This director is vindictive.

Chapter 152 Honey, do you still want to be a people’s artist?

The reason why "Dying to Survive" is so successful is definitely not just because of Cheng Yong, but also because of other characters.

Or in a movie, every actor's performance is crucial.

After listening to Chen Mo's explanation, Tang Zhuo nodded.

She was actually under a lot of pressure. During this period, she was covered in bruises from practicing pole dancing. It could even be said that this was the greatest sacrifice she had ever made.

Therefore, she hopes that her efforts are not dispensable, and she has doubts about this plot.

Just at this moment, she suddenly felt that it was worth it for such a long time, for that one shot, for so much suffering, for many times she wanted to give up, but she still gritted her teeth and persevered.

Because of what Chen Mo said: "The reason why she was despised by the world and had no regrets was just to let her child continue to live!"

This sentence is the ultimate explanation for Liu Sihui's downfall!

"Any questions? If you have any, please speak up. Your role is very important, so your understanding of this role is equally important!" Chen Mo looked at Tang Zhuo and asked.

"Not yet! Thank you director for your explanation!" said Tang Zhuo.

"Let me explain. There's actually a plot in the script that I don't quite understand. The patient buys the 40,000 yuan medicine because it saves his life. Cheng Yong didn't sell it for 30,000 yuan, not 20,000 yuan, but 5,000 yuan. And it's already been proven to be real medicine!

It was originally a happy and smooth thing, and I thought I would buy it happily.

But why do they all wear masks and say it’s expensive?
I thought about it for a long time, but still couldn’t figure it out!
I always feel that it is a bit ironic. I also inquired about the "life-saving medicine". I know about the medicine, the people, and the channels.

People will buy if the channel is reliable; they will buy if the medicine is truly effective. Ultimately, people are different from hospitals. If someone inside a hospital sells Gleevec for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, there will definitely be a lot of people buying it, just because it comes from the hospital," Huang Bo asked, scratching his greasy hair.

"So, what is it that you don't understand?" Chen Mo was a little confused, not knowing what Huang Bo meant by not understanding this scene.

"I just want to know what's going on in this scene. How should I put it, what do you want to express, director?" Huang Bo asked.

The others also looked at Chen Mo, because they actually couldn't quite understand the script after reading it.

Mainly the original actor Cheng Yong, they naturally got to know him after taking on this drama.

In reality, Cheng Yong did not sell it for 5,000. At the beginning, he sold it for 500. His family owned a factory and his financial situation was OK, but he was overwhelmed by illness. He knew that feeling of powerlessness, so he wanted to save people.

Chen Mo smiled and said, "Because of human nature! At this time, Cheng Yong is looked down upon by his fellow patients. They look down upon him for selling health products, for taking profits from them, and even more so for him as a person!

They wear masks, but in fact they also carry discrimination and prejudice, classifying themselves as weak and not being honest when they come.

But are the patients wrong? Because it’s a hospital, everyone believes it!
Indeed! If we don’t trust hospitals anymore, who can we trust? I just hope that hospitals can provide affordable treatment for serious illnesses, affordable medicine, and affordable surgeries!
So the arrangement of this plot has no other meaning, but is based on facts, because this is human nature and this is reality.

Cheng Yong asked Lv Shouyi: "Why is this happening?"

Lü Shouyi said, "Because there is no medicine."

Lu Shouyi died, and everyone blamed Cheng Yong. They felt that if Cheng Yong hadn't stopped selling drugs, no one would have died. His friends blamed him! Lu Shouyi's wife blamed him! But was Cheng Yong wrong? Was he wrong to withdraw from the matter because he was afraid of going to jail? He is not the God of Medicine. To put it bluntly, this is actually a transaction between you and me.

"Although Cheng Yong's purpose was to make money, his medicine saved those patients who could not afford imported medicine. But why should he feel guilty for the rest of his life? This is the reality. When he withdrew, it seemed as if it became his unilateral fault! Everyone seemed to have forgotten that Cheng Yong saved them and only remembered abandoning them." Chen Mo explained.

