Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 187: Tearing Off the Stage

The male lead of "The Empress of China" has also been decided, and it is still Zhang Fengyi.

This is the result of the efforts of Fan Binbin's studio. The remuneration is 4 yuan per episode as a friendship fee, and the total remuneration is 360 million yuan.

Li Zhi planned to let Zhu Yilong play the role. He is quite popular now and can add some heat to "The Empress of China".

It’s cheaper to have your own people.

Li Chen will play General Li Mu, Wu Meiniang's childhood sweetheart.

Other important officials invited some veteran actors.

Therefore, the overall status of the actors is slightly higher than that of the original work.

Especially with the addition of Li Xiaoran, Zhu Zhu and Zhang Tianai, both new and old stars are popular.

The overall appearance is also improved after Cheng Xi's careful selection.

The director is also the director of a movie that has grossed 6 million yuan.

The script has also been further improved.

Therefore, Cheng Xi is confident that this new version of "Empress Wu" will be better than the previous one.

After all the roles were finalized, the movie script of "Wan Wan" was also finalized.

After finishing his work here, Cheng Xi went back to comfort the injured Nazha.

"Uncle is doing this for your own good. When I was scolding you, I felt so sad when I saw you crying."

"Is it true or false?"

Seeing the smile on Nazha's face, Cheng Xi thought:

There are also advantages to fighting Wu Zha, it is easy to coax.

It is definitely fake, but you have to sound like it is true.

"Truer than gold, I swear."

"So, am I really that bad at acting?"

"No, you played the fox very well last time. What are you going to play tonight?"

"Tonight, I'm going to play Reba, okay? Brother, come on~"

What the hell!

Did not expect ah did not expect.

Although her acting skills haven't improved, her ability to seduce people has improved by leaps and bounds.

The tone of voice when calling "brother" is 70% to 80% similar.

Reba, Reba, I'm sorry to let you down once again.

"Is the dress Sister Reba is wearing today pretty?"

"Yeah, beautiful."

"I bought the same skirt as Reba last time"

Hiss, Cheng Xi took a breath of refreshing air.

"Don't tell me where the skirt is. Put it on and I'll help you see if it fits."

"Brother, I don't want to put it on by myself, can you help me put it on?"

The skirt was stuck, so I just helped Nazha lift it up.

So Cheng Xi held up her skirt all night.

Finally comforted Nazha.

Oh, be a director.

I’m so damn tired!

Cheng Xi then worked with the props team to invite experts to specially design the costumes.

Especially when being a talented person, a queen, and the most domineering costume of being an emperor.

Cheng Xi also relied on his painting skills and impressions, and slowly worked out several good candidates with the props team and experts.

Let’s see how the finished design turns out.

Of course, it certainly does not completely follow historical facts.

In this movie "Empress Wu's Ball Game", it's okay if you don't have acting skills, but it's absolutely unacceptable if you don't have the ball.

After finishing this, I went straight to survey the shooting location.

Let the set design team speed up the set design.

In addition to Yanjing, Huairou and Hengdian, we also visited film and television cities in various places.

Before going to various locations to scout locations, Reba specifically sought out Cheng Xi:
"Brother, I want to go with you."

"This isn't a trip to various places. We'll be exposed to the wind and sun when we scout the scenery."

"It's okay. I haven't hung out with my brother in a long time."

"Besides, I'll learn it too. Maybe I can become a director like my brother in the future."

When Cheng Xi heard this, he was surprised.

Later, more and more people entered the field of directing.

It seems that the threshold for becoming a director has become lower than that for being an extra. If you want to be an extra in Hengdian, you must at least get an actor's certificate.

But to be a director, all you need is hands, as long as you have enough assistant directors.

Cheng Xi was about to join the crew of "The Empress of China", so he agreed to Reba's offer.

Just enough to spend a few more days with her.

It is indeed much more pleasant to have Reba by my side to see the scenery and decide on the shooting location.

We can kiss, hug and lift each other up high at night.

He was just short of carrying his legs on his shoulders.

"By the way, brother, the students who passed the audition last time all asked me to thank you."

"Oh, I just happened to need someone, no thanks for anything."

"Brother, why don't you let me join the crew of "Empress Wu Mei Niang"? Are there a lot of young ladies in it?"

When Cheng Xi heard this, he immediately became alert.

When Reba saw that the brother in her arms had grown bigger again, she guessed that she might be right.

So he became a little unhappy and took out his anger on Xiao Cheng.

"No, there aren't many roles for either the older or younger characters in this drama."

"Hiss, if you want to join the crew, then I'll let Zhang Tianai give you the role."

Of course, you have to pretend to be righteous at this time.

"I don't want to steal someone else's role. Besides, Sister Tianai's acting is better than mine."

