Chapter 184
Yilan Jiaotong University is not a remote place. On the contrary, it is located in the prosperous university town of Qincheng. There are many colleges and universities nearby. College students are one of the main groups of star chasers. "Stockholm Lovers" was filmed here. It is impossible not to disclose the news.
After the classroom filming was completed that day, the Reuters video circulated on major forums the next day.
Topic: "Lover" Reuters, I have to say, minors are born for the big screen!
The author of the original post was not free yesterday afternoon, and thinking that the crew of Lover was in the school next door, he went over to join in the fun. Yilan Jiaotong University is indeed a base camp for minors, and the scene was really lively. The poster took great pains to squeeze in. At first he was so surprised that he remembered to take a short video when it was almost over. Luckily he captured the most exciting part.
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1L: Enjoy the show in the front row!
2L: Go into the building and lick Jingbao, and give the OP a pen refill!
3L: Self-frying?
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Those who reply to posts immediately are usually talking nonsense, after all, watching videos takes time. After scrolling through dozens of posts, people gradually started discussing the video itself.
69L: The pixel of my phone is not very good, and I don’t have any photography skills, but even so, the underage face is really amazing, so handsome! Suddenly I remembered a sentence often said in the fan circle: the reason why stars become stars is that even if they don’t look stunning on the screen, in real life, they will definitely attract people’s attention. What's more, that underage face has always been recognized as handsome (he walks 200 yards to pick up goods:). Once he sits in the classroom, he becomes the focus of attention, and everyone else becomes a foil.
70L: I’ve finished watching it, and I kind of want to become a fan. Does anyone have any recommendations for me?
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128L: I have to say that the big hands are indeed big hands. Look at those restless little eyes. It is obviously an art film, but it feels like an idol drama. After watching it, I have the urge to ask Director Gu to make an idol drama! If it were really filmed, the yield would probably be explosive!
129L: This is the real campus celebrity, he satisfies all my fantasies about college during my teenage years. Now all I need is for my male idol to be blind and fall in love with me!
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212L: Rank 128. I want to see Director Gu shoot an idol drama. It would be best if he and Jing Ling collaborated. Just thinking about it makes me so excited that I want to run a few laps downstairs to calm down. With Director Gu's influence and Jing Ling's looks and acting skills, if there really comes a day like that...
213L: Director Gu is the one who sits most firmly on the altar, so those above who suggested that he go out to act in idol dramas should wake up. This is like asking the popular Peanut to act in Ivy, which is simply impossible!
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444L: What about those people who previously shouted that Director Gu was going to fail this time? Why don't you come out and jump around? Is your face swollen?
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Posts in entertainment gossip forums, especially anonymous ones like this one, are bound to end in a fight no matter how harmonious they are in the early stages. We have seen it so many times that no one cares about it anymore. They either apply for deletion or ignore the buried post. It won’t take long before everyone forgets about it.
On the other hand, the filming of "Stockholm Lovers" is progressing smoothly.
Director Gu is very satisfied with the current shooting situation. There are not many supporting roles in this drama, and the main plot still focuses on the male and female protagonists, among which the male protagonist has a more important role. Needless to say, Jing Ling's performance was excellent. The fact that Director Gu thought of him first was an affirmation of his ability. Now it seems that he has lived up to this trust and has performed very well. Occasionally, if there are some shortcomings, he will humbly listen to Director Gu's guidance and shoot a few more times to get a feel for it, and basically there will be no problem.
What really worries Director Gu is Shen Weiwei. Although her personal image and temperament are 100% in line with the heroine of the script, she is a newcomer after all and not a professional actor. Fortunately, his crew is not short of money, so if it doesn't work, just take it slow, and you will be able to meet the requirements after a few tries. Other big directors have also mentored newcomers, and although their final quality varied greatly, last year one of them won the Bauhinia Award for Best Actress, one of the three major awards.
He just doesn't believe that he will be worse than others!
Facts have proved that Director Gu has a good vision. Shen Weiwei is not a professional actor, but she has a certain talent in acting. In addition, the plot being filmed is not complicated. She also practiced with Jing Ling for a period of time before the filming started, so the filming of this part of the plot in the school went smoothly. If it weren't for Director Gu's picky and perfectionist personality, the progress would have been even faster.
After the filming of the campus scenes was completed, it was time to go out for location shooting, in the next city, near the Changchuling Mountains. While Director Gu and his team were filming at Yijiao University, they had already started building some simple sets. The main reason for choosing this location was that there happened to be a relocated village in the mountains, leaving behind a group of abandoned houses. The ready-made scenery was much more realistic than temporary constructions, and it saved time and effort.
Based on the abandoned village, the staff built the sets one by one according to the given concept map, but it certainly couldn't be done in one go, because ultimately it had to be adjusted and modified based on the actual shooting.
