Entertaining Children

   Chapter 1228 I have to ask the director

  Two days later, the crew started as planned.

  Generally, the start-up ceremony of the crew is to be held. Some crews hold the opening ceremony at the shooting location. At the opening ceremony, all crew members are basically present, and some media reporters will also be invited to report. Some crews that pay attention to publicity even hold a press conference for the opening ceremony in hotels or theaters.

  With Xiao Yao’s personality, he will definitely not hold a press conference for the start-up of the project he is the master of. However, he will hold the opening ceremony. Because this opening ceremony is not only about media propaganda, but also about the entire crew.

  Xiao Yao doesn’t like to start the promotion of the project prematurely. He never proactively broke the news to the media or contacted the media during the casting stage, and never revealed the theater photos to the media during the filming period to seek news reports.

  Before the two film projects he led, apart from being reported by the media because of crowdfunding and Xiao Yao's occasional mention in variety shows after the project was established, there was no news during the casting and shooting. When filming "The Donkey Gets the Water", the local villagers encountered troubles and fights with local rascals. It will definitely be a breaking news. Any crew encounters such a thing, I am afraid they will use this to hype. But after Xiao Yao dealt with the incident by the local police, Xiao Yao really didn't release the video and didn't take the opportunity to speculate.

  However, sometimes the crew does not take the initiative to seek news from the media, which does not mean that the media will not take the initiative to dig news from the crew.

  With Xiao Yao’s current fame, he was originally a reporting target pursued by entertainment reporters. But in general, there is very little lace news about Xiao Yao. If he couldn't catch up with things in his private life, the media reporters naturally focused on Xiao Yao's work. Xiao Yao's performance in variety shows and film and television works is very good. In terms of variety shows, there are many official behind-the-scenes footage in the show, and his condition on the set is rarely disclosed.

  Currently, Xiao Yao’s film and television works are not many, but he has made a lot of amazing actions when he is filming.

For example, when he was filming "Ling Yun Zhi", he was on the crew to "revere the tiles on the house", and with Zhao Rui and others he created a sport called "Parkour"; when filming "The Tuner", he temporarily bought Cheng Xi a hamburger to design her He also gave Cheng Xihua special effects makeup on the spot for his sloppy image; he locked himself up for two days and one night when he was filming "127 Hours" and locked himself in a "little black room" when filming; The car was arranged to stand by on the set. During the filming of "The Donkey Gets Water", I watched my girlfriend slapped and slapped secretly. Either way, it was a thing that attracted the public's attention.

  However, these things were all told by the crew in interviews or even when receiving awards at the awards ceremony after the film was filmed or after it was released. None of them were discovered or reported by media reporters at the time. In other words, apart from the crew, no one else knew at the time.

  Media reporters are not uninterested in Xiao Yao's work on the set. On the contrary, they are very interested, but they just didn't encounter it.

  When Xiao Yao was only an actor, media reporters had normally participated in the start-up conference of the crew and went to the crew to visit the class. However, when filming "Ling Yun Zhi", Xiao Yao was still a middle school student and a newcomer. The media reporters weren't that interested in him yet, and they were not so concerned about him when they visited the crew. When filming "127 Hours", the reporter also went to visit the class, but the time passed earlier, and Xiao Yao's own "retreat" was not encountered.

   Xiao Yao directed three film and television works by himself, but he deliberately isolated the media reporters.

  "Tuner" is a short film, which was shot for a week in total. Xiao Yao did not take the initiative to disclose this project to the media reporters. When the media reporters got the news, the crew had already been completed and there was no visit to the crew at all.

The filming location of "Parkour Boy" is in the United States. Even if the reporter knows that he went to the United States to film, but Xiao Yao did not disclose the specific filming location, and refused to visit the reporter, no Chinese media will send reporters to the United States. Find their crew everywhere. The filming location of "Donkey Deshui" was in a remote small mountain village in the northwest. When Xiao Yao did not disclose the specific filming location and refused to visit the media reporters, it was also difficult for media reporters to find the location of their crew.

  Because of this history, media reporters are even more interested in Xiao Yao's work on the set. The news chase during the filming of Xiao Yao's film and television project and the demand for exploration of the crew are also stronger than those of his level.

  Xiao Yao didn't like media reporter interruption when he was filming, so he directed a few films by himself, he did deliberately isolate the media. In the previous two films "Parkour Boy" and "Donkey Gets Water", Xiao Yao did not notify or invite media reporters at the opening ceremony, just because of the confidentiality of the filming location of the crew.

