Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 172 I'm a Dog

The crew spent three days filming Yang Peng’s appearance scene.

It is not difficult to shoot Yang Peng's solo shots, but the difficult part is shooting the extras and street scenes. This scene mainly shows the various lives of various people. There are more than a hundred extras on one street and so many props. There must be problems here or there.

Sometimes onlookers would break into the set and interrupt filming.

Liu Yifei was still sitting next to Li Qiutang and watching the monitor with him.

This is the opening shot of "In Time". Li Qiutang did not choose to shoot a science fiction scene to draw the audience into his worldview, nor did he arrange a wonderful fight at the beginning to arouse the audience's emotions like "No One", but chose to use art film techniques to show the ridiculous wealth and class gap in this world in the first scene.

Although this scene has not undergone any post-processing, Liu Yifei can already feel the impact of this scene.

Li Qiutang told her: "The story of the rich having fields stretching for miles while the poor have no place to stand is too common in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad."

After filming this scene, the crew had to move to shoot Shao Bin's scene. He had to rush to film "Let the Bullets Fly".

Shao Bin's scene in "In Time" has not been completed yet. He has to return to Chongqing in half a month to continue filming, and also go to Hong Kong with the crew, so Li Qiutang asked Jiang Wen to film Shao Bin's scene first so that he can free up time.

This scene shows the death of Wan Zhiwei, played by Shao Bin. He was ineffective in "suppressing bandits" and was affected by the struggle among high-level officials, so he was forced to suspend his work. However, his long period of extravagant life left him with a heavy loan burden. Now he is suspended and has no income, and cannot repay his loans. He is drained to death by the time bank. In the end, he sees through his confused life and this absurd world, and dies in his hometown.

This is Shao Bin's one-man show.

Li Qiutang explained the scene to him: "You walk from here to your old house. Your life has been drained by the time bank. There are only 10 minutes left. You can only go home and wait to die.

"What does this journey home mean to you?" Li Qiutang asked Shao Bin.

"It means death and the end."

Li Qiutang shook her head. "If you act out death and the end, then the character won't stand up. This is Wan Zhiwei's most important scene. Why should I ask you to go back to the old house instead of your luxurious flat in the city center? Have you thought about this?"

"It is a return to the essence of the world." Li Qiutang patiently explained the play to Shao Bin, "I haven't written a single line for you here. The power of silence is sometimes better than a thousand words.

"Because you found out that everything you had fought for for decades before was fake. You thought you had escaped the poverty of your childhood, but in fact you hadn't. You are still an ant in the eyes of the Time Bank and the Time Planning Bureau. It's just that you were powerless and a weak ant when you were a child. After you grew up and joined the army, you have always been an ant with a little strength that they can use, but an ant is always an ant. They can easily step on you to death. They are not even interested in knowing your name.

"You saw through this. You still have 10 minutes left to live, but will you really die? You could have robbed someone of their life on the street, and you would still be alive, but you didn't. Because your heart had died before your body. On the surface, it seemed that you were oppressed to death by the time bank, but in fact, you saw through the situation and didn't want to live anymore.

"This is the mental state of Wan Zhiwei that you want to portray in this scene."

"I understand." Shao Bin understood immediately and said, "Actors are afraid of acting in scenes without lines."

There is only one sentence in the script for this scene: Wan Zhiwei died at home.

Li Qiutang said, "Without any lines, it would be bad to let you express yourself freely."

Shao Bin rehearsed twice and felt it was almost ready, so he signaled Li Qiutang to start filming.

But Li Qiutang shouted "cut" 20 seconds after he called the start.

"The mood is not right." He stood up from the director's chair and went into the set to explain the scene to Shao Bin.

"You took the wrong steps in these few steps. Your emotions didn't progress. Seeing through the situation is your result. You can't act out this result. You have to act out the process. This process is in every step you take. You must be unwilling to accept it at the beginning. You think that your current downfall is only temporary. You will definitely be able to turn things around if you find the right opportunity. At this time, you are still proud, but each step that follows corresponds to every change in your thinking, from pride and unwillingness to seeing through the essence. You have to act out this kind of emotional change, do you understand?"

"Got it. Let me say it again." Shao Bin pondered for a while and felt that his previous understanding of Wan Zhiwei might have been superficial.

This stretch of road was less than ten meters, but Li Qiutang had to nag Shao Bin for three days, a total of 3 times. When Li Qiutang called him over, Shao Bin sat on the ground and said, "It's too tiring to film with you."

Shao Bin captured the emotions very accurately later on, and it only took two days to shoot Wan Zhiwei's death scene.

