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After a week of "grinding", the close-up of the hand was finally perfect, Xin Ye's hand became rough, and became one with "Wang Fusheng".The crew continued to film the following content step by step, and did not encounter new obstacles.

At the end of August, they finally entered the final scene of the shooting plan as scheduled.

Country Blood Night.

The male protagonist once again abused the women at home after drinking.One of Caifeng's internal organs was ruptured, and her daughters were also bleeding. During the day, because the eldest daughter was already 16 years old, her husband and in-laws were still discussing about marrying her and receiving some bride price, but Caifeng looked at those "candidates" I just feel hideous.

She couldn't take them away, she couldn't feed them, and she couldn't leave by herself, leaving her daughter to live alone with "father" and "grandparents".

Ever since "seeing" her little daughter, Caifeng has been a little crazy. This time, on this rainy night, she was stimulated. Looking back on the past 20 years, she only felt that they were all unfortunate and miserable. It's over with gongs and drums.She lost her mind, picked up a sharp meat knife and killed five members of the family, old and young.

These scenes are very demanding, but Nannan is not professional.She has a simple spirit, and she can figure out and substitute the content of the previous script by herself, but after all, she is only an actor, and her expressiveness for the final "climax" part is still not good, and she is not "furious" no matter what.Of course, this has something to do with Ouyang Nannan's own personality.Although she is also strong and forbearing, she is naturally optimistic and cheerful, so she does not overlap well with the heroine in this scene.

Because he couldn't pass the level, Xie Lansheng was forced to NG again, and he was NG three times!

Asking the photographer to close the camera, Xie Lansheng became completely angry.He walked up and down the set, raising his hands excitedly: "Has anyone else ever done this? The film was all spent on this one! Ouyang Nannan, Ouyang Nannan, I have been holding back all this time, and I will tell you when I want to finish filming." , but today I can't help it anymore: Ouyang Nannan, I lost my sight, you can't. You are really too bad. "

Hearing this, Ouyang Nannan clenched her fists violently and trembled slightly.The two assistants, Xiaohong and Xiaolu, turned their heads in surprise, and even Qi Yong said "Don't do this" and "Thank you, Director, it's too much", only Xinye didn't respond.

Xie Lansheng rolled his eyes and sighed for a long time, as if he was suppressing: "Forget it, let's do it again, deal with it, deal with it, it will be whatever it is, don't care."

As a result, once again, Ouyang Nannan got better!She was directly pissed off by Xie Lansheng just now, and now she has an intersection with a part of the heroine Caifeng.

As soon as the filming of this section was finished, Xie Lansheng hurried to Ouyang Nannan's side, saying that he did it on purpose.He repeatedly coaxed: "Ninny, the requirements were too high just now, and the professional actors were also very sad. I want to use your own emotional self-reaction to complete the filming. You are born to eat this bowl of rice, and you have always performed very well before."

At this time, Ouyang Nannan also understood Xie Lansheng's real intention, she said: "Director Xie, I won't be scary anymore if I don't wear it in the future!"

"This trick can only be used once." Xie Lansheng smiled, "It also shows that you performed well."

"cut."

Qi Yong and Cen Chen next to him were once again impressed by Lan Sheng's acting skills, and always felt that this should be the world's first Chinese actor.

In terms of technique, for this scene, in order to show a sense of tension, Xie Lansheng used backside lighting.The light source is directly behind, and the colorful phoenix walks like a ghost. The facial features of the characters are obscure, but the outlines are clearly visible, which can instantly tense the brains of the audience.Another reason for using backside lighting is that Ouyang Nannan's performance against Caifeng is still a little bit worse, and Xie Lansheng's film is limited and can no longer be NG. Therefore, in order to relax the requirements for Nannan, he thought of other methods.

He also makes great use of voice.Before the heroine "do it", he kept her daughter silent, but the audience could hear the friction of the two trouser legs, and became very anxious.Xie Lansheng referred to Kurosawa's "Ran" in 1985, in which Feng loves to wear silk, and she often drags a smooth long skirt to walk on the floor, like a rattlesnake, which makes people shudder.

He uses a lot of panning for the actual gore.Use rolls instead of hard cuts to make everything feel real.

