I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 163 Hong Kong Island Love Story
"Director Qin, the subway has already contacted the local government. They can cooperate with the filming. The time is the weekend, that is, tomorrow. It will only be an hour from [-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. because there will be fewer people taking the subway during this time period. If you can’t finish shooting this weekend, you can only make an appointment for next week.”

Deputy director Ma and Qin Muchu reported on the next work arrangement.

"One hour……"

Qin Muchu thought about it, the subway scenes are not many, and it is estimated that it only takes tens of seconds to appear in the movie. Although the filming takes into account the need for editing, it usually takes at least five or six minutes to shoot.

Counting the number of times the actors NG, as long as it is not too much, an hour should be about the same.

So he nodded,
"Tomorrow, the subway scene will be filmed, and today's taxi scene will be completed."

He looked at the time again,
"It's almost time, let's start shooting."

"Ok."

……

The story background of the movie is on Hong Kong Island, and the main scenes are also filmed here.

Because this movie is a Chinese version of the American classic "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door", and Hong Kong Island is the closest place in China to the United States.

Some things cannot be completely localized, just like the main line of the story - the protagonist turns from a medical device salesman to a stockbroker.

Stockbrokers are a very lucrative profession in the United States. They charge a certain commission by promoting the stocks of some companies to customers.

In a way, it's similar to sales, except that they sell stocks.

Regarding this industry, a relatively famous movie is called "The Wolf of Wall Street", which fully reveals the nature and huge profits of this industry.

But in mainland China, this profession is not as popular as abroad.

The national conditions are different.

China's stock market regulation and trading model are very different from those in Europe and the United States, and the economy has not yet developed into the stock market era.

And now in 2006, not to mention stockbrokers, there are not many listed companies in mainland China...

The scenes on Hong Kong Island are very important, and it is estimated that the filming will be completed in two months. The remaining scenes need to be completed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Bay Area. It is estimated that it will take a month or two to travel around.

Finally, it goes into post-production of the film.

Although Qin Muchu had a rough template in mind, editing took a long time because many of the scenes shot were different from the original movie.

There is another very important point.

In this movie, apart from the male advocate Songwen and Sun Bijuan who plays his daughter, most of the other actors have to use local actors from Hong Kong Island. Although their roles are basically pitifully small, dubbing actors are still needed to dub them in Mandarin in the later stage.

This again takes a long time.

The reason why Hong Kong Island actors are used is an unspoken rule.

When Hong Kong island crews go to the mainland to film, they must use mainland actors, and the same is true when the mainland comes to Hong Kong island.

Anyway, the movie definitely revolves around Zhang Songwen, and the rest are basically small characters who don't have a few lines, so Qin Muchu doesn't care.

Moreover, letting Hong Kong Island actors play these small roles may not be without "surprises"...

"All departments are ready."

On the street, following Qin Muchu's order, a driving taxi slowly stopped.

"The actors get in the car and take a panoramic shot of them." Qin Muchu said.

Zhang Songwen and Liu Qingyun got into the taxi immediately after being ordered.

"Action!"

On the monitor, seeing that the actors had arrived, Qin Muchu gave the order to start filming.

"I have a lot of experience in sales. I think a stockbroker is also a kind of sales. I used to be a..."

Zhang Songwen tried his best to sell himself to Liu Qingyun, racking his brains to think of all the conditions he could get with the stockbroker.

Because Liu Qingyun is the HR manager of a securities company, he has a lot of say in recruiting interns for the company.

Zhang Songwen had already submitted his resume to this company a month ago, but he was obviously not within the scope of the company's consideration because he had no academic qualifications and no work experience.

For a month, he didn't get a reply.

So he waited for this Liu Qingyun at the securities company every day, hoping that he would give him a chance for an interview.

He waited today, but Liu Qingyun wanted to take a car to go elsewhere, and Zhang Songwen also took a taxi in order to be able to talk to him.

……

Zhang Songwen introduced himself very seriously, but Liu Qingyun didn't listen at all. He looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand, turning it bit by bit, but it would not recover at all.

Zhang Songwen found out, and his words gradually stopped,

"Mr. Liu, this job is very important to me."

Liu Qingyun finally looked at him with apologetic expression on his face:
"I'm sorry, it's just..."

He picked up the Rubik's Cube:
"It's simply impossible to spell it out."

Zhang Songwen looked at Rubik's Cube:
"I can."

"You can't, no one can, impossible."

Liu Qingyun immediately denied it, and he made no progress for a long time.

"I'm sure I can do it."

"You can not."

"let me see."

Zhang Songwen stretched out his hand,

"give me."

