Chapter 4 Wine

Early the next morning, director Gao Qunshu told the entire crew about Zhang Yuan's ideas on combining smoke and character personalities.

This idea was supported by most of the main actors in the crew!
Undoubtedly, this detail change helps to shape the characters in the play. More importantly, those who play villains, including the leading actor Sun Honglei, can smoke better cigarettes without having to spend their own money. These people not only support it, but almost laughed out loud.

This incident earned Zhang Yuan a lot of thanks and skill points.

But they underestimated Gao Qunshu's talent in being stingy... no, in saving money.

He asked the stage manager to buy a pack of 555 and a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes. After getting the cigarettes, he smoked all of them and then put in some Xin Shijiazhuang cigarettes that cost 2 yuan a pack.

Anyway, during the filming, you can only see the cigarette box and the audience can't smoke it, so just pretend.

This action made those old smokers very angry.

"Director Gao might as well be squatting next to a convenience store picking up discarded cigarette boxes." Zhang Yuan complained, making the actors nearby laugh.

Everyone knows that Director Gao was stood up by his investors before filming this movie, and he mortgaged his house and car to raise money to start filming, so it is understandable that he was trying to save some money.

This morning we were still filming the police interrogation scene between him and Shi Zhaoqi.

Zhang Yuan's performance was praised by the veteran actor, who said he was talented, could get into the role, could respond, and his lines were good.

During the whole morning, there was not a single NG caused by him. The filming went very smoothly and the crew members, including the director, were in a good mood.

By noon, roommate Zhao Jin had finally realized the gap between himself and Zhang Yuan, and he didn't even ask him to have lunch.

"Zhang Yuan, let's go to the hotel private room." The hotel director called him again.

"Is there a welcoming banquet today?" Zhang Yuan wondered. The crew should be all present.

"No, we have a dinner scene to shoot this afternoon, so we asked the hotel to prepare some food. You can come and eat with us."

Dinner scene?
Zhang Yuan went over it in his mind and found that almost every dinner scene in the movie "Conquest" was a famous scene!

He thought of "Song Lao Hu" who joined the crew yesterday. Today's dinner scene might not be that scene.

Sure enough, the staffing arrangements during the afternoon shoot confirmed his thoughts.

"Qiangzi, brother, let me give you a word of advice."

"Young people, don't be too arrogant!"

Ma Xiaoming, who played Song Lao Hu, had his eyes wide open, and the hand holding the cigarette butt pointed viciously at Sun Honglei. The corners of his trembling mouth and the beard that was stuck on him twitched as well.

"Aren't you calling me a young man?" Sun Honglei turned around and retorted with disdain on his face, his momentum not losing at all.

"Cut!" The two were performing with great enthusiasm, but the director called for a stop.

"Director Gao, did I play the villain too bad again?" Sun Honglei has been criticized so much that he has recently begun to doubt whether he has chosen the wrong career and should not be an actor, but is more suitable to be a member of society.

"You're fine, Brother Ma. You're speaking too fast, and your expression is too nervous and unnatural. It's a bit stiff."

This time it was the opponent who had problems.

"Say it again, Brother Ma, try to relax, speak slower, and be clearer in your lines."

Ma Xiaoming nodded indignantly.

I thought the filming in the afternoon would continue to go as smoothly as Zhang Yuan did in the morning, but I didn't expect that this scene had to be filmed 9 times in a row and still failed.

"Brother Ma, I said, relax and slow down your speech!" Director Gao was anxious and his tone became much heavier.

"I'm already very relaxed. Fuck, I don't want to act anymore!" Ma Xiaoming slammed the table, stood up and walked out of the private room.

Sun Honglei hurried out to mediate, while director Gao Qunshu looked helpless.

Director Gao sucked his teeth and rubbed his eyebrows.

Logically speaking, the director is the boss on the set. Can the actors rebel?
In fact, it depends on the situation. Ma Xiaoming is a social person who is not easy to mess with, and the pay paid by the crew is not enough.

Not only that, Ma Xiaoming fell asleep while trying on makeup, and the makeup artist shaved his head bald without his consent. After waking up, this guy almost got angry and left, and it was only after the director persuaded him to stay.

