The world's number one pianist

Chapter 166 Art Direction

Xu Yuqi had come to the set of the crew without knowing when. Reading

Perhaps Sister Li had told her before, so she came to see the situation.

As a result, she saw this situation just after she came, and she couldn't help but show a look of shock on her face.

But...

The director, cameraman, and assistant director were suddenly frightened by the sound coming from their ears. They immediately looked back and saw Xu Yuqi wearing a headscarf and frog-eye glasses, and couldn't help but look weird.

"You..."

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The director pointed to the headscarf on Xu Yuqi's head, which was the kind of headscarf that girls wrapped their entire heads around their faces in very old movies. It's hard to describe.

"Just treat me as a mouthful, what are you... planning to do?"

"Huh? Of course it's to cover up! As an artist, you must always ensure that you will not affect the public order of society! So you must travel in a low profile!" Xu Yuqi nodded as a matter of course.

"But this is a studio, not a public area..."

"Huh?"

Xu Yuqi tilted her head, as if she hadn't thought of this.

The director didn't let him go, but immediately stabbed her again.

"And, I specially set up the entrance and exit so that others can rot outside the concert hall, just so that your cars can enter..."

"So, you don't need to do this at all..."

"Also, your headscarf is ugly..."

One arrow after another pierced her heart, Xu Yuqi couldn't help but make a Xizi holding her heart gesture, stepped back three steps, and shouted to the director in pain.

"Director, don't, don't do this, I... I just, I just don't want to cause trouble to everyone..."

"Be normal and don't cause trouble to everyone."

The director couldn't help but pat his head and gave a signal to the assistant director, asking him to push Xu Yuqi to the dressing room backstage.

After Xu Yuqi completely disappeared from their sight, he looked at the cameraman next to him, nodded at him, pointed at the monitor in front of him, and played the picture from the beginning again. He looked at the screen and asked the photographer.

"Come on, tell me, how about this? This hand stand-in."

"This hand stand-in..."

The cameraman touched his chin, looked at the picture in front of him carefully, thought about it carefully, and nodded.

"The level of strength is very strong!"

The director nodded: "Yes, his level of strength is very strong, very strong..."

The photographer: "From the perspective of shooting, he is actually quite easy to shoot. It is easy to fake Xu Yuqi's hands through light."

The director nodded again: "Well, the hands are very beautiful, there is no problem. Just talking about his hands, his hands are really easy to shoot."

The photographer: "I just don't know if he can meet all our requirements. I'm afraid that he can't meet all our requirements."

The director nodded for the third time: "Yes, I'm afraid he can't meet all our requirements..."

The photographer: "Hmm... Hmm???"

Speaking of this, the cameraman suddenly felt something was wrong, looked at the director who was staring at the screen, and frowned.

"Director, why do you repeat what I said?"

"Yes, why should I repeat what you said?"

The director looked at the screen in front of him, and his brain answered unconsciously.

Suddenly, he suddenly realized that the photographer next to him was asking him, and his body couldn't help but tremble. He looked at the photographer next to him blankly and scratched his head.

"Ah? What did you just say?"

"I said..."

The photographer suddenly lost his breath, and his lips moved as he looked at the director who seemed to be immersed in He Shen's performance again...

Finally, he sighed, turned off the screen in front of the director, pointed at He Shen who was standing on the stage, and said to the director.

"We should go and check the situation of the hand substitute now."

"Yeah, you're right."

The director, whose screen was turned off, barely recovered at this time, stood up and patted his clothes to make his clothes look a little smoother, and then slowly walked towards He Shen.

At this moment, He Shen was sitting on the piano stool, looking at the male lead in front of him, and waved at him.

"You, come here."

"Huh? Me?"

The male lead, who was originally very noble, was standing aside with his arms folded, waiting for the director to speak, and was suddenly touched by He Shen. He couldn't help but be stunned and immediately looked around him.

When he found that there was no one around him except himself, he realized that He Shen was calling him.

The first thing that happened was that the male protagonist frowned and was reluctant.

A hand stand-in who came from nowhere suddenly came over to call him, but didn't even mention his name?

Although he is not a big shot like a movie emperor, at least he can be considered a well-known actor, right?

The young generation, as long as they have watched TV dramas, should basically know his name.

And when he was outside, he was called the only old actor among the traffic stars by so many people.

After hearing so many people's praise, the male protagonist naturally felt a little bit proud, and when he heard He Shen's undisguised "you", he felt insulted at the first time.

How could someone not recognize him?

Either this person is pretending, or this person is a mountain man.

Although he thought so, as an actor, the male protagonist quickly restrained his emotions, walked in front of He Shen, and spoke in a gentle and elegant manner.

"Um, teacher, are you calling me?"

"Yes, that's right, I'm calling you."

He Shen stood up, ignored the male protagonist, and walked to the middle of the stage and asked the male protagonist.

