Has Big Shot Fallen in Love Today?-Chapter 628 Unusual

Chapter 628: Chapter 628 Unusual
Sheng Tang’s role as the second female lead has been finalized.
The lead female and male roles were also assigned to two minor artists from Guanghong Media.
None of the slightly more well-known artists, who could be classified as tier-three or four in the industry, were willing to take on this film.
The pay was very low; the male and female leads only received 200,000 yuan, which is less than what they would get for a minor role in an idol drama.
Sheng Tang, as the second female lead, got even worse treatment, with a paycheck of only 150,000 yuan.
However, when Sheng Tang played this role in her past life, she only got 30,000 yuan.
She was quite satisfied with this.
For a low-budget movie, the most important three roles were delivered by the investors, making it easier to cast for other roles. The production was soon discreetly set to start rolling.
Of course, trying to attract attention was also difficult.
The filming location was not in the city’s film studio but in a rural village in a nearby county.
S City, being the most prosperous coastal city, had affluent rural areas nearby, making it hard to find a setting that resembled a village from the late 1970s.
From the city, you would drive to a hotel in the town first, then drive another thirty minutes to the filming set.
The town’s hotel looked decent, with spacious and clean rooms and fresh air.
The small towns in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang area were much more developed than ordinary counties.
Sheng Tang wasn’t expecting much from the set, given the small investment.
But upon arrival, she found the set to be surprisingly well-crafted.
The director was there commanding, insisting on recreating a late 1970s rural village to the smallest detail.
The actors and crew had all arrived. The director was still busy, and when the producer went over to say a few words, he soon became the director’s worker, helping to rebuild the pigpen.
Everyone: "..."
What a unique crew.
The actors’ dressing rooms were in a building less than a hundred meters from the set.
The building was four stories high and simply but cleanly decorated.
The director and producer finally had time to come over and greet the three main actors after finishing their tasks.
Normally, a director wouldn’t meet with the actors just before shooting starts, but since both the director and producer had little say, everyone just had to make do.
The director was a man in his early thirties, standing at 185 cm tall, but very thin. Really thin; Sheng Tang estimated he weighed around 110 pounds, resembling a large praying mantis.
He had a good attitude and shook hands with the three leads.
"Today is just the opening ceremony, so everyone can meet and get acquainted with the set. We’ll start shooting in three days. But it’s best if everyone stays at the hotel in town and doesn’t go back to the city."
"You three should write a character analysis in the next two days. We’ll have a script read-through meeting the day after tomorrow, and then we’ll start shooting the day after that," the director said.
Sheng Tang: "..."
In a normal film, script read-through and character analysis are done before the start of shooting.
On the first day of shooting, to ensure good luck for the production or out of superstition, a few smooth takes are usually filmed, preferably completed in one go.
There had been no character analysis previously, so Sheng Tang thought the director didn’t follow that process.
Unexpectedly, this director didn’t care about filming on the first day and didn’t concern himself with the film’s luck, but he did hold a proper script read-through and character analysis meeting.
Next to her, the female lead Ai Xiao spoke up: "We have to write a character analysis?"
"Yes, whether it’s a film or a TV series, actors have to write character analyses and participate in script read-throughs, right?" the director said with a smile.
Sheng Tang found this director to be a formidable person.
On the surface, he was all smiles, but his words carried sharpness.
The female lead Ai Xiao pouted.
She had risen to fame through a somewhat unpopular talent show, gaining a small following, and had acted in two idol dramas, both as third female leads or similar roles.
She was very excited to get the lead role this time, but unfortunately, the pay was not even as high as her third lead roles. After reading the script and realizing it had no market potential, her enthusiasm plummeted.
She really didn’t want to write a character analysis.
She felt that being able to memorize her lines was already her showing dedication, what more could they ask for?
On the other hand, Sheng Tang, upon receiving the script, had memorized not only her own lines but also those of her partners in every scene, and had written over five thousand words of character analysis.