Chapter 289 I'll wear it for you tonight when I get back
"Before we renovated the hotel, we went to some old buildings to shoot, including the Peace Hotel in Shanghai. In terms of overall design, the hotel's decoration adopts the Art Deco style of the 1930s and 1940s, including interior decoration and furniture. All of these together completely restore all the era characteristics of this 1935 puppet Manchukuo foreign-related five-star hotel..."
In a newly built retro-style hotel in Daowai, Harbin, Meng Bai, led by Yang Lei, visited the "Peace Hotel" that took three months to build.
In the magnificent hall, there are peacock green velvet grooved sofas with gold-rimmed soft cushions on the armrests. The walls are white background with gold spiral pattern wallpaper and mint green walls, and the floor is covered with green, yellow and white diamond geometric carpets.
Anyone who walks in for the first time will feel as if they have really traveled back a hundred years ago.
Meng Bai picked up an old-fashioned lamp and said, "Where did you get these little things?"
"Most of them were bought from Panjiayuan in northern Beijing and the antique street in the local station square." Yang Lei explained.
No matter which city, there is always an antique market similar to the one that buys and sells second-hand goods.
Of course, although they are called "antiques", most of them are defective products of modern industry.
If you walk around the whole street, the oldest object is the piece of cloth used by the small vendors to pad things.
But for the crew, especially the crew of the period drama, this is a treasure house. No matter how old the object is, you can always find it.
Looking at the panoramic view of the finely crafted hotel, Meng Bai thought to himself that the cost of the scene of more than 10 million yuan was indeed not wasted.
Of course, it can be seen that Yang Lei is also a director who likes to use good steel on the blade.
The entire "hotel", except for the lobby, second-floor rooms, corridor stairs and front exterior scenes that need to be used, the rest of the places that will not appear in the series are still in a rough state.
Anyway, this place will also be developed into cultural tourism in the future, so let the local cultural tourism department improve these "details" by themselves.
"Mr. Meng!"
A man with a somewhat heavy figure came over and shouted with a slight northeastern accent.
Meng Bai looked at him for a long time, and said hesitantly: "Qin... Teacher Qin Hao?"
"Haha, has the change been so big?" Qin Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Meng, you won't be unrecognizable, right?"
"It's not that I can't recognize him, I just don't dare to recognize him."
Compared with the audition last year, Qin Hao's image now is completely different. He
has a slicked back hair, sunglasses on his face, and an open-necked leather jacket. Not only is his figure more exaggerated than before, but his face is also much bigger.
The key is that he still retains a trace of his original literary and artistic sense, so he has formed a very peculiar image.
There is a feeling of being both sincere and rough, but occasionally delicate.
Not to mention Meng Bai, anyone else would definitely not recognize at first glance that this is the Qin Hao who has always presented himself as a "literary male god" for many years.
But don't say it, it really fits the setting of "a bandit with higher education who likes to read Shakespeare."
Seeing Qin Hao, who had gained thirty pounds as he had requested, Meng Bai half-jokingly said, "I guess your fans will scold me after the promotional posters are released."
"No." Qin Hao shook his head, and a gentle smile appeared on his bigger face. "I still have some viewers, but I don't have many fans."
Art films are indeed high-end, but the audience is indeed small.
Otherwise, Qin Hao would not have to switch from the big screen to the small screen and online dramas. He still had to support his family after getting married.
"After gaining weight, it should be difficult to lose weight after the filming is completed, right?" Meng Bai asked.
"Not really, I have a quick way to lose weight, which can lose about twenty pounds in half a month." Qin Hao said sincerely, "If there are still roles that I can participate in later, I can lose weight quickly after the filming is completed."
For actors, body shape is also a part of their work. So many people have mastered some methods to lose weight quickly.
Of course, these methods basically rely on starvation, which is a great burden on the body.
Celebrity artists have professional nutritionists to help mediate, which can reduce the negative effects of such rapid weight changes. If ordinary workers follow suit, they will basically have to go to the hospital in less than a week.
