Chapter 614: You're the One
"Stand there!" Lin Weimin shouted.
Jiang Wen sighed inwardly, stood still obediently, turned to Lin Weimin who was walking towards him with great momentum, with a smile on his face.
"Hey! Teacher Lin, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
Lin Weimin snorted coldly, "Tell me in advance? So that you can destroy the body and cover up the evidence?"
Jiang Wen continued to force a smile on his face, "Look at what you said, I haven't done anything against the law, why should I destroy the body or the traces?"
Lin Weimin pointed at the workers floating on the chimney and said, "You are not doing anything wrong, but you are squandering money and wasting people's time and money!"
"How can this be a waste of time and money?" Jiang Wen immediately argued, "Teacher Lin, you don't know. Let me tell you, I had a dream two days ago, and it happened to be this scene. Ma Xiaojun climbed..."
Jiang Wen didn't have a chance to argue before he was interrupted by Lin Weimin, "Your dream is not important. Do you think you are the county magistrate? Just because you had a dream last night, does it have to come true today?"
"No, Mr. Lin, look, doesn't this big chimney look better after it's painted?"
Jiang Wen said, pointing to the painted chimney.
"What do you think? Do you want to make a movie or be a contractor?"
The big chimney is built with red bricks. Because of its age, it looks a bit gray and not prominent enough in the camera. What Jiang Wen called painting is actually to brighten the color of the red bricks.
"Yes, of course." Jiang Wen began to lie with his eyes open.
Lin Weimin glared at him and said, "Get everyone down here. If someone falls down, how are you going to compensate them? Are you going to continue filming the movie?"
Under pressure from Lin Weimin, Jiang Wen reluctantly stopped the painting project of the chimney.
Except for the top part of the chimney, the rest of the place was gray, which made Jiang Wen feel uncomfortable.
"Teacher Lin, I'm almost halfway through, please be kind and let me finish. Really, I really think that the color is not right, I can't shoot it like that, please believe me."
Lin Weimin circled around the chimney, and Jiang Wen followed closely in his footsteps, begging constantly.
"You call this half-painted?" Lin Weimin said, pointing to a circle of red paint that was less than one-fifth of the top of the chimney.
"It's slow up there, but it's fast down there."
Lin Weimin ignored him and called out to where the crew members were gathered: "Eryong! Eryong!"
Since Lin Weimin came, the crew's work has stopped, and a group of people stood aside and watched the conversation between Lin Weimin and Jiang Wen.
Eryong heard the noise and ran over, "Teacher Lin!"
"Have you calculated how much it will cost to clean the chimney?"
Eryong glanced at Jiang Wen, and Lin Weimin shouted, "Why are you looking at him? I'm asking you a question!"
Eryong was startled and immediately answered, "Three thousand yuan."
"Just three thousand?" Lin Weimin pressed.
Er Yong said truthfully: "Three thousand is for materials, and eight thousand including labor. Labor is the biggest expense."
Jiang Wen whispered, "Eight thousand dollars is not a lot. Our scene is very important."
"Which scene is not important? Tell me?" Lin Weimin asked back.
Jiang Wen was at a loss for words. Given his personality, as long as the feeling came to him, every scene was important.
He spent three days and three nights shooting the first bathing scene, and the actor's skin was almost soaked off.
In order to take the photo of Milan in the red swimsuit, he shot 16 minutes of film, a total of 23,040 frames, and then selected one from them.
"Teacher Lin, even if I beg you, you still have to apply the paint! It won't feel good if you don't!" Jiang Wen begged bitterly.
Eryong also advised: "Teacher Lin, look, all the workers have been recruited and are working..."
"You said he didn't say anything about you? How can you be a producer? Just give it to him when he asks for it?"
Er Yong shrank his neck after being scolded and muttered softly, "What can I do?"
"Teacher Lin, I also..."
"Hey! What's going on?" Jiang Wen was about to explain to Lin Weimin when a mean voice came from not far away.
A few people looked in the direction of the voice and saw Wang Shuo standing not far away with a briefcase in his hand, looking smugly in the direction of Jiang Wen.
Jiang Wen cursed the national quintessence in a low voice. He was 100% sure that Teacher Lin must have been invited by this thief.
Wang Shuo walked up to the group and asked, "Does what we said before still count?"
He was asking Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen glanced at the briefcase in his hand and had a bad feeling.
Wang Shuo didn't waste time talking to him. He opened the briefcase and revealed two complete copies of the New Edition of Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua. "See? This is the 'Minister's Edition', issued internally. You are not qualified to even read it."
Jiang Wen ignored Wang Shuo's provocation and just looked at Lin Weimin with resentment, "Teacher Lin!"
Lin Weimin changed the subject with a guilty conscience and said to Wang Shuo, "We are busy with business! Why are you showing off a few shabby books?"
Wang Shuo was not angry either, and continued to provoke Jiang Wen: "You have read the book, remember what you are going to do, I am watching you!"
After saying that, he picked up his briefcase and ran to the crew, found a sheltered place, hid down, and prepared to watch the show.
"Teacher Lin, he..."
Jiang Wen pointed at Wang Shuo and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Lin Weimin's cough. "You two should stop making trouble and focus on the serious matters."
"I……"
"What do you mean by 'I'? You are the director of this movie, and I am the director? Do you understand what the director-centered system is? Can you show a responsible attitude?"
Jiang Wen didn't have the chance to speak at all. He could only complain in his heart, "The director is in charge of this system and I can't even paint?"
"Hey, Teacher Lin, why are you here?"
