Although they have arrived in a foreign country, the Hong Kong crew has not yet abandoned their traditional customs.

Offering pig heads, burning yellow paper, and covering with red cloth, everything is necessary.

This behavior is normal.

However, Zhang Yuan's mouth twitched as he watched.

Because the first scene of the crew was shot in the gas station where the male protagonist Fujiwara Takumi worked.

Liu Weiqiang held three huge yellow incense sticks as thick as a child's arm and lit them there for worship.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the gas station about ten meters away and felt it was a bit dangerous.

At this moment, most of the crew members have gathered, especially the main actors.

In addition to Jay Chou and Edison Chen who had already been seen at the airport and the hotel, Anthony Wong and To Wen-ze, the dragon and phoenix, were also present.

These two people made a fool of themselves in later generations, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, with feather dusters stuck on their butts, just pretending to be dogs.

Zhang Yuan naturally looked down on these two people.

Especially Du Wenzhe.

From character to quality, to appearance and figure, she is totally useless.

After all, it was Brother Hua who made him appear in this crew.

Because Hua Ge met him on the set of "Infernal Affairs", he began to take care of him.

Not only did they find him a lot of films to shoot, but they also later invested in him, allowing him to try to transform himself into a director.

Even the high-end apartment this guy lives in belongs to Brother Hua and is given to him to use for free.

What is the big brother of Hong Kong entertainment industry? He really takes care of people.

However, there is an old saying that goes "A little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge."

Later, he used Hua Ge's money to shoot a movie called "Isabella".

The leading actors of this film, besides himself, include Anthony Wong and his goddaughter Isabella Leong...the one who gave birth to three sons for the second son of the Li family in Hong Kong, but ended up not even getting through the door.

In addition, the original author and producer of this film is Pang Ho-cheung.

This movie, which features all "heavyweight" actors, flopped as expected.

Du Wenzhe wants to ask his elder brother Liu Dehua to invest again in the filming of the sequel... He really has the nerve to say that.

After being rejected by Brother Hua, this person began to spread negative news about Brother Hua in the Hong Kong circle and "complained" everywhere.

With Liu Dehua's status, not all Hong Kong artists are his friends, but at least half of them are his die-hard fans, and the words quickly reached his ears.

He immediately cut off contact with Du Wenzhe and kicked him out of his apartment.

This kind of rubbish is not as good as Zhang Weijian. At least after Brother Hua helped Baldy, he will remember it for half his life.

In contrast, in Zhang Yuan's eyes, Huang Qiusheng is at least an excellent actor.

Actually, it is understandable.

Because according to the old imperial capital, this person is a "crazy guy".

His mother was a maid of an official of the British Hong Kong government, so he was originally an illegitimate child of Great Britain, although his father did not acknowledge him at all.

But the more this happened, the more he needed identity recognition, and the more he needed identity recognition, the more anxious he was to "wash away" the Chinese blood in his body.

Mr. Engels once wrote: Even the poorest patriot in the East End of London will involuntarily straighten his chest when he thinks of the wealth and industry of Britain.

This is probably the mentality of this person.

Cheap or not!

But if we look at it separately, the first Hong Kong actor to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards was for his role in a Category III film... "Barbecued Pork Buns".

His professional ability is indeed outstanding and his acting skills are impeccable, especially his ability to portray various perverted criminals.

But because of this, he is notoriously difficult to deal with.

Shu Qi once said that when filming with Anthony Wong, if you can't perform at the same level as him, he will look down on you directly and clearly, and it will show on his face.

Zhang Yuan had watched "Initial D" in his previous life. Indeed, in this film, the actor with the best acting skills was Huang Qiusheng who played Fujiwara Bunta, who was obviously a level higher than the others.

The same is true in "Infernal Affairs", his acting skills are no less than Wah Ge and Tony Leung. When it comes to acting alone, he is indeed a master.

After the opening ceremony, the crew rented a nearby hotel room for the actors who were going to shoot next to put on makeup and change clothes, including Zhang Yuan.

"That's him?"

"correct."

"Who?"

"The mainland guy who screwed Zhang Weijian."

"That's him!"

He was putting on makeup when he heard three Hong Kong people whispering to each other.

In addition to Huang Qiusheng and Du Wenze, there is another person from Hong Kong.

He is the one who plays Du Wenze's father, the gas station owner, Brother B, who was once one of the Wynners, Zhong Zhentao.

In his previous life, Zhang Yuan traveled to construction sites all over the country with the company and had mastered various local dialects.

Although he couldn't speak clearly, he could still roughly understand Cantonese.

But at this time she pretended not to understand and sat steadily in her seat, allowing the makeup artist to do her job.

"He took Ale's place."

"It's a good crew, but a mainland guy suddenly shows up. It's annoying."

"Hey, we're from the same crew, don't say that." The two seemed very dissatisfied with Zhang Yuan, so Brother B smiled and tried to smooth things over.

"They are all relatives and friends. This guy from mainland China is one, and that guy from Taiwan is also one." Huang Qiusheng said while smoking.

The people he was talking about were naturally Zhang Yuan and Jay Chou.