  However, Xiao Yao can no longer do this in this project. In the first two films, one was filmed in the United States and the other was filmed in a remote mountain village in the Northwest. As long as the crew has done a good job of secrecy, media reporters generally cannot find it without revealing it to the media. To. But this TV series is a modern urban drama. It was filmed in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, a super first-tier city, and some of the scenes were in public places such as the street and the commercial building in the CBD. It was impossible to keep it secret. .

  Since there is no way to keep it secret, instead of letting those media reporters sneak in sneak shots, it is better to invite media reporters to report. Therefore, in addition to the crew members, many media reporters were invited to participate in and report on the opening ceremony of the crew this time.

  Now China’s booting ceremony has a worship ceremony. The table used for worship is usually covered with red velvet cloth. A certain **** is enshrined on the table. There are incense burners and objects on the side and in front, and the camera next to it is covered by a red cloth. The main creators of the crew offered incense to worship God in turn, and finally lifted the red cloth on the camera to announce the start.

  The tradition of worship rituals originated on Hong Kong Island. It is not necessarily a feudal superstition. It is a prayer to avoid accidental factors such as natural disasters and man-made disasters that cannot be controlled by humans during filming, so as to avoid the loss of the crew. As Hong Kong Island filmmakers go north, mainland film and television projects will do the same when they start.

  Although Xiao Yao came through the soul, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods very much. When filming "Parkour Boys" in the United States, because the crew was not American or Chinese young people, there was no ceremony to burn incense and worship at the start, but simply announced the start. However, in China, Xiao Yao would still carry out this kind of incense and worship ritual for the psychological considerations of most of the crew.

When filming "Donkey Gets Water" in the Northwest, although there were no media reporters present, only the crew was present. The crew also engaged in the opening ceremony of burning incense and worshiping the gods, and it was done under the guidance of Lin Jingliang, a Hong Kong Islander. . At the launching ceremony of this TV series this time, Xiao Yao followed the rules and procedures he learned from Lin Jingliang last time to draw the gourd.

  The main creators of the crew were finished with the incense. As the producer, Xiao Yao and the director Chen Jun lifted the red cloth on the camera and yelled to announce the start, and the ceremony was completed.

  However, although the ceremony is complete, this booting ceremony does not end there. Filming will not start immediately after the opening ceremony. Since there are still media reporters at the scene, the rest of the time is for the members of the crew to freely interact with each other and media reporters to interview.

  Although it is not in the form of a press conference, at the beginning of the opening ceremony, someone also introduced the main creative members of the crew to the reporters present. Although the media reporters had known a lot of information about the personnel of this TV drama project from various channels before, it was only at the opening ceremony that they had a truly definite and comprehensive understanding of all the main members of the crew before and after.

The main personnel in front of and behind the scenes, especially the cast of the cast, are still very interesting in the eyes of the media reporters. The choice of some actors is also more than most media reporters expected, so the burning of incense and worship ends and enters free activities. After the free interview time, many reporters immediately approached Xiao Yao and asked for an interview.

  The start-up ceremony of the crew on Hong Kong Island, after burning incense and worshiping the gods, there is also a part of roasting meat. Since Xiao Yao came in accordance with Lin Jingliang's teaching process, this start-up ceremony also included this link.

  Xiao Yao was surrounded by a group of reporters and asked for an interview before he ate a plate of roasted meat. Xiao Yao didn't care about the image. He was interviewed by reporters while eating the roasted meat on the plate.

   "Director Xiao, why did this project choose Yin Xi to play the first female role?" a reporter who rushed to the front asked first.

   "First of all, I'm not the director of this TV series, so don't call me the director?" Xiao Yao laughed, "As for the choice of Yin Xi as the female one, of course it is because she is suitable for this role."

   "Yin Xi is not a professional actor, but turned from a model to become an actor," the reporter asked again, "She has never been a female first before. Do you have confidence in Yin Xi's acting skills?"

"Of course I have confidence!" Xiao Yao didn't forget another piece of roasted meat in his mouth, and then continued, "Having never played the female one before does not mean that he can't play the female one now. Normally, most of the actors are. Starting from the supporting role and even the actor, and finally to the leading role."

   "Really?" The reporter looked at Xiao Yao and asked.

