Chapter 798 - This Is Not Possible (1/2)

Chapter 798: This Is Not Possible

Before starting, Yuan Zhou closed his eyes and focused, preparing to put on a good show. However, he suddenly recalled the scene earlier when he got in close contact with a woman.

When the makeup artist was working on him earlier, he had his eyes shut yet could still feel the ice-cold touch of her hand. At that moment, he became nervous and his nerves tensed.

Yuan Zhou cheered himself, telling himself to remain calm. He was a person who had experienced much and seen the world. He had to stay calm.

However, if “experienced much” and “the world” were humans, they would point out that they had nothing to do with Yuan Zhou at all.

To distract himself from his nervousness, Yuan Zhou had listened to the sounds within his restaurant while the makeup artist was working on him. He waited for the crew to complete their preparations.

As this was a filming at a fixed location, the equipment did not need to be moved around too much. They only needed to set up the equipment at suitable spots.

Therefore, only slight thuds could be heard. After the assistant director, Qiu Qiu, spent a few additional minutes adjusting the equipment, they were done. The camera was lowered as they had learned from the two videos they made previously that the hands of a master of cooked wheaten food were comparable to the hands of a magician.

As for the lighting equipment, they were rather troublesome to set up. They tried setting them up on multiple spots but none were suitable.

Lighting was very important during filming even if this was only a promotional video. Xiao Longren had only started looking for spots for the lighting equipment after everyone else was done. Because of this, he was reprimanded by the director, Da Hai.

Why was the gaffer nicknamed Xiao Longren 1 ? It was because he had a horn on his head. Or to be precise, he had a tiny protrusion on his head. In any case, Da Hai, Qiu Qiu, Ah Ken, Xiao Longren, Bai Li, and Xiao Dao ultimately finished all their preparations.

The filming was starting.

Yuan Zhou opened his eyes and cast away the messy thoughts in his mind. His eyes were a curtain of peace and his complexion was calm. He gazed at the camera lens with an absolute calmness.

Prior to this, Director Da Hai wanted to say something but before he could say anything, he saw Yuan Zhou shutting his eyes. This rendered him speechless as he was at a loss of what to say.

And when Yuan Zhou reopened his eyes with absolute calmness, the director had a feeling that if he did not start filming right this instant, the atmosphere would be spoiled. Therefore, he gave up on talking and yelled at the script supervisor instead.

“Start,” Da Hai shouted.

“Master Records, first scene, first shot, action,” the script supervisor immediately clapped the clapperboard and started filming.

As the sound and visual effects would be added during the editing stage, apart from the sound of the camera being moved, the restaurant was in complete silence.

Yuan Zhou only gave the camera one glance before lowering his head and started working.

The filming was conducted in a strict environment, to the point it became infectious and caused the liquor customers to all hold their breath while watching. As for Da Hai, he was looking through the camera screen.

On the screen, Yuan Zhou’s expression was no longer as strict. Rather, he appeared at ease. His brows were relaxed yet his hands did not stop moving.

“Lower the camera angle, aim at his hands,” Da Hai said towards Qiu Qiu who was in charge of the camera.

Of course, there were others helping Qiu Qiu with his task as well. Although Qiu Qiu was known as the assistant director, this was a crew for promotional videos. The crew was tiny and a lot of tasks overlapped. Therefore, Qiu Qiu was also taking on the role of the cameraman. One other reason he was taking on this task was due to the good teamwork he had with Da Hai.

The moment he heard Da Hai, Qiu Qiu adjusted the camera angle and focused on Yuan Zhou’s hands.

All seven of them were busy, each doing their own tasks.

As the filming was conducted during the night, Yuan Zhou had long prepared the ingredients in advance. After all, the rice grains used here needed to be soaked for an entire day before they could be used.

Therefore, Yuan Zhou took out a porcelain bowl containing clear water and rice grains that filled about 80% of the bowl.

Each grain of rice was spotlessly white and glossy. The grains of rice were bloated from being soaked, looking white and fat.