Chapter 257 "Spring of the Cowherd Class" Starts

On April 10, many villagers from Jiangjuntuo gathered on the side of the road in front of Jiangjuntuo Chidi Middle School. It was a bit hard to start filming. They were here to join in the fun.

Many villagers had participated in the filming of "Tree Hole" before, so they were no strangers to filmmaking. This time when the filming of "Cow Herding Class" started, many of them wanted to come and see if there were any supporting actors.

But it is a pity that "Spring of the Cowherd" is different from "Tree Hole" in that it basically does not use local villagers as extras.

Today is the first day of filming, and most people in the village came out to join in the fun.

The first shot of the movie is when the actor Zhou Xuewen takes a car to Chidi Middle School.

Watching the actor get out of the car from a distance, some villagers started talking.

"Why does this actor look so familiar? Has he acted in something before?"

"It seems to be jyl."

"Song Dacheng."

"They're all actors."

"Why do I feel so fat? It doesn't look like in the movie."

"Maybe I've gained weight."

"Now that a big star has become famous, the food must be better than before."

"That's for sure. When I look at their crew's food, I can see meat every day."

"Have you ever seen their food?"

"It's a pity that I can't perform as an extra this time, otherwise I could still enjoy the food of their crew."

"Isn't that right? This young director named Zhou is quite good. I met him last time when "Tree Hole" was being filmed."

"What a little director? That's the great director Zhou Yan. He was the screenwriter of "Tree Hole" last time. He's very good."

"You look young."

"He just looks young. I heard he is in his forties."

"Tsk, tsk, I'm over forty, I really can't tell."

"Everyone in the city is better taken care of than the other. Zhao Yazhi who plays the White Snake is over forty, and she looks like she is in her early twenties."

"That's true."

…

Zhou Yan didn't know that he was already over forty according to others. He was next to Zhao Fei, looking at Li Xuejian coming towards him in the direction of the camera.

When Li Xuejian reached the school gate, Zhou Yan shouted: "Pass."

After Zhou Yan shouted "pass", without further instructions, the staff began to move, preparing to take the next shot.

Because there are so many camera positions, the camera crew can quickly pick up the next shot without moving much.

During this time, Hong Xin and the others hurriedly went to touch up Li Xuejian's makeup.

Li Xuejian stood still and let Hong Xin and the others operate on his face. At the same time, he was feeling emotional. On the first day of official filming, he felt the shooting style of this crew.

It's compact, it's really too compact, there's no rustiness of a young director at all, the connection between each shot is very smooth, and there's no delay at all.

The various departments of the crew are very familiar with each other. Most of the time, Zhou Yan does not need to speak, and the people below know what needs to be done next.

It can be seen that these people have been following Zhou Yan for a long time and know Zhou Yan very well.

It's normal for major directors to have their own teams, but Li Xuejian didn't expect that Zhou Yan had just made two movies, and the team would be so mature.

Listening to the crew chat in private, I can feel that they really respect Zhou Yan from the bottom of their hearts. When a director is so well-liked, it will be easy to make a good movie, and if nothing else, at least it will be very efficient.

And when most of the crew follows the director's lead, there will be basically no intrigues to cause internal friction.

Several assistant directors on the directing team also have unique skills, especially Wang Xiaoshuai. Li Xuejian feels that even if Zhou Yan is not around, Wang Xiaoshuai can complete the filming of the movie independently.

Of course, this also has something to do with the storyboard being written well.

Looking at Zhou Yan's storyboard, Li Xuejian even felt an inflated confidence, thinking that he could make a movie with a storyboard.

The preparations for this movie were really in place, and most of the problems that needed to be solved were solved during the preparation.

After the morning shots were taken, Zhou Yan walked up to Li Xuejian and asked with concern, "Teacher Li, are you okay with eating?"

Li Xuejian wiped the sweat from his face and said with a smile, "Director Zhou is looking down on you. Today's shooting intensity is not too much for me."

Although the shooting this morning was high-density, it was not very intense and there were no physically strenuous scenes. It was just that the sun was stronger, so I wore thicker clothes and it was hotter.

