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Chapter 376 Surprise on the rooftop (Subscribe please!)

"The senior officials from the Kingdom of Tai came to pick us up at the airport. Director Chen is awesome!"

"How can a director enjoy such treatment? I don't understand~"

"You don't need to understand, because he is Director Chen."

"Yes, because he is Director Chen, and he is the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director and the Venice Golden Lion Award."

"Xixi, come and see, your husband has made great progress again."

"Director Chen said: These are just minor scenes, don't make a fuss!"

"By the way, Director Chen is going to Taiguo to shoot a movie this time, right? What's the name? I'll definitely watch it when it's released."

"Detective Chinatown, thank me upstairs."

"Really? Then I'll book a movie ticket."

"Add 99999 to reserve..."

In Taiguo, the hotel booked by the crew of "Detective Chinatown" was already noon. The crew members had already been busy with their own duties. Only their director had just woken up because he had drunk a lot of wine with the Taiguo officials last night.

Although he was awake, he was not completely sober yet. He asked his bodyguard and assistant to bring him some sobering soup. After drinking it, he took more than half an hour to recover his energy.

I reminded myself not to drink so much in the future, then left the hotel and took a walk around the crew's location.

"Director Chen, do you have any instructions?"

The person in charge of scene construction who accompanied Chen Dong throughout the process asked for his opinion.

"I only emphasize one thing - safety. Every link must be checked several times to ensure that no safety hazards occur."

"Don't worry about this, Director Chen. We always put safety first."

Chen Dong nodded. The other party was an old man who had followed him for a long time. There had never been any mistakes in the projects he had been responsible for before, so he trusted him quite a lot.

Chen Dong then looked at Shu Chang, who had also accompanied him around the entire set, and asked in a less serious tone, "How is it going? Are you adapting to your job as a production assistant?"

"It's OK. I have to learn a lot every day. Although it's a little hard, it's very fulfilling."

"Do you want me to ask Producer Jiang to help you relieve some of the pressure at work..."

Before Chen Dong could finish his words, Shu Chang interrupted him:

"No, no, I feel fine now. Brother-in-law, you go do your thing and don't worry about me."

Seeing that Shu Chang was not lying, Chen Dong did not try to persuade him any further.

The next day, which was August 8th in Beijing, Wang Baoqiang and Jiang Wen, who had not yet arrived at the crew, also arrived to report on this day.

After dinner, Chen Dong was video chatting with his wife in the hotel when someone suddenly knocked on the door twice. Before he could get up to open the door, he heard Jiang Wen's loud voice outside shouting, "Director Chen, stop talking about love with Yi Fei in there, and come to the rooftop to drink."

In the video, Liu Yifei, who didn't hear clearly, asked in confusion: "Husband, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, Jiang Wen asked me to have a drink..." Chen Dong was not in a hurry. He would rather spend more time chatting with his wife and children, but Liu Yifei was 'reasonable' and helped him hang up the phone.

"What a good wife!" Chen Dong washed his face, put on a coat and went to the rooftop.

I found that there were many people there besides Jiang Wen.

These guys are actually having a party here.

"Director Chen, you're late. I'll give you a can of beer as a reward."

As he spoke, Jiang Wen threw a bottle of beer at Chen Dong.

Although Chen Dong took the beer, he didn't drink it. He smelled a strange smell, but still walked over.

"Why is it so lively? Is it someone's birthday today?"

When he said this, many people on the field were stunned.

Then, he saw the two people sitting closest to him suddenly took out two salutes from somewhere and fired them towards his head.

After two bangs, Chen Dong was still a little frightened, but he heard the birthday song sung by everyone in his ears.

"Happy birthday to you... Happy Persian oil."

Chen Dong was a little confused. It turned out that it was his birthday today...

No, is it your birthday today?

Looking at the cake cart pushed out from the crowd, Chen Dong finally remembered that it seemed to be today.

At the same time, Shu Chang had already dialed Liu Yifei's video call and put it in front of Chen Dong.

Chen Dong glanced at his wife and family on the screen and received their birthday wishes. He felt a little sad, but he suppressed his anger and muttered, "You all acted very well."

The reason why Chen Dong forgot his birthday was not only because he was very busy that day, but also because today was his lunar birthday. He did not receive any text message reminders, nor did he receive any WeChat blessings.

