Chapter 76: Location Shooting

The ancient style street scenes of Jinli, the alley style of Kuanzhai Alley, the bustling business district of Chunxi Road, etc.

To make the photos have more of a life flavor, someone is needed to appear as an embellishment for certain daily scenes.

You are also a local, familiar with the old city area, and look good, so I wanted to invite you to be a model."

Liu Yifei didn't react for a moment, pinching her palm and stunned for a few seconds.

She subconsciously glanced at the camera bag Li Yan was carrying, then looked at the teaching materials placed by the table; she never expected that he would suddenly make such a shooting invitation.

Seeing her stunned, Li Yan continued: "In terms of remuneration, I will give it according to the shooting volume per day, about one thousand yuan, not exceeding eight hours.

If you need to run to the suburbs or shoot at night, and the time is extended, I will subsidize it separately.

The main thing is to let you present a natural state in the lens, such as walking on the old street, or watching a play at the entrance of a teahouse, etc.

It's not asking you to wear any strange costumes, of course, it's fine if you have good-looking clothes."

When Liu Yifei heard the remuneration of "one thousand a day," she was even more stunned.

She was just doing temporary part-time jobs during the summer break, and her salary plus subsidies were only around two hundred a day; it was not on the same level as Li Yan's remuneration at all.

She never expected that a "model" would have anything to do with her.

She smoothed her hair and said in a low voice a bit awkwardly: "But... I've never been a model either."

Li Yan shrugged: "The requirements are not high, you just need to appear naturally.

I will guide some movements, such as asking you to look at the scenery, sit on a teahouse chair to drink tea, etc., more to reflect the humanistic atmosphere, not to pose any professional poses.

You can just treat it as strolling in the city, and I will take pictures of various scenes."

Liu Yifei listened carefully, seemingly not that resistant, but still looked a bit hesitant.

Those fair and slender hands were behind her back, slightly twisting, Liu Yifei looked at the youth in front of her, and said a bit hesitantly.

"Hmm... okay, but I don't have that many clothes..."

If someone else made such a request, Liu Yifei would definitely refuse without hesitation.

But Li Yan was different after all; Liu Yifei looked at the youth in front of her and still agreed.

Li Yan smiled: "Don't worry about the clothing problem. If you don't have many in your wardrobe, I can buy or borrow clothes for you, or rent some with Sichuan elements or simple summer outfits.

Anyway, I'll be responsible for the budget, you don't have to spend money.

The main thing is whether you are willing to cooperate with me to run to various places to shoot, after all, it will take several days, and you must have enough time, don't conflict with your work here."

Liu Yifei remembered her summer part-time job, and the shift wasn't full; if he told her the itinerary in advance, she could still squeeze out a few days.

Thinking again that the remuneration Li Yan gave was indeed generous, one thousand a day, which was much more cost-effective than guarding here.

Moreover, Li Yan had helped her a lot before, and she also wanted to repay him.

She lowered her eyes for a long time, feeling a bit incredible, but she didn't exclude it in her heart, so she nodded: "Okay... I can try. It's just... I'm afraid I won't shoot well."

Li Yan laughed loudly: "Don't worry, you just need to be natural, leave the rest to me and post-processing.

There is one more point, this is our formal cooperation, so don't feel like you owe me anything.

The money I give is according to the industry market, absolutely not more."

He explained solemnly. "You are a local, so when shooting officially, you can also help me recognize the way and find characteristic street blocks, so as not to waste time."

Liu Yifei sipped air lightly, then raised her eyes to look at him slightly, her expression showing a mixture of nervousness and relief: "Since you've said so, I'm embarrassed not to help."

She imagined being shot in various scenes, but hadn't tried it, and didn't know if she would be restrained, but she believed that since Li Yan dared to come to her, he must have made arrangements.

Li Yan then showed a comfortable smile: "Okay, that's settled."

He said, lifting the camera bag up, seemingly implying that he still had to go elsewhere to scout locations in the afternoon, so he wouldn't disturb her work much.

"Then I'll go first, I still have to rush to see a few locations, tomorrow or the day after, I will notify you of the specific time and itinerary in advance, and you don't have to arrange shifts then. Let's try shooting for a day or two first to see the effect."

Liu Yifei nodded lightly, her hands behind her back unconsciously tugging at the corner of her clothes, showing a trace of panic but also a little expectation.

She said "Okay, you can tell me anytime, I can adjust the shift here."

Li Yan smiled: "Okay, bye." Then turned and left.

The moment the door closed, Liu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that today was really unexpected; she never expected that Li Yan would be willing to pay such remuneration to ask her to be a model.

Although she knew Li Yan had money, this way of proposing made her have a different mood, which couldn't be considered resistant.

She tapped her forehead, thinking that this wasn't bad, anyway, she earned more, and after shooting, it wouldn't delay her usual work here, and she could also help Li Yan.

Walking down the stairs, Li Yan's mood became good; at least the model matter was settled now.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the lobby, he was greeted by that wave of outdoor heat.

He immediately quickened his pace to the black big G parked across the street.

Getting in, closing the door, and starting the fire in one go, the air conditioner temperature dropped slowly; he put the sun hat on the passenger seat, reviewed the conversation with Liu Yifei just now—the other party agreed, so he would have humanistic embellishment for his shooting later.

Li Yan parked the car by the roadside, lowered his head to turn off the engine, and also glanced at the car clock, finding it was not yet five in the afternoon.

Since noon today, he had continuously run to four or five shooting venues, some in the city, and some in the suburbs slightly further away.

Liu Yifei still had to continue working in the tutoring class and couldn't go with him, so Li Yan could only take the camera to inspect everywhere by himself.

Fortunately, with the help of the system, whether it was composition or scene selection, he had improved greatly compared to the past; some angles he couldn't think of before now appeared automatically in his mind.

Just like that, in just one afternoon, he took a lot of test shots and also preliminarily locked in several shooting points.

The location he was at now was a bit further away in the suburbs of Chuan, originally intending to see a venue where mountain scenery and fields merged, driving along the small road he searched temporarily.

On the way, he passed a few pieces of open land that didn't seem to have been developed on a large scale, lush and green, with some pedestrians taking pictures here and there; Li Yan thought it would be better to just stop and take a few pictures with his camera to make a record.

Anyway, he had plenty of time, so he didn't have to rush to other places.

He unfastened his seat belt, carried the Hasselblad X2D camera bag on his shoulder, pushed open the car door, and walked down.

As soon as he got out of the car, he was irradiated by the enthusiastic sunlight outside.

Although it was already afternoon, the sun was still hot, but much better than at noon.

Looking around again, sure enough, there weren't many people here, only two or three figures scattered on the edge of the green field. ===== CHAPTER 77 =====