Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 785 A very interesting encounter
In Shenzhen, the weather was very hot in the afternoon. The air-conditioned environment indoors and the heat outdoors were like two different worlds.

In such a climate, as a metropolis at the forefront of national development, the beauties taking to the streets are not stingy in showing off their beauty. Shining long legs can be seen everywhere, which is a feast for the eyes for many men. This may be the only benefit of taking to the streets on a hot day for men.

At the same time, over at the Shenzhen TV station campus, many male and female TV station staff were heading towards a studio as if they were going to the streets.

The news that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's "My Love from the Star" crew came to Shenzhen to film has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shenzhen over the past month. Colleagues from their TV station's local news channel even sent a team to the crew to follow up on the report.

They never expected that the crew of "My Love from the Star" came to their TV station to film today!

Moreover, the crew is short of extras, so it would be great to let them fill in the numbers and act as the audience.

They were excited and curious as they could not only meet Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, but also experience the feeling of filming a movie.

The door of the studio was open, as if waiting for their arrival.

As I approached the door, I heard singing, as if they were rehearsing.

【"every time,
They are all strong in wandering loneliness. 】

Is this "Invisible Wings"? Many people can tell it by just one sentence.

This is a very popular song, which is widely sung. Originally, people loved it because of its inspiration and touching story. However, due to the negative news about Zhang Shaohan in recent years, many people have turned against it.

As a TV station staff, I naturally know more about news and public opinion than ordinary people.

They didn't know why the song was being rehearsed in the studio, but they didn't care too much. They were more looking forward to seeing Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. This "national couple" was obviously more attractive.

【every time,
Even if I’m hurt, I won’t shed tears…”】

Just after hearing the second sentence, someone who was suspected to be the director called a halt.

"stop."

"Yang Mi, forget about being out of tune, Jay Chou will fix the sound for you, it's a small problem, but can you show some emotion?"

They didn't know who the voice was, but they knew the director was Chu Xuan. However, Chu Xuan's voice on TV was different from his voice in real life, so they couldn't tell who it was for a moment.

It was not until I walked into the studio and looked around and saw Chu Xuan himself that I was sure that the voice just now was Chu Xuan's.

Chu Xuan was not in front of the monitor. The camera was controlled by teachers such as Ning Hao. He and Liu Yifei sat in the front row of the audience as spectators.

Ever since that night when it was reported that Zhang Shaohan's public opinion might affect the crew's performance, he had made some plans for it, and then made corresponding countermeasures based on the news he received from Zeng Ni every day. It has been more than half a month now.

He and Liu Yifei have been filming for a while in the crew, and the scene related to "Invisible Wings" finally arrived today.

There were no changes to this scene and it went on as planned.

The music is indeed good music, which is enough to make the plot atmosphere convey a better inspirational and sunny effect.

However, the music and the plot are fine, but the actors are the big problems.

Hearing Yang Mi's singing that made him feel mixed emotions, he couldn't help but stop and complain.

"You give me the feeling of a commercial performance, you just want to get the money and leave, you just do it perfunctorily. A good song is turned into a recitation by you, not even a recitation, you can't even find the tune. Is this song difficult? I can find any elementary school student to sing it better than you."

Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed, then patted Chu Xuan again.

This was the umpteenth time Chu Xuan had scolded Yang Mi. Even though Yang Mi's singing was indeed a bit out of tune and not even at the KTV level, wasn't it being too disrespectful to say this to her?
Zhou Jie Lun, Ning Hao, Huang Lei and other teachers in the director group couldn't help laughing. After more than a month of working together in the same group, their new director Chu Xuan has changed a lot.

From being polite at the beginning, fully embodying the word "newcomer", to now he has completely changed. Maybe he has become more proficient in the work of a director and no longer feels unfamiliar with the unknown field. Chu Xuan has been impolite recently. He will say what needs to be said for what is not done well and scold for what is not performed well.

"We're finally on the road." The teachers joked like this in private.

