Training the Heavens

Chapter 118 Who are you looking at?
The first scene to be filmed was the enrollment scene of Sun Shaoping, Qi Tongwei, Zhou Xiaobai, Zhong Yuemin and others. Gao Jialin selected some classmates to cooperate with the performance. Some played the role of newly enrolled students, and some played the role of cadres who received the students.

These are not too troublesome. Everyone can just act as themselves. Just perform the same way as they did before. The only thing you need to pay attention to is to remind them not to look at the camera all the time.

After rehearsing a few times, we started filming when we felt it was almost done. The students who were not selected were not too jealous. They just watched the excitement for a while and then went back to the classroom for class. It was much easier than the later film crews coming to the university to film.

This is not surprising. The entertainment industry has not yet become completely popular, and the status of actors is not much higher than that of college students. College students have cadre status as soon as they enter school, and they don’t have to worry about finding a job after graduation because the state will assign it to them. Actors just have a different division of labor, so there is nothing to envy.

Since you are not envious, there is no need to join in the fun. Just do what you should do. When the bell rings, most of the students have left.

Gao Jialin brought student union cadres to help maintain order for a few days. Seeing that the filming was slowly getting on track, he stopped watching it every day and left a few student union cadres on the scene to help coordinate when the crew needed help. He would come over after class to check on things.

Shi Shujun has experience in filming campus films, and the actors in the crew have made sufficient preparations in advance, so the filming is progressing relatively smoothly. According to the current speed, it is estimated that the scenes at Pujiang College will be completed in about another month.

By that time, most of the actors in the crew could disband early, and Shi Shujun would take the crew members to northern Shaanxi to finish filming the scene where Sun Shaoping received the admission letter, and the whole drama would be almost done.

Gao Jialin also sought some benefits for his hometown. He called Huang Zhicheng and told him about the filming of the crew. Huang Zhicheng was very welcoming and promised that he would do his best to cooperate with the crew once they arrived in Kuanzhou.

It just so happens that Gao Jialin's old cave house is still there. After some cleaning, it can be used for filming by the crew. After a few years, when the conditions are right, a film and television city can be built here specifically for major crews to shoot scenes for Shaanxi-era dramas. It can also be considered a benefit for his family.

It receives film crews when there is filming, and receives tourists when there is no filming. Although this kind of film and television base seems to have many limitations and is not as widely applicable as Hengdian Film and Television City, as long as it is done well, it can still make some money.

This is what Li Chunbo’s Xiaofang Film and Television Base does. It is said that the operation is quite good, and many crews involving scenes in the Northeast era will go here to shoot.

There are a number of film and television works on the Shaanxi-Gansu era every year. As long as Gaojia Village can absorb some of them, it can live a comfortable life. If the revolutionary dramas before liberation are included, the market will be even bigger.

After class that day, Gao Jialin went to the crew as usual to check on the situation. As soon as he arrived at the school radio station, he heard Shi Shujun criticizing Chen Hong, "We've rehearsed three times, why aren't your expressions on point?"

"I'm sorry, Director. I'll adjust it as soon as possible."

"You go outside and make adjustments first. The others will prepare for the next scene."

Chen Hong's eyes welled up with tears. When she saw Gao Jialin, she felt like she had found a savior. "Teacher Gao, can you help me?"

"How can I help?" Gao Jialin was very curious. Her performance in the past few days had been very good, so why was she criticized like this today?
"It's the scene you told me about last time. I was preparing well on my own, but as soon as I saw Sun Sihan, I just couldn't get into the same emotions I felt at your house."

"So... So when the filming starts later, can you go in and stand behind Sun Sihan? I will just watch you then." Chen Hong hesitantly and embarrassedly expressed her plan.

"Why am I standing behind him?" Gao Jialin asked deliberately.

Chen Hong's face turned even redder. "Because... because you told me the play very well that day, as soon as I see you, I can remember the scene of that day, and maybe it will be easier for me to put myself into the play." "Okay, I'll find an angle that the camera can't capture later." Gao Jialin agreed. He thought this scene must be very interesting.

"Chen Hong, are you ready?" After a while, the director called Chen Hong in.

"Teacher Gao." Chen Hong looked at Gao Jialin pitifully.

"Let's go!" Gao Jialin took her in, greeted Shi Shujun, and stood aside to watch quietly.

"Let's go through it first!" Shi Shujun was still a little worried and didn't start shooting immediately. Film is very precious nowadays and can't afford to waste it.

Gao Jialin walked quietly behind Sun Sihan. As soon as she saw him, Chen Hong's emotions immediately brewed. As the music sounded, her eyes became blurred and her expression gradually became melancholy.

It wasn't until Sun Sihan finished speaking Zhong Yuemin's lines that Chen Hong was suddenly awakened. "Oh, this music is so beautiful. Once I got into it, I couldn't get out. Really, I haven't heard such beautiful music in a long time."

The subsequent lines and expressions were very accurate, and Shi Shujun was very satisfied. "Okay, good. Get ready and let's officially start filming."

The formal filming also went smoothly. In just a few scenes, Chen Hong used her performance to clearly show Zhou Xiaobai's disgust for Zhong Yuemin's recklessness and her admiration for his talent.

Especially the admiration in her eyes, which made Sun Sihan a little dumbfounded. Could it be that he was really fascinated by her?
Hey, that's not right. Her eyes didn't seem to be directed at me, but at behind me. Sun Sihan subconsciously turned around, but only saw the wall of the radio station. There was no one there.

Sun Sihan was completely confused, but there were other people in the room. The scene just now did not escape Gailili's eyes. Her face was full of excitement, as if she had eaten a big piece of melon.

With this success, Chen Hong's subsequent performance was much better and she successfully completed today's shooting.

Go to the cafeteria to eat, and then return to the school guesthouse, which is provided free of charge by Pujiang College to the crew. This saves the actors time running back and forth, allowing them to better devote themselves to the performance.

Chen Hong put the towel, soap and clothes into the basin, then went downstairs to the bathroom.

Nowadays, there are not many guesthouses with private bathrooms, so you have to go to the big bathhouse to take a bath.

After washing up, she opened the door and saw that Gailili, who shared the same room with her, had returned. She was sitting on the bed, looking at her with a mischievous look. Chen Hong was puzzled by the look in her eyes. "Sister Lili, what's wrong with you?"

Gailili rushed to the door in one step, stretched her head out to look around, and closed the door with her backhand, blocking Chen Hong in the room. "Tell me the truth, who were you looking at when you were acting just now?"

　I just got home in the evening, so I'll try to update more tomorrow. The first chapter might be a little late, probably out in the afternoon.

　　
　
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