Actor: Thank you.

The days have entered the summer month of March.

Although it is not one of the four hot cities of Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanchang and Changsha.

But the sun in Hengdian is gradually getting hotter.

Passersby who love to bask in the sun in spring are now disdainfully opening their parasols.

Last month he called me Sweetie, but now he calls me Mrs. Niu.

The early summer sunshine is like the serial number after entering the sage state, and no one is too lazy to take another look at it.

But a few months later, when winter comes, the same group of people will be looking for seeds everywhere like the old man in the group.

Begging the sun to shine for a few more hours.

People are so changeable.

The same thing that you treasure today may be discarded as a piece of trash tomorrow.

In fact, external things have not changed. What has changed is only people themselves.

As the weather gets warmer, the equipment on the set is gradually replaced.

From the hand warmers and little suns of the past few months, we have now changed to big fans.

The assistant was also holding a small portable electric fan and blowing it on Zhang Yuan.

After all, he was the one wearing the thickest clothes in the entire crew.

Although it’s not the dog days of summer yet, it’s already reached the point where I have to touch up my makeup after every two or three shots.

The hood and the armor lining all covered him tightly.

Now Zhang Yuan regretted asking Xi Zhongwen to come here.

In addition to the fact that the old man gave suggestions to the crew and arranged strict prop security measures, the workmanship of this armor is also airtight, and not even a breath of fresh air can get close to it.

Fortunately, I have my own makeup artist, so it is convenient to touch up my makeup and she can be on call 24 hours a day.

"Aren't you hot?"

Looking at Xiao Longnu who was wearing a crimson gauze dress, Zhang Yuan waved his hand and asked his assistant to bring her a small electric fan.

"Thanks, but I'm fine."

"I forgot that you are from Wuhan." Zhang Yuan scratched his head. What comes out of the furnace is different.

Wuhan Wuhan, she is covering her sweat.

"That's not necessarily true." Aunt Liu at the side replied with a smile: "It doesn't mean that if you come from a hot place, you won't be afraid of the heat, and if you come from a cold place, you won't be afraid of the cold."

Liu Xiaoli was born in Harbin and grew up in Wuhan. Logically, she should have maximum resistance to ice and fire.

"When I was a kid in Heilongjiang, I never had frostbite."

"But during my first winter in Wuhan, I developed frostbite on my hands and ears."

That's because the Northeast has heating and the humidity is low in winter, which is nothing like the South.

The room was cold and damp, and the quilts were sticky in the winter and didn't keep me warm at all when they stuck to my body.

Zhang Yuan, who has spent several winters in Hengdian, has deep feelings about this.

But it is better than the sandstorms in the capital in winter. The air pollution there is so serious that it is easy to have nosebleeds after waking up from a nap.

Counterintuitive things like winters being unbearable in the south are common.

Just like Liu Qianqian now.

It’s not that she wasn’t completely cool, she just barely moved and didn’t dare to sweat.

Because you have to touch up your makeup when you sweat.

It's troublesome for her to touch up her makeup.

Because other actresses are portrayed as white, but she is portrayed as black.

It was fine. I went to the Gobi Desert for more than a week and got quite tanned, which was just right for filming.

But in less than two weeks, she was back to being white again.

Being young and with good skin, she recovered very quickly.

As a result, before going to work every day, the makeup artist would take a set of black powder that she had never used and put it on her face.

The fighting scenes or other scenes are fine, but in the pipa playing scene, the hands and face in the camera are not the same color.

So whenever she sweated, she wiped it off.

Wherever you rub, a white streak will appear.

But what’s interesting is that Mike thinks she looks prettier with darker makeup.

It seems that the director thinks so too.

Zhang Yuan cannot agree with the aesthetic taste of white people. He thinks that only those who are white and tall are beautiful.

She has Northeastern genes.

If you white people like short and dark guys, why not just find a Thai?

What taste...

"Xixi, why do you always read the script and lines on the spot?" Zhang Yuan muttered.

"Not everyone is like you, with a smart brain that can remember the lines after reading them once." She rolled her eyes and replied sourly with a pout.

Okay...at least I took it seriously and didn't say 12345...

"So how's your pipa practice going?"

"Yes, I have practiced. I've been so busy lately that I almost did the splits."

"Not everyone is like you, with a smart brain. You can learn it after practicing once." She pouted again and replied sourly.

That's because I picked it up, no, it's because I have great talent.

Liu Qianqian's attitude towards Zhang Yuan is one of both love and hate.