The crew members on the scene also found it interesting, and there were two biggest feelings they had since joining the crew one month ago.

One is that except for the hurried working atmosphere in the first few days, the crew's working conditions have been relatively relaxed. They have seen crews that finish work on time, but this is the first time they have seen a crew that finishes work on time every day.

They didn't know that the director and producer had a conflict and that's why the change happened. They just thought that the director was taking care of the crew, so they often praised him privately: "Director Chu is so good, the best director I've ever seen, no doubt about it."

It can only be said that every time a man achieves something or receives praise, there is a woman's contribution behind him. Liu Yifei also knows that the crew members have high praise for Chu Xuan, and she is even more aware that it is her presence that has brought changes and gains to Chu Xuan, but she does not have the mentality of taking credit for herself. She just shares the honor with Chu Xuan, and this feeling is more wonderful.

In addition, the crew members also had an interesting feeling that the director was becoming more and more professional, more and more skilled in his work, and at the same time, his mouth was becoming more and more sharp.

Unlike some directors who would lose their temper and fly into a rage, their Director Chu tends to be gentle when preaching and scolding, and never uses dirty words when criticizing people. However, what he says will either make you mad or contain harsh sarcasm.

It is this kind of situation that always makes everyone in the group feel happy and is really interesting.

"Director, producer, people are here." The crew members came to remind them. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei turned their heads and saw that the invited TV station staff had entered the scene.

"Chu Xuan! Liu Yifei!" Many people waved and greeted excitedly.

Seeing this, the couple had developed a tacit understanding after working together for a month, so without any communication, Liu Yifei brought people to greet them, while Chu Xuan stayed where he was to deal with the director's matters. The two of them divided the work and cooperated with each other tacitly.

"Hello, thank you for coming to help." Liu Yifei greeted the TV station staff.

This scene is a "concert scene", which requires a certain number of people as the audience.

The crew didn't have enough extras, so they could invite more. However, since they were going to borrow the location from the TV station to film the show, the staff who made the show would know better how to create the atmosphere of the studio. If they could invite these people to be extras, the filming would definitely be better.

The ability to borrow the TV station's studio for filming was thanks to the help of Shenzhen Culture and Tourism, which was a great honor. The TV station not only agreed to borrow the scene, but also asked a group of TV program staff to come and help. As a producer, she naturally had to thank them and talk about the play at the same time.

Chu Xuan said to Yang Mi on the stage, "Find the feeling again, we'll start shooting soon."

Yang Mi on the stage looked like she had lost all hope in life. She had been busy with studio matters in Beijing for a month and returned to the crew yesterday.

Today’s scene is her first scene with the cast of “My Love from the Star”. When she first read the script, she didn’t think much of it. It’s just singing a simple song. How difficult could it be?
But she had just rehearsed several times, but was scolded badly by her senior brother Chu Xuan. This made her a little confused. Her singing was indeed not very good, but it wasn't that bad, right?

Gulina was laughing secretly beside Yang Mi. Sister Yang Mi had a good figure, good looks, and a good singing voice.

"What are you laughing at? You are just as bad as her." A ruthless word interrupted her thoughts, making her suddenly stunned. She and Yang Mi looked at each other and each burst out laughing.

"Is it really that bad?" Yang Mi was a little unconvinced. She frowned and looked at Chu Xuan questioningly.

It's true that Chu Xuan is an actor and a director, but he is not a professional singer. After several rehearsals, he said that her singing was too lame, which made her a little dissatisfied.

"Don't believe it?" Chu Xuan waved his hand: "Come on, come on, come down, go to the director's office and listen to the playback."

Yang Mi and Gulina walked off the stage and followed Chu Xuan to the monitor.

Zhou Jie Lun turned on the playback of the radio and let the two listen to his singing.

[“Every time, in…”]

With just these five words, Yang Mi was too embarrassed to face anyone.

"Listen to it yourself, it's off-tune at the beginning. And it's not off-tune, it's just that the tune is completely off. It's like adding a little accent to Mandarin. How can I evaluate it? I can only say that the secondary creation ability is very strong, to the point where even the God of Songs would worship it."

