Entertaining Children

Two days later, the crew started up as planned.

Generally, when the production crew starts up, there will be a start-up ceremony. Some production crews held a start-up ceremony, which was carried out on-site at the shooting location. At the opening ceremony, basically all the crew members are present, and some media reporters will also be invited to report on the scene. Some production crews that focus on publicity will even hold a press conference for the start-up in hotels or theaters.

With Xiao Yao's character, he will definitely not hold a press conference for the start-up of the project he is in charge of. However, he will still hold the opening ceremony. Because this opening ceremony is not only about media publicity, but also about the entire crew.

Xiao Yao doesn't like to start the publicity of the project too early. He never took the initiative to break the news to the media or contact the media to buy a page for publicity during the casting preparation stage, and he never disclosed theater photos to the media for news reports during filming.

The two film projects he led before were reported by the media after the project was approved because of crowdfunding and Xiao Yao occasionally mentioned it in variety shows, but there was no news during the casting and shooting period. During the filming of "Donkey Gets Water", encountering disturbances from local villagers and fighting with local scoundrels will definitely be breaking news. Any crew who encounters such incidents will probably use it to hype it up. But after Xiao Yao handled the incident with the local police, Xiao Yao really didn't release the video, and didn't take the opportunity to hype it up.

However, sometimes the crew does not take the initiative to seek media reports for news reports, which does not mean that the media will not take the initiative to dig news from the crew.

With Xiao Yao's current fame, he was originally the target of entertainment reporters. But in general, Xiao Yao has very little gossip. Unable to catch up with private life, media reporters naturally focused on Xiao Yao's work. Xiao Yao's performance in variety shows and film and television works is very good. In terms of variety shows, there are still many official behind-the-scenes highlights in the shows, but what happened to him on the set was rarely disclosed.

At present, Xiao Yao's film and television works are not many, but there are quite a few amazing things he made during filming.

For example, when he was filming "Ling Yunzhi", he "exposed the tiles on the house" on the crew, and created a campaign called "Parkour" with Zhao Rui and others; when filming "The Tuner", he temporarily bought a burger for Cheng Xi and designed her Sloppy image, and special effects makeup for Cheng Xi on the spot; when filming "127 Hours", he "crazed" and shut himself up for two days and one night, and went into the "small black room" by himself when filming; The car was arranged to be on standby on the set, and during the filming of "Donkey Gets Water", I watched my girlfriend slap herself and then ran out to slap herself secretly.

However, these things were all said by the crew members in interviews or even when they received the awards at the awards ceremony after the film was filmed or released, and none of them were discovered or reported by media reporters at the time. In other words, except for the crew, no one else knew about it at the time.

It's not that the media reporters are not interested in Xiao Yao's affairs on the set.

Instead, they were interested and just didn't happen to come across it.

When Xiao Yao was just an actor, media reporters normally attended the crew's launch conference and visited the crew. However, Xiao Yao was still a middle school student and a newcomer when he was filming "Ling Yun Zhi" before. The media reporters were not so interested in him, and they didn't pay much attention to his affairs when they went to visit the crew. When filming "127 Hours", the reporter also went to visit the set, but they went earlier and did not encounter Xiao Yao's "retreat" by himself.

Xiao Yao himself directed three film and television works, but he intentionally isolated media reporters.

"The Tuner" is a short film, and it took a total of one week to shoot. Xiao Yao did not take the initiative to disclose this project to the media reporters. When the media reporters got the news, the crew had already wrapped up, and there was no visit to the set at all.

"Parkour Boy" was filmed in the United States. Even if the reporter knew that he was going to film in the United States, but Xiao Yao did not disclose the specific filming location and refused the reporter to visit the set, no Chinese media would send a reporter to the United States. Look everywhere for their crew. The filming location of "Donkey Gets Water" is in a remote mountain village in the Northwest. Even though Xiao Yao did not disclose the specific shooting location and refused the media reporters to visit the set, it was also difficult for the media reporters to find the location of their crew.

Because of these histories, media reporters are more interested in what happened to Xiao Yao on the set. The pursuit of news during the filming of Xiao Yao's film and television project and the requirements for the crew to visit the set are also stronger than those of stars of his level.

When Xiao Yao was filming, he didn't like being disturbed by media reporters, so when he directed several films, he did intend to isolate the media. For the previous two films "Parkour Boy" and "Donkey Gets Water", Xiao Yao did not notify or invite media reporters during the opening ceremony, just to keep the filming location of the crew secret.

