Drunken Master

The set bell rang to get off work, the director disbanded the team on the spot, and Zhuang Xiao got into Mr. Pei's RV.

Zhuang Xiao handed him two tubes of bruise ointment of different brands: "Is your face alright?"

Pei Yan held up a mirror and looked at it: "It's okay, it's not disfigured, and I still have to rely on my face to eat!"

A very vulgar sentence inexplicably flashed in Zhuang Xiao's mind: You kid obviously can rely on your face for a living, but you still work so hard, you are quite capable, and you won't admit defeat.

Pei Yan couldn't help but said again: "If you want to talk about my face, it can be regarded as having experienced strong winds and waves? I have gnawed on the ground, eaten dirt, knocked on iron railings, and even endured the 'one foot red' you gave me, Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Xiao said: "My Yizhanghong didn't use much force. You couldn't help hitting it yourself, right?"

The nonsense between the two became more and more casual, Pei Yan said angrily: "I can't help but fight? I didn't use all my strength to fight you last time!"

Pei Yan took off the ridiculous fake headgear after the scene, and exposed her bald head again. Zhuang Xiao suddenly felt that this bald head was still pleasing to the eye, and his personality was also real. The appearance of wearing a wig is very silly and unsmooth.

Pei Yan squeezed some ointment into the palm of her hand, and looked in the mirror: "How do I apply this medicine...?"

Zhuang Xiao said: "Just wipe it like this, won't it?"

Pei Yan muttered softly: "I don't know English, I don't understand the instructions, I don't know how to wipe..."

Isn't it just ointment, what can't be applied?

Reloading garlic is like cerebral palsy.

Zhuang Xiao wiped the ointment from his hand, not wanting to waste it.The ointment is hot when rubbed, and when the palms touch each other, it will be hot when rubbed.

Zhuang Xiao turned his face, and put a big hand on the bruise on the side of his face. Instead of rubbing hard, he stuck to it for a long time, allowing the medicine and heat to dissipate slowly.

It is tightly pasted, but the technique is very light, and the heat from the palm prints makes the face hot... Pei Yan rarely shuts up quietly, puts her face on Zhuang Xiao's hand, and looks at each other, not breaking the silence like time stands still.

He then lifted the neckline of the vest and asked Zhuang Xiao to help him burn his back shoulder. It was meaningless, his hands couldn't reach it, and it hurt.

Zhuang Xiao squeezed a lot of ointment this time, and his hand strength became stronger. Pei Yan's back was covered with bruises, and his body felt painful, cool, and spicy. It's hard to describe... But there is one feeling that is certain. Right... hehe...

"Thank you." Pei Yan said.

"It's so blue, I'm afraid it won't be covered with white powder tomorrow!" Zhuang Xiao said with a smile.

Pei Yan conveniently picked up two packs of opened snacks from his bed, and he took advantage of all kinds of food in the caravan, and ate non-stop when he was off work, replenishing calories without gaining weight.After all, he is still young, with a hungry wolf expression on his face anytime, anywhere.

He pulled out the spicy beef strips.

Zhuang Xiao subconsciously reached out to take it.

"Huh? Your hands are full of ointment..." Pei Yan took it away again, grabbed several beef strips, and handed them directly to the other party's mouth.

Zhuang Xiao opened his mouth to eat the handful of beef strips, making Pei Yan silently stare at the side of the man's face, lips and trembling Adam's apple for a long time...

Zhuang Xiao reminded him at that time: "You are new here, and you are not familiar with many things. You should bring one or two assistants and your manager with you when you enter the filming group. He can take care of you."

Pei Yan smiled and said, "You just take care of me."

Zhuang Xiao shook his head: "Take your manager."

Pei Yan understands Zhuang Xiao's hint that you are a newcomer on the set, alone and alone, and it is easy for people to "bully" and take advantage of you.The director and the film crew are clearly bullying you, they are too ruthless.

Zhuang Xiao said again: "Don't call me Mr., I will call you by name later."

Pei Yan smiled and said, "What can I do then? You are a senior."

Zhuang Xiao got out of the car, turned around and sprayed him: "The seniors in our circle are all lying on the bed with broken arms and legs and can't take care of themselves. I'm not that disabled yet. I'm just as good as you. Call me senior."

