China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After careful consideration of the four beauties plan, Lu Pingan gave up.

Because there is no need.

A few extra scenes have little impact on the story, nor are they particularly beneficial to the movie, and it costs money to set up an exhibition hall.

The key is that there are many hidden costs.

For example, if Fan Bayi becomes a guest star of the four beauties, strictly speaking, it will not be of much benefit to her.

Although Lu Pingan's commercial movies are indeed attractive, they also have to look at the characters.

There's no problem with guest appearances, many of the guest appearances in the show are outstanding.

But the cameo of Wonderful Night is not a solo one, but together with the other three. The shots will be the same and there will be no special care.

The reputation of the other three actresses is obviously weaker than hers.

Qin Lan, a newcomer who has just become popular.

Liu Qianqian currently only has one production, "The Golden Family", and "Dragon" won't be aired until December.

Gao Yuanyuan's role is pretty good, but strictly speaking she is weaker than Fan Bayi.

Therefore, Fan Bayi's guest appearance as one of the four beauties is a bit of a boost for the other three.

The most important thing is that Li Binbin, who is also one of the two actors, is still the main character in the movie this time.

The two are now competing for the same sister, and they are both in the same movie. This topic will definitely be hyped by some media in the future.

After the movie came out, everyone saw that one was a dispensable cameo and the other was a main character. It was obvious that they were divided. It's strange that Fan Bayi was happy.

This is also true. After Lu Pingan and Sister Hua came up with the idea, Sister Hua was obviously hesitant.

This is not a question of whether to sell face or not. Fan Bayi and Lu Ping'an have nothing to do with each other, so how could they agree unconditionally.

Not unconditionally, then you will have to pay more.

There is no need to spend a lot of resources in the future just for a dispensable cameo.

So Lu Ping'an simply canceled the plan to save trouble.

For these four people, he also directly informed them that they would talk about it next time when they have the opportunity.

As a great director, he has no control over these actors and can refuse them when necessary without explaining too much.

However, Liu Qianqian and Gao Yuanyuan did what they said, saying they were not here for the roles, but really wanted to see it.

Liu Qianqian came the next day. When she arrived at the set, her eyes were filled with curiosity and everything she saw was new.

It is true that the idea of ​​museum revitalization is still very attractive at the moment, so Liu Qianqian suddenly became a hundred thousand whys.

She pulled Lu Ping'an along and asked whether this one would be resurrected and whether that one would be resurrected.

After looking around, Liu Qianqian followed Lu Pingan to make props.

At present, about 90% of the props on the set are completed, and the rest is some detailed work, such as armor, wax figure adjustment, etc.

Liu Qianqian was also very interested in this and stayed in the museum for a whole day before leaving at night.

The next day Gao Yuanyuan called: "I can't come over."

"fine."

Lu Ping'an looked calm.

Not coming is expected.

I approached him for the role, but now that the role is gone, it would be normal not to come.

So left and right is just a transaction.

As a result, Gao Yuanyuan said in a tone full of grievance: "I'm injured."

"What happened?"

"The soles of my feet were scratched by shells."

"What kind of show is this?"

"Hai's oath, you have forgotten everything I told you!"

"Well, I've been very busy recently. It's understandable that I can't think of anything for a while."

"Okay, I forgive you."

Gao Yuanyuan continued to feel aggrieved, "There was a 10-centimeter cut on the sole of my foot, and I couldn't even film the movie."

"Then you went back to Beijing to rest?"

"Yes, I was supposed to rest for a few days, so it's just right."

"Then you should rest well."

"Aren't you coming to see me?"

"Okay, I'll bring you a fruit basket after I finish my work in the evening. I'm busy right now, so I'll hang up first."

Lu Pingping hung up the phone.

After half a year of flirting, Gao Yuanyuan still couldn't help but want to pierce the window paper first.

Lu Ping'an suddenly felt a little bored.

How nice it is to be ambiguous all the time.

However, such thoughts were quickly interrupted by Bao Qiang.

