Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 223 The Queen Mother and Lao Ai

There are many filming locations for "The Emperor and the Assassin". The Qin Palace at Hengdian Film and Television Base was mainly used for shooting street scenes and interior scenes.

In the 20s, Hengdian was just a small town with a permanent population of tens of thousands, and more than a decade ago it was still covered with farmland.

Such an ordinary small town without any geographical, transportation or political advantages.

In just a few decades, it has developed into today's Oriental Hollywood, with 6 listed companies and its economic level ranking third among all towns and villages in Yuhang Province, a prosperous and strong province.

The overall atmosphere of the Red Earth Continent is that of a strong industrial and business country.

It is somewhat heretical for local leaders to want to achieve leapfrog development through the entertainment economy.

Without tremendous courage, it cannot be done.

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On the set of "The Emperor and the Assassin", Takakura Bunta witnessed this kind of courage.

The entire Qin Palace covers an area of ​​800 acres and has a construction area of ​​11 square meters, which is provided free of charge to the crew.

Of course, the entire movie "The Emperor and the Assassin" requires 5000 to 8000 extras, as well as a large number of crew workers, set workers, logistical expenses, etc. Its role in boosting the local economy is in no way inferior to some large-scale infrastructure projects.

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This kind of entertainment industry economy is absolutely impossible in Hokkaido.

On the one hand, the pressure of independence has forced Hokkaido to establish a resistance society, elite militia, self-produced ammunition, independent military chips, etc., resulting in a garrison economy with a large number of high-paying jobs.

On the other hand, the new fruit economy is too profitable and the salaries are good, so the remaining labor force has been attracted to the large-scale production of the new fruit economy's wafer fabs, packaging plants, and toy processing factories.

This means that Hokkaido's human resources of 900 million people can no longer support a third industrial cluster.

In 1998, Hengdian had extras resources covering a population of 13 billion.

The extras market is overcrowded, with 20 people waiting to be selected every day. The daily wage is only 15 to 30 yuan, and there is a large and abundant supply of cheap labor for you to choose from.

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Recently, the plots of "The Emperor and the Assassin" were all filmed at the Qin Palace in Hengdian.

It is also a famous scene that cannot be avoided in the film and television dramas about Qin Shihuang's unification of the six kingdoms.

The love affair between Lao Ai and the Queen Mother of Qin!

In his early years, Lao Ai disguised himself as a eunuch and entered the palace. He had an affair with the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji and had two sons with her.

In the eighth year of King Zheng of Qin, Lao Ai was granted the title of Marquis of Changxin, lived in Shanyang, established the Ai State, and was extremely powerful for a time.

Later, he was reported and launched a failed rebellion, and was sentenced to death by King Qin Ying Zheng, and was torn into pieces by six horses.

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This scene mainly features Lao Ai, played by Wang Zhiwen, and Liu Xiaoqin, who replaced the Queen Mother, played by Gu Yongfei.

In ancient times, girls would get married after their coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 15. Ying Zheng was born in Handan, so his mother, Zhao Ji, should have been under 18.

Ying Zheng returned to China at the age of 13, and Zhao Ji was around 30 at that time.

This is the age when one has abundant physical strength, good physical fitness, strong appetite, and is as vigorous as wolves and tigers.

Miao Du is "gifted" and can penetrate the wheels of a car and walk on the street.

King Zhuang of Qin died of illness at the age of 35.

The Queen Mother was in her prime, feeling empty, lonely and cold, so it was normal for her to take Miu Du as her male concubine.

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Liu Xiaoqin, who played the empress dowager, was in her prime at that time and was in high spirits.

In the business field, through more than ten years of persistent tax evasion, he successfully ranked among the top 50 of the Forbes China Rich List.

In terms of art, Liu Xiaoqin starred in the important work of her career "Empress Wu Zetian" three years ago, and won the Special Award at the 15th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award.

At this time, Liu Xiaoqin, just like the Queen Mother of Qin, was at the peak of her life.

The reason why I was willing to star in "The Emperor and the Assassin" this time was entirely because of the offer from One Piece Entertainment.

As a traditional conservative artist, Liu Xiaoqin had a bad impression of the rumors about Takakura Bunta's life. Coupled with the rumors that he was a "drama tyrant", her impression of Takakura Bunta was even worse.

Whenever she met Takakura Bunta, Wu Zetian would always walk past him with her assistant, rolling her eyes and ignoring him completely.

Later, One Piece Entertainment gave the crew members signed albums of the Beasts band.

Liu Xiaoqin even directly expressed that she had no interest in this kind of pop music, she preferred Western classical music, and finally threw the album to her assistant in person.

This meant that there was always a tense atmosphere on the set when the crew was filming the scenes with these two actors.

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"Action! Game 5!!"