In Li Qiutang's original conception, Wan Zhiwei returned to his home, sat quietly on the ground, waiting for his own death. But during the actual filming, Li Qiutang changed the scene to one in which Wan Zhiwei committed suicide by arson. He set his house on fire, then sat quietly in the fire, died with a smile on his face, laughing at himself and the world.

Li Qiutang explained to Shao Bin: "Wan Zhiwei is proud. He doesn't admit that he was forced to death by the time bank and the world, so he wanted to set the fire. I committed suicide because I saw through the world, not because of the time bank. This was his last resistance to the world."

Just for this arson scene, the crew spent more than one million yuan.

The production director was completely helpless at the scene; it seemed that Li Qiutang would not give up until he made the 150 million yuan.

Only after filming Wan Zhiwei's self-immolation did Li Qiutang let Shao Bin leave the crew and announced that they would call it a day.

While packing up her headphones, Li Qiutang silently gave Liu Yifei a look. Liu Yifei said she understood and left first.

The two drove more than 1600 kilometers together, and their relationship quickly heated up, and they would secretly date each other during the past few days.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the hotel corridor was quiet. After finishing her work, Li Qiutang slipped out of her room and knocked on Liu Yifei's door.

Boom, boom, boom.

Cipher.

The door opened, Li Qiutang went in and hugged the girl.

Liu Yifei giggled: "Put me down." "This is for you." Li Qiutang took out a rose, just one, there were too many and it would be difficult to hide or take.

"Why did you think of giving me flowers?" Liu Yifei was very happy even if there was only one flower.

"Just give it to you if you want. What other reason do I need to give you roses? What are you watching?" Li Qiutang saw that the TV in the room was on.

"Nothing, just take a look."

The Chinese Paladin III is playing on TV. Was this a random choice?

To say that there is something serious going on when these two secretly meet is an overestimation of them, but the serious purpose of a tryst between lovers is just to spend time together.

Liu Yifei sat in Li Qiutang's arms, and they watched TV together. After "Chinese Paladin III" was over, they changed the channel and continued watching. They didn't care what was on TV at all. They just chatted the whole time, talking about everything under the sun, and they didn't seem tired at all.

They stayed together until midnight. Liu Yifei yawned seven or eight times, but Li Qiutang still didn't leave.

"I'm going to sleep." Liu Yifei started to chase people away.

Li Qiutang approached his girlfriend and said, "I came here after taking a shower."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll hold you in my arms as you sleep tonight." No matter what, Li Qiutang had no intention of leaving.

"What? I don't want it." Liu Yifei said shyly, "You will bully me."

"It's not like we've slept together before. Don't you still trust me? Is there someone as honest and reliable as me in the film academy?"

"There are no good people in the directing department." Liu Yifei said.

"That's them. I'm the only good person in the directing department." Li Qiutang said with a smile, "Just let me stay. I promise not to move around." Li Qiutang started to act like a rogue.

I have already slept in this bastard's arms for one night. As long as he doesn't move around, it won't matter if he hugs me again. Besides, I have to start work early tomorrow morning, and I don't believe he dares to touch me.

"Promise not to move."

"Move around and I'm a dog."

Liu Yifei then let him stay and went to wash up. Her face was covered with saliva from the kiss she received from that bastard while watching TV.

After Liu Yifei finished washing, Li Qiutang washed herself with the hotel's toothbrush and towel.

"Didn't you take a shower before coming here?"

"You kissed me so hard that my face is covered with saliva." Li Qiutang said, "What did you eat tonight? My mouth smells bad."

"you!"

Li Qiutang came out of the shower, but Liu Yifei hadn't gone to bed yet and was still doing her bedtime care.

"It's hard work, actress."

"That's right." Liu Yifei patted her face like a seal, "It's nothing like you guys working behind the scenes."

After finishing the bedtime care, Liu Yifei went to bed reluctantly.

"Why are you lying so far away? Come closer." Liu Yifei was still unwilling to get close to him, "I told you I'm a dog if you move."

Only then did Liu Yifei move closer.

"Closer."

Liu Yifei moved a little closer.

"Closer."

This time, Liu Yifei really leaned into Li Qiutang's arms. Li Qiutang turned off the lights and lay down with his girlfriend in his arms.

"You said you're a dog if you move."

"Yes." Li Qiutang agreed.

But before a minute had passed, Li Qiutang's hand, which Liu Yifei was resting on, pinched Liu Yifei's arm: "Xixi."

"Ok?"

"Wang Wang Wang."

(End of this chapter)