The Creator of the Second Dimension

When he got home, Zheng Weijie took off his coat, which was slightly stained with fireworks, and his wife poured him a cup of tea.

"Well, I didn't drink today."

Zheng Weijie took a sip of hot tea and put it down.

"What barbecue did you have tonight?"

The wife smelled the smell of cumin on the clothes, and felt a little strange. Most of Zheng Weijie's previous entertainments were accompanied by investors and actors to high-end restaurants for a big meal, but he never saw a barbecue.

"Yes, I had barbecue with Mr. Xu."

Zheng Weijie nodded.

"Your new boss is really a bit strange."

His wife helped Zheng Weijie prepare a change of clothes and joked.

"yes."

After taking a hot bath, Zheng Weijie was lying on the sofa while his wife was watching a popular idol drama. Their child had just started kindergarten and had already fallen asleep. When Zheng Weijie's film and television company was acquired, he thought he It was time to return to the days of poverty, but the subsequent changes were unexpected. At least for now, it seemed that he did have new work to complete.

Zheng Weijie's mind was not ordinary, he recalled some ideas that Xu Rui told himself at night.

"Barbecue is something that almost everyone has eaten, whether it is the rich or ordinary people, from snacks to adults, it is the most common food."

Jumping forward a little two hours, Xu Rui said to Zheng Weijie in a barbecue restaurant in the backstreet of Ningjiang University near Fantastic Animation.

In front of them is a barbecue on a stainless steel plate. From the most basic kebabs to grilled pork belly, baked potato chips to grilled baby dishes, they ordered almost all the varieties in the store.

Since they had to drive at night, neither of them drank any alcohol, but used the store's glass bottle of soy milk instead.

"I think the entry point is very important when shooting a food documentary. If the audience sees this film, they will have a feeling, oh, I have seen it before, and then go deeper from here to gradually discover the story behind it."

Xu Rui ate a bunch of mutton skewers and said to Zheng Weijie.

"I think the theme of barbecue is very good, very close to the people, but there is a problem, Mr. Xu, I feel that the barbecue stalls in the whole country seem to be similar, basically they are kebabs, and it is okay to shoot one episode. I want to shoot more. Collection, I feel that the material is not enough.”

Zheng Weijie looked at the soy milk in the glass bottle and said his opinion.

"Even if the story behind it is different, but the food is always repeated, and the audience will get bored watching it."

Zheng Weijie was surprised when he mentioned barbecue as an entry point. He thought it was a good idea at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that there are not many shots that can be shot.

According to Xu Rui, this is a documentary with 30 to 40 minutes per episode and a total of 5 to 6 episodes. It only relies on barbecue to support so much content. Zheng Weijie can't imagine how to make a shooting outline.

You can't start from raising sheep, and take pictures all the way to make mutton skewers, or take pictures of lamb skewers with different flavors?

"Do you have any ideas?"

Xu Rui didn't answer, but asked back, but judging from his expression, it seemed that he already knew what he was thinking, and he just wanted to ask Zheng Weijie's thoughts, which was more like an assessment rather than a simple question.

"Uh, I'm not very familiar with documentaries, but according to the routine of other documentaries, it should start from geography, that is, barbecues in various places, then food sources, such as seafood and ingredients on land, and finally stories of different styles, joy and anger Sadness like this"

Zheng Weijie analyzed according to his own understanding and the mode of the documentary he had watched before.

During this period, Xu Rui just listened quietly, and ate two skewers of barbecue by the way.

From time to time, there are students coming together, some sat down and ordered two bottles of beer, some stood in front of the stall waiting to be baked and taken away, and some were alone, just eating on their own, and there was no loneliness a feeling of.

"This idea is very academic, but I think it's a bit rigid."

Xu Rui waited until Zheng Weijie finished speaking before expressing his opinion.

"If this is a documentary broadcast on a TV station, then there should be no problem with this production idea, which is very orthodox, but our platform is the Internet, the Hatsune Video Network, and when the audience is watching, there will be a lot of barrage, so we You also have to consider the barrage, and even when making it, you have to add some small elements that can cause barrage."

Hearing Xu Rui's explanation, Zheng Weijie suddenly recalled that the main platform of the Phantom Media where he is now is China's first barrage video website, which has a unique interactive method of barrage. Thinking about it this way, Then the conventional serious-based documentary mode seems to be a little less interesting.

"Like, a cat."

Seeing that Zheng Weijie was digesting what he said, Xu Rui continued.

"Everyone likes cats very much, and all kinds of cats are also very cute. In China, it is normal to raise cats, especially in the catering industry. Raising cats is a good fortune. We can intersperse some cat shots when shooting, which can be seen Among the crowd of barbecues, it gives the audience fresh visual stimulation."

Zheng Weijie thought for a while, only to realize that this idea was not proposed from the perspective of shooting techniques, but from a psychological level, through interesting things that do not affect the main line to relieve the fatigue of watching similar scenes for a long time.

There is something about this Xu Rui.

"I think, when we shoot barbecue, we can start with the order of ordering."

Xu Rui took a sip of soy milk, then explained.

"First of all, there are meat dishes, all kinds of mutton skewers, beef skewers, pork belly skewers, this is the first episode, and then, the second episode, eat some special barbecue, such as offal, to highlight the novelty, the third episode is about it I’m tired of vegetarian dishes, take a break, and eat something that has texture and chewiness. This is the fourth episode, followed by gnawing bones, chicken wings and pig’s trotters, and the fifth episode is also available. The last one is the sixth episode. Zheng Zheng Director, what do you think of this idea?"

His statement was very casual and not formal at all, but Zheng Weijie could follow Xu Rui's words and imagine some scenes.

It is the fat lamb simmering on the smoky barbecue grill, the roasted leeks decorated with chili and cumin, the chewy beef tendon, and the city scene that can be seen every night.

It is not classified by the source of ingredients, processing methods, etc., but by the order of ordering. One episode is like a dish, and it is indeed quite a novel idea.

And this is in line with what Xu Rui said about the relaxed and happy atmosphere in the Internet, with a beginning and an end, and the form is scattered but the spirit is not scattered.

"That's a good idea."

Zheng Weijie was not out of flattery, but said from the bottom of his heart. After Xu Rui mentioned it, he seemed to have some ideas, and he wished he could start filming immediately.

But barbecue is best in summer, beside the road, with cold beer, a few friends eating, drinking and chatting, counting the preparation work, they will not start the official shooting until May and June at the very least.

And estimate the post-editing, production, and then match a certain season, when the documentary is officially broadcast, it may have to wait another summer.

Thinking of this, Zheng Weijie asked again.

"The name of this documentary, do you have any ideas?"

"What about this?"

Hearing this, Xu Rui gently put the bamboo stick that had eaten the meat in his hand on the side of the baking pan.

"Why don't we just call it... How about a string of life?"