Chapter 263: "Secret" Starts Filming, Striving for Perfection

Su Zhe was very excited when he saw the reward, and kept looking at the system expectantly——

[Drawing Reward: Sweet Smile (Beginner Level), you look beautiful when you smile. 】

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment and was startled:

Sweet smile?

Why is he a handsome guy with such a sweet smile?

How will you play domineering CEOs and thugs in suits in the future?

Wu Jing is so beautiful in acting, but it was difficult to become popular when he was young. One of the reasons is that damn sweetness (baby face)!

Think about it, the male protagonist has just defeated the bad guy and rescued the female protagonist. The two looked at each other and smiled - the male protagonist smiled sweeter than the female protagonist...

What the hell!

Su Zhe was thinking about it when he raised his head and saw Liu Heluo smiling shyly at him, looking even sweeter and cuter. He couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't help but praise:

"You look so pretty when you smile."

etc! Something is wrong!

"You have such a sweet mouth." Liu Heluo thought Su Zhe was talking sweetly, and his smile became sweeter and more charming.

"I'm serious." Su Zhe dragged Liu Heluo to look in the mirror.

She casually glanced at the mirror and said in surprise:

"Huh?"

She felt it too.

Although his facial features have not changed, his smile is sweeter.

Su Zhe also faked a smile and looked confused:

"Have I changed my appearance?"

Liu Heluo chuckled:

"You have always been very good-looking."

"It's not that good-looking, it's sweet..." Su Zhe couldn't explain clearly. He looked at the mirror carefully and had to admit -

The reward drawn by the system was actually given to Liu Heluo.

Of course, given the relationship between Su Zhe and Liu Heluo, it would be fine to give it to her, so there would be no problem.

And the sweet smile is a negative buff for him.

But I still feel a little disappointed——

There is no way to earn rewards.

Su Zhe was feeling disappointed when Liu Heluo smiled at him and murmured:

"I don't know why, but when I see myself smiling so sweetly, I suddenly fall in love with you even more."

Su Zhe thought:

Even if you don’t know it, you have to be grateful for such a big gift.

Liu Heluo smiled sweetly and slowly moved closer to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe suddenly felt relieved——

Giving this reward to Liu Heluo is like giving QQ underwear to your girlfriend. On the surface, it is a gift, but in fact, you are enjoying it!

Not a loss!

…

The popularity of "Kiss" continues, and preparations for "Secret" have finally been completed.

All the important actors have been found, but among the crew members, there is still a producer missing.

After all, Dong Wenxue has to work on "The Kiss", not to mention she doesn't understand movies, so Su Zhe wouldn't feel at ease leaving it to her.

But the producer industry is a mixed bag. Su Zhe contacted some well-known and unknown producers, but none of them were particularly satisfied, so he simply took on the role himself.

But he definitely didn't have time to do chores, so he could only set the general direction, so he interviewed some people and found a few executive producers with good abilities and decent moral character.

But the most important thing for the crew still needs to be decided by Su Zhe himself——

For example, the music conservatory was filmed in the film.

Su Zhe originally planned to use his Hua Yin or Alto scene, and I believe they will agree.

These are also the two most awesome music academies in China. They have publicity stunts, which makes Ye Xianglun even more awesome, right?

But Sun Mei objected on the grounds of filming:

"These two schools are too modern and surrounded by high-rise buildings. They don't have the artistic conception of Ye Xianglun riding a bicycle to lead Xiaoyu home."

Su Zhe thought about the original film. Not only was the plot very good, but the scenery was also really beautiful.

The same person is riding a bicycle with people, next to the vast ocean or a busy bus station, it gives people a completely different feeling.

"Then where do you think is suitable for shooting?"

Sun Mei suggested going to Yun N Province. She had seen beautiful campuses and small buildings there when she was filming commercials.

Su Zhe looked at the sample photos and empty shots she had taken, and had to admit that she did have a good eye for photography and was good at taking pictures.

"Okay, let's go to Yun N to shoot!" Su Zhe decided.

In his previous life, Jay Chou really devoted his life to the filming of "The Secret That Cannot Be Told." The filming location of Tamkang Middle School was his alma mater, and his parents were also teachers in this high school.

Not to mention the name Ye Xianglun.

