Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 835 A spontaneous trip (Part )
I have been playing in Hangzhou for about ten days, and it is now mid-July.

In a mountain village under the jurisdiction of Jinhua, the couple walked on the country road at around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, embarking on a new journey.

The faint fishy smell of mud in the fields, the fragrance of flowers and plants on the hillside, the occasional cow dung on the land, and the slight smell of meat brought by chickens and ducks passing by make the smell of this space mixed, but compared to the city, it has a unique traditional style, which also allows the couple to jump into the countryside and feel the real fireworks of the people.

"It's great here, the air is good, the scenery is good, and the pure natural scenery is the most pleasant."

On the left is a large rice field with mud and water, and on the right is a large area of ​​green peppers grown on pure land.

Liu Yifei walked on the path between the two pieces of land, took off her baseball cap, opened her arms, raised her head and closed her eyes to feel the fireworks in the countryside. She was in a very happy mood and expressed her feelings, as well as the freshness of coming to the countryside for the first time.

Seeing that she was enjoying the local customs, Chu Xuan felt the same way and smiled happily: "Teacher Li, how long will it take?"

"It'll be there in about ten minutes," said Teacher Li, who was leading the way.

Chu Xuan nodded. This teacher Li was the second assistant director of the crew of "Startling by Each Step". Currently, the main crew of "Startling by Each Step" was in Hengdian, and a small team was filming near this mountain village.

This team is led by Zheng Xiaolong's first assistant director Gao Jun, and Teacher Li is equivalent to the assistant director of Assistant Director Gao Jun.

There are many chat groups within Brilliant Times, including a film and television crew group where dedicated people from each crew chat about work and report on schedules every day.

The couple learned through a group chat that a small team from the "Startling by Each Step" crew was filming near Jinhua, and they also wanted to stop by Jinhua to see if there was anything fun to do. It just so happened that their schedules coincided, so they contacted the crew and set out from Hangzhou today and headed straight for this mountain village.

I heard that they were filming a play starring Tang Yan and Luo Jin, so it was a good opportunity to come and visit my two good friends.

Liu Yifei took in the rural atmosphere, put down her arms, put on her baseball cap again, and asked Teacher Li who was walking in front of her: "Teacher Li, how are the living arrangements? It's quite a distance from the nearest county town, right?"

"We'll stay in the village." Teacher Li turned around and said, "Including the extras, there are only about 20 of us. It's not a lot of people. We also brought tents with us. Those who want to stay in tents can stay in tents. Those who can't fit in tents can stay in the houses here. We've already discussed it with several families. They gave us some money and vacated their rooms for us to stay for one night."

"Only stay for one night, shoot for two days, and leave tomorrow?" Chu Xuan said.

"Yes." Teacher Li nodded: "As long as it doesn't rain, we can finish work and return to Hengdian tomorrow afternoon or evening."

"Live in the village!" Liu Yifei became interested and pulled Chu Xuan: "How about we stay here for one night?"

Living in a tent? She had never experienced this before, and living in a tent in a mountain village was extremely novel.

Live in the village? She and Chu Xuan only lived in a village house when they were filming in the Yandang Mountain scene of the "The Condor Heroes" crew. However, the village there has become very modern because of the tourist attraction of Yandang Mountain. Compared with the current mountain village that looks very ancient, it lacks a lot of fireworks.

Therefore, when she heard Teacher Li say that the crew would stay here for one night, she was very interested and also wanted to experience a night in this authentic countryside.

Facing Liu Yifei's anticipation, Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing. Once this wife started playing, she was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. She really wanted to experience whatever she thought was fun and wherever it was fun, without considering whether it was appropriate or not.

Living in a village? There must be a lot of mosquitoes on a hot day. Are you sure you can stand it?

But he did not refuse, as he did not want to dampen his wife's interest, and he himself had the desire to experience it. He had never lived in such an ancient village house, let alone living in a tent in such an environment.

Moreover, Tang Yan, Luo Jin and the crew members will also stay here tonight, so it should be quite fun to think about it.

"Teacher Li, is there a place for us to stay?" Chu Xuan asked.

When Liu Yifei showed interest first, Teacher Li had anticipated it and said with a smile, "Just clear out a tent or an extra room. It depends on whether you want to live in a tent or a house."

"Live in a tent." Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows at Chu Xuan, full of interest.

"Okay." Chu Xuan also responded with interest.

"Then I'll go down and arrange it." Teacher Li said. He didn't expect that the boss and his wife would want to stay in the countryside for a night. He just hoped that they wouldn't complain or cause trouble. But he often heard people in the company say that the couple had good professional ethics, so he thought they wouldn't cause any trouble. It would definitely be fun to have the couple join him tonight.

Thinking so, he continued to lead the way forward.

The fun decision to stay in a tent tonight made Liu Yifei's good mood even better. Along the way, she looked around at everything in the countryside. She was used to living in big cities, and many things here made her linger.

The village is not big, with only about thirty or forty wooden and tiled houses, and an estimated population of about one hundred or eighty people, but it has its own unique customs and culture.

