Chapter 154 Two Newcomers
On the flight back to Dali.

"Zhang Yuan, we bought economy class tickets, right..." Li Huizhu looked at her business class seat and the free red wine handed to her by the flight attendant.

"Director Li, I met a friend at the airline company." Zhang Yuan picked up his glass and clinked it with hers, then turned to look at Chen Xiaodong next to him: "Celebrating your smooth return to the crew."

Li Huizhu and Chen Xiaodong raised their glasses awkwardly.

Why do I feel like he knows someone everywhere... Li Huizhu said in her heart.

From a big gangster in the imperial capital to a big horse farm in Yunnan, it seems that he can get by wherever he goes.

Otherwise, how could Zhang Yuan get along well with Brother Qian?

They actually have a lot in common.

Brother Qian is a person who likes eating and having fun. He has friends in all circles, from the crosstalk circle, the entertainment circle, the antique circle, the pet circle, to the rock circle.

In this regard, Guo Degang is far inferior. He is just the opposite. He has enemies in every circle.

As the saying goes, only by not contending can no one in the world contend with you. Many times, the enemies are created by ourselves.

"Zhang Yuan, this matter..." Chen Xiaodong looked guilty.

"Brother Dong, we are all in the same crew, so let's not say that." Zhang Yuan waved his hand, not caring at all.

"Do you have a background in the capital?" Chen Xiaodong asked cautiously, "When the fat guy heard your name, his attitude suddenly improved."

"I don't have any background, I was just acting."

It doesn't look like an act to me. I even want to call the police... Chen Xiaodong recalled the scene just now and thought to himself, what good guy can be so friendly with the local tyrant.

"I'm a little tired. I'm going to take a nap first." Zhang Yuan simply kept silent.

He knew that Chen Xiaodong felt guilty now.

The less he mentioned about saving people, the more the other party thought about it.

The more I think about it, the more guilty I feel.

The more guilty he feels, the more he will gain later.

Just as he expected, the more Chen Xiaodong pondered over it, the more he felt that Zhang Yuan's background was unfathomable and extremely mysterious.

"I opposed the script change before, but in the end I have to rely on others to save me..."

After getting off the plane, they went straight to the crew. The three of them were exhausted and returned to the hotel room in the early morning and fell asleep immediately.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan and Chen Xiaodong appeared in front of everyone together, under the astonished gazes of Wu Jing and others.

"I said he can do it." Zhu Yan patted Wu Jing and Shen Xiaohai on the shoulders with a smile, then raised her hand and waved at him.

"Hehehe, Brother Jing..." Zhang Yuan rubbed his hands and came to Wu Jing: "Don't forget our bet, Tongbi Fist and Long Spear."

"Can I go back on my word?" Wu Jing replied reluctantly.

"Okay, but you have to pay with your body." Zhang Yuan joked.

"roll!"

Zhu Yan on the side glanced at Wu Jing and thought, I want to pay with my body, but she is not interested in me.

Just like two days ago, Li Huizhu and Chen Shisan held a script discussion meeting before the crew started filming.

"Let's talk about the same topic as last time. What do you think about the new script?" Chen Shisan took the lead in speaking.

Wu Jing, Zhu Yan, Yuan Hua and Tianniu, who had already expressed their agreement, agreed to the same conclusion as last time.

Seeing this, the shrewd Xuan Xuan also expressed her agreement, unlike her last ambiguity.

This girl knows how to take sides, she will help whoever wins.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Shen Xiaohai followed suit.

Then, everyone looked at Chen Xiaodong, who looked haggard.

Brother Dong looked around, then bit his cracked lips and spoke.

"I have been feeling unwell due to altitude sickness since I joined the crew."

"And now my leg is injured, so I just need to rest."

"My role in this script is relatively relaxed, and I think it is very suitable." After saying that, he also raised his hand.

What he said was basically the same as what Chen Shisan had advised him that day, but it produced different effects when spoken by different people.

Yuan Hua and Tianniu looked at each other. Even though they were old hands, they both felt that Zhang Yuan was very skilled.

In just one or two days, things had completely turned in his favor.

The key point is that it is not like the Hong Kong of the past, where people relied entirely on pointing guns at people and using violence to suppress them.

Chen Xiaodong voluntarily cut his role and gave it to the other party.

Being willing is much better than being helpless.

"This kid is a talented person." Yuan Hua nodded with a smile and looked at Wu Jing again.

"Now you know why he played such a trick on you before."