In late July, the crew of Stockholm Lovers left Yilan University and moved from Qincheng to the neighboring Raoshan City to begin filming the main plot.
Thanks to its special geographical location and climate, the overall difference between the four seasons in the Changchuling Mountains is not very large. However, the crew will be shooting in midsummer, rather than autumn or winter, which is actually very suitable.
The abandoned village is located halfway up the mountain. There was originally only one small path leading into it, and the road was a bit rugged. Poverty alleviation in this place is very difficult, or almost impossible. There is a saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Changchuling is a national protected area. Even if it is just the outer area, it is impossible to cut down trees and dig rocks to build a village road for a village of a few hundred people. The cost is too high.
So the local government adopted a compromise approach. They marked out an area in other areas and relocated the entire village there. Most of the problems were solved. This is the so-called relocation for poverty alleviation. Although there are still some legacy issues, this is not a problem. It is difficult to have a truly perfect solution in the world. In the general environment, everyone is groping forward and can only take one step at a time.
The terrain around the village is relatively flat, so the crew camped nearby. Related matters are handled by dedicated staff and have nothing to do with Jing Ling and the others. Director Gu also hopes that he will take the time to study the script more carefully, because the next part to be filmed is the most difficult one.
Jing Ling nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Director Gu grabbed Shen Weiwei again and asked her to prepare with Jing Ling. The set is partly done, and if they want, they can try to get a feel for it.
“Okay.” Shen Weiwei agreed.
It's hard to predict a person's interests and hobbies. Chinese people have always attached great importance to the education of the next generation. Especially in recent years, as the overall environment has improved, parents' investment in education has continued to increase. In order to prevent their children from losing at the starting line, they have enrolled their children in various tutoring classes starting from kindergarten. As long as their children are able, they want them to learn a little bit of everything. Under heavy academic workload and overly earnest expectations, the so-called interest classes have deviated from their original intentions. Many children learn many talents from a young age, such as calligraphy, painting, vocal music, dance, Go, etc., but they actually don’t know what they really like.
Although Shen Weiwei was not to this extent, due to her family background and frequent exposure, it gradually became a habit. She couldn't say that she hated it, but she didn't like it much either. This time, I agreed to play the leading role in Director Gu's new play, both for myself and as an attempt.
When she was truly under the lights and the camera, she discovered an unprecedented joy deep in her heart. It's hard to describe. If I have to say it, it's like when I was a kid, after going through a lot of hard work, I finally found the candies that my mother had hidden. Even though I was exhausted, my new dress was dirty and wrinkled, and I had the debuff of my mother's anger, but when that hint of sweetness spread in my mouth, I felt that everything was worth it.
If this was what it meant to like someone, then she thought she liked performing, and she liked it very much. Enjoy the feeling of playing another person, putting yourself into a completely unfamiliar identity, and trying to figure out the possible words and actions.
Everyone has different pursuits. Some people value feelings, some people value fame and fortune, and so on. This experience started out of admiration, but was eventually assimilated into interest and hobby. The main reason at the beginning has become secondary at this time.
"Thank you!" Shen Weiwei said to Jing Ling.
It wasn't a polite gesture, but came from the truest thoughts in her heart. She was thanking him for helping her find what she really liked.
Jing Ling is not a god, and he does not know the magic of mind reading, so naturally he cannot know what Shen Weiwei is thinking. But he didn’t need to know, judging from Shen Weiwei’s current expression, she was very happy, and in this case, there was no need to say too much.
"You're welcome."
In July in Raoshan City, bright sunshine shines from the sky, passes through the lush branches and leaves, and shines through the gaps. Beams of light decorate the entire forest into a dazzling scene. Tiny dust particles floated between the beams of light, like dancing Jing Ling. A breeze passed through the woods, causing the leaves to sway slightly and creating dappled light and shadows for a moment.
Under the high-definition camera, the boy has a tall and slender figure, his profile is almost perfect, and there is a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. Beside him, a graceful girl lowered her eyes slightly. Her waist-length hair was gentle and beautiful. Her long and curled eyelashes were clearly fluttering, and there was real joy in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. The mottled light and shadows fell on the two people, blending into a very artistic picture.
Later, when the editor saw this scene, he deliberately cut it out. After later modification and production, it became the first version of the poster.
After a few days of preparation, we were finally able to start shooting.
Start with the difficult part and then move on to the easy part. This time we started by shooting the most difficult part, which was the imprisonment scene in the abandoned house.
As the sun sets, the sky above the rolling hills in the distance is dyed a deep orange. The trees blocked the light, and the house itself only had a small window, so the light in the house was very dim.
