Fight to the top again [Entertainment]

On the second day of New Year's Day, Su Mo came to Los Angeles Airport alone.

Unlike the continuous gloom in New York, the sunshine in Los Angeles is heartless and makes everything extraordinarily bright.

"Su Mo!" As soon as he came out of the hall, he saw Jian Mei, "Phew, I was worried that I might not make it, the time is just right." Jian Mei greeted her and said.

"It's half an hour late, so it's late." Su Mo put on sunglasses, handed the luggage to the temporary assistant brought by Jian Mei, and stretched his neck, "I just received a message from Director Tan, and he told us to go now The set."

"So fast?" Jian Mei said while directing the temporary assistant to drive the car over and let Su Mo go up to rest.

During the filming in Los Angeles this time, the film crew was treated well, and Su Mo was given two temporary assistants, both of whom were local international students, as well as a nanny car and driver.

Su Mo got into the nanny's car, put on his seat belt and began to close his eyes and rest his mind.New York and Los Angeles are located on the two sides of the United States. There is a three-hour time difference. Even if you come by plane, the time is definitely not short. Su Mo is already a little tired.If Director Tan hadn't asked him to go to the set right away, he just wanted to go back and take a bath and have a good sleep.

After Qin Hao left, he began to suffer from insomnia, as if sleeping there without someone beside him, he was not used to anything.

The traffic in Los Angeles is notoriously bad, and Su Mo fell asleep in the car for a long time before they finally arrived at the set designated by Director Tan. "Life and Death Game" is divided into several sets, which are used to shoot different scenes, of which a small number of scenes will be shot in real locations, and the rest will be set in production.

When Su Mo arrived, there were not many people on the set, and it was an open-air scene. After staying in Chinatown for many days, he recognized it as the Chinatown in the script at a glance.

"Su Mo." Director Tan walked out from the depths of the alley, "Thanks for your hard work, I let you come to the set as soon as you get off the plane." Director Tan said.

"No, no." Su Mo said.

He took a quick look when he came in just now, and there are all crew members here, but no actors.Director Tan has the habit of letting the main actors adjust the scenes before shooting starts, that is, let the main actors watch each scene separately, and then adjust it repeatedly until it is confirmed that the scene conforms to the script and makes the actors feel comfortable.

Director Tan's filming rhythm is casual, and every shot is very elegant. He will stop the crew because of a lack of inspiration for a scene, and also make the crew work overtime because of sudden inspiration-but the latter case is rare, after all, the American Overtime pay is not cheap.

"There are a lot of scenes to be filmed in this scene. It just so happens that the staff is still here today, so you can come over and take a look. If there is anything wrong, you can adjust it now." Director Tan led Su Mo inside, saying as he walked.

Su Mo had already read the complete script, so when they walked into an alley, he knew immediately that he had two scenes here.One part is the scene where Lin Qingchu saves the cat when he first appeared on the stage, and the other part is the scene where Lin Qing catches the heroine here and threatens to blind her eyes.It can be said that in this alley, Su Mo will show two completely different sides of Lin Qing.

According to Director Tan's request, he walked in the alley, looked around, and knelt down somewhere to look around.

"How do you feel?" Director Tan asked him.

"Very good." Su Mo said.As expected of a Hollywood team, the improvised scene can be so realistic, even the cracks and moss on the walls are beautiful and beautiful.

Afterwards, Director Tan took Su Mo around the entire scene, and he will also have a few cutscenes in it.

"It's almost done here, if there is no problem, let's go to the next one." Director Tan said.

"Okay." Su Mo agreed.

Next is a real location, in a middle school.

Lin Qing, played by Su Mo, has memories of being bullied on campus, and this is where the memories were filmed—a corner of the playground.

"We will shoot two scenes in this school." Director Tan now took Su Mo to the teaching building. It was the winter vacation in the United States at this time, and the teaching building was empty.

