Chapter 1101

Xiao Yao and his party lived in Qingshuihe County for five days before they found a suitable shooting site in a place called dahebao village in the northeast of Qingshuihe County.

The village is surrounded by several hills and has a large grassland. However, this grassland is not an endless grassland, but a grass slope with undulating terrain. What's more, there are great wall, ancient castle and caves at the foot of the city wall. The whole environment exudes a strong sense of historical vicissitudes, which makes Xiao Yao feel like the scene he saw in the previous life.

"I think it's good here." Not long after watching here, Xiao Yao took the lead in expressing his opinions and asked Lin Jingliang, "what do you think, Mr. Lin?"

"The environment is very good." Lin Jingliang nodded, looked at Xiao Yao and said, "but what about the scenes in the movie? The movie is about a school story, but I don't think there are any suitable buildings in the village. "

"Isn't there a primary school in the village? Anyway, it's summer vacation and all the students are on holiday. Can't we borrow the venue of that primary school to take pictures? " Pei Minyi on one side suggested.

"The school space is big enough, but it's not very suitable." Lin Jingliang shook his head and said, "this movie tells the story of the Republic of China. Schools in the period of the Republic of China are not the same as schools today. Although I haven't found any information about what primary schools in such remote areas looked like in the period of the Republic of China, at least some things like simplified Chinese characters, writing habits and some things that appeared after the Republic of China need to be changed, right

"Can we rebuild that school?" Pei Minyi continued to ask, "for example, when you said that simplified characters should be changed to traditional characters, from left to right to right to right to left, or even a new school gate should be built. Is it time? Anyway, we're not shooting right now. "

"It depends on what director Xiao means." Lin Jingliang looks at Xiao Yao with a smile, "you have to ask him to nod when you spend money!"

"It's OK to spend money, but I don't think it's a good idea to rebuild the primary school in the village." Xiao Yao touched his chin and told Lin Jingliang.

"Why?" Lin Jingliang asked.

"There should be no problem in terms of time and money to rebuild the primary school in the village," Xiao Yao said. "But the problem is that we can't give back a primary school in the village in the period of the Republic of China. It's very troublesome to help them rebuild the school after the movie is finished. What's more, it's summer vacation. There is no one in the school. We can rebuild it, but when we turn it on, the school should have started. "

"School is one of the most important scenes in the movie, which can't be finished in a few days." Xiao Yao continued, "if we have been occupying, it will have a great impact on the children who have to go to school in the village. Can we make a movie and let dozens of children in the village have no place to go to school for one or two months? "

"That's what I said!" After listening to Xiao Yao's words, everyone nodded.

"What do you mean?" Lin Jingliang asked Xiao Yao again.

"It's very simple. Let's build the school scene ourselves!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "we can build our own school in the period of the Republic of China!"

"Build your own school?" Pei Minyi surprised.

"Yes Xiao Yao nodded and said, "we can't create the natural environment. Can't we create the man-made environment?"

"During the period of the Republic of China, schools in such places could not be buildings. We just built a bigger bungalow by ourselves." Xiao Yao continued, "it doesn't seem to cost much to build a house in such a place. Let's choose a suitable space and build our own house. Everything is according to the requirements of the movie. We can build whatever we want, so that Mr. Lin can give full play to the space. After the movie is finished, if the village needs it, we can leave the house to the village. I think they need it. They don't even need to dismantle it. "

"Good idea!" Lin Jingliang rubbed his hands happily. "If we build it ourselves, we can have much more space to play, and it doesn't affect the life of the villagers. I agree with that!"

"It's better to build one's own school," Pei said anxiously. "But can we build a school in two months

"Two months?" Xiao Yao shook his head, "no, we don't have two months, only one month. But building houses in the village is different from that in the city. As long as we are efficient enough, this kind of bungalow can be built in a month. "

"A month?" Fellow people are puzzled to look at Xiao Yao, "is not the plan after two months to start it?"

