Chapter 371 Visiting the Set [Part ]
December 2007, 5.
The opening ceremony of "Apple" was held as scheduled, and a press conference was held as usual.
Logically speaking, Xu Kun had just finished filming "Assembly", and the ratings of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were on the rise. In addition, there were news that he was preparing a new film, and it was an action blockbuster. He should have been the undisputed focus of the press conference.
But Fan Bingbing is Fan Bingbing. Unlike Wang Piku who can never make headlines, she can always become the focus of media attention in various ways.
"Ms. Fan, what do you think about Lin Xinru and Zhou Xun joining Huayi one after another, and Lin Xinru replacing you as the Huayi Star of the Year?"
Although the reporter spoke Mandarin, his voice sounded like a motorcycle, and it was obvious that he was here to cause trouble.
Lin Xinru joined Huayi and replaced Fan Bingbing as Huayi's annual star, which is one of the hottest news in the past two days.
Many media outlets are making sarcastic comments, saying that Fan Bingbing was a maid in "My Fair Princess" and now Miss Lin Xinru is back, so according to the plot development, she should naturally give way.'
In addition, Zhou Xun had just signed the contract, and people outside felt that Fan Bingbing was surrounded by enemies - Li Bingbing, Huo Siyan, Zhou Xun, and Lin Xinru.
The happiest people were naturally the Taiwanese media reporters. They had always felt that Zhao Wei and Fan Bingbing were made famous by Taiwan, and that they should naturally be ranked below Lin Xinru.
"You asked the wrong person."
Unexpectedly, Fan Bingbing smiled and said, "My contract expired at the end of February. Now I am a free agent without an agency contract. You asked me about Huayi... You might as well ask Brother Kun directly."
Ok? !
Xu Kun was suddenly called out and was confused. Fan Bingbing left Huayi? Or was it at the end of February? How come I didn't know? !
No wonder when we were watching the movie internally two days ago, everyone else was there, but Fan Bingbing, who loved to join in the fun, was not there - at that time Xu Kun thought she had joined the crew early, but it turned out that she was eliminated early.
After the press conference, Xu Kun couldn't help but question Fan Bingbing why he didn't tell him about this in advance.
"I thought you knew it a long time ago."
Fan Bingbing said as a matter of course: "Brother Kun, you are a big director who can be on par with Deputy Chen Guo. How could the changes in the company be hidden from you?"
"Uh~"
Xu Kun said with a headache: "I was filming "Assembly" at that time, so I didn't have time to care about your affairs. When I sent a text message to ask just now, Wang Zhonglei thought I had already known it from you."
"Alas, even if I'm not from Huayi, it won't affect our cooperation." Fan Bingbing took Xu Kun's arm and said in a somewhat aggrieved tone: "Originally, Chengtian Entertainment wanted to invest in our "Apple" in order to win me over, but I was afraid that you, Brother Kun, would misunderstand me, so I rejected them.
As a result, I am now a lonely person without even an agency to rely on - Brother Kun, I am already in such a miserable state, you can't abandon me again."
The press conference has already started, and Xu Kun can't just boycott the show just because she is not from Huayi - his relationship with Huayi is not that serious.
However, he was still somewhat unhappy that Fan Bingbing had kept the secret from him.
These actresses are really good at scheming!
Like Xu Kun, Yuan Li, who played his wife, also joined the crew with emotions.
After Yuan Li joined the crew, she had a resentful face. At first, Xu Kun thought she had entered the role ahead of time. After all, Mrs. Lin, played by Yuan Li in the play, was resentful because of being neglected for a long time, and finally chose to cheat to take revenge on her husband.
It was not until the evening of the shooting that Xu Kun saw her arguing on the phone with her husband whom she had married suddenly, and then he realized that she was really full of resentment.
They've been arguing like this just a few months after getting married. It seems like this marriage won't last long.
Director Li Yu adopted a linear shooting method, so the scene shot on the first afternoon was the plot at the beginning of the film where Lin Dong, the owner of the foot massage parlor, went to have an affair with his mistress, but ended up being angered by the mistress's perfunctory attitude, so she just left after leaving the money.
It was not until the next day that the heroine Fan Bingbing finally appeared.
Not to mention, the role of the foot washer she played was quite interesting, especially the way she dealt with the customers' flattery, which seemed very skillful and natural.
