Extracting skills from movies

Chapter 701 Jealousy
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Du Sheng retreated to the sidelines and watched Xiao Lin-jun step on the accelerator and rush up the slope.

The moment the motorcycle took off into the air, the entire set held its breath, and only when the wheels landed steadily did the crew burst into cheers.

Lin Chaoxian wiped the cold sweat off his face and gave Du Sheng a thumbs up:

"Your decision-making might not have been possible even when Cheng Long was young."

"Brother Cheng Long is a workaholic, but what I do is sustainable development."

Ever since the action scene was filmed, Lin Chaoxian has completely figured out Du Sheng's routine.

This guy fights like he's dancing, and even his eyes can make his moves clear.

Now the two of them are acting together more and more smoothly.

In addition, the crew's efficiency has been amazing recently!

Yesterday, the production director sent a message in the production group, saying that we have already filmed two-thirds of the scenes in Neon.

Now, the crew, who have been working non-stop for half a month, can finally take a breath.

At this rate, we’ll be able to pack up and return home in another week to catch up on the rest of the seaside scenes.

The progress bar is one week ahead of schedule, which is something to brag about in the film and television industry!

During the lunch break, assistant director Lao Zhang held up a beer bottle and praised:
"This time, it's all thanks to President Du! Otherwise, I would have to suffer here during the New Year..."

He is absolutely right.

In order to catch up on the progress, Du Sheng shot like a perpetual motion machine, and could shoot twenty shots from morning to night without complaining of being tired.

The most amazing thing is his Kung Fu. When he was filming a street fight scene yesterday, he did a triple kick in the air, and even several martial arts directors slapped their thighs and said:
"If this were taught in a martial arts school, I could produce ten champion classes!"

Listening to others bragging, Du Sheng smiled and took a sip of hot ginger tea.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kyoko Fukada and Keiko Kitagawa huddled behind the monitor and whispering to each other.

These two girls are wrapped up like dumplings, but they still try to look fashionable.

The beret on Kyoko Fukada's head almost blew off her wig when the wind blew.

"Didn't you say you came to visit yesterday?"

Kitagawa Keiko stabbed her best friend with her elbow:
"If you keep being so cowardly, Shengjun will think you've fallen in love with someone else."

Kyoko Fukada buried her face in her scarf:

"Don't talk nonsense! I went to give Sheng Sang a knee pad yesterday..."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and the tips of her ears turned red enough to look like blood.

"Oh~ knee pads~"

Kitagawa Keiko drawled out the tone:

"Would you like to give me something else tonight? For example..."

She suddenly leaned close to Kyoko Fukada's ear:

"I heard that Shengjun's room has a jacuzzi~"

"Keiko-chan!"

Kyoko Fukada almost jumped up:
"You say I'm going back!"

"No, no, no!"

Kitagawa Keiko raised her hands in surrender:

"I'm kidding~
But to be honest, when Brother Sheng goes back, it will be hard to create this kind of opportunity to be alone again~"

She nodded towards the filming area. Du Sheng was discussing the arrangements for tomorrow's water scene with Won Bin. His soaked muscles shone in the winter sun.

Kyoko Fukada tightened her grip on the thermos cup and suddenly stood up:
"I'll go get a towel for Sheng Sauna!"

Kitagawa Keiko looked at her fleeing back and smiled like a mouse that had stolen oil.

The discussions of the Japanese crowd watching outside the set floated into my ears like barrages of comments.

"Hey, is this a big production by Toei? They have seven or eight cameras!"

"Your village just got internet? This is Du Sheng-sang filming Taken. Time magazine even praised him as the 'Eastern version of Jason Statham'!"

"If you see Dusan later, be sure to take a picture with him. His boxing skills are so cool!"

"Du Sheng? Isn't he a singer? And he also makes movies?"

"Du has many identities. Boxing champion and singer are just two of them. His main job is an actor."

"Chinese artists are no longer popular internationally, but he has managed to make it in Hollywood? This is outrageous."

"..."

Du Sheng had just been lying on the folding chair for five minutes when she heard the squeaking sound of high heels stepping on the snow coming closer and closer.

When I looked up, I met Amanda's seductive blue eyes.

She was wearing a camel cashmere coat today, and the Hermès belt buckle around her waist was shining with gold.

Sister Lydia went for a sweet style, with pearl earrings showing under her pink beret and a limited edition Starbucks thermos in her hand.

"How come two of Manhattan's social elite have condescended to come to my humble abode?"

Du Sheng laughed and joked in English, then slapped the script on the folding table.

They arrived the day before yesterday, mainly to discuss animation and streaming media cooperation business.

At this moment, the two sisters appeared one after the other, showing the style of New York's top socialites, attracting frequent attention from those around them.

Li Dachao followed behind and rubbed his hands. Meeting New York socialites in such a cold weather was more stressful than staring at the clapperboard.

