Chapter 163 Be kind and kind

The filming location of "Cell Phone" is in Mentougou, the capital of China, where Zhao Jin and Cao Jianjun set up a stall to sell fried rice before opening a catering company.

Whenever a TV series or film in the imperial capital needs exterior scenes, they will be shot here.

It is very convenient for Zhang Yuan, as he can get there by car.

When we get there, we don’t even need to join the crew for filming. Just looking from a distance, we can discover the majestic atmosphere that is different from that of a TV drama crew.

There are dozens of producers and security personnel on site alone, it's quite a big scene.

But without this kind of scene, it wouldn't have worked. There were so many onlookers, hundreds of people at most.

He walked towards the crowd, and just before he arrived, a group of big men surrounded a tall woman with dyed red hair and walked towards him.

"Yo!"

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes and immediately recognized this person.

She is the second female lead in the movie, Fan Bingbing.

Under the sunlight, this person's skin is glowing white!
She has long flowing hair, picturesque eyes and eyebrows, and walks with a breeze, full of vigor and momentum.

Although he is about 1.6 meters tall, he has the aura of an 1.8 meter tall.

You can say she is greedy for money, you can say she is slick, but you cannot deny her beauty.

There were more than a hundred people present, but at a glance, Fan Bingbing was like a visual black hole who always caught your attention at the first moment.

After all, there is a saying...

Fan Bingbing single-handedly shaved the chins of female celebrities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao into pointed ones.

She once influenced the aesthetic taste of a generation.

In 96, when he was only 14 years old, he was admitted to Xie Jin Film and Television Academy.

When he was playing a supporting role in the TV series "Strong Woman", he was spotted by Liu Xuehua, the "Qiong Yao Heroine" who was at the peak of her career at the time.

Seeing that she was really beautiful, Liu Xuehua asked for a photo and asked her to write her phone number and address on the back.

She was appreciated for just three days of acting.

Afterwards, Liu Xuehua recommended her to Qiong Yao, and when "My Fair Princess" was about to start filming, the old aunt planned to adopt the model of two female protagonists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

One is a mainland heroine, and the other is a Taiwan heroine.

It was originally planned to let Fan Bingbing play Ziwei, but when she was overjoyed and signed the contract with Qiong Yao's company, she was told that her role was changed to Jinsuo.

Because someone from the top management of China Film recommended Zhao Yanzi, and based on the prudent principle of having the old bring up the new, Qiong Yao directly asked Taiwan's Ruby Lin to play Ziwei without even discussing the matter with the other party.

This incident created an irreparable rift between Fan Bingbing and Qiong Yao.

However, the old lady was indeed known for her domineering nature, but the fact that she dared to take her to court also reflected Sister Fan's stubborn temper.

Of course, Wang Jinghua and Huayi were behind this, so after the contract was terminated, she immediately joined Wang Jinghua's team.

Aunt Wang was not vague and gave her a reward immediately.

She is the second female lead named Wu Yue in the movie “Cell Phone”.

From then on, she stepped into the core area of ​​​​the Chinese film and television industry, and with this role, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Popular Hundred Flowers Awards the following year.

The cell phone is both the reason for his success and his failure.

The starting point is the end point, which is really ironic.

He looked, thought, and sighed.

A woman of ordinary birth can get along with everyone and stand at the pinnacle of the film and television industry. Her ability is indeed outstanding.

As he was thinking, he became distracted and did not notice the security guard who had come up to him. He just stood there in the middle of the road.

The security guards who were surrounding Fan Bingbing came up to him and pushed him away with force.

"Fuck, push the hair!"

After being pushed and staggering, Zhang Yuan immediately became furious and shouted curses.

"I'm sorry." Upon hearing this, Fan Bingbing turned around with an embarrassed look on his face, clasped his hands together and put them to his mouth: "I'll sign for you later."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

"Do you think I'm a crazy fan?" Zhang Yuan shook his head and walked towards the crew helplessly.

Due to the tight security, Zhang Yuan was stopped outside the crowd.

He had to call Xu Fan. After a while, the security guard saw Xu Fan actually came to greet him in person, so he quickly put on a smile.

"Sister Fan, you are busy filming, you don't have to come out in person."

"Of course, of course. I'll just show you around." Xu Fan was particularly warm and friendly when he saw him.

"Xiaogang, Zhang Yuan is here." Xu Fan, who had short hair, willow-shaped eyebrows and a charming figure, took him through the film crew and came to the core area of ​​the filming location.

From a distance, he shouted to the crowd.

"Who?" A short man in a sun hat turned around and asked in confusion.

"Tsk, what a bad memory you have!" Xu Fan said angrily, "I told you, this is a young actor who will be guest starring."

