Since 1983

Night, the guest house compound.

After dinner, Xu Fei made an interview. There was no decent meeting room, so he simply moved outside and sat on the steps.

The lamp at the door is very old, with a trumpet-shaped lampshade, the light is yellow and white, and it is cold and warm. Mosquito coils hung on the wall, the smell was pungent and the smoke curled up.

Zhang Shaolin's skin is even darker, and he is as simple and honest as an old farmer.

"The most recent filming is Dulu in May, and everything is ready, and it will start tomorrow. More than 500 extras have been recruited..."

"Is it the army?"

"No, no, they are all local fellows."

"Ten yuan per person per day." Zhang Jizhong answered.

"Is ten yuan more or less?" Yu Jiajia asked.

"Uh, according to their work intensity, less. But there is no way, I have to control the cost."

Ren Dahui also took up the quarrel, saying: "The situation of each group is different, it is more difficult to find troops in this area, and the number is... less! There are only five hundred people!

In the battle of Guandu in the first half of the year, the strength of a whole division cost 400,000 in that period! "

Wow!

Yu Jiajia exclaimed while writing down, and asked, "What do you think is the most difficult part of crossing Lu in May?"

"Uh, it's better to transfer personnel."

Zhang Shaolin thought for a while, and said, "No matter what time it is, it is very difficult to shoot a large-scale group scene. It takes a few hours to mobilize, and it only takes a few minutes to actually shoot. And for this scene, I plan to let them all strip..."

"Take off... the light?"

"Crossing Lu! The ancients took off their clothes when crossing the river. The original book also says, 'Because the water is shallow, most of them don't get off the raft, and only cross naked'."

In the 1990s and even the beginning of the 2000s, the scale of TV dramas has always been very large. Miss Gu wears a bellyband with nothing in it.

But then it became magical, and the general TV series became more and more clever, and the large scale was hidden in the crotch.

Xu Fei sorted out the questions and said, "Tell me about your feelings since filming?"

"There are so many feelings, I don't know how to express them yet."

"Start from scratch."

"From the beginning..."

Zhang Shaolin paused, and said: "I joined relatively late, and I didn't understand at the time, so I asked if I could bring my own producer. Because I have cooperated with Ji Zhong several times, and the cooperation is quite good.

Director Ren didn't say anything, and immediately agreed. I later learned that CCTV is monotonous, and then gave it to the producers.

After I officially joined the team, the first thing I did was to go to Zhuozhou Film and Television City, oh, I was so excited, to build a city for the Three Kingdoms! "

"The cognition has been impacted." Xu Fei smiled.

"That's right! When I was filming "The General of the Yang Family", one episode cost only 100,000 yuan, and the cost of the Three Kingdoms was more than 1 million. "The General of the Yang Family" was all borrowed scenes, temples, parks, etc., and it turned out that the Three Kingdoms Build a city!"

Zhang Shaolin mentioned this repeatedly, "I was so excited at the time, I didn't sleep well for a week. I just had an urge to create, such a good opportunity and conditions, such a good staff were given to you, and I had to work hard to complete it."

"You have been shooting for so long, do you still have that impulse?"

"Yes, why not? When you mention this in one breath, it's hard to let it go."

He gestured to his heart, and said: "And technology is secondary, it depends on your love for this drama and these characters. The more you love, the more passion you have... This thing, oops..."

He couldn't organize his words for a while.

"When he was at Shanxi TV, Director Zhang was famous for his hard work. To be honest, we are seconded from the local government. We are a big player in CCTV, and we are very upset."

Zhang Jizhong took over the conversation and said, "But after two months of filming, the cohesion of the whole group will emerge."

"why?"

"One time, it seemed to be shooting a scene of Sima Yi...he has a characteristic. As a director, he likes to shoot with a camera by himself. After he finished shooting Sima Yi, he squatted there, and an assistant director came over.

Speaking of the director, everyone is exhausted, can you take a rest?

As soon as he pulled his pants, his entire calf and ankle were swollen. The assistant director turned and left, and never spoke again. "

Xu Fei immediately wanted to see it, but Zhang Shaolin couldn't help it, so he had to pull down his pants.

"ah!"

Yu Jiajia covered her mouth, her ankle and a section of her calf were purple and purple, and her veins were ferocious, at least a circle thick. Xu Fei stretched out his hand and pressed it, and a big hole fell into it, and he didn't recover for a long time.

Zhang Shaolin covered his legs, feeling a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm not alone, everyone has worked hard. Like Old Tang, an actor as big as him lives in a room of 2.5 yuan, and you have all seen the situation.

In fact, he was very tired, and he had to make various strings. In the middle of the night last night, I watched him memorize this and that, fighting with the Confucian scripts. "

"Hey, when you talk about how I pick it up, you can't brag about yourself, right?"

Tang Guoqiang immediately responded, "It's nothing for me to live for two yuan. For actors like Jiang Wan and Wang Ping, two or four people live in a room for two yuan. That's hard work."

