Chapter 90 Beginning and Ending
In mid-January, Director Li Yang contacted Xu Kun and others who were filming on the crew and asked if he would go to the Berlin Film Festival with him after the New Year.
This Berlin Film Festival starts on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and ends on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Including the preparations before and after, it takes almost half a month.
Li Yixiang was the first to refuse, as all his major roles were scheduled for later in the year.
Wang Baoqiang was the second one to refuse because he heard that no one would reimburse the round-trip travel expenses, and Li Yang could only pay for everyone's travel expenses out of his own pocket. He neither wanted to add a burden to Li Yang nor was he willing to pay for it himself.
Xu Kun originally wanted to go, even if he gained nothing in the end, it would be good to gain some knowledge.
It happened that the crew had an accident at this time.
The Chinese New Year was approaching, and everyone was getting ready for the holiday, but Director Liu suddenly disappeared for two days, and when he came back, he stayed in the editing room and refused to go out.
At first, no one knew what happened. There were even rumors that there was a problem with the investors and "The Young Emperor" could not be filmed.
Later, seeing that it was normal for people to be so panicked, Teacher Pan Xin quietly clarified in private that it was director Liu Heng's father who passed away suddenly.
This news is definitely more difficult for Director Liu Heng to accept than the withdrawal of investors' capital, but the crew has finally stabilized a little bit - complete stability is impossible, although even if Director Liu fails to recover, the investors will replace him and continue filming. But if it's out of context, the show will be ruined.
Fortunately, these worries are unnecessary.
Three days later, Director Liu Heng came out of the editing room. He had lost weight, with sunken eye sockets and a full beard, but his energy was much better than everyone expected.
Faced with the concerns of the entire crew, he calmly stated that he had edited all his sad emotions into the existing film.
This is the second shock the young actors have received on the set of "The Young Emperor".
How could Xu Kun have the nerve to ask for leave to go to Berlin now?
So in the end, only the cameraman brother remained by Li Yang's side.
When it came time for the Chinese New Year, the crew unanimously agreed to shorten the holiday from nine days to four. The holiday would be on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and filming would resume early on the third day of the new year.
The one most affected this time is Baoqiang.
Since moving north to Beijing in 1999, he has not been back to his hometown for three years.
I have made money this year, and my acting career has also developed significantly. Baoqiang originally planned to return to his hometown in glory, and he had already planned in advance what he would buy to take back.
As a result, I was only given four days of leave, and it was hard to rush back to my hometown.
In fact, according to Xu Kun's wishes, we can discuss with Director Liu Heng and move Bao Qiang's scene back two days. After all, Bao Qiang's situation is indeed special.
But Baoqiang himself didn't dare to say it, and he refused to let Xu Kun say it. He said that the director's death and his own father didn't delay things, so how could he hold back the crew?
"Besides, if I leave, who will celebrate the New Year with you?"
Facing that small round face with a silly smile, what else could Xu Kun say?
On the morning of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the two of them left the set in the face of snow. When they returned to the rental house, they found that Boss Lin's restaurant had closed. It said it would open after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
At noon, the two of them walked along the street and found a small restaurant open to the public.
At this point, Baoqiang also lamented that the flavor of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker. In the past, no one would open for business at this time.
"You don't care whether the New Year's flavor is bland or not, as long as the wine is not bland."
Xu Kun has never liked celebrating the New Year. When he was a child, he was always the loneliest one during the Chinese New Year. The excitement around him only reflected the coldness in his heart. When he grew up, he became one of the many lonely people.
Baoqiang is qualified to be a brother, but completely unqualified to be a drinking buddy.
Xu Kun was already drunk even before he had enough fun.
Xu Kun had no choice but to pack a few vegetables and two bottles of Old Village Chief, and planned to call Baoqiang for a drink of Resurrection Wine in the evening.
Of course, instant noodles for New Year’s Eve are also essential.
This time when passing by Xueyuan Road, Baoqiang walked sideways instead of avoiding him, shouting all the way that he would marry someone from Peking University first, then someone from Tsinghua University, and girls from Renmin University could only be considered as alternatives.
Xu Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This boy was usually haggard, but he didn't expect that he also had a big harem dream.
In order to prevent Baoqiang from donating urea to China Agricultural University, Xu Kun finally carried him all the way home.
Arriving at the door of the courtyard, Xu Kun's hand holding the key suddenly froze because a long-legged girl was standing in front of the door. "How did you find this place?"
"I asked Deng Chao."
Cui Bo tilted his head and asked calmly: "It's such a cold day, why don't you invite me in to sit down?"
"Please, how could you not please!"
While Xu Kun secretly scolded Deng Chao for being such a traitor, he unlocked the door and let Cui Bo into the courtyard. Then he pointed to the room inside and said, "You go in and sit down first. I'll get the security guard settled and go over there."
With that said, he handed the key to Cui Bo along with the packed food and wine.
Cui Bo felt his hand heavy as he took it. Looking at the Bao Qiang on Xu Kun's shoulder, he once again had a clear understanding of Xu Kun's physique.
Xu Kun opened the door of Baoqiang's room, laid him on his side on the bed, and fixed him with pillows and quilts.
After placing it, he suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar. The civil engineering guy seemed to be in this position at the end of last year.
With a sigh of relief, Xu Kun checked the coal stove and added two more pieces of briquettes to it, then returned to his room.
When he entered the door, he saw that Cui Bo had already placed the food and wine on the table, and even washed two small wine glasses.
Xu Kun first opened his coal stove to make the room warmer, and then raised his eyebrows and asked: "What, are you planning to have a drink with me?"
"Didn't you drink enough to enjoy yourself?"
Cui Bo poured two glasses, raised them up and said to Xu Kun: "Come on, let's drink this first!"
That momentum and posture almost made Xu Kun think he had met another female drunkard, but as soon as he drank a few dollars of wine, Cui Bo started to feel dizzy and swaying.
Xu Kun was speechless and confiscated her wine glass.
"You came all the way to see me on such a snowy day, you couldn't have done it just to get yourself drunk, right?"
"No?"
Cui Bo first asked a question, and then said a little lonely: "I have found a new drama, and I will have to leave the crew before "The Young Emperor" is finished."
"Oh~"
Xu Kun hesitated and said: "Then do you want me to help you have a bright future, or..."
Cui Bo shook his head: "I just don't want to leave with regrets."
As he spoke, he slowly turned around, turned his back to Xu Kun and said in a trembling voice: "Eunuch Wu, please help me!"
Xu Kun: "..."
This girl has a beginning and an end.
Xu Kun has always been a person who is not good at rejecting women, not to mention that the atmosphere has heightened to this point.
When he hugged him from behind, Cui Bo was shaking even more than Tong Layue...
His feelings and scenery are full of words:
Suck coal and make a pen.
The king of Cao Sheng Huan is the first.
Electric foot light.
The hall was filled with the sound of showers and whirlwinds.
——Zhao Fuyuan, Song Dynasty, "Reducing the word magnolia, sucking coal and making pen".
(End of chapter)