Chapter 270 New Film Starts Shooting, Yang Ni'ao Is Considered Ugly

"Cough, cough, cough."

Li Xuejian, who had his hands in his sleeves, pulled his hands out of his sleeves, covered his mouth and nose, and coughed hard a few times.

Wu Yuan, who heard the cough, quickly leaned out and asked: "Teacher Xuejian, are you okay?"

"If it's too cold, put on another piece of clothing."

Li Xuejian shook his head and waved his hands, repeatedly refusing: "It doesn't matter, just try it."

Today is November 6th.

After several months of preparation, the movie "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" has entered the countdown to start shooting.

Li Xuejian, the absolute male lead, has joined the crew.

But the movie has not started shooting yet, and Wu Yuan is still taking the crew to scout the location.

Today he brought the crew and Li Xuejian to a pre-selected old community in the XC District of Beijing for a test scene.

The original film of this movie is a Swedish movie with a strong Nordic background.

Unless Wu Yuan wants to shoot a foreign language film directly, he definitely can't copy it directly.

The script in his hand has been greatly changed. The Nordic community style has been completely changed to a Beijing style.

The small community composed of small villas in the original film has been changed to a tube-shaped building community with Chinese characteristics.

Many residents in the building have moved out. The tube-shaped building, which was very lively in the 1980s and 1990s, now has only three or five families living on one floor.

Li Wen, played by Li Xuejian, lives alone on the third floor.

In the plot of the movie, the story begins when Li Wen commits suicide for the first time and a new neighbor moves in next door.

The actors who play the neighbors are also familiar faces. The male host is Fan Wei and the female host is Song Dandan. Their children are played by the three little guys in "Home with Kids".

It just so happens that two big children plus a little child fits the setting in Wu Yuan's script.

Wu Yuan had just discussed with Li Xuejian the layout of the tube building and how to act at that time, when Yang Ni'ao took the initiative to walk to Wu Yuan with Zhang Yishan and You Haoran to greet him.

Wu Yuan and Yang Ni'ao are quite familiar with each other. When she was 10 years old, she starred in "Your Name" and played sisters with Liu Yifei.

But it is true that girls change a lot when they grow up.

This time, when I saw Yang Ni'ao again, she had grown into a big girl.

Yang Ni'ao, who will be 16 years old next year, is not only taller than 165cm, but also has a much more restrained personality. She is not as fearless as she was when she was a child.

When facing Wu Yuan, she no longer called him "director brother" like she did when she was a child, but bowed respectfully and nervously and called him "director Wu".

This made Wu Yuan a little uncomfortable and nostalgic.

The cute and cheerful girl at the beginning was gone, replaced by an actress who was no different from other actors in the circle.

Zhang Yishan, who came with her to "get acquainted", also looked embarrassed and bowed repeatedly to greet Wu Yuan respectfully.

Only You Haoran, who is only 11 years old this year, still retains some of the innocence of a child. He has a smiling face and is not nervous at all when facing Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan said to Yang Ni'ao with a smile, "Ni'ao, why are you so polite?"

"Didn't you always call me director brother before? Why do you feel so unfamiliar now?"

Yang Ni'ao clasped his hands behind his back and kneaded them. He showed a stiff smile on his face and said cautiously, "I was young and ignorant before."

"It's better to call you Director Wu. Everyone in the crew calls you that. I can't make any special arrangements."

Wu Yuan frowned slightly. When did this child learn the tactfulness of these adults?

Just when he was about to say a few words to her, Song Dandan, who had just finished greeting Fan Wei, walked over quickly, stepped in front of Yang Ni'ao, and grabbed Wu Yuan's hand.

"Hey, Director Wu, I finally meet you."

"I've heard a lot about you!"

Raising a thumbs up, Song Dandan said somewhat exaggeratedly: "There are so many directors in our country, but you are the only one who can shoot foreign films and make it in Hollywood, so awesome!"

"Oh, I'm honored to finally be able to shoot your movie this time."

Faced with such an enthusiastic Song Dandan, Wu Yuan had to smile back: "No, no, Teacher Song Dandan's acting skills are also very good. From sitcoms to sketches to dramas, you can do it easily."

Originally, Wu Yuan thought that the conversation between the two of them would end with this mutual flattery.

Unexpectedly, Song Dandan suddenly pulled Yang Ni'ao over and said to Wu Yuan happily: "Ni'ao is lucky. She acted in Director Wu's movie when she was ten years old, and now she can work with Director Wu again."

"When I first met Ni'ao, I was curious. How could this ugly child be an actor?"

"Now it seems that Director Wu has a good vision and can recognize talents with a discerning eye."

Although Song Dandan was praising Wu Yuan, she also praised Yang Ni'ao.

But Wu Yuan clearly saw that after Song Dandan said this, Yang Ni'ao's expression immediately dimmed.

Who would like to be told that a girl of fifteen or sixteen is ugly?

