Director Cheng: "Cut, passed. Another one."
All great directors have their own habits when filming. Director Cheng, for example, likes to shoot many takes at a time. He is different from Qin Hanlin. Qin Hanlin wants to make the pictures and emotions exquisite and perfect, while Director Cheng hopes to see the actors present different things in each take.
So the shooting process was exceptionally long. The script was not complicated. It focused on the adoptive mother and daughter. Except for a few scenes with strong conflicts, everything was very daily. Sometimes it would take a whole day to shoot just for the two of them to have a meal. In the cramped little house, the incandescent bulbs emitted light and heat, the simple meals were placed on the table, every knock of the bowls and chopsticks, the way of holding the chopsticks, the eyes when eating, the adoptive mother picking up food for her daughter, all of them were very particular, and if there was any mistake, they would have to start over.
One of the dishes was fried eggs with tomatoes. The crew cooked a big pot and put a plate on the table. The script supervisor hit the board and the meal started. When the first bite was taken, the cheeks bulged. Director Cheng shouted, "Cut. Xiaoru, don't look at your mother."
Xia Yitong and Yu Tian chewed and chewed, then swallowed the scrambled eggs with tomatoes in their mouths.
The second time.
"Action!"
Xia Yitong and Yu Tian sat around the dining table. The living room was dimly lit. Xia Yitong picked up the bowl and added two pieces of tomato and egg to the plate with a chopstick. There was no egg. She held the bowl under her chin and put the tomato into her mouth with chopsticks. It was still hot...
Director Cheng: "Stuck, this doesn't feel right."
Director Cheng came up and personally got the feel for it, and instructed Xia Yitong on how to eat the scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Xia Yitong said: "Let me experience it."
The third time.
"Action!"
This time, I finally managed to eat the scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Just as I finished, Director Cheng shouted, "Cut, one more. Come on, props team, give me some more scrambled eggs with tomatoes."
Xia Yitong: “…”
Yu Tian: “…”
It turns out that the tomato scrambled eggs were not made to improve the food, but to... Wait, aren't these all for them to eat during the filming? There are so many, they have to eat, or when will the filming end
…
The tenth time.
"Action!"
Director Cheng: “Cut.”
Xia Yitong and Yu Tian's eyes were almost glued to Director Cheng, staring at his slightly plump lips.
Director Cheng: "Restock the ingredients."
The two of them lay on the table together.
…
During the lunch break, Xia Yitong and Yu Tian did not eat. They retched into the trash can and vomited some red and white juice. Xia Yitong had never thought that she would vomit after eating scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Yu Tian looked at her and gave a wry smile.
Continue eating in the afternoon.
It was a big challenge to concentrate on the performance and resist the urge to have a physiological reaction to the scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
When she returned, while lying in the bathtub, Xia Yitong suddenly thought she had become a tomato, floating in the milky egg liquid. She slapped the water in horror, and everything in her sight returned to normal.
The crew occasionally encounters such a situation. The shooting atmosphere is not as tense as Xia Yitong imagined, but rather very relaxed, which greatly dilutes the pressure Xia Yitong originally felt when he came in. The people here are very nice, each doing their own job, and the relationship between the actors is also simple. Director Cheng has a good temper and patience, and strives for perfection. He slowly polishes each scene. Although Lu Yinbing withdrew midway due to injury and had to reshoot for a month, he was not in a hurry or slow, and followed his own pace. As mentioned before, a crew has huge expenses, and hundreds of thousands of dollars a day are necessary. The longer the wrap-up time is delayed, the more disadvantageous it is for the crew.
Xia Yitong had become familiar with him. Once, when she was having a private meal with the director and producer of the crew, she asked about it. The director looked at her with a strange look and said, "Don't you know?"
Xia Yitong shook her head.
Director Cheng: "Yin Bing gave us the money the crew compensated her, and added another investment, so now the crew is not short of money, but they just need to carefully craft a masterpiece."
Xia Yitong was slightly surprised and said, "I really don't know that."
Director Cheng: "Yinbing and you have a really good relationship. Before you joined the group, you always asked me to take good care of you."
Xia Yitong smiled and agreed, "Yes, yes."
How could it be bad? We were sleeping on the same quilt.
Director Cheng said, "You have a tenacity that I admire. At first glance, you look quite similar to Lu Yinbing, except that she is more outgoing and aggressive, which is very... shocking. If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely pursue her."
Xia Yitong: “…”
Sorry, this beauty already has someone.
