Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Although Meng Zhen was also an entertainer of Yunlai Entertainment before, after all, she had just debuted, and she was only a little famous on the Internet. It was incomparable to Xiao Lan, a popular actress. Therefore, the two met only when they auditioned for Daji, and they shared in private. There is no intersection.
At this moment, when Cao Lei said that the original heroine had been changed from Yu Liang to Xiao Lan, Meng Zhen always felt a little strange in her heart, but she had just arrived on the crew and didn’t have much to say, she just nodded.
Cao Lei turned his eyes to look at Meng Zhen, with a gentle tone: “Meng Zhen, the heroine Feng Feng and Shi Yuwei are colleagues in the same company. There are quite a lot of rivalries between you and Xiao Lan. When the filming officially starts tomorrow , Remember many pairs of scenes, lest the acting is wrong.”
Meng Zhen understands how much Cao Lei values his work. Although “The New Clothes of the Male God” is a commercial comedy, Cao Lei himself has a lot of pursuit. As a director, he hopes that the actors’ acting skills can reach the standard, at least not. Able to hold back.
“The director can rest assured, I will definitely communicate with Teacher Xiao.” Meng Zhen replied softly.
Hearing that, Cao Lei couldn’t help but heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that Meng Zhen is a serious actor. She has never slackened whether it is a micro-film or a variety show, and hopes to deliver a satisfactory answer this time.
Today, Meng Zhen has just joined the crew, and he is not too comfortable with the environment of the crew. Cao Lei was not in a hurry to film her scenes. Instead, he took Meng Zhen to the dressing room and said to the stylist:
“Sister Long, the role played by Meng Zhen is Shi Yuwei. Later, I plan to take a set of makeup photos for her. First, I will take photos from the high school period. The little girl is dancing in dance clothes. The makeup on her face should not be too thick. It is to highlight the feeling of innocence and tenderness.”
Although Cao Lei was stingy with himself, he squatted on the set to have lunch with the actors when nothing happened, but the staff he invited were quite famous in the industry. For example, the makeup artist known as Long Jie also worked with Qian Xubing before. The director has worked together.
Sister Long is less than 40 years old this year, but she has a lot of experience in makeup. She carefully studied Meng Zhen’s facial features and found that Meng Zhen is the kind of beauty with classic characteristics, no matter heavy makeup or light makeup, she can manage her life. .
“Director, don’t worry, Ms. Meng is so good-looking, and the makeup I put on will never reduce her points.”
Meng Zhen first put on a set of pure black dance clothes. She was born with a slender frame. Even if she had some flesh on her body, she would not look fat. The tight-fitting clothes outlined a slim figure. Sister Long pulled her hair again. I got up, took the scissors and clicked twice, cut an air bang, and matched the small face with the size of a slap, it looked spiritual and pure.
If Meng Zhen hadn’t dropped out of school, she should be in the third year of high school. So Long Jie only used powder to give her a simple primer, and then used eyeliner to outline the shape of the eyebrows and apply a layer of cherry blossom pink lipstick to complete the makeup. Up.
“Look, how pure and energetic, the high school school flowers should look like this.” Long Jie put the tools back in her cosmetic bag, her voice filled with satisfaction.
“I also think it’s pretty good.”
Cao Lei took Meng Zhen to a practice room, and then said, “Meng Zhen, you pose for a dance and let the photographer take a few photos of you.”
Meng Zhen has long been accustomed to the process of filming a movie, and he doesn’t seem unfamiliar at this time, and naturally dances in the practice room. In her previous life, she was willing to endure hardships when she was learning Chinese opera. It was a desperate practice. Therefore, her basic skills were more solid than others, and her dancing posture was extraordinarily elegant and soft, making it impossible to look away.
This kind of Meng Zhen seems to be born for the lens. The photographer is full of excitement. He presses the shutter button and exclaims: “Meng Zhen’s lens feel is better than many models. Her face is also very photogenic. Director you But I really found a treasure.”
Cao Lei chuckled, smugly.
Soon, with the help of Long Jie, Meng Zhen changed into another outfit. She was wearing a dark green high-necked evening dress with Swarovski crystals studded on the skirt. Every step she took was shining, like It is the sky full of stars blooming on the skirt, which is incredibly dazzling.
This dress was worn by Shi Yuwei on the day of her engagement. At that time, the supporting actress had already stepped into the workplace, and the makeup on her face had become thicker and sharper. At the same time, she had a charming atmosphere.
Cao Lei has been standing in the studio, looking at the glamorous girl, and reminded with a painful face: “Meng Zhen, this dress is really expensive. You must be careful. I paid a lot of money to rent it. .”
Sister Long couldn’t help but give Cao Lei a white look, “As long as the quality of the film is high, what is the cost of renting a dress? Director, you have to take a long-term view.”
Hearing this, Cao Lei hummed twice, and said nothing after all.
The crew spends a lot of money every day. After Meng Zhen finished taking the makeup photos, Cao Lei did not continue to waste time. He talked to Meng Zhen about the content of the next filming, and then officially started.
