Qiu Ming called a car, spent twenty yuan, and rushed back to the crew's filming location.

There are very few taxis in this place, and it is difficult to find online taxis. The car Qiu Ming stopped at random on the roadside was a black cab.

The driver was very talkative. As soon as Qiu Ming got in the car, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation, such as, "What do you do, young man?" and "The place you are going to is a filming location. You are a crew member."

Are they from there?", "Which crew are they?" and so on.

Qiu Ming said what he should say and never said too much what he shouldn't. He chatted with the driver at every turn.

When the driver brother heard that Qiu Ming was from the crew of "I Want to Take You on a Travel", he got excited. While holding the steering wheel with one hand, he reached out and took out a business card from the side, and handed it to Qiu Ming.

"Handsome guy, please help me. I'll see if your crew has any scenes suitable for me. Call me anytime."

While he was talking, the driver turned around and smiled coquettishly at Qiu Ming.

Then, the car also twisted, which frightened Qiu Ming.

"You drive seriously, drive seriously..."

Qiu Ming hurriedly took the business card to prevent the driver from getting into trouble and catching him.

The driver turned around, straightened the steering wheel, and said with a smile: "It's okay, handsome guy. I drive very steadily. I have the skills passed down from my ancestors, so nothing will happen to me."

Qiu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at the business card, and blinked: "Feng Xiaotian... Tsk, brother, your name is quite powerful."

"Stage name, stage name... it's funny."

The driver scratched his nose with his hand and explained: "My real name is Feng Gou, which is a bit unpleasant...so I asked the master to give me such a name."

Feng Gou, Feng Gou, Feng Gou...

Mad dog?!

It does sound a bit unpleasant.

Qiu Ming recited it silently twice and realized the true meaning of the name. He finally understood the driver's brother's stage name.

The driver brother Feng Xiaotian started to promote himself: "Little handsome guy, to tell you the truth, driving is not my main job. I usually only drive when I have nothing to do. My main job is actually

He's an actor, well, he's a certified, third-level actor registered with the local Screen Actors Guild... To be honest, if your crew really needs someone, just call me. He can live a good life, can endure hardship, and the price is cheap..."

Qiu Ming couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Just now you were talking about your ancestral driving skills. How come you became an actor in the blink of an eye?

After the driver brother's eloquent introduction was almost complete, Qiu Ming said: "I am just an errand boy in the crew. I don't have much say in matters arranged by actors, so I probably can't be of much help."

The driver brother was not disappointed when he heard this. He just smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. We met today and are friends. If it doesn't work this time, just try next time. As long as you have a chance, handsome guy, just think of me. That's the same for me."

It means casting a wide net, so you don’t have to bear any psychological burden."

After a slight pause, he patted his chest grandly and said, "Well, little handsome guy, I'll treat you this time for nothing, and I don't have to pay you."

"How embarrassing..."

Qiu Ming is not someone who likes to take advantage, because his grandfather told him since he was a child not to take free things.

"It's okay, little handsome guy, you're welcome...well, yes, I still don't know what to call you?"

The driver was very enthusiastic and the car seemed to go much faster.

Qiu Ming thought for a while and said his name.

"Qiu Ming, what a good name. This name is good and the future is bright. Not bad!"

The driver is a good chatterer, a mild social bull, and he comes with nice words casually, without any delay at all.

Qiu Ming didn't correct him. After chatting for a while, the car arrived at its destination. He left twenty yuan to the driver, opened the door and got out of the car.

When Qiu Ming walked in, he happened to meet Hu Di and the leader of the theater staff coming out. As soon as they saw Qiu Ming, they pulled him away and said as they walked: "Quick, help me, the prop company is calling.

, there are two pieces of equipment that cannot come temporarily, and Director Guo is waiting to use them, tsk, it really made me miserable."

Qiu Ming had no choice but to follow Hu Di and the stage manager and leave in a hurry.

On the street, the driver brother did not leave immediately, but happened to see Hu Di and Qiu Ming leaving while talking.

After observing the intimate state of Hu Di and Qiu Ming for a while, when they walked away, the driver brother lowered his head and glanced at the money Qiu Ming dropped, and couldn't help but whisper to himself: "He is a very particular person."

After saying that, he stuffed the money into his pocket and drove off.

…

Most of the props of the crew are rented, and now they pay attention to cost control. There is no longer the so-called building a city for one scene in the past.

Moreover, some photographic equipment is not just a camera as ordinary people understand it, but also includes lighting groups, moving groups, etc. The maintenance, repair, installation, and disassembly of these things are all technical tasks.

To be more serious, every screw on the machine is of a different model. How and where to insert each wire is very particular. If a part is broken, what can be used as a spare or replacement?

