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   Chapter 1028 Settled Home

   A few days later

  Outside Brisbane, the filming base of Jiahua Film Company

   A Ming and Qing style street scene was built here, most of which are set with wooden shelves, a few inns and shops are real wooden buildings, and the hanging cloth banners flutter in the wind.

The director, the scene recorder was surrounded by the camera, and when he saw the cameraman signaling that he was ready, he waved his hand and commanded loudly; "I've paid attention to it, listen to my password and prepare to officially start filming, all go according to the instructions in advance, In the end, the lead actor ran to the camera to show his face. Remember?"

"remember."

   "Okay, count down to five, 5...4...3...2...1, start!"

  The crowd on the street immediately became active. There were aunties with vegetable baskets, children jumping and jumping, butchers standing by the meat table, and merchants hawking along the street. It was a vivid street scene in the Qing Dynasty.

  The cameraman turns the handle at a constant speed to shoot. Today, in the whole film shooting, the cameraman is the most important, and the director is the second most important. The silent film has neither narration nor recording equipment, and it is all supported by the screen.

   And the camera is expensive equipment, hand-cranking too fast or too slow will cause the picture to be unclear and waste valuable film, so it is a very important technical activity.

  This scene was shot very smoothly. At the end, a burly man rushed to the camera and said something with an angry face?

   "Click... Okay, this shot is done."

   The director waved his hand, and the large group of actors on the street unintentionally cheered, and then dispersed to the side to rest.

  Silent movies have no sound. When the plot progresses, subtitles will appear on the screened movie; "No, Xiujuan was taken away by a group of bullies."

   This is the line of the burly man, the request is simple and short, and it is clear at a glance. Then the story moves on.

The movie is called "The Legend of the Strong Woman in the Mountain Village". It tells about a beautiful girl in a mountain village washing clothes by the river. She was caught by the evil young man who was out and about. First, she molested, and then she was rough. As a result, she heard the news and rushed to other The women doing the laundry drove away.

   Shao Shao was unwilling, and soon came back with a dog's leg and snatched this mountain village girl named Xiujuan away.

  Tie Zhu, a burly man who had been a childhood sweetheart with Xiujuan since childhood, was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ran to the market to call for help from his neighbors. This scene was captured in the **** plot.

  Tie Zhu gathered a group of people with sticks, and was about to rescue Xiujuan who was snatched by the evil young master. He waved at the crowd and said...

   The subtitle appears again on the film; "Follow me."

  The subtitles must be very concise, and you can't write a lot of rambling, what?

Folks!

Xiujuan is a good girl from our ten miles and eight townships. His parents entrusted Xiujuan to me before he died. We grew up together as childhood sweethearts. We must not watch her being bullied by bullies. When I am iron pillar to the folks...

   It’s definitely not enough to write a long subtitle, the audience is tired and can’t read it. It must be concise, with few words.

   Then a group of villagers crossed the mountains and forests, stepped on the stream, and finally caught up with Young Master Evil and his accomplices, what else to say... just start the fight.

   What Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and Fenghuo stick are very enjoyable.

   This is the climax of the plot, which is very able to arouse the emotions of movie audiences. Whenever they see the bad guy being beaten down, the villagers step on the bad guy majestic. There are always bursts of cheers and applause in the cinema, as if I had experienced it myself.

   In the end, the evil young man with a crooked nose and slanted eyes was beaten and fled, turned around and said something to the villagers who were laughing at the sky with their arms crossed...

  The subtitle of the movie appeared again, "Wait, poor man, I will come back again..."

  The staff in the Jiahua Film City were busy when a beautiful streamlined car drove by from a distance. The venue next to the director had sharp eyes and blurted out when he saw it, "Director, the boss is here."

   "Ah, then hurry up to meet me."

The director greeted him with a large group of people. The car was parked near the street, the door was open, and Li Jia, who was wearing a light-colored suit and a white casual hat, got out of the car, biting in his mouth. A cigar, standing beside the car, waved to everyone.

   The boss is full of style, and he can't see the embarrassing scene of kneeling at the ancestral hall at home.

The famous actress who plays Xiujuan is called Liu Menger, a swordsman from a family in Liyuan. Her figure is quite impressive. She wears a costume of floral cloth on her body. To be a daughter-in-law at home is clearly a tempting crime.

