Chapter 53
After the filming at the school was completed, the crew moved the scene to a nearby house.
The watch case is faded and dilapidated due to the weather and sun, but when you look through the window at each house, you will see that they are all filled with clean clothes hanging on the clothes line and carefully cared for green plants and flowers; occasionally, there are a few lazy and introverted households, and if you look closely, you can see bean bag sofas, game consoles, large LCD screens and cats scattered around inside.
After asking, I found out that most of the people living in this community are retired teachers and staff, and occasionally there are young working people who work nearby who rent or settle down here.
The atmosphere of art and life is quite strong, but there are many unemployed elderly people and many activities. They are either singing and playing all day long, or surrounding the crew members and asking them questions.
There are also advantages. At least no one will come to report the noise made by the crew. After a day of trial shooting, it went relatively smoothly.
This is where Shen Zixin lives, and future scenes will unfold here.
To be precise, there are no "later scenes". For convenience and to save money, the crew always shoots the scenes in the same location together.
This resulted in Shen Zixin and Yu Youxuan parting ways because of the leak of the picture book content in the previous second, and the next second they were still good friends who had not experienced anything.
There was a plot in the content to be filmed that day: Yu Youxuan wanted to find Shen Zixin to go out for sketching, but Shen Zixin said that her family would not let her go out, so Yu Youxuan came downstairs of her house and climbed into her room along the drainpipe and the balcony windows of each house.
Shen Zixin lives on the third floor. The drainage pipes are specially reinforced props, and the climbing route has handholds and footholds prepared in advance.
Qiu An took a look, went up and tried it twice, and said he could do it himself.
"Huh? Is that unnecessary?" Ran Long subconsciously questioned when he heard Qiu An wanted to try it himself.
Everyone looked at Ranlong, their eyes seemed to be saying: What does this have to do with you?
"Well, that's right. Qiu An is definitely not as professional as the stuntman. Isn't this... a waste of time?"
Everyone's expressions became increasingly complicated, and those who didn't know would think that these two people were arguing again.
Not to mention that everyone is of course happy to try it themselves if Qiu An is willing to do so. Even if the shooting time is prolonged, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Isn't it Ranlong who is wasting time here?
Seeing that no one was on her side, Ranlong said, "If you do it, what will happen to the stunt double? They'll have to wait for so long and not earn a dime, and then go back empty-handed. How pitiful will that be?"
The stunt double beside her couldn't help but laugh. She burst out laughing, then stopped feeling awkward and explained, "Since the crew has invited me to the scene, they will pay me whether I'm on the set or not."
Now the embarrassment shifted to Ranlong.
Especially when Qiu An asked her in a strangely loud voice in front of everyone, "Are you worried about me, Xiaoran?"
There was a rustling sound of booing in his ears, and Ranlong glared at Qiu An, wishing he could sew her mouth shut.
Without waiting for her to explain, Qiu An continued, "I'm doing it myself to solidify my reputation as a dedicated professional and to give the film another publicity stunt. The profit will be higher than using a stunt double, so I made this request. It won't take too long."
Now, Ranlong could neither argue that she was not worried about Qiu An nor accuse Qiu An of being pretentious.
Not only that, Qiu An also established an image of being smart, honest and eloquent to the staff present.
"Don't worry about me, I'm pretty good at it." Qiu An added again.
This time he presents an image of confidence, playfulness, humor, and high emotional intelligence.
Ranlong was really afraid that if Qiu An continued talking, all the colleagues present would turn from casual fans to die-hard fans to her stalkers, so she quickly interrupted her: "Oh, stop talking, just get up!"
Shen Zixin's home is on the third floor, and Qiu An will be at least six meters above the ground.
Qiu An watched as the staff placed a thin mat directly below him, and then he put on the transparent fingerless non-slip gloves borrowed from the stuntman and began to climb.
It seemed like the people present had seen this kind of climbing scene many times. Even though it was Qiu An who went up this time, no one was surprised and there was no tension at all.
Ranlong looked at Qiu An who was getting further and further away from the ground, then looked at the mat that seemed to have no protective effect, and unconsciously walked further and further forward.
Every time Qiu An took a step forward, Ranlong's hand would subconsciously stretch forward, as if he was ready to catch her at any time.
Xixi found it funny and secretly recorded the whole process.
When Sister Hou saw it, she asked her, "Why are you taking this photo?"
Xixi replied happily: "Making money."
She hadn't lied to Sister Hou. Qiu An's bid for these random people who paid attention to her videos was very high. Even more generous than the crowdfunding of CP fans.
Being a paparazzi is indeed a career that makes money quickly, and it is rare for Xixi to think in the same way as them.
Qiu An finally completed the climb successfully and stood on the hired car-mounted ladder.
Ranlong breathed a sigh of relief and went upstairs to Shen Zixin's room to continue filming.
