Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1050 - 1037: Their First Time Joining the Crew! (Part 1)
After communicating with Director Lu Xun, Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng immediately took a taxi to a university located in the outskirts of Beijing to find Director Lu Xun.
Since it’s a campus youth drama, the filming location is naturally designated within the school, which is why the shooting has to be done during holidays.
Yan Siyuan did not know the extent of Director Lu Xun’s admiration and appreciation for Huo Feng.
But the fact that a single phone call from Huo Feng can directly lead to him visiting the crew to discuss investment is sufficient to prove that Director Lu Xun is a person who is easy to get along with.
On the way to the crew, Yan Siyuan asked Huo Feng some questions about Director Lu Xun, only to find out that Huo Feng actually has a history.
Huo Feng also told Yan Siyuan that even after he became famous, many studios still privately approached him, hoping to sign him to shoot comedy skits and push him toward becoming a major Douyin internet celebrity.
However, Huo Feng never accepted these signing invitations from studios because once he signed, he would be back to working for others.
This would mean working for a studio, following the studio’s schedule, filming tasks assigned by the studio, with no freedom at all.
After hearing Huo Feng’s story, Yan Siyuan understood a bit more about how internet celebrity operations work.
Yan Siyuan never thought of becoming an internet celebrity because he never had the thick skin like Huo Feng...
However, since Huo Feng already has a million Douyin fans and is an internet celebrity, Yan Siyuan felt that maybe Huo Feng really has resources that can be utilized.
Up to now, Yan Siyuan must admit that having Huo Feng as a partner was certainly to his advantage.
Because Huo Feng has a wide network, he’s daring, and he can accomplish parts that Yan Siyuan cannot.
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Around three o’clock in the afternoon, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan braved the summer heat to arrive at the set location.
Due to the extreme heat, the crew was filming indoor scenes at this time.
When Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan arrived, the campus was fenced off everywhere, with staff keeping watch to prevent unrelated people from inadvertently entering the filming area.
However, since Huo Feng had communicated with Director Lu Xun earlier, both he and Yan Siyuan were allowed in when they arrived.
Upon entering the teaching building, the two went up to the second floor, where the crew was just filming scenes of the male and female leads attending class in the classroom.
Thus, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan were lucky enough to see the real scene of the crew filming...
Although it was just a scene of the male and female leads attending class, the scene capture required using the entire corridor, including the classroom...
To capture a scene of the class teacher entering the classroom, the camera followed the actor playing the class teacher all the way, moving from the corridor into the classroom, then standing at the podium to put down the textbook.
Finally, the camera stopped at the classroom door, moving slowly to shoot the entire classroom...
"Cut!"
Director Lu Xun shouted cut, and this scene’s capture was considered complete.
"With this scene shot, we’ll shoot the actors’ close-ups next."
Director Lu Xun clapped and called out, and the staff and actors around him turned their attention to him, coordinating seamlessly, "Let’s shoot Teacher Hua first, Teacher Hua, do you need to look at your lines again?"
The actor playing the class teacher shook his head at Director Lu Xun, "No need, I’ve memorized them all."
"Alright. Camera over here..."
Then, with a series of commands from Director Lu Xun, everyone on the set moved as directed.
Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng stood at a far distance outside the classroom door, occupying their heights of over six feet tall, tiptoeing to conveniently peek at all the scenes inside the classroom.
Seeing a real filming scene for the first time, both Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng found it quite interesting, wearing expressions of watching a good show.
Hence, they stood there quietly, watching Director Lu Xun shoot the classroom scenes for an hour.
It was merely a scene of the class teacher entering the classroom, scolding the students severely, then having a verbal altercation with the supporting male, angrily punishing him to stand as a penalty.
Up until the classroom scenes were finished, Director Lu Xun directed the supporting male to shoot the penalty standing scene outside the classroom door, only then did he notice Huo Feng waiting silently...
"Hey, you’re here."
Lu Xun waved at Huo Feng, smiling warmly and politely.
However, because the scene was not yet completed, Director Lu Xun could only point a direction to Huo Feng, saying, "The classroom of Class 7 over there is now a break room, you can go there to sit and have some water. I’ll be more than half an hour here."