  Liu Meng'er had a **** and thick braid on her head and tied a red headband. She squeezed out of the crowd to hug Li Jia's arm, and said tenderly, "Boss...you haven't been here for a few days."

   Listening to the tone, it's just like a brothel woman's complaint to the benefactor!

   "Hahaha... I've been discussing a big project with Brother Tianci these days, and I don't have time to do it for the time being. I just saw Miss Liu Menger's performance, it was really wonderful." Li Jia smiled with a toothless face.

   He really likes film art, and he also really likes this sensual casino, which is much more interesting than being at home, and the two are not contradictory.

   "I hate it, you don't come to see other people's performances."

   "Don't be angry, didn't I come here?"

Surrounded by the crowd, Li Jia, with Liu Menger on his arm, was greeted by the stars in the small building next to him. This is the administrative building and props warehouse of the film company. Work.

  As the boss of Jiahua Film Company, Li Jia has an office here, where he is the king of the mountain who speaks the law, and no one dares to ignore him.

  Hundreds of acres of land nearby belong to the Jiahua Film Company. There are mountains, waters, forests, and a small village, which can be adapted to shoot a variety of scenes.

   Across two hills from here is the film and television base of Tianxing Film Company.

That was the meritorious fief that Duke He Fang obtained in the first East Indies War in the early days. In luxury mansions, famous movie actors are often invited to attend mansion evening parties, and singing songs every night can be said to be both making money and having fun.

   There are several planned film and television bases nearby, which have gradually become a gathering place for large Brisbane film companies, attracting many young men and women who are interested in the film industry, and greatly promoting the development of the film entertainment industry.

  There is the Sunshine Coast not far to the east, so the film and television base in Brisbane is called "Sunshine Coast" by the outside world. This is an Oriental Studio with the same name as Hollywood in the Republic of California, and it is very appealing in the Pacific region.

  Due to the special national structure of the Ocean Empire, authentic European films can be made here. It is also possible to shoot American movies in Spanish, and it is also the base camp for Chinese movies. The shooting themes are rich and diverse, so it is more famous than Hollywood.

  Kia Wah Studios

After Li Jia, the boss of the film company, came, the group became more excited when they waited for the filming. The ping ping pong scene was finished in the afternoon. During this time, Liu Menger came out and played a scene that was rescued by Tie Zhu. , the two stared affectionately for a moment.

   Then, the whole play ends.

   Unless there are major mistakes in filming in this era, we will go through it over and over again, whether it is full of emotion or not, let alone the quality, the key is that the film is expensive!

  It's a lot of waste, and it's hard to explain to the boss of the film company.

   When a feature film is produced, it can be as short as three or four days, or as long as five or six days. It has neither lines nor dubbing. It can be released with a little cut. How can you be unhappy?

   At the end of the evening, rich people drove their cars away, and most of the filmmakers had to take the film company round-headed bus back to Brisbane. Jiahua Film and Television Base is a start-up, there is neither food nor resting place here.

   At night, apart from the guards, the sticks can't hit people.

The burly man who played Tie Zhu also sat on the round-headed bus and watched the beautiful car of the company owner Li Jia carrying Liu Menger away. The thin actor sitting next to him poked his arm and said: ; "Brother Tian, ​​this Liu Meng'er is a character now. The boss of the company is willing to support her. Look... I don't know where to go to."

   This big man called Tiange is handsome and talented. He is also a newcomer who is just entering the film and television industry. At first glance, he looks like a positive character.

   Those who look crooked can only play villains or clowns to entertain the public.

Brother Tian looked at the passing car, with a fiery look of envy in his eyes, but he said indifferently; "Of course, famous actors have to rely on the big boss to support the scene, and women have innate advantages, which is incomparable for us gentlemen. of."

   "Huh, who doesn't know that?"

   "Forbidden, don't talk about the boss behind your back, you need to know that disaster comes out of your mouth."

   "Cut..." The thin actor snorted disdainfully, and didn't say anything more.

   Brother Tian didn't care about his attitude, and he didn't even want to talk about it. He's just an unprofessional actor, what's he worth?

   After a while, the kung fu people were all on board, and the round-headed bus started and drove out along the road.

   Brother Tian sat by the window, looking at the scenery that kept going backwards and backwards outside, thoughts came to his mind, thinking about the future development path.

