They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 633: Cheng Long plays the father again...

Sitting on the sofa in Huo Mingjie's room, Miriam looked out the window where it was raining, and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, complaining:

"It looks like we can't go out today again!"

As for the production of "Time Traveler", there weren't any major problems with the crew.

The factor that most affects the crew's filming progress is the weather here. It rains all the time, which sometimes limits the time to go out for filming.

Miriam, who came along, did not need to participate in the filming. They had originally agreed to go out for a walk together when Huo Mingjie was free.

But it was delayed again and again...

"Yeah, we can't shoot at the beach again today. Too bad, if it wasn't for the rain, we would have finished and left!"

Miriam, who had complained at this time, was not interested and was not happy to continue the conversation.

Because the person who answered the phone at this time was not Huo Mingjie, but the director of the crew, Mr. Curtis.

It rained outside again today, which prevented the crew from completing the last shot here and they had to stay in the hotel to rest.

Director Curtis had originally come to talk to Huo Mingjie about the script, but he interrupted her and Huo Mingjie's time alone. How could she be happy?

Not noticing Miriam's unhappiness, Mr. Curtis complained about the weather again, then turned his head to look at Huo Mingjie who was fiddling with parts next to him, and said expectantly:

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Huo Mingjie put down the parts in his hand and operated the remote control, and the drone in front of him flew steadily.

The film director, Mr. Curtis, looked at the filming drone hanging above his head and moved closer to Huo Mingjie.

Looking at the clear and stable images sent back by the drone on the screen in front of him, he couldn't hide his excitement and said:
“Oh, this stuff is really good!”

Seeing this, Huo Mingjie chuckled and said:
"This is a drone specially developed for filming. The images taken can be directly used for movie editing. I think directors may like it!"

"Of course. How much does this thing cost?"

"Two hundred thousand per unit, that's pretty cheap, right?"

"If it can be reused and can fly high enough and stable enough, then it will be very cost-effective."

Nowadays, most filming is done by renting helicopters, which are relatively expensive, and one also has to bear the corresponding fuel and personnel costs. After renting them twice, one can buy the drone that Huo Mingjie is promoting now.

"Don't worry, it has a one-year warranty, and flight altitude and stability are not a problem!" At this time, Huo Mingjie was smiling and enthusiastically promoting the drone he had invested in.

Daqiang received investment from Huo Mingjie and they are a serious civilian enterprise, so it was natural for them to start developing drones for filming.

After working on it for several years, it’s finally paying off!
Persuaded by Huo Mingjie's marketing tactics, old man Curtis couldn't hide his excitement and finally decided to buy one, and agreed to let Huo Mingjie help him sell it to his director friends!

This kind of professional photography drone is still very expensive and bulky.

The cost price is 200,000 per unit, and it is still 200,000 when sold in the UK, but the unit is British pounds, a tenfold difference.

If we can sell more, it would be a really good business, and we can make money from foreigners...

Director Curtis, who bought the drone from Huo Mingjie, played with the remote control excitedly for a while, then suddenly reacted and said:
"But Mr. Huo, does our movie have any scenes that need to be filmed from high altitude?"

Although the movie has the gimmick of a fantasy theme, in fact, apart from the setting of being able to travel through time and space, there is no other fantasy setting at all.

The theme of the movie is more focused on love and family.

It seems that there is no need to use a drone to shoot such a warm and artistic movie!
Huo Mingjie blinked his eyes when he heard this and said:

"Maybe you can add aerial shots where appropriate... and you'll definitely need them in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Curtis burst into laughter, shook his head helplessly, then took his drone and turned to leave Huo Mingjie's room.

He couldn't wait to play with this new toy...

Miriam, who witnessed Huo Mingjie fooling the old man, couldn't help curling her lips while lying on the sofa and complained:

"Boss, if you become a salesman, you can at least make one million."

It was clearly agreed before that this drone was to be used for recording when the two of them were out having fun, but now it has been sold to someone else.

Sure enough, every boss is like this, and will not miss any opportunity to make money...

Huo Mingjie turned his head to look at Miriam, who was obviously unhappy, and said jokingly:
"No, if I were a salesman, I would definitely make more than a million!"

Miriam looked at him speechlessly after hearing this.

But I have to admit that Huo Mingjie is right!
After all, with this face, girls who are willing to buy it even need to line up. As a salesman, he can even sit and wait for people to come to his door and give him money...

In fact, Huo Mingjie roughly guessed why the Italian girl was unhappy. He blinked at Miriam and said with a smile:
"Actually, I have another one! That one is a test machine. It's small and convenient, and more suitable for carrying around. That's the drone I plan to take out to record us!"

Hearing this, Miriam, who was originally a little unhappy, frowned and became cheerful again.

But she still turned her head away pretending to be indifferent and said:
"It doesn't matter. I don't care anyway..."

"But the weather here is really bad. It's cold and gloomy in the winter, and it rains a lot in the fall."

Complaining about the weather in Little Britain has now become Miriam's daily routine.

Whenever it rained and she couldn't go out, she would run to Huo Mingjie's room to complain, repeating the same few sentences over and over again, and she never got tired of it!
Come to think of it, it felt like she was just using this excuse to come to Huo Mingjie...

Huo Mingjie also complained a few words in cooperation and talked and laughed with her for a while. Only then did Miriam go back satisfied.

Only after confirming that she had left the room did Huo Mingjie take out his cell phone and call his assistant.

"Tell Daqiang to send me another test machine as soon as possible. I need it urgently..."

After hanging up the phone, Huo Mingjie touched his nose, feeling that this man's mouth was full of lies sometimes...
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Fortunately, only a small part of this drama needs to be shot on location, so we can always find suitable weather for shooting.

