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Chapter 259 Happy to be a tool man

Moving his eyelids, Gu Zhongyu woke up from his deep sleep and slowly opened his eyes.The first thing that catches your eyelids is the simple ceiling in the living room of the wooden house. The early morning sunlight shines from outside, and it seems that you can still hear a few birdsong.

After taking a long breath, Gu Zhongyu looked at the girl in his arms. Alexandra, who was lying on his chest, was still sleeping soundly. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised as if she was having a sweet dream, but she was holding her arms so tightly that he It's very difficult to move.

Smiling and shaking his head, Gu Zhongyu opened a corner of the quilt wrapped around him, stretched his body that was a little stiff from sleeping on the floor, gently moved the girl's arm, and then got up and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

Shalizi was standing in front of the stove making a sandwich, with fragrant bacon frying in the pan. When she saw Gu Zhongyu getting up, she asked, "Why don't you sleep a little longer, my dear?"

"That's almost it. Even though it's Saturday, I don't dare to develop the habit of sleeping in." Gu Zhongyu smiled and kissed her soft face.

The American emperor is so insidious. Even the Hollywood crew actually strictly follows the weekend system. Isn't this a murder of the people of the Chinese dynasty who love to work!
Therefore, Gu Zhongyu must push himself and never develop the bad habit of taking double breaks while filming in Hollywood. What will happen if he can't change it when he returns to China in the future? How will he integrate into the happy atmosphere in China where everyone is happy together 996/007!

"What a self-disciplined oriental man!"

After a while, Alexandra also got up and greeted the two of them sleepily.

"Good morning, honey, come and have some!"

Although everyone had the most intimate contact, the young Alexandra's face was still stained with a blush. Thinking of the heat last night, she sat down between the two of them with some embarrassment.

It seems like she was in the same position last night?

It has been almost a month since the filming of "The Invisible Guest" started. After this period of time, the actors have become more and more familiar with each other, especially Alexandra. She is one of Salize's fans, so when When the two took the initiative to pull her upstairs last night, she finally chose to follow them after struggling for a long time.

Now, is she considered to have carried a gun with her idol?
"How are you feeling Daddario?" Gu Zhongyu asked Alexandra while eating breakfast.

Alexandra's face turned even redder when she heard this, and she replied hesitantly: "It's okay...but, next time, can you not always focus on me? Although I know..."

"What? Baby, I'm asking how you feel about filming recently. Where have you been thinking about it?"

Only then did Alexandra realize that she had made a mistake. She was a little annoyed and lightly slapped Gu Zhongyu: "What a bastard, you didn't explain yourself clearly!"

At this time, Shalizi was inspired and said: "I love this movie so much. I have never encountered such a wonderful script in my career, and it is also suspense-themed. My dear, you really surprised me!"

"Salize, haven't you ever made a suspense film? No, right?"

"Haha! In my early years, I shot some B-level movies with erotica as the selling point. No one has ever asked me to shoot this type of movie. Oh no, there is also a fat executive director in his 50s who once tried to give me this kind of movie. There was a chance, but I chose to kick him downwards!"

She was once invited to a famous director's home for an audition. However, as soon as she entered the door, she noticed that the atmosphere was strange.

The director's house was empty, and he was completely out of his usual suit-and-tie appearance. As soon as they met, he took Theron's hand and led her to the bedroom.

At this time, Shalizi hadn't thought too much, she just felt that the director was more enthusiastic, but what happened next made her stunned.

After entering the bedroom, the director took off her upper body pajamas and asked Shalizi to lie on the bed. At this time, she finally understood the director's intention of inviting her to his home for an audition.

If she were an ordinary actress, she might choose to give in or be conciliatory. But she is Charlize Theron. She witnessed her biological mother murder her father when she was a few years old. When she was a model, she dared to chase gangsters with wine bottles. How could she do this? Are you going to take advantage of him?
She clearly expressed her distaste for the unspoken rules, but the director had no intention of letting her go, and even touched her very forcefully.

Finally, the grumpy Saliz kicked him and ran away like a gallop.