"The conditions of the staff are even worse. They work 20 hours a day, but no one complains of suffering or tiredness." Zhang Jizhong said.

"The same goes for other groups. Like Cai Xiaoqing, Guan Yu fell off his horse and lay on the bed for a month. He took the big tube for drawing blood from horses every day, and pumped one tube a day, and four or five people pressed it..."

Ren Dahui was also emotional, and sighed: "Just like what you said just now, if you mention this in one breath, it will be difficult to vent."

"Yes Yes."

"yes."

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Um……"

The voices of the few people who responded became softer and weaker, and finally they stopped talking.

The night was already very deep, everyone sat on the steps, the front was an empty and quiet yard, and the back was an open door. There are corridors and simple rooms on the left and right.

The crew were all asleep, and there were faint snoring sounds from time to time. The mosquito-repellent incense is still smoking, and mosquitoes are flying in the distant gloom.

After sitting for a while, Xu Fei slowly got up, "Come here first today, it's getting late."

"Well, I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Go back to sleep."

"Go to sleep."

…………

This time, Teacher Xu slept very restlessly.

Life in the capital has corroded his true nature of working people, tossing and turning, waking up and sleeping, the environment is really bad.

Needless to say, it was dirty and messy, but in this building, he actually found that the base of the wall was made of stone with complicated patterns. I heard that it used to be a temple, but it was expanded into a guest house.

This pattern is cloudy and misty, strange and mysterious, exuding an indescribable atmosphere.

Um?

indescribable?

Teacher Xu woke up suddenly, do you want to change the style of painting again? "Cthulhu 1983"? !

He waited for a long time, and there was no crazy raving in his ears, only Ren Dahui's snoring, so he was relieved.

After such tossing, I managed to squint for a while in the middle of the night. Before my nerves were calmed down, I was awakened by another noise. The curtains illuminated by the lights were bright red, and there was a lot of noise.

He opened it and saw that the outside had already become a large construction site, hundreds of people were shuttled in the yard, and several carts were receiving all kinds of equipment and props.

Zhang Shaolin and Zhang Jizhong didn't feel tired at all, directing the actions of the people and horses, and even a few actors put on makeup, tied their hair and wore crowns and walked around.

Ren Dahui also woke up, the two quickly got up to wash up, and got into the cart with Yu Jiajia.

At about five o'clock in the morning, a convoy drove out of the yard and headed for the river.

...

The riverside is more than ten kilometers away from the county seat, and there are some ethnic minority villages.

The sun has not yet risen, the sky is gray, the river is not wide, and the water flow is shallow and gentle, which is in line with the book "the Liusand Mouth under the Lu River, where the water is slow and can be crossed by rafting."

There are rafts scattered on the shore, carts are parked, and boxes of armor, spears, grain and other props are moved out. The five hundred performances arrived on time, dressed in clothes and scarves, and distributed weapons.

Xu Fei went to Zhang Shaolin's side, and the crew was having a small meeting.

"Today I plan to shoot two scenes. Once when the sun was in full bloom, I was poisoned to death. Once again when it was dark, it passed smoothly. The task is relatively heavy, and the one that can be completed counts as the one."

"Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, rest first, Ma Dai puts on makeup and gets ready at any time."

When Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo for the seventh time, there were not many people left in the Shu Han, except Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi, and Guan Suo.

After pacifying Nanzhong, Zhuge continued the Northern Expedition, taking the three cities of Tianshui in succession, and Jiang Wei surrendered. Cao Wei sent Cao Zhen into battle, and Cao Zhen also brought Wang Lang with him.

So there was the war of words that shocked the ancient and modern, "I have never seen such a brazen person!!!"

After the meeting, people are busy.

Reporter Yu tugged at the corner of his clothes, and said in a low voice, "Are you going to take it off in a while?"

"Is that still fake?"

"But what should I do?"

"Look at it if you want to, and avoid it if you don't want to."

"fart!"

Reporter Yu growled, she is in her early thirties, divorced, she has seen Lan Yin, but she has never seen five hundred naked men!

She was extremely entangled, but she mustered up the courage to stick to it. Taking advantage of this time, the two split up to interview the group performers.

"How old are you?"

"twenty five."

"thirty."

"eighteen!"

"Have you seen Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"I've seen comic strips."

"Little book."

"I flipped through it in school, but I didn't read it all."

"Then who do you like best?"

"Guan Yu."

"Zhao Yun."

"Zhuge Liang."

"Diao Chan!"

Xu Fei turned to the eighteen-year-old boy, "Why do you like Diao Chan?"

"Hey, it looks good, I want to marry a wife."

The other party scratched his head, dark and solid.

...

Near noon, get ready.

Looking at the dazzling sun, Zhang Shaolin shouted: "Smoke!"

"Smoke!"

The crew had prepared a few discarded gasoline barrels, filled them with kindling materials, and lit them on fire. After a while, several strands of thick smoke rose up and enveloped the river bank.

After burning for a while, the fire moved away.

