Chapter 28 Three Illusions
Although Li Xiaolu's mouth is indeed not small, the word "big mouth" has nothing to do with her appearance. It mainly describes her outspokenness.
Xu Kun gestured to Li Yang and others, then walked outside to the yard and answered the phone.
Li Xiaolu's voice, which always seemed to be full of extraordinary energy, came from the receiver: "Hey, do you know which disco in Beijing is the most exciting?"
This first sentence left Xu Kun speechless: "Do you want an answer, or do you want to show off your knowledge?"
Li Xiaolu said as a matter of course: "Of course I want to get the answer!"
"You are a native of Beijing, and you ask me about someone from another place?!"
Xu Kun’s eyes almost rolled up to the sky.
"You do not know?"
Li Xiaolu was actually a little shocked, and then she said disappointedly: "I thought you were very familiar with 'those people', then I'll ask others - by the way, tomorrow you and your little brother will have an honorable mission, protect our Shuanglu group and Lao Pan, Lao Yuan, and Sister Zhan, and go to the most exciting disco in Beijing to experience life!"
This woman is really good at talking to herself.
It was as if this bodyguard mission was a reward bestowed upon himself and Baoqiang.
Xu Kun said unhappily, "First of all, Baoqiang is my brother, not my younger brother; secondly, we are going to Shanxi to film tomorrow morning, so you should find someone else to take care of the bodyguard mission."
"How can it be such a coincidence? You didn't do this on purpose, did you?"
Li Xiaolu complained unhappily, then immediately thought of the phone call and asked curiously, "Is it the movie you auditioned for that day? What's the subject matter? Is it exciting?"
Without waiting for Xu Kun to speak, she rushed to complain a lot, saying that she had recently played the leading female role, Mo Nan, a patient with congenital heart disease, in the crew of "Fairy Tale of Youth". As a result, she had to pretend to be sick all day long, which was suffocating.
If she had known this earlier, she would have changed to play the second female lead. Unfortunately, Ren Silu, who played the second female lead, was not famous enough to carry the female lead, so she could only do it reluctantly.
She also said that because the two played sisters in the drama and both had the character "Lu" in their names, they recently formed a "Double Lu" combination privately.
And Lao Pan is a Wenqing scumbag in the drama, but he is very boring in real life. This trip to the disco was still in the planning stage, but it was almost ruined by Pan Yueming.
After talking about so much, she finally remembered the original topic: "By the way, after talking about so much, how was your movie?"
Do you know you talk too much?
"It's a crime documentary, based on..."
Xu Kun did not reveal the details of the script, but instead talked about the prototype of the case - to be honest, even he was shocked when he first came into contact with the case materials.
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Li Xiaolu, who was sitting opposite him, was also obviously shocked. After a while, she commented, "If this movie is well made, it might win an award abroad, but it is unlikely to be shown in China."
Xu Kun was moved when he heard this, and he tried to test it in a joking tone: "If I become the Golden Horse Award winner, wouldn't I be on par with you?"
"You are the Golden Horse Award winner?"
Li Xiaolu seemed to have heard a huge joke and laughed out loud on the other end of the phone: "Hahahaha... you think being a movie actor or actress is easy? And you even won the Golden Horse Award for best actor, hahahaha... I'm dying of laughter... hahaha..."
Hearing this merciless ridicule, Xu Kun's face turned black as if the bottom of a pot, and he said stiffly: "The director is looking for me, I'll hang up first."
Then the call was cut off. Although it seemed unlikely, Li Xiaolu took the initiative to contact him twice, and her attitude was so familiar and enthusiastic that Xu Kun could not help but have three major illusions in life.
As a result, as soon as he tried it, his restless heart was hit hard.
Although this woman wanted excitement, it was obviously not the kind of excitement he expected...
Seeing Xu Kun return to the house in a somewhat depressed mood, Li Yang half-jokingly said, "Did your girlfriend call? You have to settle this in advance, otherwise, the opportunity will be gone in a few months."
Xu Kun took out a cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth, saying disdainfully: "Women are nothing. I just want to make a lot of money now!"
Li Yixiang gave a thumbs up when he heard this: "Yes, it has that flavor."
Baoqiang lived in Shaolin Temple for eight years, and Li Yixiang was a native of Henan. So although the filming location was chosen at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei, most of the lines were spoken in Henan dialect.
In recent days, Xu Kun has been intensively studying Henan dialect. Fortunately, he has some talent in this area - certified by his broadcasting teacher - otherwise this alone would be enough to cause trouble.
Li Yang also slept at Li Yixiang's house at night.
The next day, he was like Zhou Paopi, waking everyone up at around three o'clock. The four of them first took a bus to load the photographic equipment, and then went around to gather the crew.
Because they got up too early, after the bus left the city and got on the national highway, everyone began to close their eyes and rest, and Xu Kun was no exception.
In a daze, he heard Baoqiang shouting something in his ear. He opened his eyes and saw a strange yet familiar scene: low-rise houses, dirty streets, and messy wires...
For a moment, Xu Kun almost thought he had returned to his hometown after more than 20 years away - but Xu Kun soon realized that he had already arrived in Shanxi.
It seems that small towns in the north all look similar.
Xu Kun got off the car with a sense of loss, looked around, and found that this place was actually very different from the small county town in his hometown.
At least there are mountains nearby, and more than one. The county town is surrounded by endless hills on the east, west and south sides. Coupled with the gray sky, it makes people feel depressed for some reason.
This is probably one of the reasons why Li Yang chose it as the shooting location.
Seeing that it was still early, Li Yang decisively left the assistant director behind and asked him to arrange for the crew to check into the hotel. He then took the three leading actors and the cameraman, drove the van that had been rented long ago, and headed straight to the small coal mine that had been contacted in advance.
The rich coal resources made this small county town more prosperous than Xu Kun's hometown, but it also caused serious soil erosion. The closer you get to the hills, the more desolate the scenery becomes. You are clearly in Shanxi, but it feels like you have come to the Loess Plateau.
As we walked up the dirt road, we even passed a sentry post.
Seeing Li Yang greeting the other party in a familiar manner, Xu Kun couldn't help but ask curiously: "Director Li, how did they agree to let you shoot a movie here?"
"It's because of my relationship."
Li Yang sighed and said helplessly: "I originally wanted to find a slightly larger mine, but they thought it would have a bad impact. The environment here is a bit poor, but the boss is very straightforward and told us to take pictures and use them as we like."
After a pause, he beckoned with an expectant tone: "Since we are here, why don't we just go down the well and experience it for ourselves?"
The car was silent for a second, and then Xu Kun, Li Yixiang, and Wang Baoqiang said in unison: "Hit!"
(End of this chapter)