As a result, Shalizi naturally lost the opportunity to star. Later, she first called the police, but the police did not file a case against her due to insufficient evidence.

Afterwards, she told the local media in Los Angeles exactly what happened. However, the media are the tools of these Hollywood giants, so how could they report negative news about the financial sponsor?
Therefore, even though Shalizi made many efforts, she still failed to expose the incident.

For a young person who broke into the entertainment industry, this experience was really terrible, and she even fell into entanglement for a time.If you stick to yourself, you will miss out on a lot of opportunities.If you adapt to the environment, you will be sorry for your own conscience.

Such contradictory thoughts brought a serious psychological burden to Shalizi. She was even diagnosed with mild depression and had to take medicine for a long time.

It wasn't until 1997 that the crew of "The Devil's Advocate" took a fancy to her and invited her to play the heroine, which helped Salize get out of this low period in her life.

Alexandra listened to Shalizi talking about the past, with both distress and admiration on her face. She had never experienced any hardships since she was a child with a good family background. With her father's status, even in Hollywood where tycoons gather, No one who wants to die would dare to trick her into thinking.

Just when Shalizi was immersed in her own thoughts, she stretched out an arm in front of her, and then tapped her face with her fingers. The loud sound immediately brought Shalizi back to her senses. After a daze, she saw Gu Zhongyu He laughed: "The past is in the past, we have to live in the present. The weather is nice this weekend, let's go out and have fun!"

"Okay! The three of us will go together."

A smile broke out on Shalizi's face, and she held their hands and was about to leave. Gu Zhongyu was leaving the United States after filming. He didn't know when they would meet again, but it was more important to cherish the people in front of him.

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In the blink of an eye, the filming of "The Invisible Guest" has come to an end. I have to say that aside from being greasy and narcissistic, Chen Sicheng can be regarded as a talented person. It is obviously the first time to direct such a suspenseful movie, and He also had to coordinate actors from China and the United States at the same time. Although he was in a foreign country, he could still make it almost watertight and satisfy most of the staff.

To be honest, among the young directors of the same age group, apart from Guo Fan, there is really no one who can be said to be better than him.

He used his actions to tell others that talent is a filter that can make people ignore bad personal ethics and greasy behavior to a certain extent.Netizens once hated Chen Sicheng because he married the goddess Tong Liya and was frequently rumored to have cheated on him; because he spoke arrogantly and was pretentious.But after one movie after another was made, everyone suddenly realized.

As a director, Chen Sicheng has two skills.

Chen Sicheng has successively filmed the "Detective Chinatown" trilogy, and also filmed a high-quality "Detective Chinatown" web series, creating a universe of "Detective Chinatown", which is very rare among domestic directors.

The audience not only likes a certain movie, but is fascinated by the world of detective work and is willing to follow the footsteps of characters such as Tang Ren and Qin Feng to see what happens next.

There are very few movies in China that can be serialized into three parts, and each one has amazing box office results, and the fourth part of "Tang Detective" is already being planned.

And when the Tang Detective pattern was first formed, Chen Sicheng had gradually let go of new directors to participate, and retreated to the position of producer. For example, "Manslaughter" produced by him, including the newly released "The Disappearance of Her", was even more impressive. It has a box office of more than 30 billion.

This shows that he understands long-term planning and is not the kind of short-sighted person who only cares about immediate interests. He is infinitely better than Brother Kaizi and others.

No wonder some netizens often say: If Chen Si had grown up to be more handsome and not divorced, he would have been a perfect model for the male protagonist in the China Entertainment director.

"The last scene of Act [-] of "The Invisible Guest" begins!"

Chen Sicheng stared closely at the picture on the monitor, watching the neatly dressed Gu Zhongyu slowly walk into the camera. His character Adrian looked at the back of Virginia who was about to leave the room when she opened the door, and called out to her.

"Ms. Virginia...thank you!"

Virginia, played by Salize, nodded and left.

At this time, Adrian's phone rang, and his assistant called to tell him that the driver had been bribed to prove that he was not on that road, and then asked him what he thought of the Virginia lawyer.

