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After confirming the director, Su Yu sent the MV script to Chen Xiaoming.

Chen Xiaoming didn't dawdle; he finished writing the storyboard in just one day and one night.

Su Yu was looking through the script in the company's break room when he received it.

The script was much more professional than he had expected. Each page was clearly marked with the shot number, scene content, shot type, camera movement, and duration. Several key transitions also had small print indicating the key points for controlling the emotional rhythm.

The last few pages even included simple camera angle diagrams and character movement illustrations. Although the drawing style was rough, the scheduling logic was clear at a glance.

It seems that Chen Xiaoming has fully grasped the emotional direction he wanted to express in his script, and has also made many design improvements in the visual presentation.

"Director Chen, let's shoot it like this."

Chen Xiaoming hesitated for a moment, rubbing his fingers on the edge of the script, before finally speaking: "Teacher Su, if we film according to this script, a budget of 100,000 might not be enough."

Seeing Su Yu's brow twitch slightly, he quickly flipped to the scene list page of the script and spoke a few minutes faster.

"Shooting like this might involve a lot of scene transitions and requires several locations. In addition, the male and female leads will each need to prepare several sets of costumes, so the cost will be much higher than that of a regular music video."

"Most music videos are just one scene and two or three outfits, so your production cost is naturally higher than the average one."

Su Yu nodded in understanding.

He didn't just intend to make this music video as a regular music video; he wanted to use it as a preview for the future drama series "Someday or One Day".

Therefore, when he was writing the script, he did not choose the original MV, but incorporated some of the plot of the later "Someday or One Day" and his own adaptations.

"Can the cost be kept below 200,000?"

Chen Xiaoming nodded repeatedly: "That's fine, 200,000 is enough."

"Let's shoot it like this then."

Su Yu answered readily, but he still felt a sharp pang of regret.

He worked on three projects. He earned a little over 100,000 yuan for "Forensic Doctor Qin Ming," and while "Oh My General" was slightly better, it wasn't much better. For "A Love So Beautiful," he received 1.5 million yuan, but after taxes and the company's cut, he only managed to pocket a little over 1 million yuan in total.

This will cost more than 200,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the cost of filming several movies for nothing.

But then I thought, this 200,000 yuan isn't just for a simple music video. If it's well-made, it can not only increase my popularity but also pave the way for "Someday or One Day".

This money should be spent; consider it an investment.

After contacting the filming location, the music video shooting officially began.

The production team was assembled by Chen Xiaoming himself. He has been shooting movies and music videos for many years and has a group of familiar photographers, lighting technicians and production assistants under his command, so he can manage the production team with ease.

Su Yu's acting skills are more than enough for filming music videos; each video would only need two takes at most.

Although Zhou Ye's acting still has a bit of the rawness of an academic, she has a solid foundation, and with a little guidance from Chen Xiaoming, she can find her rhythm.

In less than four days, almost all the footage was shot.

"Click." Chen Xiaoming stared at the monitor, checked the playback one last time, took off his headphones, and stood up. "That's a wrap."

Zhou Ye stepped back from in front of the camera, took the bottled water handed to her by the production assistant, and took a big gulp.

After filming for the past few days, her impression of Su Yu has completely changed from what it was at the beginning.

On the day they first met, Su Yu suddenly asked her if she had a boyfriend. She felt that this man was not entirely innocent, so she was secretly wary of Su Yu from the beginning, fearing that some unnecessary trouble might occur during filming.

She had heard many unpleasant stories from her classmates at school about these small film crews.

A female senior was filming an online movie. The director messaged her late at night saying he wanted to discuss the script. She took a screenshot and sent it to her group of girlfriends. Her girlfriends all advised her to quickly find an excuse to cancel. In the end, she found an excuse to bring a male classmate with her, and the director stopped mentioning it.

But after spending a few days together, she gradually let down her guard against Su Yu.

When Su Yu was on set, apart from the physical contact required for filming, he maintained a proper distance in private interactions and never made any advances or flirtatious remarks.

Moreover, he was polite to everyone on set, never put on airs, and never bossed around the staff just because he was the investor.

Su Yu's performance completely shattered her stereotypes about male actors in the industry.

She silently revised her evaluation in her mind: This person is not only good-looking, but also a polite, self-disciplined, and ambitious actor. In this industry, these qualities are even rarer than good looks.

Moreover, Zhou Ye also noticed that Su Yu was very considerate of her, and she even felt that Su Yu was deliberately keeping his distance from her.

Zhou Ye recalled how nervous she was, stammering and hurriedly explaining herself for fear of being misunderstood, after Su Yu asked her if she had a boyfriend that day.

The more she thought about it, the funnier it became, and she began to understand. Perhaps the person wasn't intentionally keeping their distance; they just weren't very good at interacting naturally with the opposite sex.

Thinking about it this way, she couldn't help but secretly smile to herself, giving Su Yu a "pure" stamp in her heart.

"Maybe Su-ge has never been in a relationship before!" Zhou Ye thought to herself.

If Su Yu knew what this girl was thinking, he would definitely just smile dismissively.

He kept his distance from this girl simply because his love life was still a mess.

Xiao Tian and Wang Churan haven't finished things yet, and he doesn't want to get involved with any other girls right now.

"Xiao Ye, summer vacation is almost here, what are you going to do next?" After the shoot, Su Yu was in a great mood, unscrewed his water bottle, and chatted with her casually.

"I'm going to join a film crew."

Speaking of this, Zhou Ye's tone carried a hint of pride.

"Making a movie?" Su Yu looked her over, somewhat surprised. "You're really amazing. Your debut work is a movie. That's a really high starting point."

Zhou Ye was a little embarrassed by his praise and quickly waved her hand: "It's just a graduation project by one of my seniors from Beijing Film Academy. The investment wasn't big, and I just benefited from the school's reputation."

She thought for a moment and added, "But this movie is quite interesting. It's a youth art film called 'Unbelievable.' The director is a graduate student from our school, and the whole crew consists of senior students from the school, so the atmosphere is really great."

When Su Yu heard the name "Unbelievable," he thought for a moment and realized he had never heard of it, so he guessed it was a flop.

"By the way, where were you filming?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye suddenly became a little excited.

"It's quite a coincidence that we filmed in your hometown, Jiucheng, Su Ge."

Su Yu was taken aback: "Huh? My hometown? Jiucheng?"

"Yes." Zhou Ye nodded, her eyes shining.

"The director said that there are some old streets and river views that have a lot of history, which are perfect for filming our movie. Also, there are support policies for filming in the wine city, so many film crews go there to film."

Su Yu suddenly felt that this world was a bit strange. He had never paid much attention to these things before, and he didn't even know that this girl had gone to his hometown to film a movie.

"That's great. It's quite close to your hometown, so you can visit your grandparents when you have time."

Su Yu naturally knew that this girl, like Xiao Tian, ​​was from Shancheng.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. By the way, Su-ge, are you going home for summer vacation?"

Zhou Ye looked at Su Yu with her big eyes, a hint of expectation in them.

She felt that she and Su Yu were quite destined to be together, not only because they were practically from the same hometown, but also because her first film was shot in Su Yu's hometown.

"We'll see. If I go back, I can visit you on set. I know the area well, so feel free to ask if you have any questions."

"Really?" Zhou Ye's eyes lit up. "Then if I want to find something good to eat, I'll ask you."

"Okay, leave it to me." Su Yu smiled, screwed the cap on his water glass, and said, "I have the right to speak about the food in Jiucheng."