Chapter 15 Mother and Daughter

A week later, the preliminary preparations for the filming of "The Story of a Noble Family" were completed. Li Dawei personally called Zhang Yuan and asked him to arrive at the filming location in Tianjin on time the next morning.

Although the story takes place in the Jiangnan area, the director and the crew are in the imperial capital. Plus, Tianjin, like Shanghai, was opened to the West a hundred years ago and has welcomed Western capital, leaving behind many Western-style buildings, making it an excellent location for exterior scenes.

For example, the Rende Girls' High School where the heroine Leng Qingqiu studied directly used the Boling Building of Nankai University as the setting.

Take a long-distance bus early in the morning. The distance between the capital and Tianjin is not far, and you can arrive there in two hours.

Zhang Yuan had rarely been to Tianjin in his previous life, so he was full of curiosity.

In his imagination, as soon as he entered Jinmen City, the air should be filled with the aroma of Jianbing, and his ears should be filled with the sound of quick-paced music and eye-catching clicks of the tongue.

The capital of food and the hometown of folk art, this is Tianjin.

After a bumpy ride, they finally arrived at the destination. Zhang Yuan, carrying a large bag, stepped into the venue rented by the crew at the "Tianjin TV Film and Television Base".

Many construction workers are still doing the final finishing work for the main scene of the drama, "Jin Family Mansion."

Zhang Yuan was amazed in his heart. It was indeed a large crew with such a big budget that they directly built an entire building for the filming.

It’s nothing like the previous “Conquest” crew, who had to use other people’s private rooms to shoot a restaurant scene.

"Hello, can you help me?"

Zhang Yuan was looking around curiously when a female voice came faintly in his direction.

"Hello, that tall and thin handsome guy with the black travel bag."

Zhang Yuan then realized that the other party seemed to be talking about him, so he pointed at himself.

"Can you help me?"

A woman wearing a black gauze dress, red high heels and Chanel sunglasses waved at him.

The dress is very exquisite, and you can tell at a glance that the person is either rich or noble.

Even though the sunglasses were too big and covered most of the face, Zhang Yuan could still feel that the other person must be very beautiful.

Walk forward with curiosity.

"You're looking for me?"

"Are you a member of the crew of The Golden Age?"

Zhang Yuan thought about it and decided that the actor must be a crew member, so he nodded.

"Okay, I have some things to move, can you give me a hand?"

Moving things...hiss.

Zhang Yuan understood that this person was treating him as a production manager or a stage manager.

Indeed, he has made a lot of money recently, but he still dresses very simply and has not spent money on buying himself any brand-name clothes.

He was wearing a beige long-sleeved shirt and a pair of washed-out sneakers. Anyone who saw him would think he was a poor boy from some poor family.

"I..." Zhang Yuan was about to explain when a slender figure came out from the corner and came behind the woman in a few steps.

"Mom, it's so noisy and boring here. I want to go to the city to play."

Zhang Yuan's pupils contracted rapidly and he recognized this person immediately!
Isn’t this the second female lead, Liu Qianqian?

Oh, then this noble lady must be her mother Liu Xiaoli!
No wonder Zhang Yuan felt that the other person had a good temperament and a slender and graceful figure when he saw her from a distance just now. After all, she was a professional dancer.

The mother and daughter are 7% similar and both are very beautiful.

In terms of appearance alone, of course Xixi is better, but if we talk about temperament, Liu Xiaoli as a mother is obviously more advantageous, after all, the little girl has not fully grown up yet.

Meng Degong never lied to me!
Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a little hungry at this time and wanted to eat oyakodon.

"Young man, come this way." Liu Xiaoli waved to him with a business smile.

"Oh, well, where is it?"

Mother-in-law... No, you have to listen to your aunt.

Zhang Yuan followed the other party to a business car, which was filled with 8 large suitcases.

"Clothes, luggage and the like should be transported to the hotel. This is the film set." Zhang Yuan asked puzzledly.

"They are all for on-site use. There are a lot of things, so sorry to bother you." Aunt Liu nodded slightly to express her gratitude.

It is said that this man dotes on his daughter, but this is too much. Is she here to film a movie?

Zhang Yuan walked forward and picked up one, it was very heavy.

It's just that he is young and strong, with a good back, so it would be difficult to replace him with someone else.

Here, Zhang Yuan was unloading the car under the command of Liu Xiaoli. At the other end of the set, a black Passat stopped steadily, and director Li Dawei helped his mother Liu Guoquan out of the car.

"I'm not that old yet." Liu Guoquan complained, his eyes full of kindness.

