"Ding!"
A red Zip lighter is lit in front of the camera lens.
This time the props were fully prepared and the lighter was ready to go. The camera slowly pulled back to reveal Baldy Xu's face that needed beating. He was standing in front of the camera holding a lit lighter. The key point was that his gestures for holding the lighter were quite trendy. It looked like he was very good at playing Zip. That kind of thing.
"Cut! Okay, passed."
Zhang Baibai liked Xu Guangtou's yuppie tone very much, and the first scene was shot in one shot.
The next shot is a conversation between Xu Guangtou and Xu Jinglei. The background is a row of computers with big monitors. Some of the monitor screens are screen savers with colorful changing lines, some are window interfaces, and some are CAD drawings. There are also many manuscripts, renderings and the like ordered on the wall above the computer.
Bald Xu and Xu Jinglei stand face to face, fixed lens, long shot, symmetrical layout. As per the old rules, Zhao Xiaoding's apprentice Gao Fei carried another camera to capture close-ups.
As the owner of a coffee shop, Xu Guangtou entrusted Xu Jinglei's design company to help him design the interior design of the coffee shop. Today he is looking at the renderings. After a period of contact, he fell in love with Xu Jinglei, so he started a series of flirting operations to tease the girl.
Xu Jinglei is wearing a light gray business suit today, which looks a bit old-fashioned. It also reflects that as a married woman, she tries to maintain a seemingly serious attitude when facing other men expressing love.
Baldy Xu first invited her to dinner, but she refused. Then he tried to give her his contact information, but she refused and couldn't remember it. At this moment, Xu Guangtou stretched out his hand and slowly reached towards Xu Jinglei's chest.
Gao Fei quickly captured a close-up, and the camera followed Bald Xu's slightly open hand. Xu Jinglei's business attire and the white lotus leaf shirt with the open collar of the suit appeared in the camera.
In the long shot, Xu Jinglei did not dodge, but her eyes were clearly panicked. She didn't want to offend such a client, and deep down she didn't seem to reject this man's love for her.
Women all have vanity. They usually enjoy the pursuit of other outstanding men. Of course, whether they agree or not is often a matter of thought.
Seven years later, life has long lost its passion. Xu Guangtou's bold display of love stirred Xu Jinglei's long-dormant love.
This was a stalemate process. Xu Guangtou's face showed a trace of amusement, while Xu Jinglei held her breath nervously. Seeing that the slightly open hand was about to touch her collar, Xu Jinglei closed her eyes subconsciously, but Xu Guangtou turned his hand and grabbed the Nokia mobile phone hanging around her neck.
Close-up shot, this is a new candy bar Nokia 8250 mobile phone. Bald Xu first edited his name "Tiger" and then entered his phone number. At the same time, he was still joking: "Wouldn't this help me remember it!"
This Nokia 8250 mobile phone is the first and only product placement in this film. When we first discussed it, we only agreed to invest in it because of the star cast including Li Tang, Xu Jinglei, Xu Zheng, etc. There are three in total. One hundred thousand.
I really burst into tears!
"Cut! OK!"
The filming was so smooth, especially the expression, tone and movements of Bald Xu flirting with the girl. It almost didn't look like an act. It was done in one go, without any fuss.
But Zhang Baibai was still a little unwilling. He hesitated and said: "Two teachers, Xu, please work hard and save one!"
Baldy Xu's filming was very easy. The role of Tiger was almost tailor-made for him in real life. He is good at teasing good families and flirting with concubines. You don’t even need to use your brains, just act as you are. Compared with last year's guest appearance in "The Third Man", Lin Mo's character was always immersed in depression and had so many inner dramas. He was simply too happy.
Because both he and Xu Jinglei have tight schedules, the crew has been working overtime to film their scenes. Originally, Xu Jinglei felt very good about herself. After acting with Li Tang, she realized that the actors she was playing against were so good. No matter how she acted, the other actor could catch her. But after all, Li Tang has been famous for a long time. He has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor, a nomination for Best Actor, the Huabiao Award for Newcomer Film Award, and even won the Little Best Actor at Venice. She still didn't want to meet Xu Guangtou, so she simply let herself go, and for a while the two of them were flying around in the scene.
Of course, this kind of romance is not superficial, but the kind of ambiguity when two people interact, flirting with each other, and welcoming even when they want to refuse.