Humans are naturally attracted to the strong, especially women's admiration for the strong men, which has existed since ancient times.

Zhang Yuan is so capable, so of course she is happy.

How great! He is careful in his work and learns things quickly.

But she is a very stubborn person and doesn't want to admit defeat.

So I feel very conflicted inside.

In the past, she would watch Zhang Yuan perform or practice for a whole day and thought everything was good.

But now, after learning or practicing the same skills with each other, the feeling of gap makes her uncomfortable.

She thought back to her dog.

The same dogs, such as German Shepherds and Border Collies, can learn eight skills in three days.

But the Chow Chow and the Husky that we raised at home couldn't learn a single move in eight days.

While working and studying together, she felt like she was the husky with three fires on its head...

"I just want to ask, how is your practice of "Blue and White Porcelain" going?"

"I've practiced. Now I can play it roughly."

Seeing that she didn't seem very confident, Zhang Yuan pursed his lips and decided not to ask any more questions.

The reason why I asked her to practice was because "Secret" was about to be released.

At the press conference, she was arranged to play "Blue and White Porcelain" as a performance.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan also arranged for Jay Chou to premiere the movie's theme song "Secret" at the press conference.

In this way, the male and female protagonists can show their talents and attract attention.

Coupled with the popularity of the previous songs and MV of "Blue and White Porcelain", I hope it will be a good start for the movie.

The time was set on the crew's weekly rest day, which happened to be when everyone was free and there was no need to take leave.

Zhang Yuan chatted with her for a few more sentences, and seeing that the girl was under a lot of pressure and looked a little distressed, he stopped disturbing her.

He turned and went to the two elder brothers.

"Okay!"

Zhang Yuan invited the two to help warm up the press conference of "Secret".

Just take a rest anyway.

Chen Long was a lively person, so he agreed immediately when he heard about this.

"It just so happens that we can bring the movie we watched before to Boss Jiang, let him watch it, and then expand the channel."

Old Li doesn't like to get involved in other people's affairs.

But Ting Chenlong agreed so readily, and it was also to help Zhang Yuan, so he just smiled and immediately agreed.

Zhang Yuan smiled secretly in his heart.

You two can fight it out, I'm the one who benefits anyway.

But he didn't just take advantage of these two people, he also gave them some rewards.

A few days ago, the crew of "The Forbidden Kingdom" had a big scene.

The setting is a village next to a paddy field.

Things like paddy fields and terraced fields are considered by foreigners to be among the most oriental scenes, so they are naturally not to be missed.

Rob had wanted to shoot this thing for a long time, so when designing the script, he deliberately set up a scene with a Chinese farmland as the background.

The story is that Skywalker, played by Michael, has just arrived in another world, and this is the first scene.

Equivalent to a novice village.

It is here that Maikou meets Lu Yan, played by Uncle Long, and is discovered by the Jade Border God of War’s army holding the golden hoop, which leads to their pursuit. This scene also involves Zhang Yuan.

The Jade Border God of War will be present in person and will finally order a massacre of the entire village, burning it down with a huge fire.

This scene has already been under construction.

But things are unpredictable.

The God of War of Yujiang has not arrived yet, but the village, which was 70% to 80% completed, has caught fire first.

Was the fire caused by a worker smoking and igniting flammable materials, or was it caused by an electrical short circuit?

Or maybe sparks from a chainsaw ignited the surrounding wood chips.

Anyway, it's a disaster.

Seeing that the shooting progress was getting worse, Rob was frowning.

Then he came up with a solution.

"Zhang, I want to talk to you about something."

Anyway, he has become path dependent.

He was the one who mediated between the two big brothers before. The foreigners saw this and habitually ran to him.

"Nobita, I'm not Doraemon." Zhang Yuan said, holding the director's hand.

"If the filming location burns down, just rebuild it."

"This is not uncommon."

"I can also create a scene for you... Hey!"

At this point, Zhang Yuan had an idea.

Suddenly I thought of something.

When we were filming "Huo Yuanjia" before, that scene was with Sun Li.

Her legs were still being sucked by leeches in the terraced fields.

Isn’t that place exactly the same as the scene the foreigners wanted?

They are all Chinese paddy fields!

"Wait for me for a moment." Zhang Yuan stood up and went to find Li Lianjie.

Old Li was also stunned by his question.

Yup!

He heard about the exaggerated scenes and was worried about the release date delays, which would prevent him from making money.

So I called director Yuen Woo-ping.

After Director Yu heard about it, he called the props manager and assistant director of the previous crew.