Li Xuejian has been filming for so many years and has encountered many difficult environments. Today's intensity is naturally a piece of cake.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I see that you have put on a lot of weight during this time, and I am worried that you are afraid of the heat."

In order to better portray the role of Zhou Xuewen, Li Xuejian deliberately gained weight. During this period, he gained more than ten pounds.

In fact, Zhou Yan did not ask him. Although Zhou Xuewen was previously set to be slightly fatter in the script, Zhou Yan felt that there was no problem with Li Xuejian's body shape.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Li Xuejian felt that it would be better for Zhou Xuewen to gain some muscle.

He gained more than ten kilograms, while Zhu Lin lost more than ten kilograms. Many people in the crew joked that their crew followed the law of conservation of fat, and all the fat that Zhu Lin lost was made up for by Li Xuejian.

Li Xuejian wiped his sweat again, "After gaining weight, I am indeed more afraid of heat, but it's okay. The weather is not too hot now."

The weather in April is indeed not too hot, mainly because Li Xuejian wears more clothes now.

"Okay, let's rest for a while. In the afternoon there is an indoor play, which is much better."

…

Chidi Middle School already has a cafeteria, so cooking is very simple, but the crew's meals are separate from those in the cafeteria.

After eating, Zhou Yan went back to the dormitory for a lunch break.

As soon as he lay down on the bed, he heard someone outside shouting, "Director Zhou, it's bad, the students are fighting."

When he heard someone fighting, Zhou Yan quickly turned over and walked out.

The person who came to call him was Cui Yongxin, the field manager. He is a very down-to-earth person, but he often has no ideas.

Seeing his anxious expression, Zhou Yan said, "Xiao Cui, don't be anxious, tell me what the situation is."

While talking, Zhou Yan did not stop and walked towards the school with Cui Yongxin.

"It was Li Haining and Xu Jinfan. They were both on lunch break, but they started fighting for some reason."

"Did you pull it off?"

"I was pulling it when I left."

Zhou Yan nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and walked faster towards the teaching building.

After a while, he arrived in the classroom.

At this moment, the classroom was in a mess, and the students were leaning to the side. Li Haining and Xu Jinfan were pulled to two corners of the classroom. Both of them were unconvinced and wanted to break away while cursing each other.

"Li Haining, you son of a bitch, don't make a sneak attack if you can."

"Xu Dapao, I'm going to fuck your mother. If I didn't make a sneak attack, I would still beat you to the ground."

"Fuck..."

There were several people from the film crew standing by to encourage and persuade them, but the two children were now in a feverish state and couldn't hear other people's advice at all.

Zhou Yan stood at the door and listened for a while, then suddenly laughed. Li Haining was quite brave, he actually dared to fight with Xu Jinfan.

Xu Jinfan is a "bully", tall and smokes. This is his character setting in the movie, and it is also his own situation.

Although Li Haining is not small, he is one size smaller than Xu Jinfan. If there is a real fight, Li Haining will not be able to take advantage.

Seeing Zhou Yan laughing, Cui Yongxin was stunned. What was going on with Director Zhou? The students were starting to fight. Why was he happy?

After listening to the two students scolding each other for a while, Zhou Yan walked into the classroom.

"Director Zhou is here."

Someone shouted.

When they heard Zhou Yan's arrival, Li Haining and Xu Jinfan restrained themselves a lot and no longer cursed, but they still looked at each other angrily, wanting to eat each other.

After entering, Zhou Yan looked at the two of them, and after making sure that there were no injuries on their faces, asked, "Who made the first move?"

"Him." Xu Jinfan immediately pointed at Li Haining.

The latter did not refute, but just said, "He was the one who scolded me first."

"What did he scold you for?"

"scold me……"

Facing Zhou Yan, Li Haining suddenly couldn't say those curse words.

Zhou Yan said with a half-smile, "Didn't I hear you guys scolding you very hard just now? Why can't you say it now?"

