"Black Clouds" is a biographical film based on reality. Although everything does not have to follow reality, the general framework and reality are consistent. For example, each main character actually exists in reality, and for example, Gu Mingxiu's death was indeed a turning point in Ling Xiao's life.
From his debut in his teens, to winning the first Golden Melody Award at the age of 20, to his success in his thirties, Ling Xiao has already become a well-deserved song god in China. But at the age of thirty-six, the unexpected death of Gu Mingxiu, his best partner and the author of the lyricist, made Ling Xiao a big blow.
After that, Ling Xiao has only released one album and only held two concerts.
Five years later, Ling Xiao also died of illness.
In this scene tonight, Ling Xiao arrived at the hospital and was invited by the police to claim the body. Gu Mingxiu's parents died early, he has no relatives, and he is forty-four years old and has not married, so he has no children. His best friend is Ling Xiao. The police had long recognized Gu Mingxiu's identity, but asking the other party's relatives and friends to claim it was a necessary procedure and had to be done.
So that morning, Ling Xiao received a call from her manager Zhao Chuyun and came to the hospital.
There was silence on the set, and everyone held their breaths, waiting for the scene to start shooting.
The scene has long been deployed as a hospital scene, with white walls and white corridors, all white is chillingly white. Rong Xu and Yu Siyu stood at the other end of the corridor, both of them changed into costumes and make-up, just waiting for the shooting to start.
"Act 362, Scene 3, start filming!"
When the board beat sounded, the eyes of all the staff immediately gathered at the end of the corridor.
The manager played by Yu Siyu has always been calm and rational, but today, she also put special eye drops on purpose, making her eyes red and looking tired. Beside her, the handsome and elegant man lowered his eyes, stared at the ground in a daze, and followed behind his agent.
Walking through the hallway and into the room—that's the first shot of the scene.
It should be said that Director Liang used a long shot in this scene, and was going to shoot a full minute of scenes continuously.
The camera has been following Rong Xu's side, moving forward with him. The lighting artist's superb skills made this night's indoor scene look as if the sun was really shining through the window at the end of the corridor, shining on Rong Xu's soft hair, reflecting a brilliant golden light.
He kept his eyes down and looked at the ground quietly, walking very slowly, but he was walking step by step.
Looking at the scene on the monitor, Liang Dao's face slowly became solemn. He carefully observed the composition, color, rhythm and angle of the whole picture, and watched the performances of the two actors with particular attention.
This scene is one of the most important scenes for "Black Clouds", and it is the turning point of Ling Xiao's life. Therefore, this scene must not be sloppy. As long as there is a little error in the one-minute long shot, Director Liang will call the card without hesitation and resolutely reshoot it.
At this moment, the morning sun is soft and beautiful, and the hospital is peaceful and peaceful, as if everything in the world is extremely warm.
However, Gu Mingxiu died.
Ling Xiao lowered his head and followed behind Zhao Chuyun, because he was not walking fast, so Zhao Chuyun stopped and waited for him from time to time. Only a dozen meters away, the two walked for a minute before they came to the door.
This detailed performance made Director Liang nodded with satisfaction.
Over there, Yu Siyu and Rong Xu had already rehearsed the scene in advance.
The elite woman in a suit first subconsciously prepared to push the door, but before she touched the door panel, she stopped and turned to look at her artist. After a long time, she whispered, "Come open the door... Ling Xiao."
Ling Xiao lowered his head silently, without saying a word.
Zhao Chuyun also remained silent. For a long time, she sighed softly and reached out to touch the door handle. However, this time, before she could open the door, the door was opened from the inside.
The uniformed policeman looked at them both up and down. When he saw Ling Xiao, a look of admiration flashed in his eyes, but he quickly hid it and said in a businesslike manner, "The body should belong to Mr. Gu. , at 8:04 this morning, Mr. Gu was driving a black car and collided with a truck in the middle of the West Ring Road. The other party was a fatigued driver and is currently being detained at the police station. Today, please come to recognize the two corpse."
Zhao Chuyun and Ling Xiao were quickly brought into the house. The room was not big, with a narrow bed in the middle, and a long white cloth covered the person on the bed.
It seems that he has seen too many things about life and death. Gu Mingxiu has no relatives or family members. The police did not care about the friends of the deceased.
At the moment when the white cloth was lifted, Ling Xiao suddenly turned his head and looked out the window. And Zhao Chuyun couldn't help covering her mouth, seeing the fact with her own eyes, she couldn't suppress the grief in her heart, she could only nodded: "Yes."
