After the vase cannon fodder is reborn

The director of "Embroidered Life" is called Cen Wangnian, who has just passed fifty this year, and he is also a veritable old-timer in the circle.Although his reputation is not as high as that of director Chen Xusheng, it is because most of the works Cen Wangnian has shot in the industry for many years are literary films, and quite a few of them have not even been screened in China, and they have been directly exhibited abroad.Although the number of awards won is not many, it is a good way to improve the quality.

It is precisely because of this that even though Cen Wangnian's movie does not have a high box office, many people in the industry regard it as a shortcut to "golden body", so there is no shortage of investors.

This "Embroidered Life" is an exception.Because Cen Wangnian decided not to use familiar faces on the big screen as protagonists in order to improve the sense of substitution in the movie, but only wanted to use newcomers——

Just imagine, a director who has no guarantee of box office and can only rely on quality to win awards, actually wants to use a newcomer to shoot a movie that looks like a hit.Obviously, it is a waste of money business, who will invest?

It is true that directors may make movies for art, but investors must invest in movies for profit.

So in my previous life, it was not surprising that the movie failed to open in the end.

As for this life, director Chen Xusheng kindly introduced Wen Zhuoyu to Cen Wangnian, an acting school who is not short of money and can bring money into the group - so to speak, it seems that this movie is really tailor-made for Wen Zhuoyu of.

First of all, Wen Zhuoyu is willing to spend money if he has money.

Secondly, Wen Zhuoyu is a newcomer.Although the box office of the movie he invested in was a hit and his acting skills were well recognized, the "Twins" that really made Wen Zhuoyu shine has not yet been released.Therefore, no matter how popular Wen Zhuoyu is, he is a new face on the big screen for the audience.And he is a newcomer with his own attention.

In the end, Wen Zhuoyu was able to bear the loneliness and boredom to earnestly understand the relevant knowledge of Su embroidery, and was willing to learn Su embroidery stitches by himself before joining the group.This attitude coincides with Director Cen Wangnian's attitude towards excellence in his works.So the cooperation between the two of them is also very tacit and harmonious.

Director Cen Wangnian has been making movies for so many years, and it is the first time he feels that he does not need to be constrained by the cost budget. The most famous embroidery masters in the world personally designed the draft and completed the embroidery.

In addition, regarding the various embroidery items that appeared in the movie, except for the props that were destroyed by the actor's embroidery at the beginning, the rest are all new patterns designed by embroidery masters, not the rough ones on the market at all. Commercial finished product.

Cen Wangnian was fascinated by this feeling of spending money like water, so much so that before the movie started, Cen Wangnian had already called his friend Chen Xusheng several times "for nothing", and kept feeling on the phone: "This is It’s the feeling of making a big production. If it’s not that I’m not capable, I’d like to make a commercial film!”

Yes!Unlike many directors of literary and artistic films who devote themselves to studying literary and artistic works but sneer at commercial films, although Cen Wangnian has been deeply involved in literary and artistic films, he has never looked down on commercial films.He just felt that he did not have the ability to grasp the appetite of the audience, so he did not dare to try commercial films.

"It feels really good to work with Wen Zhuoyu! Old Chen, thank you this time." If it wasn't for Chen Xusheng's recommendation, Cen Wangnian felt that he would probably never feel the real wealth and abundance in his life. things.Not to mention that Wen Zhuoyu's acting skills and attitude towards acting are also very much to his liking.

What a great partner to find!

"I have to thank you for being a 'matchmaker'!" Cen Wangnian joked, "I'll treat you to a drink another day."

Chen Xusheng laughed loudly when he heard the words: "It's not easy to ask you to buy a drink, I'll be waiting!"

Here Cen Wangnian and Chen Xusheng agreed to drink.On the other hand, Wen Zhuoyu did not forget to fulfill the agreement - after moving to the new home, he cooked for Gu Xihuai himself to thank Gu Xihuai for helping him decorate the house.

But this time, Wen Zhuoyu won't cook two bowls of semi-finished wontons just to save trouble.He tried his best to cook a table of delicious food.

Sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed pork with rice flour, Longjing shrimp, steamed sea bass, almond tofu, marinated Duxian, saliva chicken and a dish of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root.Gu Xihuai was stunned when he saw these dishes.He knew that Wen Zhuoyu could cook, but he didn't expect Wen Zhuoyu to cook so well.

