Gu Wenhua exclaimed excitedly, "You actually discovered it! I made this on purpose!"
"You did this on purpose?" Shang Yechu immediately looked up. "What do you mean?"
Gu Wenhua was so happy that the pimples on her face lit up: "The time span of 'The Mute Woman' is several decades. Although the main story takes place in this small house, I think... apart from the actors' makeup, what else can reflect this change of time?"
"After receiving the script, I thought about it for a few days and felt that my ideas were still unreliable. After arriving in Jinhe Village, I went to ask the village elders about the changes in their lives over the decades... Based on their descriptions, I redesigned Xiaoyue's house for each era. Every time the film's timeline jumps, I change the environment of Xiaoyue's house!"
Gu Wenhua became more and more excited as he spoke, and couldn't help but gesture: "Except for Xiao Yue's family environment, I designed everything else according to this idea!"
"For example, when Xiaoyue was a child, the New Year's Eve dinner only had five dishes, two of which were scrambled eggs and diced ham; after Pinghua passed away, the family had eight dishes and a soup on the table for the New Year.
"And at Xiaoxiao's house, they initially rode in a donkey cart, then switched to a tricycle in junior high, and in the final scene when Xiaoyue was admitted to university, a car was parked in front of Xiaoxiao's house..."
"!!!"
Shang Yechu grabbed Gu Wenhua's shoulder and patted him hard on the side twice, her eyes brimming with excitement: "You're a born director!"
Gu Wenhua was stunned.
Shang Yechu never expected Gu Wenhua to bring her such a surprise. In just over ten days of filming, he had noticed such small details and meticulously planned and designed the entire project. Keep in mind, this was just a graduation project for him!
No, if Gu Wenhua didn't have such keen insight, mental strength, energy, and seriousness, how could he have stood out among a group of directors and become an internationally renowned commercial film director?
Gu Wenhua never expected anyone to notice the little things he had arranged. To him, it was just a small part of the overall planning for the film. Compared to the effort put into filming, these things were insignificant…
Shang Yechu said, "Tell me how many of the relevant details you can still remember."
"Oh, oh." Gu Wenhua came back to his senses. "My—wait a minute, I remember everything. I arranged all of this myself, I remember everything."
Gu Wenhua hurriedly turned to the computer and started moving the mouse. Then he came to his senses and said, "No need to look anymore, I can just take a screenshot from that computer."
Shang Yechu quickly stood up and offered her seat to Gu Wenhua. The latter sat down and began skillfully moving the cursor on the timeline.
Shang Yechu ordered, "Remember to add details after you take the screenshot."
"Oh, umm." Gu Wenhua marked the spot on the screen he had just found.
Shang Yechu suddenly realized something was wrong: "Since you arranged all these things yourself, why didn't you say so earlier? We had to watch the movie twice because of you."
Gu Wenhua was taken aback, and subconsciously retorted, "What use are these environments and props? I thought you were going to start with the film's spiritual core or something..."
Shang Yechu stood behind Gu Wenhua, pressing down on his shoulder with a slight force: "A thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets in their minds, and a thousand viewers will also see a thousand different spiritual cores. To debate with someone about scriptures, using spiritual cores as arguments instead of objective evidence, is that not courting death?"
In preparation for "Half a Day," Shang Yechu has been reading spy materials and novels lately. The more she reads, the more she understands the importance of proving one's innocence.
For example, if someone is suspected of being an undercover agent and wants to prove their innocence, what's the use of just saying, "Everyone can see that I am completely loyal to XX"? Anyone can say that. You need to produce irrefutable evidence such as, "Please see, I was not at the scene on XX day at XX time, so it's impossible for me to be the undercover agent," in order to be cleared.
Gu Wenhua pondered the words for a moment, then nodded as if he had understood something: "You are really too smart, Ye, Ye Chu."
"Alright, hurry up and take screenshots." Shang Yechu stared at the computer screen. "Take screenshots of everything."
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