squeak……

The sound of the tire rubber coming into contact with the road and being pulled back and forth at the limit of grip echoed throughout most of Mt. Shiina.

The burnt smell reminded everyone that there really was a GTR drifting past them just now, and it was not just an empty fantasy.

It's so pretty, so pretty, so pretty...

Japanese car stuntman Katsuhiro Takahashi stood in front of the director, quietly drinking his drink and smiling easily.

"You are here... who was driving just now?"

Director Liu Weiqiang already had that impossible guess in his mind, but he still asked with trepidation.

"It's Zhang Yuansang." Mr. Takahashi, who had one hand in a plaster cast, said calmly.

"He can actually race cars and drift?"

"Then why didn't he tell me and the crew during the audition and before the filming?" Liu Wei Qiang didn't understand.

"No, no, no." Mr. Takahashi waved his hands repeatedly.

"Yuan Sang didn't hide it from you."

"Or rather, he didn't hide it from you at the beginning."

Mr. Takahashi smiled with satisfaction and spoke slowly, while Abe Tsuyoshi, who was acting as an interpreter beside him again, translated each sentence one by one.

Now Abe Riki suspects that half of his film remuneration may be translation fees.

"He can drive, but only to the extent of being able to drive a family car."

"In the beginning, I was not used to operating a right-hand drive car, and even the most basic coordination of the accelerator and clutch was not very proficient," said Mr. Takahashi with a smile.

After all, most vehicles in later generations are automatic transmission vehicles, and Zhang Yuan rarely drives a manual transmission. Before he got used to it completely, he was indeed very unskilled.

Liu Weiqiang thought about it, then nodded slightly.

He recalled Zhang Yuan’s first scene on the first day of filming.

Just driving the GTR into the gas station, he stalled the engine dozens of times, which really showed that he was very unskilled.

But now... Liu Weiqiang glanced at the tire marks on the asphalt ground and swallowed hard.

“Two days after the filming started, he found me and said he wanted to learn how to drive from me,” Mr. Takahashi continued.

Takahashi, a Japanese, naturally disagreed at first.

I have principles!
I work a maximum of eight hours a day, and then I live.

But unfortunately, Zhang Yuan gave too much...

Food and drinks were provided, massages were provided, and he was also given several mamas to serve him.

He was almost "harmed by alcohol and sex".

Most men in the island country love alcohol and sex. In addition, since he works as a stuntman, a high-risk profession, they love to enjoy life in the moment. Once Zhang Yuan has a good grasp of this point, everything becomes easy.

Mr. Takahashi is a little-known former professional car driver who has never even appeared on TV.

At first glance, it sounds like it should be very weak, right?

actually not.

Every driver who can participate in national-level competitions is the best among his peers.

And every driver who can participate in world-class competitions, such as Le Mans and WRC, and especially the F1 Grand Prix, is a genius among top talents who has been crushing a generation since childhood.

But even such a genius may be completely defeated by other drivers in world-class competitions and become known as a no-name driver by the audience.

Just think about those last-place finishers who competed with the God of Racing Senna and the King of Racing Schumacher, and you will understand.

The higher you go, the more you will realize that genius is a very cheap thing.

Just like what many Chinese state-owned enterprises and national team coaches love to say.

"genius?"

"What we lack the least here is genius!"

Mr. Takahashi can be considered a basic-level genius, and above him there are geniuses among geniuses, geniuses who crush geniuses among geniuses, and child prodigies.

Although he is only a basic level genius, it is enough for Zhang Yuan.

It doesn't matter who you grab!

Besides, Japanese people are actually easier to deal with than Hong Kong people.

Although the people from the island are hypocritical, they do not have the kind of special discrimination against the mainland that the people from Hong Kong have.

In their eyes, you are all Chinese, there is no difference.

And because there are no conflicts of interest or factional struggles, people don't hide anything and teach everything they know.

"So, every night after filming, we would come to Shiina Mountain and practice drifting."

"Wait a minute." Liu Weiqiang interrupted, "If you are practicing, where did you get the car?"

Mr. Takahashi's mouth twitched, and then he pretended to be calm: "We borrowed someone else's car."

Liu Weiqiang is not a fool!

The stuntman has the car key and the warehouse key.

You little bastard, drove the crew's car out for him to practice on!

"Anyway!" Mr. Takahashi raised his voice slightly embarrassedly.

“We started practicing drifting.”

"At first, I took him for a few laps to get him used to the drifting rhythm."

"After all, many people will feel sick and vomit when they run on mountain roads for the first time, even if they don't crash."

"But I found that not only did he not feel uncomfortable at all, he was also very focused on recording my every move."

When Mr. Takahashi said this, he showed an expression of amazement even though it was just a recollection.

“He has a really strong focus, which is a very rare gift.”

"And when I asked him to drive himself, at first, I was worried he would crash the car."

“But in the first lap, he was able to run down the entire Shiina Mountain without any mistakes.”

