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In mid-August, finally, "Love at First Sight" was about to start.

After Zhou Jing left, Xie Lansheng hired another actor as assistant director.This person can only say that it is not bad, and Xie Lansheng had no choice but to admit it. He took the actor's assistant director to complete the follow-up casting with difficulty.At the same time, in the past half month, the two films recently cast by Deep Blue Films have also started shooting, and the renovation of the commercial building where the theater is going to open has officially started, and Xinye also has a lot of work.

The start-up location is in Hunan, not in Beijing.Xie Lansheng felt that the content of the film was still sensitive, and the story of "Love at First Sight" had better take place in a small city, so that he could tell the Film Bureau that this is a local phenomenon, not a common phenomenon in China.

It started to rain on the day when the film was originally scheduled to start, and it also happened on the second day, and also on the third day, and the interior site was not rented, so Xie Lansheng had to wait.This is what I fear the most when making a movie, because it wastes money every day.However, the Hong Kong people in the film crew said that in the Hong Kong movie circle, the explanatory film "It's Raining" will sell well, and the waiter in the hotel also said that this year's drought is because their film will be very popular and it has been raining for a few days. When the rain came, the farmers' crops were saved again.These words made Xie Lansheng, who was not superstitious, inexplicably happy.

Fortunately, on the fourth day of the scheduled start-up, the sun was shining and there were no clouds in the sky.

The crew held the opening ceremony.Lan Sheng himself didn't believe this, but some people in the group believed it, especially many people in Hong Kong believed it, so Lan Sheng seriously prepared the opening ceremony.He covered the table with a red cloth, placed joss sticks, pig heads, and fruits, and led the creators of the crew to burn incense and pray very devoutly, hoping that the gods would keep the actors safe and the filming smooth.

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After the opening ceremony, everyone ate breakfast separately. Then, the staff set up the venue and prepared to start filming. Xie Lansheng stayed in the restaurant with several leading actors to discuss the plot.Xie Lansheng danced and said, while Du Shitian and Sun Qianqian sat beside him.

Today's episode is about the heroine Lu Yiting falling in love with the leading actor Dr. Liu Mu in a bar at first sight. , and pretended to be fascinated, and asked the male protagonist to help her brag, holding his face.And there are other things.

He said, "Here..."

In the end, I didn't think about it, and before I finished speaking, Xiaohong and Xiaolu ran to Lan Sheng, panting, and shouted: "Thank you, thank you!"

Knowing that something must have happened again, Xie Lansheng asked, "What's wrong?"

"Thank you, Director," Xiaohong stomped her feet when she was in a hurry, "The Hong Kong team and the mainland team are fighting over there!!!"

Xie Lansheng: "!!!"

The Hong Kong team and the mainland team have conflicts and fight?

This is the first day of launching!

Xie Lansheng also knows that Hong Kong and the mainland have different backgrounds and cultural differences, but he never expected that problems would occur on the first day.

He "teng" stood up, said "go", strode out of the restaurant, and followed Xiaohong to the scene.

On the set, sure enough, the Hong Kong team and the mainland team accused each other face to face.Both sides were full of righteous indignation, pointing fingers and swearing, and the leaders on both sides were the two bosses, the Hong Kong team was an art director, and the mainland team was a sound engineer. One was Qu Danian—Cen Chen could not join , Qu Danian was invited here.

Xie Lansheng walked over and asked, "What's going on?"

The art director and sound engineer were vying to start the description, but Xie Lansheng couldn't hear clearly, so he said, "Stop, stop, stop, come one by one. Qu Danian, you come first."

"Thank you, Director, it's like this..."

After listening to both sides, Xie Lansheng also roughly understood.There was a conflict between the art director and the sound engineer due to technical issues. The sound engineer Qu Danian thought that such a setting would affect the sound recording, but the art director said that he had used this method many times.The two of them were arguing, and the art director said something like "You can all join the group?", but the sound engineer jumped on the spot, thinking that the other party was despising the filming level of the mainlanders. Hulala surrounded them, and the staff in Hong Kong also surrounded each other when they saw the other party's posture.

After the art director and sound engineer finished talking one by one, they all shouted: "Thank you, director! You give me the reason for the review!!!"

"..."

Xie Lansheng knew that both the art director and the sound engineer were the core creators, each led a team, and each was responsible for an important part, one for the picture and the other for the sound. At the same time, their identities were very sensitive. In such a On occasions, each represents the region they belong to. One is Hong Kong and the other is the Mainland. One side is full of resentment.At the same time, the staff of the production team are clamoring around here, dozens of pairs of eyes are staring, dozens of people are waiting for the result, and he can't criticize any boss as a "subordinate". The boss is authoritative, so, after thinking about it, Xie Lansheng stepped forward, facing the four angry eyebrows, and the people waiting for him to comment, and said in a low voice, with a volume that people behind him would not hear: "Are you sure you want to 'comment'?" '?"