"Brother, Zhu Bajie is here."

Lu Ping'an turned around when he heard the words, and Xu Shanzheng walked closer with a smile on his face: "Director Lu, I have been admiring you for a long time."

Xu Shanzheng's role was quickly decided. It was just a role with a small role, which was trivial to him.

At noon, the two had dinner together and chatted about various opinions about the movie. It was considered a preliminary friendship, which was good.

In the afternoon, Xu Shanzheng left, and then Zeng Li arrived at the set.

Lu Ping'an has been curious about Zeng Li, the "beautiful woman you meet once in 200 years in Chinese dramas" for a long time.

It is said that this young man in Tsing Yi is not photogenic, but he is very good-looking in private.

He had long wanted to see it.

And now I really see it.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh, it's true!

The real Zeng Li is really good-looking.

Tall, with long legs, gentle and majestic temperament, and a comfortable smile.

After looking around carefully, Lu Ping'an felt that Zeng Li was indeed in line with his aesthetics. Well, it was very suitable for Mulan. The premise was that the makeup should not be too thick, yes!

"Hello, Director Lu."

"Hello Zengli."

After a brief greeting, the two sat down to talk about business.

Lu Pingan asked directly: "Can I try on makeup now?"

Zeng Li also quickly replied: "Okay."

No more nonsense, let’s start trying on makeup directly.

More than an hour later, Zeng Li appeared in front of Lu Ping'an in armor.

Lu Ping'an continued to observe carefully from left to right, then he called the makeup artist and began to give instructions:

"Don't make your eyebrows so thick, and the same goes for your lipstick. Try a nude color instead."

After more than ten minutes, Lu Pingan looked at it and said, "The eyebrows should be flatter."

Then try again.

It wasn't until nearly two hours passed, after going back and forth many times to change makeup, that the makeup that Lu Ping An was satisfied with was completed.

At this time, Zeng Li was very different from "Mei Sanniang".

The facial features are more heroic, the willow eyebrows have become sword eyebrows, and the lips are healthy and naturally red.

The overall makeup look is similar to that of costume dramas more than ten years later, more elegant, simple, modern and a little neutral.

Coupled with the neat masculine hairstyle and a suit of ancient costume and armor, Zeng Li's tall figure was completely supported.

This made Teacher Yang couldn't help but praise: "This Mulan is beautiful!"

Lu Pingan then smiled and said to Zeng Li, "It's up to you!"

Now everyone is happy.

And the happiest person is Zeng Li.

They say she has no desire, but how could she not be happy when a good opportunity really comes her way?

After graduating for so long, this mentality has become increasingly unbearable.

Lu Ping'an would also agree if he knew what was going on in her heart.

When Zeng Li was in 2007, many of her classmates were already famous.

Hu Jing, Jiuji Zhang, Yuan Quan, Qin Hailu and so on.

Only she, the school beauty, has been hanging around tepidly.

This also caused some changes in her mentality.

In order to seek some breakthroughs and gain more opportunities, I took a group of photos in men's clothing, which was quite sexy.

She encountered a lot of criticism at the time, but it actually didn't bring much effect to her.

From then on, she became completely "calm".

I tried hard, but to no avail, so I continued to be a Buddhist until I was in my 40s. It was not until around 2020 that my star luck came again, and I became the "top aunt in the circle".

Lu Pingan actually has a very good impression of her.

In his opinion, this woman is similar to Yan Danchen, a relatively peaceful woman.

Although Zeng Li had several love histories, he was at least much better than Gao Yuanyuan.

However, this is just the impression that ordinary people have on the personalities created by celebrities. No one knows what the actual situation is like.

Having said that, after the role was decided, Zeng Lixindi and Lu Pingping expressed their gratitude.

Then the next question was: "Director Lu, can I take off my armor now?"

"Hey, I'm sorry, I forgot that this armor weighs 20 pounds."

