Huayu started as a substitute director

254 - Still far behind
That night, the main members of the crew had a lot of fun, with cake crumbs flying and champagne splashing, it was very lively.

Liu Tianxian was even crazier. She was either teasing this one or playing with that one, always looking weird. She and Fang Hong were arm in arm and very close.

These pictures were frozen.

Sometimes, when everyone takes a group photo, they all have strange expressions, some blinking, some making the scissors hand gesture, and so on.

Sometimes Fang Hong chased Liu Tianxian and threw cake at her; sometimes Liu Tianxian opened her mouth wide and Fang Hong stuffed cake into her mouth;

Sometimes they pinched each other's necks and stuck out their tongues in front of the camera; sometimes Fang Hong pouted his mouth at her dirty face, and she playfully closed one eye.
We played until the clock struck zero, and the floor was completely messed up.

I don’t know who cleaned up and who swept the floor, they just played around and left.

After the game, it seemed as if Liu Tianxian got nothing, and she still had empty hands without any gifts, but her heart was satisfied and her spirit was happy.

She has no shortage of material things, but what she lacks is companionship, love, and the quality time spent together.

At night, Liu Tianxian lay on her side on the soft white bed, the faint light of her mobile phone shining on her face. She swiped her fingers, flipping through the photos.

When she saw the birthday scene Fang Hong had arranged for her, she would smile sweetly; when she saw herself and Fang Hong being silly, she would smile foolishly.
Then she opened her Weibo and posted a birthday photo.

The photo shows her making a wish in front of the cake, with a circle of people surrounding her, like the most eye-catching princess, with the caption:

{Another new year has arrived, and I am feeling as happy as if I were at the grandest celebration, with cakes everywhere, flowers spread out, champagne getting a little tipsy in the sun, and my face flushed and bubbling.

But why is my heart not satisfied? I want more, I want to have more, I want to have the best, the loveliest, the rarest everything, but I suddenly realize that I already have the best.

It was a period of growing together, a silent companionship day after night, and touching moments after day. How did they come about? With understanding and support, tolerance and consideration, without being disturbed by external things, with feelings, and with determination.

The gift you won for your persistence has completed our dream. Thank you for your company, thank you for the good dream you gave me, happy birthday! }
Liu Tianxian typed this text in one go and posted it on her Weibo.

After a short while, fans who were still awake in the middle of the night responded and sent their blessings to Liu Tianxian.

"Wow, sister, you are so beautiful! I want to be your dog!" - Luckin Coffee
"I thought my sister had forgotten, why did you send birthday wishes now?"

"Maybe I was too busy filming!"

"Come on, Xixi, we will always support you!"

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In fact, few people could understand this text. Fans thought it was sent to fans, others thought it was sent to herself, and of course some people thought it was sent to her lover.

If you stand at different angles, you will see differently.

The channels through which fans, friends, and passers-by obtain information are completely different. Fans don’t know that she has a boyfriend, but friends all know.

Some celebrities knew about the relationship between the two, but they would not offend the principal and expose their relationship.

If you expose other people's love affairs, others can also expose your prostitution. Among the couples on the crew, everyone knows each other's dirty laundry.

The entertainment industry is like this. You can stir up negative news, but you can’t deliberately expose anything. They are not paparazzi.

They can’t afford to offend the Jade Rabbit now!
So of course the fans saw that it was given to them, and they didn’t think too deeply about it.

But in Liu Tianxian's heart, this was a gift for her and Fang Hong.

Liu Tianxian is like this, always saying things that seem to be true but are ambiguous.

After this text was sent out, it was forwarded by many of her friends who sent their blessings, including Jane Zhang, Shu Chang, Kara Hui and Zeng.

Liu Tianxian read the comments from her fans, then turned off her phone and lay down to sleep.

After sleeping for a while, I opened my eyes again and found that I couldn’t sleep. I was still excited and moved.

She took her phone and checked it. It was four o'clock. She wondered if the man had slept yet. After hesitating for a moment, she sent a message to Fang Hong: "Are you asleep?"

After sending the message, he turned off the phone, put it aside, and closed his eyes.

I have a hope in my heart. I hope he is still awake and can talk to me, but I also hope he is asleep and has a good rest.

I closed my eyes and listened for a long time but didn't hear the phone vibrate. I thought the man was asleep, and I couldn't help but feel relieved.

However, what she didn't know was that when she closed her eyes, the phone screen lit up several times in a row.

The next day, "Now You See Me" continued filming as usual. It's not like you have to take a rest just because it's someone's birthday, you still have to work.

This is in Macau, the daily consumption is not low.

Moreover, it is a rented venue, that is, an entertainment and gambling venue, and the daily cost is not low.