"You can open a restaurant with this cooking skill!" Sitting at the dining table, Gu Xihuai swallowed his saliva vividly: "It's really hard work."

"To each other." Wen Zhuoyu said with a smile.Gu Xihuai was not idle when he was cooking in the kitchen, and kept helping him.After the meal was ready, Gu Xihuai helped clean up the kitchen again, in fact, he did no less than Wen Zhuoyu.

"It seems that I have to learn from you." Gu Xihuai served Wen Zhuoyu a bowl of rice, and handed it over with both respectful hands, singing and writing well: "Borrowing flowers to present Buddha, I respect you first."

Wen Zhuoyu didn't open the wine because there were too many dishes.Hearing this, he took the rice bowl with a smile and said, "Same respect, same respect."

As he said that, he looked at Gu Xihuai expectantly: "Try it."

Gu Xihuai picked up a chopstick of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root.The New Year's lotus root is white and tender, crisp and sweet with a touch of sweetness, and it can be drawn with a bite.The glutinous rice stuffed in the lotus root hole is soft and glutinous, paired with the sweetness of the osmanthus sauce, it really has a soft and glutinous Q-bomb that fills the mouth.

Gu Xihuai's eyes lit up: "It's delicious."

Then, Gu Xihuai unconsciously dropped his chopsticks on the sweet and sour pork ribs.I saw that the skin of this fried sweet and sour pork ribs was crystal clear, covered with sweet and sour sauce.Take a bite, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the juice is rich and thin, and the sweet and sour taste is very appetizing.Gu Xihuai involuntarily dug a chopstick of rice and fed it into his mouth. The new rice exuding a fresh taste was mixed with the sweet and sour pork ribs. Gu Xihuai felt that his whole body was filled with happiness.The fatigue of the day is swept away.

"This is too delicious!" Gu Xihuai couldn't stop, and took another spoonful of almond tofu.After the sweet almonds are ground into pulp, use a fine filter cloth to filter out the residue, then pour in an appropriate amount of frozen powder and fragrant milk and stir well, wait until it is boiled and let it cool, then put it in the refrigerator to freeze until it is ready to eat Cut into small pieces with a knife, sprinkle with sweet-scented osmanthus sauce and crushed peanuts, it tastes tender and smooth with a hint of milk, better than jelly.

Wen Zhuoyu knows that Gu Xihuai loves sweets, so half of the dishes cooked today are sweet and sour, and the rest are relatively light and refreshing, which is very suitable for summer.

Sure enough, I saw Gu Xihuai kept chopsticks and chopsticks, eating to his heart's content.Seeing that he could eat so well, Wen Zhuoyu's appetite improved a lot.The two big men almost swept away the eight dishes, Gu Xihuai patted his stomach in satisfaction, and sighed: "I'm so happy!"

Wen Zhuoyu looked at Gu Xihuai with a smile.He found that Gu Xihuai was actually very easy to satisfy.Although I am not a foodie, as long as I eat delicious food, I will be happy.Watching a good movie will also make you happy all day.Even doing nothing, staying at home with Wen Zhuoyu and reading the lines on the back of the book feels comfortable.Even though he is the heir of the Gu Group, his material desires are so low. While Wen Zhuoyu was amused, he couldn't help feeling sorry for Gu Xihuai.

——It is such a very contented person who was forced by his family to have schizophrenia and split personality. Fortunately, Gu Xihuai's situation has become much more stable in recent years.In his own words, at least in recent years, he has never experienced auditory or visual hallucinations.

Two young actors who are committed to shining in their acting careers will not indulge in body management.After eating, Wen Zhuoyu and Gu Xihuai went to the gym for more than an hour, then took a shower, and nestled in their own projection room to watch movies.

Gu Xihuai thought that he would go to 23 cities for this road show to promote, and when the screenings in all cities were over, this month would have passed.In other words, he will not have the chance to meet Wen Zhuoyu in the next month.

"I'm not in City A. If you encounter any trouble, you can go to my mother." Gu Xihuai said earnestly: "My mother has wanted to invite you to my house for a long time."