"This is it." Director Tan pointed to a tin cabinet covered in red paint.There is this in American schools. They call it a locker, which is a cabinet with a lock, where you can put books, clothes, etc. everything you need to use in school without having to carry it with you all the time.

The memory of Lin Qing being bullied in the film started from this cabinet. The horrible bright red paint was smeared on the cabinet like blood, and all the books inside were covered with glue and oil. .

After getting acquainted with the people in the corridor, Su Mo was taken to a hidden corner behind the playground, where the bullying was carried out.The description of this paragraph in the script is very detailed, and through those dialogues and scenes, it can be easily substituted into it.

"Have you read the script?" Director Tan asked him.

"I've seen it." Su Mo said.

"Well, starting tomorrow is the script study for the whole group. All the main actors will come, and you have to match the words. You have to pay attention to the scene here. The current Lin Qing is not the same as the later one. At this time, Lin Qing is still very Simple and kind, the differences between different ages must be shown.

"Okay, Director Tan, I will think about it more." Su Mo said.

Directors like actors who are serious and dedicated. After hearing Su Mo's words, Director Tan patted him on the shoulder forcefully, "Act well."

The running-in of the venue ended here, and the sun was almost setting when Su Mo said goodbye to Director Tan.He got into his nanny car, and Jian Mei handed him a bottle of water and asked, "Shall we go back now?"

"Okay." Su Mo glanced at the phone screen. It is 07:30 in the evening, and 10:30 in the morning of the next day in China.Qin Hao was probably in a meeting at this point, Su Mo didn't dare to call, and only sent him a text message.

Unexpectedly, 2 minutes later, Qin Hao's international call came.

"Are you in Los Angeles?" Qin Hao asked, sounding much better.

"Well, I went to see a few scenes with Director Tan just now, and got used to it." Su Mo said.

"Start work as soon as you get off the plane? Have you eaten?" Qin Hao asked.

"Uh, not yet, let's go back to eat now." Su Mo said, "How about you? Have you had breakfast yet?"

"I ate, don't change the topic, even if you are busy with filming, you should eat well, you know?" Qin Hao urged tirelessly.

"Understood." Su Mo said angrily, "Director Tan's pace here is not fast, I can handle it."

"Well." Qin Hao leaned on the back of the chair in the office and looked at the blue sky outside the window. Just making a phone call couldn't explain his lovesickness at all. If there were not a lot of things in the company, he must have been in Los Angeles.

The two chatted for a few more words, telling each other to pay attention to their health, and then Qin Hao suddenly said, "Have you read the news these days?"

news? "I didn't pay attention." Su Mo said, "What's wrong?"

"It's not a big deal. Those boring paparazzi caught me going back to China and even made up a gossip saying that our relationship changed. I dumped you and went back to China alone. You think these people are all boring?"

"Hehe, it's really boring." Su Mo smiled.

"There alone, do you miss me?" Qin Hao asked him.

Su Mo was silent for a while, he still couldn't sleep well these days, "A little bit."

……

When he started to study the script the next day, Su Mo met the actors who played the leading roles.

The male lead, Lu Ming, is of mixed race, half Chinese, and speaks fluent Mandarin and Hokkien.The heroine is an authentic white American, with blond hair, blue eyes, and a good figure. The staff present like her very much.

Among the staff, there are also a large proportion of Asians, but not all of them are Chinese, and there are also immigrants from Japan, South Korea or Southeast Asia.

Director Tan attaches great importance to the step of studying the script. This is the first time the script has been performed by this group of actors. Although there is only voice, it is very useful for adjusting the script. Usually during the study, the script will make some fine-tuning and adjust some awkward words Or sentences that are not colloquial enough.

Of course, another point is to help the actors get into the play as soon as possible.

Su Mo sat down in one of the positions, and Director Tan made a simple explanation, indicating that they don't have to sit all the time during the study, they can also stand, lie down or any position, as long as it doesn't affect the reading of the script.

