It's August.

The preliminary preparations for "Nirvana in Fire" have been completed and production has officially started.

In the first scene of filming, the 80-year-old teacher Zheng Zhihua was invited to play the role of the Empress Dowager.

Mr. Zheng Zhihua was born in Eastern Opera. He has been in film for 60 years and has appeared in many movies and plays. He is a national first-class actor.

An old artist like this no longer needs to take on roles for money.

If you want to hire her to film a movie, you need a good script and a good crew.

Fang Xing also asked many veteran artists from the National Theater to find teacher Zheng Zhihua to play the role of the Empress Dowager in "Nirvana in Fire".

In "Nirvana in Fire", "Mei Changsu" played by Fang Xing, was originally "Lin Shu".

"Lin Shu"'s biological mother is the biological sister of Emperor Daliang.

In terms of kinship, Emperor Daliang was actually "Lin Shu's" uncle.

Therefore, the empress dowager played by teacher Zheng Zhihua is actually the great-grandmother of "Lin Shu".

She will appear in the second episode of "Nirvana in Fire". When she appears, she is a silver-haired old lady with a kind face and kind eyes, who loves all her great-grandchildren.

Since Teacher Zheng Zhihua is 80 years old, he is not suitable to stay with the group for a long time.

Therefore, Fang Xing prioritized filming her scenes.

Anyway, the entire crew is arranged according to her time.

When filming the first scene, Fang Xing prepared to shoot the scene where "Lin Shu" enters the palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

This scene is very important and will directly establish the love-hate emotions expressed by "Lin Shu".

The plot of this scene is that "Lin Shu" returns to the imperial capital of Daliang as a Qilin scholar.

The Empress Dowager summons him, and then "Lin Shu" will also meet the "Princess Nihuang" who is in love with him.

However, "Lin Shu" is no longer the "Lin Shu" he used to be. He has changed beyond recognition and no one recognizes him.

This morning.

The crew held a start-up ceremony.

Later, Fang woke up and went to the dressing room to chat with teacher Zheng Zhihua.

Zheng Zhihua's costume is almost ready, she just needs to change into the costume of the Queen Mother to start shooting.

"Teacher Zheng, did you have a good rest last night?" Fang Xing came in and asked with concern.

"It's good. Actually, I don't have to stay in such a good hotel. We used to sleep in tents when we were shooting outdoor scenes in the mountains." Zheng Zhihua waved her hand, feeling that the hotel arranged by the crew was so good that she was even a bit uncomfortable.

In the film and television industry, the hotels arranged by the crew for actors have different specifications.

From the beginning, Fang Xing told the assistant director in charge of actors' accommodation to arrange the best hotel for Zheng Zhihua.

After the pleasantries, Fang Xing got down to the topic: "Teacher, have you read the script?"

It's normal for people to have presbyopia at this age, so you don't necessarily have to read the script.

Fang Xing had already decided that if she didn't read the script, he would tell the scene on the spot.

For an old artist like Zheng Zhihua, he can also perform well while speaking on the spot.

Besides, the Empress Dowager doesn't have many scenes and doesn't have many lines.

Although there are not many lines, each line contains a lot of information. If you are not an old artist like Zheng Zhihua, it will be difficult to perform effectively.

Zheng Zhihua nodded and replied: "I have seen it. I can read the script with reading glasses, and my granddaughter also read the script to me. Director Fang, don't worry."

"No, no, no, just call me Xiao Fang." Fang Xing did not dare to receive such a formal title from an old artist.

"It's all trivial, let's not stick to trivial matters." Zheng Zhihua waved his hand, very kindly.

"Teacher Zheng, today is the first scene of the filming. Let's get off to a good start, so let's talk a little bit about the scene?" Fang Xing said.

"You tell me, I'll listen." Zheng Zhihua nodded.

Fang Xing told teacher Zheng Zhihua his ideas for shooting today's first scene.

After the lecture, the costume team came over to change teacher Zheng Zhihua's clothes.

Fang Xing went to the palace where the set was set and prepared to start filming.

Zhang Yigao and several assistant directors and cameramen have already arranged the camera positions.

After Teacher Zheng Zhihua changed into the clothes of the Empress Dowager, she sat behind the desk in the palace.

Fang Xing had also finished putting on makeup and put on a long gown.