It's just that Luo Xiu had been living in Gu's house before, and Wen Zhuoyu was impatient to chat with Luo Xiu, so he didn't go to Gu's house as a guest.Later, he was busy with work and classes and couldn't go to class. Now that Gu Xihuai was leaving again, Wen Zhuoyu couldn't rush to visit by himself.

Gu Xihuai was afraid that Wen Zhuoyu would follow the red tape, even if he was in trouble, he would not go to Mrs. Gu for help, so he repeatedly asked: "Just treat it as a favor to me, you often go to see my mother when I am not at home , lest she be lonely as an old man."

Wen Zhuoyu thought of Mrs. Gu, who was in her fifties but well maintained and looked only in her early thirties, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid she won't be happy if you call her an old man behind her back."

After hearing Wen Zhuoyu's tongue-twister-like joke, Gu Xihuai also laughed.

"Anyway, that's what it means," Gu Xihuai said, "I'm not at home, so take good care of yourself."

"Don't worry." Wen Zhuoyu waved his hand lazily.Of course he will take good care of himself, but Gu Xihuai doesn't need to worry about that.

Having said that, Gu Xihuai, who is going to do road shows in 23 cities, should be more worried about whether he can take care of himself than himself who has been nesting in city A, right?

"Remember to prepare more medicine, so as not to acclimate." Wen Zhuoyu reminded.

Gu Xihuai nodded, and said seriously: "Don't worry, the assistant will prepare it for me."

I don't know if it was because it was too late, or Gu Xihuai's expression was too cute at this moment, Wen Zhuoyu couldn't bear to hear this answer.He thought for a while, turned off the movie, got up and went to the living room.Gu Xihuai followed behind Wen Zhuoyu in a daze.Seeing Wen Zhuoyu rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the living room, he found a small medicine box, picked out all kinds of commonly used medicines in it, and packed them up for Gu Xihuai: "Take it."

Gu Xihuai subconsciously wanted to shirk.Wen Zhuoyu said: "You have a lot of places to go, so use them first. I have to buy them myself when I have time."

Gu Xihuai blinked, and thanked warmly while holding the plastic bag full of medicines.That "thank you" sounded heavy, like the melodious and melodious strings of a cello, immersing in Wen Zhuoyu's ears.

Wen Zhuoyu bent his eyes: "There's nothing to be thankful for."

Even if Wen Zhuoyu doesn't prepare for Gu Xihuai, Gu Xihuai's assistant will not forget these procedures.He was also just impulsive.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhuoyu sighed deeply.

Gu Xihuai was on the plane the next morning, and Wen Zhuoyu didn't go to see him off, because he still had to attend the opening ceremony of "Embroidered Life".

Although this is a low-budget movie with a low budget, Wen Zhuoyu is the only one among all the investors. Even on the opening day, no media came to interview. Director Cen Wangnian still prepared the opening ceremony step by step. After preparing pig's head and fruit, the actors and actresses of the whole crew were diligently offering incense and worshiping gods before turning on the machine.

In order to ensure a smooth start-up, the first scene after the start-up of the crew will generally be relatively simple, and it is best to pass it one by one, which is also auspicious.

The first scene of the crew of "Xiu Sheng" is the scene where the father and son of Xiu Sheng quarreled because of their disagreement.

This is an indoor scene, and the props team set up the shed scene early in the morning.In a bright and spacious study room, there is a table-top embroidery frame facing the window.The embroidery frame has three legs, is two feet seven inches high, and is made of mahogany. It is an old object from the Republic of China period.

This is also why director Cen Wangnian specially asked the props team to rummage in the flea market after he learned that the budget was not short of money.Not only this embroidery frame, but also all the embroidery-related ornaments and embroidery in the house were bought by Cen Wangnian through hard work. Among them, several pairs of embroidery hanging on the wall needed close-ups, and even Cen Wangnian's father It was a painstaking work back then.

The mounted embroidery is covered with a glass shelf and placed on the Duobao Pavilion against the wall. The whole study is decorated with antique flavors.

Wen Zhuoyu had already changed into costumes and put on makeup, and was sitting in front of the desktop embroidery frame, practicing needlework impetuously.

The old actor who plays Xiusheng's father is also an acquaintance of Wen Zhuoyu--the old drama "Slow Walking Country Road" with which he collaborated once.

