Pang Xinhao had a messy dream all night. In the dream, Qi Wanlian was floating above his head. There was a layer of glass between the two of them. Qi Wanlian gently tapped the glass and said something to him, but he didn't hear it clearly.
In the dream, Qi Wanlian looked sad and hesitated to speak, which made Pang Xinhao feel distressed. He stretched out his hand to touch the glass, but suddenly woke up and found that he had moved the chair onto the bed at some point, holding an umbrella in his hand, and was standing on the chair poking the ceiling with the umbrella.
Pang Xinhao was frightened by his actions. He had never had the habit of sleepwalking before! Could it be that the pressure is getting too much and some psychological problems have arisen
Let's make an appointment with a doctor after the filming of this movie is finished, Pang Xinhao thought secretly.
In order to prevent others from discovering his strange behavior in the middle of the night, Pang Xinhao moved the chair back to its original position. He brought the umbrella himself and hid it back in the suitcase.
He also wanted to brush the dust off the sheets, after all, if he lifted the chair up, it would definitely get dirty.
Who knew that the sheets were spotless, with no trace of dust except for the indentations of the four chair legs.
Pang Xinhao lifted the chair curiously and wiped it with his hand. The chair was as clean as new.
The carpets in the room were also cleaned very clean and there was no dust.
It would be fine if these items were all new, but the chairs and carpets have faded a bit after being left there for a long time. At first glance, they look like furniture from two or three years ago, and I don’t know how they were cleaned so well.
Pang Xinhao has stayed in five-star hotels before when filming. No matter how good the hotel is, it cannot be cleaned as well as their crew.
I don’t know where to find a housekeeping company. I want a business card so that I can help him clean the room in the future.
The crew started work at 9 o'clock and had breakfast at 8 o'clock. Pang Xinhao woke up at around 5 o'clock because of recurring nightmares. It was still early for breakfast, so I lay down and couldn't fall asleep. I couldn't help but open my eyes and stare at the ceiling. Deep in my heart, I had the urge to poke a hole in the ceiling.
Pang Xinhao couldn't sleep for half an hour, so he simply got up and washed up. Only then did he realize that his dark circles were particularly serious. In the mirror, his eye sockets were deep and he looked haggard. He looked like he had been sucked by some monster.
"Oh my god, why has it become like this!" Pang Xinhao wiped his face in the mirror, "I'm only 23 years old, I can't become like this after not sleeping well all night!"
He hurriedly took out his cosmetics and smeared it on his face.
Pang Xinhao is not a professional makeup artist, and his makeup skills are average, but it is still very simple to cover blemishes and improve color. The dark circles under his eyes were quickly covered, and with the addition of foundation and blush, Pang Xinhao looked like a spirited young man in the mirror again.
"I have to put on no makeup, so people can't tell me that I have to use makeup to cover my dark circles at such a young age." Pang Xinhao thought.
After applying it in front of the mirror for a long time, Pang Xinhao felt relieved to make sure that no one would notice that he looked bad.
Seeing that the time was already half past seven, and it would be time to eat in half an hour, Pang Xinhao simply decided to walk out of the room and walk around the villa.
He is not stupid, of course he can see that the crew of Luo Huai's so-called "great director" and "excellent actors" are actually very poor, but the money is spent wisely. For example, in this luxurious villa and the clothes worn by the protagonists last night, Pang Xinhao still knew a lot about costumes. All of those clothes were hand-sewn and must have cost a lot of money.
Generally speaking, this is a crew that works hard. If the director has a high level and can learn some skills from him, it will not be a loss even if the salary is zero.
When Pang Xinhao walked out of the room, he heard a "crackling" sound from the kitchen downstairs. He walked over carefully and saw Director Zhong cooking in person, with Aunt Yang standing next to him.
Pang Xinhao: "..."
For this crew, the director handles all the choreography, props, notes, and art all by himself. Now, is the director even preparing all three meals
"Director Zhong, I don't have many roles, so I should do the cooking." Aunt Yang suggested from the side, "You will be too busy."