Sun Tingting asks Xiao Yao to give her three months to prepare, so Xiao Yao plans to start up in October. Many people involved in the preparatory work know this schedule. It's only August now. Xiao Yao said that it's only one month. Everyone is puzzled.

"I was going to turn it on two months later," Xiao Yao said with a wry smile. He raised his mobile phone in his hand. "But these two days, I checked the temperature history here and found that it might be too late to turn it on in October."

"Temperature history?" A group of people are looking at Xiao Yao.

"In Shuozhou, in the second half of October, the highest temperature during the day will drop to about 10 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature at night will reach zero or even below zero." Xiao Yao said, "geographically speaking, this village is located in the north of Shuozhou. The temperature will only be lower than what I found. If we turn it on in October, not to mention that it will be very hard for actors to shoot in winter and summer. At that time, the grass here may start to turn yellow, and the effect will be much worse. ""In fact, the best time to shoot is in July and August, which is now," Xiao Yao continued. "The highest temperature here is just over 30 degrees, and it's only more than 10 degrees at night. The temperature is very comfortable. But we can't turn it on now, and I don't want to wait for a year. I'll have to turn it on ahead of time. "

"Is it time to start up one month ahead of schedule?" Fang still asked Xiao Yao.

"A lot of people in the cast have not been decided, and most of the actors have not been decided. We can choose people according to this standard." Xiao Yao said, "it should be possible to set up a production team in a month."

"Most of the actors are undecided, but they are also undecided." Fang still reminded, "dor said you would wait for her for three months. You promised. And teacher He Ying, you also said that it would be turned on at least three months later, right

"Well," Xiao Yao scratched his head in embarrassment, "there should be no problem with duo'er. At first, she said that she would spend two months to experience life, and another month to ask Uncle sun and aunt sun to help her prepare for the role together. The big deal is to let her finish supporting education ahead of time, or remove the next step, and enter the group directly after the end of supporting education. The big deal is to let her take uncle sun and join the group together, and ask Uncle sun to serve as an actor's Guide. Elder sister He Ying doesn't have many plays. There should be little difference between two months and three months' preparation time. Besides, she has gone to experience life. She won't take other plays in September, will she

"In this way, I'll contact uncle sun and sister He Ying later to see if there is any problem for them to enter the group one month in advance and start shooting," Xiao Yao said finally. "If they have no problem, we'll shoot here. If it doesn't work, I'm sure I won't change it. Elder sister He Ying will have a good negotiation. If it doesn't work, we'll have to go to some places in the south to re select the scenery. "

"Excuse me, Mr. Lin!" Xiao Yao said to Lin Jingliang, "when I was an independent director for the first time, there were some things that were not well thought out. They changed from place to place, which made you laugh."

"It's OK," Lin Jingliang said with a smile. "It's not easy to make a movie. It's inevitable to encounter some problems and situations. Some big directors spend one or two years or even more preparing a film, and they will encounter all kinds of things and make all kinds of adjustments before shooting. You are so young, and it's your first time to be an independent director and a producer. It's normal for you to have problems. "

"Thank you for your understanding!" Xiao Yao bowed his head.

"To tell you the truth," Lin Jingliang added, "your evil name is too loud. It seems that nothing can defeat you. It doesn't feel very real. Now I see that you are not well considered and will encounter problems. On the contrary, it gives me a more real and vivid feeling. "

"Thank you Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I can't think of any mistakes. It's actually a way to win favor."

Although they met the problem of time, Xiao Yao and Lin Jingliang preferred to use this place as the shooting site and start the machine ahead of time. Before discussing with the village about borrowing a place to shoot and finding a place to build a house in the village, Xiao Yao must first contact sun Tingting and He Ying to confirm whether they can enter the group ahead of time.

It's easy to get in touch with He Ying. Just call Xiao Yao directly.

During this period of time, He Ying didn't take on any long-term work. When she had nothing to do, she disguised herself and went to the streets and vegetable markets to see if she could meet a shrew quarreling and swearing, secretly observing and learning. In addition, I took the "fixed make-up photo" of Xiao Yao's wife to have a look. I even went to a professional special effects makeup artist to make up for myself according to the image in the photo, to find my own feeling.

