Entertainment: The Path to Best Actor for Talented Actors

For the next month, Zhang Ze, as the director, led the crew to many locations to scout locations.

In addition to Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Foshan, Hong Kong, and Macau in China, I also went to Japan and France.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the crew of "The Thunder" officially started filming.

Having once again taken charge of a crew of several hundred people, Zhang Ze had become very experienced and his command was much easier.

Besides the intense filming, he also had the energy to play around with the staff.

That day, everyone was busy filming, and Wang Jinsong came over and found Zhang Ze.

"Director Zhang, I have some ideas I'd like to discuss with you."

"Brother Song, just tell me what you're thinking!" He handed Wang Jinsong an orange.

"We've known each other for so many years, I trust you completely, so feel free to voice your opinions!"

"In that case, I'll share my thoughts!" Wang Jinsong pushed up his glasses.

He continued, "I feel this costume isn't quite perfect. I plan to ask the costume team to make the upper body a little bigger, so it will look more dignified."

"Hmm, being tall and having a lower center of gravity does make one appear more stable!" Zhang Ze sized up Wang Jinsong.

He is quite tall and thin, and altering his clothes as suggested by the other party would indeed improve his appearance.

Two days later, Wang Jinsong and several actors who played drug dealers in Tazhai Village were chatting and drinking plum juice under a parasol.

Because the filming locations were all in the south, the actors were all wearing thick long sleeves, so they would break out in a sweat after each scene.

Zhang Ze specially arranged for the crew to brew a large pot of plum juice.

After filming, having a glass of plum juice with ice cubes is just so refreshing!

Just then, a staff member ran over and shouted, "Director, your watermelon is here!"

Behind him followed a 7.6-meter-long high-sided truck loaded with patterned watermelons.

"Hurry up and help unload the watermelons so that the staff and extras can eat them."

The weather was too hot, so Zhang Ze had to prioritize preventing heatstroke.

"Director, can we finish this truckload of watermelons?" The production manager was a little confused by Zhang Ze's decision to order a whole truckload of watermelons.

"We can definitely finish them. Our crew has over two hundred people, and there are over a hundred extras today. With over three hundred people, we'll have to kill 150 watermelons at once."

"Kill another 300 tomorrow. This 10,000-plus jin (5,000 kg) can only last for two days at most!"

Zhang Ze bent down, picked up a watermelon that had been unloaded from the ground, patted it with his hand, and came over to Wang Jinsong and the other actors to say something.

"This one's good, perfectly ripe! Quickly grab a knife and kill it to try it."

"Let me tell you, this is a watermelon from Zhanhua, Shandong. It's incredibly sweet!"

Wang Jinsong laughed and said, "I've only ever heard of Zhanhua winter jujubes, I've never heard of their watermelons being so delicious!"

Zhang Ze explained with a smile, "Zhanhua is close to the sea, and these watermelons grow in saline-alkali soil, so they taste very sweet."

"It tastes even better than a Kirin watermelon! I specially transported this from Zhanhua, thousands of kilometers away."

As the watermelon is cut open, its red flesh is revealed.

Zhang Ze cut the watermelon into pieces and distributed them to everyone.

Wang Jinsong took a bite and nodded in agreement, "It's really sweet, and the texture is indeed fantastic!"

The other actors also praised how delicious the watermelon was.

As more and more people ate the watermelon, everyone at the scene said it tasted great.

Zhang Ze was quite happy; it wasn't for nothing that he had gone to so much trouble to transport this truckload of watermelons.

Zhanhua's watermelon was the best he had ever eaten, but because it wasn't very famous, only locals knew about it.

Starting today, more than 300 people in Guangzhou, far away from home, will know that Zhanhua not only has delicious winter jujubes, but also delicious watermelons.

After a half-hour break, the crew resumed filming and continued until evening.

The assistant director, holding a megaphone, shouted to the extras, "Everyone, rest tomorrow morning. Meet at 1:30 PM under the big banyan tree in the village to film the night scene!"

"Xiao Liu, you need to bring the rain-making machine up tomorrow. Don't forget," Zhang Ze instructed a man in his thirties.

"Don't worry, Director, we've already arranged for both rain-making machines to be installed tomorrow morning."

After the actors left, Zhang Ze gathered the crew members together and held a meeting with them.

First, summarize today's work, offering criticism where necessary and praise where appropriate.

Second, arrange tomorrow's work.

The entire crew of over 200 people was like a small factory; any mishap in any link could affect the entire crew.

"Tomorrow night, we'll be filming the arrest scene in the rain. There are a lot of people on set, and it's raining, so please be careful!"

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"Alright, thank you everyone for your hard work today. Let's keep up the good work tomorrow!"

After finishing his meeting with his staff, Zhang Ze turned and left.

He hadn't walked far when he heard the group leaders shout, "Clothing team, come over for a meeting!"

"Props team, come this way!"

"The photography crew..."

"stage manager……"

Just like in a factory, after the factory manager's meeting, the workshop director also has to hold a meeting!

After the group leaders finish their meetings, each team will have its own meeting.

These staff members will have to wait at least another half hour before they can completely leave work.

It has been fifteen hours since they started work!

This is the norm for film crews...

The following afternoon, people began to gather at the entrance of the village, which had been designated as Tazhai Village.

Many people in the village are curious about how the TV series was filmed.

They all gathered under the big banyan tree to watch the excitement.

The village had over 10,000 people, plus two to three hundred staff members, making the filming location a very lively place.

There were even quite a few tricycles selling snacks nearby, making it feel like a market.

By the time everything was sorted out and filming began, it was already past 3 p.m.

"Attention all departments, filming is now live! Action!"

Everyone on set fell silent, and the actors began to move to their positions according to the script!

At that moment, a clear horn sound came from next door.

"You got into Tsinghua University, he got into Peking University, and I got into roasted sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes... fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes..."

Everyone present was stunned, looking at each other in disbelief.

The crew member in charge of clearing the set slapped his thigh in frustration, "Oh no! How could I have forgotten about that!"