Chapter 694: Startup
There are two slightly more important characters in the crew.
The director chose Jiang Peiyao from the company to play the male protagonist’s ex-girlfriend Xixi, who cheated on him.
She graduated with a master's degree from Beijing Film Academy. She has no major problems with her acting skills, and she is not the kind of beauty that stuns at first sight. Her image and temperament are more suitable for the role.
Xiaowen's mother Haifei finally decided to play Huang Mengying from Jiaxing.
Director Rao felt that her temperament was slightly worldly, and she could portray the feeling that Hai Fei had been in society and had been in prison.
"My third brother's full name is Mo Sanmei, and he is a released prisoner. His father and eldest sister call him Third Girl.
His father disliked him and thought he didn't treat the family business well. His neighbors thought he was unlucky because he often came into contact with dead people. His girlfriend even cheated on him. He also thought he was too unlucky.
So he has no future, no confidence, no sense of security, and a little empty, and doesn't know why he is alive.
But he shows some unwillingness to admit defeat and usually pretends to be fierce, like an immature little boy.
Just like his name, although outsiders call him "Third Brother", he is actually "Mo Sanmei" in his heart. He needs his father's praise, his friends' support, and someone who is worthy of his hard work.
Until I met Xiaowen, the process of getting along with each other was also a process of mutual redemption for the two of us."
In the crew's meeting room, the main creators were reading the script together, and Gu Wei and Rao Xiaozhi were discussing the character of the male lead.
"Just as I thought, I'm not worried about your acting skills. I believe that you, Mr. Gu, can interpret the role of Mo Sanmei very well. It's just about the image," Rao Xiaozhi said with some concern as he looked at Gu Wei, who looked as handsome as a pale-faced scholar.
Gu Wei touched his hair.
"I understand, with the haircut and makeup, I have a clear idea of my image.
I’ve even gotten a bit tanned recently for [a major life event].”
He cut his hair short when filming "Better Days" in May last year. Half a year later, his hair has returned to its original length. Now it seems that he is going to cut it short again. After all, at the beginning of the movie, Mo Sanmei had just been released from prison.
On January 15, Gu Wei’s new drama "Life Events" officially started filming in Wuhan.
The opening ceremony of this film was not grand or complicated, and even few media outlets attended. After the simple ceremony, the crew began filming in earnest.
At this time, Gu Wei's hair had been shaved and his face was made up. He was holding the script in his hand and reading the lines continuously, his eyes looking at the other person beside him.
"Very good, Mr. Gu Wei. The tone of your words just now was very authentic. Even locals would think you are from Wuhan."
This is one of the dialect teachers hired by the crew, who specializes in teaching the actors to speak Wuhan dialect.
[Life Events] Almost all the characters in the entire movie have to speak Wuhan dialect. This was also decided by Rao Xiaozhi beforehand. He felt that this would make the movie more interesting.
Just like when he filmed "The Unknown" before, the characters in the film all spoke dialects from Guizhou and Chongqing.
"Teacher Li, what about me?" Jiang Peiyao, who played Xixi and was sitting opposite, asked with wide eyes.
"You're not bad, but you could use a stronger tone. Lower your voice when you say 'get out'."
Jiang Peiyao joined the crew at about the same time as Gu Wei. In fact, her role didn't have many scenes, so she didn't need to come so early.
It just so happened that she had no work recently, so she joined the group early to prepare.
"I heard your cell phone ringing, open the door!" Gu Wei stood outside a small shop and shouted through the transparent door.
He was wearing a flowered shirt, a gold chain around his neck, had a dark complexion, and had a stubble on his mouth, looking like a gangster.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Peiyao was putting on her clothes and walking out of the room. She did not open the door immediately but asked through the door.
"Why did you close down?"
"Didn't I send you a message? We've broken up!"
Her words had no effect, and Gu Wei kicked the door hard.
"If you don't open the door, I'll smash your store. Do you believe it?"
Jiang Peiyao had no choice but to open the door reluctantly.
As soon as the door opened, Gu Wei squeezed in directly, then slapped the property deed in his hand on Jiang Peiyao, and carried her into the house.
"I got my old man's house!"
"What does your house have to do with me if you go out?" Jiang Peiyao climbed on Gu Wei's shoulder and struggled to slap him.
