Hua'an Farm Reclamation brought in quite a few actors the next day, and filming started soon after.
The factory department also issued a notice requiring extras for the shooting process, offering one yuan a day.
Initially, they discussed paying eighty cents, but considering the urgency of filming in the heavy snow, they decided to increase the pay by twenty cents.
Many people signed up that day. However, once filming began, everyone's lack of experience repeatedly caused takes to fail. The director had to call a halt to it, as continuing would waste too much film.
They had no choice but to give the extras some impromptu training.
After much effort, things were almost manageable by the afternoon. The extras were ready, but the main star had become so cold that they developed a high fever.
