The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 185 Full Strength
"time to eat."

It felt like someone was calling him. Xu Xing yawned in a daze and was about to raise his hand to rub his eyes - huh? Raise it hard.

Then, Xu Xing stared at the exoskeleton that wrapped his entire hand and arm for a moment, shook his head vigorously, and then he came to his senses completely.

I fell asleep while waiting for the show...

"what time is it?"

Xu Xing tried hard to sit up and asked Sun Man in front of him.

When I turned around, I saw Zhao Jinmai, who was covered in dust, still sleeping soundly with his head tilted back.

Like Xu Xing, she was still wearing protective clothing weighing dozens of kilograms. The difference was that she had a small pillow given to her by Sun Man under her neck.

Xu Xing didn’t have a pillow, and his neck felt a little uncomfortable when he slept.

Zhao Jinmai was standing next to him mainly enjoying the air conditioning.

The weather has been hot and humid these two days, and the studio is also very hot. The crew has air conditioning, but each room is very large and the cooling effect is okay for ordinary people. But for people wearing protective clothing and trapped in a tank, it still feels hot.

Sun Man went to buy a portable air conditioner.

Originally three were purchased, but the other two were given to other members of the crew.

After all, Xu Xing and Zhao Jinmai are not the only ones who need to wear protective clothing.

"It's almost half past seven."

As Sun Man spoke, she prepared to take out the wet wipes to wipe Xu Xing's face.

Xu Xing quickly stopped her and asked.

"When will the next scene be filmed?"

We started filming at almost eight o'clock in the morning yesterday, and it's been almost 24 hours.

"Two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Oh."

Xu Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Sun Man helped Xu Xing wipe her face and took off the exoskeleton from her hand.

Ever since Xu Xing came back from BMA, the crew has officially entered the rhythm and has pushed the intensity to the maximum, filming for more than ten hours every day.

And the working hours are not fixed every day. The only thing that is fixed is staying up late. It can be either from early morning until three or four in the morning, or from the afternoon until the next morning.

Therefore, Xu Xing didn't summon Ma Fanshu for more than a week, and Meng Ziyi, who made a guest appearance, was also let go after she came.

Xu Xing just wants to use the time he's not filming to sleep.

A place for me to rest and recuperate by myself.

In fact, Xu Xing was very comfortable at the beginning. Not only would he run to the shooting base from time to time, but when he was bored waiting for the scene, he saw Zhao Jinmai doing his homework enthusiastically and started to write the script on the set again.

I was still selecting my troops and generals in my mind, thinking of a way to summon someone...

But soon, the underground city scenes were finished, and they put on heavy protective clothing to start shooting ground scenes. Sometimes they ran and jumped in front of the camera, and sometimes they waited boredly by the side.

After several days of staying up all night, Xu Xing finally became completely obedient.

It’s really more tiring than filming Wolf Warrior 2.

Everything else is fine, except this protective suit!
It really is like putting an iron can on your body.

It is not breathable, thick, heavy, and one-piece. After putting it on, there are only holes at the cuffs and collar, but you have to wear sealed gloves on the cuffs. When the weather is hot, the whole body is like a big steamer. Then put on the helmet, and the protective suit is still not washed. It's really painful...

Not to mention the problem of wearing it for a whole day and going to the toilet after wearing it.

Sometimes when Director Guo sees Xu Xing not in a very good mental state, he will casually explain.

"It's mainly because your schedule is too tight, so we have to focus on catching you up."

If it were a normal arrangement, the crew would still operate at such a high intensity, but Xu Xing would not be working around the clock every day, filming all the time, and there would be other actors' parts to adjust in between.

Wu Mengda, who plays Liu Qi's grandfather Han Ziang, is old and in poor health, but his role is relatively small and can be barely scheduled.

Han Duoduo and Zhao Jinmai, who are almost always in the same frame with Liu Qi, have to endure the pain every day with Xu Xing.

The protective suit she was wearing was not much lighter, and considering the difference in age, gender, and weight, she was actually more tired than Xu Xing every day.

However, when Zhao Jinmai was almost exhausted, he still managed to force a smile and thank Xu Xing.

"Finishing the filming ahead of schedule will give me a few days to concentrate on preparing for the high school entrance exam."

Then Xu Xing was a little surprised.

Before, I only thought about her still having to go to school, and didn't notice that she would be taking the high school entrance exam this year.

Xu Xing planned to wrap up the filming on June 6th, and so did Zhao Jinmai, as this was only a few days away from the high school entrance exam.

Compared with the current situation, it is obvious that the "slow and leisurely" shooting will help her better prepare for the high school entrance examination.

Now when she reads during breaks, she yawns all the time, which is definitely not efficient at all.

After Sun Man helped Xu Xing take off the protective suit, Xu Xing, who was about to put on his coat, turned around.

Classmate Zhao Jinmai, who had woken up at some unknown time, was staring at himself in a daze.

She noticed that Xu Xing turned around and looked at her, still in a daze.

It was not until Sun Man waved her hand between their sight that Zhao Jinmai suddenly realized and quickly closed his eyes.

Then he opened his eyes quickly.

