Chapter 893 889 Light Bulb and Wine Bottle

Chapter 893 889. Light bulbs and wine bottles

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Looking at his father who looked uncomfortable, Xu Xin asked again in confusion:

"What's wrong?"

"What's the matter?"

"What is that pipe?"

"...It's to turn on the heating for the crew."

Xu Daqiang explained:

"The director said that they were going to shoot a coal mine in summer. Yeah, you guys are the same. If you want to shoot a coal mine in summer, then come in summer. You have to come in winter, a group of people wearing thin clothes, you are all artists, you are delicate~ so you install a heater, don't dare to freeze."

"Uh..."

To be honest.

Xu Xin was quite moved at this moment.

Look at my father's ideological awareness.

For the sake of art, not only did he suspend the coal mine, but he also turned on the heating directly!

Everything is for art!

I am worthy of being my real father!

Really good!

If it were in the past, he would be an advanced worker at least!

He was full of admiration, and then he didn't bother about the boiler. At this time, Xu Daqiang also changed the subject:

"Zhengxin, what happened at the coal washing plant this morning..."

The two chatted, and Xu Xin went straight down to the well.

After entering, he looked up and saw a group of people on the trestle with lights and cameras busy at work, and there was a monitor in the corner, but he didn't see Diao Yinan.

He guessed that he should be among the people on the trestle.

He didn't bother him, just watched.

This scene... should be the scene at the beginning of the script, when the body was found?

Why did it take so long to shoot?

This speed is slow enough.

He pondered.

Soon, everyone who was gathered above came down, and Diao Yinan was the leader.

He didn't see Xu Xin, and Xu Xin didn't say hello to him.

He walked back to the monitor and sat down, holding the walkie-talkie and said:

"Let's do another one, Lao Liao, don't kick the bottle so hard this time. Just let it roll down naturally."

Hearing this, Xu Xin glanced at the steps again.

At the end of the high pier, a man dressed in a shabby way was standing on it.

However, due to the distance, he couldn't see clearly.

But he was not unfamiliar with this man.

Liao Fan.

The male lead chosen by Diao Yinan.

He was the famous gangster Lao San in "Let the Bullets Fly".

According to the second brother Jiang Ju, this guy's acting was really good.

Xu Xin thought it was okay.

When the factory remade its own "Legend of the Wind", it also found him.

However, due to the changes in the circle, he who always wanted to get close to the Beijing circle naturally cut off his contact with this side.

There is nothing right or wrong about this matter.

It depends on personal choice.

However...

Although he didn't pay special attention to him, Xu Xin recalled the movies he had seen him on the screen in recent years... Gangster Lao San, and the transvestite in "If You Are the One"... Who else? There was also a cameo in "Flying Over the Old People's Home"... If I remember correctly?

It seems that he has always been positioned as a lackey in the Beijing circle.

Although, as the second brother said, the play is good. But his face is not particularly outstanding... Xu Xin recalled and found that the Beijing circle did not seem to support him.

And this time Diao Yinan chose him as the protagonist and took the money from the Xiying Studio...

He listened to Diao Yinan's countdown and wondered what kind of definition these two people were for the Beijing circle.

In fact, through Yang Ying's affairs, he also discovered the "inclusiveness" of the current Beijing circle.

Or, the bottom line of the current Beijing circle.

Unlike the group of Wang Shuo, Zheng Xiaolong, and Ma Modu at that time, the new Beijing circle after Huayi seemed to take a two-pronged approach.

To monopolize the resources of the film and television industry is one aspect.

On the other hand... as long as you have economic value, all "misunderstandings" can be resolved.

He didn't know whether Yang Ying's situation was an exception or what.

But now she has indeed begun to tilt the resources of the Beijing circle after meeting Huang Xiaoming's parents.

With the cover of the celebrity's personal studio, the Northwest Circle and them all got what they wanted.

What's more, Yang Ying is really good at making money.

I remember seeing her in many advertisements this year.

And these resources are not available in Yuntu.

It is also the disadvantage of Yuntu.

The reason why Yuntu cannot attract those top actors in the Beijing Circle is that the shortage of commercial resources is a big obstacle.

But the Beijing Circle is different.

They have too many fans in this regard.

But it is precisely because of this reason that some people with low appearance recognition will gradually be marginalized.

Many advertisers now have also begun to notice the power of online advertising. According to my wife, especially since this year, many of the advertising invitations she received were not for landing on TV stations, but for broadcasting on the Internet.

The attraction of "popularity" is also gradually shifting.

