Chapter 254 Chen An: Beast!!!
Li Xiaoping seldom calls Chen An abroad because long-distance calls are a bit troublesome, especially across borders.

Unless it's something very important.

This time it’s about Shoplifters.

Of course it’s not because the box office results are too good, but because the current public opinion seems to have brought Chen An, who was originally unrelated, into it.

Although the box office has increased a lot, it is not necessarily a good thing. This time she plans to report all of it.

Beautiful country, Texas.

On a hot afternoon, Chen An received a call from Li Xiaoping.

At first I answered the call out of curiosity.

The shooting progress is pretty good and I'm quite happy.

"Oh~ I didn't expect Shoplifters to do so well at the box office. It actually made over 70 million in four weeks, and it was even postponed for release."

"Then the number one Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was pushed down by me, right? I remember it only had over 52 million views?"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect this to win the title of the year?!!"

Chen An's hand holding the phone was bulging with veins.

Oh, one thing is that it’s too hot. I’m already hallucinating.

How could the affairs of that group of underground directors and independent filmmakers involve me, a person of pure red descent who aspires to be the successor of the motherland and is preparing to enhance the country's prestige by filming in Hollywood?
It must be heatstroke!
"You heard it right. The outline of their speech mentioned your "Shoplifters" and they started with it."

"I'm going to kill them, ahh ...

Li Xiaoping, who was explaining on the phone in the office, suddenly felt an explosive roar in her ears and put it away instantly.

She was so scared that her ears hurt.

"What a beast! What a beast!!!"

The phone was half a meter away from his ear, but he could still hear Chen An's roar coming from it!
Having followed Chen An for so long, this is the first time I have seen him lose his composure like this.

After the other party fell silent and saw that the call had not been hung up, Li Xiaoping continued:
"It's all over. Someone has already sent the outline to the media, and the box office has gone up because of it. Do you want me to fax it to you?"

"You post it! I want to see how these Beyond guys write their stuff."

Li Xiaoping could also feel the gnashing of teeth from the other end through the phone.

"I'll prepare it now and send it to you later."

As soon as I finished speaking, the person on the other end of the phone hung up.

Li Xiaoping immediately stood up and walked out of the office, ready to send it to the other party.

The other side of the Pacific Ocean.

In the beautiful country of Texas, the night is very quiet.

There was only the sound of the wind blowing, the bright moon shining high in the sky, and the moonlight falling like silver light in the clear night.

Zhao Xiong couldn't sleep because of the constant grinding of teeth coming from behind him.

"Blank!!"

"You bunch of bastards, I'm going to sleep on your skin and eat your flesh!!!"

“What a beast!!”

Hearing Chen An's roar coming from behind him, Zhao Xiong couldn't sleep anymore and turned around to look.

On the other bed, Chen An's hand holding the fax was tightly squeezed, veins bulging, but he had to control his strength so as not to tear it apart!

It had nothing to do with Chen An's business in the first place, but he was inexplicably dragged into it.

The incident has already happened and become a big deal, the box office is going up, and it seems to have no impact.

But this is what Chen An is afraid of. They are not afraid of wearing shoes when they are barefoot, but he is a serious person.

I am a good citizen!
China is my main development base, and I have no plans to stay in Hollywood and not go back.

I'm scared because there's no sound. Maybe there's nothing serious, but other things are possible.

He threw the fax onto the bed and opened a new pack of cigarettes from the bedside table.

"Brother Zhao, do you have any special methods? I have a few people I want to kill."

Chen An lit a cigarette and threw one to the other person, then said quietly.

Zhao Xiong was so frightened by these words that he trembled and didn't even catch the cigarette. "Don't think too much. I am a good citizen and I don't know this kind of criminal."

What a huge grudge this is.

"Just kidding." Chen An, who was smoking, had a gloomy face.

Zhao Xiong laughed awkwardly. Anyway, it doesn't look like you are joking.

After developing cautiously for so long, he was suddenly exploded. Chen An really wanted to sacrifice two lives.

the next day.

The entire crew saw Chen An entering the crew with a sour face.

This was the first time they had seen Chen An like this. Although he usually made trouble and tortured people, his expression had never been so bad.

The sounds of their usual conversations disappeared, and everyone in the crew kept their mouths shut, fearing that they would upset Chen An.

Now everyone worked in an orderly manner, and it was actually a lot faster.

It seems that Chen An is always too nice to them.

“Good snap!”

After filming an excessive scene, Chen An stopped filming.

He didn't even need to say anything, the on-site staff had already started packing up their things.

Getting ready to move to a new location, starting to clean up the place.

Tommy Lee Jones, who had just finished filming this scene, looked at Chen An smoking to relieve his boredom and said:
"Director, there are more options for relaxing than just smoking."

“This way it won’t delay the filming.”

Chen An took off the monitoring headphones around his neck and threw them in front of the monitor in front of him.

"Let's have a drink tonight. I don't know what happened, but I think it will be better this way, just to avoid becoming addicted to alcohol."

Tommy Lee Jones gave him a suggestion, telling him to have a few drinks in the evening to let go.

If this continues, it will affect the shooting under such high pressure.

Chen An didn't answer but nodded.

Seeing that Chen An did not refuse, Tommy Lee Jones smiled and said, "Texas is my hometown. I know a good tavern nearby. I can take you to try it."

"Can I come with you for a drink? I haven't had it for a long time since I joined the crew." Javier Bardem also said. To be honest, he also wanted to drink, but it was inconvenient to drink too much when the crew had to shoot every day.

But this time the director is taking the lead, so there is no reason not to go.

"no problem."

Tommy Lee Jones, wearing a police officer uniform, pulled the hat on his head to indicate that it was okay.

night.

Night falls.

Tommy Lee Jones drove Chen An, Zhao Xiong and Javier Bardem to the pub.

Texas is the second largest state in the United States, both in terms of area and economy.

This not-so-big city where the photo was taken at night also has many bright and colorful signs.

He parked the car skillfully, it seemed he was quite experienced.

Entering the store, you will find that it is an older wine pub with dim lighting.

The seats and bar counters are quite old, and the floor is made of wood, which also looks quite old.

There weren't a lot of people, but there weren't a lot either. At just eight o'clock in the evening, there were already three or four tables gathered.

Tommy Lee Jones walked to the bar and ordered a table. When the boss saw it was him, he immediately smiled and arranged a table in the corner for him.

When the other person turned his head to signal, Chen An lowered his hat and followed him.

"There are many popular film and television shooting locations in Texas. I have been to this place many times before. I believe I will satisfy you."

As he sat down in his seat, Chen An heard Tommy Lee Jones winking at him and saying.

"Mr. Jones, this is a nice place, indeed suitable for drinking."

Javier Bardem sat down next and plopped down on the sofa, touched the sofa and observed the perspective from this position.

It is right in the corner of the pub, so you can see the whole bar at a glance without being conspicuous.

A waitress in a miniskirt came over with a tray of snacks.

The frivolous old Tommy Lee Jones hooked his arm around Chen An's shoulder and said, "Isn't what I said right?" There was a smile in his voice.

Chen An was surprised. This turned out to be good?!
(End of this chapter)