At this time, Liu Xiaoqing suddenly appeared and greeted Lin Weimin enthusiastically. She moved closer to the two of them and continued, "What a coincidence! I heard from Wang Shuo that Teacher Tao is pregnant, and I was planning to visit you at home. I just don't know if I can disturb you."
Liu Xiaoqing's sudden appearance relaxed the atmosphere at the scene. In front of her, Lin Weimin could no longer scold Jiang Wen.
"It's not inconvenient. You and Huimin know each other. You can visit us anytime you want."
Liu Xiaoqing smiled and said, "That's great. I haven't seen Teacher Tao for a long time and I miss her so much. I'll go tonight."
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Welcome."
Liu Xiaoqing added: "I just heard from the crew that you two were discussing painting the chimney?"
Jiang Wen glanced at his girlfriend and realized that she was trying to save face.
Jiang Wen followed Liu Xiaoqing's words and pleaded with Lin Weimin for a few more things, and Liu Xiaoqing also said a few words on his behalf.
Lin Weimin finally said helplessly: "Then just shoot half of it and find a good camera angle."
Jiang Wen immediately understood what Lin Weimin meant. What he meant by painting half of it was not painting the upper and lower halves, but dividing the chimney into two 180-degree sections, and only painting 180 degrees. The camera only captured the side that was being painted.
This... seems to be a solution.
"Great! You're still the best! This way we can achieve the desired effect and save half the cost!"
Jiang Wen flattered Lin Weimin with a fawning smile on his face.
"Come on, don't do this kind of wasteful and time-consuming work in the future. I've calculated it for you. The movie isn't even half finished yet, but we've already used 110,000 feet of film. If it were kept in the studio, it would be enough to shoot two movies!" Lin Weimin warned.
"I'm just striving for perfection. Besides, we get more investment than the production studios!"
Lin Weimin sneered, "Just do it. Don't come to me crying when you run out of funds."
"Definitely not. Don't worry, I will never go over budget when making a movie." Jiang Wen promised solemnly.
After discussing the painting plan, the crew, which had stopped for a while, started working again.
Jiang Wenzhen was describing his shooting plan to Lin Weimin when Wang Shuo, who had been waiting for a while, came over.
"I said, did you forget something?"
Jiang Wen turned his back and continued, "...The camera was right at the exit. In the pitch black, two rows of big white teeth suddenly showed up. It was Ma Xiaojun crawling out of the chimney. This shot was definitely funny."
"Hey! I say, what do you mean you don't want to admit it?" Wang Shuo persisted and grabbed Jiang Wen.
Jiang Wen shook his body and said, "What's up? Didn't you see me explaining the play to Teacher Lin?"
"There's no rush to talk about the play, you should first finalize our bet."
"Let's talk about it when we have time!"
Jiang Wen waved his hand, somewhat impatiently. This was probably the earliest deadbeat.
Wang Shuo scolded, "You can't afford to play, right?"
"Who can't afford to play? Who can't afford to play?"
"You!" Wang Shuo glared at Jiang Wen.
Seeing that he was relentless, Jiang Wen said, "It's just a few shouts. You can finish my work, so why should I bother you with this little bit of work?"
Wang Shuo refused to let him go, "Are you planning to wait until the crew is done with work before fulfilling your promise?"
"Nonsense, you are spreading rumors."
One of them was relentless, while the other was making unreasonable demands. The two of them stood there arguing for a long time but couldn't come to a conclusion. Wang Shuo was so angry that he kept cursing.
"Okay, is this trivial matter ever going to end?" Jiang Wen said impatiently.
Wang Shuo gnashed his teeth and said, "Then just shout!"
"Just shout!"
"You shout!"
“Shouted!”
"Shout!"
"call!"
"What are you shouting?"
"What a mess!"
"Louder! What are you shouting?"
"What a mess!"
"Did a tractor crush your fucking tongue? Straighten it out and scream!"
"I'm a big idiot! I'm a big idiot! I'm a big idiot!"
Jiang Wen shouted three times, his voice getting louder each time. After shouting, he panted and stared at Wang Shuo fiercely.
After hearing the commotion here, all the people in the crew looked over here in unison, wondering what was wrong with the director. Recalling the scene where Jiang Wen was scolded by Lin Weimin just now, some people suspected that the director might have been scolded too harshly by Teacher Lin and was under too much psychological pressure, so he found a special channel to vent.
Wang Shuo was very satisfied at this time, his thoughts were completely clear, and a smile of success appeared on his face.
"Not bad, you're still a man!"
Jiang Wen glared at Wang Shuo fiercely. Lin Weimin was afraid that the two of them would start fighting. "Alright, alright, you two are already so old, can you be a little more serious? Just do what you need to do!"
Wang Shuo walked away humming a little tune with a proud look on his face.
Lin Weimin glanced at the gossipy eyes of the crew members around him and said to Jiang Wen, "If you're bored, just think about how to make a good movie. Why make jokes?"
Jiang Wen looked at Lin Weimin dejectedly and said, "If you want to persuade him, just do it earlier. I've already shouted."
"Okay, get busy." Lin Weimin patted Jiang Wen's shoulder and said.
After Jiang Wen left, Lin Weimin turned around and saw a person squatting in the corner of the corridor.
He was muscular and bearded, and at first glance he looked like Han Zhuangzhuang. But upon closer inspection, he was eating melon seeds with a silly smile on his face. When he saw Lin Weimin turning to him, he kept muttering, "What an idiot!"
Teacher Lin’s face turned dark. How dare you scold me?
(End of this chapter)
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