As for the last scene of this scene - the heroine Caifeng chasing the second daughter and the follow-up, in order to achieve the desired effect, Xie Lansheng studied Kurosawa's "Heroes of the Warring States" again, letting the camera move between the chaser and the chased repeatedly switch between.First watch the second daughter's escape and struggle from Caifeng's perspective, and then, whenever the daughter looks back, use her as a new perspective to film Caifeng's relentless pursuit.The camera is constantly shaking and switching, and the two people are getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer, pushing the tension to the peak.

Because he has watched a lot of movies, Xie Lansheng is relatively confident that he can conceive the film effect of this scene.After he got what he wanted, he called it a day.

It's the last scene on the film's shooting schedule, but it won't be the last on the final screening print of "Rooting."

In the finished film, there will be a section of content after the end of the bloody night in the country, which is also the last two shots of the film.

In the detention center, several policemen asked sharply: "Okay, Chen Caifeng, assuming all this is true, you can say there are some reasons for killing your husband and in-laws, then what about you killing your daughter?! Two daughters, your own! Your stomach The meat that fell out! One 16, one 14! How can you do it?! Are you a human, are you a mother?!"

Caifeng raised her head slowly, her gaze was empty, and she answered them: "Being a woman is too hard..." "I let them reincarnate."

In the whole village, those who are married, those who are not married, those who have children, and those who have no children, it is too bitter.

This is Caifeng's last gift as a mother to her daughter.

For the family, she wants to struggle and resist, but her knowledge and experience are not enough for her to find the right way, so the role of Caifeng is determined at the end-she is enlightened and ignorant, sad and hateful.

At the same time, the camera cuts to what Caifeng thought was her youngest daughter—she is still performing handstands, her head is bleeding, and she is struggling to survive.If she is the real daughter, then she who caused everything is the only survivor.

"Rooting" may or may not be an unmitigated tragedy.

The content of Xie Lansheng in the police station has been filmed in the few days in downtown Beijing.He asked his friend who is a policeman in Haidian District to help him, and took the time to film this scene in the interrogation room of the police station, without going through the formal process.There is some luck involved.

In 1991, most of the finished films were based on the order of the shots, and some adjustments were made in post-editing, and it was rare to make drastic changes to the order of the film.Xie Lansheng's movies basically follow this habit, but a few scenes have to be excluded, such as the two interior scenes, and this scene at the end.

This ending is very tragic.But Xie Lansheng has always felt that the audience is like an old and rusty machine, and it is not enough to make it work without heavy knocking.Many works for the purpose of "tapping" will use exaggerated or even horrifying techniques, such as a large number of works during the May Fourth Movement.

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At this point, the film is finished.

Xie Lansheng prepared flowers for everyone according to "traditional rules", but they were fake flowers.He couldn't buy fresh flowers without going to the village or back, so he went to the mall to buy fake ones during the few days in the urban area, and hid them in his box, only to use them when they were finished.

He first sent it to Ouyang Nannan: "Ninny, thank you, it's over. What I said just now was all lies, just to annoy you. In fact, you are the most talented girl I have ever seen. Don't forget to read and write I hope we see you in some other movie someday," he said, pulling out his parting presents—a dictionary, a lexicon, and books of modern poetry.

Ouyang Nannan burst into tears: "Thank you, director. I want to continue to be an actor."

Xie Lansheng picked up another flower and said to Xinye: "Actor, thank you, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to agree to join "Rooting" at first. Your performance has added a lot of color to the role of 'Wang Fusheng'."

Xinye looked at the fake flowers with eyes closed, but he didn't particularly dislike them. He smiled and said, "Okay, it's very good. It's always open all the time."

"En." Xie Lansheng took out two more flowers to Qi Yong and Cen Chen, and said, "Qi Yong, Cen Chen, thank you, your work is much better than I expected, and I hope to cooperate in the future. By the way, Qi Dashe, I can accompany you to Shenzhen to experience the changes in the motherland."

Qi Yong snorted, "There's no need." He got angry when he mentioned it.

Xie Lansheng also picked up two flowers to Xiaohong and Xiaolu: "Xiaohong and Xiaolu, thank you both too. Without you, I wouldn't be able to work alone anyway. Oh, by the way, don't leave at night, or There's some work to be done."

"Huh?" Little Red and Little Green asked, "What job?"

Xie Lansheng replied seriously: "Make money."

"what?"

