I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 91 089. Light replacement

"White, with only a golden peony on the corner of the skirt, and the belt looks like gold inlaid with jade, right?"

Looking at the sketch in front of me, I also looked at the new version of the script for the first scene of the reunion between Prince Yuanjie and the Queen... Although the dialogue has not changed, there are many more scene descriptions.

For example, the queen is embroidering chrysanthemums in front of a lonely lamp. This is easy to understand and expresses the feeling of loneliness.

Another example is that she is wearing a white gauze dress, which covers up the bold palace dress and replaces it with a restrained and graceful beauty when sleeping.

Don't tell me yet.

After seeing this script, Zhang Yimou had a picture in his mind.

A look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes:

"It's well done...but this scene has to be done later. I'll make a few costumes and choose one."

"OK, all right."

Xu Xin nodded and couldn't help but yawned again.

On the second day of filming, everyone had to start work earlier.

Otherwise, if I get up at eight or nine o'clock like yesterday and go to the set to put on makeup and stuff, it might be noon.

Xu Xin worked until 2 o'clock in the morning yesterday, but unexpectedly he was called out at 7 o'clock today.

It was Assistant Shen who called him, telling him to prepare to leave.

Didn't get enough sleep at all.

After yawning, the car drove out of the hotel.

Hengdian is not particularly busy in the morning. There are many cars but not many people.

In his yawn, the car drove all the way to Daming Palace.

I don’t know how long it took. After the car arrived, Xu Xin jumped out of the car in a daze.

Only then did I realize... Director Zhang and the others had arrived relatively late.

When he arrived, Xu Xin first saw a big tent in the corner. How many tens? Or there were one or two hundred girls, some of whom had their maiden buns done, and some of whom had loose-looking hair hanging in and out of them. Next to it, there were twenty or thirty makeup artists busy there, quickly tying different buns on each girl sitting on the chair.

Obviously... these people should have come earlier.

As soon as he reached the shadow of the main hall, he saw Jay Chou waving to him.

It looked like a student greeting the teacher.

He nodded and walked over, looking away as he walked, but suddenly found...

Only Jay Chou's car was there, Zhou Renfa, Gong Li, Liu Ye, and Ni Dahong's team seemed not to be there.

"morning."

"Good morning...I didn't remember until I got up in the morning that I had reached the set. I had a basketball date with you today."

As he spoke, he handed Xu Xin a bottle of water.

Ice and cold.

Xu Xin nodded, put water on his forehead to wake himself up, and then said:

"I have good news and I have bad news, which one do you want to listen to?"

"...Good news, can you not tell me the bad news?"

Hearing this, Xu Xin was delighted:

"It's a nice thought... The good news is that I slept very late last night because of the script revision. I didn't go to bed until 2 a.m., so I didn't go to play ball or go to the gym... You don't have to feel guilty or uneasy. "

"..."

Jay Chou's mouth twitched...

He was being polite.

It turns out this guy is really good at chatting...

So he continued to ask:

"What about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that the scene you filmed yesterday where you met your mother for the first time has to be reshot because of Teacher Gong. So... you have to do it all over again in a few days."

Xu Xin's words revealed a bit of schadenfreude.

What he originally meant was that Gong Li was going to remake the film.

But who knew that after Jay Chou heard this, he suddenly asked:

"Reshoot? Sister Gong Li has a conflict with Director Zhang?"

"...?"

Xu Xin was stunned for a moment...then he understood why the other party asked such a question, and quickly shook his head:

"That's not true."

"...We are friends. I saw them quarreling. Are you still hiding it from me?"

"...A friend who doesn't even have contact information?"

Xu Xin looked at him funny, and then saw Jay Chou blinking at him crazily...

"..."

Suddenly understanding something, he glanced at the security personnel who were looking at him again, and nodded:

"I'm not hiding it from you. There is indeed no conflict between the two. The reshoot was because the scene was changed. As for... what happened, I don't know how to tell you. What I can confirm with you is that Director Zhang and There’s nothing wrong with Teacher Gong Li.”

"Then it should be about the actor who hasn't shown up yet, right?"

"..."

He looked at the little king in front of him in surprise.

"what?"

Jay Chou shrugged:

"Surprised I could guess that?"

"...It's really surprising. I read on the news that you are not sociable."

