I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 162 Coffee Will Be Bitter Without Sugar

"Call work, I invite everyone to have breakfast."

Qin Muchu looked at the frozen frame and showed a satisfied smile.

"Call it, call it a day!"

Cheers sounded, and a group of people went downstairs carrying mechanical props.

After several groups of people met, they found a nearby breakfast shop by the street and ate.

"Boss, you have too many people and there are not enough seats in the store. Can you move chairs outside to eat?"

The owner of the breakfast shop looked at Qin Muchu and the large group of people, feeling a little embarrassed.

It's time for breakfast now, and the store is almost full, and there must be no room for more than a dozen or 20 people.

"can."

Qin Muchu nodded, not paying attention.

The owner of the breakfast shop smiled immediately, and he didn't want to let this business go.

asked:

"Boss, what do you want to eat?"

"..."

Qin Muchu paused, he didn't know what Hong Kong Island had earlier, except for the fish balls, the only thing that impressed him most was Brother Wufly's sentence...

"Is there a menu?" he asked.

"Are you kidding me? I don't have any menu in this small shop. There are rice rolls, shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns..."

The boss announced the name of the dish.

Qin Muchu hastily interrupted:
"You can buy some specialties of Hong Kong Island, and buy more."

……

After a while, he was sent over earlier.

"Boss, you guys have to take good care of these instruments, I won't be responsible if they break them."

The owner of the breakfast shop looked at the props brought by the crew, obviously revealing an expensive atmosphere, and said hello in advance.

"it is good."

Qin Muchu smiled and nodded.

The boss left in peace.

Qin Muchu ate a Hong Kong-style breakfast and looked at the pedestrians on the street.

If they didn't shoot before sunrise, the streets were the world of middle-aged and elderly people, but now it's obviously mostly young people.

Because it's time to go to work.

Like them, many young people also ate outside the store. After eating in a hurry, they threw the bowls in their hands on the chairs, splashing the soup. When they got up, they quickly took out a few pieces of toilet paper, and wiped them indiscriminately as they walked. Then throw it on the side of the road.

These are very real scenes in life.

And movies are things that originate from life and are higher than life.

If you want to film the lives of the poor, you have to see how they live and integrate them into the film.

This will make people believe in what they shoot, and have a sense of reality.

There will be no jokes such as "the protagonist lives in a luxury apartment in Baiping in the center of Shanghai and BJ, and wears a set of clothes every day, but he is a poor man living in Beijing".

As a director, you must have a pair of eyes that are good at observing.

The same goes for actors.

So Zhang Songwen also looked around at this time.

Qin Muchu found out, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Play a game?"

"game?"

"Did you see the breakfast shop opposite? There are three people standing at the door. Let's guess the relationship between these three people and see who is the most accurate."

Zhang Songwen looked in the direction of Qin Muchu's finger, and saw the breakfast shop and three people he mentioned.

It's across the road from them.

Three people, two men and one woman.

Among them, a man and a woman are older, about 50 years old.

There is also a man, to be precise, it should be a boy.

Fifteen or sixteen years old, about the age of middle and high school students.

At this time, the woman was poking the boy's head and cursing loudly, because she was not far away, the words could be heard clearly.

It probably means "Boys are very ignorant, don't go home all night, don't know where to go to play."

The boy bowed his head and let the woman yell at him without saying a word, while the middle-aged man next to the woman held the woman's arm and advised her not to get angry.

Although the dialogue between the three of them did not contain words that reveal their relationship with each other, their relationship is also obvious-a family of three.

It's just that normal families usually have strict fathers and loving mothers, but this family is the other way around, with loving fathers and strict mothers.

"Director Qin, this is too simple, there is no need to play." Zhang Songwen laughed.

Qin Muchu raised his eyebrows,
"Then you have the answer? Say it, the bet is today's crew breakfast, whoever loses will pay."

Zhang Songwen's originally determined answer became a little unconfident under Qin Muchu's expression of "you lose if you say it".

Especially when the bet involved such a "huge sum" of breakfast for a dozen people, he had to be cautious.

Because his pockets are cleaner than his face now, all the expenses for filming were spent on the crew, and he didn't need any money, so he sent all the money Qin Muchu gave him back to his hometown, leaving nothing behind.

He looked again at the three people who were quarreling on the street, trying to make sure if there was something he hadn't noticed.

Maybe it's because the woman's scolding voice is getting louder and louder, and people on the street can't stand it anymore.

A man came out of the nearby shop and said to the woman:
"A Fen, Xiao Wen knew he was wrong. Look, he didn't talk anymore. It's getting late. Give the child breakfast and go to school."

"How did he know he was wrong? How many times did he skip class every day, how many times did the teacher call me, what else is there to learn, why don't you stop studying and go to work in the store!"

The woman was very excited, and her voice was a little choked up as she spoke.

"If you're angry, you won't be able to do anything if you don't study. What kind of future will you have if you set up a breakfast shop for you!"

The leader was still persuading, and looked at the boy again:
"Xiaowen, quickly apologize to your mother!"

……

"Mother"!
Zhang Songwen immediately grasped the key word, and the somewhat wavering answer was completely determined.