"What kind of person do you think Cheng Yong is?" Chen Mo asked Huang Bo.

"I think Cheng Yong was a coward at first. He never sold medicine to save people. He made no secret of the fact that profit was written all over his face. He would withdraw when he saw a good opportunity and would withdraw when he encountered risks."

"Like he said, 'I'm not a savior, I just want to make money.' I think Cheng Yong's character design is particularly good because people like him are real and common in real life. Too many people take risks for small profits, hoping for a lucky break, but the world is real. If you dare to take risks, you must bear the consequences."

"I think Cheng Yong's transformation wasn't because he was a noble person, but because he was just an ordinary person. He had the same flaws as ordinary people, but also the same strengths. He was kind-hearted and had a good conscience," said Huang Bo.

Chen Mo didn't say whether Huang Bo was right or not. There was nothing wrong with his understanding.

This is also why movies are movies, not like Cheng Yong in real life. One is passive and the other is active, which is a big difference in itself.

"That's not a wrong understanding, right? Do you have a feeling? If many of us were to encounter a situation like Cheng Yong and experience the incidents of Lu Shouyi, Huang Mao, Liu Sihui and others, we might also do the same as him?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Yes! That's the feeling!" Huang Bo nodded.

The others nodded as well.

Chen Mo smiled and said, "So, he is a common hero! He is very ordinary, and he was even a bad person in the past, but he is not ordinary, because the things he encountered forced him to become extraordinary."

"Director Chen, I have questions too." After Chen Mo finished speaking, Zhang Yu raised his hand.

"You say!" Chen Mo gestured for him to speak.

"I just think the character of Huang Mao is a bit strange. I don't understand it. As for the character of Lu Shouyi, I specifically went to learn about some patients and felt that he was really similar to them! They all lived very humble lives!
"Yellow Hair, however, is not humble and never wears a mask. His fearlessness is completely inconsistent with his image as a patient. I don't understand why," Zhang Yu asked.

"In fact, he represents the typical 'village youth'. He was poor. Once he was diagnosed with a terminal illness like leukemia, he had no money to treat it. He had no choice but to hide it from his family and ran away to work in a slaughterhouse on the outskirts of the big city, waiting to fend for himself. His family even thought he was dead.

Do you know why you were chosen to play this role?" Chen Mo suddenly asked.

Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know this.

"Have you noticed that the character Huangmao is, to some extent, very similar to those "drifters" who just arrived in big cities and live in basements?
Although he was poor and perhaps uneducated, he was kind and simple-minded, selflessly distributing the stolen medicine to other patients. He hated evil and would rush up and kick anyone selling fake medicine.
He doesn't have that many "social" qualities, or rather, his mentality is that, I have only one miserable life, and living one more day is a blessing!

To put it bluntly, it's like a stray dog!
However, he is a bit like the taciturn master in martial arts novels; he is also a bit like the "fool" Wang Baobao in "A World Without Thieves"; he is a combination of these two characters, stupid, but not stupid.

He didn't have so many twists and turns in his heart. When he learned that Brother Yong was helping everyone "buy generic drugs" for money and sold the agency rights to an unscrupulous businessman to evade the police, Huang Mao used a particularly underworld method - crushing the wine glass with his bare hands, turning around and leaving, and breaking off with Cheng Yong completely. When he learned that Brother Yong had started "buying drugs" again to save people, Huang Mao returned to help him without hesitation.

So this person must have a pair of clean eyes that can see through the world!
"It's all for money," this is a line I arranged for Huangmao in the script. This line can expose most of the hypocrisy in the world. Huangmao can have such insight because he must have experienced a lot before and suffered a lot.

If I were to describe him in one sentence, it would be: living like a wild dog, but still having a loving heart.