It's said that Xiao Yao asked to enter the group one month in advance. He Ying immediately replied that there was no problem. Let alone start shooting a month later, as long as Xiao Yao needed, she could enter the group and start shooting at any time.

It's not so easy to connect with sun Tingting. Sun Tingting is still supporting education. The place is very remote and the signal is not very good. She can't get in touch at any time. However, Xiao Yao knows that sun Tingting basically keeps in touch with her parents every day, so he contacts sun Zhihao in Yanjing to tell him the problems he has encountered and the corresponding arrangements he has made, and asks him to tell sun Tingting on her behalf.

I can't get a reply from sun Tingting right away. Xiao Yao and others can't go to the village to talk about borrowing a place to shoot now. Xiao Yao and his party can only go back to the hotel in Qingshuihe County first.

At more than 10 p.m., Xiao Yao received a reply from sun Tingting. This reply is not from sun Zhihao, but from sun Tingting.

For Xiao Yao Mingming promised to give her three months of preparation time, but she turned it on ahead of time. Sun Tingting inevitably complained in a coquettish way. But for Xiao Yao's difficulties and problems, sun Tingting of course still needs to understand and support.

The activities of supporting education in China can be carried out in various ways, but they all have relevant policies and regulations. Sun Tingting didn't go to university in China. After graduating, chambers stayed in China for one year. She was not a fresh graduate, but an on-the-job employee. She went through a volunteer organization called "western plan". The volunteers of this organization must also abide by some relevant policies and regulations.

The volunteers of this organization have to go through the unified physical examination and on-the-job training before they go to support education, and the time for supporting education is generally half a year. However, sun Tingting went to support education with the purpose of experiencing life, which is somewhat different from ordinary volunteers. She took part in physical examination, simplified induction training, and only took two months to support education, which is a special case in this organization. Although it is a special case in the organization, sun Tingting did not plan to end the teaching activities ahead of time, to complete the two months' teaching task promised before she came here.Sun Tingting and sun Zhihao did not accept Xiao Yao's proposal to ask sun Zhihao to join the group together, let Sun Zhihao coach her in the group and guide other actors by the way. One reason is that sun Zhihao can't get away with something on hand. The other reason is that sun Zhihao and sun Tingting both believe or want to test Xiao Yao's ability to guide the actor's performance, so Xiao Yao is in charge of sun Tingting's performance. Anyway, he is a director, which is one of his duties.

Sun Tingting's reply didn't come as a surprise to Xiao Yao, who agreed immediately.

Hang up sun Tingting's phone, Xiao Yao see time is not too late, and immediately went to Lin Jingliang's room.

"Mr. Lin, sister He Ying and sun Tingting can both enter the group ahead of time, so I think we'd better shoot in dahebao village." After a simple greeting, Xiao Yao went straight to the main topic and said to Lin Jingliang, "tomorrow we will go to the village to talk with the person in charge of the village about renting the venue for shooting."

"Good!" Lin Jingliang said with a smile, "it's the best to shoot there."

"It shouldn't be too difficult to talk to the village about renting the venue." Xiao Yao said, "after talking with the village, we will start to build the school house as soon as possible. What you are art director, props, art, scenery are all responsible for the house, and you has the final say, so you have to get out of the house as soon as possible. As for the interior furnishings and so on, we can improve the design at the same time

"There's no problem with the design. I've made a lot of assumptions and ideas about the shooting scenes these days." Lin Jingliang knew that Xiao Yao was concerned about the progress of the scene construction, so he said seriously, "but in terms of manpower and materials, you have to make sure. It's not easy to build a school or a house in a month. "

"Don't worry about that!" Xiao Yao said confidently, "the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Building houses in mountainous areas, I can find both efficient and quality assurance of the construction team and professionals. As long as you can give the design and requirements, they can build the house for you in less than a month. "