"Who did you learn the movements you directed before?"

"Uh, it's our action design teacher..."

The male protagonist didn't know what He Shen wanted to do, and immediately looked at the action director who was sitting under the stage chatting with others, pointed at the action director, and spoke.

"All our action designs were done by him."

"Did he do all your action designs alone?"

He Shen frowned, thought for a moment, and asked tentatively.

"Is your drama just for showing off?"

Male lead: "..."

Sister Li: "..."

Xu Yuqi, who had just walked out of the dressing room: "..."

Director: "..."

Photographer: "..."

The orchestra members: "..."

He Shen's words silenced everyone.

Especially Sister Li and Xu Yuqi...

They invited He Shen to come because the director said that they wanted to make the drama more realistic, so they had to add a lot of professional elements.

At the very least, every actor must look very professional.

As professional as a student in a music school!

This is the most basic...

And what the director has been pursuing are details such as professionalism and authenticity.

He wants to change the atmosphere that workplace dramas are all love dramas.

Tell everyone that if you make your profession look good, you can actually make more money!

As a result, now...

He Shen suddenly followed him and said that his drama is just for showing off?

The two of them immediately turned their eyes to the director standing aside.

As expected, the director almost laughed himself out of anger.

The director rubbed his stomach, winked at the photographer next to him, called the action director who was still chatting there, snorted and laughed a few times, and said.

"This, um..."

"He Shen." He Shen added.

The director nodded and continued: "Well, Mr. He, Mr. He, why do you say that our play is a purely cool play? Isn't our action design standardized?"

"Standardized..." He Shen did not deny the director's words, but later, he continued.

"Standardized is standardized, but it is limited to standardized. It is simply treating the conductor as a tool, a tool for the beat. All the expression strength is useless..."

He Shen stood on the conductor's podium, looked at the orchestra members under the stage, picked up the baton beside him, bent his body slightly forward, and held the baton with his palm facing up.

The moment he picked it up, the band members around him immediately picked up their instruments and looked at He Shen.

Just when everyone was ready, He Shen's hand suddenly raised up, and after a short preparatory beat, he suddenly pulled it out.

Boom!

The sound of the band suddenly rang out.

Two completely identical bands.

The difference...

is that the conductor was changed.

Just changing such a conductor, the difference is so big?

The people around were shocked again.

Xu Yuqi's eyes showed stars.

Just when everyone wanted to continue playing or listening, He Shen immediately pulled back the baton in his hand, let the sound end, and looked at the director next to him.

The director did not stare blankly at this time, but looked at He Shen seriously. Seeing that He Shen was also looking at him, he immediately asked.

"You...are a professional conductor?"

"No, I'm just a pianist who has performed Chopin's First Piano Concerto several times, and then I won a gold medal with this work."

"Gold medal?"

The director was stunned for a moment, and gave a look to the people who had gathered around him at some point.

The assistant director immediately took out his mobile phone and handed it to the director.

It contained He Shen's message.

The message was not long, just a little bit...

"The highest piano award in China, the Golden Piano Award, was taken away by He Shen of Jiangzhou."

It was just this little bit of information that made the director's eyes go straight and look at He Shen.

"The gold medal you are talking about, the Golden Piano Award?"

"Yes, that's right." He Shen nodded.

"The highest piano award in China?"

"Probably..."

The director looked at He Shen, opened his mouth, and finally shook his head and sighed.

"But our actors can't reach your level in such a short time! Your requirements will increase the time cost for actors."

"I haven't been trained."

He Shen suddenly said and repeated it.

"I have never been trained in conducting."

"But, your..."

"I just played everything I learned from the conductor who played Chopin's First Piano Ballade with me before."

Speaking of this, He Shen looked at the director and reiterated for the third time.

"I just know that Chopin's First Piano Concerto should have such a feeling, so I brought this group of people to make it like this."

"Your action director should be more familiar with the actions of the camera language than I am. He should know how to make the actors' actions more handsome under the camera while stimulating the band's imagination of music!"

"I think this operation should not be too difficult for an action director. The actions he gave to someone before were very standard, but they were not musical enough..."

Director: "..."

Action director who just came over: "..."

Action director: "Thank you for your compliment..."

Although he had a lot of complaints in his heart, looking at the look from the director next to him, the action director couldn't help swallowing and nodded softly.

"Then I'll try it..."

After that, he walked to the stage, looked at all the musicians under the stage, and tentatively raised his hand according to He Shen's previous actions and pulled it hard.

Ka...

No one paid any attention to him.

He Shen sighed and said to him.

"You have to give everyone a preparation process. When you raise your hand, it means that the music is about to start. The reserved beat you give tells the musicians the speed and rhythm."

"Oh, oh, oh..."

The action director tried several times again, and under the guidance of He Shen, he kept experimenting with his performance.