But it's normal for Ma Xiaoming to be angry. After shaving his head, his face looked like a tea egg. He was shivering so much that he put on a fake beard to cover it up.

After a while, Sun Honglei returned, exchanged glances with the director, and then shook his head helplessly.

Obviously the other party doesn't buy it and is in a bad mood.

Gao Qunshu's face suddenly twisted as if he had drunk bitter melon juice.

"Director Gao, how about... I think of a solution." Zhang Yuan, who had nothing to do in the afternoon and planned to watch the birth of a famous scene from the sidelines, said softly at this time.

"What can you do..." Director Gao said subconsciously, but before he finished, he thought of Zhang Yuan's performance in the past few days.

It seems that nothing is impossible for him.

"You really have a way. Old Ma has a bad temper. You'd better not do anything rash." "Let me try." After saying that, he left the private room.

The crew members present looked at each other, unable to guess what Zhang Yuan was going to do.

About half an hour later, Zhang Yuan opened the door, and he and Ma Xiaoming, with their shoulders hooked, returned to the filming room, talking and laughing.

"Brother Ma, let's shoot first, we'll continue later in the evening."

"No problem, Brother Zhang."

Director Gao was dumbfounded. You two have become brothers at this time?

It's not appropriate for you two to be brothers at this age.

"Director Gao, why don't we start shooting?" Zhang Yuan reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, okay, everyone take your positions, let's do it again!"

As soon as the filming started this time, Ma Xiaoming's performance immediately impressed Gao Qunshu.

The speaking speed slowed down, the lines became clearer, and even the performance emotions and state reached a very relaxed and natural state.

"This kid is amazing!"

"How did he do it?"

Director Gao was puzzled.

After a play ended, Gao Qunshu called for a stop with a smile on his face.

"This one is good."

"Brother Ma, how about we try it again and count it as a guarantee?"

Huh... In response to Director Gao, Ma Xiaoming’s snoring sounded.

"What's wrong with him? Did he fall asleep while acting?" Director Gao was puzzled and went forward to check.

As he stepped forward, a strong smell of alcohol along with the other person's breathing hit him in the face.

"I'm drunk..."

Director Gao reacted immediately and looked at Zhang Yuan.

"Just now we each had a bottle of white wine and drank it together, burp." Zhang Yuan was also getting drunk now, his face flushed.

When he was collecting skill points while eating yesterday, he found that other actors could get some points related to acting, but this Ma Xiaoming was the only one who could only drink!
Zhang Yuan thought at that time, this guy must be a drunkard!
So when he went out just now, he asked the hotel front desk for two bottles of white wine.

After drinking a bottle of wine, Ma Xiaoming immediately became cheerful and put all the unpleasantness behind him.

Moreover, this half-drunk state just fits the atmosphere of the scene. After all, the plot is that Song Lao Hu invites Liu Huaqiang to drink to settle things, and the two have a conflict at the table.

There's no need to act at all, just sit there and get into character.

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking about his thoughts and actions, his legs went weak and he fell into his seat.

I have increased my alcohol tolerance a lot these days, but I drank too fast and still can't hold on.

"Hurry up, bring a bottle of water." Director Gao held his hand and shook it vigorously.

Finally it was the director’s turn to bring me water… Zhang Yuan laughed and sighed, “What goes around comes around.”

Gao Qunshu admired in his heart.

This guy can not only act and edit plays, but he can also handle emergencies on the crew and is very knowledgeable about the ways of the world!

How many more surprises can he give me?
The other actors and crew members also looked at Zhang Yuan with admiration.

After all, without him today, I don’t know when this scene will be completed.

Now the smooth completion of the work depends entirely on him!

[Received thanks from Gao Qunshu, camera sense +3, directing skills +2, script writing +5, perseverance +2! ]

[Received thanks from Sun Honglei, acting skills +5! ]

[Received thanks from Jiang Tao, +1 for the lighting arrangement! ]

【Received thanks from Jiang Zhiwen, photography skills +2! 】

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(End of this chapter)