"Mom, let me take you around and look at the set first." "No, it's very messy now. It won't be too late to look around later." Liu Guoquan waved his hand: "Take me to see the boy named Zhang Yuan first."

"I'd like to see what this interesting young man looks like."

"Okay, I specifically asked him to come early, so he should be here by now."

The mother and son were walking in here, and Liu Xiaoli was giving orders over there.

"Be careful."

"This can be dragged along, saving some effort."

"Take this to the inner room."

At this time, the director and his mother had already arrived. When Liu Xiaoli saw them, she immediately greeted them with a smile on her face.

"Director Liu, Director Li, you are here."

This woman has very high standards. She doesn't take ordinary directors seriously, after all, she has a strong background and connections.

Not only does she have a diplomat ex-husband, but she also has a bootlickering business tycoon supporting her behind the scenes, so she is very proud.

But these two are different.

why?
Because Liu Qianqian just got into the Beijing Film Academy this year!
How did a girl who is 15 years old in appearance but only 14 in reality, and of American nationality, get into the best performing arts university in China? Even a fool would know that there is something fishy going on behind the scenes.

And a very important part of this operation is Liu Guoquan!

Although the old lady was not a professor or dean at Beijing Film Academy, her qualifications were higher than any current professors or deans. The president was always very polite when he met her, after all, her qualifications were there.

She was the driving force behind Xixi's admission to Beijing Film Academy. Not only that, when promoting "The Story of a Noble Family", it was said that the casting director fell in love with Xixi at first sight after seeing a real estate poster and asked her to play the second female lead.

What do you think of casting?
This is just talk, but in fact, it was Liu Guoquan who was behind it.

From school to the theatre, the old lady was in charge of everything. How could Liu Xiaoli not be polite when she saw her?

"Xiaoli is here, where's Xixi?"

"This little girl is filming her first time. She is curious about the set and is walking around. Please take care of her in the future." Liu Xiaoli bowed deeply, extremely humbly.

Director Liu smiled kindly. At this moment, his son beside him stared forward.

"Zhang Yuan?"

Li Dawei took a few steps forward and grabbed Zhang Yuan's shoulders, which were sweating profusely.

"Hello, Director Li."

"You are Zhang Yuan." The old lady who heard the conversation between the two walked forward with a smile, and after taking a look, she said secretly in her heart.

Not bad, he has a good height and figure, and his looks are only slightly worse than Chen Kun's. But he is still young, and as tall as that girl.

Judging from your appearance alone, you will definitely be able to enter the acting department if you come to Beijing Film Academy.

"Were you the one who helped Dawei to organize the script of the film?" the old lady asked.

"I just provide some insignificant ideas, but Director Li still has to grasp the overall situation."

Humble enough, good at speaking, good at dealing with people... Liu Guoquan made a few more assessments in his mind.

"Anyway, I have to thank you for your contribution to the film. Act well in the crew in the future. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

Liu Xiaoli, who was standing by, almost popped her eyes out of their sockets when she heard what the old lady said, if it weren't for her sunglasses.

Teacher Liu said thank you to this young man?
And let him ask himself if he doesn’t understand something?

This is obviously to be seen as a disciple!
From what they said, the script of this movie was written by someone else... When Liu Xiaoli thought of this, her originally fair oval face turned even paler.

This person has such a good relationship with the director and her son, but I used him as a porter without any hesitation...

"By the way, what are you doing?" the old lady asked, and Liu Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat.

"It's okay. I just arrived at the crew. I helped my colleagues move some things and got to know them a little bit so that it would be convenient for us to rehearse scenes later." Zhang Yuan didn't tell the truth. After all, it wouldn't be good to have a bad scene right after joining the crew.

[Received thanks from Liu Xiaoli, dance basics +3! ]

Huh... Liu Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief and her heart skipped a beat.

"Yes, familiarity between actors is very important." Li Dawei is a naive person, but his mother is an old hand, and he guessed what was going on after just one look at Liu Xiaoli's expression.

"Xiaoli, let the production staff do this kind of moving and carrying work in the future. How can we film if the actors get injured?" Director Liu pointed at her.

"Yes." Liu Xiaoli hurried forward, pulled Zhang Yuan aside, and said in a low voice.

"Zhang Yuan, I'm sorry, it was all a misunderstanding just now. I thought... I'll treat you to a meal later."

Zhang Yuan readily agreed.

It doesn’t matter whether you eat or not, the main thing is...Auntie, will your daughter go with you?
(End of this chapter)