Zhong Jiu said: "I don't trust you."
Even if Aunt Yang doesn't have the ability to make people foam at the mouth after eating, the food cooked by Li Gui is relatively heavy in yin energy. People will become weak and sick after eating it for a long time. Zhong Jiudao can only cook breakfast. The ingredients for lunch and dinner have been prepared, but it is not an option to continue this long.
Do you need to hire a dedicated chef? Zhong Jiudao was very melancholy.
In fact, it is not difficult to eat the food cooked by Aunt Yang safely. As long as Zhong Jiudao burns talisman to melt water every day and allows the humans in the crew to drink a glass of warm water before each meal, they will be immune to all ghosts. But Zhong Jiudao cannot guarantee that everyone can drink hot water in such a hot summer. If one person fails to drink for a certain meal, foaming at the mouth will occur, which looks like food poisoning. This is not acceptable.
He can deceive Luo Huai, but he may not be able to deceive others.
Even if they don't eat the food cooked by Aunt Yang, these people still need to drink a little talisman water from time to time. After all, the yin energy in the villa is very strong. If you don't drink Fu Shui to resist it, it will still be bad for your health. You should drink it at least once a week.
Zhong Jiudao made porridge and soup with Fu Shui in the morning and kept drinking it for the staff every day. He could always drink it once in seven days.
"Director Zhong." Pang Xinhao went downstairs to greet Zhong Jiudao.
Zhong Jiudao felt a little headache looking at this person who insisted on living under the ghost nest.
Last night, while Pang Xinhao was not in the room, he sneaked into the bedroom and painted spells on the ceiling to ensure that the ghosts upstairs had no chance of entering the room.
However, he was still a little worried. He carefully observed Pang Xinhao's face and saw that he looked good, so he asked, "How did you sleep last night?"
"Very good!" Pang Xinhao said categorically in order to conceal the sleepwalking incident, "How is our villa designed? It's the dog days of summer, and it's so cool without turning on the air conditioner. I covered myself with a thick quilt last night, and it was very comfortable. Sleep until dawn."
"Your room has a special location and may be a little colder than other rooms." Zhong Jiudao put the soup on the table and persuaded without leaving a trace, "The crew has prepared many more rooms. You can change them anytime you want. "
"No," Pang Xinhao wished to stay away from other people, so as not to be heard by others when he was sleepwalking in the middle of the night, "My room was cleaned very clean, not even a speck of dust could be found. I live very comfortably."
Aunt Yang, who was standing in the shadows, smiled. She walked slowly to the dining table, filled a bowl of soup and handed it to Pang Xinhao: "Madam, drink the soup."
"Thank you," Pang Xinhao took the bowl and took a sip, "It tastes good! But why did you call me madam?"
"It's practicing its lines, which is no different from Dalang drinking medicine." Zhong Jiudao put the cold dishes on the dining table and said to Pang Xinhao.
Pang Xinhao almost spit out the soup. Why did he feel like Aunt Yang was bringing him poison
But he was reluctant to spray it. After all, as soon as he drank this bowl of soup, he felt warm all over his body, and the feeling that his soul was about to be frozen slowly recovered.
After finishing one bowl, Pang Xinhao drank another. He asked Zhong Jiu, "Where are the other actors? I saw them on the third floor in the evening."
Zhong Jiudao said: "Yes, they don't like to get along with others, and they always eat in the room."
"Really?" Pang Xinhao was vaguely disappointed. He also hoped to meet Qi Wanlian in daily interactions. It seemed that they could only interact during filming.
Soon other actors also arrived at the restaurant one after another. After everyone arrived, Aunt Yang would serve a bowl of soup, as if if you don't drink the soup, I will feed you.
The two actresses didn't really want to drink the soup at first, but after seeing Aunt Yang's expression, they drank it unconsciously. This soup is good for everyone's health. After drinking it, the yang energy is sufficient and can resist the yin energy on the set. Therefore, even if Zhong Jiudao's cooking skills are only average, everyone still thinks the soup is delicious.