The police put down the white cloth again.
"...No." A hoarse and low voice suddenly sounded in the quiet room.
The policeman was stunned and looked at Ling Xiao: "Mr. Ling, isn't this Mr. Gu?"
Ling Xiao still turned his head to look out the window, but his hoarse voice came out word by word from his teeth: "He is not."
The two policemen in the room looked at each other, no matter how calm Zhao Chuyun was, she was still crying while covering her mouth. But another friend of the deceased insisted that this person was not Gu Mingxiu. So how does this count? Obviously this person is Gu Mingxiu!
The older policeman stepped forward and said in a good voice, "The deceased has passed away, Mr. Ling, condolences."
"He's not!" A high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, echoing in the room for a long time. Ling Xiao turned his head sharply and said in a firm and decisive tone: "He is not! He really is not, he is not Gu Mingxiu, I don't know him... He is not... "
But when the young man turned his head, there was a sudden silence on the set, and Director Liang stared at the screen on the monitor with wide-eyed eyes.
In this picture, the elegant and beautiful Ling Xiao's eyes were flushed, tears kept rolling in his eyes, his lips were biting tightly, his body was shaking with excitement, but he opened his eyes wide to stop that. Tears fell.
It's like a man who has come to an end, desperately denying everything.
On the set, Yu Siyu's main event was over. She cried very instantly, grasping the transition between the two identities of "strong woman" and "friend". But Rong Xu's key scenes had just begun. He looked at the old policeman in front of him and said "he's not" over and over again. Repeated stubbornly, as if this would turn into reality.
Then the old policeman sighed, turned sideways and pulled back the white cloth, and asked, "Isn't that true, Mr. Ling?"
The voice stopped abruptly, and Ling Xiao's eyes fell on the man's face off guard. Everything was as fresh as last night. Gu Mingxiu's complexion was a little paler, and there was a finger-sized scar on his forehead. He closed his eyes tightly, as if he had fallen asleep.
The old policeman put down the white cloth and said again: "It happened suddenly, please forgive me."
The bright sunlight came in from the window, and a layer of golden fine sand fell on the ground. Seat 3 gave Rong Xu a close-up. Tears accumulated in those clear and clean eyes, the pupils trembled slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the white cloth.
After a while, in the second seat, Director Liang saw: Rong Xu suddenly laughed.
He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled softly. This smile doesn't seem to be any different from his past, but when you look closely, you can see that his lips are trembling, his cheeks are shaking, the whole person is shaking slightly, and then in an instant, tears flowed from his eyes flow out.
The young man smiled and looked at the old policeman, and then at the younger policeman next to him. His face was full of smiles, but tears kept flowing from his eyes, the corners of his mouth, and into his lips.
I don't know if it's bitter or free, but it must be astringent.
At this time, the warm and bright sunlight still shone his hair soft and golden, but he laughed and cried, and repeated: "He is not... he really... is not..."
There was only Ling Xiao's weak breathing in the room. He suppressed the cry in his throat, but something could not be suppressed. He looked at every corner of the room, with his usual smile, the only thing he didn't look at was the bed covered with the white cloth, and the person under the white cloth.
"He is not… "
On the set, the slightly more emotional staff shook their heads slightly, infected by this "laughing and crying" emotion.
He was obviously laughing, but he was also crying, stubbornly repeating the same sentence over and over again. In the quiet room, only the laughter mixed with crying echoed, Rong Xu smiled softly, smiled, and then there was no sound, only tears and a smile that seemed to be frozen on his face forever. .
There was silence on the set, and for a long time, Director Liang shouted, "Kick!"
Soon, Yu Siyu's assistant stepped forward to help her wipe away her tears. The makeup artist also hurried forward, ready to help Rong Xu and Yu Siyu with their makeup, in case they had to take another shot. But even if he had called out the card, tears kept flowing from Rongxu's eyes, and the makeup artist was dumbfounded for a while.
With a hoarse voice, Rong Xu whispered, "Don't worry, let me think about it for a while."
The young makeup artist nodded quickly, Rong Xu turned around and covered his face with his hands, his fingers were still twitching gently, and tears were flowing from his fingers.
And when "Rong Xu is still crying" reached the ears of Director Liang and a certain man, it was already three minutes later.
The makeup artist helped Qin Cheng with a little more makeup, and suddenly the other two makeup artists whispered: "I want to cry when I see it, Rong Xu's acting is so good. He can't stop now, it should be I really put my heart into acting, and it's very infectious."