Until one day, Li Tang suddenly discovered that Bald Xu came to the set early in the morning in Xu Jinglei's Toyota Prius.
"Boss, be careful, don't attack openly and easily like this?"
He couldn't help but remind Xu Guangtou that after all, he was the one who found the person and caused something to happen. If Xiao Taohong found out about it, he wouldn't be able to explain it easily.
Baldy Xu said with a stern expression, "I don't want to take Yi's car here either. If Yi wants to take her, it's hard for me to tell him."
To put it bluntly, if you want to avoid suspicion after sleeping with others, you can't do this kind of thing.
"Anyway, please be careful, I'm not to blame if something happens!" Li Tang greeted them first.
"I know, I know."
Guangtou Xu responded while tilting his head to look at him and said, "Nong, tell me honestly, what did Zinong do in the community next to Madian Bridge yesterday?"
Hey, this guy has a pretty good nose!
Li Tang originally thought he was careful enough. He went out from the back door of Beijing Film Studio alone, wearing a hat and mask and walking the whole way, so no one would notice him.
He pretended to be stupid and said: "What? I admitted the wrong person, I went back yesterday."
Baldy Xu was sitting in Xu Jinglei's car yesterday while waiting for the traffic light at the intersection of Jian'an West Road and Madian East Road when he happened to see Li Tang strolling into the gate of a newly built high-rise residential complex. It was nothing at first, maybe he had something to do to visit a friend or something, but as a result, Li Tang didn't admit his deceit, which explains the problem very much.
"Oh, you admitted your mistake! Okay, okay, it's okay, but you have to be careful yourself!" Bald Xu said with a mean smile.
Yes, if the eldest brother doesn’t talk about the second brother, Li Tang has no choice but to shut it down. But he still pointed his finger at the other party unwillingly, giving a silent warning.
In fact, friendship between men, as long as their respective interests are not involved, is nothing more than similar interests.
Shooting in the subway is very troublesome. In order not to affect the normal operation of the subway, you can only avoid peak hours. At around ten o'clock in the morning, probably when the subway station has the earliest flow of people during the day, the crew selected a newly built subway station.
The long corridor was paved with tracks. Li Tang and Xu Jinglei walked out of the subway one after another and walked along the corridor to the outside of the station.
"Why did you get off the bus here too?" Xu Jinglei asked when she saw Li Tang following him.
At this point in the plot, both of them knew that their seven-year relationship could no longer last. Li Tang always concealed the fact of his career from Xu Jinglei. On the contrary, in order to escape, he also boasted that he was going to France for company business.
From this point of view, Jianbin, played by Li Tang, is a vain, face-conscious man who dares not face reality. He would rather lose the woman he loves than maintain his cheap self-esteem.
Li Tang instinctively dislikes this kind of man, but for an actor, the more disgusted he is, the more challenging it is. He even tried to make himself such a disgusting person.
So he smiled calmly and said: "I'm leaving in four days, so I can't send my wife away!"
Sometimes he tells so many lies that he even believes them, and Li Tang is in this state now.
The two people walked to the corridor and climbed up the stairs.
This subway station will be newly built for the future Olympic Games. When you walk out of the subway exit, not far away is the Asian Games Village with several tall buildings. This is the subway station where Xiaohui, played by Xu Jinglei, gets off work. Tiger, played by Bald Xu, waits for her at the subway entrance every day, accompanies her to the unit, and uses the short time on the road to communicate.
But today he was carrying a big backpack and dressed casually, especially wearing a pair of brand new casual suede shoes.
There is a detail here, that is, in the previous plot, Li Tang returned home and found two pairs of shoes taking off at the door of his house, one pair belonged to Xu Jinglei and the other pair belonged to a man.
Under normal circumstances, if a man discovers that his wife is at home with another man, he will definitely rush in to find out. It's a pity that this face-loving man couldn't be tough. He stood at the door and smoked a cigarette silently, and threw the cigarette butt into the man's shoe.
It was a statement and a small revenge. From his perspective, he could only make this childish counterattack.
In fact, Xu Jinglei and Xu Guangtou didn't do anything in the room, they were just flirting with each other. Literary young people always have to split their emotions before going to bed. This is a fixed routine to cover up their dirty thoughts.
So Baldy Xu wore a new pair of shoes today.
