Actor: Thank you.

"Hello, does anyone know where Zhang Yuan is?"

In Huairou, Liu Qianqian and Liu Xiaoli came to the set of "The Warlords" carrying a bunch of gifts.

After receiving a call from Zhang Yuan a few days ago, Xiao Longnu asked and learned about his filming environment.

After telling their mother, the two decided to take advantage of their free time to visit the studio.

But after looking around, I didn't see anyone.

I can't get through to the phone either.

There was no news from the assistant.

So I could only wade through the mud and go to the filming location in person.

"Who are you looking for... Damn it!" Several extras who were taking a break looked in the direction of the voice, and cursed after seeing the face clearly.

Then I found out it was a celebrity who came.

But he quickly calmed down and didn't get overly excited.

We film with Li Lianjie every day, so Xiao Long Nu is just like that...

"There, there, over there."

"Right there!"

Following the path pointed out by others and with the help of an assistant, I walked half a circle along the trench and came to a sheltered area.

Only then did I see a man leaning against the sack, looking dirty, as if he had just been fished out of a muddy pond.

"Xixi, you see, it's really not easy to be an extra." Liu Xiaoli felt cold even with a scarf wrapped around her and a hat on.

My heart trembled when I saw the filming location.

Shocked!

She was shocked by the size of the scene and the poor conditions.

"Hello, do you know where Zhang Yuan is?"

Xixi didn't pay attention to what her mother said and was just focused on looking for someone.

"Ah... who's looking for me..."

"Hey, why are you here?"

At this moment, the "little clay man" who was leaning against the object opened his eyes and stood up.

Only at this moment did the Liu mother and daughter realize that the person they were looking for was right in front of them.

Aunt Liu looked him up and down again.

From head to toe, it was nothing but dust and mud.

The clothes on his body were dirty and torn.

The cuffs and elbows of the cotton jacket were all untied and torn, revealing the cotton that had been stained to a black and gray color.

This outfit is pretty miserable.

If you just look at the costumes, they are not much different from those of the extras.

There are only some minor differences in clothing styles.

But that melancholy look, the stubble, if accompanied by a glass of Dry Martini, would be as handsome as the Chinese drama Ling Ling Qi back then.

To put it simply, apart from the face, their condition is no different from that of the extras.

"Tsk tsk tsk, oh my, I heard Xixi say that you have a hard time, but I didn't expect it to be so hard." Aunt Liu always felt that she had seen the world.

But she had never seen an actor with a salary of tens of millions end up like this.

"no way……"

Zhang Yuan jumped out of the trench which was more than one meter deep with great speed.

"According to the plot setting, the scene we are filming now is the siege of Nanzhili."

"We were surrounded for nine months and starved for nine months."

"Inside and outside the city, people don't look like people, and ghosts don't look like ghosts."

“That’s in line with reality.”

"You seem to have lost weight." Sissi said softly after taking a closer look.

Zhang Yuan saw a bit of distress in her eyes.

"Here, let me give you some tonic." Then she handed over a box of Wahaha.

Just use this to replenish me… Zhang Yuan had no choice but to insert the straw and start sucking.

Don’t just look at the things, you have to look at the intention.

She was able to resist drinking it all the way and save it for herself, which showed her sincerity.

"Then you don't have to lie down in such a dirty place to rest." Aunt Liu took out a tissue from her bag and wanted him to wipe it.

But Zhang Yuan waved his hand to refuse.

"No, this is the state I want."

"Clean it up, and you won't look like the miserable soldiers who have been besieging the city for nine months."

"I won't be taking any roles when the filming starts in a while."

"And hundreds of extras on the set were lying in the mud."

"It's not right for me to dress up nicely and clean myself up by myself."

“People will have ideas.”

Liu Xiaoli took back the tissue, knowing that what he said made sense.

There is a reason why people can succeed at such a young age.

The demands on myself are much higher than those of ordinary people.

As the saying goes, only those who endure hardship can become the best.

Although it is not encouraged to endure hardships, you still have to be able to endure at critical moments so that you can participate in more excellent projects.

"Where is Dandan?" Xixi asked after chatting with them for a while.

"I went shopping."

"Look at the weather. After the sun sets, it will be more than 20 degrees below zero. It's terribly cold."