"Oh!" He slapped his forehead and said, "It's my fault."

The man stood up from his director's chair.

This person's appearance should be described as "hairy face and thunder god's mouth", as chilling as it can be.

When he smiled at Zhang Yuan, he revealed several large, waxy, and messy teeth.

From a distance, it looks like a beaver with its teeth bared, and it's the ugliest looking beaver.

This person is none other than Feng Xiaogang, the famous director who is stirring up the Chinese-language film industry!
"How did Xu Fan say that..." Zhang Yuan secretly complained in his heart.

After arriving at the crew, two people surprised him.

Fan Bingbing is more beautiful in person than on the screen.

Feng Xiaogang is even more chilling in person than on screen.

The screen is a magical thing...

"Hello, Director Feng. I'm Zhang Yuan, and I've admired you for a long time."

"Hello."

Zhang Yuan immediately realized that Feng Xiaogang was not as enthusiastic as Xu Fan and he just greeted him politely.

"Baby, you're here!"

At this moment, a Sichuan-Chongqing accent suddenly came from behind.

Zhang Yuan guessed who was coming without even turning around.

"Uncle Guoli!"

"Hey, I heard that you were coming a few days ago, and I finally waited for you today." Zhang Guoli, with a shaved head, walked forward with a smile.

Next to him is the leading male actor of the film, Ge You.

Zhang Yuan was happy when he saw the two of them.

The appearance of these two people in the film is exactly the opposite of that in real life.

Ge You has a head of jet-black hair parted on the side, while Zhang Guoli has no hair at all.

Ge You was very shy. He just nodded, looked around as if he had social phobia, and walked away.

"Do you two know each other?" Feng Xiaogang asked in surprise.

"We spent several months together on The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber before."

"Don't be fooled by his young age. He can perform all kinds of performances, such as clapper talk, crosstalk and storytelling." Zhang Guoli immediately helped him "sell" his art.

"Oh." Feng Xiaogang looked at him again and nodded slightly.

"You have to behave well later." Uncle Guoli pulled him aside and said with care.

"Don't think your role is too short, there are a lot of people watching you."

"The person had already been chosen, but Xu Fan helped you get him."

"Uncle Guoli, don't worry, I will do my best." Zhang Yuan replied immediately.

Zhang Guoli smiled and patted his shoulder.

Being able to talk to him like this means you truly treat him as your own.

After all, the two of them were connected by crosstalk and storytelling, and Zhang Guoli was indeed closer to him than to ordinary actors.

"No wonder Feng Xiaogang was so indifferent when he met me." Zhang Yuan finally understood. He thought about it and realized that the original owner of this role should belong to Director Feng's good friend Zhang Hanyu!
Like Director Feng, this person is a son of a military family, and they have worked together several times.

The debt collector in "Never Ending", the mentally ill person in "Big Shot"...he is the one who appeared before Li Chengru and said he wanted to subvert the Internet.

He was just an unknown minor character in these two dramas, but in "A World Without Thieves", he was given an important supporting role on the positive side.

In "Assembly" he was directly promoted to the leading male role!

It can be seen how much Director Feng supports this guy. He must have felt a little uncomfortable about squeezing out his role.

He didn't have many scenes and the filming hadn't started yet, so he just walked around the set.

When he came back, he saw Director Feng, Uncle Guoli, Ge You and others gathered together discussing something.

“I think this sentence is too long.”

"And the meaning is unclear." Director Feng said, pointing at the script.

"Just like in 'Party A and Party B', we have 'The landlord has no surplus food either.'"

"Like "Big Shot", we have 'not seeking the best, but the most expensive'."

“There has to be a signature line that’s memorable and sums up the theme.”

Isn’t the theme of “Big Shot” a funeral… Zhang Yuan leaned over and thought to himself.

The movie "Big Shot" looks funny, but it is actually very weird!
The theme of this movie is the funeral of an internationally renowned director.

This theme is very darkly humorous, but after filming, all that's left is darkness.

The film was shot in a total of three months, but the crew attended four funerals - real funerals!

The father-in-law of the second male lead Yingda passed away, the screenwriter Liang Zuo passed away, the mother of director Feng passed away, and the mother of producer Wang Zhongjun also passed away in the end...

The crew was so scared that they prayed to God every day and almost didn’t dare to continue filming.

I was afraid that the content of this film might have offended some god.

Why do people always burn incense and pray to gods before filming starts? Because evil things really happen all the time, which makes you have to believe!
"The original line is, 'You have to be meticulous in doing things.' I feel like it's not strong enough and the audience won't remember it." Director Feng shook his head.