"I have a lot of friends."

Jay Chou couldn't laugh or cry:

"Aren't we the same?"

"I didn't see you inviting me to dinner then."

"Then do you want to eat together for lunch? I also have sausages that my grandma gave me~"

"By the way, can I tell you about the drama?"

"Yes~"

"Then you're such a motorcycle."

"...Please, this is not how a motorcycle is used~"

Anyway, the crew hasn't started filming yet, and the two of them are just chatting away.

What Jay Chou is most concerned about is the "invisible" things brewing in the crew... Unfortunately, his bodyguards were too close, and Xu Xin couldn't say anything.

After chatting for a while, Xu Xin saw Liu Guodong walking out of the palace with a walkie-talkie:

"You can just come in now. I'll have someone open the door for you... If you don't have anything to do at the moment, go open the palace door and let the clothing truck in."

He ran out quickly.

Clothing cart?

A costume guy?

While I was thinking about it, I heard Jay Chou next to me saying:

"It's so spectacular..."

"What?"

Xu Xin turned her head and followed the direction he was looking, and then realized that...at some point, all the extras in the big tent had come out.

Everyone's head was tied in a style that was a mixture of real hair and wigs, and they looked like they were standing on the square like a phalanx.

Jay Chou turned to Xu Xin and said:

"I have never seen so many people in Wanwan Province, whether it's a MV or a movie I'm starring in... It's really hard to imagine how we can schedule so many people at the same time."

"That's why the director's job is not easy."

Looking at those girls as well, Xu Xin said with emotion.

"Aren't you also a director?"

"Yes. But I don't have the experience of conducting with so many people... This kind of scene management is just like your music production team. There must be division of labor, understand? You must have a mature team, everyone is responsible Only when everything is clear can there be no confusion.”

"That's why Director Zhang is so awesome."

Xu Xin nodded as if feeling the same.

Then, the palace door opened, and both of them saw a van driving in.

It drove next to the extras and stopped.

After the driver jumped out, he opened the back door of the box.

Then, Liu Guonan raised the speaker in his hand:

"Everyone, everyone line up to receive the clothes, be careful, don't break them, you know! After receiving the clothes, don't wear them yet, all enter the palace, be sure to be careful with the clothes, if they are broken, you will be compensated according to the price!"

"What's your show today?"

Suddenly, Xu Xin turned around and said something to Jay Chou.

"There is no drama for me today."

"……Um?"

Xu Xin was stunned:

"No show for you? Then why are you here?"

"Learn~"

Jay Chou said with a smile:

"I had a chat with Fa Ge before... either asking for advice or just chatting, just asking him about his past filming. He would come to the set whether he had a movie or not. Because he was a young actor at that time, he would have more opportunities if he came to the set. .His acting skills were developed bit by bit by watching other people act when he was not in action. Besides, no matter whether he is eating or doing anything else in the hotel, there are always people asking for autographs and photos, so it is quieter here. "

After hearing this, although Xu Xin recognized his attitude, he still did not forget to add:

"I still have a hundred CDs over there."

"..."

Jay Chou's mouth twitched...

"Why do you want so much?"

"If I can't survive in this business in the future, I will make money by selling your autographs."

"...please~"

"Hahahaha~"

Xu Xin laughed out loud, and on the other side of the extras, the sets of clothes in the car were also collected by these people.

None of them are new, dozens of people wore them yesterday.

However, it is naturally impossible for the actors to take away the costumes of these palace maids, so they must be collected and distributed uniformly.

But he didn't see what those people were wearing yesterday, and he found out today... It turns out that in this scene, even the extras' clothes could fill a small truck...

"Xu Xin."

At this time, Xu Xin heard someone calling him, turned his head, smiled and nodded:

"Brother Lin."

"Well, hello, Jaylen."

"Hello Assistant Lin."

After everyone greeted each other, Xu Xin asked:

"Brother Lin, is something wrong?"

"Yes, Director Zhang asked me to call you...Jielun happens to be here too. He is adjusting the lights in the queen's room right now and asked you to find a lighting replacement...If Jielun is busy, he is looking for a lighting replacement." The light substitute."

"...Guangtai?"

Jay Chou was stunned and stuttered subconsciously:

"Just...want to get naked?"

"...?"

"???"