Pei Yan smiled and said, "Oh... see you tomorrow."

That night, Pei Yan did not ask Zhuang Xiao out for dinner.

Zhuang Xiao also didn't invite him to dinner and socialize.Filming here is the same as going to work, just colleagues at work, helping each other out.But work is work, and private life is private life, and they will not be confused, especially for people like Zhuang Xiao.

Pei Yan also had an important matter in mind, this time he took his agent Johnny Wu and went straight to the office of the big boss of the film for a night talk.There is no official statement about being a military substitute. Is he Pei Yan the one who suffers?He is not at a disadvantage.

His attitude was very clear: the contract didn't let me be a starring double, so he didn't give me the money. Why should I be Tony Axas' double?

The producer hastily laid out generous conditions face to face: there is indeed no such thing as in the contract, and for temporary special needs during the filming process, additional terms and money can be added.

Johnny Wu talks to the other party, how much can you add?

With a professional agent sitting in the town and presenting the legal provisions of the Screen Actors Guild of America on working hours, the producer did not dare to bully Pei Yan, a newcomer who traveled across the ocean, so he promised to supplement the contract, adding double the original salary, plus Wu Xing's extra allowance red envelope!

As a Chinese actor playing a small supporting role, Pei Yan's salary is cheap, far worse than that of the male and female leading actors, and even more incomparable than those shining big stars, and what he earns is a fraction of others.The double pay, but even if it increased from 60 US dollars to 120 million, it was not as good as his asking price in China.

Pei Yan sat motionless on the sofa, with one leg resting on the lap of the other, squinting at the people in the room: "I don't want to raise the price, I want to lead the role."

The staff of the production side all paused, the newcomers were too loud and demanding.

Who the hell is out of money?

Those who come to Hollywood to play foreign soy sauce, which one is here for money?

That's what Pei Yan meant, and said: "The salary is 120 million US dollars, I will play the leading role for you, and I will do all the fighting scenes in person. I just can play more beautifully than the other one."

Slowly, those people began to comfort him tactfully: It is good to have goals and ambitions, boy, but the leading role has already been decided, the production crew has been preparing for a year, and the filming has been three weeks, and it is impossible to change any more!

Pei Yan did not give in: "Why can't we change people? We have been filming for three weeks, and there is a loss in changing people; if we continue to shoot, the crew will lose more and spend more in the post-production. Businessmen understand the truth, stop the loss in time!

"I can play more beautifully than him, and my acting is not bad? Am I not handsome enough?"

Pei Yan sat upright, looking around the room, so confident that several people in the production team looked at each other and laughed.

It was a group of middle-aged Caucasian men, with status and reputation in the circle, who talked very politely, without rushing, maintaining their demeanor, and finally said to him tactfully: "We still think that under the current situation, you It's not a good fit for an actor to star in this film - of course, you are a very good kung fu star, Ian, you are very dedicated, and we enjoy working with you."

Pei Yan lifted her butt, turned around and left the house.

He understands that today's conversation will not be promising.

He also understands the implication of the other party's words, the implication: It has nothing to do with whether you are good or not, whether you work hard or not, whether you play beautifully or not. From the beginning of this film, there was no preparation for an actor like you to be the male lead. You have no chance in the first place, and you are not among the candidates.

It's that simple.

Pei Yan also has a temper, unhappy, unhappy, and she always has this temper in front of everyone.

Johnny Wu followed him out of the house and held him back: "Oh, old Pei...you leave it to me to talk about it, you can't play with your temper and just talk to me, the film still needs to continue shooting..."

Pei Yan said: "I fulfill the contract that was written in black and white, and I only film my own roles—what the hell am I filming other people's scenes?!"

Fei Cha followed him out of the room, and put his arms around his neck in the corridor: "Stinky boy, are you still fucking short-tempered?"

Pei Yan glanced at the old guy with the gray beard: "Yeah, what's the matter?"

The old guy said: "Are you more tempered than me?!"

Pei Yan said angrily: "Are you the director, camera, service and logistics all by yourself?"