“Although I didn’t use drifting or other maneuvers, I just drove fast, but the operation was very smooth. Even when I was sitting in the passenger seat, I didn’t feel uneasy at all.”

"Then I discovered that he made slight improvements every time he ran a lap."

“And every other day, there’s big progress!”

That's for sure, because every other day, Zhang Yuan would ask him to be happy and give him some money at the same time.

Mr. Takahashi's hair is becoming increasingly thinner and he is almost bald.

"On the first day, he ran the entire length of Mt. Shiina, which took him 15 minutes."

“The next day, it only took 10 minutes.”

"On the third day, he was already proficient in the heel-toe move."

"On the fourth day, he already started trying to drift while cornering."

“On the fifth day, his descent speed was already below seven minutes.”

"Until the day before yesterday, when I last practiced with him, he only needed five minutes and five seconds to drift down Mt. Shiina on four wheels."

Mr. Takahashi said this, put down the drink in his hand, took out a cigarette box with one hand, knocked it against the fence beside the mountain path, knocked out a cigarette, and put it in his mouth.

He took out his lighter and lit it for himself.

Even though one of his hands is disabled, the old smoker still smokes smoothly.

"More than five minutes...is it fast?" asked Chen Xiaochun, who had just arrived at the crew and had been standing nearby without saying a word.

Takahashi-san took a deep puff of his cigarette, which left a smoke ring, and then spoke slowly with a dazed look in his eyes.

“I’m the fastest, I can run five minutes and one and a half seconds here with the same car.”

"He spent two weeks going from a rookie who couldn't drift to being less than four seconds slower than me."

“It’s only about one percent slower.”

Liu Weiqiang and Chen Xiaochun both fell into silence.

"Bagaimonoda!" Takahashi-san half said, half cursed in Japanese.

"He said..." Abe Riki was about to translate but was stopped by the director.

"I understand what he said. He said Zhang Yuan is a monster."

“Although the car I used for practice didn’t bring out my full potential.”

"If I change to a proper racing car and race on a regular track."

“I should be able to close the gap to more than 3 percent.”

"But this is the first time in my life that I've seen someone achieve this level in such a short period of time." There was both fear and regret in Mr. Takahashi's eyes.

"He did in about two weeks what the average person couldn't do in two years."

"Even for a genius with a basic foundation, it would take more than a month to achieve this level."

"What a pity, what a pity."

"He's too old now."

"If I had discovered him ten years earlier, he might have made a difference in the racing world."

Zhang Yuan is only in his early twenties, but in the racing world, twenty years old is already considered old.

Most geniuses are discovered by big teams and manufacturers when they are twelve or thirteen years old, so Mr. Takahashi is not talking nonsense.

Chen Xiaochun, who had originally stood up straight with Liu Weiqiang's encouragement to suppress the "uncooperative" mainlander in the crew, now hunched over.

"Then I'll just do chicken feathers."

He glanced at Liu Weiqiang and said, "You want me to deal with a "monster", right?"

How can I suppress a ruthless person who goes racing to shoot a car scene? Why don't you go by yourself?
As they were talking, the pure black GTR drove back and stopped steadily in front of them.

The car door opened and Zhang Yuan, dressed in a theatrical costume, got out of the car.

"How about it?"

"In this way, I should be able to catch up with my schedule."

Yeah... Liu Weiqiang touched his chin.

"Fine……"

If you can even upload the racing scenes yourself, then you can definitely keep up with the schedule!
Liu Wei Qiang thought.

Jay Chou relies on his attitude. After all, canceling a concert does take a lot of courage.

Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, relies on his ability.

Liu Wei Qiang thought of the words of the White Dragon King again.

He couldn't see into this man's future.

Likewise, he didn't know that Zhang Yuan specifically asked Takahashi-san to learn how to race cars not to serve the crew or to show off when he returned to the mainland.

He learned this technique for other purposes.

However, according to his plan, it will take at least a few years before it can be used.

"Hello, Brother Xiaochun, I'm Zhang Yuan." He walked up and greeted Chen Xiaochun.

"Hello, hello." Brother Xiaochun smiled and bumped fists with him.

He knew about Zhang Yuan and Zhang Weijian.

First of all, he was also born in TVB.

Secondly, both he and Zhang Weijian have played Wei Xiaobao.

However, Zhang Yuan feels that Chen Xiaochun's performance is closer to the image of the character Wei Xiaobao.

Zhang Yuan walked aside and discussed with the director about adjusting the shooting schedule so that he could complete the work according to the contract period.

Adjusting the shot is a very cumbersome task.

If one person moves, the entire crew has to move, especially the other leading actors.

But Jay Chou and Edison Chen both have a good relationship with him, and since things have come to this point, they both agreed to adjust according to his schedule.

"Hey, Guan Xi, are you and him getting along well?"

After knowing this, Chen Xiaochun pulled Edison over and asked.

