Reborn in the Chinese Entertainment Industry: My Childhood Sweetheart is Boss Yang

During that month, Wang Baoqiang wandered around the village, practically turning into a withered tree.

Gu Heng wasn't idle either.

With Liu Jun, the younger brother, leading the large crew to the location, the pre-production preparations and set construction work gradually began.

In fact, the sets in the play "Mr. Tree" were pitifully cheap.

A village, a few dilapidated houses, a big tree, and an open space.

Gone!

That's all!

Although avoiding the harsh winter of Northeast China saved the production team a lot of money on winter clothing, it also brought considerable trouble.

In the original script, the scenes of Brother Tree spacing out in the snow, sleepwalking, and standing on a tree like a sage are the most classic and symbolic scenes in the entire film. The sheer white snowscape alone powerfully creates an atmosphere of extreme oppression and loneliness.

It's almost June now, where can we find snow?

You can't just lay down snow using a snowmaking machine, that would cost a fortune!

However, this didn't stump Gu Heng. He simply waved his hand and said, "Change it! Change the background setting to the transition between autumn and winter!"

The ground was covered with withered yellow leaves, and the vegetation was dead.

The sense of decay was created using art props, and then the saturation was drastically reduced in post-production, resulting in a cool color tone.

It can still extract the sense of despair that comes from the very core of that cold, desolate, and bleak feeling!

While the main force was still setting up camp, Gu Heng led the photography crew to take some shots of the empty village.

After filming, Gu Heng sat down in front of the monitor and glanced at the playback.

A sense of desolation, dilapidation, and neurotic oppression washes over you.

Awesome! Absolutely invincible!

After a few more days of hard work, the main cast, including Duan Yihong, Wang Shuangbao, and Sun Li, gradually arrived at their destinations.

Once everyone was there, they got to work! They didn't even hold a proper press conference, and they didn't invite a single media outlet.

That's exactly the feeling of being isolated from the world that we wanted; the entire crew was like invisible people forgotten in this remote village.

A red cloth was strung up at the east end of the village, and an incense table with a pig's head was set up. The film crew immediately burned incense and prayed to the crew!

"Director Gu, which scene should we shoot for the first scene? How about we do some transitional scenes first to warm everyone up?" Liu Jun asked, leaning over with the call sheet in his hand.

According to the old rules in the industry, the first scene after filming usually has to be a simple one, so that everyone can get it done in one take in a peaceful manner, hoping for a good start.

But who is Gu Heng? The youngest director in China to have a film budget exceeding 100 million yuan! A protégé of Tian Zhuangzhuang from the Beijing Film Academy! Can he play by the rules?

Let's go straight for the big guns: film a group scene, including the wedding scene of Brother Shu!

All the main actors were present for this major scene, along with various extras, which put the director's ability to manage the scene to a severe test.

Many people who were meeting Gu Heng for the first time were wondering if this young CEO could really handle such a big fuss right from the start.

But Gu Heng didn't give them any time to think. After he and the production crew meticulously confirmed every camera position and movement, he...

Power on!

To completely replicate the plot of the movie, this grand scene naturally had to be broken down into several shots for refinement.

"Attention all departments! Extras, step back two steps, don't block the camera!" Gu Heng shouted through a megaphone.

"Baoqiang, get into the zone, Action!"

As soon as the clapperboard sounded, the set fell silent.

In the footage, Wang Baoqiang is wearing an extremely ill-fitting, tattered suit, his neck slightly hunched, his eyes darting around and numb. Especially striking is his hand, awkwardly suspended in mid-air, holding a cigarette – it's absolutely hilarious.

"Click! Pass!"

The first shot was successfully completed.

For the next few days, the entire crew basically spent all their time on the ensemble scenes of this wedding.

Everything was going smoothly, but something extremely interesting happened amidst the tense filming atmosphere.

Because of this month of grueling training, Wang Baoqiang was thoroughly "marinated".

Now, apart from Gu Heng, no one present could tell whether this guy was acting or had really gone crazy.

As soon as the director yelled "cut," everyone would swarm around the monitor like they were seeing an alien, staring intently at the replay of Wang Baoqiang on the screen.

"I mean... is he acting, or is he really fucking crazy?" Duan Yihong stroked his chin, feeling a chill run down his spine.

"This smoking is... amazing. All that inferiority complex mixed with a desire to put on airs is conveyed through his fingertips."

Wang Shuangbao couldn't help but marvel. He casually took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and began to imitate Wang Baoqiang's posture on the monitor, holding the cigarette between his fingers and sending it forward into the air.

Duan Yihong got excited too, grabbed one and started making the gesture: "No, no, Brother Shu's fingers are stiffer, look like this..."

Goodness, even Sun Li, who was sitting and resting nearby, became curious.

She picked up an unlit cigarette, held it between two fingers, and frowned, trying to find that sense of despondency from an outsider.

The results were truly diverse, each with its own style.

Gu Heng had just returned from the restroom when he saw this group of celebrities collectively going crazy.

He rolled his eyes, walked over, and snatched the cigarette from Duan Yihong's mouth.

Alright, today Teacher Gu will open your eyes and show off a little bit of his awesomeness!

He slumped his shoulders, his eyes instantly becoming extremely sharp. He took a deep breath, and the micro-expression of him exhaling a smoke ring was exactly the same as Duan Yihong's posture just now!

Before Lao Duan could even widen his eyes and shout "Holy crap!"

Gu Heng's expression shifted, his eyebrows twitched slightly, his lips drooped, and the fingers holding his cigarette tightened suddenly. Wang Shuangbao's ruthless, vicious gangster persona instantly materialized!

The real ruthless bandit Wang Shuangbao, who was standing next to him, was completely stunned.

That wasn't the end of it; Gu Heng's demeanor suddenly changed.

He raised a barely noticeable orchid finger, his eyes becoming both charming and arrogant, and gently brought the cigarette to his lips, taking a very affected, feigned puff.

She perfectly mimicked the way Sun Li was gesturing about smoking!

"Director Gu! You're even stealing my scenes! Are you even being reasonable?!"

The entire audience burst into laughter instantly. This little interlude swept away the fatigue from several days of intense filming.

With this relaxed atmosphere as a foundation, coupled with Gu Heng's god-like on-site coordination and clear shooting requirements, the subsequent shooting progress was incredibly fast.

The scenes set in rural areas, towns, and even the deleted and adjusted scenes in the mining areas all passed censorship smoothly under Gu Heng's control.

They kept filming day and night.

A month later.

The crew of "Mr. Tree" is filming the final scene of the entire movie.

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