Chapter 35: Choosing a Day to Ascend the Throne
Although their eyes met, Xu Kun did not act rashly. Instead, he took advantage of the break in filming to have a chat with the young lady.
After confirming that the other party was just "clapping and tapping" in surprise and was happy to see the prey, and had no other intentions, they agreed to "meet at the south side of the cinema and spend a while hugging each other."
In order to let Baoqiang sleep soundly, Xu Kun was so worried that he had to sleep in a small hotel near the cinema at noon, thus saving both his wallet and his body.
Although both parties were willing and it was not a transaction, as a man, you can't just not even treat me to lunch, right?
in the afternoon.
Bao Qiang showed up at the massage parlor with a bashful look on his face. Everyone looked at him and laughed. Someone called out, "Bao Qiang, did you have enough energy to conserve for the whole morning?"
Baoqiang blushed and didn't answer. He stammered to Li Yang, "Director, I've had a good rest."
Seeing his shy look, some people wanted to continue making trouble, but were suppressed by Xu Kun's eyes.
Li Yang patted Bao Qiang's arm and said with a smile, "Let's shoot the scene downstairs first, and then shoot your scene with Xiao Hong after the scene is cleared. By then, everyone except me and the cameraman will go back to the hotel first."
Baoqiang was visibly relieved.
His shy state was so appropriate for this scene that when the scene was changing, Xu Kun couldn't help but sigh: "It's a good thing you didn't go with me to experience college life, otherwise I wouldn't be able to act so realistically."
Because the scenes not involving Bao Qiang had already been filmed in advance, the scene where Song Jinming chose Xiaohong for Yuan Fengming and watched the two of them go upstairs was filmed.
Then there was a transition to the scene where Yuan Fengming was frightened upstairs and ran down in a hurry.
Tang Chaoyang and Song Jinming helped Yuan Fengming upstairs and sent him off; Yuan Fengming, who was about to finish the job, lowered his head again and rushed out of the stairs.
After completing these three visits, the rest of the crew will be considered complete.
At Li Yang's command, everyone was driven out of the massage parlor, leaving only a makeup artist to guard downstairs.
After finishing the massage parlor scene and spending two days reshooting some footage, the film can be officially declared wrapped.
On the way back to the hotel, I talked about these things with Li Yixiang, and I couldn't help feeling a little sad and lost, as if a part of my body had been hollowed out - uh, not what was hollowed out at noon.
This feeling was something he had never experienced in any other crew before.
Seeing that Xu Kun was inexplicably depressed, Li Yixiang changed the subject and asked, "What are your plans when you return to the capital?"
"What else can I plan?"
Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "Just keep taking on the filming. This time I'm going to play a good guy, or at least a normal guy."
"actually……"
Li Yixiang wanted to say that it would be better to take some time to reflect and summarize what he had learned from the Blind Shaft crew, but thinking that his theory was not accepted even among his classmates, he changed his words temporarily and said, "Don't forget to help me if there is a suitable role."
"No, Brother Li, can we stop joking?"
Xu Kun was speechless. As the class leader and outstanding student of the 92 class of Beijing Film Academy, Li Yixiang was not out of work, but was too picky about scripts and roles.
As for the jobs he usually takes on, Li Yixiang might not be willing to take them even if the price was ten times higher.
If there is a suitable opportunity, it would be better for Li Yixiang to give him a hand.
But when he was not far from the hotel, Xu Kun suddenly received a strange phone call.
When I picked up the phone, I heard the other end say, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Xu Kun? I'm from the crew of "The Thirteenth Princess." I want to confirm with you, can you definitely join the crew before the end of the month?"
"what?!"
Xu Kun was puzzled, thinking that he hadn't asked Brother Chen and Uncle Wang to get any work for him recently.
Could it be that……
A person popped up in his mind, so he quickly said, "I will definitely be able to join the crew at the end of the month. By the way, can I ask who are the leading actors of our drama?"
"The heroine, the Thirteenth Princess, is Miss Li Xiaolu, who recommended you to join the group. The one who plays the Empress Dowager Cixi is Ms. Lv Liping. The first male lead is the Russian singer Abliz Nie, and the second male lead is Li Chen, who starred in "Don't Cry at Seventeen"..."