After asking, I found out that the place was abandoned and no one used it.

It’s okay to waste time!
No matter how dilapidated it is, it is still a complete scene and can be used once it is put back in place.

The key is to save time.

It will take at least one or two months to rebuild, and one or two weeks to put it back in place.

The crew spends tens or even hundreds of millions a day, and time is the most expensive.

The key is to use this scene repeatedly, which is equivalent to reselling it and making some money.

Among them, Li Lianjie’s benefits are naturally indispensable.

You can make millions with just a few phone calls, so why not do it?

Old Li is smiling, he saves time and makes money, how wonderful.

He patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder and said hello repeatedly.

"Well, I'll help you greet Chen Kexin."

“Highly recommended.”

"It just so happens that the scene here needs to be renovated. I'll talk to the director and ask him to move your schedule."

"To make time for you to deal with the movie and the audition first."

"You also know that our industry is changing rapidly, so it's more reassuring to settle down early."

Zhang Yuan originally thought that you were making money from it but didn't even give me a share.

But when I heard that he was helping me "write a recommendation letter" and making time for me, I thought it was okay.

It's also taking care of yourself.

I happily agreed.

He thought that Lao Li was simply helping him and making time for him.

In fact, not all.

I was filming a fight scene with him recently, and after falling for Uncle Long's "evil plan", he was hard every day.

I changed the plasters one after another.

When E’s wife Li Zhi came to the crew to see him, he didn’t even have the energy to play ball.

He felt that he might be reduced to ashes.

All thanks to the confidence of a kung fu superstar.

Now that we have a chance, send this kid away quickly!

I'd better take a few days off.

Nourish your muscles.

Now that I’ve been put on the shelf, I can’t say to Zhang Yuan after these days that your hand is too heavy and I can’t stand it... Then where would my reputation as a senior and the dignity of the Kung Fu Emperor be?
A few days later, the crew had a day off.

Zhang Yuan, like a director, led the Liu mother and daughter, Chen Long and Li Lianjie, as well as a large group of entourage, back to the capital for a press conference.

Jay Chou arrived early and was debugging equipment at the venue.

When she saw him coming, she excitedly went forward to hug him and rubbed her hands.

"Where are the two bosses?"

He had met Li Lianjie before, on the set of "Huo Yuanjia", and it was Zhang Yuan who took him there.

At that time, he was excited...

I heard that Brother Chen Long is here too.

Although the two had met before at a racing event organized by Zhang Yuan.

At that time, he was excited...

But the fact that two kung fu superstars showed up to show their support made him unable to control himself.

It's not just him.

I heard that Jay Chou and Cecilia Liu’s new movie was going to hold a press conference.

One of them is a top star in the Chinese music scene, and the other is a top star in the Chinese TV drama circle.

The combination of two flows is extremely eye-catching.

Many reporters have been eager to get started, hoping to find out some gossip and scandals, which would be worth it.

But when they heard that Chen Long and Li Lianjie were also coming back, these reporters were so excited that they almost wanted to take the train to the scene overnight.

Sure enough, the press conference was packed with people.

There were at least three or four hundred reporters from media outlets of all sizes!
For ordinary press conferences, you have to pay travel expenses to the media.

With these people around, the media all came rushing in.

But the rules still have to be followed, and Zhang Yuan still asked his assistant to prepare a small red envelope.

Those who take people have short hands and eat people with soft mouths.

It's not that he is very generous, but he wants to avoid any villain causing trouble.

Wait until the press conference is officially held.

As usual, Liu Xiaoli sat in the first row to help her daughter hold the line.

In fact, she is more nervous than her daughter at every press conference.

After hearing the entrance music and the host's opening words, the main creators entered one by one.

Headed by Jiang Zhiqiang, the producer.

Jay Chou and Liu Xixi followed closely.

Anthony Wong, Candy Tseng, Nan Quan Mama and others followed behind.

After the group sat down, the host spoke again.

"Next, let me invite our special guest today to come on stage."

Then the two big brothers and Zhang Yuan and the other two stepped into the venue.

Liu Xiaoli and her daughter have participated in dozens of press conferences, large and small.

But looking at the star lineup in front of me, I sighed in my heart.

I'm afraid the press conference for "The Forbidden Kingdom" may not be as grand as this one.

If there is anyone in the acting industry who can gather so many big names to appear, I'm afraid...

Aunt Liu looked at Zhang Yuan who was sitting at the edge.

I'm afraid he is the only one! (End of this chapter)