Chapter 123 Visiting the Set, Liu Yifei's "Set Diary"

The decorated coffee shop was filled with extras brought from the entrance of Beijing Film Studio.

Following Wu Yuan's "Action", the extras, who had been sitting quietly in their seats just now, immediately chatted and laughed with each other, tasting the coffee and snacks on the table.

Four film cameras were focused on the table in the center of the cafe from different angles.

Luo Jin and Yuan Hong looked around at the layout of the coffee shop.

"The carpentry on the ceiling is pretty good."

"This chair is quite comfortable to sit on."

"This newly opened coffee shop is more sophisticated than the one we used to go to."

Because they had already gone through the scene several times before the official start of filming, the performance of both of them was pretty good.

Wu Yuan, who was sitting behind the monitor, nodded and said with satisfaction: "Cut to the point!"

A camera moved forward, and the lens focused on the waiter who was not participating in the chat, but was holding a menu and looking blankly at the surroundings.

"Sanye" has never seen such a high-end restaurant in a rural town. Even in the town where she lives, the only place that sells things is a canteen converted from a dealership!

"Wenjie, are you ready?"

Yuan Hong's shout brought him back to his senses, and he quickly lowered his head to look at the menu.

"So expensive?!"

"The cost of a cup of coffee is more than my monthly pocket money!" Hu Ge shouted in surprise.

"Okay, click!"

When the on-site stewards were making decisions, Wu Yuan picked up the intercom and said: "Keep this state and keep one more line!"

Liu Yifei, who had been standing next to Wu Yuan watching his performance, quickly handed Wu Yuan a bottle of mineral water.

"Brother, the weather is hot, drink more water."

"Oh, okay." Wu Yuan casually took the mineral water without looking at it, opened it and took a sip, while hurriedly giving instructions: "Props team! Put food on the table for the extras!"

"As for the lighting engineer, adjust the light angle and make the backlight brighter to make the cafe brighter!"

"Remember to add a few group shots during the photography session."

"Hurry up and take another photo!"

The filming of "Your Name" was not too difficult.

For these actors, most of the roles they play can be considered true-to-life performances. For college students to play high school students, there is no possibility that they have not experienced anything and do not know how to act.

Not to mention Chen Hao. As the most professional actor in the entire cast except Grandma Wu, the role of Sun Meimei is a piece of cake for her.

Isn’t she just a heartthrob sister with flaming red lips and full of charm? Isn’t that something that comes easily?

The only one that is more challenging is Hu Ge.

He is indeed the most important actor in this movie and has the most complex role.

In order for him to act in this movie well, Wu Yuan narrated the scene to him every day. Before each official shooting, he had to let him walk through the scene several times to make sure that there was no problem before filming.

Hu Ge is quite spiritual. At least the 21-year-old Hu Ge basically fits the character of the male protagonist in "Your Name". He can't be said to be easy to perform, but under Wu Yuan's training, it went smoothly.

The filming of the scenes in Beijing is progressing in an orderly manner.

However, not everyone on the crew was busy. Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, and Zhou Yang, who mainly filmed scenes in Yunnan Province, were relatively free.

In fact, Wu Yuan did not require them to form a team with the capital.

For example, teacher Wu Yanshu, who plays Grandma Sanye, has not joined the cast yet. She will not be notified to join the cast until the crew moves to Yunnan Province.

But Liu Yifei took the initiative to join the group, saying that she wanted to observe the shooting skills of other actors and learn from them.

If she did this, Zhou Yang and Zhu Yawen would definitely come together.

It is a good thing for an actor to be eager to learn, and Wu Yuan is naturally happy to see this.

The three of them also reported to the set on time every day and started and finished work with the crew.

No, today we were filming a date scene between Hu Ge and Chen Hao on an overpass near Shunyi, the capital. The three of them were all present, and they were even sitting on the edge of the set, looking like they were watching the show.

"I have melon seeds here, Sissi, would you like some?" Zhu Yawen took out a large bag of bulk melon seeds from his arms as if by magic, and handed them to Liu Yifei like a treasure without even looking at Zhou Yang next to him.

Zhou Yang was a little unhappy, raised his hand and slapped Zhu Yawen on the back: "You only have eyes for Sissi, right? Why don't you ask me if I want to eat?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Zhu Yawen grinned and touched his back, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into Zhou Yang's hand: "Eat, eat, eat, I'm not letting you eat."

