Although they have arrived in a foreign country, the traditional habits of the Xiangjiang crew have not been lost.
Pig heads are offered, burned with yellow paper and covered with red cloth, all in abundance.
This behavior is perfectly normal,
However, the corners of Zhang Yuan’s mouth twitched as he looked at it.
Because the crew’s first scene was shot at the gas station where the protagonist Fujiwara Takumi works.
Liu Weiqiang held three giant yellow incense sticks as thick as a child's arms and lit a fire there to worship.
Zhang Yuan glanced at the gas station more than ten meters away and felt that it was a bit dangerous.
At this time, most of the crew has been assembled, especially the main actors.
In addition to Jay Chou and Edison Xi, who had already met at the airport and in the hotel, Huang Qiu Sheng and Du Wenze, a pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes, were also present.
In later generations, these two people made a lot of fools of themselves, wagging their tails to beg for mercy, and sticking feather dusters on their butts. They were just pretending dogs.
Zhang Yuan naturally looked down upon these two people.
Especially Du Wenze.
From character to quality to appearance and figure, he is absolutely useless.
He can appear in this crew. In the final analysis, it is actually Brother Hua’s role.
Because Brother Hua met him on the set of "Infernal Affairs", he began to take care of him.
Not only did they find him a lot of filming, but they also invested in him and allowed him to try his hand at becoming a director.
Even the high-end apartment where this guy lives is Hua Ge's property, and he can use it for free.
What does it mean to be a big brother in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry? He really takes care of people.
However, there is an old saying that gains rice and envy, and fights with rice and hates.
This man later filmed a movie called "Isabella" with Brother Hua's money.
In addition to himself, the starring actors in this film include Huang Qiusheng and his goddaughter Liang Luoshi... the one who gave birth to three sons to the second son of the Li family in Xiangjiang, but ended up not even getting in.
In addition, the original writer and producer of this film is Peng Haoxiang.
This all-star “heavyweight” movie deserves to be a hit.
Du Wenze wants to find his eldest brother Liu Dehua to invest in the sequel again... and he really has the nerve to say it.
After being rejected by Brother Hua, this person began to spread negative news about Brother Hua in the Hong Kong circle and "complained" everywhere.
With Andy Lau's identity, not only all Hong Kong artists are his friends, at least half of them are his die-hard fans, and the words quickly spread back to his ears.
He turned around and cut off contact with Du Wenze and kicked him out of his apartment.
This kind of rubbish is not as good as Zhang Weijian. At least after Brother Hua helped the bald head, he will be remembered for half his life.
In contrast, in Zhang Yuan's eyes, Huang Qiusheng is at least an excellent actor.
In fact, it is excusable.
Because according to the old imperial capital, this person is a "chuan'er".
His mother is the maid of a British Hong Kong government official. He is originally an illegitimate son of Great Britain, although his father does not recognize him at all.
But the more this happens, the more he needs identity recognition, and the more he needs identity recognition, the more anxious he is to "wash" away the Chinese blood from his body.
Mr. Engels once wrote: Even the poorest patriot in the East End of London can't help but puff up his chest when he thinks of Britain's wealth and industry.
This is probably the mentality of this person.
Cheap or not!
But if we look at it separately, Xiangjiang was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for a Category III film... "Human Barbecued Pork Bun".
This person's professional ability is indeed outstanding, and his acting skills are impeccable, especially in portraying various perverted criminals, which is really a masterpiece.
But because of this, this person is famously "difficult".
Shu Qi once said that when filming with Huang Qiusheng, if you are not on the same level as him, he will look down on you very directly and clearly, the kind that puts it on his face.
Zhang Yuan had watched "Initial D" in his previous life. Indeed, in this film, the best actor was Huang Qiusheng, who played Fujiwara Bunta, who was obviously a level higher than the others.
The same is true in "Infernal Affairs". His acting skills are not inferior to Hua Ge and Wei Zai. In terms of acting alone, he is indeed a master.
After the opening ceremony, the crew rented a nearby hotel room to make up and change clothes for the actors who were going to shoot next, including Zhang Yuan.
“Is it him?”
“Yes.”
"Who is it?"
"The mainland guy who did Zhang Weijian."
"That's him!"
He was putting on makeup, and three people came from the side. A whisper from a Xiangjiang person.
In addition to Huang Qiusheng and Du Wenze, there is another person from Xiangjiang.
It is Zhong Zhentao who plays Du Wenze's father, the gas station owner and one of the former Winner Five Tigers in the film.
In his previous life, Zhang Yuan followed the company to our construction sites in the north and south, and dabbled in local dialects.
Although he couldn't speak clearly, he could still roughly understand Cantonese.
But at this time, he pretended not to understand, sat firmly in his position and let the makeup artist take care of her.
“He took Ale’s position.”
"It's a good crew, but a mainland guy suddenly appears. It's annoying."
"Oh, they are all from the same crew, don't say that." The two seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zhang Yuan, and Brother B laughed. To smooth things over.
“They are all related households, this guy from Mainland China is like that, and so is that guy from Baodao.” Huang Qiusheng said while smoking.