Wu Jing was very stubborn and said, "Xiaodong agreed, but the person with the biggest connections in our crew may not agree."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Xiyuan, who was folding his arms and pouting.

Sure enough, Xu Xiyuan raised his hand: "I don't agree."

The reason is still the same.

Not only did Zhang Yuan not like her, he was also with someone else.

Women are very petty.

Wu Jing raised his chin towards Zhang Yuan, indicating "what are you going to do?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head gently, walked to Xu Xiyuan's side, bent down and whispered.

In just a few seconds, Xiaoqian, who originally had a cold face, smiled.

"Oh really."

"You should have told me earlier."

Then, he raised his hand again with great enthusiasm: "I agree, this new script is better."

Wu Jing:? ? ?
Yuan Hua nudged his shoulder with his elbow: "You are the only one who can't handle women."

Heartbroken!
Yuan Hua’s words are so heartbreaking!
It pierced Wu Jing's little heart.

Since it was passed unanimously, after the meeting, the two directors immediately began to modify the crew's shooting plan.

After everyone had dispersed, Wu Jing pulled Zhang Yuan over.

"What did you say that made the woman agree in an instant?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and raised his eyebrows: "I said, I discussed with the director to change the script, in fact, it was to increase the scenes with her, especially the emotional scenes."

Wu Jing:...

He turned to look at Xiaoqian's departing back and said through gritted teeth.

"Aren't you cheap?"

……

night.

The crew has started filming according to the new script, and Zhang Yuan will have his scenes tonight.

And it’s a big show!
In front of a stage city gate, a group of actors were lined up on the left and right.

The "former" protagonist Ning Caichen stood among the crowd.

The "present" protagonist Qi Ye, played by Zhang Yuan, is alone, standing tall in front of everyone like a leader.

Chen Xiaodong glanced at Zhang Yuan's back and felt a surge of sadness.

"Obviously I'm the male lead..." "No wonder the movie is called 'A Chinese Ghost Story', Xu Xiyuan is the ghost, and Qi Ye after he was possessed by the devil is the ghost. Damn it, there's no me at all!"

And this scene happens to be the one where Qiye is possessed by a demon.

The background of the story is that the leader of the Jin Guang Sect set up a bloody wedding and slaughtered the members of the Demon Sect who came to congratulate him.

Not only did he brutally kill the biological mother of the twin brothers Qiye and Ning Caichen, he also dropped her on the city gate and placed a "Soul-Dispersing Talisman of the God of Vengeance" on the corpse, intending to blow Qiye, who came to collect the body, along with his mother's body to ashes.

What does it mean to be beautiful, strong and miserable?
The Seven Nights Demon Lord is a representative figure of the early beautiful, strong and miserable characters.

What we are going to film today is how he was deceived and decided to become a demon to seek revenge.

Pan Jie, who plays the brothers' mother, is from Cantonese and is not young anymore.

The city wall was more than ten meters high, and the mother's "corpse" was to be hung on the top of the city gate, letting it float in the wind.

It would be a bit too much to ask Teacher Pan Jie, a middle-aged woman, to do it herself.

So who should we look for?

Ten minutes later, Wu Jing, who was wearing women's clothes again, was hung in the air with a helpless look on his face.

There was a fiber safety rope behind him and a thick hemp rope in front of him. In a moment, Zhang Yuan would pull the hemp rope and slowly lower the "corpse".

"ACTION!"

Zhang Yuan, wearing a bright white gentleman's shirt, ran quickly to the wooden stake tied with a rope.

The reason why he was dressed in completely different style from his usual pure black attire was because the director did it on purpose, using pure white to symbolize his inner purity.

At the same time, it also creates a contrast with the blackened look.

He untied the rope buckle with force, pulled the hemp rope, and slowly lowered the body of his "mother".

"Cut!" Director Li called out, "Wu Jing's face was exposed. Let's do it again."

The night wind was unpredictable, and Wu Jing was hanging in the air and it was difficult for him to adjust his body shape. If he showed his face from the front, it would be easy to be exposed.

This scene still depends on the weather, so we have to shoot it quickly when there is no wind.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The night wind blew several times in a row, causing Wu Jing and Saoqing Niang to float in the air.

"Director, I'm feeling very choked. Can I come down and rest for a while?" Wu Jing really couldn't hold it any longer. Who could stand being hung in the air for more than an hour?

"Okay... Hey, the wind has stopped, let's do it again!"

Wu Jing:...

"ah!"