Brother Tian's stage name is Lu Xiaotian, whose real name is Lu Quanshun. He is the descendant of an ordinary herdsman in Xueshan City, New South Wales. His father was an honest immigrant with no skills. He married a white woman with a big shoulder and a round waist. sisters.

   Thanks to the good genes of mixed blood, Lu Xiaotian is tall and handsome. After graduating from Xueshan No. 6 Middle School, he was not willing to live in the boring and ordinary life of his parents. He wanted to see the wonderful outside world, so he came to the big city.

   He worked as a waiter in a hotel, and also worked in factories and construction sites. After three or four years, he didn’t save any savings.

  It is not easy to survive in a big city. The rent of houses here is expensive and consumption is expensive. Although the boss pays a good salary, it is not enough to eat, drink, and buy some things.

  Lu Xiaotian was very unwilling to go on like this. He happened to see that the artist training class was recruiting, and he signed up as soon as his brain became hot, and he has embarked on the road of acting since then.

   Up to now, it has been less than a year of work, but Lu Xiaotian has already seen the strangeness of this Vanity Fair and is deeply attracted by it.

   A newcomer like him who can play the leading role can get 20 gold dollars for a drama. The whole film production takes 5~7 days, which can be said to be a very good income.

   For a third-rate celebrity like Liu Menger, the starting salary for a drama is 100 Jinyang, and many can even get 120~150. Of course, they belong to the kind who are relatively close to the boss of the film company.

And the real first-line red-card actors, such as the Monkey King Du who became popular with his role in "Monkey King Three Fights the White Bone Spirit", it is said that a drama at least 1,000 Jin Yang, considering that he can get so much money by playing with a stick for a few days, but it is very amazing high income.

  Acting has a higher income, but it is not stable.

  Lu Xiaotian has only received three film contracts for the lead role in the past year, and there are also supporting roles and supporting roles, and the income is much lower.

   In the final analysis, he is not popular, not a corner.

  The round-headed bus staggered all the way into the outskirts of the city. When we got here, there were more buildings, and there were more cars and pedestrians on the road, showing a corner of the bustling metropolis of Brisbane.

   Continue to drive for ten minutes

  The round-headed bus stopped at the intersection of a residential area. The people in the bus got off one after another, and Lu Xiaotian also got off. The round-headed bus then drove away without stopping.

   He's finished today's scene, and he has to go again tomorrow to see what the director has to reshoot. By the way, pay off the remuneration for this performance, and you don't have to go the day after tomorrow.

  When there is no filming, these people just hang out nearby.

   Waiting for the next time the company boss opens a new film to recruit people, it may be a film from Tianxing Film Company, or it may be a film from any other film company. Actors like them who are not in the first place have to work and do odd jobs by the way.

Lu Xiaotian walked back along the street. On the way, he bought some pork head meat at the sauerkraut shop. He put the mutton and dried mutton in his hands. He also made a few kilograms of bulk beer at the roadside hotel and bought it at the biscuits stand. Four biscuits, carrying the things in their hands, returned to the rented building.

This is a large courtyard. There are all kinds of tenants, including shoe repairers, company employees, dock workers, and restaurant workers. The owner is a sergeant who participated in the Western War. He was lame in the battle. , and later transferred the meritorious land after retiring, and used the compensation to build this large yard with four floors upstairs and downstairs.

  Lu Xiaotian first came to Brisbane to work and shared the rent with his co-workers. Later, when the economic situation improved, he rented it alone. It has been four years since then.

   There is no other good thing here, the rent is cheap.

   "Yo, Xiaotian is back, and he bought a lot of good things."

   "Yes, Sixth Aunt. Let's celebrate after the filming is over."

   "Then we'll be waiting to see your new movie, maybe it will be popular someday?"

   "Thank you for Ji Yan."

Lu Xiaotian greeted his neighbors all the way and returned to his rental room on the second floor. After closing the door, he sat on the bed exhausted and rested for a while. drink clean.

  Then stood up and pushed open the window, a cool evening breeze hit me, and it was very pleasant to blow on me.

  Looking at the city from the window, there are countless magnificent high-rise buildings, the bustling streets are full of traffic, and the shops on both sides of the road can not be seen at a glance, weaving the prosperous scene of a modern metropolis, which makes people forget to return.

  If you can make a home here, your life will be worth it.

   (end of this chapter)