The name of the student who plays the male lead is Zhang Lai. He just graduated from university this year. He used to play several supporting roles in Cao Lei’s movies. He has good acting skills and is willing to endure hardships. Although he is not a beautiful man in the traditional sense, his acting is more popular. The small fresh meat should be much wider, and the transformation will be easier in the future.
Zhang Lai looks pretty simple and down-to-earth. At this moment, he is wearing the uniform of a high school student. Although a bit awkward, he doesn’t make it easy to make a show.
Meng Zhen had already faded the dark green haute couture dress and replaced it with a simple waist pinch dress. It was obvious that the dress had no characteristics, but when she wore it, she had a bright and charming atmosphere. .
Zhang Lai carried his schoolbag and opened his mouth exaggeratedly, staring intently at the girl walking by the stadium. He took it too seriously and was slammed on his head by a basketball flying in the air, hugged his head in his hands, and fell to the ground in pain with his face.
There was a burst of laughter from all around, and Zhang Lai was not angry, lying on the ground and continuing to look at Meng Zhen.
At this moment, Cao Lei made two gestures to the prop master. The latter hurriedly turned on the blower. The snow-white skirt was blown up by the wind. Meng Zhen imitated Monroe’s posture and pressed the skirt down, exposing her slender and white calves. In the sun, one or two of the surrounding extras were stunned, their expressions were exactly the same as Zhang Lai, and the comic effect was full.
“Pause for a moment. The air blower just didn’t blow enough. If you increase the air volume a little bit, Zhang Lai’s expression can be stupid.”
Zhang Lai had worked with Cao Lei a few times before, and he also understood the effect the director wanted. He grinned, showing sixteen white teeth, and laughed stupidly.
“This is very good, you have to keep this state when the shooting will start.” Cao Lei exclaimed without any annoyance.
In the second shooting, whether it was Meng Zhen or Zhang Lai, the performance was quite good, neither boring nor embarrassing because of being too exaggerated.
It took an entire hour for the scene to be filmed before Cao Lei satisfactorily finished work. He also specially reminded all the actors not to be late tomorrow.
At 8 o’clock the next day, Meng Zhen arrived on the set on time. As soon as he walked in, he saw Cao Lei sitting on a recliner, sketching the script in his hand.
“Meng Zhen is here, you go to the dressing room to prepare, and you are familiar with Xiao Lan’s rival scenes, right?”
Meng Zhen nodded slightly. She had a good memory. She had memorized her lines very well. Before going out, she carefully pondered the scenes in the script. There should be no problems.
It was less than nine o’clock after Meng Zhen finished the styling. When she walked to the studio, she found that Cao Lei’s face was not very good.
“Is Xiao Lan not here yet?” Cao Lei squeezed his eyebrows, and his tone was a bit rushing when he asked.
The deputy director knew that Cao Lei had a real fire, and cautiously replied: “I called her assistant just now and said that there was a traffic jam on the road from the city center to the studio. They might arrive a little later.”
“I reminded last night that today’s rain scene must be filmed at noon, otherwise, when it gets dark and the temperature drops sharply, who will be responsible for the actor’s cold?”
Seeing Cao Lei’s desperate appearance, the deputy director didn’t know what to say. Xiao Lan was originally a popular little flower. If it were common sense, she would not participate in a small-cost comedy like “The New Clothes of the Male God”. , Now that she is here, maybe people didn’t pay attention to the crew at all, otherwise the attitude wouldn’t be so sloppy.
“Wait, maybe ten minutes will be there,” the assistant director whispered.
The shooting plan was set long ago, and Xiao Lan couldn’t change it. Cao Lei took a deep breath and went around the set while watching his watch. After about half an hour, Xiao Lan finally entered the set with two assistants.
“Director Cao, I’m sorry, the traffic jam on the road has delayed time, I hope you don’t mind.”
The so-called not hitting the smiling face, Xiao Lan apologized very sincerely at this moment, even if Cao Lei’s heart is not very happy, it is not easy to behave too much, only sternly said: “Mr. Xiao, don’t be late next time.”
Xiao Lan nodded repeatedly.
After the filming started, all the actors entered the state.
At this time, they are not adults who have experienced severe beatings in the society, but pure high school students with indomitable courage. Although the male protagonist is just an ordinary student, he has always been secretly in love with the school flower and is ready to confess on the Chinese Valentine’s Day.
Holding a rose and a love letter in his hand, Zhang Lai paced back and forth in the school’s grove. The weather in Beijing is only ten degrees Celsius, but they are shooting summer scenes, so several actors are dressed the most. The flimsy clothes made people tremble with the cold when the wind blew.
Meng Zhen slowed down and relaxed as much as possible to prevent his limbs from becoming too stiff.
She was wearing a lotus root pink dress, walking on the cobblestone road, Zhang Laigang wanted to rush forward to confess to the school flower, but he did not expect that he was still a step slower, there is a young man wearing a shirt with a greasy head and holding a ninety-nine A rose, put the bouquet directly into Meng Zhen’s arms, and said affectionately: “Yuwei, my dad is the boss of the company, be my girlfriend.”
Meng Zhen blushed, and went hand in hand with the young man.
But Zhang Lai was poured into a soup chicken by the rain sprayed from the rain tower.