Songbaek

The first film was the work of Cen Wangnian, and later won the Best Supporting Actor with another work directed by Cen Wangnian, although it was only a very small foreign film festival - audiences who don't care about the film and television industry may not even think about that I have never heard of the name of the film festival, but no matter what, director Cen Wangnian has been kind to Song Bai.Now director Cen Wangnian wants to invite Song Bai to be the second male lead in the movie, Song Bai will not refuse regardless of emotion or reason.Not to mention that Song Bai is still very interested in Wen Zhuoyu's acting skills.

He really wanted to know how good his acting skills would be that he would be impressed by a proud man like Gu Xihuai, and even praised by the well-known stern director Chen Xusheng.

So for the first scene with Wen Zhuoyu today, Song Bai also came with full energy.

"Look at your distraught appearance, I am asking you to practice chaotic stitch embroidery, not chaotic embroidery!" Xiusheng's father cursed bitterly: "...and here, you have to come out from the place where the previous stitch entered. Needle, roll forward bit by bit, pay attention to the same needle hole when the needle exits and enters the needle, so that the stitches can be fine and smooth, why are you so frizzy, you can’t calm down at all..."

Listening to his father's endless nagging, Xiusheng, who had just quarreled with his classmates, finally broke out: "What's the use?"

Xiusheng's father was taken aback when he heard the words: "What did you say?"

"I said what's the use of embroidering these crap at home every day!" The embroiderer summoned up his courage and shouted: "Is it to make money or to be famous? You embroider well and I haven't seen you make a fortune. Why don't you want me to embroider?" Mom runs a noodle shop to support the whole family. You know how to make these needles and threads every day at home, and you don’t care what people say about you?"

"They can say whatever they want. They have their mouths, and no one can control them." Xiusheng's father frowned: "You are so impetuous because of such a trivial matter, you can't even embroider such basic stitches well." ?”

Xiusheng's father wanted to say that Xiusheng's temper was too impetuous and needed training.Unexpectedly, Xiusheng was suddenly annoyed: "They said that the men in our Su family are not men, and they are all more effeminate than women."

Xiusheng's father's face darkened: "That's because they have no quality. Why do you have to get angry with those people who have no quality?"

"I'm not angry, I think what they said is right!" Xiusheng suppressed his anger, and said in a breathless voice: "I'm a man, I don't want to tinker with these needles and threads all day long, I don't want to be laughed at as a sissy, I don't want to learn embroidery .Dad, can I stop learning?"

"Nonsense!" Xiusheng's father's face darkened: "You are the ninth generation heir of our Su family, and only you can inherit our family's craftsmanship. If you don't learn, then our family's inheritance will be broken——"

"Then stop it! What good thing is this? I don't want to learn it for a long time! If I didn't learn embroidery every day, would I be laughed at by them? You only think about inheritance every day, and it's useless to let me learn it." Why don’t you think about me? I said I don’t want to learn anymore!” The embroidery student became more and more angry, and even kicked the embroidery frame, and the three-legged embroidery frame was kicked aside, and there was a sound of falling to the ground It was as if a drumstick had struck heavily on Xiusheng's father's heart.

"What are you doing?" Xiusheng's father immediately stepped forward, carefully set up the embroidery stand, and after careful inspection, he turned around and slapped Xiusheng: "What did I tell you? If a worker wants to do a good job, he must Sharpen your weapon first. If you want to learn embroidery well, you must first learn how to be a human being. Just treat it like this—"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiu Sheng suddenly erupted.

"I said that I don't want to learn anymore!" Xiusheng turned around with red eyes against the slap marks on his face, and began to frantically smash the embroidery frames in the study room, removing the works that Xiusheng's father was proud of from Duobao Pavilion was swept away, and even picked up the scissors to cut the semi-finished embroidery on the stretch, as if in a daze, said: "What a broken thing! Don't learn it! Don't want it! It's all ruined!"

Under his father's astonished gaze, Xiusheng smashed the study room thoroughly, then threw half of the embroidery in his hand on his father's face, and with a very obvious look of revenge, he said maliciously: "Hold you!" Let's live with the rags! I've had enough. I don't want to be like you, wasting time on these rags. In the end, I become a person who is pointed at the spine and doesn't take it seriously. A wimp who slaps his own son."

Being scolded by his son as a wimp in person, Xiusheng's father suddenly turned pale. He looked at his son who suddenly went mad with shock, and his whole body trembled.