I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 258 256. I want to stop but I dare not (13)

When Lin Xinxin, wearing a puppet army uniform, walked into the small performance hall where Xu Xin and Wang Sicong were, Xu Xin was really surprised.

Boy...that's okay.

Although his hair style was a little inappropriate, when he put on this clothes and stood there, he looked really upright.

After stopping chatting with Wang Sicong, Xu Xin looked him up and down and nodded:

"Very handsome~"

Then he began to stare at Lin Xinxin thoughtfully.

As soon as these words came out, Big Laowang became a little unhappy.

After a while, there were footsteps at the door.

Zhao Liying and Jing Tian appeared at the door.

Zhao Liying was in front and Jing Tian was behind, peering inside.

I happened to see Lin Xinxin.

And that sound:

"Baozi, come in."

Hearing this movement, Zhao Liying quickly turned her head and saw Xu Xin sitting on the chair.

"Hey, here we come."

After saying that, she turned to Jing Tian behind her and said:

"Walk."

"...?"

There was a hint of speechlessness in Jing Tian's eyes.

What you heard, I heard too.

Can't we just go in directly?

However, she did not say a word, but followed Zhao Liying, who had just bowed to say hello, and stood in front of Xu Xin and the stranger next to her.

Xu Xin looked at the two girls again and immediately fell into thinking.

After a moment, he stood up and said:

"You three follow me."

After saying that, he nodded to Wang Sicong and signaled to follow him, and then walked straight out.

Several people followed him all the way to the nearby Fuhua Road area. When they saw him entering the house, a middle-aged sister immediately came to greet him.

"Director Xu, is something wrong?"

Although Xu Xin didn't know her name, he said politely:

"Well, please give our makeup artist..."

One finger Lin Xinxin:

"The look should be made more rustic. His officer uniform also needs to be changed into ordinary puppet army clothes, and he will be given a 38-year-old face cover. His face must be earthy and dark, and he will be provided with leggings and the like. ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged lady nodded directly and asked:

"Full set?"

"Yes, a full set... One size up, try to choose clothes that don't fit."

"No problem. Then these two beauties..."

"Kimono, geisha makeup with hair."

"Look prettier? Or look ugly?"

"White. Dead people are white, that kind of feeling. When light and shadow hit your body, you have to see white first, and then you can see the face."

"Okay, I'll call the makeup artist over now."

The eldest sister walked out directly.

Xu Xin turned to Zhao Liying and said:

"Do you know where Studio Three is?"

"Know."

"Well, you three will be done soon. Come to Studio 3 to find me."

The three of them nodded, and Xu Xin walked out with Wang Sicong.

While walking on the road, Wang Sicong suddenly said:

"Why are you going to the studio? Isn't it a day off today?"

"Anyway, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I just happened to look at my makeup. What's wrong? Are you tired?"

"I'm not tired...but I would like to go out for a walk and see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the tree planted by Li Shimin..."

"Da-Yan Tower?"

Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, looking at his friend with a speechless look...

"The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is worth seeing!"

"...Tsk."

Wang Sicong sighed with emotion:

"Your tone sounds like I know there are outsiders going to Laohutan."

Xu Xin shrugged and led him all the way to Studio No. 3.

Looking at these large and small sets, Wang Sicong finally had a curious look in his eyes.

Stepping on the wooden board with a slightly hollow echo, he walked in the set room and observed all directions for a while, then said:

"Why are you so scared?"

Xu Xin's eyes lit up:

"Oh?...Tell me, how does it feel?"

"It's so scary. This wooden staircase..."

As he spoke, he stamped his foot twice, making an echoing sound of "dong dong".

"I don't feel confident when I step on it. And...it feels like watching that kind of horror movie. It's just the two of us in the whole mansion, and then there is a pair of eyes staring at us in the dark...It's just like that kind of movie, not always. That kind of lens?"

He pointed to the handrail of the stairs on the second floor:

"A little girl was sitting on the second floor, her legs hanging down in the air, shaking. The protagonist of the movie looked up and saw her. He was about to ask his companion what was going on with this little girl, but as soon as he turned his face, the little girl The girl disappeared again... Are you sure you were filming an anti-war film? Not a horror film? The more you talk about it, the more terrified I get."