Xie Lansheng said: "Now we don't have enough money in the account to develop the film. It cost an extra 2000 to hire a photographer, and an extra 920 to buy Hongtashan and Moutai to fix the studio, plus Qi Yong's air ticket and accommodation and all kinds of miscellaneous things. There is a huge funding gap. I calculated that I need to earn at least another 6000 to print the film.” The most expensive part of making a movie is the final film development.It is also for this reason that hundreds of thousands cannot make a movie.In fact, he also used some funds during the blank month and a half, such as transportation, accommodation, phone calls, and mail, which cost more than 1000 yuan, but because the filming ended early, the vacancy was made up.

Hearing this, Xiaohong and Xiaolu gasped: "...6000!!! It's too much!"

"Yes, 6000." Xie Lansheng said, "From tomorrow onwards, we will go to the urban area to earn money."

Little Red and Little Green asked blankly: "How to earn?" Why can you earn 6000?This is the income of an ordinary employee working two or three years!The two of them had never seen so much cash in their lives.

Xie Lansheng said, "I'll tell you about it tomorrow."

"Okay..." As assistants, Xiaohong and Xiaolu listened to Xie Lansheng on everything.

After delivering a circle, Xie Lansheng bent his legs, squatted next to his box, carefully took out the last big and bright red rose in the box, looked at it intently, then raised it to his lips and kissed it. She kissed, put back the paper tube she rolled up, and sandwiched it between two stacks of clothes.

Xinye became curious, and tapped Xie Lansheng's head with the flower in his hand: "Who is the last one for?"

"Huh? Oh, for myself." Xie Lansheng closed the box, stood up, and smiled: "I have one of my own. When I bought these flowers in Xidan, I told myself that when "Growing Roots" was finished, I would also I want to offer myself a flower, the biggest and most beautiful one, and say to myself: 'Xie Lansheng, congratulations, you have made "Rooting", I really like you like this.'”

It was not easy to raise funds to shoot a movie by myself.

Xin Ye looked at the other party's smile, thinking that Xie Lansheng is really a damn hypocritical person.

Xinye couldn't even help thinking about what it would be like for a hypocritical person like him to fall in love with someone deeply.

Probably... I can feel his hypocrisy towards himself every day.

Shino licked his lips.

"Okay, everyone!" Without noticing Xinye's expression, Xie Lansheng clapped his hands again to calm everyone down, "To celebrate the completion of "Rooting", let's eat Xi'an cuisine tonight and go to Xinjiekou. In addition, wait for "Rooting" "I will try to sell it to Europe and the United States in the later stage, as long as I can earn more than [-] yuan, I will treat guests to Korean food and go to 'Sanbu Restaurant', and I will never break my promise!"

Ouyang Nannan shouted: "Long live!!!"

At this time, there is a saying in Beijing, "Three Knives and One Pot", which is used to refer to the four most famous and expensive restaurants, and "Yi Pot" is "Shan Pot Restaurant". Whoever goes there can blow it for a long time .It is built on the shore of Xihai Lake, on a mountain, with an antique flavor, and it blends in with the lake and mountains of the West Sea. Xie Lansheng has been there once, and he thinks it is very good. He can eat Korean barbecue and Korean hot pot, which is very foreign. The crew of "Growing Roots" has no money now, but Xie Lansheng always wants to take everyone to have a sit, "Share the difficulties and share the blessings".

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Sure enough, I ate Xi'an food at night, at the "Xi'an Restaurant" in Xinjiekou.The dishes here are very authentic. It was opened by the masters of the Xi'an store and the paomo restaurant. The Halal dishes and the mutton paomo can be regarded as a must. In addition, the electric barbecue skewers at the door were once famous in Beijing.It is said that Chairman Mao and Marshal Peng made a special trip there to eat steamed buns.Xie Lansheng felt that the price of Xi'an Restaurant was reasonable, suitable for them, and it was also considered a specialty restaurant with a high reputation.

The taste here is really good, and my daughter can't leave her hands when she eats the oil. Qi Dashe, who came back from the United States, didn't even lift his head. Only Xin Ye, wearing an anthracite shirt, ate meat bit by bit, bit by bit. Xie Lansheng only felt that the other party was eating some western food, such as...well, McDonald's.

