The crew of "Little Fish and Flower".

Only a few shots were shot in the morning, and the actors were already exposed to the scorching sun.

Because Mr. Xie’s schedule was quite tight, all the shots were of him.

Soon it was lunch time.

Even though the filming location is in Hengdian, even though most of the main actors in the crew are from mainland China, and even though 70% of the crew members are mainland employees.

But the director, the two male leads, as well as the camera, costumes, makeup, styling, props, music, and lighting, the team leaders of all these departments are from Hong Kong.

So, this is a Hong Kong crew after all.

As for the people of Hong Kong, even in later generations, when they saw that Hong Kong Island had fallen into decline, they still had an inexplicable arrogance when facing people from the mainland.

Not to mention twenty years ago.

Almost all of them had their noses turned upside down.

I don’t know, I thought they were here to give me instructions on the work.

Actually... these bunch of stinky outsiders are begging for food from God, why are you so arrogant!

Therefore, the conflict between the imperial circle and the Hong Kong circle is the greatest. One is the Pure Yellow Flag, and the other is the Pure Union Jack, and neither of them will submit to the other.

Just like what Zhang Yuan encountered in his previous dual-director system for "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", the Imperial Capital faction and the Hong Kong faction just couldn't get along.

If he hadn't mediated several times, the two gangs would have fought long ago.

The situation was even worse in this crew, because there was no mainland director with sufficient status and experience like Yang Tao to act as a check and balance, the entire crew was completely one-sided.

At lunch time, Zhang Yuan took the lunch box and opened it to take a look.

"Wow, not bad."

"Four dishes and one soup, and chicken drumstick rice with grilled sausage."

For a young boy like him, this kind of meaty and oily meal is naturally to his taste.

"Come and sit here." From a distance, Fan Bingbing waved at him.

He then stepped forward.

I took a look at Fan Bingbing’s dish, which was the same as mine, but with yogurt and fruit.

"Hello, Teacher Yang Xue." He turned his head and glanced at the "real heroine", Yang Xue, who played Jiang Yuyan.

"Don't call me teacher, it's weird." Yang Xue replied softly: "Just call me by my name."

She speaks slowly and usually looks like the older sister next door. She has none of the sinister and vicious temperament she portrays in the play, which shows that her acting skills are excellent.

I glanced at her meal. The lunch box was still the same one, with yogurt added to it, but without the fruit that Fan Bingbing had.

Zhang Yuan: …

This crew is divided into such fine details.

The three of us actors actually came up with three different meal standards.

Previously on "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", the entire crew only had three types of meal standards.

"After being under the Union Jack for too long, have you acquired the imperialist habit of categorizing people into different levels?"

"Here, I'll give you half of the orange." Fan Ye peeled the orange and broke off half for him.

Zhang Yuan didn't refuse and started eating.

Seeing how unceremonious they were, Yang Xue smiled and said, "You two have a good relationship."

"Excellent people always appreciate each other, so we have a good relationship." Zhang Yuan said while eating: "From this point of view, we should get along well too."

Yang Xue glanced at him and thought that this man praised two people with one sentence, and also praised herself in passing.

"I can tell at a glance that he isn't an honest guy." Yang Xue complained inwardly.

She is a good wife and mother. It should be said that, generally speaking, she is the exact opposite of Fan Bingbing.

"Oh, I forgot to leave one for you." Fan Ye slapped her forehead and took the empty orange peel.

"It's okay." Yang Xue replied quickly.

"It's really okay." Zhang Yuan also said: "You don't have to give it to her."

"Huh?" Yang Xue frowned, thinking, we just met, why are you bullying me?

Fat Fan was also puzzled and pouted at him.

"What I mean is that she has someone delivering fruit to her." Without even raising his head, he pointed at the approaching figure not far away.

The two characters looked up and saw a cheerful Nicholas Tse carrying a plate of fruit towards their table.

Green grapes, red grapes, lychees, apples, bananas, oranges, peaches... everything you can find on the market is on this plate.

"Haha, it seems that you are the most charming one." Fan Bingbing said teasingly.

"Sister Yang Xue, the weather is very hot, would you like to eat some fruit?"

In the play, Jiang Yuyan is obsessed with Hua Wuque, while Hua Wuque is obsessed with Tie Xinlan, so Yang Xue, Nicholas Tse, and Fan Bingbing are in a love triangle.

Yang Xue didn't know whether she should accept the offer or not. After all, the male lead kept hanging around her since he joined the crew.

"Here, put it here." Zhang Yuan took it directly when he was not prepared.

Mr. Xie smiled at him, then nodded and walked away.

"Why are you being so polite?" Zhang Yuan picked up a lychee and started peeling it, then looked at Fan Bingbing.

"When riding the red dust princess smiled, no one knew it was Litchi."

Fan Xiaopang also played Yang Guifei. In that film, she contributed a famous scene in Chinese film and television... horse shock.