"When the time comes, the director and the actor will join forces, just like Qin Hanlin and his husband. Hey, this old guy, he has such a good resource as the best actor Zhan, and he lets him do business instead of acting. It's really a pity." Director Cheng said, "If I had known Zhan Tan earlier, and he wasn't already taken, I would definitely have pursued him."
Xia Yitong: “…”
Director Cheng: "But I'm married, with a son and a daughter, who are the same age as you, hahahaha."
Xia Yitong decided to just listen to Director Cheng's words before filming and not take them seriously.
"How do you feel today?" The question was asked by a doctor in the hospital. Lu Yinbing replied, "I feel fine. I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere."
The doctor gave Lu Yinbing a simple checkup, nodded, and left. Lu Yinbing flipped up the phone that was lying upside down on the bed and pointed the selfie camera at herself. Xia Yitong was in the camera. Xia Yitong had no show this morning and was resting in the lounge. She took this opportunity to video chat with Lu Yinbing to relieve her longing for him.
"Have you heard the doctor's examination results? I'm in good health and recovering well. I'll be able to walk soon. I'll wait for you to come when you have time. I'll get out of bed the same day you come." Lu Yinbing's words sounded willful and sad.
Lu Yinbing had been hospitalized for more than a month. Lu Yunzhang and Liu Xinmin returned to Beijing after her condition stabilized and returned to their jobs. Laiying had a movie to shoot in the southwest, so it was impossible for him to take care of Lu Yinbing. Xue Yao was a frequent flyer, and she didn't know how to take care of people. Lu Yinbing kept the news secret from the outside and refused to let anyone visit her.
Now she is a real cabbage in the field that no one loves. The nurse loves her, but only for her money. She also loves her face... But because Lu Yinbing shaved her head, the old lady did not recognize that this is the legendary Lu Yinbing. It shows how important hairstyle is to a person's appearance.
Xia Yitong said, "I'll try to get through in one day, but if you can get up, ask the nurse to push you out for a walk. You'll feel bad if you stay in the ward every day." She was stunned for a moment, then said, "Isn't there Xiaoxi?"
Lu Yinbing turned the camera to another direction and saw Xiaoxi peeling an apple for him.
Xia Yitong laughed: "Isn't this good? There are fruits to eat."
"What a bullshit," Lu Yinbing said, "Look at her hands, Xiaoxi, show your claws to Teacher Xia."
Xiaoxi raised her hand, and there were four band-aids on her five fingers. Xia Yitong couldn't help laughing and said, "It's a skill to be able to cut it like this. I'm afraid your apple is a poisonous apple with blood on it."
Xiaoxi didn't argue, put down her hand, lowered her head and continued to peel the apple.
Lu Yinbing took a selfie of her stubbled head and said, "Am I really ugly like this? It's neither bald nor long. I look like a Shaolin Temple disciple who has returned to secular life. I'm ugly. It's really, really ugly."
Xia Yitong's screen went black and returned to the main interface of WeChat.
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Xia Yitong called again, and it was Xiaoxi who was holding the phone. "Hi, Teacher Xia, Teacher Lu has crawled into bed now. She said that she doesn't want you to see her again until I buy her a nice wig."
Xiaoxi looked to one side and it seemed that Lu Yinbing was talking to her. Xiaoxi repeated, "Teacher Lu also said that you should focus on filming and not be idle during breaks. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it before we go to bed."
Xiaoxi looked desperate after saying this.
Xia Yitong was about to ask her what happened, but Xiaoxi said with a bitter face: "Teacher Xia, I'm hanging up first."
Xia Yitong: "...Okay."
Looking at the time, she and Lu Yinbing had been chatting for a quarter of an hour, which was indeed a long time. Xia Yitong put her phone in the drawer, spread the script in front of her, closed her eyes and began to rehearse the scene in her mind.
The ward was not as peaceful as she had imagined. Lu Yinbing called out, "Xiao Xi."
Xiaoxi brought the tablet over, propped it up, and placed it on the small table on the bed. She turned on the speaker and started with the sentence "Fight for the Landlord". Lu Yinbing didn't get the chance, so he played Landlord with another person.
I was very lucky and caught the big and small kings.
Lu Yinbing's injured hand was on the quilt, and his healthy hand was tucked inside the quilt. He gave verbal instructions, pointing and hitting wherever he wanted: "King bomb!"
Xiaoxi is responsible for playing the cards, and his hands are very fast.
Lu Yinbing was a little more patient this time. After the whole game was over, no miracle happened. She still had the most cards left. "Forget it," Lu Yinbing's true nature was soon exposed. She cursed, "What a crappy game. Next one."
"Blow it up."
An hour later, Xiaoxi's last finger died like the other four, and was also covered with a Band-Aid.