After dinner in a storm, everyone exchanged contact information, and made an appointment to come to Beijing for another meeting in the future when there is a chance.Everyone felt a little sad, and recalled the filming process and birth process of "Rooting", every scene, every meal, every setback, every difficulty, until the restaurant closed.The 11 of them have firmly memorized all the details of getting along with each other. When the proprietress came to chase them away, each of them stared at the other "comrades" in the crew, and tried to engrave the appearance and facial features of these people in their hearts, because they In fact, I know in my heart that once we are separated, we will not know when we will see each other next time.

When people walk in this world, they will fall apart as they walk.

After eating this "killing banquet", the daughter will return to her hometown, and wait for Xie Lansheng to sell the copyright at the film festival to "be a blockbuster".Qi Yong will go shopping in Beijing, and then go to Shenzhen to see, he wants to act alone, Xie Lansheng wants to pay for a ticket, but Qi Yong says "forget it", he wants to take the plane, not the train, after getting along with him for six weeks I don't want to force Xie Lansheng anymore.Cen Chen will go back to his hometown to start an MTV company with his friends, and wait for the recording invitation of Xie Lansheng's next movie.As for Xin Ye, there are companies in China and the United States that are inviting him to join the film. He is still thinking about it. He will go to Shanghai to discuss the possibility of cooperation with someone in a month, and stay with Xie Lansheng for the time being.

Everyone looked at each other for a while and had to say goodbye.

Xie Lansheng took out his camera and asked the boss to take a photo, and promised everyone that he would print 11 copies of the photo and send one to everyone.

Ouyang Nannan, assistant Xiaohong and the two little actresses were the saddest when they parted, and hugged everyone one by one.Everyone thanked and blessed each other, and finally parted ways and went their separate ways in the bustling Xinjiekou.They are scattered in the sea of ​​people on the streets of Beijing, and also in the sea of ​​people in a wider sense.

Xie Lansheng called "Dafa" to Ouyang Nannan and five others, and asked the driver to go to Beijing Railway Station. Green back to Jimen Bridge.The driver was walking on the North Second Ring Road. When Xie Lansheng saw a taxi passing through a certain city gate, he was a little happy, thinking it was a good omen.

During the rental, Xiaohong and Xiaolu were a little happy: "Director Xie, the four of us are still together!!"

Xie Lansheng smiled: "Well, yes."

"We're both a little bit puzzled...how the hell are we going to make 6000?"

Xie Lansheng still said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Little Red and Little Green: "Oh..."

"Don't worry, I discussed it with Xin Ye, and he said it's worth a try."

"Oh, oh, oh," Xiaohong immediately said happily after hearing this, "That should be no problem!"

"Hey..." Xie Lansheng thought: Why do you worship him so much?Isn't it foreign style, stylish and handsome?

Well, seems like enough is enough...

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In the early morning of the next day, Little Red and Little Green really found out.

It happened to be the end of August at this time, and the major colleges and universities were undergoing military training and the school was about to start. Xie Lansheng studied directing and could take pictures and draw pictures. So, while referring to the map of Beijing, while walking and observing, he actually drew it himself. A map of Tsinghua University is out!Two or three hundred copies were also made!

Tsinghua University has a large area and many buildings. For the sake of the so-called "unified style", the buildings are all built of red bricks. The freshmen can't tell them apart, and they can't even recognize the dormitories.Xie Lansheng drew the Xie Lansheng version of the school map, marking the important buildings one by one, so that the freshmen can understand at a glance.This map is also drawn with the surrounding areas. On the map, where are the Northeast restaurants, where are the Cantonese restaurants, where can I make long-distance calls, where are the car repairers, where are the shoe repairers, and where are the clothing manufacturers? Where there is a newsstand, where there is a Xinhua Bookstore, where there is an umbrella repairer, where there is...all very clear.Because he is a native of Beijing, Xie Lansheng also "interviewed" several of his classmates who were studying at Tsinghua University, and then, on the back of the map, he provided the specialty dishes and cheap dishes of various restaurants in major cafeterias, and which newsstands can lower prices, etc. And other life information, very practical.Tsinghua University does not distribute maps, this is an opportunity to make money.

Xie Lansheng asked Little Red and Little Green to sell them in front of the freshmen's dormitory, for twenty-five cents, a buy-it-yourself price, and it turned out to be very tight.Not only freshmen, masters and doctoral students who just entered school, but even many seniors and sisters who happened to pass by also paid for it!

Faster than imagined!

Xie Lansheng also sells maps of Beijing and phone cards.

