Chapter 136 Photographer's Hobby
By the time Youya was pushed awake by Minamikawa Yosuke, the car had already arrived at the destination.
The crew rented a painter's villa in the local area as a filming base.
The painter has two villas in total. In addition to the main villa rented to the crew, he also has an annex for his own living and work.
The main building and the annex are located next to each other, separated by a valley without a bridge. The only way to travel between them is by car, which takes about 20 minutes each way.
After dropping the person off, the minibus left and was scheduled to come back to pick the person up a week later.
Yuya and his group arrived later, as the rest of the crew had already arrived.
Director Kaito Kuji, assistant Yuko Hiraki, sound engineer Daisuke Takamoto, prop master Taro Kamikura, and makeup artist Yumi Uehara.
Director Kaito Kuji was sitting at the door of the villa wearing sunglasses, looking mysterious; his assistant Yuko Hiragaki was holding a script and talking to the director.
The sound engineer and prop master were busy in the villa, preparing the shooting location.
As soon as makeup artist Yumi Uehara saw Yuya and the others, she hurried over to greet them.
"You're finally here! Hurry up and put on your makeup, we'll start filming the first scene right away."
"So fast?" Youye was a little surprised. He hadn't even read the script yet.
Yumi Kamiya led a few people into the villa, looking very anxious: "Ms. Tamura has already put on her makeup and is waiting. I will help the heroine and hero with their makeup first. Kamiya-kun, don't worry, you won't appear until the second scene."
Yuya breathed a sigh of relief.
Taking advantage of this time, Youya quickly read the script. The second male detective's role was neither too much nor too little, and he could easily handle it with his acting ability.
Although Yumi Kamimatsu is a makeup artist for a small crew, her abilities are not bad at all. It only took her half an hour to complete the makeup and costumes of the male and female protagonists.
The scene of the first act is very simple. The male protagonist, who is a criminal policeman, comes to this legendary village for a tour with his girlfriend, who is also the female protagonist.
The two arrived at night, and just after they settled down in the villa and went out for a walk to enjoy the scenery, they encountered the crime scene of Snow Yaksha.
The male protagonist, who is a criminal policeman, immediately rushed forward to arrest the criminal, but he did not expect that the other party's whereabouts were strange and mysteriously disappeared in the heavy snow, easily getting rid of this criminal policeman with rich experience in handling cases.
The male protagonist was quite puzzled by the criminal who committed crimes while wearing a mask. Finally, he learned the legend of the Snow Yaksha from the old man in the village.
The male protagonist scoffed at it, saying that the legendary murder was just the murderer's attempt to cover up his own crime.
"Cut!" the instructor shouted excitedly.
The director laughed out loud: "It was just a test shot, but I didn't expect Mr. Shiratori's acting skills to be so superb. He completely showed the words and deeds of a criminal policeman!"
Shiratori Renzaburo smiled and said, "I've won the prize."
The director was holding the script excitedly: "This is the advantage of finding a real policeman! There is no need to teach him how to play a policeman, he can just play himself!"
You couldn't help but look at the director. His words were exactly the same as Shiratori Renzaburo's.
"Okay, the official shooting will start tomorrow, and you can enjoy the rest of the day as you please." The director was in a good mood and generously gave everyone half a day off.
There was still some time before dinner, so Youya wandered around the villa by himself.
There are many paintings hanging on the walls of the first floor. One of the paintings is of the legendary Snow Yaksha, who is wearing a rather scary mask, holding a knife in his hand, and looking directly at the camera with scarlet eyes. People who are timid would probably be scared when seeing it.
"Really, I don't know why you hang such a creepy painting here." Assistant Hiragaki Yuko walked over and said with a look of disgust.
Yuya smiled and replied, "Isn't that the specialty of this village? The legend of the Snow Yasha."
Hiragaki Yuko rubbed her arms and said, "I can't stand it. If it weren't for this movie, I wouldn't want to come to this kind of place."
Youya smiled and said, "It's just a legend," and turned to look at another painting, which showed a man holding a paintbrush in his right hand and a paint tray in his left hand.