"Anyway, they have plenty there, and we can't finish them all."

Zhang Yuan pointed to the dining area about twenty meters away.

It is clearly the same crew, but there are two dining areas.

The two areas were not physically separated by fences, partitions or enclosures, but seemed to be separated by a void chasm.

On one side sat people from mainland China, and on the other side sat people from Hong Kong.

On the mainland, everyone is holding a lunch box.

On the Hong Kong side, there are "special" treatments such as fruit carts, beverage carts, and even ice cream carts.

These things are the means by which certain people maintain their sense of superiority.

In A Dream of Red Mansions, Miaoyu threw away her beloved and cherished Chengyao teacup just because Granny Liu used it once.

She despised Liu Laolao, a vulgar person.

But in fact, the reason she did this, besides disgust, was also fear.

For money, Granny Liu came to the Grand View Garden to "perform and show off her skills", just to get some tips from the Jia family to make a living.

But Miaoyu herself is also "living under someone else's roof".

She saw a miniature of herself in Granny Liu and hated her even more.

The arrogance and deliberate aloofness in daily life are just a pretense.

"How can one be pure even if he wants to be pure? The sky is not always empty. It is a pity that gold and jade will eventually sink into the mud."

This is the verdict Cao Xueqin gave to Miaoyu.

Although the book does not write about Miaoyu's ending, most people speculate that Miaoyu's ending is probably to become a prostitute.

Before the reform and opening up, the mainland was like Granny Liu, and Hong Kong was the proud Miaoyu.

In those days, a Hong Kong resident could buy a house in mainland China with his monthly income.

In those days, many people swam across the Pearl River and sneaked into Hong Kong to make a living.

In those days, a fat and greasy truck driver from Hong Kong could keep several young and beautiful girls from the mainland as his mistresses.

But times have changed, and Granny Liu has become Grandmother Jia!
It’s not certain who is supporting whom now.

The proud Miaoyu has already "sunken into the mire", but still maintains the same mindset from many years ago.

However, this cannot be entirely blamed on the people of Hong Kong.

After all, the culprit that caused this division is the source of the world's chaos in the past two hundred years, the biggest troublemaker in the 10 years of human history, the most immoral country in the history of human civilization, the Empire of Ying.

The two girls looked at the food and drinks over in Xiangjiang and said nothing.

Yang Xue sighed.

Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes and continued eating with some dissatisfaction.

I'm already a movie queen, but my treatment is still not as good as those Hong Kong guys...

Her appearance reminded Zhang Yuan of Liu Xiaoqing.

When filming "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" that year, the crew was much more divided than it is now with "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Hong Kong actors and staff have access to free meals, with unlimited amounts of fish and meat.

Moreover, these Hong Kong people have big hotels to stay in, and the hotels provide tickets for three meals a day, all of which are top-notch meals. What about the mainland actors?

The lead actress Liu Xiaoqing was paid 50 yuan, with no remuneration. Her daily food consisted of steamed buns, pickles and starch sausages, and even these were limited in quantity.

The hungry actor cried and made a fuss on the set, demanding the same food treatment as the Hong Kong actors, but it was in vain.

Later, he could only steal the hotel meal tickets of Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai in order to get free meals.

Fan Bingbing’s path is very similar to Liu Xiaoqing’s, and the ending is even more similar.

The same thing happened when Jet Li was filming "Shaolin Temple". Hong Kong actors, even a stunt double, earned tens of thousands of yuan a month, while he only earned a few dozen yuan.

Who can accept it if it’s someone else’s?
This is the truth: what is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

After the meal, everyone should prepare themselves and rest as needed.

Zhang Yuan staggered to a rest area with an awning and large fans, and saw that all the Xiangjiang staff were sitting there to enjoy the cool air.

The mainlanders were all in another area, almost the same as when they were eating.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan discovered that the main actors were actually okay. After all, they had to act together and exchange lines and content, so they got along fairly well.

But it is easy to deal with the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with the little devils. The lower the Hong Kong people are in the crew, such as the production staff and the stage staff, the more they act like they are "celestial dragons".

This seems to be quite common, not only in the crew, but also in Hong Kong.

Even in the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital, there are many local guys who are extremely poor. I don’t know where they get their arrogance from, but they just look down on outsiders.

On the contrary, this phenomenon is slightly better among high-ranking officials or wealthy people. It's not that these people are well-fed and know etiquette and have no discrimination in their hearts, but that they are just better at pretending.

"Hey, Zhang Yuan, come here."

As he was strolling around, Wang Bozhao, who played Jiang Biehe, waved at him. Next to him stood a big bald man, Xu Jingjiang.

"We are discussing calligraphy and painting. You can come and have some fun too."

Teacher Xu has always been good-tempered. He never has a superior attitude and is very peaceful.