"My dear little cutie, if I had a lot of girls, I wouldn't have taken you to the audition last time, and I wouldn't have asked you to help me choose the actors."

"Doesn't this just prove that my brother has a clear conscience?"

After hearing this, Reba became gentle again.

After everything was ready, "The Empress of China" officially started filming at Huairou Film and Television City on December 12.

Considering that the school is not on vacation yet, we will shoot the scenes in Huairou first.

This opening ceremony was even more lively than that of "Life Events".

After all, Cheng Xi is now considered a very famous young director.

And Fan Binbin also has his own traffic.

Therefore, not only most of the crew members attended the opening ceremony, but also a lot of reporters were attracted.

But as an experienced director, Cheng Xi is now very familiar with starting filming, interviewing and shooting.

The awkward feeling of the first time is no longer there.

After the opening ceremony in the morning, we started filming the first scene of "Empress Wu" in the afternoon.

With careful arrangements, everything went smoothly.

But the next day, Cheng Xi began to be strict.

Especially after watching a few scenes, Cheng Xi knew where the problem lay.

"Clothes, come here."

Next, Cheng Xi emphasized his requirements to the costume team.

"At least half of your pieces must be exposed. If you don't have any, squeeze in all of them."

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"If an actress doesn't want to, just tell her what I said; if she still can't do it, I'll squeeze for her myself on the set."

"Okay, director."

After everyone rested for an hour, Cheng Xi's latest requirements had been fully conveyed.

Many actors originally thought that the clothes they wore were revealing enough, but they didn’t expect Director Cheng to still feel unsatisfied.

Is this really a big deal?

What if it fails to pass the review?
However, given Cheng Xi's dominance in the crew.

With the Zuibai actors taking the lead, almost everyone did as Cheng Xi asked.

This time, everyone felt a clear difference.

Everywhere I looked, I saw discarded pieces.

No, they are all women.

Especially the rivalry between the four concubines and Wu Meiniang is particularly exciting.

Fan Binbin, Li Xiaoran, Zhu Zhu, Zhou Haimei, Mao Xiaotong and a maid named after her all had their breasts half exposed.

Acting out the drama of a quarrel between rivals.

"Director Cheng, your change is too inconsistent with the script. Honestly, even if I were the emperor, I couldn't stand it."

Seeing the people throwing the pieces, the mature and steady Zhang Mingzhong also started a joke.

"This is just the beginning. Dozens of dice will fly together. That's the right time." At this time, Zhang Mingzhong gave a thumbs up and sighed:

"Director Cheng, awesome!"

That is, women look at the plot, and men look at the big breasts.

"The Empress of China" is not just a name.

This scene tells the story of Concubine Xian following Concubine Wei's arrangement and deliberately falling down while pregnant.

Then they framed Concubine Shu, but they didn't expect that Wu Meiniang, a young talent who had just entered the palace, would dare to speak up for justice.

Pregnant Concubine Xian (Mao Xiaotong): "Concubine Shu, why did you push me?"

Concubine Wei (Li Xiaoran): "Concubine Shu, you are so brave!"

Concubine Shu (Zhou Haimei): "Sister, it really wasn't me who pushed her."

Wu Meiniang (Fan Binbin): "I just saw it with my own eyes. It was Consort Xian who accidentally slipped down the stairs. Consort Shu was not the one who pushed her."

Concubine De (Zhu Zhu): "."

I haven't used this before, so I guess it has a C.

At this point, you should say "cut" and move on to the next shot.

I didn't expect that there was no movement from Director Cheng.

This is Zhang Mingzhong quietly reminding Cheng Xi:
"Cut, Director."

"Oh, click. Good acting. Well, one more."

Of course Cheng Xi enjoyed watching it on the monitor.

It's crystal clear, with split screen and close-up.

If Fan Binbin and Li Xiaoran were to sit at the table together, I wonder if I could withstand the chaos.

So I lost myself for a moment.

"Um, camera number 2, please note that everyone must be given a close-up, and their breasts must be visible. Understood?"

When Photographer No. 2 heard this, he immediately understood what the director meant and made an OK gesture.

Looking at the monitor's screen, Cheng Xi couldn't help but sigh.

The Concubine Wei played by Li Xiaoran indeed has the feeling and aura of the leader of the four concubines.

It is much better than Zhang Ting's performance, not to mention that those two eyes just killed her instantly.

This gives the audience reason to believe why the emperor favors Concubine Wei.

It’s definitely not just because of the influence of her mother’s family.

Her rivalry with Fan Binbin was particularly fascinating for Cheng Xi and Zhang Mingzhong.

As the saying goes, when two breasts collide, one of them will be injured.

The more violent the tearing, the more the audience likes it.

"Lao Zhang, what do you think it would be like if this couple were together?"

"Director, I definitely can't do this. I can barely afford to pay my salary. But Director Cheng can give it a try."