Finally, he managed to successfully lead the band's feeling and let the band follow him successfully.

Although it was not as good as He Shen's feeling, he was still successful.

Since he succeeded, he began to modify his performance plan according to He Shen's previous guidance, so that his movements would be more in line with the audience's aesthetics under the camera.

Finally, after the two people communicated for about an hour, the action director finally got the action design right.

Then, he pulled the male protagonist next to him over and kept explaining the play to him, telling him what to do in which place and what not to do in which place.

After the male protagonist was familiar with it, everyone came to shoot again to see how it worked.

Everyone was in place, the lights were on, they stood in position, and started shooting!

As a result, the effect this time was countless times more beautiful than before!

Especially the male lead's movements and demeanor, at first glance, he looked like someone who often leads the team!

However, this movement only lasted for a beginning and ended quickly...

Because there was no action director to help later, the whole part afterwards was instantly dragged down.

For a moment, it formed a perfect contrast with the previous one.

At this time, those people from other places could see the difference between having He Shen help to adjust the movements and not having He Shen help to adjust.

This difference was a little bit big...

It was like two movies!

The action director on the side looked at the comparison of the male lead's movements before and after, with a desperate expression.

He could foresee how he would be criticized by the director later.

He could also foresee that he would probably have to watch the performances of those conductors very carefully in the future to design more suitable movements.

So that means...

It seems that my previous experience is useless? I probably can't slack off anymore? ? ?

Xu Yuqi, who was standing on the side watching, couldn't help swallowing her saliva, looked at Sister Li next to her, and asked with a trembling voice.

"Sister Li, do you think this will be the epitome of my future classes..."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be..."

Seeing He Shen like this, Sister Li also felt something was not right, and could not help but whispered.

They all seemed to be able to foresee the pain that Xu Yuqi would feel in class in the future.

The director naturally did not know the pain of the people below, and he was only happy, extremely happy in his heart.

This feeling is really great!

Fortunately, only some daily clips have been shot now, and the more professional clips have not been shot yet.

Now that He Shen is here, the professionalism of this movie has been improved a lot!

There is no need to worry about the problem that the work is not professional enough!

Then the teachers from other schools that I was going to invite before, I don’t have to look for them anymore.

Since Xu Yuqi’s agent has helped me find such a strong pianist?

This is simply...

"Buy one get two free..."

The photographer next to him sighed first, and he looked at Xu Yuqi who was discussing the future class situation with He Shen in the distance, his eyes full of emotion.

"We found the right person in Xu Yuqi. Not only is she beautiful and can bring in box office, she also has acting skills, and she can even send me a big-name pianist as a stand-in!"

"This is simply an opportunity given to our crew by God!"

"If we don't seize this opportunity, we will really be condemned by heaven!"

The director also nodded with certainty, his eyes full of determination, and spoke with great certainty.

"That's right! If we waste this opportunity, we will really be condemned by heaven!"

The director, the assistant director, and the photographer quickly walked to He Shen's side and discussed with He Shen about the stand-in.

And some subsequent art guidance, guiding the crew on some matters related to music performance.

Soon, everyone signed a contract, and bought He Shen's time after the China Music Higher Education Competition at a buyout price of 250,000.

Let him help supervise the orchestra ensemble part.

The orchestra ensemble part is also the climax of the whole movie!

This part is basically the male lead showing off and the female lead showing off. There are relatively few shots of the female lead playing with her whole body, and this kind of shot can be made up later.

Because the supervision part costs too much money, He Shen can only get a little less money for the hand substitute.

Basically, it is about 200 yuan per minute.

This minute does not include the time of slacking off. Basically, you will get a certain amount of money according to how long you play.

He Shen comes here for more than an hour every day, about 20,000 yuan a day.

Basically, it can be completed in a few days, and you can't get much.

Therefore, He Shen's work as a hand substitute can basically be regarded as a bonus...

The big head is all in guidance.

The final payment will be paid after the work is completed, and an advance payment of 100,000 will be paid before the Spring Festival.

He Shen took a look at the contract and found no problem, so he signed it directly.

After all, these don't take up too much time.

The coaching part will be in a few days, which is when the China Music Higher Education Competition ends.

The time for the hand substitute will be even further away, probably around March or April next year.

Just before He Shen finishes teaching Xu Yuqi?

The time arrangement is very reasonable.

Just when everyone signed the contract and shook hands to make the deal.

An agent walked to the concert hall with another person and greeted everyone.

"Haha, director, photographer, where are you all? Didn't I hear that the crew is short of hand substitutes? I found one for the crew, you guys take a look!"

After saying that, he showed the young man behind him.

Unfortunately, the scene froze for a while, and no one spoke...

Looking at this scene and seeing the contract on the table, the smile on the agent's face gradually froze.

"Uh... I don't think I came at the right time?"

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