Entertainment: The Path to Best Actor for Talented Actors

For the past few days, Zhang Ze had been acting alongside the other actors.

The night scenes filmed today, however, mainly featured Zhang Ze.

Several scenes include Digua and Li Dabenshi escaping from the bandits' den at night, Digua crawling through a dog hole, and Digua drinking and losing control by hugging and kissing a stone.

The first scene filmed was the one where Digua and Li Dabenshi escaped.

Zhang Ze was tied to a pillar with a black hood over his head before being rescued by Li Dabenshi.

The two tiptoed out quietly. Before leaving, Sweet Potato took two flatbreads from the bandit and wolfed them down.

Enraged, Li Dabenshi hit him several times.

In fact, the character of Digua (Sweet Potato) throughout the entire series constantly displays his enthusiasm for food, which is all necessary for the character.

It was arranged by the director.

Looking at the characters, there's Zhang Anding, the foodie; the lively atmosphere; the sweet potatoes; and the simpleton who would die for a little food.

The central theme throughout the entire series is food.

For this little bit of food, for a full meal, how many people have lost their lives.

These minor characters use their obsession with food to depict the fact that ordinary people in that era did not have enough to eat.

Although not explicitly stated, it is constantly implied.

It's actually quite easy to film the scene of someone crawling through a dog hole.

Zhang Ze passed in one take.

On the contrary, when Yao Qianyu stepped on his back to climb onto the wall, she failed the first time and had to do two takes.

On the contrary, the scene where he pretends to be a Japanese soldier, drinks, hugs a stone, and calls out "good sister" is more difficult.

It's difficult to strike the right balance—to be erotic without being vulgar, yet appearing suggestive without being offensive.

The director was only satisfied after two or three takes.

Night shoots are a common occurrence when filming on set.

This drama series has quite a few night scenes.

Zhang Ze was already used to it.

The next morning, I rested and caught up on sleep, and continued filming in the afternoon.

To be honest, being an actor is quite tough.

Many films are shot out of season, so you either get too hot or too cold, and there are also explosion sites and wire work, all kinds of dangers.

Zhang Ze sometimes thinks that this industry can be just as tiring as working on an assembly line in a factory.

Fortunately, this industry has a relatively high ceiling, unlike electronics factories where the ceiling is so high that there is no hope!

Think about the actors' salaries, so it's okay to be tired! Which industry doesn't require hard work to make money?

At least in this industry, you can make a lot of money!

He originally signed a contract as a featured actor with the production team, but the director kept adding more scenes for him.

He survived until the very end.

The entire filming period lasted three months. It's worth noting that Huang Haibo, the male lead, only filmed for three months and eight days.

After filming wrapped, he will receive a salary of over 45,000 yuan.

The crew arranged my food and lodging, and I earned 40,000 yuan in three months. This job seems pretty good right now.

He knew that he was just lucky to have joined a production crew that gave him extra screen time.

After this drama wraps up, he'll be going to another film crew.

Hopefully, this filming experience will make my resume look better, and I can get more roles in the future!

Without time for reflection, Zhang Ze continued to focus all his energy on filming.

As time went by, filming finally began, and the finale was about to start.

Zhang Ze had read the script; the ending, with everyone sacrificing themselves, was truly tragic.

To help the actors get more into character.

The scene depicting the stone's wedding was filmed before the finale.

Outside a cluster of stone houses, Shi Tou led his donkey to bring his wife Zhao Yan back.

The two of them wore bright red flowers.

Sitting on the donkey, Zhao Yan's face was full of a happy smile, and Shi Tou's lips also curled into a smile.

Sweet potatoes, lively chatter, and a group of children gathered around, making a ruckus.

Venue change.

Inside an earthen house, everyone gathered to drink wedding wine. Several dishes were laid out on the table. Although they were not plentiful, they were the best that the Independent Regiment could produce.

To liven up the atmosphere, Li Dabenshi suggested that everyone say a sentence.

Everyone said one sentence.

When it was sweet potato's turn, the style suddenly changed.

Sweet Potato looked at Li Dabenshi expectantly in Liaocheng dialect and said, "Brother, I want to get married too!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was pulled back by Ding Dasuanpan beside him.

Ding Dasuanpan stood up and said, "I don't have much to say, I just hope you two can quickly give our Independent Regiment a baby."

Ding Dasuanpan's words made everyone happy, and they joined in the commotion.

Li Dabenshi put his arm around Shitou and said, "Shitou, our Independent Regiment is giving you a mission: quickly have ten or eight kids."

Stone chuckled sheepishly and replied, "It doesn't seem like enough!"

This prompted Li Dabenshi to laugh and scold, "Look at your attitude!"

Just when things were getting lively, it turned out that this kid had ulterior motives.

He wiped his hands on his clothes, stood up, and said with a simple, honest smile.

"I just want to say one thing: I want to hold hands with my sister-in-law."

Li Dabenshi laughed and said, "What are you going to pull? Do you think you can pull that hand?"

The mischief of the group brought the wedding banquet to a complete climax.

Afterwards, Chen Feng led everyone to the courtyard to take turns taking photos as souvenirs.

The scene was filled with laughter and joy!

This was their happiest performance, both on and off screen.

But they also knew that this was the Independent Regiment's last moment of happiness!