"Alright, Director Lu, no rush, take your time. We have plenty of time." Huo Feng greeted Director Lu Xun.
During the conversation, the nearby staff and actors also cast their eyes on Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan...
It was then that everyone noticed that Director Lu Xun’s friends had arrived, and they were tall, handsome, with looks comparable to the popular stars in the industry.
Yet, no one recognized Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan as any particular stars in the industry?
At this moment, everyone almost assumed Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan were new collaborative actors invited by Director Lu Xun, maybe to join the show...
After Director Lu Xun finished talking with Huo Feng, he was about to instruct the cameraman to shoot the next scene when he involuntarily turned back...
Lu Xun took an extra glance at Yan Siyuan beside Huo Feng, and also looked more closely at Huo Feng.
At this moment, even Lu Xun had a voice in his heart saying: Could it be that top universities are now favoring good looks? Tsinghua students are so handsome, and Zhejiang University students are handsome too? With looks like theirs, they should be studying at the Central Academy of Drama!
Of course, Lu Xun, who was busy filming at the moment, merely muttered to himself.
Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan obediently went to the classroom of Class 7 next door, ready to sit and rest.
However, when they reached the classroom of Class 7, they found that the break room was already occupied by several people.
Among them, quite a few actors were sitting memorizing lines, and when Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan came in, they glanced at them, then continued lowering their heads to memorize lines.
Although Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng felt a bit awkward, they still found a corner to sit down, silently taking out their phones and exchanged WeChat messages...
Yan Siyuan asked Huo Feng: [Do you feel awkward?]
Huo Feng replied to Yan Siyuan: [Not really. Just feel we’re unnecessary.]
Yan Siyuan: [That’s what I mean. Seems like we shouldn’t be here...]
Huo Feng: [Haha, don’t worry, just wait.]
Yan Siyuan: [Okay.]
Then, the two of them sat there quietly, taking out their phones to play games.
Director Lu Xun initially said it would be half an hour, but they ended up waiting for over three hours...
After the afternoon shoot was finished, the boxed lunches arrived at the crew, and everyone started eating, Director Lu Xun then remembered Huo Feng was still there!
Hence, Lu Xun quickly grabbed two more boxed lunches, sitting down with Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan to eat in the classroom of Class 7.
Of course, there were quite a few staff and actors eating in this classroom as well, making the atmosphere very lively.
"Sorry, got caught up in shooting and completely forgot about you. All I could think about was finishing quickly, wrapping up early, so I didn’t call for breaks in between." Lu Xun apologized to both Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan as he opened his boxed lunch.
"No worries, we know you’re busy, and we were afraid of disturbing you."
Huo Feng smiled and said, "But now it’s meal time, is it appropriate to discuss my matter with you?"
"Appropriate, there’s nothing inappropriate about it."
Lu Xun naturally raised an eyebrow and reminded them, "You should eat too, kept you waiting all afternoon, really sorry."
"No worries, we’re really fine..."
With one apology after another, Huo Feng was almost at a loss.
"Go on, eat quickly, cold boxed lunches are not delicious."
Lu Xun said, "Unless you find these boxed lunches don’t suit your tastes?"
"No, no..."
Huo Feng quickly waved his hands, finally speaking hesitantly, "Neither of us are staff here, so it’s not appropriate to eat your boxed lunches."
"No problem, go ahead and eat. The logistics usually order five extra boxed lunches, fearing someone won’t have enough to eat. Help yourselves, don’t be shy," Lu Xun said.
"Ah, thank you, Director Lu."
Unable to refuse, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan finally obediently opened their boxed lunches.
It was a box lunch with three meat and two vegetable dishes, along with a soup, the food was truly good.
"Hey, introduce your friend."
Lu Xun chatted with Huo Feng as he ate, but his gaze fell on Yan Siyuan.
Huo Feng hurriedly introduced Yan Siyuan, "Director Lu, this is my fellow student from Zhejiang University, also my partner, Yan Siyuan."
Yan Siyuan nodded, "Director Lu."
Lu Xun, observing Yan Siyuan closely, felt that Yan Siyuan was handsome with clear eyebrows and delicate features, as pretty as Yang Yang!
This look...
It really made Lu Xun have some thoughts...
