Millennium director

July 2000

It was 7:30 pm on the first day of filming for "The Night the Comet Came".

Except for Chen Jianbin and Yan Danchen, the other six actors gathered in the kitchen of the small foreign building.

Three couples, played by six actors, were chatting and laughing while preparing meals for the evening party.

Outside the screen, Wu Yuan and Master Liu, hired by Beijing Film Studio, were holding a camera to record the scenes on the set.

"Did you know?" Zhou Xun came up to Zeng Li with a plate and said mischievously: "Chen Mei is coming!"

"Um, I don't know." The smile on Zeng Li's face froze.

"Hey, now we have something good to watch." Sun Honglei, who was holding a wine glass, smiled like a bull terrier and teased Chen Kun.

"Chen Mei is coming?" Chen Kun had an uncontrollable smile on his face.

"Look at you smiling like that." Sun Honglei teased more.

Chen Kun, who was told his true feelings, quickly denied: "I'm not laughing, this is not a smile."

But the brighter smile on his face made the rebuttal seem a bit pale.

The atmosphere at the scene immediately became joyful. Everyone teased Chen Kun, except Zeng Li who smiled reluctantly.

"Very good, click!"

"This one passed!"

Keeping the camera's image on Zeng Li's face, Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Although he is just a new actor who has just graduated from college, Zeng Li really has no choice in terms of acting skills.

Among other things, the students who enrolled in China Opera and Beijing Film Academy in the 1990s were much better at acting than their juniors at the same time.

It’s not because they generally have spent a few years training in the field of drama after graduation.

It's because they have truly received systematic four-year undergraduate study.

There are regulations in the Chinese Theater Academy that current students are not allowed to take on roles or sign contracts with any companies. They must graduate from their senior year before taking on roles.

Beijing Film Academy is a little more relaxed, but it also stipulates that students are not allowed to take on outside roles before their junior year.

Although there are still students who occasionally accept external roles, these are all approved by the department director, and they are only accepted after the students' acting skills are recognized.

This allows most students to have enough time to study professional film and television acting knowledge seriously and systematically.

It is true that many people believe that talent is greater than hard work in the actor's profession.

A talented actor whose acting skills easily surpass those of a mediocre actor who has studied hard for ten years.

However, how many years can the Chinese film industry produce a Zhou Xun and a Zhang Manyu?

Most of the students who can be admitted to the acting academy are already very talented.

Four years of serious study in an acting academy may not improve their upper limit, but it can ensure their lower limit in acting!

Actors such as Zeng Li, Qin Hailu, Sun Honglei and Chen Kun who have graduated from serious academic courses are very easy for Wu Yuan to use.

Although today was the first day of filming, there was no awkwardness or discomfort at all. The actors quickly got into acting mode and gave as perfect a performance as possible.

I can't say that he's at ease, but he's definitely much better than most of the new actors Wu Yuan has seen since 2010 in his dream!

You know, Zeng Li and the others are also newcomers now!

"Okay, everyone, get ready for the next scene where Sister Danchen and Teacher Chen Jianbin will appear!"

Wu Yuan sat back behind the monitor and began to check the footage he had just taken.

Because the script of "The Night the Comet Came" is very complicated, and most of the content takes place in one scene, Wu Yuan chose to shoot this time.

Anyway, there was no trouble with transitions. He could film according to the script from beginning to end. This not only made it easier for the actors to figure out the logic, but also made it easier for him, the director, to review the film.

The main filming tonight was from the beginning of the script to the moment when the comet passed by and everyone's mobile phones were broken. It was about 20 minutes of plot content.

Five hours, 20 minutes of feature film shooting, is more than enough by any calculation.

In one night, Wu Yuan repeatedly started shooting, NG, told the scene, started shooting again, and passed...

Time passed quickly in the fragmentary shooting one after another.

Wu Yuan focused all his attention on the filming of the movie, but he did not notice that several actors frequently took out their mobile phones or watches to check the time during the breaks between filming.

Chen Kun looked at Wu Yuan with increasingly anxious eyes.

Fortunately, everyone is a professional actor, and things outside the scene will not affect the scene. With the full shooting of eight people, the material that was originally expected to take until 12 o'clock was shot by 11:20. It's over.

"Okay, the last one passed!"

Wu Yuan put down the script rolled into a trumpet shape in his hand and smiled with satisfaction.

The first day of shooting went very smoothly and felt good.

He waved his hand and shouted with a smile on his face: "It's time to call it a day. Don't touch anything in the building. Just leave!"

However, after hearing the words that they could call it a day, none of the actors who should have left the set happily left.

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun turned around and went into a utility room on the second floor that was not used for filming, and pushed out a dining car from inside.

The European-style chandelier hanging high on the ceiling was suddenly turned off by producer Chen Yuan.

The remaining actors, including the photography teacher from Beijing Film Studio, all looked at Wu Yuan.

They took out several hidden fireworks tubes and shot them into the sky, exploding into a brilliant stream of ribbons in mid-air.

"Director, happy birthday!"

Zeng Li and Qin Hailu clapped and cheered with smiles on their faces.

The stunned Wu Yuan finally realized that he had been busy with his first movie recently and even forgot about his birthday.

After his grandfather passed away, no one celebrated Wu Yuan's birthday anymore.

He himself doesn't have the leisure, and birthday is not a day worth being happy for him.

But today is different. Today is his 18th birthday, the day he officially becomes an adult.

Adulthood is really a familiar yet unfamiliar word.

Wu Yuan looked a little dazed, and just stared blankly at Chen Kun and Zhou Xun pushing the cake towards him slowly, his eyes gradually getting moist.

"Yuan'er, I wish you a happy eighteenth birthday. I hope you will be happy every day in the future!"

While talking, Chen Kun took out a guitar from nowhere.

Before Wu Yuan could react, Chen Kun's not-so-great singing voice sounded in the small foreign-style building.

"Yes, I see sunshine everywhere and happiness flying over the city."

"The new century comes like a dream and makes me feel warm."

"Is your old pocket watch still spinning?"

"Can you still wear your old leather shoes?"

"There's a Future cigarette here, don't you want to try it?"

Zhou Xun naughtily reached out and touched Wu Yuan’s face, which was still confused, and he laughed and sang:

"Tomorrow morning, I guess the sun will be nice~"

"I'm going to clean myself up and sell all the old stuff~"

"Oh, this is great, come on, Pentium Computer~"

"Let them think for me~"

Everyone gathered around Wu Yuan, looked at him with smiling eyes, and joined in the chorus.

"Wear new clothes and get a new haircut~"

"Relax, Windows98~"

"Dressed beautifully, eighteen is heaven~"

"Our life is as sweet as sugar!"

Seeing everyone's smiling and warm eyes, Wu Yuan's face also burst into a bright smile, and his heart was filled with emotion.

"Wear new clothes and get a new haircut~"

"Relax, Windows98~"

"There will be no more pain in the future~"

“What a cool future we have!”

Today is July 6, 2000.

It was the first day of official filming of "The Night the Comet Came" and it was also Wu Yuan's 18th birthday.

He will never forget this day.

On this day, he and his friends got on a train called "New Century" and headed towards the future.

"lalalawu~, go your way forward~"

"Guess what gift I will give you in the future~"

"lalalawu~, throw away your old schoolbag~"

“Oh my international cool play boy~”

The song "New Boy" by Pu Shu was included in Pu Shu's album "Go to 2000" released in 1999. It became extremely popular in 2000.

This album reminds me of Charlotte's words: "Hakki is not popular, I want to be popular!"

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