A different director [entertainment circle]

In the script of "Born in the Mud", the city Liu Dali arrived in was Pengcheng, the most prosperous Huaguo in 1998 and created countless economic myths.

It is said that this is a magical city. No matter who is willing to work hard, they can gain future and success in Pengcheng.

It's just that when Liu Dali left his hometown, his father said to Liu Dali:

"Don't go to Pengcheng, it doesn't belong to us."

Although Liu Dali respected his father, he believed in the truths told in the books that Pengcheng was the first city in China to reform and open up, and he would definitely be able to succeed on his own.

So he came to Pengcheng without hesitation.

However, for the shooting location, Qin Yan did not choose Pengcheng, but chose A city which is relatively remote.

The story of "Born in the Silt" happened more than ten years ago. With the rapid development of Pengcheng, it is already difficult to restore the scene of the year.

This is the opportunity for China's economy.

The development of the surrounding city A is a little slower, which is more in line with the appearance of Pengcheng more than 10 years ago.

On the other hand, it is also because there are too many people in Pengcheng, and the enthusiasm for the film and television industry is too high.

If Qin Yan and the others appeared in the real Pengcheng, they would not be able to film quietly.

Qin Yan didn't want the filming of "Born in Silt" to be too sensational, and it would be too easy for actors to play.

This is a relatively dull movie, just imagine that there are all movie fans around, how can Xie Beiyang and the others get into the movie?

Under normal circumstances, few media reports would report on the shooting of literary films, but Qin Yan completely broke this law.

In fact, Qin Yan has also hesitated about this matter. Now that the more attention is paid to it, the backlash after the release may be more obvious.

But after thinking about it, Qin Yan still acquiesced to this kind of attention and hype, making the audience interested in literary films is not something that can be done overnight.

Now that there is such an opportunity, Qin Yan can only improve the quality of "Born in Silt" as much as possible.

After Qin Yan arrived in City A, Xi Qianqian and other actors officially joined the crew.

In the past month or so, the actors of the entire crew have been experiencing life, but they stayed in Hongshan County the whole time, and Xie Beiyang was the only one who lived for two months.

More people were arranged by Qin Yan to come to City A after learning about the background of the whole story. After all, what happened to Liu Dali in the city is where the plot of the movie is most concentrated.

All of Xi Qianqian's scenes were filmed in City A. Apart from attending the opening ceremony, Xi Qianqian has been experiencing life in City A.

Although City A is a modern city, Xi Qianqian's experience was not simple at all. Fortunately, there were managers and bodyguards accompanying Xi Qianqian throughout the process.

Even for a mature and strong person like Xi Qianqian, when she saw Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang, she still couldn't help showing a complaining expression and said:

"Why did you come here? If I don't come again, I'm afraid I'm going to go crazy."

Xie Beiyang and Qin Yan immediately went up to give Xi Qianqian a hug. They also knew how tortured Xi Qianqian had been during this time.

Perhaps the intensity of physical fitness is not as good as that of Xie Beiyang. When it comes to hard work and pressure, he is not inferior to Xie Beiyang at all.

With just one glance, everyone saw the change in Xi Qianqian, and all lamented that Xi Qianqian had integrated into the role.

From the appearance alone, Xi Qianqian is obviously more charming than before.

Although Xi Qianqian was very beautiful in the past, she was more of the weakness and pure beauty of traditional women, and people would feel pity for her when they saw her.

Whether it is "The Gatekeeper" or "Death", Xi Qianqian has gained a large number of fans who love her, saying that she is fragile glass and scattered clouds.

But the current Xi Qianqian is more like a flower, so delicate and charming that it makes people confused.

The entire crew only rested for one day before continuing to shoot.Qin Yan didn't want the crew, especially Xie Beiyang, to get out of the emotional state he brought from Hongshan County.

Liu Dali, who decided to venture into the city, finally came to "Pengcheng".

But he has no relatives in Pengcheng, and no one would welcome a boy from the countryside.

In order to save money, Xie Beiyang bought the latest train ticket, and when he arrived in City A, it was already dead of night.