He smiled and said:
"Haha, Director Qin, this can't be considered cheating on me, God is helping me."

"Oh? Then tell me your answer."

Qin Muchu was still smiling.

"It's this time, no matter how much you put on the show, you won't be able to scare me."

Zhang Songwen thought that Qin Muchu was playing psychological warfare with him, and said with absolute certainty:
"A family of three, mother, son, and father!"

"Is there any additional explanation for their relationship? Let's compare who is the most accurate." Qin Muchu said again.

Additional instructions?

Parents and sons are not detailed and accurate enough?
"A mother who is angry with her son? A stubborn son who refuses to admit his mistakes?" Zhang Songwen tried to add.

Qin Muchu smiled,
"After you've finished talking, let me say it. A family of three is a family of three. It's true that the relationship is mother and son, but this father..."

Qin Muchu was about to say the answer when suddenly a voice interrupted him.

"It's stepfather."

Qin Muchu and Zhang Songwen have been using Mandarin when speaking, but this voice speaks Cantonese.

Qin Muchu immediately followed the sound and saw a man with parted hair and bangs squatting on the chair behind them, and he hadn't finished eating the noodles in the bowl.

Seeing Qin Muchu's gaze, the man stood up,

"Director Qin, am I right?"

……

After breakfast, the crew returned to the hotel led by Deputy Director Ma, but Qin Muchu and Zhang Songwen stayed with a man, found a coffee shop, and walked in.

One of them ordered a cup of coffee, and let the coffee radiate heat, and no one drank it.

Both Qin Muchu and the man who was rushing to answer just now were wearing masks to cover their faces.

"Director Qin, I have admired your name for a long time."

The man holds out his hand.

Qin Muchu shook it up:
"Master Xing, I am the one who has admired your name for a long time."

That's right, the man in front of him is Zhou Xingxing, who is known as "One actor a year, Zhou Xingxing for a hundred years".

"I heard that you came to Hong Kong Island to make a movie, but I didn't expect to meet you here."

"I didn't expect that I came here to take pictures, why are you here?"

Qin Muchu asked puzzledly.

Although Hong Kong Island is not big, it is not small either.

With a population of 700 million, the probability of encountering Zhou Xingxing is still very small.

Especially in this kind of place.

Although Zhou Xingxing is ten years younger than in his previous life, he has already made many blockbuster movies, gained fame, and is not short of money.

It is completely unreasonable to have breakfast in a poor area like Sham Shui Po.

"I used to eat here often, so I come to savor the aftertaste."

Zhou Xingxing turned his head and glanced outside the glass of the cafe,

"It hasn't changed at all for so many years."

He shook his head and looked at Zhang Songwen again:
"Is this the lead actor in your movie?"

Before Qin Muchu could speak, Zhang Songwen immediately stood up with an excited expression, as if seeing an idol:
"Master Xing, I am the protagonist of Director Qin's movie. I really like your movies and deeds. It is all because of your encouragement that I can persist in being an actor until today, and wait for this opportunity to be the protagonist!"

Zhou Xingxing was taken aback by Zhang Songwen's excitement, but he quickly realized it.

He didn't comfort him with "hardship comes with joy", nor did he encourage him, but he stood up and said seriously:

"You are better than me. You are very disadvantaged by your appearance. It is not easy to be the protagonist."

Zhang Songwen's rising mood stagnated, and a trace of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether Zhou Xingxing was praising him or hurting him.

The atmosphere is a little stiff.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing suddenly patted Zhang Songwen on the shoulder:

"Just kidding, pretty boy, you're so pretty!"

"Oh, hehe...haha, Master Xing, you are so humorous."

Zhang Songwen also smiled.

"However, it's much worse than me."

Zhou Xingxing regained his serious face.

Zhang Songwen: "..."

He looked at Zhou Xingxing, and decided to stabilize his emotions first to prevent the next turning point.

But no, Zhou Xingxing looked very seriously.

"..."

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing, and thought of the evaluation of him by people in the entertainment industry in his previous life.

Indeed, a little difficult to live with.

Compared with the funny him in the movie, he is almost two people.

The three fell into silence, and no one knew what to say.

The atmosphere was awkward.

It took a long while before someone spoke, it was Zhou Xingxing.

"Director Qin, what kind of movie are you making?"

Qin Muchu heaved a sigh of relief, he is not very good at finding topics, this awkward atmosphere almost offset his excitement to see Master Xing.

He was already thinking about what to say to leave politely.

"It's an inspirational movie." He replied.

"Inspirational film? Did the poor people who went out of Sham Shui Po finally become rich?" Zhou Xingxing guessed.

It has to be said that his guess was fairly accurate, and the main plot came out with a pretty good guess.

"almost."

Zhou Xingxing nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Asking again will involve detailed plots, and the relationship between the two is not enough for others to disclose these.

It fell into silence again.

Zhang Songwen looked at the two people who were stirring coffee and neither of them looked up to speak, he was a little anxious.

After thinking about it, he broke the silence and asked:

"How do you know that father is a stepfather, not a biological father?"