According to the schedule, there is a whole week to study the script.

For the actors, it is enough to be familiar with the script this week, but Director Tan is not so leisurely. The lighting, scenery, and screen shots of the scene have all entered the final stage of finalizing.Although it will be adapted to local conditions when shooting in the future, it is the first time to finalize the draft, and generally there will not be much changes after it is finalized.

In addition, Su Mo and the other leading actors have to fix their makeup within this week.

Su Mo will have two images in the play, one is the appearance of carrying a schoolbag and wearing glasses in middle school, and the other is the appearance of 19 years old when he grows up.

The stylist in charge of Su Mo is a Latin American. Although he is a man, he has more charming eyes and sharp aesthetics than a woman.

The first thing the stylist said when he saw Su Mo was not a greeting, nor was he straight to work, but he held Su Mo's shoulder and shouted, "Oh, God! You don't have pores! How did you do it, boy ? You can’t even see the tiny pores, it’s amazing!”

Su Mo was dazzled by his enthusiasm.

"Come, come, change your clothes first, I will definitely make you a gloomy, kind and evil boy." The stylist said, and pushed Su Mo and the clothes into the fitting room.

After Su Mo changed into his clothes, he heard another round of yelling from him. After two hours, the makeup and hair were considered complete.Su Mo looked at himself in the mirror, and his already youthful face looked younger, giving him a youthful look.

"Come on, beautiful boy, you can take a makeup photo now!" The stylist took Su Mo to the photography place, proudly looking at his work under the flashlight.

After taking the makeup photo, when Su Mo was about to go back to remove his makeup, his phone rang.

"Hello?" Su Mo picked it up, looked at the time, a little uncertain, "Why did you call, it's only three o'clock in the morning in China, are you insomnia?" Su Mo asked worriedly.

"No." Qin Hao said, "Look back."

Su Mo didn't think much, turned around as he said, but saw Qin Hao standing not far away, dragging a large suitcase beside him.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were coming?" Su Mo walked over quickly and hugged him, completely ignoring the surrounding eyes.

But others would not ignore them. When the two hugged each other, there were friendly whistles and applause around them, one after another.

"Su, is this your lover?" The Latino stylist just passed by and looked at them dumbfounded.

"Yes." Su Mo said.

"Oh my god, it's on time." The stylist sighed, "You are so happy!"

"Thank you." Su Mo said.

Afterwards, Su Mo took two hours off and accompanied Qin Hao to his residence near the set.Qin Hao arranged this place for him. Originally, the crew lived in the nearby hotel, but Qin Hao didn't like it very much, so he asked someone to book a holiday villa and let Su Mo live in first.

"The master bedroom is on the first floor, and Jian Mei lives upstairs. She's not here right now." Su Mo led Qin Hao in, saying as he walked.Although Qin Hao had someone book this house, it was his first time coming in.

"I'll sleep for a while." Qin Hao said.After arranging the company's affairs, he booked the air ticket non-stop, and rushed to the set directly after getting off the plane, without even a moment's rest.

"Well, you go to bed first." Su Mo lifted the quilt for him, and asked again, "Do you want to take a bath?"

"No." Qin Hao said, "Give me a hug, I miss you." When he was tired, he spoke with a nasal voice, adding a bit of cuteness.

Su Mo stepped forward to wrap his arms around his waist, and leaned into his arms. Qin Hao was probably really tired. He just hugged him and occasionally pecked his lips a few times, showing no urge to reunite after a long absence.

"It only takes 5 minutes to get to the studio from here." Qin Hao said while hugging Su Mo.

"Ah."

"You have two hours off." Qin Hao said again.

"Ok?"

"Stay and sleep with me." Qin Hao said.

"..." In fact, Su Mo wanted to go back earlier, but he couldn't let Qin Hao go alone, so he finally got into bed and fell asleep after being dawdled.

This time, Su Mo slept very soundly.