Shen Zixin, with a worried look on her face, welcomed Yu Youxuan from outside the window and scolded her like an old mother. The smile on Yu Youxuan's face became more and more rampant, and she wiped Shen Zixin's nose with her dirty fingers.
Yuan Chengyin frowned as he stared intently at the monitor, but ultimately did not call for a stop.
Qiu An has learned bad habits. Since the filming of "The Sound of Falling Leaves" began, she has been doing some improvisations again and again.
Yuan Chengyin doesn't like actors' improvisations during filming. She thinks that many improvisations look interesting at the moment, but when you think about it calmly, you will find that they cannot stand up to scrutiny.
Perhaps it's fine to appear in a play, where the performance is one-time, and the audience is one-time. But now, after all, movies are always uploaded to video sites after they're taken off the shelves, and there are always people who will repeatedly pore over them frame by frame.
Although this one seemed viable, Yuan Chengyin still preferred to have them keep another one. And because there was dust on Ran Long's nose and there were still some consecutive scenes to follow, if they wanted to keep it, they would have to keep several in a row.
This is where things really get delayed.
Finally, Yuan Chengyin planned to think about it on the spot whether there should be dust on the dyed nose.
She looked unhappy and muttered to Qiu An, "If you want to improvise next time, tell me in advance."
"It's not a big deal. Learn from the demeanor of other great directors. Many good ideas are born from improvisation." Qiu An coaxed her and reached out to Yuan Chengyin's face, smearing it with the same gray as Ranlong.
Ranlong watched their intimate interaction and silently looked away.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.
On the surface, Qiu An obeyed her every word, but then secretly mocked her with some inexplicable toys; but to the people he liked, he would use that gentle tone to persuade them to be magnanimous and just laugh it off.
Well-known for double standards, really annoying.
After filming, Yuan Chengyin returned to the hotel exhausted. The most tiring job during the shoot was hers as director. While the actors could rotate between roles when they had time, she was the one who truly worked non-stop.
As Yuan Chengyin reached the door, she heard footsteps coming from the room. The room card was probably not in her hand again.
You see, besides work, she also had to deal with the mess between Qiu An and Ran Long. This matter had nothing to do with her from beginning to end. She was just a poor stray dog passing by, with no home, and she was kicked for no reason wherever she went.
While Yuan Chengyin was thinking about when he got too close to Ranlong again today, he knocked on... his own door.
When the door opened, it turned out that the person standing inside was not Qiu An, but Ran Long.
"Why are you here?" Yuan Chengyin asked subconsciously.
"Why me? Shouldn't you be asking me why I'm here?"
"...Forget it." Yuan Chengyin said tiredly, "It doesn't matter who's here."
Ran Long didn't bother to pay attention to the words she didn't understand. She pulled Yuan Chengyin in and asked her, "Do you have someone you like? If so, tell me who that person is."
"It's Yao Ling." Yuan Chengyin said helplessly.
She didn't even want to ask Ranlong why he asked her this. Anyway, the train of thought of her two heroines was each one more unique than the other.
After hearing the answer, Ranlong remembered that she had asked her this question a long time ago. Yuan Chengyin had said at the time that this person was not familiar with her, and now it seemed that they were indeed not familiar with each other.
Ranlong asked again: "Has Qiu An ever contacted you and asked you to do something with her?"
"What are you doing?" The consequence of Yuan Chengyin not asking questions was that he didn't even understand the question.
Ran Long didn't want to do anything but became anxious: "Tsk! What else could it be?!"
"...She asked me to act opposite her. Is that the case?"
Ranlong rolled his eyes and didn't want to give her a good look.
"Nothing else. Truly, the friendship between Qiu An and I is purer than gold and cleaner than pure water."
Yuan Chengyin was in a daze. It seemed like this scene had already happened to her for the second time. No matter who the target was, she was always the one who begged for mercy without any backbone.
How could this happen? She was just diligently filming every day, loving her job and fulfilling her responsibilities. She didn't even have time to relax, let alone mess around. How innocent...
Ranlong looked at her for a long time, and finally chose to believe her. Without explaining anything, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Xiao Ran." Yuan Chengyin called her from behind.
Ranlong turned back angrily: "What are you doing again?"
...It was Ranlong who came uninvited and wanted to cause trouble for her first, so why is she still the one who is right and confident?
Yuan Chengyin asked her, "Do you like Qiu An?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you tell that I like Qiu An? I advise you to go to the hospital and have a good look. Do you have glaucoma, cataracts or conjunctivitis? I can't like Qiu An no matter who I like! I won't date Qiu An even if I'm in love with Sister Hou! Even if I'm your love rival and want to be with Yao Ling, I won't be with Qiu An!"
"...I'm just asking casually, why are you so excited?"
The atmosphere was frozen for a moment, and Ranlong suddenly became angry and slammed the door and left.
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