Entertainment Era: Starting with Teaching Sister Meng to Sing

With Fumio's cry of "God of Ike!", the atmosphere at the scene became somewhat heavy.

After a day of filming, everyone realized that Wang Xiaozhou wasn't just casually making this short film; he had real talent for it.

Now everyone, including the extras, has a chance to shine in this drama. If something happens to the female lead at this point, it would be truly heartbreaking.

Under the worried gazes of everyone, Mao Xiaotong bent down and looked directly at Wang Xiaozhou, reciting her lines naturally.

"If I hadn't fired those three arrows in quick succession, you would have been a dead man under that beast's hooves long ago. Why didn't you get out of the way quickly?"

"Wow."

Wenye and the others' eyes lit up instantly. It was a completely different feeling from before. The young lady's inherent mischievous and clever temperament was almost overflowing from the camera.

Director Wang is really good at adjusting things; it actually worked!

After these two lines of dialogue, Wen Ye excitedly shouted "Cut!" and then ran over to Wang Xiaozhou with the camera in hand.

"Director Wang, look at Xiaotong's performance this time, it's so outstanding. She should be able to meet the requirements this time."

Wang Xiaozhou glanced at the camera and nodded silently, saying, "Not bad. Keep it up and let's do a couple more shots before it gets dark."

The single-character perfect immersion fruit is indeed powerful. Mao Xiaotong just now almost completely portrayed the charm of the female lead. Even though Wang Xiaozhou had seen the original animation in his previous life, he had to admit that Mao Xiaotong was more suitable for the image of Lu Girl in his mind.

The recording continued until 9:30 p.m. At today's pace, the entire short film's storyline will be completed in at most ten days. If Wang Xiaozhou works on post-production quickly, the short film might be able to be released before the Spring Festival.

In high spirits, Wang Xiaozhou spent lavishly to treat the entire cast to a start-of-work banquet at a Shaxian snack shop. After all, he only had less than 100,000 yuan left in his pocket, so he had to be careful with his budget.

After going home and taking a nap, I continued filming the next day, but unexpectedly, I started to get stuck again when filming scenes with supporting characters.

Huang Mao and his gang, along with the extras they hired for a couple hundred yuan a day, only had one or two lines in total. Wang Xiaozhou never expected that with just one or two lines, they wouldn't be able to meet the requirements.

The filming went on all morning, and no matter how much Wang Xiaozhou threw a tantrum, it was no use. Even the extras started to get upset, and in the end, Wang Xiaozhou had no choice but to call them back to the cabin.

After checking the system character panel for a long time, Wang Xiaozhou looked at his 90 health points and finally activated the Teacher's Aura. Then, like forcing a cow to drink water, he read "The Basic Qualities of an Actor" to everyone.

Within three minutes, his health dropped to 87 points, and Wang Xiaozhou quickly turned off the Teacher's Aura.

The people inside the room seemed to wake up from a dream, their eyes first filled with confusion, then with sudden realization, and finally with excitement.

"Director Wang, could you say a few more words? After listening to what you've said, I feel like I've wasted my whole life learning acting."

A veteran extra with formal training, who had been working as an extra in Shanghai's film and television city for ten years, spoke excitedly. To put it in a fantastical way, he even had a sudden realization. It was too magical!

"Yes, Director Wang, please teach us some more! I don't need today's salary; I'll film all your movies for free from now on, just to teach us some more!"

"That's amazing! Just a few words from Director Wang have elevated my understanding of the characters in the show to a whole new level. Director Wang, please say a few more words, I don't even need my salary anymore."

Extras who spend their years in film studios know all too well how rare such opportunities to improve themselves are. Acting skills, something invisible and intangible, can be noticeably improved after Wang Xiaozhou said just a few words. What kind of ability is this?

Meeting the hopeful gazes directed at him, Wang Xiaozhou waved his hand to shoo them away: "Once you've finished acting, get to work quickly. Don't delay my filming schedule. There will be plenty of opportunities to attend classes, what's the rush?"

Actually, these people are really not suitable to be actors. Wang Xiaozhou has master-level acting skills, but he couldn't help them fully understand the characters before he activated the mentor halo. It was only after activating the mentor halo that they had an epiphany. It has to be said that there is a reason why these people are playing minor roles.

As for a few more classes...

Impossible! They only have a little over eighty health points in total. Once those are used up, they're done for. How could they keep opening up to these people just for a little pay?

When the group returned to the set, they were all full of confidence. When Wenye called out "God of Ike," everyone seemed to be possessed and began to immerse themselves in the roles they were playing.

Wenye watched the scene with awe, the difference between the two before and after was too great. Before entering the house with Wang Xiaozhou, the extras were like wooden sticks, real extras, without any expression.

But after going into the house with Wang Xiaozhou and coming out, his performance was incredibly expressive, as if he had truly immersed himself in the role.

How did they learn this skill? What were they saying when they came in? In all my years in the industry, I've never seen a director better at directing than Wang Xiaozhou!

The filming progressed much faster in the afternoon. Many extras got the hang of it and got it right in one take. Even Huang Mao and others who didn't have much experience could achieve a perfect result after a couple more takes.

The main character didn't have many scenes to film today, so Wang Xiaozhou handed the set over to Wen Ye to manage, while he hailed a taxi and took Mao Xiaotong to the airport to pick her up.

Wang Feng has arrived.

Wang Feng called Wang Xiaozhou that morning, saying he wanted to visit him in Northeast China.

Wang Xiaozhou said at the time that it was very unfortunate, as he was filming a short film in Shanghai. Wang Feng immediately replied that it was the same for him to come to Shanghai.

There was no way to refuse. He had to respect half of the rock music scene, and this guy had been showing him goodwill. So Wang Xiaozhou agreed and prepared to meet with him privately.

At 7:30 p.m., Wang Xiaozhou and Mao Xiaotong greeted Brother Wang Feng at the airport. Then, Wang Feng's agent treated them to a riverside private restaurant.

After they were seated in the private room, Wang Feng asked Wang Xiaozhou to order, but Wang Xiaozhou declined, saying, "I've never been to such a nice place before, I'm not very good at ordering, so please, brother, do it."

Wang Feng gave Wang Xiaozhou a thumbs-up, praising his honesty, then handed the menu to the waiter and said, "Let the chef bring out all of today's signature dishes, and a bottle of Cahors."

Wang Feng, a connoisseur of wine, waited until the waiter left before introducing the wine to Wang Xiaozhou: "Besides the five first-growth Bordeaux estates, France has many other understated boutique wine regions. Cahors in the southwest is known as the home of black wine, mainly made from Malbec. The Malbec here is more astringent and wilder than that from Argentina. With your personality, I believe you'll really enjoy it."

Wang Xiaozhou felt that rather than this older brother talking to him about wine, it was more accurate to say that he was using his old-fashioned, money-grubbing aura to intimidate him.

Newcomers to the entertainment industry who haven't experienced a life of luxury before are indeed easily fooled by this kind of thing.

But Wang Xiaozhou was a good-for-nothing who had sponged off his parents for half his life in his previous life, so he wasn't buying it. Therefore, before the food was even served, he asked frankly:

"Brother Wang, why are you in such a hurry to see me?..."

Wang Feng didn't think the young man lacked composure; on the contrary, he admired Wang Xiaozhou's personality even more, and thus he was equally frank and open-minded.

"I'd like to ask you to write a song for me. With your prolific output and my singing skills, I can show you the real bustling metropolis in six months."