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Chapter 16 Movie Completion and Hot Pot

In addition to the various troubles of filming in the crew, due to the high cost of the film, in order to avoid the embarrassing incident that the result of a one-time shooting can not be achieved after the positive film is washed and developed, the whole During the filming process of the film, every time a roll of film is shot, the film changer has to seal up a roll immediately.

They often cover the machine through a hidden bag with only two small openings, and take the film out of the machine by hand.

During the whole process of taking off the film, not only can there be no mistakes in the whole process, but it must be immediately put into a metal airtight box as soon as it is taken off, and sealed tightly with tape to prevent the film from being affected by any trace of light. damage.

Every time the film is changed, the film changer has to bear the work results of the entire crew, and no mistakes can be tolerated.

After this, the film delivery person in the crew will send the film that has just been shot, which is often referred to as a cooked film in the industry, into a large refrigerator for storage.

When the amount of cooked films in the large refrigerator is as large as two large suitcases, the deliveryman will leave the crew with the suitcases, take the fastest transportation all the way to the airport, and then buy the earliest air ticket back to the Beijing laboratory Rinse the film.

After the film arrives at BJ, the laboratory that the film crew contacted in advance will complete the processing as soon as possible. The film will be transferred to magnetic tape, and then the tape will be converted into a digital file. The sender will bring the hard disk back to the film crew.

The director and photographer check the shot to see if there is any problem and if it needs to be rewashed.

If there is no problem, this round of running around for film delivery crews will be over.

After he returned to the set, he could rest for a while until the film quantity in the two suitcases was filled again, and then he was sent to the lab again.

This back and forth will continue many times over the course of the film.

Just like the movie "Crazy Stone" edited by Cao Qing, the final length of the film edited by Cao Qing is 103 minutes, which means that the entire film length to be shot will reach 3090 meters.

Just the length of such a horror film, and the value obtained without including the part that will definitely be wasted, one can imagine what a terrifying length it is, and how heavy such a long piece of tape will be.

The most important thing is to edit such a long piece of tape into a film frame by frame, and the director who does the editing has to spend a lot of effort and time.

The kind of boring life of being alone and isolated from the world, staying in a small room all day and editing, and lasting for several months can completely make most directors voluntarily give up the right to edit, and instead choose to hand it all over to editor to complete.

Even if they know that the result of doing so will cause the final edited film to not be what they want, but in order not to suffer from the long loneliness of editing, most directors will choose to compromise.

As for Cao Qing, because the filming funds given by the system were not enough, and because he was worried that the editor would not be able to fully edit the film he wanted, he chose to edit it himself rather boldly.

For this reason, during the three-month editing process, Cao Qing didn't know how many times he scolded himself, and how many times he sat in the editing room and fidgeted, wishing he could cut as many times as he wanted to finish this grueling task. .

After three long months, Cao Qing's original impetuosity has been worn down after three months of suffering alone in film editing.

"Hey, I'll put your bunch of baby bumps in this room for a few days first."

"For the sake of you little things, I've really lived in isolation for the past few months. Now I want to eat hot pot, go shopping, and go to crowded places."

"All in all, I don't want to stay with you guys for the time being."

Staring blankly at the large plate of edited tape neatly stacked in the room, Cao Qing suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart.

He jumped out of the door in a crazy manner, and then nervously used the key to lock the five locks tightly one by one.

After all this was done, Cao Qing, who had nothing to worry about at last, jumped up and down like a child to find the kitchen old Chen who hadn't talked to him for three months, and asked him to take him for a stroll in the mountain city with a smile.

Old Chen had just gone to the city to collect ingredients in the morning, so he had no plans to go to the city in the afternoon.

But when Cao Qing opened his mouth, this guy was probably a little embarrassed that he had caused Cao Qing to get drunk with him all night last time, so not only did he not refuse this time, but he also drove Cao Qing away very quickly. up.

The dilapidated truck galloped all the way on the rough and bumpy mountain road, with a little bit of time and joy, carrying Cao Qing and Lao Chen, two guys with different thoughts, into the city happily.

When he arrived in the urban area of ​​Shancheng, Cao Qing hurriedly got off the car and rushed to Hongyadong excitedly. He was as happy as a little monkey all the way. He didn't even take the bus, and walked directly along the Jiefangbei ——The streets along Hongyadong are constantly searched, trying to find a hot pot restaurant that I like.