And Su Zhe decided that after replicating "Secret" in this world, he would not change the protagonist's name, and would even deliberately leave traces of Jay Chou as a souvenir in his heart.

But there is no need to deliberately go to Tamkang Middle School for filming.

The scenery there is indeed good, but if it is not sentimental, it is just ordinary.

The filming location given by Sun Mei is indeed more beautiful.

Imagine Ye Xianglun riding a bicycle by the Erhai Lake with Lu Xiaoyu behind him. Every frame can be used as wallpaper.

Su Zhe was at least certain:

"This version of "The Secret" must surpass the original version in terms of visual experience."

Everything is ready, start shooting immediately!

Now Su Zhe also has a bigger name. At the launch conference, countless reporters came and asked questions.

Most reporters are very friendly and ask flattering questions, such as "Are you confident that you can make a good movie?"

But there are also reporters who want to make big news:

"Su Zhe, "Kiss" is playing now. You can start "Secret" immediately. Do you have time to write the script? Is it too hasty?"

"TV and movies are different. Do you think the span is too big?"

"Except for you and Teacher Chen Zhanhong, the director, leading lady, and second leading lady are all newcomers. Aren't you worried about the quality of the movie?"

Su Zhe understood their thoughts and answered the questions very calmly.

Seeing that he had no leaks, some people asked Sun Mei and Gong Man:

"As a newcomer, how did you get this opportunity?"

It was difficult for them to answer this kind of topic, so Su Zhe immediately supported him:

"Because they are all geniuses, I don't look at qualifications when filming, only talent."

Gong Man is already a junior in college, and Sun Mei has been an assistant director of commercials for a long time, but has remained unknown.

Are they geniuses? The reporters were a little unconvinced.

"You will understand when "The Secret" meets everyone."

Su Zhe looked confident.

Of course, no one questioned Chen Zhanhong, but You Mengli still had a schedule and did not attend the launch conference.

After the film was over, the executive producer wanted to hold a "starting ceremony" as usual. The simplest ones would include worshiping the camera and offering pig heads, and the more grand ones would include inviting Buddhists and Taoists to open the altar.

Su Zhe directly waived:

"It's better to believe in Director Sun than to believe this. Director Sun, you are the biggest one on the set. What are you filming today?"

Su Zhe is the boss, producer and star, but he knows that if he disrespects Sun Mei on the set, others will not take her seriously.

Moreover, as a new director, Sun Mei will definitely have various common sense problems. If the actors and crew members laugh at her and don't take her seriously, the crew will lose control.

If a director loses control of a crew, the final result will be a disaster.

Unless Jiang Wen was behind the loss of control and the "superior director" directly took away the rights of director Lu Chuan, then it wouldn't matter.

To this end, Su Zhe even discussed acting in a play with Sun Mei.

The first scene was shot, filming Ye Xianglun cooking at home, and then having dinner with his father, Teacher Ye (played by Chen Zhanhong).

There are a lot of foreshadowings buried in the play, and this is the first clue revealed——

Teacher Ye is Ye Xianglun’s father.

This is a very important point in the play. If Lu Xiaoyu had known about this earlier, the subsequent tragedy would not have happened.

Although the plot is important, the performance is very simple. After all, it is just a daily drama.

It was such a simple daily scene. Just cooking, Sun Mei had to reshoot it more than ten times!

Every time she retaken the photo, she didn’t make any comments and only said:

"Very good, do it again."

After the tenth time, Su Zhe finally "couldn't bear it anymore" and "exploded":

"Director Sun! If I don't act well, I won't say anything even if you take it a hundred times! But at least you have to tell me where I went wrong!"

Su Zhe got angry. As the male protagonist and boss, who wouldn't be afraid? The set was so frightened that it seemed as if there was no one around.

Sun Mei was very calm, looked at Su Zhe seriously, and said:

"Teacher Su, even if it is a daily drama, you must strive for excellence."

Everyone else was in a cold sweat for her:

You, a new director, have been promoted by Su Zhe. How dare you confront him?

Everyone thought that Sun Mei was going to be in trouble. Unexpectedly, although Su Zhe looked angry, he still held back his anger and took the photo again honestly.

This time, Sun Mei was finally satisfied:

"Very good! This is the effect I want!"