   "I know what you want to say!" Xiao Yao smiled, "Of course, I am an exception! But there are not many like me, so I say most of them."

"Although Yin Xi has transformed from a model to an actor, she has been acting for several years. In fact, she has played more roles than me!" Xiao Yao continued, "Over the years, she has been playing The improvement in acting skills is obvious to all, and I think she can play this role well."

"I heard that it was long established that you and Yin Xi will play the leading role in this play." Another reporter interrupted and asked, "You and Yin Xi are both the producers of this play. You are not only the main investment. People, or producers and screenwriters, I heard a saying that it was you who opened this drama to favor Yin Xi, is that right?"

   "This play can indeed be said to be played for Yin Xi!" Xiao Yao first nodded, and then shook his head, "As for Yin Xi, I don't think Yin Xi still needs me to support it!"

   "Then why did you play this drama for Yin Xi?" the reporter continued to ask.

"Because she said she wanted to cooperate with me in acting!" Xiao Yao shrugged, "We have known each other for more than ten years, and the relationship is very good. She takes care of me very much, not only co-branding with me, but also in my studio in Shanghai. It was in her studio and she built it and gave it to me. Although we are not related by blood, in my heart, she is the same as my sister. My sister has this wish, so I try to help her satisfy this desire!"

   "I heard that you wrote the script for this play?" another reporter asked.

"I didn't write it alone, and there are other screenwriters involved, but I wrote the main body." Xiao Yao said, "The outline of the script, the main body of the story, and the main characters' settings are all written by me. The specific plot As well as some details, there are other screenwriters to help improve."

   "You said that your relationship is a sibling, and you wrote the younger brother of a heroine in the script, but why are you not acting as a sibling with her in this drama, but as a couple?" the reporter asked.

   "In reality, it's a sibling, but in the play, it's still a sibling. How boring?" Xiao Yao laughed, "It's just that it's fun!"

"Are you not afraid of your girlfriend being angry with Yin Xi? No, it should be your fiancée. Aren't you afraid that your fiancée will be angry?" The reporter asked with a smile, "By the way, I would like to ask a digression, have you and Sun Tingting got the certificate? What? When is the wedding? Is the wedding date set?"

"Now there are many couples in the showbiz. Isn’t it possible that you can’t act as a couple with someone else after you get married?" Xiao Yao laughed, "Sun Tingting is an actor, and her parents are both actors. Of course she I don’t understand the difference between acting and reality."

   "Oh!" The reporter nodded.

"In addition," Xiao Yao continued, "Sun Tingting knows about the relationship between Yin Xi and me. She has a very good relationship with Yin Xi, and she also used her as her sister to watch. I wanted to start this drama for Yin Xi in advance. I told Sun Tingting. After the script was written, I showed it to Sun Tingting. She agreed, and I officially started this project."

   "The latter sentence is the key point, right?" The reporter laughed, "It turned out to be reported in advance, and consent was obtained in advance!"

  The reporter next to "Ha~" also laughed.

   "I want to ask, why did you choose Yu Shaoting to play the younger brother of the heroine? Did you fancy his traffic and topicality?" another reporter asked.

   "Is Yu Shaoting's traffic high?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

  "Wow~" When Xiao Yao said this, a group of reporters stunned each other.

"Of course it's a bit worse than you, but his traffic is not small, right?" The reporter continued, "You and Yin Xi are not the only actors in this play. The traffic of other actors is very important to this play. Isn't it important too?"

"Of course it's not compared with me, but compared with Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan?" Xiao Yao smiled, "Even if we don't talk about their traffic, if the three of us appear in the same drama, when this drama is broadcast in the future , The topic must be higher than Yu Shaoting, right?"

   "Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan? They will also appear in this drama? But we didn't hear it just now, and we didn't see them today!" the reporter said puzzled.

  If Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan also appeared in this play, the topic would definitely be overwhelming. In front of the three of them, Yu Shaoting's traffic influence is nothing.

  "They all participated in the audition for this drama and want to play the role in it. Among them, Lin Qisan auditioned for the role of Yu Shaoting!" Xiao Yao said, "Unfortunately, neither of them passed the audition."

   "What? They both auditioned but failed?" The reporter couldn't believe it, "How come? Given their relationship with you, how could you fail the audition?"

   "I don't know!" Xiao Yao said, "Except for the male and female actors, the directors have the final say on the actors in other roles! You have to ask Director Chen for this question!"

  (End of this chapter)