"Forgive me, I will never do the boring job of serving Daohua and those idiots in logistics!" Fei Cha laughed loudly, and stroked the back of his bald head, "Boy, I really like your temper."

Pei Yan pouted, aggrieved: "You like me, so you don't want me to play the leading role?"

Fei Cha gave Tony the little white chicken a hard meal in front of him, and comforted him, saying, "This is the way things are, I can't make a decision to change people, but this film can't be blind either! You finish this well for me." Movies, don't let my mother lose my money at the end of the festival!"

Pei Yan also had no bargaining chips, and thought for a moment: "Let me be a martial arts substitute, I want three times the salary, and you can add it to 200 million US dollars, after tax."

The old guy stared and scolded: "You fucking dare to raise the price on the ground?!"

At this moment, Johnny Wu stuck out his head behind the two of them, and was doing instant interpretation. When he heard Pei Yan's asking price, he also trembled and winked desperately.Pei Yan didn't pay any attention, and just gestured with her fingers. You add it to 200 million, and it's after tax.

Pei Yan said: "I didn't kill you, I paid this price in mainland China, am I not worth this money?"

Fei Cha gestured slightly with his eyes: "Go ask the producer of the film for the price. I don't think you are expensive, and I won't stop you."

Pei Yan also acted like a rascal: "Big Daddy, go and negotiate for me, you will definitely be able to negotiate the price, and I will take it seriously and professionally for you."

The treacherous and cunning Charles stared at Pei Yan, who was helpless in the face of Mr. Pei, who was thicker than him, and squeezed his shoulders: "Sure, give me a good performance, start work on time tomorrow morning, it's all your highlight!  … Ian, I am very optimistic about your future, and I will ask you to be the lead actor in the next blockbuster movie."

Pei Yan smiled and glanced at the other party: "Is it settled?"

The old guy slapped him hard on the back, his hand was quite strong: "It's settled, baby!"

……

No one is here for the money.

Afterwards, Pei Yan figured out why she came to make this bottle of soy sauce. One was for career prospects and ambitions; the other was to cooperate with Mr. Zhuang.

He didn't have any more thoughts. He cooperated with Zhuang Xiao and Zhuang Jiaban's team, and he was not at a loss when he fell into a bruise. The princesses who came here collectively pretended to be crazy and foolish. Too much filming of that kind of drama will lose IQ, so stupid!

On the set today, the special effects team dispatched a helicopter.A ladder was thrown from the door of the cabin, and the scene of falling from the sky was thrilling.

Times have changed, and hand-to-hand combat is not enjoyable. This kind of film is just a pile of money, and the audience has to watch the hot scene.

The helicopter hovered over the "Chinatown". This is a broken alley temporarily built on the set. There are many vendors and shops with Chinese signs on both sides of the alley.

Now, a group of them all call Tony little classmate "mopping the floor" in private.

Sha Yunfei stuck his waist in between work, gasping for breath: "Just now I just wanted to teach him a 'wave step tube top style', is it easy? Wipe out a bunch of black handprints on the chest of my white sweater .”

Sa Risheng asked, "Where did he wipe it?"

Sha Yunfei rolled his eyes and said, "Little Sa, try it and teach me?"

Sa Risheng had a defensive and indifferent expression: "I'm not going."

The little boy next to him smiled and said, "Our Master Sha was molested by that kid who mopped the floor, and he didn't teach how to punch that boxing for a long time! He's so old, he was eaten tofu for nothing!"

Pei Shaoxia was standing not far away, fastening the safety rope, and suddenly hummed: "Old tofu is delicious."

Sha Yunfei replied: "It's delicious, don't you think it's a toothache?!"

Pei Yan smiled and said, "It's tough, but the bones are also hard and chewy!"

Sha Yunfei said: "Whose old tofu have you chewed? You have a strong taste, hum."

A group of martial arts boys were happily joking and working hard on the set.

Pei Yan said in her heart, what's the matter, I still like old tofu with a sense of maturity and vicissitudes.However, whether this joke is chewy or not, he only dared to make fun of the irrelevant Master Sha.

