445 Dark Cuisine (1/2)
Chapter 445: Dark Cuisine
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Two buses and several cars drove one after another to the outdoor location designated by the Dog Warrior crew. The door opened. When the other people had gotten out, Zhang Zian took Famous and the two police dogs out of the car.
After the last sequence of training scenes were shot in the small gray courtyard of the Studio in this morning, most of the crew members had been transferred here to begin shooting the next sequence of shots. The equipment that wouldn't be used for shooting these scenes would be delivered later.
Feng Xuan clapped in front of the crew. When the crowd became quiet, he encouraged them, ”Well done, everyone. Starting this afternoon, the film will enter a new stage, a more difficult stage. I hope everyone can try their best to make progress together, and I hope the senior crew members can help the new staff. Let's work hard to successfully complete the film!”
Everyone applauded.
Feng Xuan glanced around. ”Good! Now, let's all perform our duties and get everything set up. I will go check on your work after lunch, then we will begin shooting! Dismissed!”
Most of the staff in the crew were experienced and knew what to do. They scattered immediately and went to their own positions. The lighting group went to arrange the lights, the extras went back to the buses, waiting for makeup. A few minor celebrities, including Lin Feng, remained in the car. Feng Xuan went to discuss the placement of the cameras with the cinematographers. Only a few newcomers, such as Zhang Zian, were befuddled and didn't know what to do. However, he remembered Xu Junyu's advice—if he didn't know what he should do, he should do nothing rather than disturb everyone else's work. So, holding the three German Shepherds, he found a stone in the shape of a millstone and sat down, watching others, busy with their work.
He had read today's script many times. Comparing what he had read to the layout of the outdoor location, he had learned which parts of the scenes would occur today. In the script, the enemies and the border control police officers would have a gunfight from behind two piles of stones. The police dogs would come out from the side, then creep through the weeds to ambush the enemies. Feng Xuan was telling the art designers to rearrange the positions of the two piles of stones because there were a few stones blocking the camera, making the camera unable to get the best angle.
As he watched, Zhang Zian's eyes locked in on one person—Guan Biao. He was sitting on another stone two or three hundred meters away. He was leisurely bowing his head to play on his mobile phone with very relaxed facial expression.
Guan Biao had come before most of them, and Zhang Zian was a bit worried that he would play some dirty tricks. However, after carefully studying the script, Zhang Zian felt that there was no chance for Guan Biao to do anything bad because there were no blasting scene in today's scenes. At best, there would be the bursting of blood packs hidden under the actors' clothes after being shot, which were irrelevant to dogs.
What made Zhang Zian even more worried were the scenes where Famous, along with several other dogs, crossed through the minefields a few days later. But by then, the new pyrotechnician should have already replaced Guan Biao. Currently, only Guan Biao was in the dark.
Guan Biao had not moved for a while, so Zhang Zian also took out his own cell phone. Above the checkout counter in his pet shop, a surveillance camera had been installed. Through the mobile app, he could view the situation near the storefront, and could hear what was happening through the microphone. He saw that Lu Yiyun was engaged in painting. Whenever there were customers, she would chat with them a little bit, deftly handling checkout and membership cards, and answer any frequently asked questions raised by the customers. After the customers left, she would continue painting.
Wang Qian and Li Kun were also in the shop to help. They couldn't be seen from the checkout counter, but occasionally, he could see them carrying things for the customers, and passing through the checkout.
After a while, Uncle Li delivered the lunchboxes for the three employees, and left them on the checkout counter. He left after saying a few words to Lu Yiyun. Lu Yiyun gestured for Wang Qian and Li Kun, and the two of them took their lunch into the room to eat. Zhang Zian felt assured that everything was running normally in the pet shop.
Lu Yiyun looked up at the computer screen, then clicked the mouse a few times. A new article was shared on the official WeChat account of the pet shop. Zhang Zian's cell phone immediately received the notification about the update.
She explained in the article that because the manager was assisting Binhai Studio in shooting a movie, he would be relatively busy for a while. She hoped that the customers who wanted to watch the kittens dance would remain patient. Their dreams would come true when the manager had more free time. Also, the customers were encouraged to subscribe to the official account.
A lot of the comments under the article were from the audience of Snowy's live broadcast. They joked and asked if the gay store manager had finally decided to make pornography. If not, why would he have disappeared from the shop exactly while a gay porn star was visiting China? And then a lot of people replied, saying that the store manager must have bent over to sacrifice his a**hole and the like.
Just when Zhang Zian wanted to leave a message to clarify his reputation, his phone received a WeChat message. When he opened it, he found that it was sent by Luo Qingyu, the president of the photography club of Binhai University.
Luo Qingyu: ”I learnt from the official account that you are helping shooting a film in a crew? Which crew is that?”
Zhang Zian thought for a moment. It seemed there was no need for him to keep this matter confidential, so he immediately replied: ”The Dog Warrior crew. We are currently shooting in the wilderness.”
Luo Qingyu: ”Any famous stars?”
Zhang Zian: ”No, the most famous star is Lin Feng.”
Luo Qingyu: ”Oh, it's him. Does the crew need more photographers? I would like to try. I don't mind being an assistant to the photographers or working without pay. I want to work in the film and television industry in the future.”