But Xu Xin smiled more and more proudly.

As far as shooting movies is concerned, Wang Sicong is a complete layman.

As an audience, even if you can give him this feeling even if you are just in the set room, it means that his design is successful.

Thinking of this...

He directly took out the phone and dialed a number:

"Hey, Director Qian, send me one of the photographers and lighting engineers on duty in our factory to bring a camera. Come to studio three... um, okay, I'll wait for you."

"What do you want to do?"

When he hung up the phone, Wang Sicong was a little puzzled.

"You don't understand even if I tell you. Just wait and see~"

Soon, the three of them, Lin Xinxin, the makeup artist, the photographer carrying the camera case, and the lighting engineer all came to Studio No. 3.

Xu Xin glanced at the makeup on Jing Tian and Zhao Liying's faces and nodded.

Very traditional geisha makeup.

To put it bluntly, it is "white".

It's like putting a layer of flour on your face.

I have to admit that the aesthetics of a country that has lived a good life since childhood is really weird.

And the two of them looked pretty good in kimono.

In comparison, Lin Gengxin's obviously ill-fitting outfit was a bit nondescript.

He was obviously a very handsome young officer just now, but now he was wearing dark makeup and rustic clothes, and suddenly, that "rustic smell" hit his face.

"Well, not bad, very malleable."

Looking at his outfit, Wang Sicong obviously couldn't hold back his laughter, but in Xu Xin's eyes, it seemed that he had a completely different taste.

As he spoke, he stopped Wang Sicong, who was about to take a photo with his mobile phone, and pointed to the large empty dining table:

"You, sit there, sit on the chair in the middle. The camera is pointed at him."

"...?"

Wang Sicong was stunned.

"I'm not acting, what are you going to do?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Just go if you are told."

After urging, Xu Xin said to Zhao Liying and Jing Tian:

"You two stand behind him and the photographer takes the position to focus."

In just one sentence, he seemed to be in shooting mode.

Although Zhao Liying and Jing Tian didn't understand why, they still followed Wang Sicong.

Wang Sicong sat in the main seat, looking a little curious and uneasy.

Zhao Liying and Jing Tian were behind the chairs from the beginning.

But after Xu Xin glanced at the camera, he said:

"You two retreat, retreat to the edge of the warm light."

boundary?

Before Jing Tian could react, the experienced Zhao Liying had already arrived at the right position:

"is it here?"

"Yes, very good."

Jing Tian quickly stood in a row with her.

"The look of death."

As soon as Xu Xin's words came out, Zhao Liying tightened her face and pursed her lips habitually.

The whole person was motionless.

Jing Tian still saw Zhao Liying's performance, and then realized what the so-called "death look" meant.

It's obvious that she doesn't understand the "black talk" of these industries.

"Okay, don't move. Lao Wang, don't move either. Just sit down normally."

As he said that, he and the photographer pointed the camera at the two people.

Looking at the composition of the picture, Xu Xin said:

"Let the facial features of the two people at the back be whiter."

The photographer began to adjust, and after quickly achieving the effect Xu Xin wanted, Xu Xin said to the lighting engineer standing in front of the console:

"Only the main light of the dining table is left, and other light sources are turned off."

Hearing his words, a clicking sound sounded.

One by one the lights began to dim.

But the light in front of the entire dining table became brighter and brighter.

When the last light was turned off, Wang Sicong was the only one left in the whole picture sitting at the empty dining table.

as well as……

Behind him were two pale faces standing in the darkness, as dull as ghosts.

Pale, wooden, stiff, motionless.

"Gudu~"

Not to mention looking through the camera.

Lin Xingxin, who was wearing inappropriate clothes and holding a prop gun in his hand, swallowed unconsciously.

He had a... very vague delusion.

At first, his attention was focused on Wang Sicong. Under the bright lights, the makeup of the two girls behind was a little exaggerated at best, but there was nothing special about it.

But as those lights were extinguished one by one, due to the visual contrast, the area around the dining table became brighter and brighter, but the surrounding area became darker and darker.

The darker the surroundings, the more obvious those two pale faces are.

Gradually, Lin Xinxin ignored Wang Sicong.