"Hahaha……"

Chu Xuan's words can be divided into high and low emotional intelligence. Low emotional intelligence: singing out of tune; high emotional intelligence: strong secondary creation ability.

This is quite funny and makes the teachers happy.

Yang Mi patted him on the shoulder, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "How can it be so exaggerated? The overall melody is still correct, it's just that the tune is off."

Chu Xuan folded his arms and said, "Hmm," "It's just an off-tune song. Are you so proud of it?"

Facing Chu Xuan's ruthless attack, Yang Mi wanted to cry but had no tears: "My singing level is just like this, and I can't improve it in a short time. What can I do?"

Chu Xuan looked at her and said, "That's why I just said that being off-tune is a small matter. With Jay Chou, a millionaire tuner, here, we can tune it back even if you sing out of tune..."

"Not really." Zhou Jielun interrupted him, "If it goes off track, you can tune it back. If it goes off track, there's nothing I can do. Please ask someone else for help."

Everyone laughed. Zhou Jie Lun would sometimes inadvertently say something like this to make the atmosphere more interesting.

Chu Xuan continued to say to Yang Mi: "You will sing in the first half of this scene, and the audience will sing in the chorus in the latter part. Their singing will cover up your voices a lot. My requirement for you is that singing is generally not a big deal. What I want is your emotions."

"You are people who have suffered injustice, or in other words, people who have been subjected to unspoken rules. Now that you have come out of the dark atmosphere, what about your emotions? Even if you don't sing well, you should at least let me hear your emotions, right?"

"And your facial expressions and eyes should change slightly with the melody, so that I can give you close-ups and let the audience feel the inspiration and the expression of your heart towards light more deeply from your facial expressions and eyes."

Seeing Yang Mi thoughtful, Chu Xuan added: "Didn't you tell me before that this business is difficult? You yourself have been suppressed before. Now think about it, your studio has joined Brilliant Times. What kind of changes have this experience brought to your mentality? Isn't this similar to what your character wants to express in this scene?"

Yang Mi's eyes lit up. That's right! In reality, she was suppressed and dark at first, but after joining the brilliant era, she was full of light. Isn't this similar to the plot of her character Song Huiru?

"An actor should find a sense of belief and try to connect the character with the real self as much as possible. Even if it is a brute force, you have to find or even assume a common point. Once there is a common point, the emotions will naturally be right. Hurry up and figure it out to get the state right."

"Okay, Senior Brother, I think I understand."

With Chu Xuan's guidance, Yang Mi found the direction of the performance. With thoughts on how to handle the character, she and Gulina, who looked confused, ran onto the stage to continue rehearsing and finding her form.

In Chu Xuan's eyes, Gulina's eyes were very clear, and her silly-looking face made her look very innocent. When she sang this song, she gave people a naturally sunny and inspiring feeling. This was Gulina's characteristic at this stage. She could play the scene well with a normal performance, so he didn't tell Gulina what the play was, and just let her perform freely.

Yang Mi used to have such traits, but now, perhaps because she has more social experience and is more determined, Yang Mi now looks a bit aggressive even under normal circumstances. If you want the audience to see her relatively weak and inspirational emotions, you have to put some thought into the handling of the character.

On Liu Yifei's side, she and Lu Chuan and Huang Lei who had rushed over explained the play to the TV station staff.

A chorus of "Invisible Wings"? The TV station staff were in a playful mood.

Chorus? They are good at it. In many TV programs, when it comes to singing, they, the "fake audience", will sing together to create a good atmosphere. If they can get the "real audience" to sing along, the effect will be even better. Even if they can't get the "real audience" to sing along, their presence can still make the program atmosphere effective. This is their job, and they are absolutely professional.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei asked them to act in such a play? They could only say that they had found the right people.