As soon as he said these words, he saw Assistant Lin's surprised eyes and Xu Xin's face full of speechlessness and disgust:

"Brother, a light substitute is used by the director to use the actor's prototype as a reference for lighting debugging. What you are talking about is a naked substitute!"

"..."

Then……

This guy's face suddenly became wonderful.

Xu Xin was helpless:

"Your thoughts... Hey, what do you think of the gangster Wanwan Sheng?"

"..."

Jay Chou thought to himself that I can still tell you, and then let you use the words I taught you to pour a basin of dirty water on myself?

He simply rolled his eyes:

"Xu Xin."

"Bah~"

Xu Xin turned even bigger than him:

"You're really good at playing."

"Haha~"

Assistant Lin on the side couldn't help laughing, and then asked:

"I came to you just to ask you, do you want the girl from yesterday?"

"don't want."

Xu Xin shook his head without thinking:

"Sheng Mi's favor competes with Mi's hatred. This girl brought me a stick of Chinese cigarettes yesterday... I'll go and choose."

"Okay, hurry up, Director Zhang is still waiting there."

"Um."

Assistant Lin left, and Xu Xin pouted:

"Let's go, I'll take you to select the beauties."

"I also need to go?"

"Go ahead and pick out a few that please your eyes. If I remember correctly, you seem to have a nude scene going on, right?"

"It's not a nude scene, it's a shower!"

After all, Jay Chou followed him down the steps.

"The people of Wanwan Province are really living in dire straits... They don't even take off their clothes when taking a shower?"

"Wow, you are really..."

"Hahaha~"

The two chatted and laughed, and step by step they came to the extras who were still receiving their clothes.

Xu Xin first greeted Liu Guonan:

"Director Liu, I'm here to find Guang."

"okay."

Liu Guonan nodded, but didn't say much.

As for the girls...

It can be seen that the appearance of Jay Chou made the girls very restless.

But because I was on the set, I didn't dare to mess around, so I could only stare at him.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Zhao Liying, who was in the second row, looked directly at Director Xu.

Unfortunately, Xu Xin didn't look at her.

Instead, he is looking for someone with similar build and height to Gong Li. As for how he knew what height and figure Gong Li was... What kind of international joke were we kidding? Are our old Xu blind?

Even if a girl has a bucket on her body, we, Mr. Xu, can still tell how much meat she has!

This is the dignity of being a playboy, scumbag and second-generation coal-fired man!

He looked left and right, and finally, he locked onto a girl.

"Third row, fourth from the right, come out."

Some of the extras in the front row subconsciously turned their heads.

Zhao Liying, who was in the second row, looked a little pale.

His eyes were full of disappointment.

As for the girl who was called, her face was blank and confused.

When Xu Xin saw the person he ordered coming out, he turned around and whispered to Jay Chou:

"Choose, choose a few that are pleasing to your eyes and serve you in the bath."

"..."

To be honest, Jay Chou's face is a bit green.

Brother, do you have to say this in broad daylight?

Although you are very quiet...

Seeing that he remained silent, Xu Xin asked in confusion:

"Are you not satisfied? Can I give you another batch?"

"..."

What are the comments of a regular customer in the red light district?

Are you some kind of madam?

He quickly shook his head:

"Do not make jokes."

"……Fine."

Xu Xin flirted with the girl:

"You come with me."

After saying that, he and Jay Chou were in front, and the girl with a confused face was behind, and everyone walked towards the hall.

After walking for a while, he turned to look at the girl who dared not say a word and asked:

"what's your name?"

"Hello director, my name is Zhang Jiao."

The girl quickly bowed and said hello.

Xu Xin nodded and asked:

"Do you know what light substitution is?"

"……ah?"

I saw the girl's face turned pale, and she subconsciously took a step back:

"Director...director...I...don't do nude scenes..."

"..."

"puff……"

Hearing her words, Xu Xin was just speechless.

But after Jay Chou laughed uncontrollably from the side, Xu Xin was completely helpless.

Looking at the resisting girl, he said helplessly:

"Who told you that Guang Tai was filming nude scenes?...Don't laugh either. If I don't explain it to you, aren't you and her the same?"

The first half of the sentence is to Zhang Jiao, and the second half is to Jay Chou.

These two have great grievances...