Then people like Liao Fan who don't rely on their looks to make a living, the situation... I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult?

But it's hard to say.

Xu Xin, who hasn't worried about the Beijing Circle for a long time, thought secretly.

It’s not that he doesn’t worry, it’s just that… after the two years of competition, everyone’s tracks have actually been separated.

The Beijing circle can’t do anything to the Northwest circle.

The Northwest circle can’t beat the Beijing circle.

So everyone just keeps to themselves, and this is the current situation.

He estimated that Yang Ying was able to easily get the resources, and this might also be the reason.

They are not stupid. How do you infiltrate me? I will do the opposite. Doesn't Yuntu allow artists to set up their own studios? Artists have the right to operate independently. You invest in it, and we also invest in it. Artists are naturally happy to see it happen. Who would have a problem with money? We don't have any blood feuds.

As long as those potential people in the Northwest circle come to Yuntu, we will invest after the equity ban is lifted.

As for the follow-up...then let the artist make the decision.

A very smart move.

It is almost equivalent to the Northwest circle throwing a punch first, and then receiving a punch of the same strength.

The Beijing circle has a strong family background, so this punch is at most a little painful. But how much money do you have in the Northwest circle to support your defense?

Apart from other things, many investment companies that rely on the support of the Xiying Studio have begun to merge this year. Otherwise, they are alone, with only money but no resources, and they are getting more and more difficult to make a living.

At first glance, the situation seems urgent...

But Xu Xin thinks it's good.

Because the essence of this matter is not that he wants to eradicate the Beijing circle, or support the Northwest circle to become the second Beijing circle.

But he hopes that the whole circle can move towards prosperity with multiple blossoms.

Just as he said to his wife. One day, the Beijing circle is no longer viable, and at the moment when they are no longer viable, Xu Xin will stop.

The Chinese film industry cannot lose the Beijing circle, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem.

A hundred schools of thought will collide with countless wonderful sparks, and the result of a single dominant family will only burn out all the firewood and slowly become a pile of embers.

Everything is just to ensure that this circle can have a healthy competitive environment and infinitely raise the lower limit.

His goal has always been the stars and the sea, not the small family of a city or a pond.

And these chaotic thoughts in his mind were surging, and suddenly he heard a "ding ding dong dong" sound.

Subconsciously turning his head, an empty wine bottle just rolled down the steps with a ding ding dong dong.

After rolling for about a dozen or twenty steps, it finally couldn't bear it and broke directly.

"Okay, it's OK, passed. Next one!"

Soon, the broken pieces of the bottle were picked up, and Liao Fan also walked down and stood next to Diao Yinan. The photographer set up the camera at a high place. At the same time, another bottle was placed on the steps.

Is this to continue shooting the shot of Liao Fan kicking the bottle?

After thinking about it, he walked out of the crowd and came behind Diao Yinan.

Sensing someone approaching, Liao Fan turned back first.

As a result, he was stunned when he saw Xu Xin, and hurriedly said:

"Director Xu, hello."

"Well, hello, Teacher Liao."

Xu Xin said politely, and Diao Yinan, who heard the movement, turned around and found Xu Xin. Just as he was about to get up, he saw the other party waving his hand:

"I just came to take a look. It's okay, don't worry about me."

Diao Yinan nodded subconsciously.

I thought Xu Xin, the producer, was here to supervise the work.

But he immediately realized that something was wrong.

This is... Director Xu's mine.

His eyes became a little strange.

Xu Xin stared at the fixed shot of the equal line cut in his monitor, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Soon, with Diao Yinan's countdown, the shot of the staff rolling down appeared on the monitor.

The scene was considered passed when the bottle rolled down from the steps to the conveyor belt.

After Diao Yinan shouted "passed", he thought about it, stood up and turned to Xu Xin and asked:

"Director Xu, take a look...how do you feel?"

Hearing this, Liao Fan was a little speechless.

He thought to himself, brother, you only have a shot of pushing a bottle...what do you want people to see?

But Diao Yinan actually meant to let Xu Xin take a look at the clip he shot and "check" his work.

But after hearing what he said, Xu Xin suddenly said:

"Director Diao, have you considered removing a few light bulbs?"

"...Ah?"

Diao Yinan was stunned.

Light bulbs?

"Director Xu means..."

Seeing that he didn't understand, Xu Xin looked around.

Because he was standing next to Diao Yinan, others didn't dare to gather around.

So he whispered:

"Do this scene again. I'll have the workers remove a few bulbs for you, and turn on the lights for you later. You can see the effect again. How about it?"

