Minglong Youth: Shared House with Cheng Yushan and Bian Xiaoxiao

Boys, "???"

This...what a weird plot.

Why does it sound so melodramatic?

However, since Zhou Chen needs him to smile, then...smile...

Immediately, a stiff expression appeared on the boy's face.

Zhou Chen, "..."

This smile is almost as good as Yu Yang’s.

"Next!"

Zhou Chen waved his hand and changed to the next one.

"It's the same scene again, give me a smile!"

Zhou Chen continued to ask questions.

The students queuing behind him also started laughing one by one as he requested.

They thought Zhou Chen was going to test their acting skills or something, but they never expected that from beginning to end, he just made them laugh...

"Hello, my name is Guan Yunpeng..."

"It doesn't matter, just smile for me!"

Guan Yunpeng, "..."

Immediately, he followed the scenario Zhou Chen gave, raised his mouth, and smiled with a cold look in his eyes.

The entire movement and expression were exactly the same as the actor who played the crooked-mouthed Dragon King that Zhou Chen saw in his previous life.

"My goodness, this is really how it feels!"

Zhou Chen widened his eyes. He didn’t expect that in this world, he would actually encounter a being of the level of the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King.

Nice guy!

"Okay, next one!"

Zhou Chen's expression lit up with joy, and he made a heavy mark in Guan Yunpeng's column in the form.

Maybe in the next period of time, this crooked-mouthed Dragon King will be needed to shoot many Dragon King-themed films.

"Hello, my name is Wang Yidi..."

While I was in a daze, a pleasant female voice came from the front.

Zhou Chen looked up and saw a tall girl standing in front of him, like a princess.

For actresses, acting skills are not very important in the early stage of short plays, as long as they perform normally. The only important thing is appearance and figure!

Obviously, from this point of view, this guy named Wang Yidi passed the test directly.

However, Zhou Chen still followed the usual practice.

"Come on, give me a smile!"

Wang Yidi, "..."

Zhou Chen added, "If you are now a rich girl, and you found a good-for-nothing son-in-law, and your husband brags that he will help you through the family crisis, you express your disdain for him..."

Wang Yidi, "..."

You know, Zhou Chen's Doupo is a very popular novel nowadays. Although the writing is average, the plot is really exciting and inspiring, attracting many young people to read it.

The reason why many people joined the short drama club was to see what kind of film and television dramas Zhou Chen would shoot.

But no one expected that the interview plots Zhou Chen gave them would be more bizarre than the last.

This is nothing.

What on earth is Zhou Chen trying to shoot?

It was filmed. Can you see it?

Chapter 194: Onlookers and Questions

All the extras who came for the interview were confused by Zhou Chen's operation and left with question marks on their faces.

After Zhou Chen's screening, he finally selected the most suitable roles in "Dragon King's Son-in-law" from this group of students.

Compared to lengthy TV dramas, short dramas have another very important point, which is that there are relatively few characters, but they are very concentrated.

As long as a few main characters are decided, there will basically be no problems.

In terms of makeup, photography and other aspects, after strict screening by Cheng Yushan and Bian Xiaoxiao, a group of outstanding members were finally selected.

When everything was ready, Zhou Chen gathered the actors together to read the script.

Only when the actors have thoroughly studied the content of the script can they perform better.

"Zhou Chen, is this really the drama we want to shoot? Why is it that in my plot, I either get slapped in the face or slap someone else in the face?"

Guan Yunpeng, who played the male protagonist, read the script carefully and looked at Zhou Chen with a strange look.

When Guan Yunpeng first learned that he would play the male lead in the short drama, he was very excited.

He didn't expect that his luck would be so good. He got the chance to play the leading role in his first filming. With Zhou Chen's popularity, he might become a big hit.

However, after Guan Yunpeng studied his script over and over again, he was dumbfounded.

Although he is the male protagonist, he has a very frustrating life in the early stage. He is basically slapped in the face by various supporting roles, and then slapped back in an even more ruthless way. That would be fine, but he even has to show some very exaggerated expressions.

Moreover, the lines in the script seem a bit... awkward...

"Guan Yunpeng, you have to know that one episode of our drama is only ten minutes long. In such a short time, it is natural to exaggerate as much as possible. Don't worry, these are not important. Just tell me, can you act?"

Zhou Chen glanced at Guan Yunpeng and said lightly.

“I…I can do it!”

Guan Yunpeng looked at the script, then looked at Zhou Chen, and finally agreed reluctantly.

He thought to himself, this is Zhou Chen's first script after all. Zhou Chen's novels are so wonderful, maybe future scripts will be even more wonderful. He is also an original stock. If he performs well this time, maybe Zhou Chen will choose him again in the future!

No matter what, just for the male lead, I have to accept it.

"Where are the others? Any other questions?"

Zhou Chen turned his head and looked at everyone else.

"No...no problem!"

The heroine was Wang Yidi, and she nodded with difficulty at this time.

Originally, Cheng Yushan and Bian Xiaoxiao also wanted to play female roles, but Zhou Chen was reluctant to do so, so he chose Wang Yidi so that he wouldn't have to worry about other issues.

"Since there's no problem, let's hurry up and start shooting!"

Zhou Chen grinned.

"Fang Yifan! Is the equipment ready?"

"Ready!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yifan came running over breathlessly with the film and television club's camera.