Zhang Yuan untied the rope buckle with trembling hands and pulled it hard in his palms.

"Cut! This side is good, passed, put Wu Jing down and shoot the next segment."

“Fuck!” After Wu Jing untied the wire, he relaxed his shoulders and walked towards Zhang Yuan: “It’s all your fault.”

"You started it. Now I'm the one who takes care of all the female stand-ins in the crew."

"Look, it's strangling me." Wu Jing turned up his collar, revealing the back of his neck that was bruised purple by the wire rope.

"Okay, I'll help you massage it later." Zhang Yuan consoled with a smile, and then went to prepare for the scene.

Wu Jingze twisted his back and bared his teeth as he came to the rest area.

"Uncle Yuan Hua, help me take a look."

Snapped!
"Hey, why did you hit me?"

Yuan Hua slapped him directly on the back.

"Look at this." Yuan Hua handed him a piece of prop hemp rope.

Wu Jing held it in his hand, then looked around with the moonlight, and soon found a clue.

"This, this is... blood?"

Wu Jing suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Yuan not far away.

Seeing that his palm was dark red and trembling slightly, Wu Jing swallowed in shock.

"He rubbed his hands raw."

"It turns out that the shaking of his hands when he was pulling the rope just now was not an act. I thought it was his acting."

This brand new coarse hemp rope had a surface as rough as sandpaper. Wu Jing had been hanging it for more than an hour, and Zhang Yuan had been pulling it for more than an hour, but it broke.

"Now you know, you're not the only one who's suffered and injured, it's just that others don't take it seriously." Yuan Hua looked at Zhang Yuan with an appreciative look.

When Yuan Hua made his debut, getting injured while filming was commonplace, even to the point where he got injured every day.

Everyone knows that Jackie Chan is covered in wounds, but which of the Seven Little Fortunes doesn’t have hidden injuries all over their bodies!

Why do Xiu Ge and Xiu Qing, who are obviously brothers, look so different, just like Wu Da and Wu Er?
Genes are one aspect, but more importantly, Xiu Ge started working as a stuntman at a very early age and was often beaten beyond recognition. Half of his face was destroyed.

Although the conditions were not as difficult as they were back then, Yuan Hua still saw the tenacity of the older generation of filmmakers in Zhang Yuan, so he admired him very much.

Wu Jing held the rope and then lowered his head.

"No wonder he can get more roles than the main character..."

He was often injured while filming, sometimes seriously.

"It turns out that he and I are the same kind of people." He murmured to himself.

"No, he is better than you." Yuan Hua interrupted.

"Although you two seem to be on par with each other, his acting skills are slightly better than yours, and your kung fu is better than his."

"But don't forget, his debut time is much shorter than yours!"

After hearing this, Wu Jing immediately collapsed like a deflated ball.

"Uncle Yuan, please stop hitting me." He felt powerless.

beep...

A cell phone rang. Yuan Hua, who originally wanted to say a few more words, picked up the phone and walked aside.

"Hey, brother."

The person who called him was Yuan Bing, who was also one of the Seven Little Fortunes.

"How are you doing recently?" Yuan Hua smiled immediately when he saw that it was his junior fellow student calling.

The friendship between fellow students is stronger than gold.

"I just returned to Hong Kong to rest."

"I won't be back in Hong Kong for a while, I'm currently filming a movie." Yuan Hua glanced at Zhang Yuan who was reciting a script nearby, and said with a smile: "By the way, I found a very interesting junior in mainland China."

"He is very strong in both his conduct and work, and he is also very handsome."

"What a coincidence! I also found a very interesting junior from the mainland in the previous crew. He is so sharp." Yuan Bing replied immediately.

"Let me put it this way. There are many talented people in mainland China recently." Yuan Hua shook his head helplessly: "No wonder the Hong Kong film industry is declining. There are no outstanding newcomers."

"I'll have a chance to introduce that new person to you later."

"Okay, I'll also introduce you to the younger generation I know." Yuan Bing said, and then started talking about business.

"By the way, Senior Brother, I'm looking for you because there's a big director and a big crew looking for actors to audition. Are you interested?"

"TV series or movie?"

"Of course it's movies!" Yuan Bing is not photogenic and has always been a martial arts director, so he introduced his senior brother.

"How old is the director? Let me hear if it's old enough." Yuan Hua asked with a smile.

Then, Yuan Bing uttered two words in a resounding voice on the phone.

"Master Xing!"

(End of this chapter)