It is still very hot in Macau, and temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius during the day are normal.

People were coming and going in the crew. Fang Hong yawned and people greeted him along the way. Liu Tianxian looked at him and took the things off the chair next to him.

Fang Hong sat down and complained, "Did you do that on purpose last night?"

Liu Tianxian pointed the electric fan towards him and laughed a few times.

She closed her eyes after sending the message last night, thinking that Fang Hong would not reply to her message. Even if he did, her phone would vibrate. Unexpectedly, she forgot to turn her phone to vibrate mode.

So I missed Fang Hong’s news.

When she woke up this morning, she found that Fang Hong had sent her several messages.

"not yet, what about you?"

"Are you unable to sleep?"

"Why don't you reply to the message? Are you asleep?"

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Seeing his aggrieved look, Liu Tianxian gently stroked his back and said, "Okay, I'm sorry. It's my fault. Come and have some lychees. These were just bought by the crew."

She took out a bright red lychee from the plastic bag next to her and handed it to him.

This is the summer fruit produced here.

"How can I eat it without peeling the skin?" Fang Hong took a look.

"I'll peel it for you."

Liu Tianxian knew that he was having a bad temper, so she peeled the fruit and fed it to him.

"I want you to feed me." Fang Hong made another request.

"Isn't this feeding again?" Liu Tianxian handed it over again.

"Feed me with your mouth!" Fang Hong became more and more demanding.

"Then you can eat it if you like."

Liu Tianxian was about to take her hand back. There were so many people around, and she shouldn’t feel ashamed to be asked to feed with her mouth.

Seeing that she was about to take it back, Fang Hong bit it and swallowed it into his mouth. The flesh was fresh and tender, and very juicy.

Liu Tianxian chuckled and insisted on doing it.

She picked up another lychee, peeled it and fed it to him: "Why aren't you sleeping so late?"

"I can't sleep, thinking about you." Fang Hong said softly.

Liu Tianxian chuckled. In fact, she was also thinking about this man last night.

"Are they filming?" Fang Hong looked into the distance.

"We are filming. It's the scene where Zhang Songwen and the others are playing. I don't need to appear in the show." Liu Tianxian didn't stop working. After cracking the lychee shell, she opened her little mouth and ate one.

Then started peeling again.

Fang Hong looked at her lower body and saw that her jeans had many holes in them and she had a beard. He used his finger to hook one of the holes, revealing her bare white legs: "Can't you dress more decently? Why are you like one of those bad girls?"

"What's wrong with me? I'm not exposing anything." Liu Tianxian pulled up his pants and everything was fine.

"I'm too lazy to talk to you." Fang Hong turned his head and looked away.

"I'm too lazy to talk to you. Look at you, you're so listless. You can tell at one glance that you've been staying up late." Liu Tianxian peeled the lychees and ate them herself, not giving them to him.

The two were chatting happily, but then they started arguing again.

Fang Hong turned around and saw Liu Tianxian was only concerned with eating. He put his arm around her waist and leaned closer to her: "You only care about yourself?"

After saying that, he bit the lychee in her mouth.

"Hehe, here you go, here you go."

Liu Tianxian laughed, took the litchi out of her mouth and fed it to him.

The crew members didn’t know what was going on with the two of them. Sometimes they were fine, sometimes they were not. But they didn’t know what they were talking about and didn’t pay much attention because they were all busy.

Liu Tianxian was also wearing little and her body was soft, so Fang Hong held her in his arms and leaned against her.

"Let me ask you a question." Fang Hong said.

"Well, you ask."

Liu Tianxian fed the peeled lychees into his mouth.

They were back to being as harmonious as before, as if the quarrel had never happened.

"I saw you were very relaxed in previous filmings, such as kissing scenes, and other people didn't think anything was strange about you. Why can't you be relaxed when I kiss you?" Fang Hong was puzzled.

As long as there are only two people, Liu Tianxian is very proactive, and will even come close to others for a kiss; but when there are more people around, she becomes reserved.

Physical contact and hugging each other are not resisted.

"How can they be the same? When I kiss you, I am emotionally invested and I will have a reaction. But when I am working, I stay sober."

Liu Tianxian said in a low voice: "If I have feelings, it will make me forget everything else, and of course I will be shy. I don't want to delay work because of my personal reasons. I have to stay sober at all times and be ready to act at any time. Even if I have feelings, I have to control them."

It’s still the theory that work is work and feelings are feelings.

I am still conservative at heart.

"But if you want to, I won't refuse." Liu Tianxian added.

Fang Hong looked at her and leaned closer.

Liu Tianxian was about to lean forward and kiss him, but suddenly stopped. She caught a glimpse of a group of people approaching from the corner of her eye: "Someone is coming."

