Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang, who had not been seen for half a month, appeared in the library. He said hello to his colleagues and ran to the library leader to sell the fake.

Thinking of Xie Jin's phone call again, I ran to the reception room and said, "Master Xie, make a call."

Yesterday, when Xie Jin called, he left the phone number of their crew's guest house. He called and the guest said that everyone in the crew had gone out.

At this time, making phone calls is like this. Both parties always have to wait for each other. Sometimes it is better to send a telegram.

When I was about to get off work in the evening, Master Xie ran over and said there was a call.

Xie Jin just came back from outside, "Hey, Chaoyang, I've finished surveying the scenery here and just started it today. When will you come over and take a look?"

"I won't go. I took leave a while ago and just went to work today."

"You are the original author and the screenwriter. How can you not come over and take a look when the movie starts shooting? Just spare a few days, three to five days will be enough.

Look at the scenery, the condition of the actors, and the atmosphere we shot to see if it matches the story in your mind."

Xie Jin's tone was sincere. With "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" in front of him, he was under great pressure to shoot "Wrangler" with the same theme, and he urgently needed someone to confirm his ideas.

"Then ask your factory to ask for leave for me. I'm too embarrassed to ask for leave."

"OK."

The day after the two communicated on the phone, Shanghai Film Studio sent a telegram to ask for leave for Lin Chaoyang. Xie Jin even asked someone to buy the train tickets for Lin Chaoyang.

The train tickets were all booked, and Lin Chaoyang couldn't leave without leaving. Anyway, he took leave and treated it as a trip.

Shandan Army Racecourse is in Gansu, but Lin Chaoyang's train changed trains in Lanzhou, and took the train from Lanzhou Railway Station to Shandan Railway Station.

The train headed northwest, and after several hours' drive, it arrived at Shandan County, located at the foot of the Qilian Mountains.

After leaving the train station, the crew's car was already waiting there. The person who came to pick up Lin Chaoyang was deputy director Bao Zhifang.

Shandan Army Horse Farm is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. It was built in the 1950s and has always been an important military horse breeding base in China.

The terrain here is flat and the water and grass are luxuriant. In early spring and April, the vast grassland is green and verdant, vast, and rippling blue waves are intoxicating. Bao Zhifang sat in the car and introduced the local customs to Lin Chaoyang all the way.

The racecourse is under the jurisdiction of the Lanzhou Military Region, and the "Wrangler" crew is currently staying at the Military Region's No. 1 Guesthouse.

When they arrived at the guest house, Bao Zhifang first arranged a room for Lin Chaoyang.

"Hey, suite, isn't the treatment above the standard?" Lin Chaoyang asked as soon as he entered the room.

"This is considered the military region's care for us." Bao Zhifang said with a smile.

After settling down, Lin Chaoyang rested for two hours and waited until evening to see Xie Jin. The crew had just started shooting in the past two days, and he was too busy to touch the ground.

He was very happy to see Lin Chaoyang's arrival and prepared a banquet for Lin Chaoyang in the evening.

After dinner, he called several actors from the crew to the room to meet with Lin Chaoyang. There were more than 20 actors in the crew, and they were generally over thirty years old. The leading roles were Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan.

Two young people.

After the two were chosen as the male and female protagonists, Xie Jin threw them to Gansu to experience life. Nearly three months passed. The two of them lost the whiteness of city people and became more simple.

"Not bad, the temperament suits the character quite well."

Lin Chaoyang's approval made Xie Jin feel better, and also made Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan very happy.

The filming of the movie hadn't started yet, so they all felt a little uneasy. Lin Chaoyang's affirmation made everyone feel at ease, and the previous hardships were not in vain.

Early the next morning, the crew got up at around five o'clock to prepare for departure.

The Shandan Army Racecourse occupies a vast area. The daily scenes of "Wrangler" are in the second and third horse teams. It is almost thirty miles away from the guest house. It takes an hour of driving to get there if you start early in the morning. Fortunately, the roads at the racecourse have been well repaired in recent years.

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After a busy morning, the crew finally started filming at almost eight o'clock.

Today's first scene is about Xu Lingjun, who has just been released from the labor camp and assigned to a horse farm. His neighbor, Mr. Dong, and his wife nail the door curtain to him and deliver food to him. It is a very humane scene.

In the novel, Xu Lingjun's house is an adobe house with air leakage from all sides. The adobe house at the filming location was a temporary building with a high degree of restoration. It can be said that it is poor and bare, with only four walls.

There were no scenes for the heroine Cong Shan in the past two days, but she still came with the crew to adapt to the environment in advance and find the feeling of the character.

Perhaps out of boredom, this girl brought a copy of "October". She was huddled in the corner reading, not wanting to be discovered by Xie Jin.

"Why are you still reading novels?"

Xie Jin's words left Cong Shan at a loss. She stood up and rubbed her clothes restlessly with her fingers, not knowing what she had done wrong.

"Xiao Cong, don't be nervous. Director Xie doesn't let you read the novel because he wants you to have no distracting thoughts and be able to focus more on the characters.

You don’t have much acting experience, so only by putting yourself in the character can you interpret the essence of Xiu Zhi.”

After hearing what Lin Chaoyang said, Cong Shan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Teacher Lin."

Xie Jin warned: "If you have time, study the characters carefully and don't focus on other things."