However, Xiao Yao couldn't continue to do this for this project. For the previous two films, one was filmed in the United States, and the other was filmed in a remote mountain village in the Northwest. As long as the crew did a good job of keeping secrets and did not disclose it to the media, media reporters generally would not be able to find them. arrive. But this TV series is a modern urban drama, and it was filmed in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, a super first-tier city, and some scenes were in public places such as the streets and business buildings in the CBD area, so there was no way to keep it secret. .

Since there is no way to keep it secret, it is better to openly invite media reporters to report instead of letting those media reporters secretly take pictures. So this time the crew's opening ceremony, in addition to the crew members, also invited a lot of media reporters to participate and report.

At present, Huaxia's power-on ceremony has a worship ceremony. Generally, a red velvet cloth is used to cover the table table used for worship. A certain deity is enshrined on the table, and there are incense burners and offering items beside and in front, and the camera next to it is covered by a piece of red cloth. The main creators of the crew offered incense and worshiped gods one by one, and finally lifted the red cloth on the camera to announce the start-up.

The tradition of this kind of worship ceremony originated in Hong Kong Island. It is not necessarily a feudal superstition, but a prayer to avoid uncontrollable accidental factors such as natural disasters and man-made disasters during filming, so as to avoid the loss of the crew. As Hong Kong island film and television professionals go north, mainland film and television projects will also do the same when they start.

Although Xiao Yao came through a soul, he doesn't really believe in ghosts and gods. When filming "Parkour Boys" in the United States, because the crew members were either Americans or Chinese young people, there was no ceremony of burning incense and worshiping gods when the film was started, but simply announced the start of the film. However, in China, Xiao Yao will still carry out this kind of ritual of burning incense and worshiping gods for the sake of peace of mind for most of the crew.

The last time when filming "Donkey Gets Water" in the Northwest, although there were no media reporters present, only the crew, the crew also held a start-up ceremony of burning incense and worshiping gods, and it was done under the guidance of Lin Jingliang, a native of Hong Kong Island. . For this TV series launch ceremony, Xiao Yao followed the rules and procedures learned from Lin Jingliang last time.

The main creators of the crew finished offering incense one by one, and Xiao Yao, as the producer, lifted the red cloth on the camera together with director Chen Jun, and shouted to announce the start-up, and the ceremony was considered complete.

However, although the ceremony was completed, the opening ceremony did not end there. The filming will not start immediately after the opening ceremony, because there are still media reporters on the scene, so the next time is the time for the members of the crew to communicate freely and interview with media reporters.

Although it was not in the form of a press conference, at the beginning of the opening ceremony, some people introduced the main creative members of the crew to the reporters present. Although media reporters have already known a lot of information about the personnel of this TV drama project from various channels, it is only at the opening ceremony that they can truly confirm and fully understand all the main members of the crew in front of and behind the scenes.

The main personnel behind the scenes of this crew, especially the lineup of actors, are still very interesting in the eyes of media reporters, and the selection of some actors is beyond the expectations of most media reporters, so the burning of incense and worship is over, and we can enter free activities After the time for free interviews, many reporters immediately approached Xiao Yao and asked for interviews.

In the opening ceremony of the crew on Hong Kong Island, after burning incense and worshiping gods, there was also a link of sharing roasted meat. Since Xiao Yao came according to the procedure taught by Lin Jingliang, this opening ceremony also has this link.

Xiao Yao was surrounded by a group of reporters and asked for an interview before he ate a plate of roasted pork. Xiao Yao didn't care about his image either, he was being interviewed by reporters while eating the roasted pork on the plate.

"Director Xiao, why did you choose Yin Xi as the first female lead in this project?" A reporter who rushed to the front asked first.

"First of all, I'm not the director of this TV series, so don't call me the director?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "As for the choice of Yin Xi as the female lead, of course it's because she is suitable for this role."

"Yin Xi is not a professional actor, but turned into an actor from a model," the reporter continued to ask, "She has never been a female lead before, do you have confidence in Yin Xi's acting skills?"

"Of course I have confidence!" Xiao Yao didn't forget to fork another piece of roast meat into his mouth before continuing, "I haven't acted as a female lead before, but it doesn't mean that I can't play a female lead now. Normally, most actors are Starting from supporting roles, even supporting roles, and finally playing the leading role."