After saying that, he sat down and straightened his clothes.

Fang Hong turned around and saw a group of people.

The man was dressed in a suit and tie, and his every move and gesture showed an official demeanor. The people who followed him were well-educated and not ordinary people. One of the leaders was the girl from the Han family.

Except for Han Jianu, he didn't know these people, but he guessed that they were leaders from Macau.

"Captain Cui, that's our director and chairman of Yutu, Mr. Fang."

Han Jia Nu led a group of people over and introduced: "The one next to you is Liu Tian Xian, our heroine."

Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian stood up obediently.

"Mr. Fang, this is Chief Cui of Macau, this is Vice Chairman He, a member of the Legislative Yuan, and this is Secretary Tam, the Director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau." Han Jianu introduced the three main personnel, but did not introduce the other accompanying personnel.

There is no need for Chairman Fang to meet little Karami.

Councillor He will take over as the Chief Executive of Macau in 14.

Following his introduction, Fang Hong shook hands with the three leaders one by one: "Hello, Chief Cui, Councillor He, and Director Tan."

Liu Tianxian also shook hands with them briefly.

"Miss Liu is prettier than on TV." Officer Cui wore glasses and looked a bit fat.

"Thank you!" Liu Tianxian smiled politely.

"Mr. Fang is also young and promising." Chief Cui praised again.

"You're too kind. I've only done a few insignificant things. I'm still far from achieving that goal." Fang Hong said modestly.

"Hehehe!"

Chief Cui and the others smiled kindly.

"Don't be modest. As long as you can come here to film, you are a guest. If you have any difficulties in filming, you can tell the relevant departments. We will try our best to solve them for you if we can." Chief Cui stated.

"Not yet. The people of Macau are very welcoming and it is very convenient for us to film here," Fang Hong complimented.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group walked towards the depths of the crew, speaking only polite words.

In fact, the other party’s behavior is understandable. There are very few mainland film and television companies that can come to Macau to shoot movies, and most of them come from Hong Kong.

But now that Hong Kong film and television are in decline and mainland film and television are on the rise, it will naturally attract some mainland film and television companies to come here to shoot movies.

Macau is small in size, has a small population and a single economic structure, and cannot rely solely on the gaming industry. Therefore, the development of diversified film, television, culture and tourism has always been a key project promoted here.

"Now You See Me" is a blockbuster. If it is well made, it will naturally attract other film and television companies to come to Macau to shoot.

It can be said that Fang Hong is a pioneer and a banner figure.

A few of them walked around casually. There was actually nothing interesting about filming. You couldn't see anything. There were just a bunch of cameras around and a few actors acting awkwardly.

“I heard that Yutu produces several films a year. You can come to Macau often to film in the future. In fact, Macau is also a performing arts capital.” Chief Cui said with a smile.

"Of course, Macau is a beautiful city. After coming to Macau, I found that this place can give us filmmakers a lot of inspiration." Fang Hong continued in an official tone.

"Yes, the street scenes and city of Macau give us a different sense of freshness. Our General Manager Fang sighed after coming here that this place is really suitable for filming movies, especially for filming "Now You See Me". We must capture the different places here and show them to the audience." Han Jianu commented.

"Hahaha!"

The officers who heard this laughed heartily and felt very relieved.

Liu Tianxian saw that the two of them were singing the same tune and were so good at making up stories. She had never heard Fang Hong say these words.

The two of them stayed together every day, and Fang Hongti never mentioned the word "Macau". He just came to film and complete the mission.

But she also knew that everyone likes to hear nice things, so she put her hand on Fang Hong's arm and said, "This is my first time to film in Macau, and I heard from Fang Hong that one of my movies participated in the Macau Film Festival."

"Yes, but the shortlist has not been announced yet." Fang Hong added.

The Macau International Film Festival is held in December every year. The shortlist will be announced in September, three months in advance.

“Whether she is shortlisted or not, we in Macau welcome Ms. Liu to participate in our film festival,” Councillor He said.

He will take over in two years, and this will be his political achievement in the future. Liu Tianxian is well-known now, so it is a good opportunity for her to use the TV film festival to build her reputation.

It is also possible to attract a wave of people to travel to Macau!

"I am an actor. I am of course honored that my film can participate in the Macau Film Festival. I am ready to come." Liu Tianxian smiled.

"Ms. Liu is not only beautiful, but her attitude towards her profession is very admirable," Councillor He praised.

"You're too kind. I've only done the best I could, but it's still far from enough." Liu Tianxian imitated Fang Hong's tone.

Everyone present was confused. How come it seemed like they had just heard these words?
(End of this chapter)