"Uh..."

Although Diao Yinan didn't know what Director Xu meant, he could tell from his whisper that he probably had some ideas in his mind.

Director Xu was the investor and the producer, so he definitely had the final say.

What's more, the coal mine belonged to someone else... For the sake of the crew's shots, production was stopped for two days.

Just for this reason, let alone removing the bulbs, Xu Xin would even remove his bones.

He really gave me face!

So he nodded:

"Then follow Director Xu's idea."

"No, no, no, I'm just suggesting. It's okay. I won't delay you. I'll have someone do it. Just to see the effect."

There was no intention of forcing intervention in Xu Xin's words.

After waiting for Diao Yinan to nod, he shouted to the captains wearing safety helmets who were in charge of production:

"Let the electricians bring people over and remove all the bulbs."

Just kidding... The eldest son spoke, who dared to delay?

One of the team leaders immediately took the intercom and started talking:

"Old Five, Old Five!"

"Hey, hey."

"Bring the electrician down to the wellhead, hurry up! Run faster! Two minutes!"

So, two minutes later, looking at the dozen or so panting electricians, Diao Yinan and Liao Fan twitched the corners of their mouths...

Xu Xin walked up to a few people and pointed to the trestle:

"Did you see that camera?"

The leader, Lao Wu, gasped and nodded:

"Um!"

"Start counting from the top of the camera. Remove the first one. Keep the second one. The rest are all the way here. Take off all the light bulbs first. Go ahead."

"good!"

Lao Wu didn't ask why, he didn't even take a breath, and started to work with the electricians who looked curious.

One by one, wearing gloves, they stepped on the conveyor belt and began to remove the light bulbs.

At this time, Xu Daqiang, who had finished arranging work, also walked in.

Seeing his son directing the removal of light bulbs, although he didn't understand what he meant, he could guess that they were used for making movies.

Oh……

Then tear it down.

If my son wants to engage in art, let alone dismantle light bulbs, as long as he doesn’t dismantle the equipment below the mine, he can do whatever he wants above!

He didn't ask, but quietly moved closer to his son.

The idea is also very simple.

He just wants people to know that this is his baby.

In fact... this mine belongs to him. Although he is not the mine director, he is the real "mine director" and the boss. Who doesn't know him among all the people in this mine?

Not to mention Xu Xin.

I grew up in a coal pile.

Xu Daqiang's behavior seemed strange at first glance.

But actually he didn't think much about it at the moment.

I just thought that people must know that he is his father and he is the son.

It doesn’t matter whose mine is mine or who is the boss.

Just to let people know, my son is a director, making movies and doing art.

This is "Nidi baby"!

Make art!

This was his mentality when approaching his son.

…

Soon, in less than ten minutes, all the light bulbs were disassembled.

Xu Xin shouted:

"Don't move yet. Stand on both sides."

After letting the miners take their places, he shouted to the people next to him:

"Turn on the lights."

The worker pushed the switch open, and from the position where the camera was fixed all the way down, the only solitary light came on.

Xu Xin looked at the effect on the monitor, walked to Diao Yinan and said:

"Director Diao, what do you think?"

"..."

Diao Yinan was speechless.

He... didn't know what to say.

Looking at the picture on the monitor, he still hasn't figured out why he changed it like this.

Although... I have to admit, this lonely light shines on the steps that have a "dark and humid" environment due to the long-term transportation of coal that has been sprayed with water. It is reflected by the dark texture of the accumulated cinders. The picture looks better than before...

But it's also limited.

He didn't understand what Xu Xin was doing.

But I was embarrassed to ask.

He seemed a little incompetent.

But the problem is, he really doesn't understand why he shoots like this.

Xu Xin also saw his difficulty.

But this is where he is smart.

Diao Yinan "meditated", it doesn't matter.

He asked Liao Fan next to him:

"Teacher Liao, do you see anything?"

"..."

Liao Fanxin said you are the director, why are you asking me?

But he didn’t have Diao Yinan’s ideological baggage and said with a smile:

"Director Xu, I'm an actor. I can't do the job of a director..."

"Ha, it doesn't matter. This is also my understanding of Zhang Zili's character. Let's talk about it, it's like this..."

"..."

Liao Fan was even more speechless.

What?

You want to teach me acting?

But Xu Xin pointed at the picture on the monitor:

"Look, at the beginning of Zhang Zili's story, his wife just divorced him, right?"

Xu Daqiang behind him didn't see the picture on the monitor, so he moved closer now.

The three men stared at Xu Xin.