He knew that Edison Cheng was notoriously unruly and difficult to deal with.

But Edison Chen was very polite to Xiaochun.

Because when he and Shawn Yue were fighting backstage at the awards ceremony last year, it was Chen Xiaochun who started the fight.

In addition, he was his senior in acting and singing, and Edison Chen was kind to him.

"It's okay..." Edison Chen said helplessly.

"Brother Xiaochun, tell me, why do women have two faces?"

"Sometimes she is very reserved, and sometimes she is very wild." Edison Chen sighed.

He was talking about, of course, Suzuki Anne.

She is very reserved in front of him, but very unrestrained in front of Zhang Yuan.

That's because he's used to women throwing themselves at him and getting them with just a flick of his finger.

Now that the situation is reversed, he is not quite able to adapt.

"Haha, women are all pretending to be reserved." Brother Xiaochun said with a smile.

Jay Chou just happened to come over at this moment: "Not everyone."

"My girlfriend is very reserved."

It was fortunate that Zhang Yuan was not present, otherwise he would have a lot to say.

"Forget it. If you want to find a reserved girl, you can only look for her in elementary schools now." Brother Xiaochun said based on his experience.

Actually, Kunling was born in 93 and is currently in elementary school.

Brother Xiaochun is indeed an experienced person.

"By the way, is Zhang Yuan a good actor?" Brother Xiaochun was still asking about Zhang Yuan.

"Good." Edison Chen said, "And it's not just good for filming."

“It’s great in other aspects too.”

"Yes, he can also perform magic!" Jay Chou immediately added.

But he was the only one who cared about it.

After they chatted for a long time, Chen Xiaochun finally got a general understanding of the situation.

"I'm not going to do that."

After listening to the two people's description of Zhang Yuan, he became more certain that this mainlander was not someone to be trifled with.

"He is so strong. As long as he doesn't offend anyone, he will definitely be very powerful in the future... Oh, that's not right. He clearly offended Zhang Weijian, but nothing happened to him."

"That's even more amazing!"

He would rather make friends than offend someone, so he would not put pressure on the other party as Liu Weiqiang suggested.

Chen Xiaochun didn't respond, and Liu Weiqiang had no way to deal with him.

After a few years, Zhang Yuan finally had the opportunity to communicate with the director on an equal footing, instead of blindly following the other's thinking and rhythm.

This is the benefit of becoming a big star.

The subsequent shooting went very smoothly.

At night, in a 711 convenience store.

"I think it's time for us to have a fight."

Zhang Yuan was still wearing the black Adidas suit, and Edison Chen was standing next to him.

He was holding an adult magazine characteristic of his island country in his hand, flipping through it while talking to the other person.

"Card!"

"Congratulations to Zhang Yuan for finishing the film!" Liu Weiqiang shouted through a loud speaker.

At the same time, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Zhang Yuan put the adult magazine in his hand behind his lower back.

"Take it home as a gift for Brother Qian..."

"If you have the chance to come to Hong Kong, I'd like to invite you to look at my photography collection." Edison hugged him.

Then I want to see it... Zhang Yuan kept it in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

"Come to Taiwan, I'll treat you to Qilixiang." Jay Chou clapped his hands and said goodbye to him.

Why do you think about chicken butts all day long?

"Director Liu, let's work together again if we have the chance."

"Let's work together again..."

After three weeks of getting along, Liu Weiqiang has complicated feelings towards Zhang Yuan.

He has good acting skills, is very focused when acting, and his abilities are much stronger than the average person, these are all advantages.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, this person is not completely under control.

In other words, I can't control him.

"Brother B, see you on the set later."

"Okay!" Zhong Zhentao hugged him warmly. Among all the middle-aged people in the crew, he was the kindest towards Zhang Yuan.

After greeting everyone, Suzuki Anne walked up to him.

"Yuan Sang, can I go to Hua Xia to see you?"

"Of course."

After these days of "learning/learning", he has been able to communicate with the Japanese people in a simple way.

"Yeah!" Xingzi was obviously very happy.

Just come if you want, I may not be here... Zhang Yuan's plan for her is that they can keep in touch, but there is no need to maintain a relationship.

After all, Chinese people are not used to eating Japanese food.

After finishing everything, he hurried to the airport the next day and boarded the return flight.

A few hours later, we landed at the Imperial Capital Airport and it was almost evening.

He did not go directly to the set of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" in Xiangshan to attend the training camp.

Instead, I plan to go back home and make some adjustments.

"A World Without Thieves" is about to be released, and he has to attend a press conference.

Besides, I brought a lot of souvenirs home and I have to share them with everyone.

Especially Brother Qian’s gift was the most important.

There are dozens of CDs!
So he specially invited Brother Qian and his wife to have dinner together in the Siheyuan.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I smelled the fragrance of grass and trees.

Take a deep breath, this is the taste of home... (End of this chapter)