February 9th, New Year’s Eve.
This year, Chu Yinlong declined all invitations during the Spring Festival and took Jiang Dao back to the Xiang family.
Although Jiang Dao had already made arrangements with Xiang Yuancheng and Lu Xiaorong, this meeting was truly a meeting with the parents. It also happens to be the Chinese New Year, which makes the event even more meaningful.
Lu Zhengrong also came with her two children, the old lady of the Lu family, and her husband who had just finished the closed experiment. Together with Xiang Yunru, the family was reunited for a rare occasion.
Jiang Dao was not a person who got nervous easily. He greeted several parents openly and also greeted Chu Yinlong's cousins.
Because of the mess that the Qin family had caused before, everyone knew his background. When Tianqin Capital was liquidated, it was Xiang Yuancheng who helped Jiang Dao block it from behind. So no one asked too much about Jiang Dao's family affairs and only talked to him about his work progress.
After chatting with his family, Jiang Dao found out that Lu Zhengrong's husband Liu Wenxi was actually researching nuclear fusion. It sounded like he was out of place in this family, but in fact he was very respected.
The old lady of the Lu family is a fashionable and open-minded old lady. Apart from being very concerned about when Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong will get married, she has no objection to their relationship.
"Xiao Jiang, I'm old now, and I'm looking forward to seeing my grandchildren get married and have families. You guys should get things done quickly to make me happy!" The old lady took Jiang Dao's hand and said with a smile, "I don't know what these three children of mine are thinking. They're already grown up and don't even have friends. I think there's no hope for them..."
My cousin looked up from his tablet and pushed his glasses: "Grandma, you have arranged a blind date for me, but I don't see anyone for a month or two when I'm working on a project. It's better not to delay the girl."
The old lady glared at him and said, "You're busy all the time, but you haven't even brought home a female colleague!"
My cousin said calmly, "…There are only two women in our institute, both of them are married, and their children are about to go to elementary school. Where can I bring my female colleagues back?"
Seeing his sister gloating beside him, he quickly changed the subject: "Yunyun has so many men in her construction company, but she hasn't brought back a boyfriend."
My cousin was immediately furious, raised her hands and rolled up her sleeves: "Come here, I want to fight you!"
The cousin immediately backed off: "My hands are for holding the dropper, which is different from the cement you carry. Do you have the guts to fight with my cousin?"
After just a few words, the two started arguing again. They didn't look like outstanding young men in their twenties, but more like three-year-old children who had not grown up.
Jiang Dao quietly asked Chu Yinlong: "I thought your brothers and sisters would have some connection with the entertainment and fashion circles, why do they both go into other industries?"
Chu Yinlong laughed and said, "Because I was an actor when I was young, my aunt watched me get up at 5:30 every day to practice. After school, I had to practice my lines. I couldn't eat too much greasy and spicy food. I had to practice again before going to bed every night. When I changed my teeth, I had to wear braces to prevent orthodontics... They were afraid and refused to enter the film and television industry. They aspired to be scientists."
When the cousin heard this, he pushed his glasses up again and said, "It's because you're a bad student. I think acting will affect your studies and I'll definitely get scolded by my dad, so I gave up."
His cousin criticized him: "Forget it! You loved fried chicken so much when you were a kid, and you're so fat, no one would want you to act."
Cousin: "It's like you don't like fried chicken! You even like milk tea!"
Chu Yinlong leaned close to Jiang Dao's ear and said, "They liked to show off fried chicken and milk tea in front of me. Although I had returned to secular life at that time, I was still practicing with my hair uncut, so I still had to control my diet. I would beat them up when they got angry with me for their greed."
Cousin: …
cousin:……
Mrs. Lu held Jiang Dao's hand and smiled: "So, when are you two going to have your wedding?"
Jiang Dao held his forehead in silence.
How did this old lady get led astray so many floors that she still remembers holding a wedding?
…
The whole family gathered together for a New Year's Eve dinner. On the next day, New Year's Day, they wished each other well, gave each other gifts, and then returned to their own families.
By the end of February, the entire cast of "The Devil's Bottle" was confirmed and the final makeup photos were taken as scheduled.
On March 6th, the film officially started shooting.
Due to seasonal issues, the film will shoot the exterior scenes first and then move on to indoor scenes for close-ups and close-ups. The first stop of the exterior shooting was on a snow-capped mountain at the northernmost tip of China.
In early March, the snow here is still very thick, but the temperature is not as low as in the severe winter, making it the most suitable time for photography. If it is delayed for another two weeks, the snow here may become fragile due to the rising temperature and easily cause avalanches.
Fortunately, only a portion of the exterior scenes arranged by the crew required long shots shot by drones, and the rest of the skiing close-ups and close-ups would be completed at the indoor ski resort, compressing the snow mountain exterior scene schedule to within one week.
"The snow is in good condition, the sun is not out today, and the temperature is moderate, so we can shoot." After measuring various data on the snow, the experts hired by the crew gave suggestions, "But it's best to finish shooting before noon. After 3 pm, if the snow can maintain its condition, we can work overtime."