Adrian smiled and said that he was very satisfied with this middle-aged female lawyer, who would definitely be able to help him escape guilt.

Suddenly, there was an disturbing buzzing sound from the phone, and the pen he placed on his shirt pocket burst out with ink. Adrian hurriedly took the pen out for inspection, only to realize that this thing was a bug!

And Adrian has confessed all the truth in the past three hours. She is the murderer of Danny and his mistress Laura!
Just then, the real Virginia lawyer rushed to his room. Looking at the face of the strange middle-aged woman, Adrian realized that something was wrong with the situation.

Adrian slowly walked to the window and looked at the room opposite the hotel. That room was where Danny's father Thomas lived. At this time, there was one more person, the "Virginia" lawyer whom he was thanking just now.

Lawyer "Virginia" stood with Thomas. She took off her contact lenses and wig, tore off the artificial leather on her face, and put on her reading glasses. Only then did Adrian recognize who this person was.

It turned out that the Virginia he had just been chatting with for a long time was someone else's fake one, and the fake person was the mother of Danny, the boy he killed!

He actually told the victim's mother the truth about his crime. It was planned from beginning to end, and he stepped into the trap of the old couple.

Thomas and his wife stood in the house with cold eyes, looking at the murderer of his son as if he were looking at a dead person. Then Thomas picked up the phone and dialed the police number: "I am Thomas, the father of the deceased Danny. I have checked The truth behind my son’s death has been revealed!”

After filming the last scene, Chen Sicheng shouted excitedly: "It's finished!"

The crew was shocked. The filming, which took more than a month, was finally over and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Sicheng is worthy of his reputation as a fast shooter. Before Gu Zhongyu started shooting, he said he would be given a month. In fact, his psychological expectation was that the filming would be completed within three months.I didn’t expect this guy to be so crazy. After filming that day, he dragged the Chinese staff to help complete the editing that day. His desperate efforts shocked his American colleagues. Are these Chinese all workaholics?
At the same time, Gu Zhongyu's tense nerves suddenly relaxed and he became very unaccustomed to it. He felt that filming this film was more stressful than other films.

"Mr. Gu, it's lucky to have you, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish this movie in such a short time!"

After filming was completed, Chen Sicheng immediately came to Gu Zhongyu to express his gratitude. Not only did he thank him for giving him such a great opportunity, but he also thanked him for his guidance on the film over the past month.

Although he obviously feels that he is just a tool director, there are still many people who want to beg for his status as a tool man!
Gu Zhongyu knew every frame of the movie "The Invisible Guest" by heart. If Chen Sicheng wanted to edit, he would definitely be involved as the producer, so he couldn't lie down and had to stay up late every day with Chen Sicheng. Edit to ensure that the rhythm and texture of the film match what you remember.

In order to help Chen Sicheng, Gu Zhongyu ignored Sha Liz and Alexandra for several nights. What a damn grave!

Gu Zhongyu plans to go back in two days, and Chen Sicheng will stay in the United States for a while. In addition to handling post-production work, he is also responsible for applying for film subsidies.

Yes, there are subsidies for making movies in the United States. Most states in the United States have introduced preferential film policies, but the specific preferential intensity is different. Most of the incentives are cash subsidies and tax rebates.

In order to attract people to shoot movies in Los Angeles, the local government has established a "Film Production Tax Rebate Program" that can provide subsidies of up to 30%.

Moreover, in China, there are millions of subsidies for film production, especially co-productions. The subsidies from the two countries combined are worth several million US dollars. Although it is not much, mosquito legs are also meat!
The emergence of many bad movies was actually to defraud subsidies from the beginning, such as those anti-Japanese dramas or copycat cartoons that followed the trend.

He left all these trivial tasks to Chen Sicheng. After all, he would be filming the "Detective Chinatown" series overseas in the future, so it would be a good idea to let him get familiar with these tasks first.

After the filming, Gu Zhongyu generously invited all the staff to a luxurious buffet party and a two-day trip. Of course, he did not go with him this time.

Because Shalizi and Alexandre took Gu Zhongyu home after the filming was over, and didn't even let him out for several days. What a shame!

(End of this chapter)