"Originally, they all used our Hong Kong actors, which was great and made it easier to work with them."

"Now we have to speak Mandarin, it's so annoying." Du Wen Ze also said.

"There are Japanese people in the crew. Anyway, there are translators, so it's all the same." Brother B still tried not to offend either side.

Just at this moment, Zhang Yuan had finished putting on makeup, stood up, and walked towards the three of them.

"Hello, Teacher Huang, Hello, Teacher Du." He still greeted the three people politely without changing his expression.

"Hello, Brother B. I heard that you signed a contract with Zhang Jizhong's The Return of the Condor Heroes, right?" After talking to the couple, he turned to Zhong Zhentao.

"Yes, how did you know?" Brother B asked with some surprise.

"I signed it, too."

"Ah, what a coincidence, what is your role?"

"Yang Guo."

"Oh..." Brother B immediately grinned.

He is actually going to play Yang Guo?
It seems that he was not among the candidates mentioned before.

Brother B will play Gongsun Zhi in Big Beard's "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and has already signed the contract.

After finishing filming this drama, he will go directly to the mainland to join the crew.

However, he is not the protagonist, so he does not need to follow the crew throughout the whole process. He can just join the crew halfway, so he just missed the scenes here.

Brother B is already in his fifties, and he works so hard mainly because he was one of the stars who went bankrupt during the Hong Kong financial crisis.

And he owes the most debt, nearly 3 million!
That's why he tried so hard to take on roles and even took the initiative to go to the mainland to make money, all in order to pay off his debts.

Because he needs the mainland market to make a living, this person has a very friendly attitude towards the mainland and has been speaking for Zhang Yuan just now.

This kind of person is more reasonable, much better than people like Zhang Weijian who "blame the cook after eating".

Because he has a lot of contact with the mainland, he knows very well what kind of person Big Beard is.

"He can snatch the leading role position from Zhang Jizhong, so he must be an extraordinary person." Brother B thought.

Then he took the initiative to hug Zhang Yuan.

"After that, we went to the mainland to act together and looked after each other."

"You are my senior, you should be the one who looks after me. Please teach me more."

“Hey, let’s learn from each other.”

After the two hugged, they held hands for a long time.

Seeing that the young man was quite polite and able to talk, Zhong Zhentao thought that if he had the chance later, he could give him some pointers.

After all, Liu Weiqiang has a bad temper and often scolds people on the crew.

In fact, it is not just Liu Weiqiang. Hong Kong directors, especially the older generation, generally have a bad temper. The representative figure is Johnnie To, who not only scolded Andy Lau and Louis Koo to tears, but also made Sun Honglei cry during the filming of "Drug War".

After Zhang Yuan left the dressing room, Huang Qiusheng and Du Wenzhe turned to look at him.

"Ah B, why are you so polite to that mainlander?"

"We are all family now."

"Besides, we are now in an island country." "And there is an old saying in the island country, do you know it?" Zhong Zhentao looked at his two Hong Kong compatriots with some dissatisfaction.

"It is said: He who knows the current situation is a hero."

……

Outside, the island country's martial arts instructor, or in this film, should be called a racing instructor, is named Katsuhiro Takahashi, a not-so-famous former professional driver.

At this time, the car that belonged to Zhang Yuan, also known as Nakazato Takeshi, a modified black Nissan GTR R32, drove over.

"Sono, the skeleton horse..."

Then, this person began to communicate with Zhang Yuan.

Of course, this person only speaks Japanese.

It’s not like Zhang Yuan doesn’t know Japanese at all, but the Japanese he knows is mainly based on modal particles. After all, there aren’t many serious conversations in the learning materials…

Just as the two were talking at cross purposes, a baritone voice with a northeastern accent came from behind him.

"Takahashi-san asked if you can drive a right-hand drive car."

"All we have to do is put the car in first gear and drive slowly to the gas station."

"If you can't, he can help you find a substitute."

Zhang Yuan turned around and saw a man of medium build smiling and nodding at him: "Hello, my name is Abe Li."

"Hello."

This guy plays one of Takumi's friends in the film.

Like Huang Qiusheng, he is also a mixed-race person, but his blood is from an island country.

But before he was ten years old, he lived in Heilongjiang, so his Chinese was very good, but it had a hint of sauerkraut and pork.

Basically, he has the same accent as Ai Fukuhara.

And his wife is Chinese and also an actress. She is the beautiful woman who played Zhen Yinglian in the 87 "Dream of Red Mansions".

"By the way, these are my two friends, Suzuki Anne and Tanaka Chie. They also want to meet you." After Abe Tsuki finished speaking, he stepped aside, revealing the two island girls standing behind him.

"Hello, Yuansang." The two young girls bowed and nodded together to greet him.

Zhang Yuan: …

Although the other party was very polite, the Chinese spoken by this Japanese speaker and the way he addressed me always made me feel like I was a queen.

Among these two girls, the character played by Chie Tanaka is called Miya. According to the setting, she is Du Wenzhe’s girlfriend and does not have many scenes.