"Really?" The reporter looked at Xiao Yao and asked.

"I know what you want to say!" Xiao Yao smiled, "Of course, I am an exception! But there are not many people like me, so I will say most of them."

"Although Yin Xi has transformed from a model to an actress, she has acted for several years. In fact, she has played more roles than me!" Xiao Yao continued, "Over the years, she has played The improvement in acting skills is obvious to all, and I think she can play this role well."

"I heard that you and Yin Xi were determined to play the male and female protagonists in this drama very early on." Another reporter interjected and asked, "Both you and Yin Xi are the producers of this drama, you are not only the main investor People, producers and screenwriters, I heard a saying that you created this drama just to praise Yin Xi, is that true?"

"This drama can indeed be said to be for Yin Xi!" Xiao Yao nodded first, then shook his head and said, "As for praising Yin Xi, I don't think the current Yin Xi still needs me to do it!"

"Then why did you open this play for Yin Xi?" the reporter continued to ask.

"Because she said she wanted to act with me!" Xiao Yao shrugged, "We have known each other for more than ten years, and we have a very good relationship. She takes good care of me, not only cooperating with me to co-brand, but also my studio in Shanghai It was in her studio, and she built it for me. Although we are not related by blood, in my heart, she is the same as my sister. My sister has this wish, and I will try my best to help her fulfill it. desire!"

"I heard that you also wrote the script of this play?" Another reporter asked.

"I didn't write it alone, and other screenwriters participated, but I wrote the main body." Xiao Yaodao, "I wrote the outline of the script, the main body of the story, and the setting of the main characters. The specific plot As well as some details, other screenwriters helped to improve."

"You said that your relationship is sister and brother, and you wrote a heroine's younger brother in the script, but why did you not play her as a sister and brother in this play, but as a couple?" the reporter asked.

"Sisters and brothers in reality, but still brothers and sisters in the play, how boring is it?" Xiao Yao laughed, "It's fun only if they are different!"

"As a couple with Yin Xi, aren't you afraid that your girlfriend will be angry? No, it should be your fiancée, aren't you afraid that your fiancee will be angry?" The reporter asked with a smile, "By the way, just a digression, have you and Sun Tingting got their certificates? What? When will the wedding be held? Is the wedding date fixed?"

"Nowadays there are many husband and wife teams in the showbiz. Could it be that if you have a partner or get married, you can't act as a couple with others?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Sun Tingting is an actor, and her parents are also actors. Of course she You will not fail to understand the difference between acting and reality.”

"Oh!" The reporter nodded.

"In addition," Xiao Yao continued, "Sun Tingting knows the relationship between Yin Xi and me. She has a very good relationship with Yin Xi, and she is regarded as her sister. I wanted to start this drama for Yin Xi in advance. I told Sun Tingting that after the script was written, I also showed it to Sun Tingting, and she agreed, so I officially started this project."

"The latter sentence is the key point, right?" The reporter laughed, "So it was reported in advance and consent was obtained in advance!"

"Ha~" The reporters next to him also laughed.

"I want to ask, why did you choose Yu Shaoting to play the heroine's younger brother? Is it because of his traffic and topicality?" Another reporter asked.

"Is Yu Shaoting's traffic high?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"Wow~" Hearing Xiao Yao's words, a group of reporters looked at each other in astonishment.

"Of course it is worse than you, but his traffic is not too small, right?" The reporter continued, "You and Yin Xi are not the only actors in this drama, the traffic of other actors is very important for this drama. It's also important, right?"

"Of course not compared to me, but compared to Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Even if we don't talk about the traffic of the two of them, if the three of us appear in the same drama, when this drama is broadcast in the future , the topic degree must be higher than that of Yu Shaoting, right?"

"Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan? They will also star in this play? But we didn't hear about them just now, and we haven't seen them today either!" the reporter said puzzled.

If Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan also star in this play, the topic will definitely explode. In front of the three of them, the influence of Yu Shaoting's flow is nothing.

"They all auditioned for this drama and wanted to play the roles in it, among which Lin Qisan auditioned for Yu Shaoting's role!" Xiao Yao said, "Unfortunately, neither of them passed the audition."

"What? The two of them auditioned but failed?" The reporter said incredulously, "How could that be? Given the relationship between the two of them and you, how could they not pass the audition?"

"I don't know!" Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "Except for male and female, the director has the final say on the actors of other roles! You have to ask Director Chen this question!"