Then, before they could open their mouths, Xie Lansheng looked at them again, and said, "Youning, Da Nian, it's like this: the studio is not a court, and the director is not the Qingtian master. The studio is like a company, and the director is like a boss. The two of you Movies are the most important, have you heard, the most important. If you can’t cooperate and coexist, then it’s a pity, you can only go one. Boss doesn’t care who is right and who is wrong, he only cares who is more useful , or, who is more difficult to be replaced, and who is more difficult to get a replacement. You two core creators... tell me clearly now, can you cooperate. "

The two faces of the two people were alternately red and white. Neither of them had the self-confidence of "cannot be replaced", nor did they know what was going on with the other party. A few seconds later, the art director spoke first: "I able to cooperate."

Seeing that the other party said this, the recording engineer Qu Danian also expressed his opinion: "I can also cooperate."

"Okay." After receiving the reconciliation words that the two "can cooperate", Xie Lansheng took another step back, patted the shoulder of the art director with his left hand, and patted the shoulder of the sound engineer with his right hand. I can hear it and say: "Look, isn't this the end of the matter? Well, well, everyone is an artist, and they are more stubborn. This is normal. If you are not stubborn, you cannot become an outstanding creator. If you have Conflicts, don’t be shy, look for me, or the executive director, don’t worry that we are busy, and you don’t need to worry that you will cause trouble, we two directors exist for these, and we really don’t have to solve it by ourselves. In addition, you are from There are bound to be many misunderstandings in mainland China and Hong Kong, but we must believe that everyone is anxious and thinking about movies. We can use this opportunity to communicate and understand each other. Everyone is ordinary people who like movies. Conversational."

Xie Lansheng's height is only 1 meters, shorter than both the art director and the sound engineer, but at this moment, he pinched his hips with both hands and said every word, but suppressed the conflict, and both sides were speechless.

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The day of shooting went well.

Xie Lansheng taught Sun Qianqian to take on the role, experience the role, imagine the scene, and interpret the scene.He was right about the person, Sun Qianqian could indeed teach, acting out one after another, getting better and better.In the past, those film directors all regarded her as a vase. She only showed her beauty and charm, and her purpose was to attract attention. Xie Lansheng was the first director who really valued her. Sun Qianqian, a female model who is in the sky, is very grateful.

In addition, the crew discovered that Director Xie didn't like to watch the monitor.At this time, monitors have become popular, and general directors would only sit behind the monitor and give orders, but Xie Lansheng was not used to it.He prefers to stand in the arena to control the scene and grasp the overall situation. He feels that the picture is Qi Yong's business.How to frame the scene, how to shoot, and whether there is any problem with the whole picture are all the photographer's business.

There was no night show on the first day.After finishing work at night, Xie Lansheng first called the art director Luo Youning to his room.

He made the two chairs next to the small coffee table face each other, and the small coffee table was separated in the middle so that the two people could have a conversation.After Luo Youning sat down, Xie Lansheng leaned slightly, poured some tea for Luo Youning, and said: "Youning, there are many people in front of the New Year's day, so it's hard to talk about it. I still want to talk about you two This conflict."

Art Director Luo Youning: "...um."

Xie Lansheng reviewed the game with the other party, and finally said: "You two are at the same level. If you have any conflicts, go to your superiors. The executive director or chief director will consider the overall plan. Remember, everyone's goal is the same-to make a good film. The two of you are cooperating, not confronting, otherwise it will only affect the presentation effect, and also affect you. In addition, no matter whether the level of the sound engineer is high or low, you can only cooperate with him. Like the phrase 'you Being able to enter the group' has indeed passed, high above you. Do you agree?"

"...Well," Luo Youning took a sip of tea, "I was impulsive at the time."

"Okay." Xie Lansheng filled him up again, "You are the art director of the crew, second only to the director in importance and there are two executive directors. Everything must be based on the overall situation. You must be calm and don't be impulsive. Qu Danian is a good person , You can work together well. We don’t know each other well now, but we’ll get better when we get to know each other. He actually regrets overreacting in the morning.”

"...Well." Luo Youning knew that Xie Lansheng gave himself face, and did not criticize him in public, but waited to talk one-on-one after work was over. At this time, he also calmed down, knowing that he was at fault.

"Okay," Xie Lansheng finally said, "I'll talk to Danian too. I'll be fine tomorrow, huh?"

"Well," the art director nodded, "Thank you, director."

"It's all right."

After sending Luo Youning away, Xie Lansheng called the recording engineer Qu Danian to the room.He changed to a new teacup, poured Longjing again for the other party, used the same beginning, reviewed what happened in the morning, and then said: "Dear year, you have escalated to a conflict between the two places, which is unwise, and the conflict has expanded. do you understand."

Qu Danian also expressed his understanding.