Just looking straight at the two faces at the back...these two dull faces seemed to have become a...symbolic symbol, no matter how you looked at it, it was strange. No matter how you look at it, it’s awkward. But just can't ignore it.

It's like two sculptures, just standing there quietly.

In fact, as time went by and he observed them, the appearance of the girls named Jing Tian and Zhao Liying became blurry in his heart.

It was so blurry that only two dull faces were left spinning in my mind...

It's obviously a trial.

But goosebumps suddenly appeared on his skin.

This... what is this?

Isn't it a war drama?

Why are the photos so penetrating?

At this time, Xu Xin said:

"Okay, stop."

As he spoke, he waved to Wang Sicong:

"Old Wang, come and take a look."

Then he looked at Lin Xinxin:

"Come on, let me tell you a scene... Jing Tian, ​​Zhao Liying, you two come over too."

He waved to the two of them, and when Wang Sicong muttered to the footage in the camera, "It's really a ghost movie," he said to Lin Xingxin:

"You are a soldier, responsible for guarding the phone on the second floor to prevent Gu Xiaomeng and the five people from contacting the outside world. At this time, Gu Xiaomeng found you with a piece of paper and told you to call home. , asking for some daily necessities. If you don't agree, say no. Gu Xiaomeng will "attack" you three times, do you understand? One time is to ask, and after being rejected, the second time is to start a honey trap, and the third time is the same. And during this period, you just refuse, refuse, and refuse again.”

After explaining the situation to Lin Xingxin, he turned around and looked at Zhao Liying and Jing Tian beside him.

"You two each play Gu Xiaomeng once... This is not a real play, just think of it as a teacher in class asking for a simulated performance. Remember, Gu Xiaomeng has three attacks. The three of you will do the dialogue and plot design. Go and prepare. ~”

Xu Xin's abrupt "class performance" made the three of them a little confused.

However, Zhao Liying was the first to react:

"OK!"

Well, in a sense, she seems to be a social cow too.

He pulled the two of them and ran to the side of the set room, muttering quietly.

After watching the simulation clip just taken, Wang Sicong came over and asked curiously:

"Are you going to teach the three of them a lesson?"

"no……"

Xu Xin shook his head:

"I just want to take a look at Lin Xinxin's acting skills and scrutinize the shots to see if there's anything wrong with them."

"Oh~~~~"

Wang Sicong was stunned, but there was a hint of emotion on his face:

"Tsk, actually I admire actors very much. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"That's it. If you are asked to act, you have to act. It doesn't matter whether anyone is watching you... I always feel that it is very shameful to perform something in front of a group of people. Just now I was sitting on a stool by myself. They all feel ashamed...Does Dami feel this way?"

Xu Xinxin said you really asked the right person.

The more people there are, the crazier she gets.

But speaking of it, the psychological barrier for this kind of actor is actually that he doesn't act enough.

To put it bluntly, the more you act, the thicker your skin becomes. As long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

He looked at the trio and thought to himself.

As for the trio...

"Then...that's it, here's the line: Brother, I want to call home. What do you say?"

After listening to Zhao Liying's words, Lin Xingxin thought for a while:

"no!"

"Oh~ I'll just call one and ask my family to bring me something~"

There was a hint of coquettishness in Zhao Liying's tone.

Lin Xingxin still shook his head:

"If you say no, you can't."

"Brother~~~~ Just let me hit you."

"no!"

After hearing this, Zhao Liying thought for a moment and shook her head:

"No, this scene is too weak, it will definitely be cut."

She has played many small roles, and she has almost gained experience in which roles can be retained and which roles cannot be retained.

After saying that, he continued to ask Lin Xinxin:

"Can you... be more lively? I may have to stick to you, will you hide or not?"

Hearing this, Jing Tian turned to look at Zhao Liying.

It's not like the official start of filming... Why did this strange man suddenly have a desperate spirit?

After thinking about it, she nodded slightly.

Well, she is indeed weird.

As for Lin Xingxin:

"I……"

He thought about it and said:

"Aren't you going to hide? As soon as I pull out the gun, what do you want me to do?... Or should I just pull out the gun?"

Zhao Liying's mouth twitched:

"Brother, you are a puppet soldier, why do you dare to draw a gun on me? I am Gu Xiaomeng! Do you know? My father donated a plane to your boss."

