I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

The last female lead, the role of the goddess in the play, Li Zhe originally wanted Sun Wanning to play. She is the most beautiful, and her clean and fresh temperament is very consistent with the role.

But she was not interested in acting and didn't want to act.

Sun Wanning didn't want to play the role, and Li Zhe also considered other candidates, but they all felt unqualified.

Xiao Qiao can act, but Li Zhe doesn't want her to act.

He would not do anything stupid like training his girlfriend to act and send her to the entertainment industry.

After thinking about it, Li Zhe decided to talk to Sun Wanning again to see if he could convince her.

However, he did not talk to Sun Wanning alone. Instead, he invited Sun Wanning, Huo Mengyan and Luan Xiaolin to sit down and talk in a quiet place on the first floor of Mingyue Restaurant.

"Senior, have you ever thought about what you will do after graduation?" Li Zhe said this to Sun Wanning. She is his senior in her sophomore year.

"Maybe I will become a flight attendant. After all, I studied this major." Sun Wanning thought for a while and said.

"Then do you think your personality is suitable for the service industry?" Sun Wanning has an upright temperament. At first, Li Zhe suspected that she was faking it, but after several contacts, he found that it was not the case. She treats everyone the same.

"If you can't be a flight attendant, you can do something else."

Sun Wanning paused and said, "Li Zhe, just say what you want to say directly, no need to beat around the bush."

Li Zhe smiled and said, "I think you are quite suitable to be an actor. You can consider it."

This is not his opinion, but what Xing Boqing said. He was full of praise for Sun Wanning's appearance and said that she was born to be an actor.

"I'm not interested in acting, and I have never wanted to be an actor. Besides, the entertainment industry is not very chaotic." Sun Wanning shook her head

"Being an actor is the same as being a flight attendant. It's just a job. Whether you like it or not is not that important."

As Li Zhe spoke, he glanced at Sun Wanning, then at Huo Mengyan and Luan Xiaolin, "To be honest, if students from ordinary colleges like us don't have connections at home, it will be difficult for us to find a good job after graduation. You all have good looks, being an actor is a good path, and you just have a chance.”

"I will soon set up a small entertainment company and invest in making some online dramas and low-cost movies. If you really want to take this path in the future, you can sign up to be a small actor in my company. The income will be much more generous than working. If there’s nothing messy, I definitely won’t let you go drink with me or anything like that.”

"Of course, it's too early to say this now. I just want to say that now that you have this opportunity, you can try it. No one can say what you will do in the future."

When Li Zhe invests in the film and television industry in the future, he must sign some actors. He cannot always use actors from other companies to praise others.

After hearing this, Sun Wanning looked indifferent, but Luan Xiaolin next to her, her eyes flashed, apparently she had listened.

Seeing this, Li Zhe nodded to Sun Wanning, "Okay, senior sister, if you really have no idea, then forget it."

He thinks that Sun Wanning is very suitable for the role in the play, but it doesn't have to be her. Since she is really unwilling, then she can lower her standards and choose another one.

Sun Wanning suddenly chuckled, "Li Zhe, you told me so much, don't you just want me to take over this role? Okay, I agree!"

She paused and said, "But just this once."

When Li Zhe heard this, he immediately understood that his rhetoric did not impress Sun Wanning at all.

But why did she agree?

After Sun Wanning agreed, all the starring candidates were confirmed, and the filming of the web drama "What's Up About Online Dating" officially started.

The crew and equipment were extremely rudimentary.

The only official staff are director Xing Boqing and two employees Li Zhe brought from the company, and the rest are part-time students.

The only shooting equipment was a high-definition digital camera, a windproof directional microphone with a hand-held pole line, a photography light, two reflectors, and a small van filming van.

The 28th was a Friday and there were classes in the morning, so the crew started filming in the afternoon.

The first scene was shot in the dormitory, where Li Zhe, Yang Hao and Cheng Xiang played "Dancing Hall" in the dormitory.

The filming location was Li Zhe’s dormitory 406.

In the dormitory, in addition to director Xing Boqing, two employees of the company, and the three actors Li Zhe, Yang Hao, and Cheng Xiang, Xiao Qiao, Bai Wei, Liu Kaiyue, Zhang You, and He Zhigang were also part-time crew members.

In addition, I discovered that Li Zhe and the others were filming, and many students came to watch. The door was full of people.

After simply tidying up and decorating the dormitory, I set up the camera and got ready to shoot.

There is no costume, makeup, or prop staff.

The actors had to prepare their own costumes, and girls such as Liu Kaiyue, Bai Wei, and Zhang You were asked to help with makeup. Everything was extremely crude.

The crew was cobbled together, there were no professional filming staff, and the actors were all students without any acting experience, so filming was much more difficult than expected.

After rehearsing four or five times before shooting, everyone was finally familiar with the shooting process and felt a little better.

Only then did director Xing Boqing announce the start of filming.

The first scene was filmed when Li Zhe, Yang Hao and Cheng Xiang were playing "Dandan Tang" in their dormitory. Yang Hao and Cheng Xiang made a bet to get out of singles and made a date with a female netizen in the game.

Cheng Xiang, who was not confident about his appearance, asked Li Zhe to help him meet the female netizen.

The scene was very simple and had been rehearsed over and over again, but when it came to filming, things went wrong one after another and it took three takes.

Next, the crew went outdoors to film the scene where Sun Wanning appeared.

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On the first day of filming, the filming lasted until about 8 o'clock in the evening. The entire crew finally got into the mood and the filming started a little faster.

Then, we filmed for two more days on Saturday and Sunday, and finally finished filming the first episode of "Photo Fraud", which lasted for more than ten minutes.

As a very low-cost short film web drama, the actors are all amateurs. Li Zhe and Xing Boqing also have very low performance requirements, as long as the actors' performances are passable.

So the filming progress is pretty fast.

Li Zhe calculated the cost. A day's shooting for the leading role ranges from 30 to 60 yuan, depending on the role, 10 to 20 yuan for supporting roles, and free guest appearances for passerby characters.

The subsidy for being on camera is a bit low, but it’s not particularly low. After all, working as an extra for a day now only costs 30-40 yuan. Besides, for many students, just being on camera is enough, let alone having money to earn it. .

In addition, Liu Kaiyue, Zhang You, He Zhigang and others who help on the crew also receive a daily subsidy of 30 yuan.

Including food and other miscellaneous expenses, the cost of shooting in two and a half days was about 2,500 yuan.

Calculated according to this standard, a total of 50,000 yuan will be needed to shoot 20 episodes.

Of course, the first episode was shot more slowly and cost more, but the meeting was shot faster, which would save some money.

50,000 yuan plus the director's remuneration and equipment investment, the total cost should be around 90,000 yuan.

The Sony HXR-NX5C high-definition camera alone cost 27,000. This camera is considered relatively professional and can be used to shoot some professional short films.

As for the minivan filming van, it was a company car and was not included in the filming cost.