It turned out to be Li Dazui’s doing!
No wonder she hadn’t contacted me for so long, it turns out she was waiting for me here.
However, when Xu Kun heard that teacher Lv Liping was also in this drama, he was quite excited. When "The Story of the Editorial Department" was broadcast in 92, he was taking care of his grandfather who was on his deathbed. This drama could be said to be the only source of joy for him during that time.
Although I didn't quite understand it at the time, I was left with a vivid impression of the characters, especially Li Dongbao played by Ge You and Ge Ling played by Lü Liping.
Then there was "The Passionate Years" which was broadcast at the end of August last year. At that time, Xu Kun and Bao Qiang had just started to share a house, and the two of them watched almost every episode of the show.
The iron-willed Shi Guangrong in the play left a deep impression on Xu Kun, who was thinking that he would play a similar role in the future if he had the chance to do so, and experience the life of a revolutionary soldier. Lü Liping, who played Chu Qin, Shi Guangrong's wife, once again awakened Xu Kun's childhood memories.
I didn't expect that just a few months later, I would be acting with Teacher Lu.
After hanging up the call with the crew member, Xu Kun immediately called Li Xiaolu again.
The call was connected quickly, but the person who answered the phone was not Li Xiaolu.
"Hello, I'm Ms. Li's assistant. She can't answer the phone right now. Is there anything you can ask me to tell you, or..."
"Who?"
The female assistant was halfway through her speech when Li Xiaolu's voice came through the receiver.
"The caller ID is..."
When the female assistant said the name on the caller ID, she obviously covered the microphone.
Haha~
This was probably a nickname given to himself, but when Xu Kun thought that he was labeled "Li Dazui", he had nothing to complain about.
Soon the phone was in Li Xiaolu's hands, and she said jokingly, "Hey, isn't this the future Golden Horse Award winner? What's the matter with you calling me today?"
"The breeze is so refreshing."
Xu Kun asked straight to the point: "Why did you suddenly think of recommending a role to me?"
"Did the crew contact you?"
Li Xiaolu was a little proud at first, but then she said angrily: "You said you heard it the other day, but it turns out you were lying to me! Can your ears also change as you wish?"
It started out as a question, but in the end it turned into curiosity.
"Do you think I'm a monster?"
Xu Kun complained and asked, "What role did you recommend to me? Could it be the eunuch Li Lianying?"
He had been refraining from asking because he was afraid of exposing his complete ignorance.
Li Xiaolu joked: "Li Lianying is played by Mr. Fu Biao, and you can only play Xiao Wuzi at most."
Although we don’t know the specific character, it is obvious that this Xiao Wuzi is also a eunuch.
Xu Kun was struggling over whether to act or not, when he heard Li Xiaolu say, "I'm not kidding you. This time you're not playing a eunuch, but the eunuchs' master, Emperor Guangxu."
"emperor?"
Xu Kun found it a little bit unbelievable. He didn't expect that Li Xiaolu would actually introduce him to a serious role. Even if the role was smaller, he was still an emperor after all.
"Thank you very much for that."
Xu Kun thanked him awkwardly, and then heard Li Xiaolu laughing on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, he said, "So you know how to say thank you. I thought you didn't care. Hey, have you finished filming that well? Don't delay joining the crew at the end of the month."
"It's almost done. We should have finished filming a long time ago, but we encountered a mining accident and it took some time to find a new mine."
"A mining accident? Is this true?!"
Li Xiaolu suddenly became excited: "Quick, quick, tell me what's going on!"
Xu Kun accepted her favor, so he naturally catered to her preferences and exaggerated his experiences a little, which made Li Xiaolu exclaim in amazement: "Your experiences are like a movie."
Xu Kun was speechless: "We were actually making a movie!"
"Hahaha...it seems so."
Li Xiaolu laughed for a while, then vaguely heard someone calling her name from the other side. She immediately said, "Let's not talk about it for now. I'm going to take all the civil and military officials to visit the public toilet. We'll talk later when you join the crew."
Hearing the dead tone coming from the phone, Xu Kun was filled with question marks.
Take all the civil and military officials in the court to visit a public toilet?
What the hell is this? !
(End of this chapter)