"Ah? Your family is quite rich."

"Yes, my relationship backstage is so tough. How dare you draw a gun on me? I don't want to kill you?"

"Uh...eh? Can we use this conversation as lines?"

Lin Xingxin seemed to find this conversation quite interesting.

But Zhao Liying said no in the next second:

"No, how can a second-hand actor talk so much? He will be cut off."

"Uh...what should we do?"

"We can continue this idea, just be more upright..."

At this time, Jing Tiancai, who had been silent all the time, said:

"I think it's better to just keep it simple and just say 'no'."

"...?"

Zhao Liying was stunned and looked at her subconsciously.

Jing Tian shook her head:

"Just be a soldier and fulfill your duties. No matter what Gu Xiaomeng says, he will not waver and say no. That's enough~"

"...But how will the audience remember you?"

"Well……"

Jing Tian was a little surprised...

She didn't answer this question because it was a bit too much.

"How about we both try it? Let's see which one Director Xu is satisfied with?"

After Zhao Liying finished speaking, Jing Tian thought for a while and nodded:

"good."

…

Ten minutes later, Xu Xin and Wang Sicong stood next to the camera. In the camera, Lin Xinxin was holding a gun, standing straight on the board, and a crystal ashtray next to him served as a phone.

Zhao Liying was standing in the distance, regulating her breathing.

Xu Xin admired her dedicated attitude and gave her a tip personally:

"Come on, countdown, three, two, one."

"Let's go~"

Following his words, Zhao Liying held a note in her hand that she didn't know where she got, and walked step by step to Lin Xingxin who was standing guard on the phone:

"Brother~ I need to call home and bring some things. It will only take a minute~ okay?"

"No! There is an order on the mountain that prohibits anyone from contacting the outside world!"

Lin Xingxin looked unusually upright and did not look sideways.

After Zhao Liying heard this, she suddenly started acting coquettishly:

"It's just for a minute, okay? You can buy wine and drink in this ocean..."

"Miss Gu, it is your duty to return!"

"Oh, big brother~~~"

Her body leaned forward slightly...

"Crack~"

The 38-year-old Gai Qiang waved and stood in front of the two of them.

The scene ends.

Xu Xin didn't say anything, he just rewinded the footage and took a look.

From the moment Zhao Liying enters the camera to the end of the conversation between the two...

He didn't say anything, just waved his hand:

"Come on Jing Tian."

Soon, Jing Tian also walked up to Lin Xingxin.

Compared with Zhao Liying's enchanting pace, she walked much more easily. She was neither seductive nor charming. Instead, she crossed her arms and came to Lin Xingxin step by step. She said in a commanding tone. :

"I'm going to call home and ask them to bring something over."

"no."

Lin Xingxin still maintained the same posture as before, looking still upright.

Hearing this, Jing Tian took another half step forward.

The distance to him was closer.

It seems to reflect the sense of oppression. But Lin Yuxin is taller than her, so she needs to look up. But this time I raised my head... there was no sense of oppression anymore.

The character image is fragmented.

But Jing Tian knew nothing. After raising her head, she deliberately got closer and said:

"Just one minute~"

"Gudu~"

Lin Xingxin made a swallowing gesture, but still shook her head:

"no!"

"Please~ just for a minute..."

She came closer.

As soon as the word "begging" was spoken, not to mention it was shattered into pieces, there were simply no people left.

Lin Xingxin finally showed a hint of retreat, but instead of retreating directly, he leaned back, as if he wanted to avoid her, and there was a hint of stutter in his tone:

"Say...just say no...it won't work!"

Three "temptations" completed.

The play is over.

Then, the three of them instinctively looked at the director at the same time, wanting to see what was going on...

But Xu Xin's brows were frowning tightly...

There was a trace of uneasiness in the eyes of the three people at the same time.

…

How did these two scenes perform?

To be honest, it's pretty bad.

But considering the "stage" of the three people, Xu Xin can understand.

What's more, he set up this scene just to see if Lin Xingxin was qualified for this role with lines.

Because this scene has another structure in the original content.

What he said today was simple.