So, he can't be Lü Shouyi! If I were to pick the most special person in this story, it wouldn't be Cheng Yong, Liu Sihui, or Lü Shouyi, but rather Huangmao, Peng Hao! Because he is the most extraordinary person in my opinion.

Even though this role doesn't have many lines, it's not easy to play!" Chen Mo said with a smile.

In fact, if you watch "Dying to Survive" carefully, you will even feel that Huang Mao is the protagonist of this film.

The script reading was a great success.

Everyone has reached a relatively unified understanding of the role, which is actually very important.

Because only in this way, when shooting, you won’t think of one thing while he thinks of another.

Next, Chen Mo also started to get busy, and the preliminary preparations for "I Am Not a Drug Lord" were finally completed.

It is worth mentioning that although the main story of "Dying to Survive" takes place in Shanghai, the filming location of Chen Mo and his team was finally decided in Jinling.

Except for the scenes with Asan, all other scenes will be filmed in Jinling.

The film officially started shooting, but there was no high-profile press conference, and it started shooting in a low-key manner.

It can be said that Chen Mo put more care and dedication into this movie than any other movie he has made in the past.

Because a lot of preparations had been made in advance, and Chen Mo had a deep memory of the film's plot, the filming went very smoothly.

However, there is a big show today, and Chen Mo is ready for a protracted war.

Because today's big scene is the appearance of Liu Sihui played by Tang Zhuo. Chen Mo attaches great importance to this scene, and Tang Zhuo also attaches great importance to it, because she has been training frantically for more than a month for this moment.

Chen Mo had a bit of a bad taste, so he specially called Yang Mi over.

There is no other reason, just to let this big secret who wants to be a "people's artist" feel what real acting is and what a real "artist" is!
You know, Tang Zhuo was good at pole dancing, and although Chen Mo reminded her to be careful, she was working too hard and wanted to perform well in the play, so she ended up getting injured.

Yang Mi has a problem with Chen Mo! And her problem is quite big.

why?
Because of the drama "Dying to Survive" and the role of Liu Sihui.

She had seen the script from Chen Mo before, and she felt that she could also play this role, but Chen Mo, this big pig's hoof, gave it to someone else without even considering it.

If you had given it to one of his close female friends, Yang Mi might not have felt so resentful, but Chen Mo actually gave it to Tang Zhuo, an actress who had no previous connection with Chen Mo.

Chen Mo specifically pulled Yang Mi over when filming the most difficult scene today, just to make her understand, "She? She's the People's Artist, what a dream!"
"You narrow-minded man, why did you call me over?" Yang Mi complained unhappily after arriving.

When Chen Mo called her to come, she was still filming on the set.

However, since it was rare for Chen Mo to take the initiative to call him to visit the crew, she still took a day off and came over.

In fact, Yang Mi always thought that Chen Mo didn't want her to play this role because this role involved an erotic "pole dancing" scene!

But Chen Mo has always denied this, which is why Yang Mi said he was narrow-minded.

"Are you still thinking about it? I asked you to come here today just to show you what a real actor is. And you? You're far from it!" Chen Mo said unhappily.

Yang Mi can be said to be a little bit arrogant recently. There is no way. She is a desperate woman. Although the People's Artist title is indeed hard to get over, she can't help but act in large quantities. Although the quality of her acting is not much to say, she is very good at it!

Red, it can be said that Yang Mi is really red.

But as for her acting skills, no one knows whether she has it or not. After all, she has never shown it.

"Chen Mo!" Yang Mi was a little annoyed by what Chen Mo said. How could she not be a real actor?
Although she's been busy with multiple roles, she's been diligently considering each one, right? And when she's acting, she's always doing her best to follow the director's instructions, right?

But when it comes to Chen Mo, she is always left speechless by what he says.

This time Chen Mo didn't say anything about her. In fact, Chen Mo didn't mean that he really wanted Yang Mi to improve herself or hone her acting skills. The main thing was that this woman always looked like she wanted to be a people's artist, but her actions were completely different.