Chu Yinlong nodded and confirmed with the security team again: "Is the blocking net ready?"
The head of security said with a serious expression: "We have confirmed it three times. There is no problem. According to the planned route, our people have swept the snow and confirmed that there is no danger of getting stuck in the snow."
"Okay." Chu Yinlong stood up, took off his coat, and said to Jiang Dao, "Let's go, get ready to shoot."
In the plot, this skiing chase in the snowy mountains originated from an accident. Therefore, the clothes worn by the actors were not regular ski suits, and the skis were also adjusted in shape, disguised as temporarily dismantled fence steel plates according to the plot.
You can imagine how cold it would be to slide down the mountain wearing such equipment.
As soon as Jiangdao took off his coat, he felt the biting cold wind.
Chu Yinlong, also wearing a thin suit, stood beside him and reminded him, "Remember to slide along the blue lines. They have surveyed this slope."
Jiangdao nodded, stretched his body, bent down and buckled the skis onto his feet.
Seeing that all three drones were in place, the assistant director signaled to start filming.
Arriving at the shooting starting point by helicopter, Chu Yinlong was the first to jump off the snow slope, followed by Jiang Dao. After a while, the skiing doubles who played the villains' pursuers appeared. The group sped along the surveyed route and landed on a gentle slope surrounded by a net in just a dozen seconds.
In the biting cold wind, wearing only a warm suit, rushing down from the top of the mountain at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour... Jiang Dao was almost frozen to death. Chu Yinlong was almost the same, with a layer of frost on his eyebrows and eyelashes, making him look like a little old man.
The staff waiting at the finish line immediately brought warm water to the two of them, but Chu Yinlong shivered and said, "Hurry up and take a picture of us. You can use it as a reference for the close-up shots indoors later."
After taking the photos, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong got into the 20-degree heat pump thermostat parked nearby, warmed up their bodies, put on their cold-proof clothes, and waited for the crew's helicopter to pick them up at the finish line.
The long shot does not require high levels of detail and generally there were no problems, so it was passed in one go.
However, since this chase involved a lot of terrain, the crew had to change several hillsides for shooting, and finally use close-ups and close-ups to edit and connect them together to show the thrill and excitement of this snowy mountain chase.
What no one expected was that that afternoon, when the crew was about to move to a slope that had already been surveyed, they actually witnessed a massive avalanche.
Fortunately, the crew had not yet approached and was stationed on a safe high ground nearby. But even so, they were almost buried by the snow dust raised by the avalanche, and the entire garrison seemed to have experienced a snowstorm.
Jiang Dao stood on the cliff, looking at the rolling hillside of snow wolves not far away, listening to the deafening roar, feeling the trembling of the ground under his feet, and curled his lips: "In the face of natural disasters, people are really too fragile. Once they are caught in it, they will probably be smashed to pieces."
Chu Yinlong heaved a sigh of relief: "I thought you wanted to challenge me."
Jiang Dao laughed out loud: "I like excitement, but I'm not crazy. I still cherish my life. The exciting projects I want to play are either those that I am sure I can control or have a formal process. When have you ever seen me really commit suicide?"
The avalanche did not last long. When everything was settled, a snow mountain expert came over with a smile on his face: "It's good that it collapsed early. Generally speaking, a slope that has just experienced an avalanche will not collapse again in a short period of time. However, the downhill route needs to be re-surveyed. The large pieces of snow may be very hard and may need to be broken up manually. In addition, many trees were broken just now, which may also be potentially dangerous."
"Well, you guys can do whatever you want. There's plenty of time." Chu Yinlong said, "Filming safety comes first, and everything else can be discussed."
This section of snow slope was temporarily unusable, so the crew temporarily changed the plan and called a helicopter to take the personnel and equipment to the next section of snow slope to shoot subsequent shots first.
There were no accidents this time and the shooting was completed very smoothly.
That night, Jiang Dao sat outside the tent with a cup of hot juice, looking up at the starry sky, and asked, "Director Mu can use special effects instead of location shooting, why do you insist on shooting on location? Not only is it dangerous, but shooting in a place like the snowy mountains is not much cheaper than doing special effects, and you have to wait for the weather and light. Isn't that troublesome?"
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, "It's not a cost issue. It's... my own preference. Although I know that the current indoor and outdoor scene models and special effects can be made very realistic, there are still many differences when the environment is reflected on the actors."
As he spoke, he pulled up a photo taken by the staff on his phone. "Look at the feeling of the snow foam sticking to the eyebrows and eyelashes. If you haven't experienced it, you might ignore it, and the feedback given by the final work will be distorted. Also, when you ski down the mountain in a suit, the details of the movements, your whole body is frozen and your eyes are dazed, only if you have experienced it can you act more realistically."
Jiang Dao held his chin and looked at Chu Yinlong without saying anything.
Chu Yinlong raised his eyebrows: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Jiang Dao smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes: "I just like to see you stick to your own ideas, which are more dazzling than the stars in the sky."
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