Passing by a house, there was an old lady sitting on a low stool at the door, fanning herself to cool down. She saw Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Lu Tao and Teacher Li walking by. Seeing Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei wearing sunglasses, the old lady was very surprised. She even stopped waving the fan and just stared at the couple in a daze with suspicion.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei did not find it unusual and thought that the old man was just curious about outsiders.

Liu Yifei waved politely and greeted sweetly: "Hello, grandma."

The old lady was startled, and pointed to the road ahead with her fan in her hand: "Watch the meat, watch the meat, be careful."

Liu Yifei was a little confused. Firstly, she couldn't understand the dialect. Secondly, she vaguely understood a little but didn't know what the old lady meant.

Chu Xuan, Lu Tao and Teacher Li didn't understand what the old lady was saying until a middle-aged man walking a cow passed by and said, "She thought you were idiots, so be careful."

"Hmm?" Liu Yifei still didn't understand. She smiled awkwardly and looked at Chu Xuan who was also confused.

Teacher Li laughed, finding it very funny: "The old lady thought you were blind and told you to be careful when walking."

As soon as Teacher Li spoke Mandarin, I understood it now.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other and burst out laughing at the same time.

Chu Xuan took off his sunglasses. He understood what the old lady meant, and realized that it was all the sunglasses that caused the trouble.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, people who wore black sunglasses were often blind. This old lady looked very old and probably had rarely been to the city, so she mistook the couple wearing sunglasses for blind people and told them to walk carefully.

"Grandma, there's nothing wrong with our eyes. These are sunglasses." Liu Yifei also took off her sunglasses and turned around to explain to the old lady.

The old lady seemed to understand, not quite knowing what sunglasses were, but seeing that the couple's eyes looked fine, she muttered something, and her wrinkled face was full of kindness, I think she was saying something like 'as long as there's nothing wrong with your eyes'.

Although there is a generation gap in communication between the two and the times they live in are not on the same channel, this little episode can be considered a pleasure, but it cannot be said to be a pleasure.

Elderly people living alone in empty houses are gradually out of touch with the pace of development. The young and strong in the family are running to big cities in order to survive and keep up with the times. This is the trend of the current era. It would be good if the young and strong in the family can come back often. If they cannot come back often, only these elderly people of the old times will stick to what it means to return to one's roots.

This is a reflection of the gap between the rich and the poor in contemporary times, and also the difference between the rapid development of frontier cities and the backward villages that cannot keep up with the times. The gap in the humanistic environment over the times is always a question worth pondering in today's society.

"What would happen if we made a humanities and arts film about this situation?" Chu Xuan suddenly had this idea.

What exactly is film art? This can only be understood from the perspective of directors and producers. Although he has been a director and producer, that was for TV series, not movies.

The special effects blockbuster he and Liu Yifei want to make is to conform to, experiment with and realize the ideal of film and television industrialization.

But speaking of art itself, and of the movies produced in China, perhaps movies like "Dying to Survive" that can resonate with society are true art.

Art comes from life. Through the little episode just triggered by the old lady, he had a new thinking about what is the purest Chinese film that is completely different from the Western one.

“There’s even a school here.”

Liu Yifei discovered a primary school and interrupted Chu Xuan's thoughts.

Chu Xuan kept this thought and idea in his heart and let his mind wander. However, there was no chance or opportunity to make a movie at the moment, so he decided to think about it later and put this thought aside for the time being.

"There is a school in such a small mountain village. There shouldn't be many students." He followed Liu Yifei's gaze and saw a small square on the side with a concrete floor.

The small square is not big, only the size of a basketball court, and there is a larger wooden and tiled house inside, which has the same structure as the wooden house in the village in front. Bursts of reading sounds can be heard from inside, reading the text "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond".

From looking around, it seems that there are only two classes. It is called a school but it is more like a private school. However, the national education system has the task of providing teaching support in rural areas, but the school in front of us is really too small.

As they walked on the country road, they could clearly see a female teacher who was obviously not from the countryside teaching the class. It seemed that this female teacher was a teacher who had gone to the countryside to teach.

"It's fate." Teacher Li glanced at the female teacher in the classroom from afar and said this.

Hearing his sudden words, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at him curiously.

Teacher Li said: "When we were looking for scenery, our car passed by the entrance of the village and we almost hit Teacher Yang who was riding a bicycle out of the village."

"Ah? Is everything okay?" Liu Yifei was surprised.

"No." Teacher Li shook her head. "Teacher Yang is very kind. She was so scared that she fell off her bicycle, but she didn't argue with us or argue with us. She just picked up her bicycle and said 'it's okay' and left. She just wanted to go to the county town to buy some fruits for her students to celebrate Children's Day on June 61st."

"When we went into the village to find Jing, we ran into her who had just returned and learned about the situation. She gave some of our remaining snacks to her students, and she was very grateful to us."

"Is that so?" Liu Yifei tilted her head and looked at Teacher Yang again, saying, "She is truly kind and a good teacher."

"What a coincidence." Teacher Li smiled and said, "Teacher Yang will have a wedding tomorrow. She will marry another male teacher who teaches in the village. The wedding will be held in the village. She also invited our crew to go and celebrate. If Director Chu and Producer Liu have time, why not go together tomorrow to join in the fun."