After the meal, the makeup artist hired by Qian Duoqun arrived, and everyone put on photogenic makeup in preparation for filming.
"I thought you would save money to do their makeup yourself." Qian Duoqun came to Zhong Jiudao and whispered.
Zhong Jiu said: "I still have to do the makeup myself after a while."
After a while, Zhong Jiudao's makeup skills will come in handy when filming the actors' death scenes and ghost transformation scenes.
As a director, you have to know something about all walks of life. Even if you don’t know how to put on makeup, you still need to be able to describe the look you want. For this reason, Zhong Jiudao deliberately learned makeup when he was in college. Unfortunately, the makeup he put on was always dead makeup.
It probably has something to do with his upbringing. If he were asked to apply special effects makeup like that of a dead person or a ghost, Zhong Jiudao would be more professional than a top makeup artist.
Forget about the living people, this money cannot be saved.
Several people put on the costumes prepared by the crew. Although they were modern costumes and not of a big brand, they were extremely comfortable and well-fitted. The designs were also very good. The waists of the two girls looked much slimmer.
"This isn't a handmade custom-made dress, is it?" Xiaoyan, who plays Luo Huai's girlfriend, asked.
"It was changed overnight according to your body shape." Zhong Jiudao replied.
Last night, Fu Yue repeatedly disobeyed discipline. Zhong Jiudao gave him some ideological and moral education, making him feel the baptism of the fire of justice from the depths of his soul. After receiving education, Fu Yue changed her mind and made several sets of clothes for several actors overnight, without sleeping all night.
Of course it doesn't need to sleep either.
Thinking of the leading actors who are becoming more and more "sensible" and "obedient", Zhong Jiudao nodded with satisfaction. The crew is becoming more and more presentable.
The filming of movies and TV series does not follow the order of the script, but jumps. However, when the crew has enough time and the conditions are right, it is best to follow the order.
Zhong Jiudao has a small number of people and a small budget. The protagonist and supporting actors have no announcements except for his role in the film. He can follow the crew throughout the whole process. In this case, it can be filmed slowly according to the script, and the actors can easily embody the emotions.
The early stage is the running-in period. The shooting tasks are not that heavy, so you can get a good run-in with the characters.
The characters of the two actresses are the relationship between best friends who are at odds with each other. They show this very well. They can play out that kind of plastic relationship without the guidance of Jong Jiu Dao.
However, Xiaoyan and Xiaoyun have a very good relationship in private and are not superficially sisters. The two of them have girls' keen intuition, and they always feel that in this environment, if the two of them are not together like conjoined twins, something bad will happen.
Zhong Jiudao was very satisfied with their sense of self-protection and encouraged them to drink soup many times. In such a cold villa, they would easily get sick if they did not drink soup.
In the summer, who doesn’t want to eat ice cream, iced milk tea, and iced Coke? The two girls actually don’t like soup very much. They drank it fresh on the first day. After drinking the same soup for three days in a row, everyone wanted to have a cup. Ice juice.
They didn't want to drink it at first, but Xiaoyun's menstrual period happened to be here at this time. Not only did she not feel any pain this time, she was also lively and unaffected at all.
The two of them thought together in private and felt that the effect of Director Zhong's soup was still there. Not only did they drink the soup obediently every day, they also secretly asked Director Zhong about the secret recipe of the soup.
Zhong Jiudao could not give out the secret recipe, so he could only say: "The hotter the summer, the more you need to drink hot water. It can cure your illness. You'd better drink it with three meals a day."
The effect of this soup was remarkable, and the two of them became very active when drinking it. They simply got a thermos cup and drank the soup as water. The two of them were full of energy on the set every day, and occasionally accidentally ate what Aunt Yang secretly cooked. Small pastries are fine too.
Although Luo Huai had a slight birth date and was given the name of Yimu Banggui, the advantage was that he came early and lived next to Director Zhong's room, so the leading actors had no chance to make a move.