After saying that, he looked at the girl again:

"A light substitute is when you replace an actor as a lighting stand-in. When the director arranges the lighting of the set or adjusts the camera position, as the light stand-in, you take the actor's place. Do you understand? That's a nude stand-in you're talking about! "

"ah?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, with a hint of confusion in her eyes:

"Sorry, sorry, director... I'm sorry, I don't know, it was the first time I heard this word... and then..."

"Well, it's okay."

Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Just work hard for a while."

"Uh...well, thank you, director, for giving me this opportunity!"

"fine."

First he shook his head, but then he suddenly stopped and said:

"Light replacement is very hard. Unless the director is very accurate in adjusting the lighting on set, sometimes you have to stand in one position for several hours. But it is the position where the director can remember you from an unknown actor the fastest. So. …Stay humble, don’t show any impatience, and do your best, you know?”

Zhang Jiao was stunned when she heard this...

Then a touch of gratitude emerged in his eyes:

"Thank you, director. I understand. Don't worry, I will do a good job."

"Well, come on. Let's go~"

…

"Director Zhang, we're here."

Returning to the queen's room, Xu Xin found Zhang Yimou in front of a group of busy staff.

Zhang Yimou turned his head and looked at the girl who was still holding the costume in her hands and her eyes were full of respect.

After looking up and down carefully, he nodded.

You must have found the right person.

This girl's body shape is very similar to Gong Li.

"OK."

he asked:

"what is it call?"

"Hello director, my name is Zhang Jiao!"

"good."

After writing down the name, Zhang Yimou said:

"Let's go change clothes first. We've finished filming in the morning. Xiao Lin, tell Guo Nan that she will be Gong Li's replacement from now on. Take her to apply for a work permit."

"Hey, I got it, Director Zhang."

Assistant Lin nodded and said to Zhang Jiao:

"Bring your ID card and two copies tomorrow."

"Okay, okay."

"Go, go back. You can come here after lunch."

"Hmm...then...director, I'm leaving first."

Zhang Jiao bowed politely and left quickly with an unknown mood.

Just when Zhang Yimou wanted to talk to Xu Xin about the lighting problem of the final remake, Assistant Shen held the phone and said, "Yeah, no problem, okay" and walked over.

When he came to Zhang Yimou, he hung up the phone and said;

"Director Zhang, Director Zheng wants to send a few doctors here to stay for free. At the same time, he wants to promote emergency medical training. Summer is coming soon. On the one hand, he heard that there are many people in our crew and he is worried about the actors suffering from heatstroke or something. problems, on the other hand... it was mainly about taking some promotional photos..."

"Can."

Zhang Yimou naturally knew what was going on with Dean Zheng.

Training and publicity are political achievements.

The several accompanying doctors expressed their gratitude and assurance.

"Then let's make arrangements for these two days, don't delay the business."

"Hey, okay, I'll reply to him in the afternoon."

"Watch it."

Naturally, Zhang Yimou wouldn't worry about such trivial matters:

"Xiao Xu, I just thought about your scene..."

"A conspiracy."

Zhang Yimou was about to ask Xu Xin to say something, but he was suddenly interrupted again.

He turned around and looked...

Producer Jiang Zhiqiang is heading this way.

His face is not very pretty.

Xu Xin's thoughts moved...

After thinking for a while, he said directly:

"Director Zhang, I'll take Jielun to give a talk."

"...Okay, go ahead."

Zhang Yimou nodded, and Xu Xin pulled Jay Chou out of the room.

The two of them walked a few steps away, and Xu Xin vaguely heard a name:

"Li Man, she..."

After thinking for a while, Xu Xin took out his mobile phone. After walking out of the palace, he said:

"I'll make a call."

"..."

Jay Chou tilted his head and looked at him, seeming to be thinking.

Then nodded:

"Okay, if you need help, just tell me."

"..."

Xu Xin was stunned... and glanced at him rather unexpectedly:

"good."

"Well, I'll ask Dani to ask you for your contact information later...you know."

Looking at the bodyguards who came around again, Xu Xin responded:

"Um."

…

"Ten days? What international joke are you kidding? Why do you think I waited ten days? If there hadn't been a problem on her side, the palace maiden scene would have been filmed together with the fighting scene! I have changed the shooting plan, and now you want Do I have to wait ten days?"