Isn't it just to set the mood? Just spend some time memorizing the lyrics, no need to rehearse at all.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. After rehearsing for several times, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei discovered that these people's warm smiles, sunny and warm eyes, and the active waving of glow sticks were completely incomparable to the performances of the two actors Yang Mi and Gulina on the stage in this scene. This was truly unique.

"I found the right person." Chu Xuan was very satisfied.

"Did you find the right one?" Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows at Chu Xuan.

Originally, the crew wanted to find professional extras, but it was she who suggested finding people from the TV station. Now seeing that her suggestion has produced such a good effect, she feels a sense of accomplishment.

"It's great to have you." Chu Xuan praised his wife unreservedly, which made Liu Yifei curved her eyebrows and looked very happy.

Chu Xuan stood up from the front row of the audience, turned around and said to the extras, "Next we will officially shoot it again. Thank you for your cooperation!"

"It's not hard!" someone shouted.

"Can we take a group photo after the shoot?" someone asked happily.

"Can I have an autograph?" someone asked immediately.

Many of the people who came from the TV station seemed to be fans of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. They were all very happy to be able to film a drama with their idols.

"Okay, this little thing must be satisfied." Chu Xuan agreed happily.

"Oh——" Everyone was so excited that it seemed like they were not filming a concert scene, but that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were having a concert.

"Come on, all departments, get ready!" Chu Xuan shouted to the entire audience.

In front of the monitor, Zhou Jielun sat in the director's seat with a walkie-talkie in his hand, and also indulged in the director's addiction in this scene.

"Everyone is quiet. The stage manager is ready to hit the board."

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

The countdown ended, the script supervisor finished clapping, and music started playing in the studio.

Yang Mi and Gulina waited in character for the music prelude to enter the main melody and sang at the right time.

[“Every time, I am strong in the wandering loneliness. Every time, even if I am hurt, I don’t shed tears. I know that I have always had a pair of invisible wings. Take me to fly, fly over despair~”]

In terms of pitch, after adjusting it several times, it finally got back to tune.

But that's all. In other aspects, such as sound quality, it's really not that good.

If this were a real concert, it would feel a bit like a disaster scene, and Zhou Jielun would have to work hard on the post-processing.

The male and female protagonists Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei acted as the audience in this scene, and they all looked like fans of Yang Mi and Gulina together with the extras present.

Even though the singing was mediocre, the professionalism of all the staff was very good. They were smiling infatuatedly, swaying their bodies gently from side to side, and slowly shaking their glow sticks with their hands, as if listening to a piece of heavenly music.

If the TV series were broadcast, the audience would definitely think that Yang Mi and Gulina sing really well.

Looking at the crew members at the scene, each of them had a complicated expression, as if they had something to hide and were speechless.

It wasn't until the chorus began that the listening experience and atmosphere were elevated to new levels, and the crew members no longer had to seal their ears.

[“I finally see that all dreams have blossomed, and the young voices of pursuit are so loud. I am finally flying and gazing with my heart without fear, and I will fly as far as there is wind~”]

"stop!"

Chu Xuan was also singing along, but he stopped after he finished singing, stood up, turned around and said to the audience: "It's a bit out of sync, and there's a sense of over-singing. Let's try to find the tacit understanding and sing in unison so that it will sound more shocking and moving. Let's start again. Thank you all for your hard work."

After saying that, Chu Xuan sat down. However, the moment he turned around, he noticed some movement in the direction of the director team. He looked towards the director team and happened to meet the eyes of a girl with tearful eyes.

Chu Xuan's expression softened, Zhang Shaohan smiled softly and waved at him.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei followed Chu Xuan's gaze, smiled gently, looked at Zhang Shaohan from a distance, and waved.

The couple thought Zhang Shaohan would be waiting at the hotel, but they didn't expect her to come to the crew.

Seeing that she was crying, she must have been moved by the whole audience singing her song, right?

I just happened to be in a low point, the crew just happened to be rehearsing this scene today, and I just happened to be on the scene. This is actually a very clever encounter.

(End of this chapter)