His relatives who remembered his birthday that day got together to prepare a surprise for him in the evening, so they didn't call him.

This meant that Chen Dong was kept in the dark until he arrived at the rooftop.

"Director Chen, make a wish."

"Yes, yes, make a wish quickly."

Chen Dong turned around to wipe away the sand that was blown into his eyes by the night wind tonight, and then, under the gaze of everyone, he stood in front of the cake truck, closed his eyes and made one, two, no, three little wishes.

After making the wish, he opened his eyes and blew out the twenty-nine candles in front of him in one breath. This meant that from this moment on, he was approaching the age of thirty.

Fortunately, he not only established a career and started a family early, but also his parents, wife and children are all healthy.

So among the three wishes Chen Dong made, two of them were for his relatives:

I wish my parents good health and a long life.

I wish my wife and children peace and health.

……

"Director Chen, what wish did you make?"

"Can I tell you this? It won't work if I tell you."

"Director Chen, the boss lady wants to listen too."

"Then I'll tell you one."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been heated up to this point, Chen Dong expressed his third wish.

"I wish everyone present here a happy family, success in everything they do, success in work, and happiness every day!"

Afterwards, he divided the cake, and before he could even take a bite, many people had smeared cream on his face.

After the excitement, the scene was in a mess. People's energy is like a battery, which is not inexhaustible. After the excitement, everyone has quieted down.

It was late at night and the sky was full of bright stars, but because they had to get up early to work the next day, the girls had already gone back to wash up and rest.

There was also a group of men drinking beer and bragging.

Of course, the birthday boy Chen Dong is still alive.

If he leaves, the party will be over.

"It seems that there are not many Chinese-language films registered for this year's Venice Film Festival." Chen Dong sighed.

Jiang Wen nodded: "Indeed, there are not many. Not even one director from the mainland has signed up." Chen Dong knew that this was related to the change of chairman of the Venice Film Festival, but he did not point it out. Instead, he changed the subject: "Which film festival are you going to send your film "One Step Away" to?"

"Berlin."

Chen Dong was a little skeptical and asked, "Is it too late?"

“I’m talking about Berlin in 2015.”

"..." Chen Dong was speechless for a moment.

However, this is very Jiang Wen.

The next day.

The opening ceremony of "Detective Chinatown" was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Not only local media but also many domestic reporters came to the scene.

After completing the previous procedures according to the traditional opening ceremony, the last item is the press conference.

The first question was thrown at Chen Dong.

"Excuse me, Director Chen, why did a local official pick you up at the airport when you came to Taiguo to film this time?"

Although Chen Dong also wanted to say that he was actually confused at first, after he said it through the microphone, it became very official.

By official, I mean some words like thanking the Thai government and people for their enthusiasm.

Because this was the launch conference of "Detective Chinatown", most of the reporters' questions were still about this movie.

For example, they asked Wang Baoqiang why he took this role, asked Zhang Zifeng whether filming would affect her studies, asked Jiang Wen why she wanted to be an assistant director in Chen Dong's movie, and asked Dilraba Dilmurat how she felt about becoming the second Dong Girl... The key point is that the reporter deduced whether there will be a sequel to this drama based on the title "Detective Chinatown Detective".

This press conference started at 10:12 and ended at : noon, a full two hours, which is equivalent to the total duration of all the previous processes.

In the afternoon, after seeing off the reporters, the crew began the first day of filming.

Of course, efficiency is generally not the goal on the first day of shooting; the main goal is to get off to a good start and have good luck.

So usually veteran actors are assigned to perform the first scene, so that they can perform it well in one go.

Even at this time, new actors like Liu Haoran, Di Lieba, and Zhang Zifeng had no chance to perform and could only watch and learn from the side. This scene was about Tang Ren, played by Wang Baoqiang, entering the Songpa factory to pick up goods, and having a rivalry with his adoptive father Li, played by Pan Yueming.

"All departments reporting situations."

"The lighting crew is in place."

"The prop team is in place."

"The camera crew is in place."

"..."

"The actors are in place."

At this time, Chen Dong, who was staring at the director's monitor, picked up the small speaker and shouted, "Get ready, start shooting immediately, the script supervisor hits the board."

"Script supervisor received... Scene 7, one take, snap!"