Especially for a girl like Yang Ni'ao who has entered the entertainment industry, she pays more attention to this kind of evaluation.

Wu Yuan seemed to have grasped the reason for Yang Ni'ao's personality change.

I’m afraid her inferiority and caution were only created during the filming of “Home with Kids”.

To be fair, although Yang Ni’ao is not a top beauty, she is definitely not ugly. Even in the entertainment industry where beauties abound, she is considered a little beauty.

As a result, in Song Dandan’s mouth, she became an ugly girl. I don’t know why she can eat the bowl of actor’s meal.

Under the “attack” of these words, it is not surprising that Yang Ni’ao became inferior and cautious.

How much psychological endurance can a little girl have?

If Wu Yuan remembers correctly, later on, all the other actors of “Home with Kids 3” returned to perform as the original cast, but she was replaced.

How miserable it is.

Sighing in his heart, Wu Yuan shook his head and interrupted Song Dandan: "I think Ni'ao is pretty."

"I chose her to play Siye because she was the best-looking among the young actors who came to audition."

"The final performance was also very good."

Yang Ni'ao raised her head suddenly and looked at Wu Yuan in disbelief.

Is it because of this that she was chosen to play "Your Name"?

After so many years, Yang Ni'ao really didn't know why she was able to play "Your Name" and always regarded it as good luck.

So, it was not luck, but strength (face) that made her choose?

Song Dandan's face was also a little embarrassed. She just said that Yang Ni'ao was ugly, and Wu Yuan said that she was chosen to play "Your Name" because she was beautiful. This was a slap in the face.

Doesn't this mean that her aesthetics is problematic!

"Oh, haha." Song Dandan replied awkwardly: "Yes, Ni'ao was really cute when she was a child."

Wu Yuan nodded with a smile, looked at Yang Ni'ao and said: "Ni'ao has grown into a big girl now, and she is very graceful."

"That's good. You can study hard and take the entrance exam for Beijing Film Academy in the future. You won't be afraid of not having roles to play when you graduate."

Who is Wu Yuan?

One of the best directors in China.

He said that Yang Ni'ao will have roles to play in the future, even if she doesn't.

Yang Ni'ao immediately smiled brightly and nodded vigorously: "Yes! I will work hard to take the entrance exam for Beijing Film Academy!"

Song Dandan was even more embarrassed.

But Wu Yuan didn't pay any attention to her expression at all, just waved his hand: "Okay, no more small talk, let's get moving and try out the scene."

"If there are no problems, the movie can officially start shooting tomorrow."

This time Wu Yuan didn't plan to hold a press conference for the start of shooting.

"A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" is an art film, which is not intended for commercial purposes, so there is no need to make it so eye-catching.

It started shooting in a low-key manner, finished shooting in a low-key manner, and submitted for review in a low-key manner. After it was shortlisted for Venice Film Festival, the media would naturally move to help Wu Yuan to be high-profile.

On the other hand, after a month of release in the mainland, "Those Years" has aroused the youth resonance of a large number of post-80s youth in the mainland, and achieved gratifying box office results.

After more than a month and a week of release in the mainland, the total box office totaled 221 million, successfully surpassing "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", and topped the mainland box office champion this year.

On the Internet, pirated resources of "Those Years" have been spread all over the sky.

After all, this movie is not a "blockbuster", and there are no big scenes and special effects.

No matter how well the publicity is done and how good the movie's reputation is, the discussion on the Internet is extremely heated, attracting the curiosity of countless passers-by.

But most of these passers-by who are curious about this movie choose to find pirated resources on the Internet instead of going to the cinema.

In this era, there are still very few audiences who really have the habit of going to the cinema to watch movies.

Most audiences still watch new movies through pirated copies on computers.

The pirated resources of the movie "Those Years" have spread all over the Internet and offline, whether it is free resources on the Internet or pirated discs offline, they are endless.

From young people in school to the main force of post-80s workers who have entered the society, in the past month, the topic of their mouths cannot avoid this movie.

The real influence of this movie is far from being summarized by a box office of 221 million.

And Liu Yifei, with this movie, has once again deepened her influence and lethality as the "white moonlight" in the hearts of the vast number of mainland audiences.

From Zhao Linger in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to Xiaolongnu in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and now Shen Jiayi in "Those Years".

Three perfect goddess images that can almost conquer all Chinese men have made Liu Yifei completely the only designated goddess in the hearts of Chinese men.

It can be said that relying on these works alone, Liu Yifei can lie down and eat for a lifetime.

Even after ten or twenty years, she can still be remembered by the entertainment industry with this face, like Wang Zuxian, and become an unforgettable white moonlight for generations.

However, Liu Yifei is not satisfied with being an actor who relies on her face to make a living and uses her beauty to commit crimes.

On the second day of the start of filming of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die", she joined the crew happily.

Wen Yifei is logging into her account!