The filming of the first scene was not completed until eight o'clock in the evening. Including the finishing work, it was already ten o'clock in the evening when the entire crew returned to the rented manor.
Everyone was thirsty, as they had all walked back from the filming location carrying the crew's props.
Even the leading actor Wang Baobao helped carry the camera tripod and helped the makeup artist Liu Feifei carry a large cosmetics box.
Wang Baobao never expected that a box of cosmetics could be so heavy.
It is even heavier than a photography tripod.
Wang Baobao thought to himself, women are so troublesome. If they just put on makeup, why do they carry so many cosmetics?
Fortunately, as soon as they returned to the rented manor, they smelled a strong aroma of food.
It turned out to be Fang Yuan. After coming back, he wanted to spend more money as soon as possible.
I simply spent money and hired a few older women in the village to help with cooking.
At the same time, ingredients and other things are also bought in the village.
In order to prepare this meal, the villagers killed a sheep, caught ten fish, and took countless fruits and vegetables.
When the crew finished work and came back, the meal was ready.
Looking around, there are several large tables, all filled with delicious village dishes.
The casserole lamb was steaming and the red soup was bubbling in the casserole. You could tell at a glance that it was very fresh.
Dry-fried carp, the carp and its scales are fried in a pan until crispy, and then stewed in soup. It is whole but not broken, crispy but not soft.
Bitter melon fried with eggs, slice the bitter melon diagonally, stir-fry in oil until fragrant, then add Tujia eggs. It is yellow and green, and can clear away heat and relieve internal heat.
Farmer's stir-fried pork, made with fat and lean local pork belly, paired with freshly picked green and red peppers, is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fragrant but not spicy.
Tomato and egg soup, with red broth and egg yolk, a layer of oil floating on the surface of the soup, and a handful of chopped green onions floating in it.
Stir-fried water spinach with garlic and chili. The water spinach fried in a hot pan is green, crispy and tender, leaving a lingering fragrance in your mouth.
A few older sisters, fearing that the crew members would have no appetite, cut up their own treasured pickled sour beans and salted duck eggs and served them.
The table was full of dishes.
In addition to rice, the staple foods also include steamed buns and flower rolls.
The crew members originally thought that they had finished work late and would only be able to eat instant noodles when they got home, but they did not expect to have such a sumptuous dinner.
There are vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, and even pickles.
Fang Yuan even brought back several boxes of drinks from the village store and placed them in the dining hall.
The crew members ate hot meals and drank iced drinks, and the whole night was filled with the sound of ghosts and wolves howling.
This meal was a delicious one.
Everyone's mouth was shiny with grease from eating.
They even held a toothpick in their mouths and picked their teeth slowly.
"Oh my, this meal is even worse than the wrap-up banquet!"
"The wrap-up party is nothing. It's for the main creative staff and actors to enjoy the feast. People like us are just being treated casually. How can we have such a sumptuous meal here today?"
"That's right, just for this meal, I will have to work for my boss for another ten years."
"It was such a delight, it felt like I was eating at a rural wedding banquet, it was so delicious."
Every crew member was very satisfied with the evening meal.
But Fang Yuan frowned. He had already spent all the money the village could afford, but it was still not a very high amount.
Fang Yuan thought that the food allowance probably couldn't be increased any further.
It’s really uncomfortable to have no place to spend the money!
The subsequent filming was very harmonious for the entire crew, and everyone consciously helped carry things back and forth.
I don’t know if it’s because they were moving things together, but everyone found that their level of cooperation was getting better and better.
In layman's terms, the tacit understanding is even higher.
Often, with just one glance, you can tell which direction the light should be directed, where the actor should stand, and when the makeup artist should go up to touch up the makeup.
The shooting became more and more enthusiastic and the progress was getting faster and faster.
Often during a day’s shooting, “Cut” may only be called a few times.
The rest of the time, it’s a one-shot pass.
The whole shooting process was very fast.
When Fang Yuan was watching the show, he wanted to interrupt and shout a few words, but he couldn't find a chance.
He could only take charge of the crew's food and improve its quality.
Breakfast was not provided before, and Fang Yuan thought breakfast was also a good place to spend money.
So they just built a shed next to the rented manor.
We hired several professional breakfast chefs in the town to cook it right next to us.
The crew members came here to eat for free and they could eat as much as they wanted.
In the end, the breakfast shop actually mobilized everyone in the village.
The villagers are too lazy to make breakfast, so they just go to the breakfast shop.
After all, the cost of this breakfast shop is not high, and the food is much more sumptuous than what everyone can cook themselves in the morning.
Later, the breakfast shops started to make profits.
It also inspired people from other nearby villages to come over for breakfast.
Seeing that the momentum was not right and that they were making money again, Fang Yuan terminated the employment of these breakfast employees and let them open the shop themselves.
The crew members also have to pay to come and eat.
However, it was Fang Yuan who came to reimburse the money.
We ordered a box lunch, since two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes are the ceiling for a box lunch.
Then Fang Yuan could only think of other ways, such as buying all the intestines, pork heads, chicken legs, etc. from the delicatessen.
All the freshly made marinated food is delivered to the crew.
Every lunch box comes with a bag full of these braised dishes.
We have to wait for the older sisters in the village to finish their farm work before we can start preparing dinner.
Except for some things that could be bought in the village, Fang Yuan had everything else trucked in directly from the town.
There are only a few fruits like those served after meals in the village.
Fang Yuan brought back bananas, apples, pears, persimmons and other things from the town.
While keeping up with the meals, you must eat more fruits and supplement vitamins.
By the time the filming of "Country Love" was completed, most of the staff had gained 3 kilograms.
On the day of the wrap party, many crew members cried.
It’s not because I was moved, nor because things are finally over.
Instead, they are reluctant to give up such a good life.
The food they eat is several times better than what they have in the city or at home.
Even during the Chinese New Year, the food is not as good as this.
Although the shooting has ended, the film is still in production.
The long post-production work has begun.
On her side, Nie Yutian began to contact the persons in charge of various film festivals.
All of this is in preparation for the release of the movie.
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