"So I asked her to go to a nearby restaurant and order a few dozen buckets of brown sugar ginger soup."

"One restaurant doesn't have that many thermos buckets, so I have to go to many restaurants. It will probably take a while."

"You are very nice to everyone." Liu Qianqian smiled gently.

Being kind to others is in line with her personality.

"I learned this from the two elder brothers. Li Lianjie treats the entire group to a meal every day."

"Brother Hua gave me a hot water bottle and a hand warmer."

"I'm also the lead actor, so I have to do something."

It is a good thing to have a kind heart, but it is not easy to learn well...Liu Xiaoli also agrees.

She has seen many young actors who did not learn the advantages of their predecessors, but instead learned to act like big shots.

"This is also to stabilize people's hearts." Zhang Yuan's face darkened.

But they explained it in detail.

The filming, which was originally scheduled for less than a month, took more than 40 days.

I don’t know whether it can be completed in another 20 days.

The extras were quite happy at first.

After all, you're just a monk and you get paid every day, so what's wrong with that?

But later on it didn't work anymore.

It’s a big night scene, and it’s too cold at night.

In the suburbs, many extras had frostbite on their hands and feet.

Not to mention them, Zhang Yuan's finger joints were all cracked by the cold, and he had to apply ointment to treat frostbite all day long.

Those extras didn't have much money to begin with, so they had to just endure it. Many of their fingers were so frozen that they looked like carrots, red and swollen.

But that's all good.

One night a few days ago, the crew was filming an important scene.

Zhang Yuan called this scene "sharpening the knife before the battle."

The content is that Liansheng, played by Xu Jinglei, comes to the trench to visit Zhao Erhu.

But they found that the other party had sneaked into the city.

And Pang Qingyun also wanted to express his longing.

A man and a woman started chasing each other in the trench.

You chase me, if you catch me, I will let you hehehehe...

Finally Pang Qingyun pushed Liansheng into the trench and gave him a beating.

This is what it means to “sharpen the sword before the battle”.

Let's just say whether the gun is sharpened or not... Anyway, it is sharpened quite smoothly

In this scene, Xu Jinglei and Li Lianjie had a hard time, but he was fine.

Just need to cooperate and do some eye contact.

Because it was in this scene that Jiang Wuyang discovered the affair between his eldest brother and his second sister-in-law.

My god, I got an unexpected bonus... That's about what it means.

According to the design, the cameraman had to carry the camera and shoot the chase scene between Li Lianjie and Xu Jinglei in the trench.

The trench was narrow to begin with, and even two people couldn't pass through side by side.

And there have to be extras standing in the tunnel to provide supporting roles.

The place is narrow and there are people standing there, so it's easy to bump into or step on people when running or busying around.

The cameramen are usually strong and aggressive, and they can easily bump into people when they run.

After the first few times I bumped into extras, some conflicts arose.

He doesn't care if it hurts someone, but he won't tolerate it if my machine leaves a mark.

Such small conflicts happen all the time, but no one takes them seriously.

But after taking five or six shots, I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional.

When the cameraman passed by an extra, he stepped on the person's foot.

Then I heard a "wow", as if a wolf was howling.

The guy who was performing in the crowd squatted on the ground holding his feet.

He didn't get up for a long time.

"Isn't it just stepping on it?"

"Don't blackmail me!" The cameraman felt that the other party was pretending.

My legs are not made of iron, it's not that serious.

There was already an argument, and now when they saw their "compatriot" injured, a group of extras surrounded them.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan wanted to go forward to see what was going on.

But out of the corner of his eye he noticed that Li Lianjie was retreating into the distance.

This place is narrow. If a fight really breaks out, it would be disadvantageous if there is no place to hide.

A few nails are hammered into the body.

Even if you have mastered kung fu, you won’t be able to withstand the beatings from thirty or forty people.

This is the experience of the underworld.

A gentleman does not stand on dangerous walls.

He understood what was going on and also hid aside.

Climb out of the pit first and let the crew handle it.

He and Lao Li and others went to the rest area to drink tea and warm up.

Not long after, Chen Kexin was seen jogging forward with a dark face.

"what happened?"

"Did a fight break out?" Li Lianjie asked.