"I……"

"You don't need to explain anything to me. I'm asking you now, do you remember how many times you were beaten just now?"

Xu Jinfan said immediately, "I received a total of three blows on my back, arms, and thighs, but I only hit him twice."

Zhou Yan asked Li Haining, "Do you agree with what Xu Jinfan said?"

"Accept." Li Haining nodded.

"As long as you admit it, there is only one thing here, tooth for tooth, eye for eye. When you were scolding each other just now, it was evenly matched, even if it was canceled out, but Xu Jinfan scolded Li Haining first, then Li Haining scolded him back. , Li Haining hit Xu Jinfan more, and Xu Jinfan would hit him back."

"Li Haining, what did Xu Jinfan scold you just now? Why don't you scold him back now? After you finish scolding him, stand still and give him a slap."

Xu Jinfan held his head high and said, "You can scold me."

Li Haining bit his lip for a while, but in the end he didn't curse. He gritted his teeth and said, "I won't curse anymore, let you hit me."

Zhou Yan nodded, "In that case, Xu Jinfan, come here."

The person next to him released Xu Jinfan and he walked over. Zhou Yan pointed at Li Haining and said to him, "Except for the head, you can hit him anywhere else. You go ahead."

"I -" Xu Jinfan raised his hand to hit, but he raised his hand in the air and couldn't swing it down.

He always felt uncomfortable when Li Haining stood still and beat him.

And the people around him are watching. If he continues to fight, it will be too shameful. Others will think that he is bullying others.

Zhou Yan looked at Xu Jinfan with a smile. He understood Xu Jinfan's thoughts very well. Even a person who often bullied others would be afraid of being said to be a bully.

Zhou Yan has also seen students who are truly bad to the core. Those people are difficult to change through education, but Xu Jinfan obviously does not belong to this category. He is an adolescent boy with a bad temper and a rebellious nature.

Seeing that Xu Jinfan didn't take action, Zhou Yan added, "It's okay, just fight without any psychological burden. Li Haining gave up the opportunity to scold you. It was his own choice and has nothing to do with you."

Xu Jinfan still didn't move. Zhou Yan raised his hand and looked at his watch, "I'll give you ten seconds. The time is up. If you don't fight, you will be considered a forfeit."

"nineteen……"

While Zhou Yan was counting down, everyone in the classroom looked at Xu Jinfan's hand raised in the air, waiting for Xu Jinfan to make a decision.

The numbers are getting smaller and smaller, and the atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more tense, especially Xu Jinfan, who is tensed up.

But Zhou Yan's tone did not change at all, like a robot, counting down second by second.

"...Three, two, one."

After counting the last number, Zhou Yan said, "Xu Jinfan, put your hands down."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Xu Jinfan felt like he was being pardoned and breathed a long sigh of relief.

However, he still couldn't help but say harsh words, "Li Haining, I will let you go this time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yan said coldly, "Xu Jinfan, don't be a coward who takes advantage of you. This matter has just passed, and none of you owe anyone. If you are not convinced, you will encounter this person next time." In this situation, don’t pretend to be generous.”

Xu Jinfan pursed his lips, said nothing, and just turned his head.

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Let's break up. If you make trouble again next time, don't choose this time. It's best to wait until I finish sleeping."

After saying that, Zhou Yan turned around and left the classroom, and Cui Yongxin quickly followed.

After walking out of the teaching building, Cui Yongxin looked back in the direction of the classroom, and then asked Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou, how can you be sure that Xu Jinfan's slap will not go down?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Cui Yongxin and said, "I can't tell."

"Ah?" Cui Yongxin was stunned.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "So what if I hit you? It's just a slap. Can I kill you?"

"Being beaten to death will definitely not be enough, but this..."

"There's nothing like this or that. The lunch break is relatively short. Go back and rest. Otherwise, you won't be energetic in the afternoon and will be busy until late tonight."

After that, Zhou Yan went straight back to his dormitory.

Cui Yongxin looked at Zhou Yan's back from behind and couldn't help but touch his head. He called Director Zhou over, thinking that Director Zhou would solve the case on the spot and at least ask for the specific reasons. For example, why did Xu Jinfan scold Li Haining? Are there any conflicts or something like that?