"that is……"

Zhou Xingxing spoke first, but he looked at Qin Muchu again, and his voice paused:
"Let's let Director Qin say it."

Yo, are you trying to test me?

Qin Muchu said slowly:

"First of all, when my mother scolded her son, even though my father persuaded him, he was standing next to the woman and holding her arm, facing the same direction as the woman, instead of standing in the same direction as my son, facing the woman directly. "

Zhang Songwen thought about it, and it was true.

"This shows that the relationship between parents is likely to be closer than that of sons."

"Second, the father and son have always kept a distance, and there has been no physical contact.

When a man persuades a woman, the boy does not have any intimate behavior with the man, hiding behind him or something. "

"Thirdly, the child keeps silent all the time. It stands to reason that whether it is a family with a loving father and strict mother or a family with a loving mother and strict father, the child should be close to one side. This kind of two is not close, probably because he feels Neither of them are close friends.

In this case, it is very likely that the parents remarried. "

"In the end, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore. They came out to tell the mother to stop scolding, and persuaded the child to admit his mistakes, but the strange thing is that he didn't talk to his father. Normally, shouldn't he talk to his father in this situation? Why do the neighbors turn a blind eye? "

"To sum up, the most likely thing is that Dad is a stepfather, so he can't discipline the children too much."

After some deduction ended, applause rang out.

"One word, absolutely!"

Zhou Xingxing applauded.

Zhang Songwen fell into silence, thinking about Qin Muchu's words, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt.

After a while, he shook his head and smiled wryly:

"I'm willing to bet, Director Qin, make it early this morning..."

"I'm just speculating, it's very likely, but not absolute, so there's no winning or losing."

Seeing that Zhang Songwen still wanted to speak, Qin Muchu said again:

"Why don't you ask them, is that father a stepfather?"

One sentence blocked Zhang Songwen.

If I ask now, I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten up.

Knowing that Qin Muchu let him off on purpose, Zhang Songwen was moved, but he had nothing to repay.

Only through hard work.

So asked:

"Director Qin, are you still filming today?"

Qin Muchu thought about it and shook his head:

"It's gone. I'll go back and have a look to make sure if it works."

"Have you already filmed in the morning? So early, is it a night scene?" Zhou Xingxing asked.

"It's not a night scene, it's a sunrise."

"Sunrise...does it mean hope? Then we want to shoot the sun shining on this broken block?"

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing in surprise.

How can he guess so well?Guess right?

It's rare for someone to understand the meaning of what he said in seconds, and his thinking is so synchronized, he became interested.

"It's not just hope. I chose the junction of the old building and the building. The sun shines on the building but not on the old building. Then..."

Qin Muchu and Zhou Xingxing discussed in detail the pictures just taken.

From light and shadow composition, to the thought behind it, to the meaning of the lens...

Zhang Songwen listened with admiration and admiration.

He has seen the pictures taken, and he has thought about the meaning of some pictures, but he has not paid attention to more details. He only thinks that the pictures are full of charm, emotional and rich in connotation.

The gap between him and Qin Muchu is like the difference between a diner and a cook.

Diners eat a dish and think it is delicious, and they can tell a general taste of sweet, sour, salty and spicy.

But when the chef takes a bite of the dish, he can analyze which seasonings are used to achieve such a taste, cooking techniques and so on.

"In that case, the pictures you took are meant to be separated?" Zhou Xingxing asked.

"Yes, the dull one at the beginning, and the hopeful one at the end."

Qin Muchu took off his mask, took a sip of coffee, and moistened his throat.

"Wow--"

As soon as the coffee entered his mouth, he spit it back into the cup:

"So bitter!"

The facial features are so bitter that they are distorted, and the mouth is full of saliva, scrubbing the tongue.

"Of course it's bitter if you don't add sugar."

Zhou Xingxing, who was imagining in his mind that Qin Muchu had just taken the picture, was interrupted, looked at Qin Muchu with a "bitter look", and silently put down the coffee he was carrying.

"I thought about the picture you took, it is beautiful and interesting, you are amazing!"

He suddenly praised Qin Muchu, his tone so gentle that it seemed like a declarative sentence.

Qin Muchu could see that he didn't mean to be flattering or polite at all, his eyes were pure and sincere.

"Please take a look at the filming."

Qin Muchu raised his coffee cup and smiled.

Zhou Xingxing also smiled, narrowed his eyes, took off his mask, and clinked cups of coffee:
"I'll buy a ticket."

After finishing speaking, the two drank coffee together...

"vomit--"

Zhou Xingxing turned around, bowed his head and spit the coffee on the ground.

"Death on the street, why is it so hard!"

His eyes closed in pain and his fists clenched.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing looked a little like him in the movie.

Suddenly finding that Qin Muchu didn't respond, he looked at Qin Muchu,

"Are you okay? Didn't you also say it was bitter just now?"

Qin Muchu didn't speak, but shook his head with a sigh, and then spit the coffee back into the cup under Zhou Xingxing's eyes that were gradually widening.

exclaimed:
"Of course it's bitter if you don't add sugar."

……

(End of this chapter)