I have been filming for so many years, especially in Hong Kong.

He had seen many gangs come to collect protection fees, so he was numb to it. Now, Lao Li only cared about whether he could start work tonight.

“There was no fight, but it was worse.”

Then I saw a van from a film crew near the trench.

Normally, cars are not allowed to get close because we are afraid of leaving tire marks on the set.

I can't care about it now.

The car took the extra to the hospital.

"That kick was so serious?"

"Cameraman, King Kong Leg?"

Zhang Yuan thought, I don’t have the ability to do this, but this guy can.

"What is Diamond Leg?" Chen Kexin said to them while on the phone.

"There was a quarrel just now, saying that it was stepped on and broken."

"When he took off his shoes, half of the sole of the extra's foot turned black and purple."

"The test results from the hospital have just come out."

"It's frostbite, and it's gangrenous."

"The hospital said they need to cut off two little toes..."

Zhang Yuan:!!!
What the hell!

This is more serious than breaking a bone.

Fortunately, I was smart and followed their example and didn't go forward.

He looked at his hands again, which were full of cracks from frostbite.

It's so cold.

It’s just the New Year’s Eve and it’s already incredibly cold.

The conditions for extras are even worse. Many of them are teenagers or middle-aged people with little labor force who do odd jobs to send money home.

We should save when we can and endure when we can.

Even if it's a minor illness, I'll put it off.

Not to mention these extras, when Xiao Yue first came to the city from the countryside to work, he first came to work in a security team.

Soon, due to high-intensity walking and running, coupled with poor quality shoes, I developed athlete's foot.

The gaps between eight of the ten toes were so rotten that soup was oozing out.

Even so, he was reluctant to see a doctor, and it was still the captain who took him to buy some medicine to apply.

People are poor and have short ambitions.

Poor people don't care about their bodies.

Many elderly people in rural areas have no medical insurance at all. When they fall sick when they are in their sixties or seventies, they can only buy some Chinese medicine as a token of their gratitude. If it can be cured, they will be cured. If it cannot be cured, they will just wait to die.

There are also people who drink pesticides directly in order not to burden their families...

Many human tragedies are ultimately due to the level of economic development.

Isn't this just making a big deal out of a small matter?
Chen Kexin was also at a loss.

The progress was slow to begin with.

Now this kind of thing happened.

The person is in the hospital. We will notify his family when the time comes. If they make a fuss and attract reporters, we will be in big trouble.

And now that he's lying down, the other extras will definitely have some thoughts.

What if there is another person who starts a riot? Will this movie still be made?
How to do?
At this time, we have to say that Li Lianjie is very experienced.

"I will go to the hospital myself tomorrow."

"Ke Xin, find another car and take my assistant to the nearest bank to withdraw hundreds of thousands of cash."

"Brother Jie, I'll go with you tomorrow." Zhang Yuan stepped forward and spoke.

"it is good!"

Li Lianjie nodded in agreement.

I thought this kid was quick-witted and understood it immediately.

The method is very simple, just like when someone is injured on a construction site.

The means of appeasement are nothing more than condolences and giving money.

You have to be of high enough status to express your condolences, and you have to give enough money.

Especially cash.

There are many bundles of hundreds of thousands of cash, which have much greater visual impact than a string of numbers in a bank card.

Another question is why many construction sites pay wages in cash.

Millions of cash are piled on the table, come and take a share.

Just to create momentum!

Let outsiders know that I not only give money, but also give a lot and give generously!

What Li Lianjie has to do now is actually the same.

The extra had just had surgery, and the medical expenses were also paid by the crew.

Li Lianjie, Liu Dehua, and his three leading actors went to the hospital to visit.

Xu Jinglei pretended not to know about this and did not get involved.

Everyone has different ideas and cannot be forced.

When the extras and family members saw the three leading actors coming, they came forward to ask for an explanation.

Fortunately, we had bodyguards ready and were able to stop him.

Although it was caused by frostbite, it was not an accident.

But the incident happened on the set, so even if we call the police and file a lawsuit, the crew will have to pay some compensation.

This is a unique Chinese way of dealing with contradictions, also known as the golden mean.