"Tang Zhuo, how are the preparations going?" Chen Mo ignored Yang Mi and walked over to ask.

"I'm ready. In fact, I've been looking forward to this scene. I also hope that my efforts will not be in vain!" Tang Zhuo said seriously.

"You know, we can't act out this scene, and it will probably be shot many times. Can your body handle it?" Chen Mo said worriedly.

"No problem, I've been resting for a long time, just for today." Tang Zhuo said.

Chen Mo was not speaking casually, because in order to achieve the most perfect effect for this scene, it would take at least several takes. If things didn't go well, he might have to spend the whole day here.

Moreover, pole dancing is definitely a very physically demanding activity, which is why Chen Mo is worried.

However, this scene had to be filmed anyway, so Chen Mo didn't say anything more.

"All departments, take your positions and get ready to shoot!"

The filming location of this scene is a nightclub in Jinling. At this moment, the extras are all in place.

"The actors are in place!"

"The scene is OK!"

“The lighting is OK!”

“Photography OK!”

"The radio is OK!"

"The 21st scene of "Dying to Survive", the first shot, the first time, ACTION!" With the sound of the clapboard, the filming of this big drama officially began.

Because this is a live shoot, the moment the board hits the ground, the scene becomes noisy.

Chen Mo was sitting behind the monitor, with Yang Mi standing next to him.

At this time, Yang Mi was very well-behaved. The main reason was that once Chen Mo entered the working state, he would become indifferent to his relatives.

She certainly wouldn't make such a mistake.

However, I was feeling a little angry in my heart, and I wanted to see how well the actor Chen Mo found could perform!
Many people don’t understand why Liu Sihui still had to practice pole dancing in the movie “Dying to Survive” because the scene where she did it was only about twenty seconds long.

Are the requirements too high?

This is just a joke for outsiders, because although the final edit of the movie only shows that small segment, in fact, more than that small segment was skipped during the filming, and the most appropriate segment was selected and cut out during the final edit.

Whether a person can dance or not and the effect displayed are two completely different things.

It doesn't mean that anyone can just go up there and do those few moves.

Tang Zhuo started his pole dancing performance, and Yang Mi was a little surprised, because at this moment, Tang Zhuo gave her a completely different feeling and temperament.

In particular, she was extremely skilled, as if she had danced it countless times, dancing freely on the stage.

For some reason, she suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Tang Zhuo's dance was already pretty good, but Chen Mo still decisively shouted when she was about to finish, "Cut! Everyone, take a break. Tang Zhuo, come up!"

This kind of scene is not only difficult to film Tang Zhuo, but also the extras on the scene, because if it starts over, they will need to do it all over again.

So they definitely cannot be disbanded at this time, and they should be allowed to rest in place during the break so that they can continue filming later.

This is a torment for the leading actor, and it is also a torment for other actors and behind-the-scenes staff.

In fact, Fan Binbin has acted in a pole dancing scene before, but that was completely different from this one.

"Your movements are very skillful, which is good, but as for charm, Liu Sihui is a pole dancer in a nightclub. She has been doing this for a long time. She needs to show not only sexiness but also charm. She needs to attract customers in the nightclub, so charm is even more important than sexiness. Your expression just now was too stiff, do you understand?" Chen Mo said.

Tang Zhuo nodded quickly: "I understand, Director!"

"Okay, let's have another one!"

As Chen Mo was speaking, Tang Zhuo once again returned to the stage to take his position.

Start again, the stage manager hits the board, and Tang Zhuo starts dancing!
Yang Mi seemed extremely well-behaved at this moment, watching quietly.

Soon, the second take started, but unfortunately, this time the problem was with the lighting.

This is how filming works. Sometimes everything is not fine just because the actors perform well. For example, in this scene, the lighting technician is also very crucial.

But there is nothing we can do about it. No one can guarantee that there will be no mistakes.

(End of this chapter)