According to Fan Bingbing, this is the result of her visiting and learning at the foot massage parlor for more than two months and constantly communicating with the girls.
This greatly changed Xu Kun's impression of her. This woman might have relied on her seductiveness to get to the top, but in order to move to the next level, she was able to really calm down and focus on figuring out the role.
As for Xu Kun.
The half-black, half-white character like the owner of a foot massage parlor is completely familiar to him. He can just walk a few steps with a bag between his arms and sway his feet to show his half-full and underworld spirit.
Fan Bingbing thought he had acted well, but compared to Xu Kun, who seemed to have walked out of the market, he was still a little behind. The two were discussing their performance, and the actress who played Liu Pingguo's fellow villager suddenly came over and asked timidly, "Director Xu, do you remember me?"
"Woolen cloth?"
Xu Kun was stunned. He stared at the actress for a few seconds and felt that she did look familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen her.
The actress hurriedly reminded him, "When Hao Lei was filming Summer Palace, I was the one who accompanied her when you visited her on set!"
"Oh, now I remember, that's what happened."
Xu Kun suddenly realized it, smiled and chatted with him for a few words, and also agreed to the other party's request for a photo.
When Hao Lei was filming "Summer Palace", he and this "little sister" were communicating on an equal footing, but now the other party is overjoyed to be able to get a photo with her.
After filming the scene where Liu Pingguo tells her little sister about her dreams on her way home from get off work, it was Tong Dawei's turn to eat dumplings and apples.
This scene definitely needed to be shot in a cleared area, but Xu Kun was not idle at the same time. He took a group of cameramen to travel around Beijing and filmed Lin Dong driving past various landmark buildings.
As a result, just when he was halfway through filming, he suddenly received a call from Gan Wei, saying that the sisters were coming over as a group to visit him and wanted to discuss something with him.
When asked what was the matter, she was mysterious and refused to say anything.
Xu Kun had no choice but to drive back to the photo shoot site.
After getting off the car, he stopped a crew member and asked, "Did anyone come to visit the set just now?"
The man nodded quickly, then pointed to the alley across the street and said, "It seems like he went over there."
Why did Gan Wei and the others run to the alley across the street?
Is it to avoid the heat and seek shade?
With a head full of questions, Xu Kun arrived at the entrance of the alley opposite.
Before I could see clearly what was going on inside, I heard a man roaring in a low voice with suppressed anger: "How dare you ask me?! You have never made a film like this before, and now you've just married me... How are you going to let my relatives and friends watch it?!"
Tsk~
It turned out that Yuan Li’s husband, who she married suddenly, also came to visit the set.
Xu Kun didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs. Just as he was about to quietly return to the other side, he heard Yuan Li's scream from inside: "Okay, you dare to hit me?! I'll fight you!"
"You were the one who started it! If you do this again, I won't be polite!"
"Hit me, hit me, if you dare, beat me to death!"
Hearing this noise, Xu Kun was afraid that something might happen. Even if nothing serious happened, if Yuan Li was disfigured, the filming process would definitely be affected.
So he finally walked into the alley and shouted, "What are you doing? Let go, let go now!"
The couple who were fighting were stunned at first, and then Yuan Li pushed her husband away with a stern face, straightened her torn collar, and asked stiffly: "Xu Kun, why are you here?"
The two of them were old acquaintances, and Yuan Li was even more arrogant, so although she didn't call him "Xiao Xu" when they met this time, she was also unwilling to follow the crowd and call him "Director Xu".
Her flash-married husband was furious. When he saw Xu Kun, he immediately asked, "You are the one who plays Yuan Li's husband in the play, right?!"
"It's me."
Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "But Sister Li and I don't have any passionate scenes."
In fact, it was a false accusation. There was a plot in the middle where the two were taking off their clothes to pay their taxes, but they were interrupted by a phone call from An Xin asking for compensation for mental damage.
The man obviously didn't expect Xu Kun to say it so directly. He was stunned for a moment, then turned back and yelled at Yuan Li: "This matter is not over yet. Either you stop acting, or..."
"What do you think of me?!"
Yuan Li responded without showing any weakness.
"Good good!"
The man said "OK" and walked out angrily. When he passed by Xu Kun, he wanted to bump into him and provoke him, but when he got closer, he realized that they were not of the same weight.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally turned sideways and squeezed past Xu Kun.
(End of this chapter)