Watching the two of them fighting, Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed out loud. She knew that Zhou Yang was trying to save her.

As a relatively sensitive girl, Zhou Yang could actually tell that Zhu Yawen's feelings for Qianqian seemed to have deteriorated recently, from a classmate friendship to something else.

She could also see that Liu Yifei had no idea in this regard, so she made a joke to prevent both parties from being too embarrassed.

casually stuffing the melon seeds in Liu Yifei's hand, Zhou Yang grabbed another handful from the bag, and then said with satisfaction: "Sit tight, the filming will start soon."

"Look at how people act in emotional dramas. You should learn from it and see how Hu Ge gets into and out of dramas."

Well, that makes sense.

Zhu Yawen glanced at Liu Yifei awkwardly, sat back on the folding chair obediently, and looked at Hu Ge and Chen Hao who were preparing on the overpass.

However, after waiting for a while, they did not wait for Wu Yuan to shout "start". They only saw a staff member trotting up to Wu Yuan and saying something. Then Wu Yuan stood up and shouted to stop the set. , followed the staff.

"What's going on?" Zhu Yawen said with some doubts.

"I don't know." Liu Yifei and Zhou Yang looked at each other and shook their heads.

Soon, they knew the answer.

A few minutes later, Wu Yuan led the three people back to the overpass.

The crew of "If Love" came to visit the cast of "Your Name".

Zhang Guorong, Zhou Xun, and Chen Kun followed Wu Yuan, all looking at the set curiously.

"Director Wu, if I had known that you were filming on location today, I would have come to visit the team another day." Zhang Guorong wiped the sweat from his forehead. It is still very hot in the capital in August, and you will be sweating profusely if you stay outdoors for a while.

Zhou Xun's attention was focused on the actors, and he looked curiously at Hu Ge and Chen Hao, who were playing opposite each other: "Are these the male and female protagonists of your movie?"

"The boy is new, right?"

“The woman looks familiar”

"Ah! You are the heartthrob of "Pink Girl", right? This TV series is very popular!" Zhou Xun pulled Chen Kun's sleeve: "Kun'er, this girl is beautiful, why don't you go up and ask for her contact information? "

"Don't make trouble." Chen Kun pulled away Zhou Xun's hand with a black line on his face, "Now that you have a boyfriend, you just want all your friends to fall in love, right?"

"Why don't you give one to Yuan'er?"

"Haha." Zhou Xun smiled and introduced his girlfriend to this person. Are you kidding me?

Wu Yuan, who was listening to their bickering, was also amused and shook his head: "Chen Hao is not the heroine, the heroine is there."

As he spoke, he pointed to Liu Yifei and three people sitting in a row in the corner of the set.

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun followed his hand and looked over, and their eyes happened to collide with those of Liu Yifei and the other three who were looking over.

"Is it her?" Chen Kun was a little surprised: "Liu Yifei?"

Liu Yifei was also surprised to see Chen Kun.

On the set of "Golden Pink Family", Chen Kun was not very kind to her.

Wu Yuan also looked over. He smiled and said to Chen Kun: "The little girl is still working hard. She also studies hard and conscientiously in school and has gained a lot of practical experience."

"Don't look at her like Wu Xia Amon anymore."

As he spoke, he waved to Liu Yifei.

Zhou Xun curiously looked back and forth between Wu Yuan and Chen Kun. She didn't know Liu Yifei, and she didn't know what the two of them had to do with her, but she didn't ask.

But Zhang Guorong was different. He directly asked out of curiosity: "What's wrong with this little girl?"

"It's nothing." Wu Yuan shrugged: "This girl made her debut with Chen Kun before she was a freshman. She didn't know anything about acting at that time. Every time she acted opposite Chen Kun, she He needs to be taught a lesson."

"I don't know how many times the little girl has cried when she was scolded."

"Kun'er can do it." Zhou Xun nodded with sudden realization.

Chen Kun is really serious about acting. Even if she didn't act well on the set, she would be criticized by Chen Kun, not to mention a young girl who hasn't learned acting yet.

Zhou Xun could imagine how miserable he would have been scolded at that scene.

While a few people were chatting, Liu Yifei, who saw Wu Yuan waving, also walked over nervously.

"Director Wu, are you calling me?" She asked in a low voice, then looked at Chen Kun, who looked cold, and greeted timidly: "Hello, Teacher Chen Kun."