Liu Qingyun looked at Zhang Songwen helplessly. In his eyes, this was just a person who didn't even have the qualifications to enter the company for an interview. He didn't believe that Zhang Songwen could recover the Rubik's Cube at all.

But he didn't want to get entangled, and was ready to wait for Zhang Songwen to have nothing to say after his failure, so as to get out of trouble, so he put the Rubik's Cube in Zhang Songwen's hands and watched Zhang Songwen operate quietly.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Songwen could really play Rubik's Cube.

Because Zhang Songwen's daughter has one, he found it very interesting, so he learned how to play the Rubik's Cube from TV.

"It looks like it's turning around an axis, and the middle part stays put, so if the middle is yellow, the side should be yellow..."

Zhang Songwen recovered while speaking.

The professional explanation caused the driver to glance at him in the rearview mirror and listen carefully.

He also holds a Rubik's Cube in his hand...

After the play, Zhou Xingxing walked behind Qin Muchu, silently watching the monitor screen.

Qin Muchu suddenly paused the screen on the monitor, and was about to speak when he heard a voice behind him.

"Jie Li was a little too anxious. Liu Qingyun shouldn't have shown a shocked expression so early. It would be better if he slowed down."

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing who was frowning, and nodded in agreement. This is what he wanted to talk about.

At that time, the reason why the shooting was not interrupted was because it was the first time to shoot. It would be much better to let the actors finish the performance smoothly and talk about the problems that arise than to interrupt directly.

"We will reshoot this part later, let the actors come over first."

He waved his hand to invite the recorder and said.

The scene reporter immediately went to inform the actors to rearrange the venue.

"Do I need to reshoot that part?" Zhou Xingxing asked.

"It is also necessary, there are some problems."

Qin Muchu exported two shots of Zhou Xingxing.

One is looking at the back seat from the rearview mirror, and eavesdropping.

The other is looking down at the Rubik's Cube in his hand.

That's right, Zhou Xingxing played the role of taxi driver as a cameo.

This was decided when they were chatting in the cafe that day. The two had similar ideas about movies, and their attitudes towards movies were also extreme, so they got along quite well.

Now, we can be friends.

"Look here..."

Qin Muchu freezes the scene of Zhou Xingxing looking at the Rubik's Cube.

Zhou Xingxing stepped forward.

"You got attention because he said 'the middle is yellow, so this side should be yellow', so when you look at the Rubik's Cube, you want to verify his statement.

here……"

Qin Muchu pointed to Zhou Xingxing's hand holding the Rubik's Cube,

"When you hold the Rubik's Cube, you should shake it from side to side to see if it is true as he said, the middle is yellow, and this side is yellow.

But because you are driving, you can’t hold the Rubik’s Cube in front of your eyes, you can only look for the Rubik’s Cube with your eyes, so you have to make a sideways glance at the Rubik’s Cube…”

This shot is only one second, which belongs to a flash.

It stands to reason that there is no need to be so harsh, not to mention that Zhou Xingxing only came to play a cameo, there is no reason to ask others to spend time to do it again, just because of such a small flaw.

It is very easy to offend people.

What do you mean?
Look down on me, let me play such a side role again?
Are you picking bones in the egg?

But Zhou Xingxing thought about it, nodded and said:

"See if that's the case?"

As he said that, he acted out the scene just now on the spot.

"The shaking of your hands is even smaller. You are still holding the steering wheel while driving." Qin Muchu corrected again.

……

The taxi scene was filmed all morning and took half an afternoon to achieve the effect Qin Muchu wanted.

It was within Qin Muchu's acceptable range, because this scene was an important one in the movie, it was normal to spend time grinding it out.

After the filming of this scene, today's task is also completed.

The crew was cleaning up, and the two protagonists of the scene walked towards Qin Muchu.

"Director Qin, I'm leaving first, and I'll come back for the next play."

Liu Qingyun and Qin Muchu bid farewell.

"okay."

With a wave of his hand, Liu Qingyun left the set.

Unlike mainland China, actors basically follow the group when filming.

But because of the small size of Hong Kong Island, actors can go home.

And for actors on Hong Kong Island, being an actor is a job, acting at work and returning home after get off work, no different from ordinary office workers.

Compared with other Hong Kong Island actors, Liu Qingyun has a lot of roles in this role, but generally not many.

So the next scene is still more than ten days away, so he will definitely have to film other scenes to make ends meet after such a long time.

This actor was recommended by Zhou Huimin. Qin Muchu had an impression of him. He was a familiar face in Hong Kong movies in his previous life, and his acting skills were not bad, so he was hired.

Qin Muchu packed up his things and was about to get in the car and go back to the hotel.