When Wang Zhiwen played Lao Ai, he met the Queen Mother of Qin for the first time. He lowered his head and trembled, pretending to be a eunuch, and said, "I... I... pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

Liu Xiaoqin, who plays the Queen Mother of Qin, sat slouched on the couch and asked lazily, "What do you know?"

Lao Ai said in a trembling voice: "I am an expert at riding horses."

The Queen Mother of Qin looked at the eunuch who was bowing his head in front of her and asked curiously, "Riding a horse? There are no horses in my Ganquan Palace."

"Okay! Go!"

"Is the stand-in ready? Get ready for the next scene!"

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After filming "Empress Wu Zetian", Liu Xiaoqin became a household name. Her sex scenes with Lao Ai had to be filmed using a body double.

"Go away!"

"Queen Mother, you are a good horseman."

"How dare you! Get out of here!!"

“No!” “No…no!”

"Get away!"

"Do not!!"

“No…don’t…don’t no no…don’t stop…”

Bunta Takakura followed director Ning Hao and watched the wonderful performances of the stunt double and Wang Zhiwen through the viewfinder.

This stand-in is really good. I heard that he is a sophomore at the Central Academy of Drama. His name is Liu Yun...

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After each round of making love and putting on their clothes, Lao Ai became even more submissive and humble, serving the queen mother attentively.

Every time he got on and off the carriage, Lao Ai did not use a footstool, but let the Queen Mother step on his back.

Whenever there was water on the road after it rained, Lao Ai would take off his coat and even use his body as a stepping stone to allow her to walk across.

Lao Ai seems to be two completely contradictory people.

The Queen Mother of Qin was well aware that Lao Ai was actually an ambitious man with superb acting skills.

He secretly made friends with ministers, accepted jade artifacts presented by Prince Dan of Yan, sought titles, secretly kept a large number of loyal followers, and so on.

All these Queen Mothers of Qin knew...

But she couldn't care less about these things. This kind of caring care and the crazy superpowers...

I am dying...

Life without this man may be more difficult than death...

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Because Liu Xiaoqin's schedule was full, she had little time to shoot on the set.

So, during this period of time, she and Wang Zhiwen's scenes were filmed first.

Although their relationship was cold in private on the crew, Liu Xiaoqin's professional skills were impeccable.

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The scene in the afternoon is about Lao Ai’s failed rebellion and his defeat and capture.

Two soldiers picked up the two children who were still crying for their mothers and threw them heavily to the ground.

Boom!Boom!
When the Queen Mother heard the sound of the child falling, her face suddenly turned pale.

She looked at the trapped Lao Ai and cried, "I'm so sorry!"

Lao Ai expressed his disapproval with his eyes, shook his head, and said with deep affection: "I am sorry for you. I am sorry for my two sons."

"Now that things have failed, people will think that I was greedy for wealth and fame, which led to my own death."

"Don't you know that you just want to be my woman and I want to be your man? Let's live like husband and wife."

"If you want to be among the common people, why not? But it's difficult when you are the queen mother."

Wang Zhiwen's delivery of lines is so strong that he makes Lao Ai's sophistry sound like Romeo and Juliet who failed in their pursuit of love.

The queen mother, played by Liu Xiaoqin, suddenly hugged Lao Ai and cried bitterly.

Lao Ai felt the warmth in his arms and said confidently:
"In the next life."

"Don't cry. If you cry, it will seem like we are wrong."

The soldiers separated Lao Ai and the queen mother.

The camera gave a close-up of Lao Ai's bound hands.

In Lao Ai's hand was still tightly clenched the jade pendant that was given to him by the secret envoy of Prince Dan of Yan State, which symbolized the status of a monarch.

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These days, when Takakura Bunta watched the scenes involving Lao Ai and the Queen Mother, he sometimes thought of his relationship with Crown Princess Rania.

During the filming, he would go to the Internet cafe next to the hotel when he had free time and log into Telegram to read the Jordanian news.

《A serious car accident occurred on King's Highway 35 in Jordan》

The poor old king of Jordan has lost another son.

Aramakizuki's special operations team is very efficient with the intelligence support of Ushima Jin and the military cover of Mimihaji PMC.

It’s just that this “Middle Eastern Kong family” is particularly fertile.

Thirteen sons died in the past year, but two of them are still alive.

These two sons.

One hid in Dubai and hired a security team from Blackwater.

The other was backed by the military and provided protection by a reinforced guard platoon.

It's very difficult to kill.

The strongest combat force of Mimihaji PMC, "Kaido", is needed to take the stage in person.

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Takakura Bunta's most powerful creature on land, sea and air has stopped growing. This is the growth limit allowed by the rules of the Dark Star plane.

I am invincible below light weapons.

That's about the intensity.

If Takakura Bunta wants to become bigger and stronger and pass the level, he can only pile up lives.

This is why he places so much importance on collecting the "God of Fire Kagura Dance Special".

(End of this chapter)