Gao Fei, who was following the photoshoot all the way, even took a close-up of Baldy Xu’s new shoes.
The moment Xu Jinglei saw Bald Xu, she pretended not to see him and walked forward. Li Tang glanced at him and quickly followed. When Guangtou Xu saw Li Tang, he quickly covered his face with a newspaper with a guilty look on his face.
When Li Tang walked halfway, he suddenly stopped. Xu Jinglei, who was walking in front, seemed to have telepathy. She also stopped and turned to look at Li Tang.
It's simple. She also felt guilty. Although she was walking in front, she kept looking at Li Tang with the corner of her eyes.
I have to say that Liu Fendou described these small details in the script quite well, and it felt like he had personally experienced them.
When performing, actors do not mechanically complete set actions, but are always accompanied by psychological activities. Li Tang actually recognized Xu Guangtou from the beginning, but he was still as timid as before.
But now that he has decided to break up, he has nothing to worry about. It was precisely because of such psychological activities that he stopped halfway, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and strode towards Xu Guangtou.
Seeing this, Xu Jinglei quickly followed.
Zhao Xiaoding's photography style continued from "Hero" to "Subway to Spring" at this time. Fixed lens, always symmetrical composition, and then randomly switch between long shot and medium shot. His apprentice Gao Fei was responsible for following and capturing close-ups and close-up shots.
Bald Xu took a piece of the Beijing News. On the back of the newspaper were various eye-catching gossip headlines such as "Smart Capture of National Treasure Thief", "Sin in the Sun", "Wolf-Dog Disaster" and so on.
Bald Xu opened the newspaper with both hands, almost covering his upper body.
Li Tang walked to him and stood in front of him, and the two men faced each other.
In the long shot, in the middle is the door and steps of the subway exit. Two men are standing on the steps, and Xu Jinglei, who is chasing them, is standing at the bottom of the steps. It is a typical symmetrical composition.
Bald Xu's arm holding the newspaper trembled slightly to show the character's nervousness. But Li Tang didn't say anything. He took out a disposable lighter from his pocket and lit the lower end of the newspaper.
As the flames slowly rose up, the newspaper finally split into two, finally revealing Xu Guangtou's composure-like face.
"Cut!, OK, passed!"
Shooting on location is no better than shooting in a studio. This time Zhang Baibai shouted directly. Then he trotted over quickly and said flatteringly to Baldy Xu, "Teacher Xu, thank you for your hard work!"
Without waving, a beautiful female factory worker waiting on the side quickly sent flowers.
After filming this scene, Baldy Xu's twelve-day guest appearance was officially completed.
After Baldy Xu finished filming this scene, he had to rush to the airport to return to Shanghai. After all, his "Li Wei Official 2" was about to start filming, so he was very busy!
Li Tang originally wanted to see Shuang Xu's expressions when they parted with the intention of gossiping, but everything turned out to be normal. When the two shook hands and said goodbye, at most there was something extra in their eyes.
Li Tang personally drove Baldy Xu to the airport.
"Boss, why don't you stay for two more days, are you willing to fight?" Li Tang glanced at Xu Guangtou, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and teased.
"There's no need to give up. It's just a show for the occasion." Bald Xu sighed with his head leaning on the back of the lowered chair.
"Tsk, tsk, boss, it's still an old egg!"
To be honest, sometimes he still admires this big boss, he is very free and easy.
After sending Xu Guangtou away, Li Tang continued to film opposite Xu Jinglei. Perhaps it was a different style that Xu Jinglei had difficulty adapting to, and it took him two days to adjust.
Originally, he and Xu Jinglei had two more kissing scenes, but after learning about the scandal between Xu Jinglei and Xu Guangtou, he took the initiative to find director Zhang Baibai and changed the two kissing scenes into Embrace.
There are some things that I don’t care if I don’t know, but I really can’t talk about them after I know them. The thought of sharing the same mouth with Bald Xu gave me goosebumps all over my body.
"Brother Li!"
Li Tang couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the sound.
I saw Gao Yuanyuan wearing a pink printed short-sleeved shirt, a silver-red skirt, a sequined hairpin on the oblique bangs of her short hair, no makeup on her face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, the only shortcoming Probably because she was wearing a pair of flat sneakers, which made her a little short.
But it is undeniable that that slightly heroic face without makeup is definitely the face that everyone loves first.
(End of chapter)
