Passerby's Guide to Eating Watermelons

Chapter 25 Modern World 25: Short Play Success

"As an ordinary residential area, let it look like an ordinary residential area. Some communities are really not ordinary at all!"

Zuo Zhizhi shrugged, "Actually, they're all pretty much the same!"

"Huh?~"

Facing the crew's questions, Zuo Zhizhi immediately agreed, "I think everything is ok!"

The last case was about a factory. Zuo Zhizhi used the factory in Xu Mingzhu's family that was used for rough processing of imported jade.

As the top priority of the case and also the moment when the final story is revealed, Xu Mingzhu finally finished filming and can wait here all day.

Xu Mingzhu's campus drama had just finished filming, so she rushed here immediately. Before she started to complain about being tired, Zuo Zhizhi hugged her and started crying.

"I'm so exhausted! Directing and acting in my own film isn't something a normal person can accomplish! Why do I have to make all the decisions in the world? I should have just hired a few more actors! Why did I have to take this gamble?"

Then Zuo Zhizhi started complaining about everything non-stop. Although there was nothing wrong with the venue, there were big changes in the personnel.

After all, they were all students shooting the lighting, and there were occasional problems with the sound recording, which required redoing the process over and over again.

The most important thing is that you need to direct and act in the film yourself. There are many scenes that you can't see at all. If you are not careful, they will be out of the picture and need to be re-shot.

"This is the last time. I never want to do this again!"

Listening to Zuo Zhizhi's painful oath, Xu Mingzhu could only helplessly comfort her, "Okay, okay, isn't this play almost finished?"

But you absolutely cannot believe what Zuo Zhizhi says.

You say every day that this is the last time you’ll do something stupid, but won’t you still do it the next time you do something stupid?

Fortunately, after such a long time, the TV series was finally completed smoothly. Although there is still a lot of post-production work to be done, more than half of it has been completed.

Although this detective drama looks very simple, with only 4 cases, there is a hidden case among these 4 cases, which is the truth behind the heroine's resignation from the police force.

After graduating from the police academy, the heroine successfully entered the relevant department, but she fell during a murder case and destroyed important evidence.

Although she knew that she fell for no reason and must have been framed by someone else, she had no evidence and could only leave her job indefinitely.

In the four cases that occurred this time, the deceased in each case was the instigator at the time.

In these four cases, the villains carefully selected and found the murderers after conducting detailed investigations into their relevant experiences. They hated these people so much that they wanted to take action themselves.

A slight provocation led to these four murders.

It was not until all four cases came to an end that the heroine discovered that there was an invisible driving force behind the case.

What were originally separate homicide cases were unexpectedly linked together, constituting the crime of incitement.

At the end of the story, the heroine successfully found the villain through clues.

It turns out that the villain is the daughter of the victim who was killed in that case. Although the four people have no connection, they have the same online chat group.

They used a series of coincidences to cause the infamous arson case of that year.

This resulted in the deaths of many people in the villa and made the villain an orphan.

After years of searching, we finally learned the truth of what happened back then. Unfortunately, the events were too secretive and there was no evidence to prove what they did.

But how could she watch these four people live a carefree life with the money they stole from her family? So the villain decided to take revenge in his own way.

At the end of the story, the heroine finally cleared herself of suspicion, because she was originally a victim. She fell into a coma for no reason simply because she drank a drink with drugs added to it and fell to the ground.

Even the evidence that was erased was done by these four people.

Although it is a standard happy ending, it is still very sad, especially the portrayal of the villain, which is very well done.

After finishing all the filming, Zuo Zhizhi immediately started editing the materials without stopping. Although it was still early, the sooner the better.

Although the same subject matter may have some advantages to a large extent, when two campus detective short dramas are broadcast in succession at a similar time, it is easy to imagine that the latter one may be at a disadvantage.

In order to prevent Tang Yurong from stealing the show, Zuo Zhizhi mobilized all her abilities and completed the editing as quickly as possible.

Because it was originally a short play, and with the help of editing while filming, and a lot of external help, it was completed successfully in a short time.

After completing a series of preparations, Zuo Zhizhi uploaded this self-made short play "Tracking" to the Internet without hesitation.

Although the performance was not very good at the beginning, after several rounds of fermentation, it also caused a wave of praise on the Internet.

Apart from anything else, Zuo Zhizhi's filming team alone is enough for everyone to talk about. Every scene and every location seems so special.

There is definitely an essential difference between a shoddy product and a carefully crafted genuine product!

Even if there are some minor flaws in the actors' performances, filming techniques, and editing techniques, the excellent story can completely cover up these shortcomings.

Zuo Zhizhi looked at the positive reviews online, raised her head proudly and said to Xu Mingzhu, "How is it? It's worth it to star in my play!"

Xu Mingzhu originally wanted to roll her eyes at her, but seeing how excited she was, she ran over to her side and patted her shoulders attentively, "Yes, yes, yes! Our talented Director Zuo is so amazing, don't forget me for your next drama!"

"Uh." Zuo Zhizhi paused immediately after saying this, "Let's talk about it in the next part."

Xu Mingzhu certainly knew what kind of person she was. After all, she was forced to shoot this drama. If she wanted to shoot the next one, she didn’t know when it would take!

My short play is completed, and the task from the school is also completed. After all, the popularity of this play has completely exceeded the school's task goals, and I have my graduation certificate in hand!

Although it wasn't a big problem originally, it was still very exciting to exceed expectations and achieve my goal.

But compared with Zuo Zhizhi's excitement, Tang Yurong's side seemed a little bleak.

Although Tang Yurong got the detective script from her senior and many students were willing to participate unconditionally, the filming was not limited to these two aspects.

Not to mention anything else, the venue, costumes, photographic equipment, post-production editing, staff, etc. are enough to give everyone a headache.

After all, they are just a few light words, but they represent countless money behind them.

Take the simplest venue rental as an example. If you want to shoot on someone else’s land, you have to ask them to stop work. However, every suspension of work represents financial loss, which is naturally impossible to reduce!