"We are here today on behalf of all the crew members to express our condolences to our compatriots who starred in The Warlords." Old Li started by lowering his posture to build relationships.

Then he waved his hand and asked his assistant to come forward with the box containing the money.

With a click, the box opened.

The piles of cash immediately dazzled the patients and their families.

Who among the rich people would want to be an extra?
There were 50 stacks of cash, totaling 50 in cash, right in front of them. All the people who had been making trouble just now quieted down.

The only sound in the ward was the sound of swallowing saliva.

Gangrene caused the man to have two little toes on his left foot cut off.

There will be no problem walking in the future, after all, the whole leg was not amputated.

There will be some minor problems with people's balance, and they will appear to be lame if they walk fast.

The family members originally thought that they could just make a profit of a few hundred thousand and be done with it.

After all, it's not just losing two eyeballs and losing an arm.

You can't really tell when you put on your shoes.

Moreover, these days, if a major accident occurs on a construction site or in a mine, if it is a small place, one person will only have to pay compensation of 2 to 30 yuan.

A life is worth only this much money.

Now, with money far exceeding expectations falling in front of them, what else can they say?

50 is really not money to Li Lianjie.

He earned no less than 07 million in alone.

Once the money was paid, the matter was settled instantly.

And he is the leader of the group, so other extras can go back and promote it.

"Good guy!"

"Two toes for half a million!"

If the reward is really unlimited, many extras would even be willing to chop off two and sell them.

There is no such good deal!

Sadly, poor people’s lives are worth nothing.

What’s even sadder is that poor people know that their lives are worthless.

The saddest thing is that poor people are willing to exchange their lives for money.

The extras who were originally indignant and ready to gather and cause trouble also lost their temper.

The attitude and sincerity were there, and such a big shot even went to visit in person, so there was nothing wrong with it.

In addition to settling the matter, Lao Li did this because he began practicing Buddhism after the Indonesian tsunami in 04.

"Consider this money as my repayment for Pang Qingyun."

He really got into the role.

At the same time, I also feel that by playing this role, I have been involved in cause and effect.

In the film, Pang Qingyun sold out all his brothers, and he took on the role of himself to pay off his debts.

"Are you okay?"

After hearing his words, Liu Qianqian looked nervous.

"You're not frozen, are you?"

"I'm fine. I have an assistant and the crew also has medical staff."

“Extras are much more tired than me.”

Liu Xiaoli frowned as she listened.

I heard Chen Long and Li Lianjie say on the set of "The Forbidden Kingdom" that they were covered in wounds.

Although Uncle Long looks lively, many of his joints have actually been deformed.

There are several steel nails in the body.

It seems that actors who can become famous and achieve great things did not come here easily.

Then I thought of Zhang Yuan who also climbed up from being an extra, which seemed even more difficult.

Seeing that he was quite sympathetic towards the extras and had not forgotten his roots, Aunt Liu was quite impressed by him.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, I'm back." The assistant returned at this time.

He found a shoulder pole from somewhere, and carrying two buckets of ginger soup, he came towards us, staggering over it.

The shape is similar to Sha Seng.

"Hello, Xixi, hello, Aunt Liu." She recognized the two and greeted them.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, I just got the contract sent by Sister Bingbing."

He put down the carrying pole and took out a translucent document bag from his backpack.

"Okay, I see."

"Fan Bingbing?" Liu Xiaoli asked after hearing this.

"Yes, she has left Huayi and is working on her own now."

"I will cooperate and invest in the new company."

Hey!
I heard that he was the one who arranged for Fan Bingbing to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. It seems that what he said is true.

Liu Xiaoli knew what was going on.

Being able to invest in Fan Bingbing's company is definitely a good business that outsiders can't even hope for.

"By the way, Xixi, did you receive Liu Tao's invitation?"

He received Liu Tao's wedding invitation a few days ago.

Although they had already obtained the marriage certificate, they had not yet held the wedding ceremony, so this person notified all their acquaintances.

The place he booked happened to be familiar to him, the Wangfujing Peninsula, where he had been several times.

It was a grand occasion, with about 300 people invited.

"Received..." Xiao Longnu nodded in confirmation.

But Zhang Yuan was keenly aware that her eyes dimmed a little after hearing the word "wedding"... (End of this chapter)