"Really?" Liu Yifei was surprised. She didn't expect there would be such a happy event. She really came to the right place.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Chu Xuan said. It would be very awkward to attend a wedding of someone they didn't know and who hadn't been invited. They would wait and see what the situation was tomorrow.

Liu Yifei and Teacher Li nodded and said they would talk about tomorrow’s matter tomorrow.

The group gradually moved away from the village and walked deep into the mountains.

After many twists and turns, we passed a radish field, a small bamboo forest, and then walked down a slope to a woods by a river, and finally arrived at our destination.

"Welcome Director Chu and Producer Liu to inspect our work!" Deputy Director Gao Jun led a dozen people in the crew to applaud and welcome the couple.

Chu Xuan has had experience filming "My Love from the Star", and the way he is addressed in this circle has changed in the past two months. Everyone calls him "Director Chu".

As for Liu Yifei, the title of "Producer Liu" has been around for a long time. Mainly because Liu Yifei is young, many people are embarrassed to call her "General Manager Liu". Calling her by her name is impolite, and calling her by her nickname "Xixi" is too intimate. Therefore, the teachers in the company circle collectively call her "Producer Liu".

"Hello, Teacher Gao, and hello teachers. We are just here to have fun. There is no such thing as whether or not to inspect the work." Chu Xuan walked over, shook hands with Gao Jun, and then signaled with his eyes to greet the teachers from each group present.

"Then please feel free to do as you please. It's hard to entertain you here. We're about to shoot a scene, so I won't care about you anymore," said Gao Jun.

"Teacher Gao, you just go about your business and don't worry about us. We'll just take a look." Liu Yifei said repeatedly.

Tang Yan and Luo Jin were in a set scene not far away when they discovered that their good friends Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had arrived but they did not say hello. It was obvious that both of them were trying to gather their emotions, fearing that they would be disturbed by external factors and thus lose their focus.

Tang Yan and Luo Jin merely exchanged glances with the couple as a greeting.

The couple smiled in response.

Soon, at Gao Jun's call, the filming began.

The signal here is very poor, and the monitor cannot connect to the camera. We can only judge the effect of the shooting picture by observing the small picture provided by the small screen on the camera.

There were three camera positions on the scene, and assistant director Gao Jun was running back and forth in three directions, which was quite a test of his directing ability.

However, Gao Jun once filmed a movie called "The Emperor of Han Dynasty" with Chen Daoming as the male lead. It seems that his directing skills are still very strong, but he is not well-known because he has been following Zheng Xiaolong as an assistant director for many years.

Without surveillance cameras, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei could only watch their two friends' live performances from a distance.

Tang Yan was seen standing by the river. The hillside where she was standing was about ten meters above the river surface below. She had a pitiful expression as she looked up at the sky, but in this situation, it looked like she was about to jump into the river.

"Ruoxi!" The "Fourth Master" played by Luo Jin came on horseback, dismounted quickly but steadily, strode towards Tang Yan, and pulled Tang Yan back.

"If you feel unhappy following me, you can just say it. Why do this?" Luo Jin thought Tang Yan was going to jump into the river.

"I just came out to see the scenery. Do you think I'm so fragile?" Tang Yan responded calmly and elegantly.

Chu Xuan grinned. There was drama in the eyes of these two people. They looked at each other at such a close distance without any awkwardness or discomfort. I heard that this drama had a lot of intimate scenes between the male and female protagonists. It seemed that there had been scenes before to pave the way for their relationship. I just wondered if they would fall in love because of the drama.

Lao Luo, I've given you the opportunity, you must seize it... Chu Xuan's mind was full of thoughts, and he also hoped that the two, who had been a loving couple in their original trajectory, could continue this fate.

Liu Yifei had no idea what Chu Xuan was thinking and was happily watching the performance of her two friends. In the past, when she and Chu Xuan were filming, others would watch them. But now, she could finally be a spectator and watch others show their affection, which made her watch with great interest.

"Stop, the emotions are lacking. Luo Jin, you are too steady. It's good to maintain a steady and domineering personality, but if you are too steady, the scene will lack effect. Tang Yan, you too, being calm and composed is the characteristic of your character, but being too calm is not right. Let's do another scene."

Gao Jun gave an "ng", which made Luo Jin and Tang Yan a little disappointed.

This was the first time for Luo Jin to film a costume romance drama, and it was also the first time for Tang Yan to film a costume drama. As a result, the two of them failed to meet the standards in this scene that required emotional changes after filming several times. However, they didn't know what was wrong specifically, so they could only rely on their intuition to feel it, which was a bit difficult.

Tang Yan glanced at the couple who were laughing and eating melons not far away, narrowed her eyes and showed a playful look: "Director Gao, can we let the 'national couple' show us a lesson?"

National couple? ... Gao Jun, Teacher Li and the entire team tilted their heads to look at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's faces froze, and they lost their appetite. Facing the teasing looks from the entire group, the couple did not know whether to laugh or cry.

(End of this chapter)