In addition, behind Fang Yifan, there were several people holding various props such as lighting boards.

Seeing that all departments were ready, Zhou Chen brought the makeshift team that he had set up for the first time and came to the campus in a mighty manner.

The shooting scenes of "Dragon King's Son-in-law" are very simple, either in the yard or indoors. He has already marked out some spots on the campus, and there will be basically no problems with some post-processing.

Scene 1: Return of the Dragon King

Location: Weiming Lake, Qingbei University.

Main plot: The male protagonist, Dragon King Su Chen, has returned after ten years and is now the master of the Dragon God Temple. After returning to Jiangcheng, he is receiving the worship of all the important figures in Jiangcheng. The big figures who can cause a big earthquake with a stomp of their feet in Jiangcheng all kneel down in front of Su Chen at this time, and the atmosphere is very solemn. Su Chen ordered to investigate all the information of the Murong family and the clues of the destruction of the Su family. In order to avoid causing too much sensation, he was reminded not to reveal his identity.

Scene 2: Reunion with old friends

Location: Murong Family Villa (in front of Boya Tower, Qingbei University)

Main plot: The Murong family is looking for a son-in-law for Murong Yanran. Murong Yanran was unfortunately burned when she saved Su Chen, and her appearance was destroyed. The Murong family can only rely on their own financial resources to find a son-in-law. The male protagonist Su Chen is among the candidates for the son-in-law. After a competition, the male protagonist is successfully selected by the Murong family and becomes Murong Yanran's fiancé. However, he is looked down upon by Murong Yanran's parents.

These are all classic face-slapping plots in online literature. Zhou Chen and Fang Yifan hold cameras, or sometimes just use their mobile phones, and keep changing angles to shoot.

Guan Yunpeng, Wang Yidi and others performed exaggerated performances in front of the camera according to the script designed by Zhou Chen for them.

Because the news that Zhou Chen was going to shoot a short drama had been widely circulated in Qingbei University these days, so much so that the shooting site was crowded with many students.

After all, for many people, this is the first time they see someone filming a movie.

They are also very curious about what the short drama made by the best-selling novel author Tian Can Dou Dou is like.

However, when they arrived at the scene and saw the exaggerated and embarrassing scene of Guan Yunpeng, Wang Yidi and others, they were all dumbfounded.

"What kind of ridiculous plot is this? Is this the only script Zhou Chen wrote?"

"It's so embarrassing to watch. What would it be like if it were a TV series?"

"They are all amateur actors. This... is just a joke!"

The students at the scene couldn't help but complain when watching the performance of Guan Yunpeng and others.

There is no way. The higher their expectations of Zhou Chen, the greater their disappointment now.

Listening to the discussions around them, Guan Yunpeng and others also looked embarrassed.

Although they knew they were going to be embarrassed when they read the script, they didn't expect that the actual acting would be even more embarrassing than they imagined!

It would be fine for others, just some minor plots, but he, Guan Yunpeng, is the protagonist, almost throughout the whole play, and then, in every episode, he has to speak those lines that make people so embarrassed that they have to pick their toes with great dignity...

"Huh... I'll just bear with it."

Guan Yunpeng took deep breaths repeatedly, constantly comforting himself.

"This is Mr. Zhou Chen's script. He must have his reasons for doing this. Just bear with it, huh..."

Gradually, Guan Yunpeng learned to brainwash himself.

Even he himself didn't realize that after two days of filming, his crooked and sneering expression became more and more weird...

As for Wang Yidi and others, they went from being awkward in the beginning to becoming more and more natural. They acted as exaggerated as they could and even became addicted to acting.

“This is the taste I want!”

Zhou Chen, holding a camera, looked at the scenic spots in the camera with a gratified smile on his face.

Chapter 195 goes online amid controversy

The short drama is short and the story is relatively flat, so it is very easy to shoot. In just one week, Zhou Chen's "Dragon King's Son-in-law" was filmed completely.

Of course, this is just the first step.

If you want to put the captured images together to form a complete story, post-production editing is required.

After Zhou Chen explained the key points of each episode, he handed over the great editing work to the students who came over from the editing club.

As for Zhou Chen himself, he gathered his classmates from the Computer Club and asked them to develop a small program for paying for short plays.

Yes, you shoot short dramas to make money, not just for fun.

During this period of time, topics about Zhou Chen's filming of a drama have been circulating one after another, both at Qingbei University and on the Internet.

"Zhou Chen is still a student after all. He thinks he can be invincible just by writing a novel. Little does he know that novels and scripts are two completely different things!"

"As a screenwriter, I can only say that not everyone can be a screenwriter. I have been in this field for more than ten years, and now I can barely just put my name on a TV show!"

"Judging from the footage from the shooting at Qingbei, I think this new drama is going to be extremely awkward!"

Yes, the comments about this short drama on the Internet are basically one-sided negative.

There’s no way around it, the shooting scenes that were posted from the scene were so embarrassing!

Even many screenwriters or actors in the film and television industry have come out to complain that Zhou Chen's filming is a joke.

But Zhou Chen was too lazy to respond to these discussions. He would know whether it was a mule or a horse after moving out for a walk.

The quality of the short drama is naturally not as well-produced as those TV dramas, but he didn't want to make it that good. He just wanted to make a short drama to kill time.