Gu Dong couldn't help but say: "People are like ants."
So small, so fragile.
Jiang Ren only said, "But you're very strong." On the set, in order to get the actors into the situation, they would just call out the character's name.
Jiang Ren also entered the plot, and usually only called her "Jiang Qingqing".
Sometimes he was a little crazy and would ask her: "Jiang Qingqing, are you afraid?"
Gu Dong answered him: "I'm afraid." She held the little child in her arms, afraid that she would lose her.
The Yong Dynasty, Scene 18
Jiang Qingqing walked for a very long time while holding the child. When she was hungry, she ate grass roots. Sometimes she dug up wild vegetables and ate them directly.
She climbed halfway up the mountain and saw the city wall!
"Little girl, we are saved."
The child in her arms was unconscious and made no sound.
Jiang Qingqing's daughter did not survive...
There are many levels to perform in this scene.
How to act out a mother who has lost her child?
Gu Dong was never satisfied with the performance.
Jiang Ren said sternly, "Jiang Qingqing, go and prepare it. I'll give you half an hour."
No one at the scene dared to breathe, for fear of the director's anger.
Gu Dong sat alone on the stone, trying to find a suitable method from past experience.
Technical things are not a problem, but she has never been able to express the most important emotions.
She didn't get through this scene until the sun went down that day.
Jiang Ren had no choice but to call it a day.
Gu Dong absentmindedly ate the meal brought by his agent, constantly thinking in his mind how to perform this scene well.
Agent He Ming sighed and said, "Director Jiang is too demanding. I thought you acted well, and you cried so hard, and it's still not good enough."
Because Jiang Ren was a new director, his agent wasn't very optimistic about him.
Now seeing Gu Dong being scolded so dejectedly, he became even more dissatisfied.
Gu Dong didn't think Jiang Ren was strict. Only the two of them knew that although Gu Dong could cry, he had completely failed to get into the character's state of mind.
The scenes performed in this way are difficult to impress people.
The crew is now filming at a film and television base in the suburbs of North City, and Gu Dong is staying in the hotel booked by the crew.
Lying in bed alone, I thought for a long time...
The next day, I still couldn't perform the scene well.
The entire crew was in a low mood. Jiang Ren didn't even have a smile on his face. Gu Dong cried and cried, and his eyes were red and swollen.
The assistant director filmed the supporting roles first, while Gu Dong and Jiang Ren sat in silence.
When work was over, Jiang Ren called Gu Dong and said, "I'll take you somewhere."
Children's Hospital.
It is ten o'clock in the evening, but there are still many young patients in the hospital emergency department.
The weather has been fluctuating recently, and many children have developed fever in the middle of the night and have been rushed to the hospital by their parents.
Gu Dong has children at home, and she knows that children are prone to illness.
At the emergency room door, a father and mother were holding their child and comforting him.
Some of the children were asleep, some were sobbing quietly, and their parents all looked anxious.
Thinking of An An and Ze Chuan at home, Gu Xia prescribed a lot of pills for them, which worked very well. The children have only come to the hospital a few times since they grew up.
Jiang Ren patted her: "What are you thinking about?"
Gu Dong told him about An An and Xiao Zechuan.
"They should all be cute."
…
Suddenly, the sound of an ambulance came and stopped at the hospital entrance.
A stretcher came down next, and several doctors were pushing the stretcher. A woman followed behind, running anxiously.
While running, she shouted: "Don't be afraid, Xiaobao, mom is here."
Some people followed to see, including Gu Dong and Jiang Ren.
The mother held the child's hand and kept talking to him, but the child closed his eyes and did not move.
Finally, she was locked outside the operating room, lying on the ground motionless.
There was no one else around her, so Gu Dong walked over and helped her up: "Are you okay? Don't sit on the ground."
Gu Dong helped her to a chair and felt that her hands were very cold. He was about to pour her some water.
A cup of hot water was handed to her. She looked along the hand with distinct finger bones and saw it was Jiang Ren.
Gu Dong took the hot water and put it into the woman's hand.
"Drink some water and calm down. Don't be afraid."
The woman thanked him but didn't move, just held the glass of water in her hand.
Gu Dong was on her right, and Jiang Ren sat down next to him.
The lights in the operating room were on for a long time, and the woman talked to herself, speaking intermittently as if venting.
She said she had an argument with the child's father and he was about to hit her with a chair, and the child suddenly ran out to block his mother.
She was terrified.
The neighbor helped call the police, and the child’s father had already been arrested, so she followed him to the hospital.
There was no time to inform other family members.
Gu Dong took her cell phone and helped her notify her sister and brother-in-law.
Because she said her parents are old and it is not good to disturb them in the middle of the night.
Soon the woman's sister and brother-in-law arrived, along with the police.
Gu Dong took a look and stood up immediately.
Jiang Ren gave her a strange look.
"Brother-in-law."
When Fang Huaiyuan saw Gu Dong, he shot a sharp look at Jiang Ren beside her: "Gu Dong, what are you doing here?"
Seeing Fang Huaiyuan's strange look, Jiang Ren quickly introduced himself: "Hello comrade, I'm the director of Gu Dong's crew. We're here to collect materials."
Only then did Fang Huaiyuan dispel his doubts.
Gu Dong didn't pay attention to that. She held the woman's hand and said, "Brother-in-law, you have to help this sister."
"Okay, got it."
Fang Huaiyuan came with two female police officers. The three of them sat next to the woman and asked her about the situation while taking notes.
Seeing her family coming and the police present, Gu Dong felt relieved and left with Jiang Ren.
After seeing this, neither of them was in the mood to talk, so they returned to their rooms when they got back to the hotel.
The scene where Gu Dong loses her daughter is very important in the play. Since she couldn't find the feeling, Jiang Ren decided to shoot it later.
The Yong Dynasty, Scene 20
Jiang Qingqing held her daughter's body without moving, and a passing general discovered her.
After understanding her situation, he asked someone to help her bury her daughter and took her back to the mansion.
The general is the male lead of the drama, played by the popular actor Huang He.
Huang He is now a hot new star. He previously starred in a modern drama which was broadcast on TV and received very good response.
He has a tough appearance and his temperament fits the character of the male protagonist very well.
They came separately when taking the final photos, and Gu Dong had not met him formally yet.
"Huang He hasn't arrived yet?" Gu Dong didn't see the male lead when he arrived at the crew.
The costume designer tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Huang He is on strike! Director Jiang just got mad!"
For fear of implicating innocent people, the crew members did not dare to provoke him.
Gu Dong looked over and saw that Jiang Ren's expression was indeed very ugly.
The casting director came back after the call: "Huang He said they can pay the penalty for breach of contract."
"Can the liquidated damages compensate for our losses?" Jiang Ren slammed a stack of contracts on the table with a stern tone.
This was the first time Gu Dong saw him so angry.
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