Chapter 16 Eighteen Is Heaven

July 2000

It was 7:30 pm on the first day of filming for "The Night the Comet Came".

Except for Chen Jianbin and Yan Danchen, the other six actors gathered in the kitchen of the small western-style building.

The three couples played by the six actors were chatting and laughing while preparing meals for the evening party.

Outside the screen, Wu Yuan and Master Liu, who was invited by the Beijing Film Studio, were each holding a camera, recording the scenes on the set.

"Did you know?" Zhou Xun came to Zeng Li with a plate and said mischievously, "Chen Mei is coming!"

"Uh, I don't know." Zeng Li's smile froze.

"Wow, this is going to be a good show." Sun Honglei, holding a wine glass, laughed like a bull terrier and teased Chen Kun.

"Chen Mei is coming?" Chen Kun showed an irrepressible smile on his face.

"Look at the way you laugh." Sun Honglei intensified the teasing.

Chen Kun, whose secret was exposed, quickly denied: "I'm not laughing, this is not laughing."

But the brighter smile on his face made the rebuttal seem a little pale.

The atmosphere on the scene immediately became joyful, and everyone teased Chen Kun, only Zeng Li smiled reluctantly.

"Very good, click!"

"This one passed!"

The camera stayed on Zeng Li's face, and Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Although she was just a new actor who had just graduated from the senior year, Zeng Li's acting skills were indeed impeccable.

Students who enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy in the 1990s, apart from other things, were indeed much better than their juniors at the same time.

It's not because they generally honed their skills in the field of drama for a few years after graduation.

It's because they really received systematic four-year undergraduate studies.

The Central Academy of Drama has a rule that students are not allowed to take on acting jobs or sign contracts with any company. They must graduate from the senior year before they can take on acting jobs.

The Beijing Film Academy is a little more relaxed, but it also stipulates that students are not allowed to take on external acting jobs before the junior year.

Although there are still students who occasionally accept outside dramas, these are all approved by the dean of the department, and they are only allowed to accept after their acting skills are recognized.

This allows most students to have sufficient time to seriously and systematically learn professional film and television performance knowledge.

Indeed, many people believe that in the field of acting, talent is more important than hard work.

A talented actor can easily surpass mediocre actors who have studied hard for ten years.

However, how many years can the Chinese film industry produce a Zhou Xun or a Zhang Manyu?

Most students who can be admitted to the performing arts academy are already very talented seedlings.

Studying hard in the performing arts academy for four years, although it cannot improve their upper limit, it can ensure their lower limit of acting skills!

Wu Yuan is very comfortable using actors who graduated from formal schools such as Zeng Li, Qin Hailu, Sun Honglei, and Chen Kun.

Although today is the first day of shooting, there is no awkwardness or discomfort. Several actors can quickly enter the acting state and present a perfect performance as much as possible.

It can't be said that he was very good at it, but he was definitely much better than most of the new actors Wu Yuan had seen in his dream since 2010!

You know, Zeng Li and the others are also newcomers now!

"Okay, everyone get ready, the next scene is the scene where Sister Danchen and Teacher Chen Jianbin appear!"

Wu Yuan sat back behind the monitor and began to check the material he had just filmed.

Because the script of "The Night the Comet Came" was very complicated, and most of the content took place in one scene, Wu Yuan chose to shoot it in sequence this time.

Anyway, there was no trouble with the transition, so he could shoot from the beginning to the end according to the script, which was convenient for the actors to figure out the logic and for him as a director to review the film.

The main part of the filming tonight was from the beginning of the script to the moment when the comet passed by and everyone's mobile phones broke, which was about 20 minutes of plot content.

Five hours was enough to shoot a 20-minute feature film.

In one night, Wu Yuan repeated the process of shooting, NG, rehearsing, shooting again, passing...

Time passed quickly in the fragmented shooting.

Wu Yuan focused all his attention on the filming of the movie, but he did not notice that several actors frequently took out their mobile phones or watches to check the time during the intervals when there was no shooting.

Chen Kun looked at Wu Yuan with more and more anxiety.

Fortunately, everyone was a professional actor, and things outside the play would not affect the play. With the full efforts of the eight people, the material that was originally expected to be shot until 12 o'clock was shot at 11:20.

"Okay, the last one passed!"

Wu Yuan put down the script rolled into a trumpet shape in his hand and smiled with satisfaction.

The first day of shooting went smoothly and felt good.

He waved his hand and shouted with a smile: "It's time to call it a day. Don't move anything in the building. Just leave!"

However, when the actors heard that they could call it a day, none of them left the set happily.

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun turned around and went into a utility room on the second floor that was not used for filming, and pushed out a dining cart from it.

The large European-style chandelier hanging high on the ceiling was suddenly turned off by producer Chen Yuan.

The remaining actors, including the photography teacher from the Beijing Film Studio, all looked at Wu Yuan.

They took out several hidden fireworks tubes and set them off into the sky, creating a brilliant ribbon in the air.

"Director, happy birthday!"

Zeng Li and Qin Hailu cheered and clapped with smiles on their faces.

Wu Yuan, who was stunned, realized that he had been busy with his first movie recently and forgot his birthday.

No one had celebrated Wu Yuan's birthday since his grandfather passed away.

He himself didn't have the leisure to do so. Birthdays were not a day worth celebrating for him.

But today was different. Today was his 18th birthday, the day he officially became an adult.

Adulthood is a familiar and unfamiliar word.

Wu Yuan looked a little dazed. He just stared at Chen Kun and Zhou Xun pushing the cake towards him slowly, and his eyes gradually became wet.

"Yuan'er, I wish you a happy 18th birthday. I hope you will be happy every day in the future!"

As he spoke, Chen Kun took out a guitar from somewhere.

Before Wu Yuan could react, Chen Kun's not-so-great singing voice rang out in the small western-style building.

"Yes, I see sunshine everywhere, and happiness is floating over the city."

"The new century comes like a dream, and it makes me feel warm."

"Is your old pocket watch still ticking?"

"Are your old leather shoes still wearable?"

"Here's a Future brand cigarette, don't you want to try it?"

Zhou Xun playfully reached out and touched Wu Yuan's confused face, and continued the song with a laugh:

"Tomorrow morning, I guess the sunshine will be good~"

"I'm going to clean myself up and sell all the old ones~"

"Oh, how good this is, come on, Pentium computers~"

"Let them think for me~"

Everyone gathered around Wu Yuan, looked at him with smiling eyes, and joined the chorus together.

"Wear new clothes, get a new haircut~"

"Relax, Windows98~"

"Dress up nicely, 18 years old is heaven~"

"Our life is as sweet as candy!"

Looking at everyone's smiling and warm eyes, Wu Yuan's face also bloomed with a bright smile, and his heart was full of emotion.

"Wear new clothes, get a new haircut~"

"Relax, Windows98~"

"There will be no more pain in the future~"

"How cool our future will be!"

Today is July 6, 2000.

It is the first day of the official filming of "The Night the Comet Came", and it is also Wu Yuan's 18th birthday.

He will never forget this day.

On this day, he and his friends boarded a train called "New Century" and rushed all the way to the future.

"lalalawu~, go forward~"

"Guess what gift the future will give you~"

"lalalawu~, throw away your old schoolbag~"

"Oh my international cool play boy~"

The song is Pu Shu's "new boy" included in Pu Shu's album "Go to 2000" released in 1999, which was super popular in 2000.

This album reminds me of Charlotte's words: "Pu Shu is not popular, I will be popular!"

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