"Hey, hey." Wu Yuan was not happy when he heard this title.

"If you call me Senior Brother, how come you are the teacher when you call me Brother Kuner?" Wu Yuan smiled and hugged Chen Kun's shoulders: "This is your direct senior brother, please call me Senior Brother!"

Liu Yifei raised her head and glanced at Chen Kun. Seeing that his expression had not changed, she shouted softly: "Hello, senior brother."

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"Yeah." Maybe it was for Wu Yuan's sake, or maybe he listened to what Wu Yuan said just now, Chen Kun nodded kindly and said: "It's great for you to be able to act in Director Wu's play. A lucky thing.”

"If you don't understand something or don't know something, just ask Director Wu. Don't figure it out by yourself."

"Perform well, show your all-out attitude, and don't embarrass the school and your brothers and sisters."

"You still have acting talent. As long as you work hard, you will become an excellent actor."

But no, it’s all in Wu Yuan’s movie, can the future still be bright?

"Yeah!" Liu Yifei nodded firmly and promised seriously: "I will work hard to act well and not embarrass my senior brother!"

Chen Kun then showed a smile, patted her shoulder with a smile, then turned to Wu Yuan and said:

"Yuan'er, Director Zhang has called two carts of watermelon for you. Why don't you let the crew take a break and eat some watermelon before continuing filming."

Sure enough, it was watermelon again, the first choice for summer visits.

Wu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"Where's the assistant director! Notify all the crew that they're eating watermelon!"

"If Love" was started much earlier than "Your Name". When Wu Yuan was still in the United States, Zhang Guorong started shooting in the capital.

Of the investment in this film, three million US dollars came from Light and Shadow Times, and the remaining one million US dollars came from China Film.

To be honest, the cost of 30 million yuan is still very high to recover, but it is not impossible.

As long as this movie can have a box office of 20 million yuan and win a few heavyweight awards, it can not only make back the investment by selling the copyright, but also make a small profit.

So Mr. Han is still very optimistic about this project, and all preparatory work has been given the green light.

After "Stealing Heart" was released with a box office of 18 million yuan in the mainland and 23 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island, "If Love" began filming.

Now, the scenes of this movie in Beijing have been shot, and the crew has entered a shutdown stage.

There is no way, the remaining part of the scenes needs to be shot in winter, and the weather must be minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius, so it is impossible to shoot now.

Zhang Guorong can only wait until winter comes, and then take the crew to the northeast to find a place to shoot the remaining scenes.

Sitting under the awning and eating watermelon, Wu Yuan asked: "Mr. Zhang, are you going to return to the Hong Kong music scene and release a new album next?"

"Yes, I promised my fans that I would make a new album this year."

Zhang Guorong, who was also holding a piece of watermelon and picking melon seeds, said casually: "I won't accept acting offers now, but I can't completely move behind the scenes. I still have to make the album if I can."

"Compared to acting, it is more convenient to arrange time for making an album."

It takes one or two months to join the crew of an acting group, and you can't do other things in the middle, but when making an album, you can choose the time to go to the recording studio to record songs, which can be divided into several days or more than ten days to record, which makes it much easier to arrange time.

Zhang Guorong can even record songs while filming.

But holding a concert is definitely not compatible with filming.

"I won't have a tour this year, but I may have to have a tour next year. At that time, I will have to spend at least half a year on concerts." Zhang Guorong said again.

He reported to Wu Yuan in advance, asking him not to look for him if he has a play next year.

"Okay, I got it." Wu Yuan nodded.

He has another filming plan, which is the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect" bought from New Line.

Wu Yuan plans to shoot this film next year and release it in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, bringing a little baptism of low-cost science fiction movies to mainland audiences.

The movie "The Butterfly Effect" is the same as "The Night the Comet Came". It is a science fiction story based on a physical experiment or conjecture.

There are not many special effects, but the story is related to science fiction, which can bring a lot of "science fiction" enlightenment to domestic audiences.

There is no way. Before "The Night the Comet Came", mainland movies did not have the concept of science fiction at all.

Wu Yuan does not want to wait for "The Wandering Earth" 20 years later, or wait for "Transformers", "Gravity" and "Interstellar" and other foreign science fiction blockbusters to baptize domestic audiences. That would be too late.

He wants to lay out the domestic science fiction movie market as soon as possible!