Hiragaki Yuko looked at the painting and said, "This is the self-portrait of the genius painter Himuro Kazusei."
Yuya frowned slightly: "This painting looks a bit weird."
It's unclear where the man in the painting is looking, and his face is filled with a sad expression.
"Eh, weird?" Hiragaki Yuko laughed disdainfully, "This painting is worth 50 million yen! Kamiya-kun is a detective, but he can't see the value of this painting?"
Youye was silent for a moment. Sorry, he really couldn't see how this painting was worth 50 million.
"This Bingshi Yisheng, is he the owner of this villa?" You changed the subject without leaving a trace.
Hiragaki Yuko nodded. "Yes, he is currently working in another building. I heard that he rarely appears in front of people, especially after he had a car accident ten years ago. He has become even more disgusted with contact with people."
Yuya nodded suddenly. With that said, the painting didn't seem so strange after all. It was a self-portrait of a person with social phobia.
"Wow! There's a picture! There's a picture!"
Suddenly, exclamations from two men were heard from the room on the first floor.
Yuya and Hiragaki Yuko looked at each other in confusion and walked over curiously.
In the room were photographer Minamikawa Yosuke and his assistant, both of them were staring at the screen, not knowing what they were looking at.
Hiragaki Yuko smiled and said, "You work so hard." Then she came behind the two of them, glanced at the screen, raised her eyebrows, and said contemptuously, "It seems that I was wrong."
Minamikawa Yosuke said without turning his head: "It's Yuko, I am currently doing a very important task in my life."
Hiragaki Yuko looked disdainful and said, "You are a professional photographer, but your hobby is to hide the camera. Aren't you afraid that you will be arrested one day? There are real police officers here today."
Nanchuan Yosuke didn't care at all: "Why not just not tell him?"
Hidden camera? Youya leaned over and looked, and found that the screen showed a room, the camera was tilted to shoot a mirror, and there was a scale in front of the mirror.
"What are you filming?" Youye asked confusedly.
Minamikawa Yosuke chuckled and said, "It's a live broadcast from the hidden camera in the bathroom."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slim girl flashed across the camera.
"Oh! It's Marika-chan!" the assistant became excited.
Mari Tamura is the second female lead in this movie. She is a 19-year-old young girl with a very pure and lovely appearance.
"···Isn't this just candid photography?" Yuya's mouth twitched slightly, and he actually described candid photography in such a fresh and refined way.
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to take a look?" The assistant was a little impatient.
"Look, of course!" Youya said seriously, then put his arm around his assistant's shoulder affectionately.
Hiragaki Yuko couldn't help but roll her eyes. Pretending and pretending again. It turns out that all men are the same.
In the camera, Mari Tamura had taken off her clothes at some point and stood on the scale in front of the mirror wrapped in only a bath towel. The screen clearly showed that her weight was less than 80 kilograms.
"Wow, Marika-chan's figure is getting better and better!" Minamikawa Yosuke chuckled.
"Oh oh oh!" the assistant suddenly screamed strangely.
On the screen, Mari Tamura seemed to be dissatisfied with her weight and raised her hand to untie the bath towel.
The three of them swallowed at the same time and stared at the screen intently.
"Whoa whoa whoa~"
Just as Tamura Shinji untied the bath towel, the picture suddenly flashed, and then the entire screen was occupied by snowflakes.
"What's going on? This is the critical moment!" The assistant wailed and couldn't help but slap the monitor twice.
But it obviously didn't work.
Nanchuan Yousuke cursed in a low voice, "Baka!" He quickly checked the equipment but didn't find any problems. It was probably the camera that was malfunctioning.
You also said disdainfully: "Brother Nanchuan, are you reliable? You really keep me in suspense."
Nanchuan Yosuke sighed and said contemptuously: "You kid, you are really enjoying it!"
Yuya coughed lightly, turned his head and whistled.
"Never mind, let's check the cameras later. Now let's see what our heroine, Ms. Kaori, is doing."
Minamikawa Yosuke said this and pressed the button to switch the camera on the control panel.