Zhang Yimou's brows furrowed completely, and there was substantial dissatisfaction in his tone:

"What? It has to be her, right?"

"Yimou, don't worry, Weiping is also very angry..."

As soon as Jiang Zhiqiang said this, Zhang Yimou's brows tightened:

"But there's nothing we can do about it. Who knows why the mosquitoes in Hengdian are so poisonous..."

"If she hadn't been led by her manager and wandered around the set, would she have been like this!?"

Directly interrupting Jiang Zhiqiang's words, Zhang Yimou shook his head:

"Ten days is impossible. After today's filming of the palace maid scene, I have at most two more days. If it still doesn't work, then someone will have to be replaced. Didn't you see what Gong Li looked like yesterday?"

"It's okay, I'm talking to her... She doesn't like Wei Ping, so why won't she give you face?... Yimou, you also know how much work we have missed because you took over the Olympics..."

"Zhiqiang, if you say this, I'm really going to get angry!"

When he heard him mention this, Zhang Yimou's expression became serious.

He interrupted him without hesitation, stared at Jiang Zhiqiang and said word by word:

"The Olympics are our country's business, and any personal gain or loss must be abandoned in front of the country. Do you understand? Even if this scene is not filmed, I have to do a good job in the Olympics. If you want to say this, then you directly tell Wei Ping that this matter Don't talk to me about the matter. You go do Gong Li's work. Don't talk to me. I can't keep an eye on the crew and help you deal with the personal problems of the actors you hired. Okay?"

"Hey, Yimou, no, that's not what I meant..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhiqiang immediately panicked, but Zhang Yimou waved his hand:

"Okay, you go and communicate with Gong Li yourself. The palace maid's scene will be very troublesome in a while. I don't care about Li Man's affairs. Counting today, there are only three days at most. If you can't communicate, I will replace him. "

"Hey, a plan... a plan!"

Jiang Zhiqiang raised the volume, but still could not stop Zhang Yimou from leaving.

But he couldn't continue shouting because others had already looked over.

"……well!"

He scratched his head in frustration, took the phone and walked out quickly.

…

"Teacher Gong, that's the situation anyway. I'll just tell you, as long as you know."

After specifically asking Sister Wei to run for him and getting Gong Li's contact information, Xu Xin held a cigarette in his mouth and explained the situation in detail.

There was no emotion in Gong Li's voice on the other end of the phone, she just responded:

"Okay, I understand...Xiao Xu, if there is no show for me this morning, I won't go there. But I will be there in the afternoon. Didn't you say yesterday that you have a good relationship with Jielun?"

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

"Yes, I understand, Teacher Gong, just don't worry."

"I'm sure you can do it with ease. Of course, I won't make it difficult for you. Give me your classmate's phone number and I'll talk to her."

"no."

Xu Xin rejected her request without hesitation:

"Teacher Gong, this classmate of mine joined our crew because of me. When there was nothing to do at the beginning, she would come here to make a guest appearance at most. She doesn't understand anything, so there is no need to get involved in this kind of thing."

He understood what Gong Li meant.

It's very simple. Gong Li wants to put Yang Mi into her camp.

As for the reason...whether it was to disgust Zhang Weiping and make him look at "your people are gone, but mine are here", or to act like a big sister and tell others, "I am covering up this little girl." "...

This is not a good thing for Yang Mi.

Zhang Weiping is not a simple person.

If it were really simple, he wouldn't be where he is today.

And this thing seems beautiful at first glance, but in fact...even if Yang Mi really becomes a "mou girl" in the end, she will be hated by Zhang Weiping.

It's really not necessary.

And the best result of handling this matter, or in essence, is the conflict between you Gong Li and Zhang Weiping.

You two resolve the conflict between you two.

Even if Yang Mi finally gets this role, she must give everyone the answer "This is the person chosen by Director Zhang".

Zhang Weiping did not dare to do anything to Director Zhang because the two were equal partners.

Even if his Li Man is replaced, as long as he is not from Gong Li's side, he will be disgusted at most, but he will not do anything.

But what if Yang Mi was labeled as Gong Li?

It looks good at first glance, but there are endless troubles later.

Therefore, Xu Xin refused without hesitation.

And, in the firmest tone, he told Gong Li:

Don't try to bring the fire to this girl.

she.

I guarantee it!