But behind Cao Qing, looking at Cao Qing's cheerful and galloping figure, the kitchen old Chen wanted to say something for a few times, but finally chose to give up, and followed Cao Qing obediently all the way.

As a local, it is impossible for Mr. Chen in the kitchen not to know which hot pot restaurant in the mountain city is more authentic and delicious.

But although he has not read the book, he can clearly see that Cao Qing is in a crazy state at this time, like a kind of wild indulgence after being suppressed for a long time.

Lao Chen, who deeply understands this feeling, although as an honest villager who has not read many books, he does not know how to speak correctly, but in action, he fully understands what he should do best at this time.

Finally, after tossing and tossing for an hour, Cao Qing finally walked all the streets in this area.

Finally, after many investigations, he finally chose a dilapidated hot pot restaurant called Little Sheep according to the decoration style.

The appearance of Little Sheep Hot Pot Restaurant is simple, but the atmosphere inside is full of enthusiasm. Most of the tables in the store are full of people.

Walking into the hot pot restaurant, took a seat, and found a remote long table that hadn't been sat down yet. Cao Qing stretched out his hand to beckon the waiter to come and order.

The busy waiters in the hot pot restaurant felt their eyes light up when they saw Cao Qing waving.

The group of them looked at each other, and soon one of the waitresses, who had just finished the service work and was relatively free, ran towards Cao Qing with the menu enthusiastically.

The waitress enthusiastically poured tea for Cao Qing and the two, and carefully handed the menu to Cao Qing.

Cao Qing took the dishes and rice from the waitress, grabbed the expensive meat dishes on the menu without blinking, and ordered like crazy.

Cao Qing's unrestrained actions, as well as the attitude of not treating money as money in his expression, made Lao Chen, who was watching from the sidelines, startled for a while, and sighed in his heart that people in the entertainment industry are rich.

Swallowing his saliva, after seeing that Cao Qing had already ordered so many expensive dishes, Lao Chen only ordered a few small dishes symbolically and did not order any more.

"That's it, hurry up."

After ordering, Cao Qing returned the menu to the enthusiastic waitress with a gentle smile on her face.

Seeing Cao Qing smiling at her, the waitress was obviously very happy. She kept running back and forth to deliver dishes for Cao Qing and the two of them with an excellent service attitude. Lao Chen, who had never enjoyed such treatment, curled his lips sadly.

Taking a look at Cao Qing's pretty face, which was so much more handsome than his own, Lao Chen secretly thought that having a pretty face is really popular everywhere.

Soon the hot pot was served. The pot was full of red oil and condiments, and the fiery red peppers were floating on it, which made people's appetite soar.

Cao Qing prepared the oil dish carefully. As a person from southern Hunan in his previous life, Cao Qing was very good at eating spicy food.

Excitedly, he drained some red oil from the boiling hot pot and put it in his own oil dish, stirring the originally refreshing oil dish into a red color full of pungent smell in an instant.

Greedily picked up a few slices of beef that were so thin that the light could see through, and scalded them into the pan, Cao Qing excitedly stuffed them into the mouth with the rich seasonings stuck in the oil dish.

Thin sliced ​​beef with seasoning, it tastes delicious.

Eat a bite of hot pot beef slices, and then drink a bite of ice-cold beer, the feeling is so refreshing that outsiders can hardly imagine.

"Brother Chen, drink and eat meat."

"It's rare to be happy today, my brother and I have a good drink."

"Don't be afraid if you get drunk. We'll go get a room in a nearby hotel later. Brother Chen, just eat and drink enough and get a good night's sleep today."

"Wait until the rest is over, brother, you can go back tomorrow."

Seeing that Lao Chen wanted to refuse, Cao Qing waved his hand and handed him a bottle of beer, completely interrupting his speech.

"Drink it and you're done. As long as you don't get into trouble or get unconscious, you don't need to think about where to stay tonight and how much it will cost, Brother Chen."

"Who am I, Cao? I am the director! I am not short of money!"

While speaking, Cao Qing looked agitated. Compared with his usual gentle state most of the time, he was a completely different person.

At this moment, Cao Qing finally got rid of the pretentious self before, arrogant and frivolous, especially like a layman, like a layman who really lived in the mortal world in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)