In his crew, actors are always required to "stop thinking" after joining the crew and devote all their body and mind to the role.

The racecourse does not allow people to get into trouble easily, so at noon the crew has meals brought to them by ordinary people from the Third Brigade.

While eating, Xie Jin asked Lin Chaoyang, "How do you feel after staying here for a long time?"

"Not bad, it matches what I imagined."

Xie Jin nodded.

After filming in the afternoon, he returned to the guest house. Just after dinner, Xie Jin asked Lin Chaoyang to go to the room and said that he had a scene that he wanted to discuss with him.

When we arrived at Xie Jin's room, Niu Ben, who played Guo Qianzi in the movie, was also there. He was an actor at Shanghai Film Studio and was a colleague of Xie Jin.

"Lao Niu discussed with me whether the peeing in this scene should not be shown on camera?" Xie Jin said.

There is a scene in the script where Guo Qianzi urinates against a big-character poster posted in the corner. When Xie Jin was dividing the script into scenes, he also gave the big-character poster a close-up shot.

The reason why Niu Ben didn't want this scene was simple. If the character he played did something like this, it would inevitably cause controversy after the movie was released.

But what Lin Chaoyang didn't understand was Xie Jin's reaction. He asked Xie Jin: "Why didn't you mention it when you wrote it before?"

Xie Jin looked slightly embarrassed, "Doesn't this make "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" scary?"

In the past year or so, from preparation to filming to small-scale screening of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", negative reviews have been endless.

Although the overall situation has been decided now, it can pass the trial, and it has the support of many powerful people, Xie Jin does not want to go through the same hardships as before.

"This shot is very ironic. If the audience sees it in the cinema, they will definitely smile. I think there is no need for us to hide our illnesses and avoid medical treatment. This is the attitude we should have towards big-character posters."

Xie Jin was hesitant at first. Lin Chaoyang was the original author and screenwriter, and he had a very important say here. Seeing Lin Chaoyang's insistence, Xie Jin said, "Okay, I'll keep this shot."

"What about this scene?" Xie Jin pointed out another scene to him.

In this scene, Xu Lingjun was repaid his salary after being demoted. He took the salary and gave it to his wife Xiuzhi.

Qingqing watched her mother struggling to count the banknotes, then touched the money in her mother's hand with her little hands, and asked innocently: "Mom, how did dad get so much money?"

Xiuzhi looked at Qingqing and sighed: "I have been an 'old lady' for twenty years."

Qingqing said to Xiuzhi seriously: "Mom, when I grow up, I want to be an 'Old Y' and earn a lot of money. I will buy you a pair of leather shoes, just like Xiao Song's mother, click, click, click..."

Lin Chaoyang watched this scene and knew in his heart that Xie Jin was really scared by the "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" incident.

This plot originally existed in the novel, and it existed when I was writing the script. Xie Jin never said there was any problem with it before.

"I think you're a little stressed. Did someone else say something to you?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Xie Jin looked a little sad, "There are indeed some rumors. The department leaders asked the factory leaders before, saying that you are going to film the 'Y faction' movie again. Haven't you suffered enough from the "Legend of Tianyun Mountain"? What about the film bureau? Bian is also under pressure, saying that someone wants me to cancel this movie."

After listening to Xie Jin's words, Lin Chaoyang pondered, "That's what I think. Some people don't want us to make this movie and are trying every means to obstruct it. This is normal.

It is only a small group of people who want to obstruct us. The more they obstruct us, the more it means we are on the right path.

This is not the past. As long as we strengthen our confidence, who can arrest us all?"

Lin Chaoyang's tone was firm and his expression was resolute. Xie Jin looked ashamed as he listened to his words, "He is old after all. He doesn't have the determination and responsibility of you young people."

"You've already filmed "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", what else is there to be afraid of in "Wrangler"?"

Lin Chaoyang's confidence came from his clear understanding of the future destiny of "Wrangler". After some encouragement from him, Xie Jin strengthened his confidence.

"You are right! We have survived "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain", and the environment that "Wrangler" has to face will not be worse than it."

After being enlightened by Lin Chaoyang, Xie Jin was in a good mood and had to drag Lin Chaoyang to drink some wine. He also called the production director Bi Likui and the photographer Zhu Yongde to accompany him.

Lin Chaoyang stayed on the set of "Wrangler" for three days. He went to the set during the day and drank with Xie Jin at night. After drinking that night, he grabbed the production director Bi Likui.

"Lao Bi, book a train ticket for me tomorrow. I have to go back to Yanjing."

Bi Likui warmly tried to persuade him to stay: "You have only been here a few days, why can't you stay for half a month? You are now Director Xie's backbone."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand, "I can't do it anymore. If I stay here any longer, I will turn into a medicinal bone that can be soaked in wine."

Bi Likui couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "Then you discuss this with Director Xie."

"You buy the ticket first, and I'll tell him tomorrow."

"OK."

Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang made plans to say goodbye to Xie Jin, and Xie Jin wanted to keep him here for a few days.

With Lin Chaoyang here, he felt that his mental pressure in the past few days was obviously much less than before. How could he let go of such an excellent stress-relieving artifact?

Unfortunately, Lin Chaoyang refused. In the afternoon, Bi Likui brought back his ticket. He escaped overnight and got on the train, and it took him another two days to return to Yanjing.
To be continued...