Su Zhe immediately became "annoyed" and said:

"Director Sun! I didn't change the acting method. What's the difference from before?"

Sun Mei asked him to come to the viewfinder and explained:

"Look at it this time, there is a hint of hidden exhaustion and dissatisfaction in your movements. This is how you should be - a piano genius who, after a busy study, comes home and cooks for his father."

Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that Sun Mei deliberately tortured Su Zhe and made him tired and angry!

This is indeed useful, but aren't you afraid of Su Zhe's anger?

This is a technique only a great director can use!

Everyone in the crew looked at Su Zhe worriedly, thinking that they wouldn't be able to shoot today.

But after Su Zhe read it, he was silent for a long time, nodded and said:

"Director Sun, let's do the next scene."

he! recognize! Got it!

Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Su Zhe to be so generous, let alone that Sun Mei's crew had such power!

They suddenly no longer dared to look down on Sun Mei. When Sun Mei was communicating about lighting and radio, they listened to her arrangements honestly, and they no longer dared to be arrogant when giving suggestions.

The crew was stunned.

Sun Mei felt extremely grateful in her heart, and felt that "a scholar would die for a confidant". She understood why in ancient times, when officials met a wise king, they were willing to die for him——

In order to establish her prestige, Su Zhe did not hesitate to act in public and used his own face to set up a stage for her. What kind of broad mind is this, and how much trust does he have in her? !

At this time, Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief and sat at the dining table, watching Sun Mei coordinate the crew.

Chen Zhanhong was sitting at the other side of the dining table and was also shocked. If he, an old actor, was scolded by the new director, where would he put his face?

He immediately became more serious and took out his own biography to study before the filming started.

Su Zhe saw the biography in his hand and communicated in advance:

"Teacher Chen, how do you plan to act?"

Chen Zhanhong expressed his understanding:

"After Teacher Ye was widowed, he did not take good care of his son. Instead, he asked his son to take care of himself. He seemed to be a very irresponsible father; he also seemed very old-fashioned in front of his students."

Su Zhe couldn't help but nodded:

Teacher Ye played by Anthony Wong is such an image.

Chen Zhanhong continued:

"But I think he should be a very popular teacher, so Lu Xiaoyu trusted him. But after Lu Xiaoyu died, he felt guilty and focused all his energy on his students, so he became strict and old-fashioned, ignoring his own son.”

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment. This was Chen Zhanhong's own understanding. Making Mr. Ye's actions more logical was his creation outside the script.

Excellent actors have the ability to perfect their roles within the script framework.

For example, Nicolas Cage took on many bad movies to pay back his money, but he was always able to play a convincing role.

The screenwriter of the bad movie was not able to write his role well. It was obvious that he made the empty role come to life by constructing details.

Chen Zhanhong may not have such strong ability as Cage, but in an excellent script, making the role he played more credible and charming is what he is good at.

"Teacher Chen, it's great to find you! You taught us a lesson."

Su Zhe praised with a thumbs up, and was prepared in his heart to avoid being suppressed by him on the scene.

That would be too embarrassing.

After a while, Sun Mei set up the scene and the table scene started shooting.

"Action!"

The two ate silently, with almost no eye contact, reflecting the indifference of the father-son relationship.

Teacher Ye wanted to care about his son, but he seemed a little uncomfortable. He chatted dryly and asked why Ye Xianglun came back late recently. Was he in love?

Ye Xianglun was a little shy and didn't want to talk about Lu Xiaoyu, so he said that he went out to play with sports students Abao and Alang.

Teacher Ye's expression changed immediately, and he scolded him a little heavily:

"Those who don't listen to music are not good people! Especially young people, only by listening to more music can they stop thinking about it."

When he said this, he thought of the tragedy caused by Lu Xiaoyu being verbally bullied by his classmates, and his eyes were full of pain.

Ye Xianglun didn't know what his father was thinking, and he lowered his head to eat silently, too lazy to refute his fallacies.

The table fell into silence again.

"Cut!"

Sun Mei suppressed her excitement and praised:

"The acting of both teachers is great."

Chen Zhanhong nodded and asked her seriously:

"Should I express my emotions again? Which effect will be better?"

