Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

Yang Che, watching from behind the monitor, exclaimed in admiration. Although he didn't remember it well, he was certain that this performance was far better than the one given by the "aunt" in the original film.

As for Fan Bingbing, Yang Che thinks she's better, whether subjectively or objectively, he just thinks she's better than Jun Ji-hyun.

In the third scene, Fan Bingbing leaves the frame to go to the bathroom, and Niu Geng, played by Huang Haibo, enters the frame.

He was late, and the reason he was late was that the filming had already been completed when the production started; he encountered stars two years in the future and couldn't catch up...

So as soon as he appeared on camera, he grinned and made up an excuse: "Auntie, I just helped a blind person cross the street..."

Upon hearing this, the aunt scolded indulgently, "You're making up lies again."

This scene is different from the original; the female lead temporarily leaves the set.

Chinese people are reserved. Even if an aunt and niece have a very good relationship, they would never laugh and joke intimately without regard for third parties present.

Besides, the male lead clearly saw the female lead at the subway station just now, and her clothes hadn't changed, so how could he not recognize her? Let alone her back view, she's someone so unforgettable in his life that he'd recognize her even if she were ashes.

So sometimes don't blindly believe in the original film or "childhood memories." More than 70% of human childhood memories are fabricated by ourselves and then deeply believed in.

In the novel *In the Heat of the Sun*, Ma Xiaojun says, "The stronger my desire to tell the truth, the greater the interference I faced. I sadly discovered that it was impossible to restore the truth; memories were always distorted by my emotions, and subsequently tormented and betrayed me, leaving me confused and unable to distinguish truth from falsehood."

At this moment, just as at that moment.

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Filming continues.

Fan Bingbing reappears on camera, and Xiao Ke plays a variation of Canon in D major on the piano.

One of the two cameras was a close-up, showing her face.

She stood there, stunned. Her gaze first locked onto something quickly, then looked away as if trying to dodge, only to lock onto it again.

Her eyes went from initial blankness to surprise, longing, and relief.

Immediately afterwards, her eyes gradually reddened, and her lips slowly bloomed with uncontrollable joy.

Huang Haibo looked at her, grinning foolishly, his eyes filled with even more tears than hers.

Deng Jie smiled and said, "This is my nephew. He looks a lot like my son, doesn't he? I wanted to introduce him to you several times when you were going through a difficult time, but things always went wrong... You two know each other?"

The two people, gazing at each other from afar, smiled and simultaneously squeezed out tears from their eyes.

"Okay, perfect, damn, that's awesome. That's a pass, that's a pass."

Cheng Er threw off his headphones, jumped up, and started clapping. Then he looked at Yang Che.

The eyes of the other clapping buddies gradually turned to Yang Che.

Yang Che grinned, waved his hand, and announced loudly, "I hereby declare that filming for the movie 'My Sassy Girl' has wrapped!"

Generally speaking, after a film crew finishes shooting, the busiest person is not the director, but the production manager, which is the same as during the preparation period.

However, "My Sassy Girl" is clearly a different case. A group of "newcomers" made a decent movie, and their spirit and cohesion were different. Naturally, everyone stayed to help clean up.

Liu Chang was very touched and shouted that he would raise three glasses first at the wrap party that night.

Huh? Someone asked, how do you know the quality is good since the movie just finished filming?

This is actually the same as when we complete a task. Even if it's not nearly finished, we can already tell the quality after just starting out.

Correspondingly, many bad movies are actually known to the entire creative team not long after filming begins, often because the director has little say and the film becomes a tool for "multi-party games".

The investors brought in a popular celebrity and demanded 20 minutes of added romantic scenes.

A certain department felt it was "not positive enough" and requested the addition of three more segments of speech script;

The props team leader always had to say, "My cousin owns a winery, could we add a scene of them drinking?"

Then everyone tacitly agreed to finish the bill and leave, so the final cut-out was unrecognizable even to one's own mother.

Here's a little-known fact: a large part of the behind-the-scenes work of "Shanghai Fortress" and "749" was done by the same people who worked on "The Wandering Earth 2" and "The Lone Moon".

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The wrap party was held at the Jimen Hotel, with 5 tables set up.

The directing team consisted of 4 people, the production team of 4 people, the cinematography team of 6 people, the lighting team of 8 people, the sound recording team of 3 people, the art, props and costume team of 14 people, the makeup team of 2 people, plus Yang Che, Yu Wenhao, Chen Ting, Huang Haibo, Fan Bingbing, Wang Baoqiang and Li Xiangdong, for a total of 48 people.

Of these 16 people, 13 will return to school, 13 will return to their workplaces, and 19 will return to society.

Returning to school feels desolate, returning to work feels even more desolate...

Most of those who have returned to society are very busy. For example, Dong Dabao and Xing Jianwei will be taking the train to Hengdian early tomorrow morning. As for Zhao Xiaoding, he's even busier, having been on the phone constantly these past two days.

Okay, Wang Baoqiang and Li Xiangdong are exceptions.

So this wrap party gave Yang Che a strange sense of graduation.

When Xing Jianwei toasted Yang Che, he even cried a little: "Brother Che, thank you for letting me learn so much. I will work hard with Brother Da Bao and be there for you whenever you call."

Yang Che naturally offered many kind words of comfort to his future personal lighting technician.

Yang Che naturally took care of everyone else as well.

Over this long period of time, Yang Che had actually already chosen his own team, and everyone in the crew was well aware of this, which is why they treated each other differently.

Producer: Liu Chang; Cinematographers: Song Xiaofei and Zeng Jian; Sound Recording: Ma Niu; Lighting: Xing Jianwei; Art Direction: Lin Mu.

In the latter half of the event, a slightly tipsy Wu Shixian said that he would be returning to the United States next week.

Cheng Er panicked: "No, what are you going to America for? Aren't you going to abandon your girlfriend?"

"Boss, I'm just making a music video for a Black singer to earn some dollars. I also want to meet an investor, but Brother Che won't invest in my script."

Yang Che chuckled lightly: "I've already said it, your manuscript is too artistic. A poor, vulgar person like me can't afford to submit it."

"Sigh! Actually, after reading the script for 'My Sassy Girl,' I felt both contempt and envy. I contemptled the fairytale-like values, but envied the complete commercialization."

Yang Che looked around: "It's not just you; I bet most of the people here think the same way, right?"

Everyone dodged and weaved, laughing awkwardly and saying, "That's not true."

Yang Che waved his hand: "You asked me to say something earlier, but I didn't. Now I'll say something from the heart, as a response to some brothers who want to follow me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the banquet hall gradually quieted down, from the main table to the side tables.