Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 179: Filming started? It’s already started!
But they couldn't tell what was so strange about it.

In the following days, they repeated the same life day after day. They felt that they were no longer actors, but fell into another life in a trance.

They even lived in the dilapidated market dormitory building that was transformed into the "Old Factory Street Dormitory".

If the actors themselves didn't have to get up early every day to do their hair, let the stylists fiddle with their looks in front of the makeup table, and then familiarize themselves with the script, they would probably be in a daze.

Who are they? Are they the market vendors in Jiuchang Street, or an actor filming a movie?

And what exactly does Director Xia want to do?
They didn't know about this. They only knew that during this period, the crew didn't even provide boxed lunches, and they had to use their own income to buy food at the stir-fry stalls and pork trotter noodle restaurants in the market.

Stir-fried vegetable stalls and pork trotter noodle shops also have the mission of making profits.

As time went by, the actors felt exhausted both physically and mentally. It felt like they had changed completely and no longer had the energy and spirit they had at the beginning.

Especially Zhang Tianyu, it feels like he has really become the owner of a fish stall.

Then in this state of life, they occasionally "rehearse" some things every day.

Just like the previous paragraph.

As for Xia Yuan, he would always coincidentally stand in front of a guest and announce which scene, section, and even which shot and line the play was being rehearsed.

In Xia Yuan's words, even if it's just a drill, there has to be some sense of ritual, right?

For example, today, a scene is being rehearsed in the market.

It's still the same, the customers are there buying food and the actors are rehearsing.

At this moment, Lin Yi, the actor who played An Xin, was visiting the mayor under the guidance of Zhang Tianyu, and was surrounded by the two brothers Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu, and their group of people.

"Are all the people here selling fish?" Lin Yi asked.

"Yes." Zhang Tianyu nodded with a smile.

Tang Xiaolong led the way and talked to the owner of the stir-fry stall: "Four of you! Four of you!"

Zhang Tianyu introduced with a silly smile: "There are four meat stalls here. Over there, they sell vegetables. This is Ah Rong who sells meat. Ah Rong! Officer An! This is!"

"Officer An!" the actor nodded and greeted him.

"Brother An! Please come in!" Tang Xiaolong invited him into the stir-fry stall: "A Xiong! It's time to show off! Cook me your specialty dishes!"

"okay!"

"Brother An, this is the place recommended by Lao Gao." Tang Xiaolong laughed and was about to sit down.

"Boss, three bowls of rice noodles are enough." An Xin silently pulled the chair away.

The actor who played Tang Xiaolong showed an embarrassed look at the right moment, with a hint of anger and frustration in his eyes.

"I'll pay!" Tang Xiaolong could only turn around and say.

An Xin said immediately: "I'll pay the bill today."

Xia Yuan followed the old rules and watched from the side, with a cigarette in his hand and taking a small puff occasionally. Now he didn't look like a director, but an ordinary person full of life, just watching the people rehearsing in the stir-fry stall.

The boss really cooks, and what they eat is real. In the entire market, nothing is fake. Every commodity is real, even the daily losses of many stalls are real.

The scene that Zhang Tianyu, Lin Yi and others are rehearsing now is the plot of An Xin and Gao Qiqiang's first meal after they met.

Because An Xin had once told Gao Qiqiang to keep an eye out for any news about Wang Cuicui from Jiuchang Street.

The plot is now playing where An Xin gives Gao Qiqiang life advice and asks him to read more books.

He also emphasized the recommendation of a book called "The Art of War". In An Xin's words, for people like Gao Qiqiang, doing business is just like fighting a war.

In fact, in the plot, An Xin's original intention of saying this was just to allow Gao Qiqiang to read more books, understand more about life, see the essence of some things, and gain the ability to distinguish right from wrong.

His original intention was to distance himself from the two brothers Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu, because in An Xin's eyes, Gao Qiqiang was an honest man, while the two brothers Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu were gangsters, and associating with them would bring Gao Qiqiang into a big dye vat.

