, Zhou Yan briefly introduced the situation of the room to He Wuming, and then recommended a bed to him. He Wuming chose the one farther away from Zhou Yan among the remaining two lower bunks.

He Wuming was too polite and a bit unfriendly to strangers. Zhou Yan chatted with him for a few words and felt bored so he ran outside to see other people.

As soon as he went out, he saw two girls standing at the door opposite. Zhou Yan recognized them at a glance. The taller one was Gong Li and the short one was He Saifei.

The two people below the stage are still very beautiful, and they are a little more energetic and friendly. They are not much different from the beautiful sisters from the neighbor's house when they were children.Gong Li wore a pair of small white sandals with heels, a pair of loose jeans, and a blue and white T-shirt on top.He Saifei's dress is more mature, wearing a white T-shirt with a brown pleated skirt, and a pair of black embroidered cloth shoes.

The two beauties standing together are really eye-catching, and now the entire yard's attention is on them.

This was the first time for Zhou Yan to see celebrities so close, and he found it quite interesting. In his last life, he and these celebrities seemed to be from two different worlds, but in this life, he happened to work with them by chance.

"Zhou Yan, come and help me."

Zhou Yan was in a daze when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He followed the voice and saw Liu Qing walking in from the outside holding a box.

"Brother Liu, what are you moving here?"

"Light bulb."

"Oh." Zhou Yan rushed over to help Liu Qing and the others move a few boxes of light bulbs. Logically speaking, "Raise the Red Lantern" is a costume drama and shouldn't use so many light bulbs, but those lanterns made by the scene production team before , the light could not meet the requirements of photographer Zhao Fei. Now they came up with a new idea, installing light bulbs inside the lantern.

Zhou Yan was a little confused when he heard this idea. Although he has been with the production team for a long time, he has become more and more aware of how powerful film and television dramas are in deceiving the audience, but this lantern with light bulbs really made him think it was awesome.

Putting a light bulb inside a lantern is not cool in itself. The cool thing is that the movie makes it so that people don’t feel that there is a light bulb inside the lantern. Unlike some inferior movies and TV shows, the lantern looks electric at first glance.

In order for the light bulb to achieve the effect of a lantern, the cloth outside the lantern is made of a special material, and something is also applied on it. Anyway, the whole process is very laborious.

……

Zhang Yimou went to the car and then returned to the yard. When he saw Gong Li and He Saifei chatting, he walked over.

Seeing Zhang Yimou coming, He Saifei smiled and said hello, "Hello, Director Zhang."

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Your Mandarin is much better."

After being praised by Zhang Yimou, He Saifei said proudly, "The kung fu I have practiced every day during this period must have yielded some small results."

Both Zhang Yimou and Gong Li were amused by He Saifei's remarks, but He Saifei didn't know it and just looked at the smiling two people blankly.

"Director Dirty, why are you laughing?"

Zhang Yimou waved his hand and said, "You're not smiling. How have you been practicing Peking Opera recently? I heard from Teacher He that you have been slacking off recently and don't have enough time to practice every day."

Being reported to the police, He Saifei was also a little embarrassed, "I've been too busy these two days, so I didn't have enough time to practice. Now that I'm on the set, I don't have anything else to do, so I practice as hard as I can every day."

"Don't practice to death. If you practice to death, I, the director, will still have to take responsibility."

He Saifei blinked her eyes a few times. She always felt that Zhang Yimou was joking, but Zhang Yimou said it in a very serious tone, which made her feel a strong sense of separation.

Gong Li laughed and said, "Ignore him, that's how he talks."

……

The three of them were chatting when Zhang Yimou suddenly saw Zhou Yan coming out of the props room and frowned in confusion. Then he asked Gong Li next to him, "Who is that young man in black clothes?"

"You said the fair, skinny, tall one?"

"Ah."

Gong Li shook her head and said with a smile, "You don't know, and I don't even know. When I saw him just now, I thought he was the actor who played Chen Feipu, and I thought your casting was good."

Speaking of the role of Chen Feipu, Zhang Yimou frowned. For the role of Chen Feipu, he originally wanted to play Chu Xiao from the Coal Mine Art Troupe. The actor also agreed to come, but the troupe refused to let him go, and it has not been decided yet.

This is not the first time that the actor has been selected, but the unit refuses to let him go. The He Saifei in front of him is a precedent. Previously, Zhang Yimou liked He Saifei to play the role of Mei Shan, and He Saifei himself agreed, but The Daishan Yue Opera Troupe where He Saifei belongs is unwilling to let her go.

That is to say, He Saifei has a strong temper and goes to their group leader every day to make trouble, and even almost throws the hand warmer in the group leader's face.

Zhang Yimou also spent a lot of effort at that time. It was like he was softly polishing it and He Saifei was toughing it out before the matter was settled.

(End of this chapter)