Wang Bozhao also brought pen and ink when he came to the crew, but it was not very convenient to write in the rest area.

He took a cheap large brush, dipped it in water, and started writing and drawing on the ground.

"Yo!"

After Zhang Yuan wrote the couplet, Xu Jingjiang let out a soft cry.

"You seem to have improved a lot since your time in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber."

"Not bad, this character is good and has body." Teacher Wang also commented.

"Oh, you can write?"

Fan Xiaopang and Yang Xue had nothing to do, so they strolled over.

"A little bit at a time." Zhang Yuan said as he looked at the water stains on the ground being gradually evaporated and swallowed by the scorching sun.

"Please pick out the best one for me to see." Fan Bingbing came forward, bent down, put his hands on his knees, and looked at the big words on the ground.

Zhang Yuan looked back.

The weather is hot now, and during lunch break she took off her costume and changed into her own clothes, which were a cool white T-shirt and jeans.

The neckline of this white T-shirt was already large, and when she leaned over, Zhang Yuan could see her jeans through the neckline.

Transparent!
"It's green again..."

He turned around, picked up the pen, dipped it in water, and wrote five strokes horizontally and vertically on the ground. After five strokes, he wrote a big "正" character.

"Just one word?"

"One must behave uprightly." Zhang Yuan replied generously.

"It's okay." Although Fan Bingbing is an amateur, he still has a sense of aesthetics.

“Writing on the ground doesn’t allow me to show my full potential.”

Zhang Yuan thought to himself that if he wanted to pronounce this character well, he had to write it on his legs.

Yang Xue on the side also glanced at him, then looked up at him.

"I didn't expect him to be so dishonest, but his hobbies are pretty delicate."

"It seems that you really can't judge a person by his appearance."

The break wasn't too long, and none of them had to appear on camera today, so it was quite relaxing.

"Why do you still carry melon seeds with you?" In their spare time, several people stood next to the crew's camera and watched the others act.

Fan Bingbing frowned when he saw him take out a handful of melon seeds from his trouser pocket very skillfully.

Yang Xue on the side also looked at him strangely.

"Just tell me whether you want to eat or not."

five minutes later.

Bah!
Bah!
Bah!
The three of them started to choke in unison.

As expected, women always say one thing and do another.

What we are going to shoot now is the scene where Hua Wuque makes his first appearance.

"Are you sure you want to go up?" Wang Jing asked, standing beside Master Xie.

"Well, I want to do it myself."

What's going on?
The scene when Hua Wuque first appeared was very exaggerated...or rather, all of Hua Wuque's appearances were very exaggerated.

The man who comes with flower petals, that's him.

Especially when it first appears.

He had to hang on a wire, spinning in the air, and then land on the roof.

Elegant, graceful...these are all about the broadcast effects.

Zhang Yuan, who often hangs on wires, knows that there are two types of action scenes that are particularly uncomfortable: spinning in circles and jumping off a building.

The former makes you dizzy, the latter makes you panic and nervous, just like bungee jumping.

As for Master Xie's scene, he was about to jump off the building while spinning in circles.

Besides, he is still a novice in wire arts.

"This guy is quite tough." Zhang Yuan touched his chin: "He is very stubborn and wants to do it himself."

"It seems like he wants to prove himself."

Zhang Weijian on the side put down the pen and script in his hand. When he had nothing to do, he would write and draw on the script and analyze the characters.

Putting aside his personality, this guy's professional qualities are quite good, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people helping him.

But even though I took notes very seriously, why are the characters so homogeneous?
He is one of the actors with the most homogeneous roles Zhang Yuan has ever seen, and he plays the same role in every role.

In fact, Zhang Yuan felt that his situation was that of being "oily".

This is the case with experienced people. Every movement, expression, and reaction in the performance has become a pattern. Acting is just following a template.

"Tingfeng, please think about it. It's very tiring." Zhang Weijian persuaded with a smile.

"I want to try it myself." Mr. Xie still insisted.

Soon, he had tied up the wire.

"Come on, let's try it first." Director Wang Jing said loudly into the loudspeaker, and several executives operating the wire were ready.

"go!"

call!
Following an order, Master Xie flew down from the roof in an extremely beautiful manner.

Spinning and jumping, he closed his eyes.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." Zhang Yuan counted silently.

When he counted to 16, the person finally landed.

In other words, this person had to spin in the air more than ten times!

"Being the number one brother of Emperor Entertainment Group is not entirely due to the blessing of the elders."

"Well, quite handsome." Fat Fan said lightly with his arms folded across his chest.

But just as she finished her words, the next second, after turning more than ten times, Master Xie’s feet landed on the ground and he lost his balance...

Gulp!

He knelt in front of the camera obediently.

He kowtowed respectfully to the three people standing next to the camera.

Nicholas Tse: ...

Zhang Yuan: Stand up?
...(End of chapter)