His character is very consistent with his personality. As long as he plays his true character, there will be no mistakes, and it is quite easy to shoot.
The only problem is that if Pang Xinhao really takes over this actor, Director Zhong will know how much disfiguring acting can affect a person.
In fact, Pang Xinhao's early role was not difficult to play, as long as he appeared to be a half-hearted person, while being close to his girlfriend Xiaoyun, he was flirting with Luo Huai and Xiaoyan behind his back.
In Zhong Jiudao's mind, this character only needs to be one thing, which is to be handsome.
He must be handsome, and it only makes sense for two girls and one female ghost to compete for him. Pang Xinhao's appearance is quite good. A little more sentimentality in his eyes would be enough to master this role.
However, whenever Pang Xinhao faces the camera, his expression will become quite artificial. Ask him to wink and wink. Ask him to coax his girlfriend Xiaoyun, and he will coax her as if she is reciting a text.
Zhong Jiudao was very patient and explained the character's psychology to him again and again, but Pang Xinhao still couldn't act it out.
In order to make him understand, Zhong Jiudao even went on stage to demonstrate in person. He asked Luo Huai to help him act. Assuming that Luo Huai was his girlfriend, he gently held Luo Huai's hand. His usually cold and serious eyes were full of tenderness, slightly He lowered his head and looked into Luo Huai's eyes.
Zhong Jiudao's height matched Luo Huai better than the actress. He looked at Luo Huai and said: "The past things are all in the past. My present and future are only you. Please don't be angry, okay?"
Luo Huai looked at Zhong Jiudao's eyes filled with emotion, and his face turned slightly red. He remembered that the other person was his ex-girlfriend, and his heart was in a mess, he liked it and was sad at the same time.
"If you are unhappy, we won't play with them." Zhong Jiudao lowered his head and said in Luo Huai's ear, "Let's go on a trip, just the two of us, without anyone else."
"Okay!" Luo Huai's eyes lit up, then dimmed, "But I have already promised Xiaoyan, and the tickets have been bought. The refund fee is very high."
"Then...can you and I wear couple costumes?" Zhong Jiudao brought two props.
"Okay!" Luo Huai took the clothes and finally stopped being angry.
"Card!" Zhong Jiudao shouted "Card" to himself, put away the affection in his eyes, and said to Pang Xinhao, "You just need to remember one principle, no matter which girl you face, you must treat her as the most important person in your heart. , I can’t tell which one is more important. You feel sorry for anyone who is angry. No matter what you think in your heart, you must show it on the surface. This way you will be a successful passionate scumbag.”
Everyone: "..."
Director Zhong, you look like a scumbag!
Luo Huai was brought into the play by Zhong Jiudao and felt a little dazed. He was holding the props and clothes in his hands and was unwilling to put them down.
Seeing Zhong Jiudao's superb performance, Pang Xinhao sighed deeply: "I want to go to the bathroom."
"It doesn't matter. We still have plenty of time at the moment. You can take a rest." Zhong Jiudao comforted him.
After Pang Xinhao left, Qian Duoqun quietly poked Zhong Jiu and said, "You can do it. Do you have rich emotional experience to act like such a scumbag?"
Zhong Jiu said: "I have never been in love, only when I was a teenager... Stop gossiping, move props, and shoot a scene first."
Qian Duoqun didn't get the news he wanted to know, so he could only touch his nose and go to work.
Zhong Jiudao sighed secretly. He really had no experience in this area. When he was a teenager, his father threw him into a group of ghosts to hone his mind. At that time, his magic power was not as strong as it is now, so he could only use spells to protect himself, and he could not exorcise so many evil spirits at once.
In order to lure him out of the protective circle of the talisman, those evil ghosts really took great pains, using all kinds of tricks to deceive him.
At that time, Zhong Jiudao saw the most exquisite acting skills in the world. Even if he could only show one-tenth of his charm, it was enough.
After all, those are acting skills that directly touch the soul.