"Haven't you always wanted to join a big maternity and baby store? I'll help you." Gu Wei walked into the inner room, threw her on the bed, held her arms, bent down and kissed her neck.
"I've been stuck in there for over two months. You know what? I'm dying of suffocation."
"Let me go, get out of here!" Jiang Peiyao kept struggling, and took advantage of the opportunity to slap Gu Wei in the face and get off the bed.
At this time, the bathroom door behind him opened and a man with his upper body naked and wrapped in a bath towel came in.
"I'm done washing, you should go wash too. Oh, here comes my third sister."
"Sixth Brother?" Gu Wei looked at him in shock.
"You messed up the sheets I just changed."
"You..." Before Gu Wei could finish the curse word, he kicked him and the two of them immediately started fighting.
However, Gu Wei was clearly at a disadvantage and was pinned to the bed, unable to resist.
"Sixth Brother, get up."
"Wife, he was the first to make a move!"
"stand up!"
Lao Liu released his hand that was pinching Gu Wei's neck, stood up and stepped back.
Having suffered a loss, Gu Wei refused to give up. He coughed twice, picked up the bedside lamp and pretended to smash it.
"I'm pregnant!" Jiang Peiyao shouted and stepped forward to stop him. "I'm pregnant, his!"
Gu Wei looked incredulous.
"I went to jail because I fought him for you, you son of a bitch!"
"I just want to get married, have a baby, and have a home to rely on. Is that not okay?"
"Why do you think I can't give you a home? Can't give you support?"
"What can I give you?" Jiang Peiyao shouted, "I can't see you mature at all, nor can I see you being a father."
"Brother, take this money as our compensation to you." Lao Liu took out a stack of money from his wallet and handed it over.
Gu Wei didn't even look at it, he took it and threw it directly in his face.
“Crack!”
When the director's voice came, the three actors on the set breathed a sigh of relief.
"How is the director's opinion this time?" Gu Wei asked.
"Not bad, the effect is much better this time, no problem, passed"
Rao Xiaozhi rewatched the footage he had just filmed behind the monitor, confirmed that there was nothing wrong and nodded.
The staff began to pack up and prepare to move, and Gu Wei walked to the rest area and sat down.
"Brother Wei, I'm sorry for my poor performance just now. I made you take a few more shots." Jiang Peiyao, who came with him, also sat down and said embarrassedly.
Gu Wei took his water cup from his assistant, unscrewed the lid, took a sip, and waved his hand.
“It’s okay, the director is also polishing the shots when filming just started, so he’s being strict.
In fact, your condition was not very good only the first time, and you adjusted quickly afterwards.
The director is just striving for perfection."
"I didn't expect to start filming my scenes right after the start of the shoot. I thought it would take a few days before filming."
"You have fewer scenes, so you can concentrate on filming for a few days and then leave the crew. This way, your schedule won't be affected as much."
[Life Events] The filming went relatively smoothly after it started. Apart from the protagonist Gu Wei, the performances of other actors were also very good.
Jiang Peiyao finished filming after two days and left the crew. The second male and female lead Wang Ge and Xin Zhilei both had good acting skills.
Even the young actors who were initially thought to be having problems gave unexpectedly wonderful performances.
Zhang Yuqi, the little girl who plays "Wu Xiaowen", is only 7 years old this year. Despite her young age, she has rich acting experience.
In 2015, she participated in the TV series "If a Woman Is Not Strong, Heaven Will Not Forgive Her"; in 2016, she filmed "The Three Kingdoms" and played the role of Xiao Diao Chan; in 2017, she participated in the TV series "Falling in Love with You Heals Me" and played the role of Weiwei, and in October of the same year, she participated in the TV series "Sadness Is Like a River" and played the role of Shuangzi's sister.
In March last year, he participated in the TV series "The Longest Day in Chang'an", and at the end of the year he played the young Yang Zi in the TV series "My Mowgli Boy".
He can be said to be a little actor.
During the filming, I was just like an adult actor, doing whatever the director asked me to do and was very obedient.
What is even more rare is that Xiao Yuqi can easily get into the state when acting, and the filming effect is no worse than that of Yang En in the original version.
(End of this chapter)
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