There were obviously no pedestrians on the street, but the signs and neon lights around the street still surprised Liu Dali.

In their village, as long as it gets dark, there will be no light source in the village, and he can only wash his hands by the light of the stars and the moon every night.

The village has indeed been connected to electricity, but the electricity bill is too expensive and rare in the eyes of the people in the village, and no one is willing to use this kind of "city lord's stuff".

Liu Dali looked longingly at the deserted street, just like a country bumpkin without vision.

The more such silly eyes and expressions, the more people will know "Liu Dali"'s strangeness and longing for big cities.

"Card!"

Qin Yan was reviewing whether the footage was up to standard, and Xie Beiyang had already been called over by several old actors around him.

"What were you fantasizing about just now? A look of longing."

Li Jianwei, who plays an important supporting role in "Born in Silt", is definitely an old drama player.

After getting along for a week, these old actors have already seen that Xie Beiyang's performance method is closer to the method school, and it was obvious just now that he was mobilizing the "yearning" in his memory.

Xie Beiyang said with some embarrassment:

"I was thinking back to the first time I saw photography equipment."

Given Xie Beiyang's family background, there are really few things that would surprise and envy Xie Beiyang.

No luxury cars, no luxury houses, no luxury goods, but his favorite movies will.

Xie Beiyang didn't finish his sentence. What he recalled was the first time Qin Yan took him to make a movie. Everything in the movie was so novel and charming.

Even if he recalls it now, Xie Beiyang can still remember that "The Ancient House" brought him beauty and happiness.

After hearing this, Li Jianwei and the other veteran actors were taken aback for a moment, then immediately laughed and said:

"That's right! Can't movies make people feel yearning?"

They also didn't expect that Xie Beiyang's answer would be so standard, so standard that it was like a reference range for a propositional composition.

But they are all old actors, and one can tell at a glance whether Xie Beiyang is acting on the spot or telling the truth.

Xie Beiyang is a really down-to-earth kid.

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The day Liu Dali arrived in Pengcheng, it was already raining, and it was very late.

After he walked out of the station with a canvas bag on his back, he could only walk aimlessly along the street.

Liu Dali came out to work alone, and he also learned what a construction site is and what a guest house is through his father.He originally wanted to find a guest house to stay tonight, and then go to work tomorrow.

But the cheapest guest house he could find cost more than 20 yuan a night.

When Liu Dali went out, his father gave him 200 yuan, which was already their family's entire income for the past two months.Even if his father worked outside the home before, it only cost 400 yuan a month.

Liu Dali was really reluctant to part with the money, so he planned to spend the night on the side of the road, but unfortunately, because of the night rain, there was no clean place.

This scene is a very important turning point.

When he was in Hongshan County, Qin Yan took a lot of scenes at night in the countryside.

Especially when Liu Dali was thinking about whether he should come to a big city to work hard, Qin Yan even took a shot of "Liu Da looked up at the starry sky in the dark night".

In fact, the air pollution in 08, especially the light pollution, has become more obvious, even in the countryside it is difficult to see the stars.

Qin Yan even used some special methods to splice the shots to restore the clean starry sky more than 10 years ago.

And now Liu Dali is strolling in "Peng City", the stars have been replaced by the lights of the city.

Liu Dali was obsessed with such city scenery, but because it was too unfamiliar, he didn't dare to stop at all.Because once he stops, he will think about where he belongs and where he should go.

Walking became Liu Dali's way of escape.

In fact, this is a slightly boring long shot.

Although Qin Yan designed this scene, he wanted to compare it with the previous shots.

But whether the audience can discover and like this kind of contrast depends on Qin Yan's camera skills.

The grotesque city with fiery trees and silver flowers is indeed fascinating, but Liu Dali couldn't even find a place to sleep in.

In fact, it has already begun to imply from here that Liu Dali's "Pengcheng" is homeless after all, without a place to stay.

Liu Dali obviously couldn't get used to it, so he could only walk towards the dark alleys around him.

