Huayu Entertainment, all I can do is make bad movies.

Just as Jiang Wu was passionately shouting "Don't stop the camera!", the sound engineer jumped out.

I need to go out for a bit.

He said, with his legs clamped together.

"What's wrong with you? Where are you going?"

"I'm going out." The sound engineer pushed Jiang Wu aside and rushed out of the house.

A moment later, the sound engineer's shrill cry came from outside the door: "No, let me go..."

This is foreshadowing.

It's an unexpected situation within a play within a play.

The story will later explain that the sound engineer was in a hurry to leave because he couldn't hold his bladder any longer.

His actions caused trouble for the filming.

This scene is one of the many comedic moments in the film.

One Cut of the Dead is a genuine comedy.

"Card..."

Wang Hai, who was acting, called for a stop, angrily saying, "Yan Ni, don't laugh during the scene!"

In the play-within-a-play, the sound engineer, after finishing his tuba re-entering the stage, has become a zombie and is pushed into a room by director Jiang Wu, who pursues realism.

As Wang Hai and Fan Xiaopang screamed and went mad, Yan Ni, who had studied Taekwondo and was playing the role of the director's assistant, jumped out and chopped off the zombie's head with an axe.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Off-camera, the props were spraying blood onto Yan Ni's head with a baby bottle and tossing it over her head, and Yan Ni couldn't help but burst out laughing.

In her eyes, this scene might be quite funny.

Staff members avoided the cameras and lay on the ground spitting out blood.

The head made of a soccer ball looks increasingly abstract the more you look at it.

Wang Hai was very angry.

His money was hard-earned; the film crew treasured his film reels.

"I can't afford to waste even one shot. This one wasted more than two minutes of filming time," he said coldly. "Stop laughing. If you really can't hold it in, should I let you laugh for 20 minutes before we start shooting?"

"I'm sorry, Director," Yan Ni quickly apologized.

"Take a half-hour break and then continue." Wang Hai left the room with a stern face.

He understood human nature and his strictness was not directed at Yan Ni.

However, the warmth or coldness of human relationships depends on the time.

Filming is considered part of the job.

If the director leads the way in joking around, how can he have any authority? He can't get his work done, and the rest of the crew won't take him seriously.

His face is so young.

Furthermore, whether Wang Hai will live a life of poverty or wealth in the next few months depends on the box office performance of his first film.

If a movie is bad and doesn't make any money at the box office, then it's all over.

There's no funding for the next film, and they can't afford to pay the salaries of hundreds of people.

At times like these, Wang Hai would inevitably hold everyone in the crew, including himself, to high standards.

Otherwise, given his behavior before his rebirth, he would have already gone and flirted with Gao Yuanyuan, the goddess in the hearts of countless men in later generations.

Gao Yuanyuan is a bit too dark-skinned these days.

Her clothes and appearance were completely ordinary.

But their advantage lies in their youth, coupled with the star power they will later enjoy; who in their right mind could resist that?

Wang Hai remains unmoved to this day.

That's because they failed to solve the problem of basic food and clothing.

When the director got angry, the discipline on set immediately improved significantly.

Everyone threw themselves into their work, and the "thrilling" scenes unfolded in an orderly fashion.

The male and female leads rushed out of the house and got into the car, only to find they didn't have the keys.

The female protagonist snatched the key from the zombie, and a bite mark was found on her calf.

The assistant director, who had been protecting the male and female leads, turned around and tried to kill the female lead.

The male lead is bitten, and the female lead returns to the rooftop and kills the director who kept shouting "Don't stop the camera!"

Finally, the female protagonist stands in the center of the six-pointed star on the rooftop, looking up at the sky. The camera zooms out longer and longer until it is focused on the empty sky.

Wang Hai was the first to clap his hands.

It wasn't easy, but we finally finished filming several ten-minute-long, one-shot scenes.

It took a full four days.

I encountered a hurdle in the third section.

In this long take, Fan Xiaopang has to run continuously and climb stairs.

They also have to scream on the rooftop for over a minute, often leaving the little girl breathless and forgetting what happens next.

Fortunately, she was young, and after several attempts, she finally persevered.

Wang Hai was somewhat impressed.

Fan Xiaopang's reputation among later generations is more negative than positive.

She is often criticized for her terrible acting skills, and all she has to offer is her pretty face.

Wang Hai felt that many of the evaluations of this collaboration were open to debate.

Regardless of what happens in the future, 16-year-old Fan Xiaopang is serious about acting, rarely complains, and is an actor worth working with.

However, people are often easily changed by their environment.