An hour and a half later, the alarm clock rang, and Su Mo got up from the bed, left Qin Hao in the room, and went to the set.

……

On the set, the lights were ready and the camera was in place. Su Mo was wearing a sweater and shorts from his school days, standing next to Director Tan and listening to him talk about the play.

After the filming started, Su Mo's first scene was the scene of being bullied in middle school.

"You were a little slow at the beginning, Lin Qing is very kind, he wouldn't immediately think that the other party was going to hit him, but later he found out that all the friendship was an illusion, and the violence was naked, so he couldn't bear such a shock, yes Shouting into the air." Director Tan took care.

This scene is the highlight of Lin Qing's transformation from a simple boy to a heart full of hatred, and will appear in the interlude of Lin Qing's memory in the film.

Several other people playing the role of the bully are already in place, and the filming can start only after Su Mo is ready.

After Su Mo listened carefully to Director Tan's words, he recalled the content of the script in his mind, and after confirming that there was no problem, he walked to the pre-set position.

Director Tan called Action, the slate was laid, and the filming of Su Mo's first scene in "Game of Life and Death" started.

"Haha, look at your glasses, they're ugly."

"Asian people need glasses because they are sick, hahahaha!"

"No, no, no, Asians need such thick glasses."

Su Mo stood surrounded by classmates who were taller than him, with a bewildered face. He wanted to laugh a few times to echo them, but instinctively felt something was wrong.These people brought him here just now, and then they laughed and said something.

Behind the monitor, Director Tan carefully watched the close-up of Su Mo's face, dazedly just right.

Lin Qing here has just come to the United States not long ago. Having grown up in China, his English hearing is very average, and he can hardly understand what American classmates say, let alone the slang they love to use.

"Heh, heh." Su Mo laughed awkwardly, his eyes, which were always calm outside the scene, were filled with uncertainty, panic and fear.

"Ha! He's laughing too! How ridiculous, hahahahaha!"

The other party got more excited and pushed Su Mo to the ground.

Su Mo sat down and hit the barbed wire fence on the playground with his back. This is a corner of the playground, and it is difficult to see from other angles, so if no one came to check, their actions would be impossible to be discovered.

"What are you...what are you doing?" He asked in broken English, but was treated even more rudely.

Su Mo's glasses were knocked off, and his face was covered with sand and blood, so he was in a mess.

"What is this?" A girl next to her pointed to the red string around Su Mo's neck, and another tall boy immediately stepped forward to pull it.

"No, no, no!" Su Mo grabbed his hand and shouted, "You can't! You can't!" However, the too poor vocabulary failed to deter him, and the jade pendant around his neck was pulled vigorously down.

Su Mo let out a loud cry, and rushed forward to wrestle with the tall boys.

It's a pity that he was weak and was quickly thrown aside.

"What is this?" A group of American children looked at the jade pendant from China curiously and talked about it.

During this period, Su Mo tried several times to take back the jade pendant, but was pushed away violently.

Until finally, he jumped on it again and was pushed to the ground by the tallest boy.The jade pendant was thrown on the ground by them, and he watched helplessly as his important jade pendant was trampled into the soil—it was what his mother begged for him in the temple before he left.

Those people had had enough fun, threw him and the jade pendant away, and walked away.

Regardless of the injuries on his body, Su Mo knelt down on the ground and picked up the jade pendant, which was already riddled with holes.His tears overflowed uncontrollably, his whole body trembled, and he held the jade pendant tightly, "Ah!" Su Mo raised his head, crying and angrily facing the empty playground.

"Stop!" Director Tan yelled.

Su Mo got up from the ground.The blood on his body was the effect of each small blood bag, but just now he jumped, fell and knelt, his body hurt so badly, it was probably bruised.

In order to make the shots realistic enough, Director Tan took these shots from the real scene, and no substitutes were allowed.

"This scene is not right." Director Tan said.

"Where is it inappropriate?" Su Mo walked over, and Director Tan was watching the replay.