Before the final editing, Sun Mei couldn't say which effect was better, so she simply asked him to change his way and act again.

Su Zhe also changed his acting style. When the "father" showed obvious grief, he stopped eating silently and looked at him puzzledly.

The two changed several acting styles, competing with each other, and acting heartily.

Sun Mei wanted to cry in her heart:

"This is called filming! In the past, when shooting commercials, using the camera to face the stars or models, watching them read the advertising slogans exaggeratedly, it was simply torture."

Movies are generally not shot in a straight line, but all the scenes in a scene are shot.

So today, the whole day was shot in the Ye family.

For example, the dance scene between Ye Xianglun and his father.

This is an important shot that reflects the father-son relationship, and it lays the groundwork for Mr. Ye to collapse and look for his son after discovering the truth later.

Before this shot, Mr. Ye had been very indifferent, and it was not until this time that his feelings for his son were reflected.

In this part of the original drama, Anthony Wong played very ordinary, without feeling the warmth and turning point, but a bit strange.

It stands to reason that his acting skills should not be so bad. Is it possible that he did not give full play to his strength when acting with Jay Chou? Unlike facing Tony Leung (Infernal Affairs), he can act freely.

Chen Zhanhong did not dare to take it lightly when facing Su Zhe, and carefully designed many small details.

For example, in the plot, Ye Xianglun danced the female step, but Su Zhe was taller than Chen Zhanhong, which was a bit awkward. After the dance, Chen Zhanhong measured his height and couldn't help showing the feeling of "my son has grown up" on his face.

Su Zhe also came prepared, with an expression of boredom and shame (dancing the female step), but his dancing posture was very skilled, and when he hugged his father, he couldn't help but reveal his deep attachment.

They both had the same idea, playing a pair of father and son who rarely communicated on the surface, but cherished each other deeply in their hearts.

Their acting competition made Sun Mei excited, and also stunned everyone at the scene:

"Aren't we shooting a youth film? Isn't it a youth film where traffic stars can act freely as long as they are good-looking, and there is no choice about acting skills?"

"Why do you act so well! Do you act like an art film to win awards?"

But who says that youth films don't need acting skills?

As long as the emotions are sincere and the details are real, acting skills are needed!

But most youth films are not sincere and the details are not real.

The first day is over.

Su Zhe acted very happily, but he was really tired.

But he just returned to the hotel and wanted to rest early, and someone knocked on the door.

Su Zhe:...

"Let me see who knocked on the investor's door in the middle of the night?"

Which actress is so bold?

When the door was opened, it turned out to be Gong Man.

Su Zhe was stunned:

"I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

Gong Man held up the script and asked unhappily:

"I came to ask about the script! What are you thinking about?"

Su Zhe:...

"What I thought was, I didn't expect you to be such a serious and hardworking person!"

Gong Man:...

You can make it happen.

Su Zhe quickly changed the subject:

"What do you want to ask?"

Gong Man asked directly:

"When did Lu Xiaoyu fall in love with Ye Xianglun?"

Su Zhe was stunned by the question.

Her question was too sharp.

According to the setting in the play, playing the piano piece "Secret" in the old piano room can travel to the next twenty years. However, only the first person the traveler sees after the travel can see the traveler.

(You have to re-judge each time you travel)

After Lu Xiaoyu traveled through time, she didn't see Ye Xianglun for the first time many times. As a result, Ye Xianglun couldn't see her and the two didn't spend much time together.

And since when did Lu Xiaoyu fall in love with Ye Xianglun?

The romantic term is love at first sight, when they fall in love with each other the first time they meet.

"No, it's too superficial." The two shook their heads together and sat on the sofa together.

Love at first sight is not superficial, which is normal; but love that transcends life is just love at first sight, which is too superficial.

"What about Ye Xianglun and Lu Xiaoyu listening to music together and discovering that they like the same song?"

The two sat on the sofa, holding their chins in synchrony, and shook their heads together——

It's too late in the plot.

Su Zhe thought carefully and put forward his own ideas:

"In Ye Xianglun's eyes, Lu Xiaoyu is mysterious and often doesn't come to class; but Lu Xiaoyu is actually there every day, watching Ye Xianglun silently. She fell in love with Ye Xianglun in this kind of company."

Gong Man couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Thousands of words today!