It was vaguely visible that this was a house that had been abandoned for a long time. The few pieces of furniture were tilted here and there, and the corners were full of cobwebs. Even if you were not actually in it, you could still seem to smell the rotten smell. Huang Qingqing's hands and feet were tied, and she was curled up on the bed with only a bare wooden board left. Her long hair was disheveled, and dust and sweat mixed together, leaving ugly stains on her face.
"Why...why..." She lowered her head and kept muttering to herself.
When traveling with her boyfriend, she imagined countless romantic and beautiful scenes, but she never expected that it would end up like this. What on earth had happened? Her boyfriend, who had always been gentle and considerate and doted on her, suddenly changed his attitude and imprisoned her in this room.
When the dilapidated wooden door closed, it made a dry and unpleasant creaking sound, as if it came from the devil's voice. The space, which was not bright to begin with, suddenly became dim, and one could only see things with the help of the light coming through the small window in the distance.
She had grown up in a wealthy family and had never suffered any hardship. She had lived a life of luxury for more than twenty years, but suddenly she encountered this situation. She was kidnapped by the person she loved. She was filled with anger and fear, and she cried hysterically and asked for a long time, but did not get even a single response.
She didn't even know if Zhou Xiao was still outside. Maybe he had left her here alone. When she was at the foot of the mountain, she heard from the locals that in the past two years, footprints of large beasts, wolves and tigers, were found on the mountain. She had watched Animal World and vaguely remembered that these animals had a very keen sense of smell and could smell blood from a long distance. When she was struggling before, she accidentally injured her calf...
People in a dark environment can't help but have wild thoughts, and they always think in a bad direction. The more they think, the more afraid they become. In the end, Huang Qingqing couldn't help but tremble all over and cried out, "Zhou Xiao, are you there? Say something! Zhou Xiao?!... Xiao, I'm scared... Please, can you say something to me, Xiao? If I did something wrong, please tell me, I will change, Xiao, please..."
"Card!"
Director Gu’s voice suddenly sounded, and Shen Weiwei was stunned for a moment, out of character.
“Weiwei, your expression is wrong, and you don’t show enough fear…” Director Gu explained it to her on the spot, emphasizing the key points several times. After that, he gave her some time to digest it and started filming Jing Ling’s scene first.
In the other room, Huang Qingqing was crying inside, and Zhou Xiao was outside the door, feeling equally tormented. It was impossible for him to really leave her alone in the mountains. It was impossible whether out of love or hate. He tied the man up and imprisoned him here, but he didn't know what to do next. He didn't even know how to face her, as an enemy or as a lover?
A man who was originally gentle and elegant on campus was now sitting under the eaves in a shabby manner. His handsome face was distorted and scary because of the inner struggle and entanglement.
His slender and beautiful fingers were inserted into the thick hair, and the blue veins on the back of his hand emerged, which showed his inner struggle at the moment.
It seemed like a long time had passed, yet it seemed like only a moment had passed. Without any warning, he suddenly stood up from the ground, turned around and walked towards the door. He stretched out his hand and was about to touch the door, but stopped abruptly and froze in mid-air. Not only his hands, his whole posture was very stiff. Even just his back could reveal a lot.
The camera switched to the side, giving a close-up of his expression. At this moment, his expression of love and hate was expressed vividly. It is clearly just a feeling that cannot be seen or touched, but his face, his eyes, and his movements allow people to see the complexity and entanglement in his heart at that moment.
That slender and beautiful hand was only a hair's breadth away from the door. If it moved forward just a little bit, it would be able to touch it.
When he opened the door, inside was the person he liked, but also his enemy. The revenge that had been planned for years had been successfully accomplished on other people, but I never expected that there would be complications with the last person.
Unfortunately, he eventually backed down. His hands dropped limply, and his whole body was like a deflated ball. He raised the corners of his mouth with difficulty, revealing a smile that could not be described as self-deprecating or something else, and slowly moved back to the previous place.
The same posture, the same entanglement, like a cycle of fate.
"Cut! Passed!" Director Gu's voice sounded again, with no disguising the surprise in his tone.
Jing Ling's performance was beyond his expectations! I originally thought that this scene would take a long time to shoot, after all, such complex emotions are really difficult to act out. Even though Jing Ling is talented, he is too young. Even if we don’t know about his experience, we can imagine that such a young man who is excellent in every aspect must have had a smooth journey. Even if there are occasional setbacks, they will not have much impact and can be easily overcome.
Such a smooth and seamless life would make it impossible for him to experience the ultimate pain and entanglement, and it is difficult to grasp that kind of emotion without personal experience. What I didn’t expect was that Jing Ling not only performed well, but also grasped it very well, passing this one on the last try!
It really proves the saying that some people are born to do this job!
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