In the original script, Gu Xiaomeng walked out of the room holding a note. After seeing the soldier guarding the phone, he walked over and said:

"Oh~ Brother, it's hard work, are you alone?"

Soldier: "Everyone else is downstairs to support."

Gu Xiaomeng: "Support? It's just like the real thing..."

As she said that, she put her hand on the phone: "I want to call home and just say a few words."

Soldier: "Director Wang has an order not to contact the outside world. Please don't embarrass us, Miss Gu."

Gu Xiaomeng: "Embarrassed? I'll just call home and say a few words, three at most."

As she said that, her body began to slowly lean forward, as if she was coquettishly coquettish with the soldiers.

Gu Xiaomeng: "How about you listen next to me?"

The soldier began to back away, but his tone remained firm: "No one is allowed to use the phone without Director Wang's permission!"

At the same time, he put his hand on the gun case at his waist.

Seeing this, Gu Xiaomeng pouted in dissatisfaction and took out the list she had written: "Forget it, I won't embarrass you anymore, just ask your family to bring these things to me. Okay, please~"

She acted coquettishly to the soldier and patted the dull soldier's cheek with her hand.

Seeing the soldier's panic, he smiled playfully and planned to return to the room. At this time, Wang Tianxiang's voice came from downstairs:

"Miss Gu~"

She was called into the reception room.

This is the original script.

But Xu Xin felt that this section was too bloated and somewhat disharmonious.

But I haven't found any good way to deal with it for a while. Because in this passage, Gu Xiaomeng's list will eventually fall into Takeda's hands. Through the conversation between Takeda and Wang Tianxiang about the list, Gu Xiaomeng's generous family environment background is revealed.

It’s also a series of scenes.

No deletion or modification is allowed.

But it feels bloated.

And just when I was out of inspiration... I didn't expect to try Lin Xinxin's lines, but I got an idea.

Not the kind of Zhao Liying.

There is actually nothing wrong with her performance just now. If given the correct lines, she can perform them.

His inspiration lies in the scene between Jing Tian and Lin Xingxin.

As a director, his thinking must be one step ahead and always consider the overall situation.

Not to mention Jing Tian's acting skills, he was attracted by Lin Xingxin's three "no" words.

The scene between Yang Mi and Lin Xinxin appeared in my mind unconsciously.

Facing Gu Xiaomeng's pressing steps, the young and immature young soldier blushed, but he still shouted "no" upright.

Then the scene ends.

This sounds very simple at first glance, and it won't make Xu Xin frown in thought at all.

The reason why he is like this is because he has connected another scene together.

That was when Wu Zhiguo broke into Gu Xiaomeng's room when Takeda was checking Li Ningyu's body.

After Wang Tianxiang received the news, he rushed over.

But he didn't rush into Gu Xiaomeng's room to save people immediately. Instead, he went to find the messenger first:

"Why didn't you stop him?"

Soldier: "I didn't dare to stop him even though I wanted to."

The background explained here is the majesty revealed by Wu Zhiguo as the boss of these puppet troops.

Then, after Wang Tianxiang heard this, he said to the soldiers: "Knock on the door and tell him that I am waiting for him in the reception room."

Then the soldier went to knock on the door and met Wu Zhiguo who came out disheveled.

Xu Xin directly connected the scenes between Gu Xiaomeng and the soldiers played by the three people here.

In his mind, Wang Zhiwen quickly went upstairs with a lantern and asked the messenger guarding the phone:

"Why didn't you stop him!"

The soldier's answer was no longer "I dare not stop him even if I want to", but:

"Stop it!"

"You stopped him and still went in!? What are you talking about?"

Facing Wang Tianxiang's questioning, the soldier still looked upright:

"no!"

The image of a naive and upright supporting character immediately came to mind.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Haha~"

Throughout the film, he planned to create this kind of terrifying atmosphere.

And this scene feels like a person who is still drowning finally floats to the surface, taking a deep breath.

Even after taking a breath, he sank into the cold, dark water.

But this breath will definitely become the most profound scene in everyone's heart.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed appropriate.

But as everyone knows, the way he is immersed in his inner world and laughing unconsciously seems a bit confusing to several people.

Director Xu...

What are you thinking about?

Smiling so happily?