However, An Xin never expected that his words and suggestions today would trigger a butterfly effect. Gao Qiqiang did not follow the trajectory he wanted, but went to the other extreme.

It was also because Gao Qiqiang listened to An Xin's advice and read those books that indirectly played a role in Gao Qiqiang's subsequent transformation.

At this moment, beside the stir-fry table, Zhang Tianyu asked the owner Axiong's actor to bring paper and pen.

"I, I want to write it down." Zhang Tianyu took the paper and pen: "I'll go buy some books!"

"I'll write it for you." Lin Yi took the paper and pen. At this time, Zhang Tianyu also looked up and saw other merchants in the market. At this moment, they were looking at him with a different look and whispering.

Zhang Tianyu smiled awkwardly, then looked at Lin Yi: "Write a few more books for me, write more! Write more! Grandson."

"There is also the Art of War, which needs to be read in succession." Lin Yi said. After finishing, he handed the paper and pen back: "Don't be greedy, read these first."

"Okay, sure!" Zhang Tianyu quickly assured, "I'll do everything Officer An tells me to do!"

"Good, click!" Xia Yuan clapped his hands, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and shouted, "Not bad, this time it's okay, at least no one forgot the words, and Teacher Zhang Tianyu's eyes are also on point, but there is one more thing you need to pay attention to. When you look at those vendors in the back, you should pay more attention to the feeling of pride. Do you know what it means to be arrogant? Pay more attention to this, and then when An Xin talks to you about those books at the end, you must say the last two sentences louder."

Xia Yuan walked to the stir-fry stall in flip-flops and explained.

Several actors nodded from time to time.

"Okay, let's do it a few more times. Today, please work harder and practice more. Especially the leading actors of the Gao family, don't take off your makeup at night. We'll try other scenes when we return to the dormitory later."

"Ok."

"OK."

"understood."

Several leading actors also nodded.

Then, the whole market became busy again. In addition to selling vegetables, everyone was practicing.

It seemed that after so long, the customers had become accustomed to this strange market and were no longer surprised or amazed.

The actors did not notice anything unusual in their busy and tiring lives.

Perhaps they noticed something unusual, but their busy and tiring lives made them overwhelmed with pressure, so they didn't care much.

When you need to consider the daily necessities of life, many things will become less important and you will no longer have any interest in them.

Finally, someone couldn't help but ask.

On this day, the market was open as usual. They were supposed to continue selling vegetables and rehearse from time to time. When an actor saw Xia Yuan entering the scene with a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in his pockets, he shouted, "Director Xia!"

"What's wrong?" Xia Yuan asked with a smile.

"Director Xia, we are here to film a movie, but we are selling vegetables every day and there is no announcement of when the filming will start. When will it end?"

It’s not that they can’t stand the hardship, but they really do feel the urgency.

They are actors who get paid for their roles in movies, but now they are not getting to film any movies and instead have started working as vendors in the vegetable market.

It's okay if the time is short, but if the time is long, they naturally can't bear it. After all, they are paid for the film, and their income is still the same.

Xia Yuan also smiled and looked at the date on his phone.

He was not surprised by the current situation.

It was pretty much what he thought. Indeed, if things continued like this, the actors would complain.

but
The time is actually almost up.

Amid the confused gazes of all the actors waiting for an answer, Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Start filming? Haven't we already started filming?"

Has filming started already?

All the actors were stunned.

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Xia Yuan just clapped his hands twice.

In an instant, all the guests stopped.

Some guests opened their food baskets to reveal cameras inside.

Some guests had radios in their baskets.

There were also guests who pulled down the three-color raindrop cloth hanging on the wall, revealing the scaffolding and wall-mounted camera inside.

Some of the carts that were supposed to be used to store goods turned out to be mobile cameras after the foam boxes on top were opened!

Etc., etc
Under Xia Yuan's instructions, the entire market was transformed into a new look in a short period of time and was directly turned into a filming set!
(End of this chapter)