The most difficult scenes were filmed, and the rest was to use fragmented shots to supplement and refine the character settings of each character in the play.

Male lead: A young, arrogant actor who refuses to follow the director's instructions.

Leading lady: A pretty face actress who refuses to get herself dirty and insists on using eye drops instead of tears.

Photographer: A heavy drinker, even drunk on set.

Sound engineer: This guy's a pain in the neck.

It was no accident that he needed to defecate.

Before joining the crew, he repeatedly asked if there were toilets on set. Only after the crew repeatedly promised to provide portable toilets did he feel at ease joining the crew.

The reason is that he can only drink soft water; if he drinks hard water, he gets an upset stomach.

It is the flaws in the characters that lead to a dazzling array of bizarre events during filming.

Actor Absent: Director and Wife Step In

The sound engineer had diarrhea: he had to forcibly turn into a zombie early to go to the toilet, disrupting the plot.

A drunken man caused trouble: A tipsy photographer was forced to take the lead, resulting in him vomiting all over the female lead's face.

A director's wife, deeply immersed in her role, couldn't stop improvising and disrupting filming, almost getting strangled by the director.

The camera crane broke down: unable to complete the final overhead shot, the entire crew had a brilliant idea. They stacked themselves up to create a "human camera crane" and managed to finish the shot.

"The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow, should we move indoors?"

Jiang Wu asked Wang Hai.

These days, weather forecasts are never accurate.

Just to be on the safe side, Wang Hai nodded and asked hopefully, "Can we film at your place?"

Jiang Wu's small courtyard is really nice; it would be great as a film set for the director's family, and most importantly, it saves money.

"That's great, no need to get up early anymore."

Wang Hai grinned: "Men from Beijing are so generous."

There was no official announcement from the production team. Wang Hai verbally instructed Yan Ni and Gao Yuanyuan to meet at Jiang Wu's house the next morning, and Fan Xiaopang to wait for the production team in Sanlitun in the afternoon.

I arrived at the company the next morning.

The remaining employees told Wang Hai that more than ten employees who had completed their medical examinations insisted on returning to work.

Seeing Wang Hai frown, Zhang Xiaomin explained, "They said they were bored and wanted to come to the company to find something to do. They'd sweep the floor or wipe the tables and chairs for free. They'll come over in the morning."

The company simply couldn't refuse such a request.

Wang Hai scratched his head and said to Zhou Yang, "You go to the set and keep filming. I'll come over later."

"Okay," Zhou Yang replied excitedly.

Haiwang Films has become an integral part of Zhou Yang's life. Being able to act is the greatest happiness for him, and whether Wang Hai is a fraud or not is irrelevant.

Wang Hai is not.

He is the legal representative of the company and the boss of hundreds of employees. He has to assign a position to everyone, or there will be some interesting things to see.

Just after eight o'clock, more than a dozen young and inexperienced faces gradually appeared in the company.

Upon seeing the imposing Wang Hai, the group of young people felt a mix of trepidation and excitement.

My worries have lessened considerably.

The more they thought about Haiwang Films at home, the more uneasy they felt. They had a feeling that the expensive medical examination fee was going to be wasted. Only when they saw that Wang Hai hadn't run away did they feel at ease.

"The branch office is busy with its first film and doesn't have time to train you. If you insist on working, then start work now. I'll assign you a simple task."

More than a dozen people eagerly awaited the arrival of the train.

Having something to do is always better than waiting and suffering at home or school. People feel more fulfilled when they have something to do, especially since Wang Hai was talking about a simple task.

The job is indeed not difficult.

Get GG sponsorship for "Code Name 1".

Wang Hai's requirements are very low; he doesn't mind if it's 1000 or 10,000.

"This shouldn't be difficult. Many of you have just graduated from school. Some of you have served as members of the external relations department in your class, department, or youth league. You've done your fair share of soliciting sponsorships for holiday events."

"Sponsoring a movie is no different from getting sponsorships for department events, it suits you guys perfectly."

The group of people were dumbfounded.

Yes, the department occasionally seeks sponsorship from outside sources.

However, such cases are extremely rare. Most students are doing their jobs, studying, or playing games, and have no experience asking strangers for money.

Then they found a job as beggars.

What's the difference between begging for money from strangers and begging on the street?

Wang Hai didn't care about the ulterior motives of these people.

He only understood one thing: if a job is given to him, whether he can do it, and whether he can keep up with it, is a matter of opinion.

Wang Hai had other tricks up his sleeve for the stubborn members who insisted on staying with the company; he had learned too many tricks from capitalists of later generations.