At this time, Liu Dali's personality had changed. In the village and at school, he was very cheerful, because he was very good in that environment.

But now, he has developed a sense of inferiority, so he feels that the dark and claustrophobic alleys may be more suitable for a rural person like him.

He can hide in an alley overnight and no one will find him.

In the long, dark alleyway, a light suddenly appeared.

A bright red and green billboard can be seen from far away, and Liu Dali can recognize the words on the billboard—Axiang Massage Shop.

Massage shop?

Liu Dali had never heard of an existence in his life, and he subconsciously walked in this direction.

Only then did he realize that there was a young woman standing in front of the billboard, a particularly beautiful young woman.

This is also a particularly delicate shot, which includes all of Liu Dali's expressions just now.

From the doubt and disappointment just now, it suddenly became dull and amazed.

At this time, there was only the silhouette of the woman in the picture, which made people wonder what kind of person would make Liu Dali show such an amazing expression.

However, it's time for a transition.

"Xi Qianqian! Get ready!"

Qin Yan didn't make a fool of himself, what he wanted to shoot was Xi Qianqian, which was the first meeting between Liu Dali and Sun Yunxiu in the plot.

Xi Qianqian had been waiting for a long time. After hearing the words "ready to be in place", Xi Qianqian's whole body changed suddenly, which stunned the staff present.

This is an on-site shooting, without any lens and image rendering, and without using any contrasting techniques, acting alone conquered a group of professional filmmakers.

At this time, Xi Qianqian also has an extraordinary beauty, to be precise, it should be called coquetry, she really arouses desire in people's hearts.

In the plot, Liu Dali went out to work after the Spring Festival, so it should be a steep cold spring now.

Liu Dali's clothing in the camera also proves this point. The long clothes and trousers are tightly packed, and he can even wear cotton trousers to prevent the cold.

In fact, it is already mid-April, and Xie Beiyang has been sweating wearing these clothes, and kept wiping his sweat during the shooting to prevent the camera from getting caught.

And Sun Yunxiu seemed to live in two hemispheres with Liu Dali, her clothes were quite cool, only a short skirt tightly wrapped her buttocks, revealing her slender and well-proportioned thighs.

The upper body of the dress is covered with shimmering blue and purple sequins, which are dazzling against the backlight.

This was a dress and clothing that Liu Dali had never seen before, and he was completely stunned for a moment.

Not knowing why, Liu Dali walked over slowly.

In fact, the filming of this scene has already been finished, but Qin Yan saw that Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian's performance was too good, so he immediately asked the two to continue filming in the current state.

Seeing someone approaching, Sun Yunxiu first showed a standard smile.

But when Liu Dali walked up to her and saw what he was wearing, she immediately showed a very vague and disgusted expression, and never looked at Liu Dali again.

However, seeing that Liu Dali was still moving towards her, Sun Yunxiu finally showed an expression of impatience, and she said:

"What are you going to do? Have you brought any money?"

The impatient tone and strange question made Liu Dali stop in his tracks. What does this have to do with bringing money?

He subconsciously shook his head.

Sun Yunxiu saw that Liu Dali was down and out, he didn't look like someone with spending power at all.This is obviously a silly boy from the countryside. Sun Xiuyun didn't want to waste time with him, so she said:

"If you don't have any money, get out quickly, look at how bad you are."

This was the first time since Liu Dali was born that he was looked at with such distasteful eyes, and the strangeness and fear of this city in his heart increased again.

Do all urbanites look down on themselves like this?

Liu Dali turned around in despair, ready to leave here.

Sun Yunxiu scolded "Old Shoutou" in a low voice in dialect.

Liu Dali turned around abruptly, and said in the same dialect as Sun Yunxiu:

"Are you from Hongshan County too?"

Because the dialect of Hongshan County is very special, it is surrounded by mountains, and the communication nose is blocked.Over the two hills, there are obvious differences in the languages ​​of the neighboring counties.

As for "Old Shoutou" just now, only their county council used this to curse people, so Liu Dali guessed that Sun Yunxiu should be a fellow villager with him.