After finishing the outdoor filming and returning to the foggy city, the remaining shots in the movie can basically be shot indoors. Thanks to Huo Mingjie's passive influence of the golden finger, even though the filming team of the movie is a motley crew formed by both sides.

Even the movie's heroine, Miriam, studied liberal arts in college, which has nothing to do with acting, and she had never been involved in filming before.

But the filming of the movie went on quite smoothly, the makeshift team worked well together and the shooting progress was not delayed for long.

Just when the filming of the movie was halfway done, Cheng Long, who had been invited by Huo Mingjie before, finally came to the crew!
Cheng Long's guest role in the movie this time is the father of the male protagonist played by Huo Mingjie.

This is a middle-aged man with a gentle personality, elegant and knowledgeable, who uses his family's superpowers to read books.

As a father, he has always guided the protagonist on how to use this superpower and taught him to learn various skills to enrich himself and enjoy life.

In the end, the protagonist's father developed a smoking habit before the protagonist was born and eventually got cancer. He chose to die calmly.

Because there is a setting in this movie, that is, if you travel through time to before your child is born, the child will most likely change.

This setting in the movie feels like the kind of development strategy game where you can randomly get a child with good attributes by loading the file...

So the protagonist's father knew that smoking would cause him to suffer from lung cancer, but he still did not travel back to the past to change and accepted his death calmly.

For their family, death is nothing. As long as they want, they can go back to see their relatives at any time.

However, the protagonist later also used his own children.

Moreover, after traveling through time and space, the original daughter became a son, and the protagonist spent a lot of effort to restore it to its original state.

So the protagonist finally chose to say goodbye to his father forever and no longer travel through time and space to see his father...

Speaking of which, the tender love of a father willing to sacrifice for his son, and the son choosing to move forward for his children, is quite touching.

But if you think about it carefully, there are still some flaws here!
And since you can't change your smoking habit, why not quit smoking early?
It's not like you will get cancer if you smoke, and anti-smoking videos can't be so scary...

Forget it, it’s a fantasy movie after all, and it even has the superpower of traveling through time and space, so don’t dwell on this logical issue!
Huo Mingjie and Cheng Long have collaborated several times, and this time, it is the second time they play father and son.

Among all the people Huo Mingjie knows, only Cheng Long is famous in Europe and America. Huo Mingjie can use his connections to invite him to make a guest appearance, which is the most cost-effective...

Just like in the previous "Inception", for an Asian face like Huo Mingjie, you can't have a white person play his father!
Before the filming of "Time Traveler" was confirmed, it was originally planned to pair Huo Mingjie with a famous Hollywood actress.

But inviting people to perform at a lower level would cost a lot.

This movie doesn't require a huge investment, so there's no need to throw all your money into it.

So following Leon’s suggestion, I still think it’s best to invite someone to make a guest appearance.

This time, not only does Cheng Long guest-star as the protagonist's father, there is also a female character who is the male protagonist's first love. Mr. Curtis also invited someone he knows to guest-star.

Because he was the director's connection, Huo Mingjie didn't ask too much...

As soon as he arrived at the crew, Cheng Long saw Huo Mingjie coming out to greet him, and he greeted him with a smile.

Cheng Long had always been very optimistic about Huo Mingjie, and even after seeing Huo Mingjie's romantic nature, he even felt that "this boy is like me".

You see, this is not going to stop abroad. When I was filming on the set, there was an Italian beauty following me, and it seemed that I had almost won her over...

Cheng Long has always taken good care of Huo Mingjie and even introduced him to many Hollywood contacts.

But Cheng Long didn't expect that Huo Mingjie's development would be so rapid!
"Inception" was a global box office hit. With just a dozen minutes of footage, he became the character that impressed the audience the most, even more popular than the other main characters in the movie.

According to Cheng Long, in addition to the film he is currently shooting, Huo Mingjie is also closely connected with the new MGM and is participating in the filming of the new 007 film...

Over the years, Hollywood is no longer a place where Chinese stars can make a name for themselves simply by relying on their excellent Chinese Kung Fu skills.

Many people come to Hollywood to make their living, but just play supporting roles or clown roles in movies. None of them can become as famous as Huo Mingjie.

Even Cheng Long was not as good as him back then. He had to go through a lot of hardships to become as famous as Huo Mingjie. How could it be as easy as Huo Mingjie...

If we say that Cheng Long before only had the kind of "condescending" attitude towards Huo Mingjie and wanted to support him as a senior.

Now, it has become a real respect for Huo Mingjie!

With Huo Mingjie's rising momentum, his future is truly limitless.

So after knowing that Huo Mingjie invited him to play a guest role, Cheng Long readily agreed.

After reading the script, Cheng Long also thought that this role was quite good.

He knows that he is getting old and cannot keep fighting, so he has been seeking transformation in recent years.

This time, the role of a father in "Time Traveler" is quite different from his usual movie roles. Maybe it will have a miraculous effect...

Huo Mingjie stepped forward politely and thanked Cheng Long first.

Although Cheng Long's help to him was previously mixed with the exchange of resources and interests with Emperor Entertainment Group, and now he is interested in the connection between Huo Mingjie and New MGM, it has never been simple.

But the communication between adults cannot be as pure as that between young people.

And they have done this much, which is already quite considerate!

I agreed to make a guest appearance in "Inception" just for Huo Mingjie's sake.

This time, Huo Mingjie invited him to make a cameo appearance in the low-budget movie "Time Traveler", which was clearly intended to take advantage of his fame.

But he agreed without hesitation!
No matter what, Huo Mingjie has to remember it.

Tsk, the current Dragon Prince is beyond saving.

If it had happened a few years earlier, Huo Mingjie might have been able to lend a hand for his father's sake...

(End of this chapter)