But Zhou Yan's solution was very rough, causing both parties to scold and fight each other.

Fortunately, the result was not bad. If Xu Jinfan's slap really happened, he really didn't know what to do. Can these two children still stay in the same classroom in the future?

Zhou Yan asked Cui Yongxin to go back and rest, but when he returned to the dormitory, he did not rest. Instead, he sat at the desk and studied several shots to be shot this afternoon.

Although he has studied these shots many times, Zhou Yan is still willing to study more, review the past and learn new things. Some things that are familiar to him can no longer be familiar. If he watches them a few more times, he may come up with some new ideas.

…

The filming in the afternoon was the scene where Zhou Xuewen entered the classroom for the first time. The naughty students made Zhou Xuewen embarrassed. In the end, the principal came and suppressed the students.

They originally thought it would be easy to film the children playing around, but when they actually filmed it, they found that the students' fighting was too deliberate and not natural at all.

After filming for a while, Zhou Yan walked up to Wang Xiaoshuai and whispered a few words to him. Then Wang Xiaoshuai said to the students, "This shot will only be taken here. You should rest first. Don't run around while we are away."

After finishing speaking, the crew withdrew, leaving the students alone in the classroom.

After a long time, there was a noise in the classroom.

Zhou Yan heard it outside, smiled, and said to Zhao Fei, "Let's go."

The camera crew held the camera and walked towards the classroom.

When we arrived at the corridor, the camera slowly moved towards the classroom. Through the glass window on the door, we could see that the students inside were already fighting like crazy, but it was much more natural than when we took the photo just now.

After this sequence of shots was taken, Zhou Yan waved to Li Xuejian, indicating that he was about to come on stage.

Li Xuejian nodded, took a breath, and walked towards the classroom.

At this time, a student in the classroom saw Li Xuejian and the camera heading towards the classroom through the window, and immediately turned around and shouted, "Coming, coming."

The camera follows Li Xuejian into the classroom. The students have returned to their seats and are much quieter.

At this point, the previous shots have been completed. They left two cameras inside just now, so there are still shots of the fight inside. However, the shots of the students teasing Li Xuejian cannot be shot like this. Although these students are naughty, they are not As for really daring to tease Li Xuejian, these scenes can only rely on acting.

Seeing this posture, the students also realized that they had just been deceived by the crew.

Some students couldn't help but regret that they would have stopped making trouble if they had known better.

…

The filming for the next few days went quite smoothly. Although the students always caused a little trouble, Zhou Yan often gave them some unique skills and deceived them to elicit their emotions.

For example, when filming the scene where Xu Jinfan smokes, Zhou Yanzhen first gave Xu Jinfan a lesson, and then Xu Jinfan was angry and smoking alone in the corridor. When he got into the mood, Zhao Fei and the others went over to start filming like assassins.

On the fifth day of filming, Zhou Yan received a call from Zhang Youan.

"The "Yellow" recorded by the Backstreet Boys has been sent to the studio. If you have time, listen to it and reply after listening. They are waiting."

"Just wait a few days. The shooting status during this period is pretty good. I'm not ready to go back yet."

The entire crew is now in good condition, and everyone is in good spirits at work. It's not time for vacation yet, so Zhou Yan definitely doesn't want to take a break at this time.

Once the status thing is broken, it is easy to not get it back, which will cause trouble again.

"Okay, the movie is more important, anyway, it won't be short of these few days."

"Yeah, I'll remember that."

"Okay, one more thing. Kudo Shizuka will hold a concert in Yanjing early next month. I invite you to be a guest and play the piano. You..."

"Promise them, I'll pay more for the appearance fee."

"Okay, I'll go to Omu Production and tell you. Your after-sales service is so good, you must let Omu make some blood."

Zhou Yan smiled. In fact, he had already promised Shizuka Kudo to be a guest at the concert. Now that Ogi Productions came to invite her, it was just a formality.