After waiting for the record to be recorded, Fang Xing took Fei Liu and stepped forward to see the Empress Dowager.

As soon as Teacher Zheng Zhihua saw "Mei Changsu" played by Fang Xing, his face lit up with joy. He stretched out his hand to wave and called: "Xiao Shu, come here, come to Grandma."

As soon as these words came out, everyone else present looked slightly surprised.

However, there are many things worth studying in this title.

Because now the character played by Fang Xing has three identities. The first identity is "Lin Shu", but "Lin Shu" "died" in Meiling twelve years ago.

The second identity is "Mei Changsu", the leader of Jiangzuo Alliance.

The third identity is "Su Zhe". He came to the capital of Daliang under the pseudonym "Su Zhe" for convenience.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager's "Xiao Shu" can also be understood as "Xiao Su".

There was no change in expression on Fang Xing's face, because his current identity was "Mei Changsu" and people could not know that he was "Lin Shu", Marshal Chiyan.

However, Fang Xing still showed a hint of touch in his eyes, and then he stepped forward to salute.

Teacher Zheng Zhihua held Fang Xing's hand, and the love in his eyes overflowed: "Xiao Shu, you have lost weight."

Fang Xing's face was moved again, but he tried his best to hide it.

Because in the play, the identity of "Lin Shu" cannot be exposed, otherwise he will be killed.

At this time.

"Yue Guifei" was joking from the sidelines.

The Empress Dowager, played by Zheng Zhihua, did not go to see the "Yue Guifei". She picked up a snack and handed it to Fang Xing's hand: "Xiao Shu, eat it, this is your favorite."

And this snack is actually "Lin Shu's" favorite.

After taking the first shot, Fang Xing was completely shocked by the performance of the old artist in front of him.

For a moment just now, Fang Xing really thought that the old lady in front of him really loved him, and that love was reflected in her eyes.

Fang Xing was even suppressed by this performance for a moment.

That's what acting is like. When an actor's performance ability is too strong, he will indeed suppress other actors.

This is also the case when many popular celebrities act in TV series, and the director requires the actors who are experienced actors to restrain their acting skills.

Because veteran actors with strong acting skills can really suppress popular stars into having no sense of existence when they are acting.

However, popular celebrities are basically the leading actors in TV series.

If the lead actor is so suppressed that he has no sense of existence, then the show will basically be over.

Therefore, many directors will take the initiative to ask talented actors to be a little more relaxed when playing opposite popular stars.

Fang Xing is also a character who has touched the ceiling of musicals. His acting skills are not bad, but at that moment, he was actually affected by teacher Zheng Zhihua's performance.

So much so that just before Zhang Yi shouted "Ka", an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.

"Teacher Zheng is so awesome."

After finishing this shot, Fang Xing applauded and praised.

"When I watched your TV series, I thought you were very good. I just showed my true skills and you were able to catch them. It was really comfortable to film like this." Zheng Zhihua was also very happy.

One of the reasons why she was willing to take on "Nirvana in Fire" was that she had seen "Kurst" and "The Pretender" and thought it would be fun to play opposite Fang Xing.

Old artists like Zheng Zhihua no longer need to take roles just for the sake of taking roles.

If the director of a production crew asks her to restrain her acting skills when performing, then the play will not be interesting.

In the first scene, Zheng Zhihua acted freely and let out everything in his mind about what the scene wanted to show.

Originally, she was not sure whether Fang Xing could catch it, but after the performance, she was surprised to find that not only could Fang Xing catch it, but his micro-expressions during the scene even gave her a lot of surprises.

"I'm going to check the monitor. The teacher will take a rest first."

Fang Xing was not sure whether the shot he just took would work, because in the last shot, he was actually emotionally touched by Teacher Zheng Zhihua, and the emotions shown were more than expected.

Walking to the monitor, Fang Xing and Zhang Yigao watched the replay of the video they had just taken.

In the last shot, there was indeed a glint in Fang Xing's eyes. This release of emotion was not part of the original plan.

Because in this scene, the protagonist must hide the identity of "Lin Shu", otherwise he will be killed.

Therefore, when meeting your great-grandmother, you should not show your "Lin Shu" emotions.

After Fang Xing watched the replay, he hesitated.
To be continued...