The guys from Hong Kong in the crew all pricked up their ears.

I heard that these two ladies were the ones who found fault with even the angle of the knife and fork in a private club in New York.

As a result, Du Sheng turned around and shouted:

"Old Li, ask the catering team to add two more boxed lunches, and ask for the special version with extra braised eggs!"

Li Dachao almost choked on his saliva, but Lydia's eyes lit up:
"Braised eggs! I've had them in Chinatown before, they're so--"

She suddenly realized her socialite status and swallowed back the words "very delicious" and replaced them with the reserved "very unique".

Du Sheng's action stunned the entire audience.

The Hong Kong martial arts director held up a thermos cup and whispered to the photographer:
"If it were any other male celebrity, they would have been taken to a Kobe beef restaurant long ago. Brother Sheng really doesn't take this seriously."

Unexpectedly, Amanda sat cross-legged on the folding chair, and Lydia was even more exaggerated. She took out a wet towel and wiped the lunch box lid until it was shiny:

"How dare we reject the banquet given by the Knight?"

As she spoke, she picked up the boiled egg with chopsticks, her movements as clumsy as if she was cutting a steak with a scalpel.

"Wait, when did you guys unlock the chopstick skill?"

Du Sheng watched as Lydia dropped half of the shredded potatoes she had picked up, and his shoulders were shaking from trying to hold back his laughter.

Amanda elegantly repaired her sister's "battlefield", and the replacement of knife and fork with chopsticks did not affect her noble demeanor:
"Since we decided to follow the Eastern Knights, we sisters have started to catch up on our studies."

Lydia quickly added:
"Yes! We also downloaded "The Legend of Zhen Huan" to learn about palace fighting. Now our Chinese level is good enough to understand "The Three-Body Problem"!"

Du Sheng almost spit his tea onto the monitor and quickly changed the subject:

"Try this sweet and sour pork ribs, an authentic Suzhou dish."

Amanda's review:

"The sour and sweet ratio is out of balance. The vinegar should be Zhenjiang vinegar instead of rice vinegar, and the sugar color is not fried bright enough."

This professional attitude stunned the girl who was delivering lunch boxes.

It turns out these two really did their homework!

Lydia suddenly took out her cell phone:
"But it's much better than that 'Lucky Panda' in midtown Manhattan, where they use ketchup to pass off as sweet and sour sauce!"

The two sisters met and studied the "criminal evidence" in the photo. Du Sheng took the opportunity to add two more ribs to Amanda's lunch box. In the distance, the lighting engineer from Hong Kong whispered:

"See? This is a master!

Using boxed lunches to win over New York socialites is much smarter than giving Hermès gifts to rich men. "

The martial arts master stroked his chin thoughtfully:
"Next time I pursue my junior sister, I will try this trick..."

Du Sheng used the chopsticks to pick at the braised pork in the lunch box, and the sweetness made his throat choke:
"Did the chef knock over the sugar jar?"

He looked up and saw the Hester sisters struggling with the sweet and sour pork with their forks, Lydia was jumping with the chopsticks like nunchakus, and the boiled egg was rolling three miles on the lunch box lid.

“You sisters understand traffic.”

Du Sheng mumbled with rice in his mouth:
"Why are we putting on the overseas version of Tokyo Store Exploration?"

The stagehand from Hong Kong in the crew was so excited that his eyes almost popped out of his head.

The New York socialite eats the box lunch so happily, this scene is more exciting than the wire hanging on which Du Sheng just hung!

Being able to make the top socialites in Lighthouse adapt to local customs is truly amazing!
Du Sheng ignored the reactions outside the venue and glanced at Amanda:

"Are you coming to Kobe to eat, drink and have fun, or do you have something else?"

"This time we came here, in addition to the affairs of Miracle Pictures, we also have to help the family acquire Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in Japan."

Amanda swallowed the overly sweet pork ribs in her mouth and took out a tissue to wipe the corners of her mouth elegantly:

“The acquisition case here has reached a critical stage, but my father said that this time it is mainly to train Lidya’s negotiation skills.”

As she spoke, she glanced at her sister. Lydia was holding up her phone to take a picture of Du Sheng eating a chicken leg with great enthusiasm.

TBS is a well-known player in Japan's radio and television industry and is considered one of the top five private wireless television stations.

In addition to its deep roots in the field of radio and television, TBS is also involved in many industries such as magazines and publishing, and has considerable strength.

The Hearst Group is eyeing its media share.

In recent years, it has been actively using the power of capital to carry out mergers and acquisitions and expansion, continuously acquiring newspapers, TV stations and magazines across Asia.

Through a series of strategic acquisitions, Hearst Group gradually expanded its media empire.

However, when it comes to the acquisition of Neon, most of the negotiations are actually nearing completion, and there is no need for Amanda to personally step in and worry about it.