The Northern Dynasty standard armor that Hua Mulan belongs to is not complicated. Lu Pingan chose the ceremonial crown armor instead of the actual combat armor. This was for the sake of appearance, and it was actually very beautiful. It looked very cool when worn on Zeng Li.

This kind of armor is called two-crotch armor. It consists of two pieces at the front and back, wrapping the torso and fixed by two straps on the shoulders. It is not heavy, but weighs close to 20 kilograms.

It took almost 4 hours to put on makeup and go back and forth. During this period, I was also wearing such heavy armor. The only point of stress was two thin leather strips on my shoulders. Even a man would be a little overwhelmed.

Zeng Li had been silent until now, and had to go back and forth to remove her makeup. Lu Pingan couldn't help but have a better impression of her.

Then with the help of the makeup artist and props artist, Zeng Li took off the two-crotch armor.

After taking it off, two watermarks could be seen on the shoulders of Zeng Li's costume due to sweat. It could be seen that it was really uncomfortable just now, but Zeng Li didn't care.

Lu Ping'an saw this, turned around and said to the costume: "Old Wang, take a look at Hua Mulan's costume and change it into another one. It's definitely not going to work the way it is now. It will take at least two weeks of filming and it will be exhausting."

Lao Wang didn't say anything and Zeng Li waved his hand: "It's okay, it'll be fine as soon as you get used to it."

Zeng Li moved his shoulders as he spoke, only to frown.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Lu Ping'an couldn't tell that there was something wrong, so she immediately asked the makeup artist to take a look at her.

Soon, the makeup artist came to report that the stitches on the costume were not properly taken care of, and the shoulders were worn out after being pressed for so long.

Fortunately, the skin was only broken a little, and the skin was opened and soaked in sweat, which caused irritation.

"It's okay, just put a band-aid on it."

Zeng Li, who had changed back into his regular clothes, patted the injured area with an air of indifference.

"Sorry, this was a crew error."

Lu Ping An apologized again.

"Just give me more pay."

Zeng Li responded with a smile, but after seeing the joke, he immediately said, "It's really okay, it's just a minor injury. It's something we encounter all the time. Don't worry about it, Director Lu."

"I'll treat you to dinner tonight, otherwise I'll be really sorry."

"OK."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then the matter passed, and then the two parties signed a contract.

Like other characters who may appear in the second film, Zeng has signed a supplementary agreement for the series.

After signing the contract, Zeng Li breathed a sigh of relief.

The stone in her heart was finally put down, and she was indescribably happy at this moment.

In fact, before Yan Danchen called her, she had just decided to take on the next TV series, which was about the return of Xiangjiang, called "The Return is Like a Rainbow".

The cast is also pretty good, including Wang Xueqi, Li Ruotong, Fu Dalong, etc.

If she had followed the past, she would definitely not miss such a good opportunity.

But now that I can act in a movie, and it's Lu Ping'an's second commercial blockbuster, everything is different.

But it’s also very tight in terms of time.

The other party needed her to decide at noon today, and this afternoon it was Lu Ping'an's audition.

So when she came here to audition, she was actually gambling with a price.

If it fails, they may have to apologize.

Fortunately, the results are good now.

After signing the contract, the time came to 7pm.

Lu Ping'an asked: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Zeng Li was slightly surprised when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "Do you really want to treat me to dinner?"

"Of course, I do what I say."

"No need to bother."

"Let's just talk about the script. If you don't know what to eat, let me arrange it. Let's go."

Now that things were like this, Zeng Li couldn't refuse and followed him out of the set.

After getting in the car, before it started, Gao Yuanyuan sent a text message: "When are you coming?"

Lu Ping'an blindly typed: "I'm picking up girls, let's talk about it tonight."

After sending the text message, he muted his voice and turned to ask Zeng Li, who was in the passenger seat: "You are from Hubei Province, right?"

My work schedule has been very bad recently. I’m going to have a good sleep at night, start blasting some stuff tomorrow, and then save some manuscripts. It feels so bad to run around naked every day.