After waiting for a while, the thick smoke faded, and strands of smoke floated on the river, entangled in the hills and dense forests.

In an instant, the general in armor and the soldiers standing still with spears seemed to be covered with a layer of vast and distant fog, separated by thousands of years.

There are two cameras in the crew, one is set up on the opposite bank, and Zhang Shaolin is carrying one by himself, and with a sudden wave of his arm, "Start!"

I saw soldiers lined up by the river, and a small soldier took off his jacket, rolled up his trousers, and went into the water first.

Stirring it with his spear, he called out, "General, the water is shallow!"

"Is there an ambush on the other side?" Ma Dai asked.

"No ambush."

Ma Dai also waited and watched for a while, and said: "Send the order, cross the river!"

"Okay, pass!"

Zhang Shaolin yelled, picked up the loudspeaker and said, "Let me tell you about the next scene. I'll start calling in a while, and you take off your clothes immediately. Then follow what I taught you yesterday, gather your clothes into balls, pick them up with guns, You can hold it..."

"..."

Although they were mentally prepared, everyone also looked weird, and couldn't help saying: "Director, are you really taking off?"

"Must take off!"

"Okay, get ready!"

"start!"

When the voice fell to the ground, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one moved.

"stop!"

"Don't be shy, come again!"

"start!"

"..."

Still no one moved, and some even thought it was funny and laughed out loud.

"Tsk!"

Zhang Shaolin was a little anxious, and said: "For our scene, we must take it off, because it must conform to the original work and the ancient habit of marching and fighting.

It's not difficult for everyone, the cooperation has been very good these days, let's do it again. "

"ready, go!"

"..."

A few brave ones fumbled to take off their clothes, but when they saw others hesitate, they quietly put down their hands.

After trying this several times, Zhang Shaolin was really anxious, and if the sky dimmed, he would not be able to shoot. He simply put down the camera and shouted: "This way! This way!

Let me tell you, everyone is a gentleman, what are you afraid of? What are you shy about?

I take it off first! "

After saying that, he took off his shirt, revealing his broad but lean torso. Then he took off the trousers from the waist to the feet, untied the shoes and socks, and threw them aside casually.

The whole person stood naked by the river.

"I'll ask you guys, what are you afraid of? Take them all off!"

"..."

The air seemed to be frozen for a few seconds, and then it trembled loudly. Everyone was laughing up and down the mountain, here and there.

The director takes the lead, why are the group performers so hypocritical?

The eighteen-year-old boy who wanted to marry a wife stripped himself naked several times with quick hands and feet. The brothers next to him took a look, not to be outdone, and a chain reaction followed, and five hundred people undressed in unison.

Damn!

Yu Jiajia quickly covered her eyes, she hadn't been so excited in thirty years!

Although I covered my eyes, my ears became clearer, and there was only one sound, "Start!"

Following the running sound of "rustle" and "rustle", and then creaking, the river flows. The bursts and dips were like hooks, she wanted to look at it but dared not look at it.

Xu Feizao raised his camera and took a snapshot.

In the smog filled room, a group of men held guns and spears, embraced clothes, and rolled into the river like dumplings.

There are no legs on the shore, no waist in the middle of the river, the water flow is slow, and there are still turbid waves rushing.

Tall, short, thin, fat, black, yellow, and white, thick hands and big feet, all covered with crows... They have lost the restraint they had just now, and they are splashing happily in the water.

The sun was stronger and the smoke thicker.

Everyone thumped in the heart of the river for a while, then suddenly changed their expressions, and began to struggle hard.

"Help!"

"Ah, help!"

Then, one by one desperately climbed out. It's still the tall one, the short one, the thin one, the fat one, the black one, the yellow one and the white one, all running away in embarrassment naked.

The 18-year-old boy was especially outstanding, and he slammed in front of Ma Dai:

"General, the water is poisonous!"

"Quick retreat! Quick retreat!"

"withdraw!"

"good!"

Zhang Shaolin shouted, his voice trembling, the scene just now was perfect.

"Good! Good! Ready for the next game!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately fell to the ground regardless of their care, and took a short rest.

"ha!"

Suddenly, one of them glanced in a certain direction and laughed inexplicably. Followed by the second, and the third, in a blink of an eye.

Xu Fei took a look along, and also let out a thud, and Tang Guoqiang and others who came out to watch the fun couldn't stop their joy.

Um?

Seeing everyone's eyes pointing at him, Zhang Shaolin couldn't help being taken aback.

No one paid attention to the filming just now, and now he rested for a while, more or less covered with clothes. Only the director was standing, holding the camera...

"Oh My God!"

Zhang Shaolin quickly sat down and covered it with a shirt, not at all as chic as before, his swarthy face flushed red.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone is more and more happy. The physical strength was exhausted, but the spirit was extremely vigorous. The cold water rolled over the whole body, and when it was exposed to the sun, it seemed that a wave of heat was rising.

This hot air wraps the riverside, and everyone's painstaking efforts and beliefs are inside.

"Let's continue."

"preparation!"

"start!"