Xie Lansheng said the same thing again: "You are the sound engineer of the film crew, the importance is second only to the director and there are two executive directors, everything must be based on the overall situation..." Finally, he said: "I just talked with the art director Luo Youning , he said, he was too impulsive, and I apologize to you for that sentence."

"...Ah." Qu Danian said, "Then there is something wrong with me."

"Well," Xie Lansheng said again, "Okay, it will be fine tomorrow."

"Thank you, guide."

After closing the door of the room, Xie Lan let out a sigh of relief: "Huh."

Sure enough, with a crew of 500 people, people from two places, there are many things, but Xie Lansheng didn't expect to have to deal with it on the first day of the filming.

But thankfully it worked out.

Unlike other directors, he was able to mix with society.Those who engage in creation are generally not very capable of mixing with society, but Xie Lansheng is different.In addition, after being with Xinye, he has learned a lot about "management".

Look at the watch, it's almost 12 o'clock.Xie Lansheng was a little tired, took a shower, brushed his teeth, put on his pajamas and called Xin Ye who was still in Beijing.He is used to taking a shower first, and then making a phone call, because occasionally, after hanging up the phone, he would lie on his back because he missed him too much, close his eyes, and while calling "Xinye" and "Xinye", he stretched out his hand to...

The phone was connected as soon as it rang.

"Hello?" Xie Lansheng asked, "Pearl?"

Xin Ye smiled and said, "Bao." He also spoke the northern accent.

Once when we were just together, Xin Ye suddenly called out "Bao" with a different sound. Xie Lansheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and called the other party "Bei Er", so, occasionally, the two of them called "Bao Er "Belle" indiscriminately addressed each other.

Xie Lansheng asked, "What did you have for dinner tonight?"

Xin Ye listed them one by one.After Xie Lansheng started filming the movie "Love at First Sight", they stopped cooking by themselves. Xinye hired a chef and a nutritionist to report on time twice a day.In the two years before that, Xie Lansheng had only made one film, so he had more time and preferred to be in charge of the cooking by himself, because he felt that Xin Ye had just returned from LA, and the two had just started living together, so there would always be a time for taking turns cooking. Fireworks between husband and wife.

"Well," Xie Lansheng said again, "I have received all the text messages during the day, one every two hours, which is quite accurate. But now that I have switched on the phone, I can't look at my phone at any time. I can only reply to you at noon and night every day." Xie Lansheng was taking pictures. He doesn't like to be disturbed by his mobile phone during movies, he needs to be able to enter the state, and he needs to be able to devote himself wholeheartedly.Xie Lansheng's partners usually find the director of production, because they know that director Xie does not look at his phone during filming.

Xin Ye asked: "It's so late today? Isn't there no night show?"

"Hey, I was delayed by one incident." After Xie Lansheng finished speaking, he repeated the conflict between the two places in the morning to the CEO, and said, "I just finished chatting with the two separately, and this matter finally turned over."

"Well," Xinye didn't comment on this matter, but asked in a low voice, "Then, a whole day, from 11 o'clock last night to 12 o'clock tonight, 25 hours, do you think about it?"

"I think so." Xie Lansheng said, "So as soon as the recording was sent away, I quickly called."

After a pause, he asked again, "What about you? Did you miss me?"

"I also want to." Xinye replied, "But I know you will take the initiative to call after work is over, so I just wait here, and I won't do anything."

"It's quite uncomfortable to endure."

"No." Xinye smiled calmly, "I'm used to patience. No matter how much I miss you, I can bear it."

Xie Lansheng knew very well that Xinye was referring to those four years, and he was heartbroken and soft-hearted, and said, "Xinye, if you are still filming when the original scheduled closing time comes, one of the little red and little green will send you a text message. "

Xie Lansheng felt that since the two of them "lived together", he had only made one film, and now he had neglected Xinye after directing, and cursed himself in his heart.

Xie Lansheng suddenly remembered what Xin Ye said before, he occasionally felt dreamy, and sometimes even suspected that such a beautiful person is fake, and such a beautiful life is also fake. There is no "returning to the country", no Lan Sheng, no "rooting", no "consummation", so he occasionally confirms everything unconsciously, or through text messages, phone calls, or through his eyes, his lips, and his fingertips .

Xie Lansheng thought, if the filming is still going on at the agreed closing time, it is better to tell Xinye.

Hearing Lan Sheng's promise, the president of Xinda naturally agreed: "Okay."

"Yeah." Finding that it was already 12:[-], Xie Lansheng said goodbye to Xin Ye, thinking of Xin Ye's sentence just now "No matter how much I miss you, I can bear it", my heart still hurts, and I was still soft, as if wanting to make the other party feel at ease, he Said softly: "Xin Ye, I love you very much now."

Xin Ye was taken aback, laughed in a low voice, and replied, "Me too, I love you very much."

The author has something to say: the sound engineer has been changed, Cen Chen is no longer used, and a newcomer is replaced, otherwise this paragraph will be a bit awkward.

Hey... these two people are too sticky...