After Zhang Mingzhong finished speaking, he couldn't help but envy the young man Cheng Xi.

It’s good to be young. If I were young, I could wear it out to the crew.

After the scene was filmed, Fan Binbin and Li Xiaoran came to the monitor.

Bending over left and right, they watched the replay.

A pincer attack was used against Cheng Xi.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhong came to the shooting site quietly and emphasized something to everyone.

The goods of both of them were not small to begin with, and with Cheng Xi's emphasis, they seemed even bigger.

This made Cheng Xi look around and even felt a little dizzy from milking.

"Director Cheng, your aesthetic is very direct."

Cheng Xi looked at the juice that was about to burst out from Fan Binbin and almost hit his face.

I really want to go up and take a sip.

But who is Director Cheng? He is a professional director, he shouldn’t be so indecisive.

It’s better to wait until there is no one around before smoking.

So, after swallowing, he said:

"Uh, Sister Binbin, please move your weapon further away. It's a bit dazzling."

"Didn't you arrange all this? Were you watching the game and forgot to call cut?"

At this time, Li Xiaoran interrupted and said:

"That's nothing, it's a fake one at best."

"A fake match is better than an old one."

"An old ball is still a ball. If you don't have one, you will never have one."

Cheng Xi saw that the two of them were fighting during the play and were still fighting after the play was over.

I couldn't help but quickly change the subject and said:
"That ahem. ball.. is not..."

"How could a professional director like me forget to call cut? I was giving you some room to express yourself, but I didn't expect your emergency management to be so poor!"

Seeing Cheng Xi's serious nonsense, Fan Binbin also laughed, and then whispered in his ear:
"Little director, please shoot the movie well. I will show it to you slowly tonight."

What are you looking at? Who do you think I am?

You don’t even say what time it is, where it is, or how to watch it?
And Li Xiaoran also said in Cheng Xi's ear:

"Don't fall for this vixen. I really want to watch you play baseball tonight."

Playing baseball.
Wow, female competition is great.

Not only are you not competing, you're also hiding your tricks.

Of course, Cheng Xi was not careless in filming, he just couldn't adapt to it at the beginning.

Director Cheng then displayed the professionalism of a 6 million film director.

The whole venue was well coordinated and commanded, and there was no chaos at all.

In the following scenes, Cheng Xi gradually got into better form, with no hesitation in his eyes and his directing was natural and god-like.

"Good, another one."

"Lighting, some warm light from the side."

"Host position, pay attention to push forward."

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"Okay, let's call it a day. Thank you all for your hard work!"

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Cheng Xi finally let the crew finish work.

After all, this drama has 80 episodes, and if you want to shoot it slowly, it will take at least half a year.

So Cheng Xi planned to work overtime, finish filming earlier, and make money earlier.

Cheng Xi compressed the six-month shooting plan into four months.

So I basically don’t miss any night scenes every night.

Fan Binbin had already taken a shower at 11 o'clock in the evening.

When he came out, he couldn't help but rub his dice.

Looking at the red marks down there, I felt really nervous after a whole day of filming.

After all, Cheng Xi’s requirement was at least half, and he didn’t have that much.

Unless it’s that Li Xiaoran.

However, what she didn't expect was that there was a maid named Manman, so she really didn't have to squeeze.

The tube-top costumes that most people wear are completely exposed on her.

Others had to squeeze in, and she had to let the costumes hide her.

Thinking of what he said to Cheng Xi in the morning, Fan Binbin thought that there was nothing to worry about.

It’s better to tease him.

But make sure he sees that he can’t eat it.

So I put on my clothes, glasses and hat.

Her room is right next to Cheng Xi's, so it's very convenient.

At this time, Li Xiaoran had also finished taking a shower and wanted to go to Cheng Xi's room opposite to play.

So I looked through the cat's eye first, and it would have been better if I hadn't looked.

Suddenly, I saw a person looking around furtively, and finally stopped in front of Cheng Xi's room.

If it were someone else, Li Xiaoran might not have recognized it.

But she was very familiar with this figure. It was Fan Binbin, who had just had several fights with her that morning.

No, we can’t let this vixen exploit Director Cheng during filming.

Only I can squeeze it.

So he opened the door immediately, which scared Fan Binbin.

But when he saw that it was Li Xiaoran who came out, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Sister, are you also unable to sleep?"

"It's not that I don't want to sleep, but I can't stand seeing people acting sneaky and wearing sunglasses at night."

"If someone hadn't been sneaking around and peeping through the peephole, how would they know I was sneaking around?"

"I'm here, don't try to succeed."

"Oh, then I really want to give it a try!"

Having said this, Fan Binbin decisively rang Cheng Xi's doorbell.

(Photo: Directors, who would you support if a fight breaks out?)

(End of this chapter)