There are four joys in life, and meeting an old friend in a foreign land is one of them.

Liu Dali was a little happy, because he asked the villagers that no one came to work in the city except his father, that's why he was so lonely.

Even though Sun Yunxiu was scolding him just now, he felt a sense of intimacy, and he really wanted to ask how to survive in this city.

But Sun Yunxiu's reaction was extremely strange. After hearing Liu Dali's question, Sun Yunxiu, who was still flirtatious just now, was full of anger on her face, and cursed words came out of her mouth one after another:

"Who's from that little place?"

"Don't mess around with the relationship, don't you have eyes?"

"Get out of here quickly, or I'll call the police and catch you rogue."

There was really no reason for Sun Yunxiu's anger. Liu Dali didn't know what he said wrong that would make the other party so angry.

He didn't dare to refute at all, all his courage was extinguished by Sun Yunxiu's anger, Liu Dali didn't stay any longer, he hurriedly turned around and fled into the night.

After confirming that Liu Dali had run away, Sun Yunxiu lived up to the heroic aura just now. She leaned against the door frame and let out a long sigh.

With trembling fingers, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it in the dark.

"Card!".

Qin Yan's voice sounded, and the surrounding staff all came over.

They all watched the performance just now, and they have to admit that Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian's acting skills are too outstanding among actors in their 20s.

Two such difficult scenes can be passed in one.

Qin Yan was also very satisfied with the performance of the two.

After all, this was their first day of play in City A. Qin Yan also wanted to make a splash, so he took Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian to rehearse many times in private.

I was originally prepared to only shoot two scenes tonight, but now it seems that I can continue to move forward.

But Qin Yan was also a little worried. After all, the next scene would not be so easy. He walked over and said to Xi Qianqian:

"How is it? Are you in good condition?"

3 nodded and said, "What can be the matter? When I was filming "Death" before, I was much more desperate than now, so I didn't shoot it as usual."

Only then did Qin Yan turn around and said to everyone: "You are in good shape tonight, everyone will shoot two more scenes, and the task will be easier in the future."

The whole crew immediately got busy. Fortunately, the crew has long been used to Qin Yan's jumping. If the shooting goes well, they often plan ahead.

Makeup artists were waiting at the scene, while Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian also changed their clothes.Best of all, the props are in the freezer in the massage parlor room. .

Although "Born in the Mud" was filmed in chronological order, it was impossible for Qin Yan to make certain adjustments from beginning to end like "Ancient House".

The next scene is the story two days later.

In the script, Sun Yunxiu is still standing at the door of the hair salon. In the script, because of the cold spring, the temperature in Pengcheng has also reached around 0°C.

The weather was cold and business was difficult, but the more it was like this, the more Sun Xiuyun had to come out to solicit customers.

However, it is already mid-April, and the temperature at night is about ten degrees, which does not reflect the coldness of the weather at all.

Fortunately, the prop master had already made preparations and immediately brought an ice cube bucket.

Xi Qianqian stepped in directly, and at the same time placed her hands in the other two ice buckets.

It didn't last too long, after about a minute or two, Xi Qianqian came out of the ice cube bucket.

At this time, the skin of Xi Qianqian's limbs had obviously turned purple.

This purple-red color means that the person has been in the cold environment for too long, and the skin has no way to adjust the temperature, resulting in frostbite.

It says so in the script of "Born in Mud"

"The weather is really cold, and Sun Yunxiu is still standing by the side of the road to attract customers. Business is not doing well recently, and she doesn't even dare to go back to the house to keep warm, so she has been standing under the billboard."

"At first she felt a bit cold, but by the end, she was almost unconscious."

This scene is the turning point of the plot, and it is also a memory point for the audience.

Although Sun Yunxiu seemed to live a glamorous life, the clothes on her body were also so gorgeous that Liu Dali was stunned.

But Sun Yunxiu is essentially a person who has been abandoned by society, without her own value and dignity, just like a piece of pork standing in the cold wind waiting for guests, she doesn't know when she will come to choose her.