Of course he was talking about Zhang Yuan and Jay Chou.
“Originally, we used actors from Xiangjiang. It’s great and it’s so convenient to work together.”
"As a result, I have to speak Mandarin now, which is so annoying." Du Wenze also said beside him.
"Then there are people from the island country in the crew. Anyway, there are translators, so it's the same." Brother B still maintained the state of not offending both parties.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan finished putting on his makeup, stood up, and walked towards the three of them.
"Hello, Teacher Huang, Hello, Teacher Du." He still greeted the three of them politely, without changing his expression.
"Hello Brother B, I heard that you signed a contract for Zhang Jizhong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", right?" After talking to the pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes, he turned to Zhong Zhentao.
"Yes, how do you know?" Brother B asked in surprise.
"I also signed the contract."
"Ah, what a coincidence, what is your role?"
"Yang Guo."
"Oh... ..." Brother B immediately grinned.
He actually wants to play Yang Guo?
It seems that he was not selected among the previous legendary candidates.
Brother B plays Gongsun Zhi in the bearded "The Condor" and has already signed a contract.
After he finishes filming this movie, he will go directly to the mainland to join the production.
But he is not the protagonist, so he doesn’t have to be with the whole team, he can just join the team halfway, so he just missed the scene here.
Brother B is now over 50 years old. He is working so hard mainly because he was also one of the celebrities who went bankrupt during the financial crisis in Hong Kong.
And it still owes the most debt, nearly 300 million!
That’s why he worked so hard to take on the role, and even took the initiative to go to the mainland to make money, all in order to pay off his debts.
Because he needs the mainland market to feed himself, this person has a very friendly attitude towards the mainland and has been helping Zhang Yuan just now.
This kind of person is more reasonable, much better than Zhang Weijian, who "swears the cook when eating".
Because he has had many contacts with the mainland, he knows what Big Beard is like.
"If he can seize the leading role in Zhang Jizhong's hands, he is definitely not an ordinary person." Brother B thought this way.
Then he took the initiative to hug Zhang Yuan.
“After we went to the mainland to act together, we took care of each other.”
“You are the senior, you should be the one taking care of me, please teach me more.”
"Hey, let's learn from each other."
The two hugged and held hands for a while.
Zhong Zhentao saw that this young boy was very polite and could talk, so he thought that if he had a chance, he could give him some advice.
After all, Liu Weiqiang also has a bad temper and often curses people on the set.
In fact, not only Liu Weiqiang, but also Hong Kong directors, especially directors of the older generation, are generally bad-tempered. The representative figure is Johnnie To, who not only scolded Andy Lau and Louis Koo, but was even filming "Drug War" 》 Sun Honglei was scolded and cried.
After Zhang Yuan left the dressing room, Huang Qiusheng and Du Wenze turned to look at him.
“Ah B, why are you so polite to that mainland guy?”
“We are all our own people.”
“Besides, we are in an island country now. "There is an old saying in the island country, do you know?" Zhong Zhentao looked at the two Xiangjiang compatriots with some dissatisfaction.
"It's called: He who knows the current affairs is a hero."
......
Outdoors, the island country's martial arts instructor, or in this film, should be called the flying instructor, named Takahashi Katsu Da, is a little-known former professional driver.
This car will now belong to Zhang Yuan, also known as Zhongli Yi. A modified black GTRR32 produced by Nissan drove over.
"So here, skull horse..."
Then, this person began to communicate with Zhang Yuan.
Of course, this one only speaks Japanese.
It’s not that Zhang Yuan doesn’t know Japanese at all, but the Japanese he knows is mainly based on modal particles. After all, there are not many serious conversations in the learning materials...
Just in the two-person chicken While talking to Ya, a baritone with a northeast accent came from behind him.
"Takahashi-san asked you if you know how to drive a right-hand drive car."
"Just put the car in first gear and drive slowly to the gas station."
"If you don't know how, he can help you find a substitute."
Zhang Yuanyi Looking back, a man of medium height smiled and nodded to him: "Hello, my name is Abeli."
"Hello."
This person plays Takumi in the film One of my friends.
Like Huang Qiusheng, he is also a mixed race, but he is of mixed island blood.
But before the age of ten, this person lived in Heilongjiang, so his Chinese is very good, but it tastes like pickled cabbage and white meat.
Basically, whatever accent Fukuhara loves, he has the same accent.
And this wife is Chinese and an actress. She is the beautiful woman who played Zhen Yinglian in the 1987 "Dream of Red Mansions".
"By the way, these are two of my friends, Suzuki An and Tanaka Chie. They also want to get to know you." After finishing speaking, Abeli took a step forward and showed that he was standing behind him. Two girls from the island country came.
"Hello Yuansang." The two young girls bent down and nodded, saying hello to him.
Zhang Yuan: ...
Although the other party was very polite, the Chinese spoken by this island country and the way he addressed me always made me feel like I was a prince.
Among the two girls, the character played by Chie Tanaka is called Meiye. According to the setting, she is Du Wenze’s girlfriend and has only a small role.