Sha Yunfei gesticulated there: "Hey, isn't it just to let him push me with his left palm and then put his right hand around my waist to make me fall, but I didn't fall, and that kid fell on the ground first! Practice once and lie down again, Rolling all over the ground 'lying on the grass' at every turn, I have studied hard, but I am stubborn, how will I compare with the boss later?"

How about calling it "mopping the floor".Anyway, the other party didn't understand the nickname. When they heard it was called "Mopping the Floor", they thought it was because the Wu Xing of this group of dealers had a bad English accent and couldn't pronounce it correctly.

Another younger brother said: "Master, don't worry about mopping the floor. You will compete with our boss later. It's not mopping the floor, it's Mr. Pei! Mr. Pei has accurate fists and feet, isn't he? .”

Pei Yan smiled a little: "Don't worry, my feet are sure, and I won't kick anyone's eggs into the basket."

A group of people laugh.

"So, we still have to mix with the protagonist who has lines, and you can make money by taking a close-up of a big face or posing a pose." Sha Yunfei glanced at Sa Risheng beside him, "Little Sa, your looks are enough. You have to work harder to get ahead, don't spend your whole life as a master, I have never read a word in the camera in my whole life."

……

Pei Yan thought to himself at that time, your grandpa Pei has long been mixed up enough to have lines, why don't you want to come to this place to be a stand-in?

Sometimes it feels really bitter, really difficult.

This is not to make soy sauce, all the strength of digging the ground and drilling for oil has been used!

He also often thinks narcissistically that there is an easier way to get money, and it is much easier than now. I am also young and beautiful, with both talents and looks. I play with my personal settings, play a few idol dramas, and hold a concert. No matter how bad your singing skills are, you don't have to be afraid, as long as you can flirt, go to various variety shows to sell a joke-you can make money no matter what.

Just love this job, like this mouth, but if you don't like it enough, who is willing to suffer?

Filming on the set continues.

There were stuntmen on the helicopter, and the director of the big boss shot didn't let Zhuang Xiao do it himself.

Zhuang Xiao took a walkie-talkie from the assistant director, and kept communicating with the people on the helicopter, shouting.

"When you come over, don't stop too fast, pay attention to the angle!"

"The speed in the previous few trips was too fast. You fell down so easily, and you hit the balcony directly on the roof!"

"I still have to hit the ladder when I get down. Ian is on the balcony below. You should hang the ladder correctly, otherwise...Ian will jump from here and drive to the white frame..."

Pei Yan listened to his name echoing on the set from afar, and Zhuang Xiao kept calling his name. It was a strange feeling, after all, the other party had never called him by his name in person.

Zhuang Xiao didn't even look at him, the two of them didn't have any eye contact, they only exchanged their minds on the next action scene, how to run on the balcony, how to grab the ladder, how to jump to the truck downstairs... without words In terms of communication, everyone knows how to shoot action scenes and how to move. Zhuang Xiao sometimes does the work of Master Sha, and everything is arranged for him.

After a long time, he twisted his neck back from staring at Zhuang Xiao, and moved his shoulders back and forth, left and right.Twist his neck again and he will have a stiff neck, which will affect his performance today...

Pei Yan's makeup and attire are exactly the same as the leading actor Tony's. You can't tell who is who from the back of your face.His own villain scene has almost been filmed, and the last scene of being beaten and vomiting blood to receive a lunch box is still behind and hasn't been filmed yet.Now the roles are all played by the lead actor.

Each group took its place, the loud noises everywhere on the set stopped abruptly, and everyone entered into a serious working state.The blasting team, the smoke team, and the blowing team hid in a corner where the camera could not receive them, waiting for instructions.

The roar of the engine resounded through the sky, the streets flew sand and rocks, and the big guys with steel and iron bones tried to crush the flesh.

The ladder was thrown down and rolled up in the strong wind, and the stuntman was almost rolled out three miles away, which was very thrilling.

In the next shot, Zhuang Xiao finally goes into battle in person. The big boss's long hair is wrapped in thick gunpowder smoke, and he shoots a row of rooms with a gun on the violently shaking ladder!And Pei Yan was behind the glass door in the balcony, staring sideways at the figure of Zhuang Xiao descending from the sky, waiting for a chance to kill him...