bookrandom Chapter 1247 I'm an Extra in Hengdian
Chapter 1247 I'm an Extra in Hengdian
Su Xing smiled at the other person and said, "Yu Shengmo? It's you."
The person she encountered was Yu Shengmo.
Most of the books under the pen name Yu Shengmo, Mo Shang, have been sold as film and television IPs, and she personally revised and supervised many of the novels that were adapted into screenplays.
It wouldn't be surprising to run into her in Hengdian.
Yu Shengmo was pleasantly surprised to run into Su Xing in Hengdian.
She walked quickly to Su Xing's side, her eyes wide, and asked, "What are you doing here? Did you come here to play?"
Su Xing told Yu Shengmo the truth: "A film crew was short of a dog actor, and my friend recommended my dog Bu Diu to participate. I came along with Bu Diu."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment about the film crew currently shooting at "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and said, "Is it the 'Treading the Moon on the Southern Branch' film crew next door?"
Su Xing nodded, "Yes."
Yu Shengmo said, "What a coincidence! Our 'Dansha Mou' is also filming here. If I had known you were coming, I would have contacted you to meet up. By the way, when did you arrive in Hengdian?"
Su Xing said, "I only arrived yesterday, it's not too late for us to meet now."
Yu Shengmo smiled with her eyes crinkling, "That's right, it seems we're quite destined to meet. Come on, let's go for a walk together."
Su Xing replied, "Okay."
The two walked and chatted, catching up on each other's recent lives.
When they passed by a tea shop, they went in and ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, chatting while drinking tea.
Yu Shengmo asked Su Xing, "How long will you stay in Hengdian?"
Su Xing said, "I'll take Bu Diu back to H City during the Chinese New Year. The director is currently rushing to finish filming Bu Diu's scenes, trying to finish before the New Year. If he can't finish, he might come back after the New Year to reshoot for a couple of days. What about you?"
"We definitely won't be able to finish filming our drama before the Lunar New Year. Everyone goes home for the holiday to reunite with their families, and we'll continue filming after the holiday. It'll probably take another two months."
"Working with the film crew like this must be very tiring, right?"
"It's alright, I'm used to it. It's better for me to keep an eye on things than to let the actors mess up my lines."
Su Xing smiled and said, "That's true."
“Sigh…” Yu Shengmo sighed, “Actually, in many production teams, screenwriters don’t have much say. For the last two IP projects, I insisted on including certain clauses in the contract before I was willing to sign it. Otherwise, it would definitely be drastically altered. Even so, there are still actors who can’t memorize their lines and want to change them. It’s really exhausting.”
Su Xing couldn't help but laugh, "Changing one or two lines is fine, but some dramas change the original 'female lead' novel into a 'male lead' drama, and change the 'empress's' ascension to the throne into a 'male emperor' ending."
Yu Shengmo burst out laughing. "I know the drama you're talking about. The production company and the male lead are both sick! If they want to make a male-centric drama, they should adapt a male-oriented novel! They're ruining our female-oriented novels and even cyberbullying the authors. It's disgusting! If anyone dares to ruin my novel like that, I'll definitely fight them to the bitter end!"
She paused, then continued, "These days, dramas are becoming more and more formulaic. They could easily achieve a better result by following the original work, but they insist on making random changes..."
Su Xing could understand Yu Shengmo's helplessness: "Some production companies want to make quick money, and some actors are not dedicated enough, so some films look like they were mass-produced on an assembly line."
The two women complained about the chaos in the industry and the terrible dramas produced. They had a great time chatting, but they still felt helpless because they couldn't change the overall situation except by complaining.
All Yu Shengmo can do is be more careful when signing contracts and scrutinize scripts to ensure that the drama adapted from her novel is as faithful to the original work as possible.
Su Xing felt helpless because she knew that this industry wouldn't see any positive changes in the next few years; at least at the point of her rebirth, bad dramas were still frequently produced.
After finishing their tea and paying the bill, the two planned to stroll around a bit more before returning to their respective film sets.
At different times and locations in Hengdian's various film and television cities, there will be performances, including live shows, immersive interactive shows, street performances, and film and television participation.
Su Xing and Yu Shengmo caught up with the immersive mini-theater "Hello, Li Qingzhao" and stopped to watch for a while.
Continuing onward, the scene ahead became even more lively.
They heard a loudspeaker announcing: "Recruiting extras. Tourists who want to participate, come over here to choose and change clothes."
Su Xing craned his neck to look, "Is this how extras are recruited??"
Really? Aren't there extras and guilds?
Yu Shengmo smiled and said, "This is an interactive program that allows tourists to participate and experience acting. It's called 'I'm an Extra in Hengdian'."
Su Xing nodded. "I see."
Yu Shengmo asked her, "Do you want to join in the fun?"
"Me? I guess I won't..." Su Xing waved his hand.
"We still need extras, anyone else want to join?" The man with the megaphone was shouting, and his eyes swept across the room and he saw Su Xing raising his hand.
His eyes lit up immediately. "Hey beautiful! Come on, you're one of us!"
Upon waking up, she realized the other person was referring to her, and she was taken aback. "Me?"
"Yes, yes, it's you, come up here! And the one next to you, come on up too."
wake:"……!"
She didn't want to participate!
Yu Shengmo smiled and said, "Come on! I'll go with you!"
She pulled Su Xing along and went to register.
He woke up, "...Okay."
The two followed the selected tourists to change into extras' clothes and blended into a group of about twenty people.
The assistant director in charge of leading everyone was a middle-aged man with a loud voice. Holding a megaphone, he stood in front of the ancient street set that had been set up and shouted: "Today we are filming a scene of a heroine saving a scholar. The main characters are our professional actors. You extras are either the onlookers or the bandits blocking the way. The bandits' actions are simple, they just hold up wooden knives to scare people. The people are responsible for screaming and running away. Do you understand?"
The crowd responded with laughter and chuckles.
Su Xing and Yu Shengmo were assigned to the bandits' group.
Su Xing held a light prop knife in her hand and couldn't help but weigh it in her hand. The prop knife was so light.
We practiced the blocking three times before filming began.
The assistant director repeatedly emphasized: "When the bandits charge up, don't actually bump into anyone, especially the scholar actor. He has to pretend to fall down. You guys just surround him and mimic him a couple of times. As soon as the heroine appears, you scatter like birds and beasts. Remember, you have to look disheveled and panicked!"
Su Xing stood among the bandits, watching several boys who looked like tourists frantically brandishing wooden knives and bumping into each other every now and then. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
She turned her head and saw Yu Shengmo smiling broadly, his eyes crinkling at the corners of his mouth.
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