She is actually considered a half-connected person because she was introduced by Director Jay Chou.
The reason why she and Jay Chou met was because they had just filmed each other's MV for "Qili Xiang", and the heroine was Miss Tanaka.
Chie Tanaka has a slender figure and is considered tall among women from the island nation, probably over 1.6 meters tall.
His father is an extremely well-known beauty master in the island country, celebrity makeup artist Tony Tian, who is considered half an insider.
Beside him, the girl with a voluptuous figure that contrasts obviously with her slender figure is the heroine of the film, Suzuki An.
Liu Weiqiang came to the island country to look for actors before. When this actor auditioned, Director Liu was shocked.
Because she came in her school uniform.
Director Liu was so excited!
Are women from island countries so knowledgeable?
Know how to attract directors with special outfits?
Then do I receive it or reject it?
Later, when I asked, I found out that she was indeed wearing a school uniform, but it was not to show off for COS, but because she had just finished class.
This one is still in high school.
After greeting each other, the two girls looked at him and whispered a few words, and then laughed.
"They said you are very handsome, and I hope they can take care of you in the future." Abeli helped translate.
Zhang Yuan shook hands with the two of them and thanked them.
"They also asked whether Chinese people know kung fu."
"I told them that it was all in movies."
"Ah, yes, yes..." Zhang Yuan nodded, and then was stunned: "No, I really know how to do it!"
Abeli:...
No, I am finally helping Chinese people refute rumors and stereotypes, you are like this It’s hard for me to handle!
Abeli could only translate it helplessly.
"Si Guoyi!"
The two girls immediately opened their eyes and exclaimed.
“They asked you to do one.”
“I want to broaden my horizons.”
Zhang Yuan spread his hands and asked for one to come. All his foreign friends asked for it.
The next second, his whole body tensed up, and he suddenly exerted force, using the double dragon attack that Hong Jinbao had used on him and Wu Jing.
The left and right fists quickly rushed towards the faces of the two girls.
Before the girl from the island country could react, she felt a black shadow flash in front of her, and then she felt a chill on the tip of her nose.
As soon as his eyes flickered, a ferocious fist appeared in front of him, less than an inch from the tip of his nose.
Abe Riki on the side was startled and took two steps back unconsciously.
It took a few seconds to react.
Well, it’s hard to explain why everyone in China knows martial arts!
Zhang Yuan slowly retracted his fist, and the two girls swallowed in unison.
He could clearly hear the violent heartbeats of the two of them.
It was as if two island artists were beating taiko drums inside their chests.
If it were a Chinese girl, he would never be so "rough", but when it comes to island girls, they already have a culture of worshiping the strong, so of course he has nothing to worry about.
After a few minutes, their heartbeats began to slow down, and then thunderous applause and screams broke out.
"Yuan Sang Ka Kuoyina."
"They said... they are praising you anyway." Abeli was too lazy to translate.
Seeing the two island girls giving him face like this made Zhang Yuan want to eat "Japanese food".
Of course, men have similar hobbies, and he is not the only one who wants to eat Japanese food.
Not far away, Edison Xi and Jay Chou looked at Zhang Yuan's back, facing each other.
Both of them are musicians, so they quickly struck up a conversation.
Seeing the two girls from the island country enjoying themselves in front of Zhang Yuan, they were both in a daze.
"Why did he hook up with two girls so quickly?" Jay Chou sighed weakly.
"He is indeed a master..." Brother Guan Xi thought in his heart.
My acting skills are better than his, and I have more money than him, but no one cares.
But if you want to say that you are better at picking up women than him, this guy will definitely not be convinced!
Of course, the facts have proved that this man has indeed achieved fruitful results.
In fact, speaking of it, this person is somewhat related to Zhang Yuan.
After all, he also got married and had children in later generations.
And his wife Qin Shupei’s ex-husband is Zhao Lei, Huayi’s general manager.
"Jay, believe it or not, I can take care of these two women in a week... Oh, no, that woman." Edison remembered that Chie Tanaka was introduced by Jay Chou, no Very good to start with.
Because I don’t know if the two are related.
"Oh, that's good." Jay Chou smiled shyly: "Are you sure?"
"It just so happens that I haven't tried island girls yet."
"Do you want to compete together?" Edison glanced sideways at Jay Chou: "It just so happens that you and Suzuki Xing can develop a relationship, which will be helpful for acting."
"I don't want it!" Jay Chou smiled shyly. With refusal.
But in fact, what he was thinking and what he was saying were somewhat different.
He said no because he felt that he was too disadvantaged in appearance compared to the two of them.
Just afraid of losing.
But after Brother Guanxi was so excited, he actually had some thoughts in his mind.
After all, he is now popular all over the country, and he is no longer the shy boy who didn't even dare to raise his head when he saw a girl.
“Just like Edison said, Suzuki An and I play a couple, so the first one gets the better.”
"You're so handsome!"
"What if I just like someone who is talented and can play basketball, sing and dance rap."
"I can also do magic!"< br>
In this way, these two guys are actually a little bit energetic... (End of this chapter)