"Then change it to: Do ​​things in an authentic way, okay?" Uncle Guoli continued.

"No, it's too Beijing-style. Audiences from other places might not like it," Director Feng denied.

"Why not change it to: Be thoughtful in your dealings." Ge You also offered his opinion.

"That's almost true."

"How about changing it to 'Be a kind person'?"

As several people were discussing, they heard a clear voice speaking slowly.

"Be a kind person... Hey, this sentence is better than the previous ones."

Several people turned around when they heard the sound, but were stunned.

What appeared before them was Zhang Yuan's handsome face.

"Is this what you thought?" Director Feng raised his eyebrows and pondered over it in his mind.

This guy is quite interesting!

A casual remark is more powerful than what we have discussed for half a day.

"This sentence is not bad, but I feel it's a little bit worse." Feng Xiaogang stroked his chin and thought.

"How about trying it with the dialect?" Zhang Yuan suggested again.

Several people were stunned again. Zhang Guoli thought about it and repeated it in the Sichuan and Chongqing dialect that he was most familiar with.

"Be a kind person!"

"Yes, this is the taste. It's more interesting than before..." Director Feng became excited.

"No, no, it's still a bit awkward."

Ge You, a very talented actor, frowned and waved his hands.

"How about putting the logical emphasis on the word 'honest'?" Zhang Yuan spoke for the third time.

"Be a kind person!!!"

After repeating it silently twice in his mind, Zhang Guoli spoke again.

"That's right!" Ge You also smiled at this time.

"This is the smell!"

"People should be...honest!!!" the three of them said loudly in unison.

"Hahaha... OK, OK, that's it, it's settled." Director Feng immediately raised his hand and wrote these five big words on the script.

"Hey, you can do it!" After writing, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Yuan who was still smiling.

"We discussed it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and you solved it as soon as you came."

[Received thanks from Feng Xiaogang, +1 for art foundation! ]

[Received thanks from Zhang Guoli, acting skills +1! ]

[Received thanks from Ge You, lines +1! ]

"I said he was smart. I saw it a long time ago!" Zhang Guoli said, hooking his shoulder.

"Have you studied the lines?" Ge You asked, "If the Sichuan and Chongqing accents and the emphasis on the word 'honest' were removed from this line, it would lose at least half of its charm."

"Your two changes are very good and they hit the spot right away."

Ge You is an expert among experts, and he can detect any slightest abnormality.

"Have you ever been a screenwriter?" Director Feng asked with a smile.

"No, I just want to study the script."

"Okay, not bad."

Feng Xiaogang's attitude towards him was obviously much better and more enthusiastic than before.

"What are you doing?" Xu Fan just came forward.

"Zhang Yuan changed a line for us, it's really good, listen to it..."

The three of them acted like old naughty boys and said in unison: "Be a kind person!"

He spitted all over Xu Fan's face, causing her to hide back with a frown on her face.

Seeing that they were having fun, Zhang Yuan smiled but sneered in his heart.

You say you are kind, but you were quite unkind to Xiao Cui when you were shooting this movie.

Originally, before the filming of this movie started, Xu Fan specially invited Xiao Cui to his home, made dumplings for him personally, and discussed the filming with him.

In fact, Ge You originally wanted Cui Yongyuan to play the role of Yan Shouyi.

However, CCTV has a rule that hosts cannot accept roles at will, so he declined.

During the filming of this film, Xiao Cui also provided a lot of professional advice, but after looking at the finished film, his hair stood up!
You are clearly making fun of me!

In reality, due to health reasons, Xiao Cui asked He Jing to take his place on "Tell the Truth".

But in the movie, Yan Shouyi let Wu Yue take over because he was threatened after recording the bed photos and videos, and he also designed a character setting for the male protagonist to have an extramarital affair.

Every viewer who has seen the show knows that the prototype of this character is Cui Yongyuan, which is bound to have a negative impact on his reputation and career.

What made him even more angry was that the description of extramarital infidelity hurt his wife and daughter.

In fact, this matter is not only Feng Kuazi's fault, but also the problem of the original author Liu Zhenyun, after all, he is also a screenwriter.

And it's really strange, whenever Director Feng shoots a work with Liu Zhenyun, it either has bad reputation or poor box office performance.

Such as "Cell Phone", "I Am Not Madame Bovary", and "1942".

People say they are fellow villagers... Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun are both from Henan.

"I hope you can be more honest. After all, there is a price to pay for being dishonest. That price is..."

Zhang Yuan was just thinking about it when a beautiful figure came to his side and said with her head tilted in confusion.

"Why are you here?"

Fan Bingbing, with a head of red hair, stared at him in surprise with big eyes.

"Well, the price is her."

(End of this chapter)