She is actually considered a half-relative because she was introduced by Jay Chou.

The reason why she and Jay Chou met was because they had just filmed the MV of "Qilixiang" for each other, and the heroine was Miss Tanaka.

Chie Tanaka has a slender figure and is considered tall among women in the island country, probably a little over 1.6 meters tall.

His father is a very famous makeup artist in the island country, celebrity makeup artist Tanaka Touni, and is considered a half-insider.

Next to him, there is a girl with a plump figure, which is in sharp contrast to his slim image. She is the heroine of the film, Suzuki Anne.

Liu Weiqiang had come to the island country before to look for actors, and this guy gave Director Liu a shock during the audition.

Because she came in her school uniform.

Director Liu was excited!

Are women from island countries so knowledgeable?
Do you know how to attract the director with special outfits?
Do I accept it or reject it?
Later I asked and found out that she was indeed wearing a school uniform, but not for COS or to show off, but because she had just finished class.

This guy is still in high school.

After greeting each other, the two girls looked at him, whispered a few words, and then laughed.

"They said you are very handsome and hope they can take good care of you in the future." Abe Li helped translate.

Zhang Yuan shook hands with the two men and expressed his gratitude.

"They also asked if all Chinese people knew Kung Fu."

"I told them that it was all in the movies."

"Oh, right, right..." Zhang Yuan nodded, then was stunned: "No, I really can do it!"

Abe Tsuyoshi: ...

No, I'm trying hard to help the Chinese people dispel rumors and stereotypes, and it's very difficult for me to deal with you like this!
Abe Riki could only translate it helplessly.

"Si Guoyi!"

The two girls immediately widened their eyes and exclaimed in amazement.

"They asked you to come one."

"I want to broaden my horizons."

Zhang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Just come if you want. Our foreign friends have already asked for it."

The next second, his whole body tensed up and he suddenly exerted force, using the Double Dragons Technique that Sammo Hung had used on him and Wu Jing before.

His left and right fists quickly rushed towards the two girls' faces.

Before the girl from the Japanese country could react, she felt a dark shadow flash in front of her, and then her nose felt cold.

His eyes flashed, and a ferocious fist appeared in front of him, less than an inch away from the tip of his nose.

Abe Riki, who was standing by, was startled and took two steps back unconsciously.

It took a few seconds to react.

That’s it. It’s hard to explain why everyone in China knows martial arts!
Zhang Yuan slowly retracted his fist, and the two girls swallowed their saliva.

He could clearly hear the two people's violent heartbeats.

It was as if two island artists were beating taiko drums inside their chests.

If he was dealing with a Chinese girl, he would never be so "rude", but with Japanese girls, they have a culture of worshipping the strong, so of course he has no scruples.

After about a few minutes, their heartbeats began to slow down, and then thunderous applause and screams broke out.

"Yuan Sangka Koyina."

"They said... they were praising you anyway." Abe Li was too lazy to translate.

Seeing the two Japanese girls giving him so much face, Zhang Yuan even wanted to eat "Japanese food".

Of course, men's tastes are generally similar, and he is not the only one who wants to eat Japanese food.

Not far away, Edison Chen and Jay Chou looked at each other in surprise at Zhang Yuan's back.

They were both musicians, so they quickly struck up a conversation.

Seeing the two girls from the island country were so happy in front of Zhang Yuan, they were both a little dazed.

"How come he hooked up with two girls so quickly?" Jay Chou, who is a bit reserved, sighed weakly.

"He is indeed a master..." Brother Edison thought in his heart.

People don't care if their acting is better than his and they make more money than him.

But if you say he is better at picking up women than him, he will definitely not agree!
Of course, it turned out that he did achieve great results.

Actually, this person has some connection with Zhang Yuan.

After all, he got married and had children in later life.

And his wife Qin Shupei’s ex-husband is Zhao Lei, the general manager of Huayi.

"Jay, believe it or not, I can deal with these two women in a week...Oh, no, that woman." Edison Chen remembered that Chie Tanaka was introduced by Jay Chou, so it would not be easy to deal with her.

Because I don't know if the two are related.

"Oh, that's good." Jay Chou smiled shyly: "Are you sure?"

"It just so happens that I haven't tried an island girl yet."

"Do you want to compete together?" Edison Chen glanced at Jay Chou and said, "It just so happens that you and Suzuki Anne are going to play a couple. It can help to develop your relationship and help your acting."

"I don't want to!" Jay Chou refused with a shy smile.

But in fact, what he thought in his heart and what he said were somewhat different.

He said no because he felt that he was too inferior to the other two in terms of appearance.

Just afraid of losing.

But after being provoked by Edison Chen, I actually had some thoughts in my mind.

After all, he is now famous all over the country and is no longer the shy boy who didn't even dare to raise his head when seeing girls.

"Just like Edison Chen said, when Suzuki Anne and I play a couple, we are the first to see the moon because we are close to the water."

"It's amazing that he's so handsome!"

"What if they just like talented people who can play basketball, sing and dance rap?"

"I can also do magic!"

Even so, these two are actually getting a little excited... (End of this chapter)