How to reflect Sun Yunxiu's social status, let her cry directly?

Qin Yan didn't like it, he chose to highlight Sun Yunxiu's solicitation in the script.The more helpless and desolate Sun Yunxiu is, the more she can reflect her desolation.

Frostbite on the body is the most important thing.

In fact, Qin Yan didn't think of such a ruthless method at the beginning, but when trying on makeup yesterday, the stylist and makeup artist simulated being frozen by applying powder on Xi Qianqian.

Not to mention Qin Yan, even Xi Qianqian was not satisfied with the final result.

When Qin Yan was still hesitating, Xi Qianqian took the initiative to say:

"Isn't it a joke that you dare to show it after filming it like this?"

"Comrade Old Qin, don't you think you are so irresponsible? Are you trying to fool people with these things?"

Qin Yan knew that Xi Qianqian was trying to provoke him, but he didn't refute. He bought a lot of ice cubes and kept them ready at any time.

In the two scenes just now, there was no close-up of Xi Qianqian, so it was useless.

Looking at her arms and thighs, Xi Qianqian said with satisfaction:

"That's about the same."

Don't look at the relaxed expression on Xi Qianqian's face. Just now, when he gave way to the ice cube, it was a stinging pain at first, but now he really lost his sense of temperature.

Qin Yan could only ask the crew to shoot as soon as possible, otherwise when Xi Qianqian's skin recovered, he would have to do it again.

At this time, Liu Dali suddenly appeared in the alley again.

Liu Dali has actually found a job. Young workers like him are actually quite popular in Hong Kong City.

There are factories everywhere, and buildings waiting to be pruned everywhere. This is a boiling era, an era in which migrant workers are unknown.

However, Liu Dali's process of finding a job was not very smooth. Many foremen asked Liu Dali to provide his ID card.But Liu Dali, who is not yet an adult, where does he have an ID card?

These foremen used child labor as an excuse to lower Liu Dali's wages.

Although Liu Dali hadn't seen much of the world, it didn't mean he was a fool.He searched the labor market all day before he found a foreman who claimed to be from his hometown and agreed to give him the market price.

But this foreman named Wang Laosan couldn't speak the dialect of Hongshan County at all, so Liu Dali was a little suspicious.And the foreman said:

"People who come out of Hongshan Town, who doesn't know me, Wang Laosan? Just ask anyone and you will know."

There was no phone call in the village, and Liu Dali couldn't call back to verify.

Liu Dali suddenly remembered Sun Yunxiu, and he was sure that Sun Yunxiu must be from Hongshan County.

If it was true what Wang Laosan said, everyone knew his name, then Sun Yunxiu would know it too, and Liu Dali mustered up the courage to look for Sun Yunxiu again.

Of course, whether there are other reasons for this, the script did not directly state it, it all depends on Qin Yan's interpretation and the specific requirements for the two of them.

There were no guests all night, and finally there was a figure, and it turned out to be Liu Dali again. Sun Yunxiu typed it out and said:

"Didn't I tell you to go away? I said that I don't know what Green Mountain County or Blue Mountain County is."

Who knew that Liu Dali looked at Sun Yunxiu under the light panel, and suddenly said:

"Hurry up and sit in the house, don't freeze yourself, you will definitely catch a cold like this."

Liu Dali used to know what it was like to work in winter. He was also blue from the cold, and the feeling of a cold was not good.

Although he didn't know why Sun Yunxiu stood by the roadside in the middle of the night, he knew that Sun Yunxiu must be very cold.

Liu Dali just followed his heart and said such a caring word without any flattery or flattery.

Sun Yunxiu's expression immediately changed when he heard these words. There was pain and sadness, but he was still more confused and helpless.

Then Sun Yunxiu's emotions suddenly exploded, and she yelled at Liu Dali:

"Are you crazy? I don't know you, who do you think you are!"

After speaking, Sun Yunxiu turned around and walked into the massage shop, while Liu Dali stood where he was, staring at the word "massage shop" in a daze.

Ten seconds later, Liu Dali turned around and left again.