Seeing his finger on the monitor, he said to Liao Fan:

"Why should I remove the light bulb and turn on the light? In fact, what I want is not the light to enhance the brightness of the picture, but the reflection... On the one hand, it improves the texture of the picture. On the other hand..."

Pointing to the wet steps and the halo reflected by the water marks, he said:

"I just discovered a very interesting thing, which is the rolling route of the wine bottle. The description in the story is: Zhang Zili, who was not in a good mood, kicked the bottle away. That's the description, right?

But have you discovered it? When a wine bottle rolls, it always rolls in the direction of the bottle mouth. Wherever the mouth of the bottle is, that's where it rolls. Finally, rolling in this arc, he fell under the steps.

So... when this picture is combined with the rolling wine bottle, does it become a metaphor for Zhang Zili's life situation?

The life between him and his wife actually only occupies a very small part of his life. And for this part, we use lights as a metaphor.

The rolling wine bottle continues downward along the light reflection. In the beginning, it went in a straight line. But it rolled out of the range of the light, and we can understand that the bright life of Zhang Zili and his wife also ended at this time.

The wine bottle left the light, rolled into the darkness, wandered away from life, and finally broke into pieces.

Where is Zhang Zili? He also divorced his wife, and then a corpse dismemberment case occurred. Then in the shampoo room, his companion was shot and killed by gangsters. He was expelled from the police force and became a security captain who drank all day long...

You see, the wine bottle is Zhang Zili’s life. Ever since he divorced his wife and stepped out of the light, his life has been plunged into the darkness of being unable to move forward forever...

Or let’s put it more fatalistically. From the moment he kicked away the bottle, his life began to spiral out of control...

The metaphor at the beginning of this scene just echoes the entire story. I said this, do you understand? "

"..."

Liao Fanming doesn't understand, not sure yet.

But Diao Yinan understood.

I completely understand why it is necessary to remove the light bulb and leave it in again.

It turns out...that's what it means!

this……

When I first wrote this story, I didn't think so.

I just wanted to show Zhang Zili's inner annoyance through the detail of kicking the bottle.

But... why did such an inconspicuous detail look like this when it came to Director Xu?

I……

I don't mean that!

He glanced at Xu Xin's side face subconsciously.

What's going on in this young man's head?

Is this how he makes movies?

No wonder... the movie can be made so well.

This kind of thinking... is simply invincible!

He was marveling.

Liao Fan was also amazed.

But Xu Daqiang behind the three people was smiling happily.

oops!

What a baby!

This is a baby...

Listen carefully, study carefully, and give it a try!

Let’s take a look at the idea of ​​making artistic babies...

That’s awesome!

Um! OK, OK, OK!

That’s right!

This is called... This is called a tiger father without dog sons!

oops……

The old father's pride at this moment was already written on his face.

If it is true.

…

The electricians returned with the light bulbs and the crew resumed filming.

Soon, the scene was finished.

It's just a fixed shot of a wine bottle rolling, and it has no technical content at all in the eyes of others.

But in the eyes of Diao Yinan and Liao Fan, this scene already had a sense of fate. All of a sudden, the entire level was elevated.

Even Liao Fan still has some unfinished ideas... He always wants to act again, or rather... Director Xu is giving some advice.

Unfortunately, when it was confirmed that the crew had finished filming and was ready to call it a day, Xu Xin and Xu Daqiang went out together.

The boiler is turned off and the radiator is ready to be removed.

Xu Daqiang stood beside his son. He was in a good mood and asked with a smile:

"What do you want to eat tonight? The fire will be out soon. Dad will make it for you. Mutton noodles? Want to eat? It's not too late to make noodles now."

"Eat! I still want to eat potatoes..."

"What else?"

"Hmm... How about it be chop suey noodles today?"

"Okay, do you want to eat more?"

"Hmm... how about making a dry-roasted mutton noodles? Instead of eating mutton noodles, make a dry-roasted mutton and drink offal soup. I won't eat the potatoes either. Otherwise it would be too troublesome..."

"Oh, there's some trouble... Xiaohao, you can get the boiler. You're back."

The old father was in a good mood and decided to use up all his skills today.

It is very important to let your son eat well and eat well.

Doing art requires brains.

Mutton should be fattier.

Brain-boosting.

While thinking about it, he found a phone number and called it.

"Hey, old man~ Kill a sheep now... Hey, that bastard needs to be cleaned up! It's really clean~ I'll have someone pick it up later..."

He walks with the wind.

The wind is full of the most refreshing smell.