A flash of surprise flashed in the dark phoenix eyes, Qin Cheng immediately stood up from the bed and walked to Rong Xu's side. He whispered "Rong Xu", and the boy turned around immediately, but he had stopped the tears, but his eyes were still red, and his face was a little pale and haggard.
Qin Cheng was startled.
Seeing Qin Cheng coming suddenly, Rong Xu raised the corners of her lips with a smile and said, "What's the matter, is there something wrong?"
Qin Cheng was silent for a moment and asked, "Don't be too upset."
Rong Xu nodded lightly, and the two quickly talked about other topics, but it didn't take long before the field manager came to inform Rong Xu, "Director Liang said to shoot again."
Hearing this, many of the staff around were surprised.
"Isn't it? The scene just now was filmed so well, why do you have to reshoot it? I'm going to cry."
"I've already cried... Rong Xu's infectious power is so strong. I feel so sad when I see him cry. If I were the best friend in my life... bah bah bah, what would I say."
The comments of the people around came into Rong Xu's ears, he smiled and said to the field manager: "Okay, I see, just touch up the makeup a little, and Sister Yu and I will continue."
The field service quickly left, but the staff's discussions never stopped. The staff spoke vividly and vividly, as if Rong Xu's performance just now made them into the play one after another. But they didn't lie, because many people's eyes were really red, and their voices were a little hoarse, and they should have really shed tears just now.
Hearing these people's words, Qin Cheng frowned slightly.
Rong Xu went to touch up the makeup again, while Qin Cheng circled around, beckoned to call his assistant, and asked, "How did he act just now?"
The assistant's voice was also a little choked, and he lowered his head honestly and said, "Laughing and crying at the same time. What a great performance..."
... So, everyone at the scene saw Rong Xu's acting skills with their own eyes, but he couldn't see it? !
His face suddenly sank. For the first time, Qin Cheng regretted that he actually took this role.
But regret is useless, this filming scene was shot a second time soon. This second time, Director Liang was not satisfied for some reason, and let Rong Xu film it for the third time. After the third time, Director Liang looked at the scene on the monitor, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, this scene is over, just choose the first shot."
Everyone: "… "
Rong Xu: "… "
Qin Cheng: "…"
Are you such a tossing person? !
In any case, even Rong Xu was a little exhausted after experiencing this long scene of crying over and over again.
Crying scenes are very challenging for actors. If you just want to do a performance and think that falling tears is a crying scene, then you are just acting out crying, not crying.
When you do become a character, you cry with him empathetically. Some actors will change into depression, sometimes not because of other life reasons, but because of a play he has acted in, he really gets into the play, can't get out, and is immersed in it.
Of course, it only took Rong Xu three minutes to play, but within one minute of filming, he seemed to really become Ling Xiao. No one present knew what Ling Xiao's reaction was when he saw Gu Mingxiu's body eight years ago. But they felt that Rong Xu's performance was already the best, so what other reactions could there be
The greatest grief is the pain that can infect people and make people cry with you.
After this scene is over, today's scene is over. This is the drama of the second male lead. According to the rules of the crew, there must be a banquet. But because the target was Qin Cheng, even Director Liang didn't know how to mention this, so he had to ask Yu Siyu to ask.
Director Liang rubbed his hands together: "Xiaoyu, I remember you once co-produced a movie with Qin Cheng?"
Yu Siyu said silently: "... That was five years ago, Director Liang. At that time, I was only a female number four, and I had no rivalry with Qin Cheng."
Liang Dao was suddenly dumbfounded.
However, the matter was resolved easily, Yu Siyu pondered for a while and found Rong Xu. Soon, Rong Xu walked directly to Qin Chengdi, smiled and hooked his lips: "Tonight, do you need to hold a killing banquet? Just in time for everyone to celebrate, it can be regarded as sending you away from the crew."
In this crew, only Director Liang and the screenwriter are older than Qin Cheng, so today they are the only ones who gave Qin Cheng a red envelope. If everyone wants to celebrate the completion of Qin Cheng's drama, they can only take advantage of the opportunity of the banquet.
Seeing the young man's warm and gentle smile, Qin Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not refuse.
So in the cheers of the crew, after finishing work, Director Liang treated the guests, and everyone went to the hotel next to S City Film and Television City. At this moment, Han Yanghao, who had been silent for a whole day without saying a word, finally appeared on the Internet.
[Han Yanghao: Published the headline article: "Justice and Comfort in the Heart".]