He studied it, and finally confirmed that the "magnetic card phone" is a new gadget, even in the capital Beijing.A few days ago, "People's Post and Telecommunications" just recommended that telecommunications companies vigorously promote the business of magnetic card telephones.Just think about it, and the vigorous promotion of telecom companies means that it will become popular.

In the past, ordinary people mainly relied on "paging booths" to answer and make calls.Public telephones are manned and generally located outside residential areas.The telephone rests on a small wooden board, and the telephone line is run into the house.If there is a call to find someone, the aunt on duty at the phone booth will yell "Zhang San!" "Li Si!" Huh", in mid-1981, unattended coin-operated telephones appeared on the streets of Beijing, but it was inconvenient to call with a handful of coins in hand. Therefore, in 1989, the "Tamura card machine" made in Japan was introduced and We started to install magnetic card phones in hotels and restaurants. People can make calls with cards, and they can also check the tariff and balance, which is very convenient.By this time, nearly 200 magnetic card telephones had been installed in Beijing, and they were aimed at the general public, and the number of users was increasing rapidly.

What Xie Lansheng took a fancy to was the emerging magnetic card phone.

He asked his assistant Xiaohong and Xiaolu to sell phone cards to the freshmen: "There is always a queue for coin-operated telephones, and Beijing is very cold in winter. Standing in the snow and making calls will freeze your toes. It is very uncomfortable. Girls are not safe, but The magnetic card machine is installed in the hotel, and there is a heater next to it. No matter how long you tell people, your body will be warm, and you don’t have to worry about bad people! Our lives are so important! Besides, it’s a lot of steel to prepare It’s inconvenient, I always have to ask people to change money!” Xiao Hong and Xiao Lu would also point to Xie Lansheng’s Tsinghua map: “See? Here, here, the two restaurants in the red circle can make magnetic card calls.”

The two of them also had an official "People's Post and Telegraph", pointing to the report "Phone Cards - Another Source of Revenue for Telecom Companies" and said: "Have you seen it? The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is promoting it, and the government is already promoting it. It’s very good! It’s being used in the U.S. and Japan! There will definitely be more magnetic card phones in the future!”

谢兰生的磁卡电话面值有10元的，有20元的，也有50元和100元的。他卖10元的能赚5毛，20元的能赚1块，50元的能赚2块5，100元的能赚5块，利润可观。

In the days when Tsinghua’s first-year freshman started school, the school map and phone card were sold together. After one day of business, Xiaohong and Xiaolu made 200 yuan, of which 100 was earned for the map and 100 for the phone card.

The two of them counted the banknotes, both stunned.

"Okay! Very good!" Seeing the victory in the first battle, Xie Lansheng also got excited, and drew a map of Beijing's major institutions of higher learning.Beijing is known as the "Cultural Capital", and the density of institutions of higher learning is very high. Xie Lansheng inspected during the day and drew at night, drawing and writing, while Xiaohong and Xiaolu went to target universities to do business separately.After the two of them separated, they could earn about three or four hundred a day.Tsinghua University, Peking University, National People's Congress, Beijing University of Posts and Technology, China Opera, Beijing Film Group, Central Nationalities...their shadows can be seen everywhere in various colleges and universities in Beijing.However, due to individual reasons, Peking University is slightly behind in terms of sales.

After all, Xin Ye is a film king, so it's not convenient for him to sell goods, besides, he didn't want to take this hand.He hardly ran around, but went to the coffee shop to read his English books every day.Xie Lansheng also took a look at it, and found that some talked about movies, some talked about management, some talked about economics, some talked about finance, and some talked about the market, all kinds of things were very complicated.Xinye reads very fast, basically flipping through the pages, reading English is much faster than reading Chinese.Xie Lansheng was quite puzzled, not knowing what the actor wanted to do in the future.Since he wants to keep up with the film talk, he should be an actor, but he also binge-reads professional books on business and so on, and seems to want to be a big boss.Xie Lansheng's feeling is that Xinye himself has no idea, but the other party shows a confident look, which is very strange.

Xie Lansheng is very busy selling things, and has no time to study others.

Drawing maps is time-sensitive, and they can’t be sold after school starts for a long time. Xie Lansheng kept drawing until his hands were sore, his fingers were swollen, and both eyes were full of double images. Gave it all together.

Finally, we can enter the later stage.

His heart was racing.