"No, no, there's no need to be so anxious." Meng Bai waved his hands hurriedly.
Even if the negative effects can be reduced, losing 20 pounds in half a month is still destructive to the body.
"According to the shooting plan, "Peace Hotel" will be completed in early May. Teacher Qin Hao, you can lose weight to your pre-weight gain state before August."
Meng Bai continued: "We have a movie in Arc Light this year, and the role of the male lead is quite suitable for you, so I want to invite you to try it then."
The movie he was talking about is "Psychological Crime: City of Light".
According to the plot, the timeline of the movie story takes place about two or three years after "Psychological Crime 2", and "Fang Mu" is about 30 years old.
And because of his own experience, he is also more mature and vicissitudes than his peers, probably like a middle-aged man.
This image is very suitable for Qin Hao's previous appearance in art films.
"August, right? Don't worry, I will recover."
Qin Hao responded, and after he finished speaking, he paused and looked at Meng Bai.
"Mr. Meng..."
"What?"
Qin Hao looked at him and said seriously, "Thank you."
Meng Bai said indifferently, "No, it's just cooperation, mutual benefit."
He was not being polite, but telling the truth.
The acting ability of an actor definitely has a huge impact on the work.
At present, among the main actors of "City Lights", the female lead Li Qin's acting is just so-so, Zhao Jinmai has good talent but lacks experience, and only Wang Longzheng's acting ability is okay.
In this case, a male lead with top acting skills is naturally needed to support the plot.
What's more, this movie is originally a story about a big male lead, and the requirements for actors are more stringent.
Among the actors Meng Bai has known, Qin Hao is undoubtedly the most suitable in terms of comprehensive acting skills, image and cost-effectiveness.
Meng Bai thought so, but Qin Hao's gratitude did not diminish.
As an actor who often has no scenes to shoot, he knows too well that many times you can't get resources just because you have excellent acting skills.
For him, this was the first time since he left the art film industry that the next project had already been planned before the previous one started shooting.
He took a deep breath and collected his emotions.
There was no need to say too much thanks, just remember it in his heart.
But he had decided that if Meng Bai needed him in the future, he would never say no.
...
The day Meng Bai came was the day to take makeup photos and character promotional posters, so almost all the main actors were there.
Like Qin Hao, everyone else also changed into retro style outfits.
The male actors were fine, except for the bandit "Wang Dading", the rest were dressed in suits.
This outfit has been popular for hundreds of years and has basically not changed.
The female actors' looks are much more complicated, and each one has a different makeup according to the role.
For example, Qin Lan, her waist-length hair was cut short and permed into curly hair that was popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
Because the room was heated and the temperature was hot, she didn't wear a coat. The slim brown sweater fits tightly to the body, creating a particularly prominent undulation on the chest.
Meng Bai stood behind the camera and watched her take promotional photos, his eyes were attracted by her curves from time to time.
Qin Lan naturally noticed his gaze, and secretly pouted in his heart, but couldn't help feeling a little proud.
Humph, little brother, you always look mature, but you are still controlled by me, your sister.
It's just that this guy is looking too openly!
After finally finishing the shooting, Qin Lan walked in front of Meng Bai and snorted: "What were you looking at just now?"
Although the words were accusatory, the gentle tone and the smile at the corners of her mouth betrayed her true thoughts.
Meng Bai naturally understood: "Sister Qin Lan's dress is not bad..."
He deliberately dragged out the tail tone and raised his eyebrows at the other party.
Qin Lan's heart was moved, and she naturally understood the implied meaning of this sentence.
Looking around, seeing that the staff around were busy and didn't notice them, Qin Lan leaned close to Meng Bai's ear and whispered, "I'll wear it for you to see when we go back tonight."
After that, she blinked at him charmingly.
Meng Bai chuckled in response.
Being in the Ice City, thousands of kilometers away from Beijing, filled with ice and snow, many things have become free.
It can be imagined that the next time on the crew will definitely not be boring.
(End of this chapter)
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