Close it and open it again.

"I thought I was still asleep..."

She explained quietly and was about to get up.

Then, just like Xu Xing had just woken up, she also forgot the weight of the protective suit on her body.

The moment he stood up suddenly, his body fell backwards uncontrollably.

Xu Xing stepped forward and held her hand.

Pull her up and stand.

"Thank you."

Zhao Jinmai's cheeks flushed, and this time she spoke in a low voice so that only she could hear it. But she was also covered in dust, so it was hard to tell.

Some people even get their faces turned red from being suffocated by the protective clothing.

However, when Sun Man was about to wipe her face again, she was stopped by Zhao Jinmai.

"I'll do it myself later, Sister Man."

Sun Man handed over the wet wipes and gave Xu Xing a cold look with a smile.

“Everyone knows how to wipe their face.”

It means that she just helped Xu Xing wipe it.

Zhao Jinmai heard it.

This is also a strategy that Sun Man adjusted according to the actual situation. In front of Zhao Jinmai, she would deliberately show some ambiguous feelings towards Xu Xing.

Hinting to Zhao Jinmai, Xu Xing at least has one girlfriend, Sun Man.

Xu Xing must be happy to see Sun Man's behavior.

"I'm going to the car first."

After Xu Xing finished speaking, he took his protective suit and went out to find the costume team.

Clothes cannot be washed, but disinfection is still necessary.

Exit the lounge.

The shooting base early in the morning is the relatively quiet time.

This huge studio of 10 square meters is like a large community, with various real scenes built inside, including dungeons, space capsules, bases and other scenes.

Therefore, only a small part of the scenes were shot in front of the green screen, and most of them were shot in real scenes.

This makes the performance much easier for the actors.

The non-property performance in front of the green screen tests one's ability of association and substitution even more.

For Xu Xing, he had seen the movie in his previous life, so in most cases he knew what the scenes described by Director Guo looked like in his mind, but the problem was that there were many scenes that were cut when the movie was officially released in his previous life.

The original film of "The Wandering Earth" was 146 minutes long, and nearly half an hour was deleted.

This is still the 146 minutes after Director Guo’s editing. Those shots that were discarded in his first version still have to be shot now.

So, after being exhausted, Xu Xing complained in her heart many times to amuse herself: Director Guo, why don't we not shoot this scene? You won't want it in the future.

——Although Xu Xing has joined The Wandering Earth this time, the overall structure of the script Xu Xing has seen is the same as the finished product released in the previous life, and the script of the space part is very complete. In the previous life, because of the huge success of Wolf Warriors 2, Wu Jing filmed more scenes, and this time, it is probably because of this that Wu Jing will be given almost the same amount of scenes.

"Xiao Xing, is your shoulder okay? They were a little tired last night and didn't pay attention to taking the props away."

Assistant director Zhou Yi, who was walking towards him, yawned and greeted him.

"It was just a brief encounter," Xu Xing smiled, then asked, "What time did it end last night, Brother Yi?"

It was just normal bumps and bruises last night, so I'm using it as a topic of conversation.

"It just ended," Zhou Yi yawned again, "No, I have to take a nap first, I have to continue working at 10 o'clock."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, he returned to the director's lounge.

That’s it, the actors are tired, but the director team that keeps the entire crew running is even more tired.

Actors only need to perform their roles well, but directors have a lot to consider.

The director team of "The Wandering Earth" consists of 25 people. Director Guo is the chief director, and the entire crew has more than 7000 staff members.

In his previous life, Xu Xing read various news related to movies, all about the industrialization of China's film and television industry. He had only a superficial feeling that it was very impressive, with a standardized process system and detailed division of labor among departments... It felt like he was watching the documentary "Super Project".

Now that he is actually filming, Xu Xing has come to realize even more deeply that the director is an engineer, and the actors are just construction machines in the project, completing only part of the project.

In addition to not wearing protective clothing, the director team who coordinates the entire project has much less time to rest than the actors.

After sitting in the car for a long time, Sun Man brought Zhao Jinmai and her mother in.

Xu Xing did not greet them, but closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep in the back.

Dealing with scrutiny is tiring.

Although her mother has recently begun to trust Sun Man more, she leaves Zhao Jinmai to Sun Man's care most of the time.

Back to the hotel.

After taking a shower and having breakfast.

“Shape of you dropped to second place.”

Sun Man mentioned.

The latest list was released today.

"Oh."

Xu Xing had forgotten about this matter.

Pick up your phone and surf the web.

The media and marketing accounts were all lamenting that "Shape of You" ended its nine-consecutive championship run, while at the same time boasting about the history created by Xu Xing.

After watching it for a while, I found it quite boring.

None of the little black guys showed up.

Then... click into Tboys super topic and take a look.

[When will the three little ones also release English singles? 】

——"How many points did they get in the English test?"

——"??? King Oyster Mushroom came to the super topic to make a scene? [Confused]"

——"Why do we have to release a British single? The QQ Music chart is no worse than their American B chart."

——"Why not? Didn't JB already send a cooperation invitation? [Confused]"

puff~
Xu Xing laughed out of boredom.

(End of this chapter)