Director Tan didn't speak, and continued to watch the replay, and Su Mo followed suit.Just let him scream loudly, Director Tan went back and looked at it again.

After reading it, Director Tan asked him, "What do you think is not right?"

Su Mo sorted out his language and said, "In the last reaction, Lin Qing's personality is very introverted, and he probably wouldn't have such a fierce and revealing way of expression."

Director Tan nodded, "That's right, you're right." He just asked casually just now, but he didn't expect Su Mo to hit the nail on the head.

"Actually, when I was performing just now, I thought of another way to deal with it." Su Mo said.

"How?" Director Tan asked.

"Be more introverted, cancel this yell, and express your inner feelings more repressed." Su Mo said.This thing can only be accurate if it is performed, otherwise it can only be a vague concept.

"En." Director Tan nodded, "Let me think about how to change the storyboard. Let's try again later. It's the last shot. Go and rest for a while."

"Okay." Su Mo said goodbye to Director Tan and went to his resting area.

During the scene, Director Tan called the male lead and planned to shoot a street chase scene first.In this scene, the male protagonist finds out that the female protagonist has been caught in a trap, and wants to rescue the female protagonist before Lin Qing strikes. However, there are several pestering policemen around him staring at him all the time, which is very annoying.

When Su Mo returned to the resting area, Qin Hao just closed his notebook.

"Done the work?" After Qin Hao came back, he resumed his days of answering emails and holding air meetings every day.There is a [-]-hour difference between California and China, which is no different than New York, where the day and night are reversed, and the time difference is better.

"Why did you fall like this?" Qin Hao frowned immediately when he saw Su Mo's appearance.He didn't stare at it for a while, how did this man make himself into such a virtue?

"It's okay, the blood is fake for filming." Su Mo said.

Qin Hao didn't listen to his explanation, directly closed the door of the lounge, and took off his clothes.

"It's all bruised and you still say it's okay?" Qin Hao said, looking at Su Mo's bruised body, he was worried.

"It's okay, the bruise will heal in two days." Su Mo said.

"No, I have to apply ice." Qin Hao said, he took out an ice pack from the small refrigerator, which he ordered Jian Mei to prepare, and it happened to be used right now.Wrapping the ice pack in a towel, Qin Hao made an ice pack for Su Mo himself.

"The bruise looks serious, but it's actually not serious." Su Mo comforted him.

"Shut up, or I'll pack you up and take you back to China right now." Qin Hao was so fierce to him, he was really anxious.He held it in his hands for fear of falling, and kept it in his mouth for fear of melting the baby. How could he be willing to do this in one scene?

The two of them were doing ice compresses here, when there was a sudden noise outside, and the sound insulation in the room was not good, Su Mo heard someone yelling for an ambulance.

"What's the matter?" Su Mo jumped off the sofa and opened the door, just as a temporary assistant came outside.

"It's the male lead who got injured. During the action scene, it seemed to be particularly serious. There were all people there!" said the temporary assistant, and the scene outside was indeed chaotic.

Su Mo didn't care about the ice application anymore, he tidied up his clothes and came out. He only heard the sound of an ambulance approaching from far to near, and then the actor who played the leading role was sent to the ambulance. Director Tan followed went together.

The leading actor was injured, the director accompanied him to the hospital, and the rest of the actors lost their backbone.

In the end, the assistant director came over to announce his vacation, and the group of talents dispersed in panic.

"It's a good thing it wasn't you." Qin Hao said on the way home, he was already hurting seeing Su Mo coming in like that just now, if it was Su Mo lying in the hospital right now, Qin Hao would probably go crazy .

For the first time, he was so lucky that Su Mo was not playing the leading role.

……

Because the leading actor was injured, the crew of "Game of Life and Death" was paralyzed for a while.

After coming out of the operating room, the hero was still in a coma due to anesthesia, Director Tan frowned and worried.