It's all a matter

If it weren't for the equipment company's dedicated crew, lighting crew, and gun crew, no one on the crew would be able to handle these things.

If there is an accident with the equipment, the entire crew will be shut down. This is definitely not what the producers and investors want to see.

The current situation of the props market is that those professional talents have been cultivated by the equipment and props companies for many years. They are "masters of the market" and cannot and cannot be allowed to change jobs easily.

Some crews are indeed rich, but money can only buy equipment, but not such great talent.

Therefore, finding a trustworthy prop company to rent equipment is what every crew must do.

The prop company that the crew of "I Want to Take You on a Travel" found is a relatively large company, and it is second to none among the large and small prop companies in film and television cities.

However, although large companies are good, they are not completely immune to problems.

Just like this time, the company's business was too busy and the equipment it had rented out before was not recycled in time. As a result, they were unable to deliver the equipment on the day the crew of "I Want to Take You on a Travel" agreed to use it.

Hu Di was specifically responsible for this, so he had no choice but to come to the door to urge him.

“Today our scene must have this DOLLY car, but now you suddenly say it doesn’t exist, what should we do?

Now the entire crew is waiting for you, why don't you give me an explanation?

Also, what's going on with these lights? It was agreed that there would be twenty 6K headlights. Now you just cut them in half and only give me ten. How do I use them?

For a company as big as yours, you can't do things so unreliably. Why don't you give me a more precise explanation?

What's the point of procrastinating..."

Hu Di was very excited. This kind of thing suddenly hit him on the head, which was enough to make him drink a pot.

Even if we can't take pictures today, it's only temporary and can only be postponed for a while.

The problem is that the prop company has said that it may not work tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, which is very annoying.

We can't stop the whole crew and wait for the equipment from the prop company. People eat horse chews every day, and it's all about money.

So Hu Di could only argue with the props company. Anyway, they had the right to deal with it. If they argued with each other, the props company might be able to find a solution.

"We really have no choice, Director Hu, do you think we can delay it for two days? It really only takes two days. As soon as the DOLLY car and headlights are returned, we will notify you immediately. How about it?"

People in the prop company are also in a difficult situation. Recently, there are many film crews in the nearby film and television city, and many equipments have been rented out. The supply simply exceeds the demand.

Moreover, the situation of each crew is different. After the equipment was sent out, they were not able to return it in time, which made them miserable.

The two sides just kept arguing, and the matter made no progress at all.

Qiu Ming listened on the side and recalled his previous revised shooting plan. There were indeed several very important scenes this week that needed to be shot on location.

The romance between the male and female protagonists heats up and the relationship is finally confirmed, all depends on this scene.

In urban dramas of this youthful emotion genre, this kind of drama is the highlight.

If it's done well, the show will be good to watch, but if it's not done well, the show will be boring. It can really be said to be the difference between "one thought of heaven and one thought of hell".

Therefore, according to the requirements of the shooting plan, the crew needed to prepare a lot of lights in advance, and also had a DOLLY car to follow and shoot several shots, which were indispensable.

Now there is no DOLLY car and there are not enough headlights. Basically, these scenes cannot be filmed at all.

Listening to the arguments between Hu Di and the people from the prop company, Qiu Ming naturally thought: I wonder if these things can be replaced?

At this moment, the system prompt came out again, asking him if he wanted to use plan modification.

Qiu Ming was startled. Can plan modification be used in this situation?

However, after hesitating for a moment, he quickly chose to refuse to use it.

Just kidding, although he has made several "plan modifications" during this period of time, since the "600,000 songs" incident, he has had a deep personal experience of the value of system props.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to waste a "plan modification" here.

However, because the idea of ​​​​"replacement" was activated by the system prompt, he had an idea, played the Hu flute, and asked: "Brother Hu, they don't have the DOLLY car and 6K headlights now, can they find other things to replace them with?"

, let us use it for two days first. When these two days are over and their equipment comes back, then they can notify us to replace it."

Hu Di thought about it and felt that Qiu Ming's words made sense. After hearing this, he directly asked the people at the prop company.

In fact, the main reason is that Qiu Ming's performance during this period is "amazing", so Hu Di attaches great importance to Qiu Ming's opinion. When he heard Qiu Ming say this, he didn't think much about it at all. He just treated it as a dead horse and tried to treat it as a live doctor.

Just ask someone at the prop company.

When the people from the prop company heard this, they hesitated and said, "We really don't have the DOLLY car you originally ordered, but we do have a larger one. I don't know if you can use it, and the price is much more expensive."

In addition, we really don’t have any 6K headlights. You have already taken twenty headlights before. Adding these ten, I think it is enough for makeshift use... Well, but if you really want it, 9K headlights

We still have twenty, I wonder if you can use them."
To be continued...