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Chapter 52

The main content of the first day of the crew is the opening ceremony, sorting out various equipment, and everyone is familiar with it.

However, the news that Gan Jing, a newcomer, will play Mei Lanfang caused waves and doubts in everyone's hearts.

Who is this person?What is the relationship behind him?
Is it someone arranged by the capital, China Film Group, or the direct descendant of the director?

Which college did he graduate from?
These doubts stirred in the hearts of the crew, making the atmosphere a little impetuous.

Chen Kaige was aware of this, but remained unmoved.

All his thoughts are on this movie, because of the temporary change of the protagonist, the previous shooting plan needs to be revised.

The story of Mei Lanfang is divided into three parts in the script. When he was young, he defeated the veteran artist Shi Sanyan in a performance competition. When he met true love in middle age, he let go. When the Japanese army invaded China, he firmly refused to perform.

From the growth of skills to emotional entanglements, and finally the display of character.

When Gan Jing read the script, he felt that the first paragraph was very interesting, the second paragraph was a bit bland, and the last paragraph was completely flat—this was his personal feeling, but he would not tell the director.

It's not bad to have such an opportunity for the first time. Will I give pointers to the script next time?
What's more, the post-editing and so on will be changed, how do I know this.

The people in the film crew are very concerned about Gan Jing's every move, and this care even affects the veteran actors.

Wang Xueqi, an old drama player who starred in Thirteen Swallows, paid the price on the day he officially started acting. He took a full 43 shots before passing, meeting the requirements of director Chen Kaige.

This situation made everyone in the crew tremble in fear—if the very old and spicy Wang Xueqi was like this, what would he do when it was his turn?

Through such a small method, Director Chen Da instantly took back the thoughts of the crew.

No matter who it is, no matter what actor, no matter the old or newcomer, as long as the acting is not good, they will have to keep NG, and they will not get the director's good looks!
Acting is the most important thing!
Gan Jing didn't feel anything about it, he just felt fresh cheerfully by the side, this was watching a star act up close.

He watched other people filming, and more people watched him quietly.

Finally, the time has come for him to play.

On this day, Gan Jing was in a white shirt waiting for the makeup artist to apply makeup on him in the dressing room.

To be honest, his looks are only average, but Master Mei must have a good looks. Fortunately, the current makeup artists are all super powerful, enough to turn a person into a person who doesn't even know his mother.

There is a saying that Thailand's transgender surgery, Korean plastic surgery, RB make-up, and Chinese PS are known as the four major magic arts in Asia. The makeup artist who put on Gan Jing's makeup came back from RB.

When Gan Jing opened his eyes and saw himself in the mirror, he couldn't recognize him clearly.

Who is this handsome guy in the mirror?

"How is it? Teacher Gan, do you want to trim your eyebrows again?" The makeup artist said cautiously. He didn't know what Gan Jing's background was, but since he could squeeze out Li Ming's position, he couldn't afford to mess with him anyway.

Gan Jing closed his eyes and thought for a while, passing through the part of today's filming in his mind, and said: "Sweetness is pretty, but today's part of Mei Lanfang is already quite famous. Should he be more heroic in this part? How about turning your eyebrows into sword eyebrows?"

The makeup artist pondered for a while, and after talking with Gan Jing, he changed the eyebrows into sword eyebrows.

In this way, the person in the mirror has added a bit of heroism to his delicacy, and even more vigorousness of becoming famous at a young age.

When Gan Jing left the dressing room, the make-up artist who had returned from RB wiped off his sweat. How could he be the protagonist?There is something in this stomach!

Regardless of this person's emotion, when Gan Jing appeared in front of the crew, everyone's eyes lit up.

Slender white shirt, handsome short hair, and heroic sword eyebrows, just the appearance of a young and talented man.

Chen Kaige sized it up for a while, nodded, and thought it was pretty good—this was Mei Lanfang in his youth, and it was also the part that Li Ming couldn't play. If Li Ming played it, then another person would be needed to play the young Mei Lanfang. It's a lot easier now.

Filming is not performed step by step according to the script, but to shoot everything that can be shot together in a relatively smooth order, and then edit it at the end.

Many times, actors don't see their full performance in the film until the last moment.

Gan Jing is wearing a long gown, and today's filming is about Thirteen Swallows played by Wang Xueqi, an old drama star.

Just looking at the qualifications of these two people, many people felt a sweat for Gan Jing. Of course, more people came to watch with the mentality of looking at the quality.

On weekdays, when there is no role for themselves, some people will watch other people's performances, but today's show has a particularly large number of people watching.

They also know each other's thoughts well, hey, let's see how good this newcomer is!
Gan Jing walked to the stage, glanced at Wang Xueqi who was sitting at the side, then at the director, and quickly went through the plot in his mind.

Today's part is that Mei Lanfang wants to change the play, but the very stylish Shisanyan disagrees, and then the change comes back during the singing, the two sides talk, and agree to compete for three games, the loser will obey the winner.

The plot is not complicated, but it is not easy to act well.

Gan Jing felt a little uneasy, and silently recalled the acting experience he had experienced, and his mind gradually settled down.

All the departments were in place, the camera hit the position, Yan Shisan was lying on the recliner, with a thin layer of hot towel covering his face, and two attendants beside him.

Gan Jing stood a little outside and waited.

With a crisp sound, the clapperboard was fired, which represented the start of the performance.

"Wan Hua."

Thirteen Yan, whose face was covered with a hot towel, squeezed out a sound from her throat, and when she elongated, she seemed to be a domineering elder.

Thirteen Yan is a senior expert in the Peking Opera circle, known as Thirteen Yan, invincible in the world.

As soon as he made such a sound, Shisanyan, as an elder, had a different taste. Then he gently picked up the towel on his face, and his voice was still that old-school person with a tune.

"Why is it so urgent? This Mr. Qiu just finished watching the play, and the letter came."

Gan Jing appeared on the stage at this time, he had just taken two steps, and before he had time to say his lines, he heard Director Chen yelling: "Crack."

Uh, Chen Kaige is not satisfied with the two-step shot.

He didn't mention Thirteen Swallows, but pointed to Gan Jing and said, "You're too full of energy, put it down, the young Mei Lanfang is more gentle and cheerful."

The crew members watching were a little disappointed. The first scene was cut off. This newcomer is really not that good.

Gan Jing was also a little stunned. He recalled the acting experience in his mind, took a deep breath, and nodded to Director Chen.

Mei Lanfang is a young man whose skills have not yet reached the peak, young, gentle and cheerful.

He meditated in his heart, compared with Leslie Cheung in his acting experience, and exhaled lightly.

"Come again."

The crisp sound of the slate sounded again.

Chen Kaige on the seat frowned lightly, recalling the smell on Gan Jing just now, different from the disappointment of others, there was a trace of anticipation in his heart.

(End of this chapter)