It's just that who should be the director of this "Butterfly Effect" is indeed a problem.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Wu Yuan ate the watermelon in two or three bites, stood up and clapped his hands: "Everyone, eat as soon as possible, and start shooting right after eating!"

"If it's any later, it will be evening, and this scene will have to be postponed to tomorrow!"

The crew of "Your Name" finished work at 5:30 pm that day.

Because of the visit of Zhang Guorong and others, some time was delayed, resulting in the scene not being finished, and it will have to be re-shot tomorrow, but all the crew members were very happy.

There was watermelon to eat, and it also avoided the hottest hour at noon.

Liu Yifei was also very happy. When her mother came to pick her up, she was jumping when she walked.

"Xixi, why are you so happy today?" Liu Xiaoli asked curiously.

She had something to do today and couldn't get away, so she didn't accompany Liu Yifei in the crew. Unexpectedly, her daughter seemed to have encountered something interesting today.

"Hehe." Liu Yifei shook her head, reached out and hugged her mother's arm, and said sweetly: "Today, Senior Brother Chen Kun came to visit the class. He encouraged me to act well and praised me for my talent!"

"Oh my~" Liu Xiaoli covered her mouth and chuckled: "He can praise people?"

"It's a pity that my mother is not here today, so I didn't see him praise you."

"It seems that our Xixi has really become amazing. This year's acting class has not been in vain."

Liu Yifei smiled innocently: "Senior Brother is right. I should lay a foundation now. I must study hard in school classes and observe and learn from other actors' performances when I am in the crew."

"Mom, let me tell you, Hu Ge acted very well today. He is only a sophomore..."

"And Sister Chen Hao, she is really beautiful, and every frown and smile is full of charm. I can't learn it even if I want to..."

The mother and daughter talked and laughed as they entered the house.

Liu Xiaoli went into the kitchen to prepare food for her daughter, while Liu Yifei was busy feeding the pets at home.

Both mother and daughter are restless. After a busy day, eating and taking a bath, when Liu Yifei finally had some free time and returned to her room, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

Twisting her aching waist, Liu Yifei thought for a while and did not lie down on the bed. Instead, she walked to the desk and sat down, pulling out a thick cowhide notebook from the drawer.

On the cover of the notebook, there were four big words: "Set Diary."

After concentrating on these four words, Liu Yifei turned the inner page.

On each page, there was a small line recording the date and the crew's diary.

September 12, 2002, the weather was sunny.

I arrived in Yongkang today. It’s really beautiful here. I also met Brother Zhiying. Little Tornado is really handsome!

On September 13, 2002, the weather was sunny.

Today, two boys came up to me on the street and asked for directions. Boys these days are really bad guys. They always look for a pretty girl when asking for directions.

September 14, 2002, the weather was cloudy.

Brother Zhiying was NGed more than a dozen times today. Wia hung up all afternoon. It hurt to watch. Fortunately, the character I played, Wang Yuyan, didn’t know martial arts.

On September 16, 2002, the weather was neither sunny nor cloudy.

Hey, I filmed night scenes for two nights in a row. I’m so tired. I have to start work early in the morning tomorrow. Justice can be late, so why can’t I be late?

September 18, 2002, light rain.

I’m so annoyed. I was praised by Sister Chen Hao and Sister Tao for being beautiful again. Now I kind of hate myself. No matter how hard I try, I’m only a beauty in the eyes of others.

September 21, 2002, moderate rain.

I recently discovered a good way to vent my stress. Every time I get scolded on the set, I will go to the toilet. After going, I angrily say to the toilet: Eat shit! Then I rush to the toilet, which is really a great relief!

"..."

Most of what is recorded in the diary is Liu Yifei's life on the set and her small insights when she was on the set of "Dragon". No wonder it is called "The Diary of the Set".

And scrolling back further, the date directly spans a year, which is some records of her life on the set of "Your Name".

Soon, she turned to a new blank page.

Picking up the ball pen on the table, Liu Yifei glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall, lowered her head and started writing.

On August 23, 2003, the weather was sunny.

Today, Director Zhang Guorong, Sister Zhou Xun and Senior Brother Chen Kun came to visit the set, and Senior Brother Chen Kun even praised me.

I know that he said nice things to me because of my senior brother's face, but I am still very grateful to him.

I hope that when I see Senior Brother Chen Kun next time, I can straighten my back and confidently tell him that my acting skills are already very good!

By the way, my senior brother smiled at me today. He looks so nice when he smiles, hehe.

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