All of a sudden, the crew of hundreds of people became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Many people were so nervous that they even forgot to breathe because they had not yet adapted to the environment.

Although Wang Baoqiang and Pan Yueming have both proven themselves in acting, it is not easy to perform a play well.

It also requires many times of thinking and rehearsal off the stage.

Just like the performances of Wang Baoqiang and Pan Yueming now, to the onlookers they seem to be very natural and at ease.

In fact, when they received the notice three days ago that their scene would be filmed first today, they had already been practicing it over and over again.

"Crack!"

After Chen Dong called out "Cut," he did not re-record the performance from the beginning, but instead shouted, "Keep one take. Do the actors want to take a break and get back into shape? Then we'll shoot the next scene."

Wang Baoqiang and Pan Yueming both said that they were in good shape and did not need to rest, so Chen Dong stopped talking nonsense and continued filming.

But this second scene may not be as important as the first one. The actors started to make mistakes, resulting in it taking three takes to pass.

After all, it was the first day, so Chen Dong didn’t keep shooting. After shooting four scenes, he announced that he had called time on the job.

At the same time, the news that "Detective Chinatown 3" held its opening ceremony in Taiguo has also appeared on domestic media websites.

Because the heat of the Taiguo officials welcoming Chen Dong and his crew at the airport a few days ago was still there, this opening ceremony hardly fermented, but it caused quite a lot of discussion on the Internet.

"Wang Baoqiang actually got the topic leaked by Director Chen before the audition?! I declare that there is something shady going on. Stop the deal."

"Hahaha, they say there's a traitor, stop the deal."

"Oh my god, has the little girl in Aftershock grown up so much? I suddenly feel old."

"This Xinjiang girl signed by Director Chen's company is so pretty. I like her eyes. They seem to be able to speak."

"I like her red lips, which can be used to clean her mouth."

"I like her... Damn, you almost led me astray."

"Director Chen actually dared to use Jiang Wen as his assistant director. Isn't he afraid that he will become the next Lu Chuan?"

"What a joke! How can Lu Chuan compare to Director Chen? In my eyes, she's not even worthy of carrying my shoes."

"Yes, you probably forgot Director Chen's first movie, Buried Alive, right? Wasn't Jiang Wen the male lead? They were already working together at that time, so why didn't there be any news that Jiang Wen took away Director Chen's voice? So I think that in the matter of Looking for the Gun, although Jiang Wen may not be wronged, what Lu Chuan said may just be his one-sided story. I think the reason why Jiang Wen later got a bad reputation is more because of the influence of three people."

"I feel that Pan Yueming has changed a lot. His temperament has become much more mature and gloomy. I really don't know if this is because he deliberately demands this of himself for the role, or because of the betrayal of that white lotus."

"..."

"Tiny Times" and "A Man's Martial Arts" will both be released on August 8.

Some people don’t care which movie does better at the box office, but some people do care.

Yang Mi belongs to the latter.

Because this is a movie starring her, and it is a head-on competition with a movie produced by her old company.

Although fans of "Tiny Times" online and her own fans all said that they would definitely go to the cinema to show their support, to be honest, Yang Mi was not sure.

Even though "One Man's Martial Arts" is just a modern martial arts movie with an unpopular theme, and the director is only Wen Muye and not Chen Dong.

This situation is like a person's name and a tree's shadow.

Nowadays, the phrase "produced by Dongcheng Films" is a golden signboard not only in the industry but also to the outside world.

So even though there are many people on the Internet who are predicting the death of martial arts movies, there are still many people who have high expectations for "A Man's Martial Arts" because of their trust in the golden signboard of Dongcheng Pictures.

On the first day of their release, both films held their premieres.

Because Guo Jingming has the support of Tianyu, many stars came to his movie premiere to support him.

Yes, just some stars.

Few people who have a certain status in the industry, such as directors and CEOs of film and television companies, were present.

On the other hand, the situation is different for "A Man's Martial Arts". Even though the leading actor is absent, the guests present are enough to easily crush "Tiny Times".

Even on today's hot searches, "A Man's Martial Arts" has one more than "Tiny Times".

So sometimes, even if both parties don’t want to compete, the external environment will force you to compete, as is the case with the two movies right now.

And there are already many people waiting for them to be released, waiting for them to make their first shot, waiting for them to have their first-day box office results, waiting...

(End of this chapter)