She came to Kobe with her sister this time mainly because she heard that Du Sheng was busy filming a movie here, so she came to visit the set.

Both sisters wanted to take this opportunity to see Du Sheng at work and cheer him up.

"It's called exercise, but it's actually to let you get some fresh air, right?"

Du Sheng exposed the sisters' little thoughts:
"The day before yesterday I saw Lydia wearing a diamond gown at the Met Gala, and today she was willing to wear a down jacket to visit the set. This is true love for sure."

This made Lydia almost choke on the brown rice tea in her thermos.

"I heard that you converted your study room into a gym?"

Amanda suddenly lowered her voice, her blue eyes flashing like a fox:
"We're going to see it tonight!"

Just as Du Sheng was about to speak, Lydia had already taken out the room card and waved it:
"The front desk said your executive suite also has a jacuzzi~"

"Stop!"

Du Sheng raised his hands in surrender:

“The bathtub was provided by the crew and has nothing to do with me.

If you want to take a bath, go to your spa in Manhattan."

As he spoke, he grabbed the script and walked towards the filming area. Behind him, he could hear the sisters' giggles.

They didn't run around, just followed the crowd and watched the show.

Although people said they were watching Du Sheng filming, in fact, they were mostly watching him show off his kung fu skills and thrilling moves.

The scene shot in the afternoon was a warehouse breakout scene, in which Du Sheng knocked down eight black-clad thugs with his bare hands.

Although the two sisters knew that Du Sheng had strong physical fitness and was the king of fighting, this was the first time they saw him up close.

Just watching Du Sheng's various thrilling and handsome fighting moves, I felt my legs a little weak.

They felt strongly the majestic and powerful Eastern culture and gained a deeper understanding of its sentimental and picturesque beauty.

If I don't ask for advice tonight, it would be a wasted trip.

Kitagawa Keiko hid behind the monitor and bit her lips. Fukada Kyoko pulled her clothes:

"Look at Amanda's admiring eyes. It's like she's seeing Superman."

"Oriental Kung Fu has its own charm."

Kitagawa Keiko suddenly straightened her back:

"After Brother Sheng finishes filming this scene, I'll go get him some hot ginger tea."

She said it with such righteousness that she sounded like a warrior bride about to go to the battlefield.

Before the hot ginger tea was served, Lydia had already stuffed the hot pack into Du Sheng's arms:

"My Lord Knight, where is your armor (down coat)?"

Du Sheng was tormented by this group of ladies and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The producer hid behind the camera, trying to hold back his laughter until his face turned red.

Kyoko Fukada said with some annoyance:

"Brother Sheng is too powerful. It would be nice to let them help consume some of his energy."

Kitagawa Keiko surprisingly did not make fun of it, but instead said with deep sympathy:
"They won't be able to stay for a few days."

Sure enough, two days later the sisters were recalled to New York.

It is said that Lydia silenced the TBS executives at the negotiation table, and Steam's Series A financing is about to begin.

This company, which is expected to become a global gaming platform giant in the future, is still in its infancy.

In the past two years, when Du Sheng invested in stocks of companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Google, he also negotiated equity matters with Domino's, Steam, etc.

According to his plan for Lydia, Hearst Group will participate in this round of financing.

Although Du Sheng coordinated and the investment itself did not have too many obstacles, the specific terms and details still needed further discussion.

When Kitagawa Keiko heard the news, she knocked on Du Sheng's door that night:

"I heard the bathtub is very big, do you want it..."

"Stop!"

Du Sheng opened the door wrapped in a bathrobe, holding a half-eaten senbei in his hand:

"If they keep going on like this, tomorrow's headlines will be 'Chinese superstar has night out with three women.'"

He pushed the three foreign girls into the house and locked the door.
"Okay, if you want to make trouble, let's go together, so you don't get jealous."

Suddenly, there were screams one after another in the bathroom, mixed with the sound of the shower, it really sounded like the sound of masters fighting in martial arts movies.

That morning, after making a cameo appearance as two beautiful tourists in "Taken", the Hearst sisters reluctantly said goodbye to Du Sheng and boarded the plane back to the Lighthouse Country.

The winter rain in Kobe, wrapped in the fishy smell of the sea, seeped into people's bones. On the day when the crew finished work, even the air was filled with a festive atmosphere.

The filming of the scenes in Neon was finally completed, and everyone in the crew was so happy.

The past half month has been really miserable. It was so cold that my snot froze into icicles, and my stomach started to rumble after every bite of the food in the cafeteria.

After all, you are in a foreign country, how can you stand the salty Wagyu food!
Even though the director picked all the crew members to be experienced, who didn't secretly put antipyretics in their suitcases?

After all, if you want to make a movie these days, you really can’t do it without some "seasoned" awareness.

Logically speaking, when we came to Japan to film this time, everyone was prepared to "endure a month of hardship", but who would have thought that everything would go so smoothly?

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(End of this chapter)