"Although he's fine, it's impossible for him to take on action scenes in the short term." Lin Sheng said, compared to Director Tan, his expression was much calmer.

Director Tan rubbed the center of his brows. He also chose this protagonist out of thousands of choices. Now that something happened suddenly, he was totally caught off guard.

"It seems that the shooting schedule will be pushed back." Director Tan said.

Lin Sheng was noncommittal.

After being quiet for a while, Director Tan suddenly said again, "I never had a chance to ask you, how was Su Mo when you were in New York? You still don't talk to him?"

Both Lin Sheng and Su Mo have been on the set recently, but the intersection between the two is really almost non-existent.

"There is nothing to say." Lin Sheng said.

"The role played by Su Mo is yourself, is there nothing to say?" Director Tan looked at him, "You also find it very surprising that a person who looks so similar to him plays a role based on you. "

"Who said that Lin Qing's prototype is me?" Lin Sheng's face completely darkened.

"Isn't it? Then I remembered wrongly." Director Tan smiled, and the expression on his face was nothing special.

After waiting for a long time, Lin Sheng said again, "I am luckier than Lin Qing. I met him, but Lin Qing never met anyone."

"Actually, that person is no longer there." Director Tan said, they sat in the corridor outside the hospital ward, listening to the ticking of the clock at the end of the corridor.

Lin Sheng didn't speak.

"I have an idea." Director Tan said again.

"What?" I was most afraid of what this person would have in mind. Last time he had an idea, he spent two days overnight revising the script, exhausting himself to the point of ringing in the ears.

"I want to give the role of Lu Ming to Su Mo, and invite Zhao Yi to play Lin Qing." Director Tan said.

"I don't agree!" Lin Sheng stood up immediately, and walked back and forth a few steps anxiously, "I don't agree, I definitely won't agree!"

"Lin Sheng, in fact, you know that Su Mo's acting skills are enough to support this role, and compared to the current one, he is the Lu Ming in your heart, isn't he?" Director Tan's eyes are still gentle, but they seem to be able to penetrate Lin Sheng, directly to the bottom of his heart.

Lin Sheng's heart was beating wildly, yes, it was true.When he saw Su Mo for the first time, he knew that the role of Lu Ming was tailor-made for him!

The same humble appearance, the same tough heart, the same thorns, but also a fiery heart.

Even, he looks so similar to Lu Ming's prototype!

He looks so similar to the man who redeemed him and then abandoned him.

Many years ago, he had just set foot on this land and encountered bullying on campus.But he was luckier than Lin Qing. He met his Lu Ming. With his help, he gradually got used to the life here and learned their social ways and rules.

After graduating from college, they rented a small house in New York together. At that time, the economy was tight, and he would go to the teppanyaki shop downstairs to do odd jobs to subsidize his living while drawing design drawings.In his words, just to find inspiration.

Lin Sheng scoffed, where did the inspiration come from for such a job that was as tiring as a dead dog?

Later, their lives gradually improved, but that person left forever.A car accident happened during a trip. Lin Sheng didn't tell anyone other than his family. Everyone thought he was just returning to China.

But he knew that he left and left him here alone.

When writing "The Game of Life and Death", he subconsciously substituted the two.One is a hero who fights against inequality and strives to improve, and the other is a poor worm who is bullied and leaves a shadow.It's a pity that the hero didn't save the poor man, and the poor man died, and was left alone in the world just like him.

Lin Sheng looked into Tan Hong's eyes. After that person left, Tan Hong was the only one who walked into his heart.

He was right. No matter in terms of acting skills, personal image, or personality, Su Mo is very suitable for the role of Lu Ming.

"Okay, let him act. I hope it doesn't fail." Lin Sheng said.

"You, don't be so nervous, he will perform well and won't destroy the Lu Ming in your heart." Director Tan said.

The author has something to say: Day [-]!I feel like I'm dead and alive and dead, and come back to life after writing... Okay, I'm going to eat, everyone enjoy reading~

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