Just about to open the door, I suddenly heard a voice from the back of the van.

"Ajuan, it's me, I want to see you, hello, Ajuan, Ajuan..."

Qin Muchu's voice was very familiar.

Zhou Xingxing walked out from the back of the car with a dejected expression on his face. When he looked up, he saw Qin Muchu, their eyes met, and both of them were a little embarrassed.

Zhou Xingxing wanted to pretend to be happy, but at the moment his acting skills are like a low-level actor.

A strong smile was written on his face.

"Well, I'm going back to the hotel, should I see you off?" Qin Muchu asked tentatively.

What Zhou Xingxing said by accident just now, coupled with his current appearance, it seems that he was rejected by the girl.

It's embarrassing to be hit by someone like this.

"No, I came by car."

Zhou Xingxing forced a smile and waved his hand to refuse.

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

Qin Muchu immediately replied without any politeness.

The best way to avoid continued embarrassment for others is to separate from him.

As he said that, he opened the door and was about to get in the car, when suddenly there was another voice behind him.

"Chu boy."

Qin Muchu turned his head and looked at Zhou Xingxing who was exuding a "decay" air.

"Come and have a drink with me."

Zhou Xingxing drooped his shoulders and looked at Qin Muchu with a hint of pleading in his eyes.

……

The atmosphere of nightclubs on Hong Kong Island is far more open than that of mainland China. All kinds of hot girls are wearing suspenders and shorts, twisting and rubbing wantonly on the stage.

"Say, can you blame me? How could I get married at the time when I had just started to improve!?"

On the bar counter, Zhou Xingxing raised his wine glass and shouted loudly to Qin Muchu with hazy eyes.

Said, drank the wine in the glass.

Hiccupped, lying on the bar counter, depressed:

"I just want to wait... Marriage, marriage is a lifetime thing, wait a little longer, what does it matter if you wait a little longer, I love her the same whether you get married or not, I love her for the rest of my life, hiccup, you say yes no?"

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing, who was already drunk, and asked him about this kind of emotional matter, a lone wolf who has been single for two lifetimes, it was really... the right person to ask.

"You haven't been rumored with other female stars, so maybe you won't break up."

"You also said it was a scandal, it's not true." Zhou Xingxing raised his head irritably and patted the table.

Qin Muchu was unmoved, and just asked:

"Not true?"

"..."

A moment of silence.

After a while, Zhou Xingxing lay down again, holding his head:
"I'm sorry for her, I'm sorry for her..."

As a fan, Qin Muchu could only sigh in his heart when he saw Zhou Xingxing like this:

"He just made a mistake that all men in the world make..."

Zhou Xingxing's first love girlfriend Luo Huijuan, the two fell in love with Xingye at the end of their lives.

At that time, he was not yet popular, and he was the host of a show.

And Luo Huijuan is already a little famous.

Later, Zhou Xingxing's career improved and his fame gradually increased, but the two finally broke up because of marriage problems and Zhou Xingxing's frequent scandals.

Objectively speaking, this relationship must be Zhou Xingxing's fault.

But it's true that he likes Luo Huijuan. It's been a year since they broke up, but he still misses her and wants to get her back.

But marriage is the biggest knot.

Zhou Xingxing is still unwilling to get married now.

"Chu Zai, you can't be bothered. If you love someone, you have to love her for the rest of your life..."

Zhou Xingxing raised his head suddenly, and put his arms around Qin Muchu's shoulder drunkenly.

Qin Muchu couldn't help smiling, helped him up to prevent him from falling, and joked:
"Forever? Supreme Treasure says you will love for 1 years."

"Supreme treasure?"

Zhou Xingxing's brain, which was already anesthetized by alcohol, was even more dazed, and he leaned on Qin Muchu's arm.

"Who is Supreme Treasure?"

Qin Muchu was taken aback, remembering that Zhou Xingxing in this world hadn't filmed "A Chinese Journey to the West" yet, so he said casually:

"A friend, very similar to you."

"Like me? Yes, are you as handsome as me... Hiccup, 1 years is longer than a lifetime, okay, I want to love 1 years too!"

Zhou Xingxing seemed to be ignited by this sentence. The more he said, the more excited he got, he stood up suddenly, rushed to the bar, and shouted at everyone:

"I want to love her for 1 years! Love her for 1 years!"

Qin Muchu was dazed by his sudden drunken madness, and pulled him down immediately after realizing it.

Zhou Xingxing struggled restlessly, and kept mumbling.

"1 years, 1 years of love..."

(There is another chapter, writing)

Qin Muchu suddenly

(End of this chapter)