Drunken Master

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Zhuang Xiao lightly tapped the two quarters in his hand, put the two coins together, and rubbed them in the palm of his hand.

When I was distracted for a while, I didn't know what was going on in my mind, and the coins fell out of my hand, rolling all over the ground like a merry-go-round, following their different trajectories, rolling away completely irrelevant.

A coin rolled against the wall, bumped into a dank corner covered with dust and dirt, and did not move.The other coin rolled a long way, and it seemed that the life that was about to go to freedom would not look back, but it made a big circle in a roundabout way, and finally turned around that corner.The two coins reached the same goal by different routes, and they bumped into each other lightly in the corner, making the dark corner of the wall seem to show a light.

Zhuang Xiao stared at the two coins in the corner, as if obsessed, for a long time...

Until a homeless man next to him also started to look this way, he hurried over in two big strides, and picked up the two fifty-cent coins from the corner, like a homeless man rushing to pick up gold...

He wiped the two coins clean with his clothes, put them in the inner pocket of his jacket, and kept them.

He took out his mobile phone from his pocket. He didn't know when it started, but he habitually checked the news. He searched for all the photos and news about Pei Yan on Weibo.

The crew of "Dark War III" started shooting smoothly. The first month was on the set in the suburbs of Beijing, and the next month moved to several locations in Hong Kong and Thailand. The filming was almost finished.

Lao Pei is still very popular, his Weibo fans have skyrocketed all the way, and he gained another million fans in two months, many of them are fans from Hong Kong and Thailand.

Zhuang Xiao never cared about things like click-through rate, number of fans, and "whether popular or not", but he cared about Pei Yan's click-through rate of fans.Check out who is on the hot searches and hot topics every day. If it’s someone else’s fault, just click on it; if you see Pei Yan’s name someday, you can click on it to see it for a long time...

If you don't register, you can't see the post. He was forced to register an account for the first time in his life.

"Pei Shaoxia accidentally crashed into a car on the set and was injured, went to the hospital for an examination and was surrounded by fans", every entertainment account was reading this, and he read it all.Before Pei Yan texted him, he saw it online.

Zhang Huan's publicity team seized this opportunity and easily made their artists hit the headlines again.They just captured the scene of Pei Yan crashing a car on the set into a video and posted it.

The front of the car hit his waist, and there was a loud noise, and Pei Yan flew seven or eight meters away...

Some fans were so frightened that they were sad and wept. Some fans sent hand-made dolls and plush toys to the hospital to show their friendship to idols, and passers-by took pictures of Pei Yan wearing a baseball cap and a mask as he hurried past the hospital corridor.

There is an undercover fan girl in the hospital, who sent the X-ray taken by Pei Yan to Moments, and then it was transferred to the Internet.

Zhuang Xiao saved the X-ray.

He thought about it by himself, tossed and turned, and privately sent the photos to the western medicine expert who was doing physical therapy for him to take a look.The other party replied to him that there was no obvious damage to the organs or bones in the film, so it should be fine, but the skin is swollen and painful, and the muscles are hard.

……

They were in a subway station in New York at this time.

The director greeted someone, and the assistant director came over to call him, and the filming started, old guys!

Zhuang Xiao threw down his phone, and the stylist came over to fix his hair again, messing up the neat hairstyle.

This time it's not a cop, a martial arts, or a kung fu movie. The movie he took over is a low-cost marriage and family ethics movie.A young Asian couple, in the bustling metropolis of New York, at the bottom of the immigrant society with a mixed structure of three religions and nine streams, experienced hardships and struggles in work, life and marriage, as well as various conflicts with their native families, and fell into a circular life. Quarreling, torture, separation, and divorce... This is a sad and realistic story, with a plain and depressing style.

Zhuang Xiao suddenly told his agent a while ago that shooting scenes are getting boring. I want to change my taste, and I want to take a life movie. I can have emotional scenes. There are no sex scenes that are too nude, so Bao Xiaopang gave it to him. Talked about such a part.

After reading the book, he thought it was very good, the director team was also good, and he accepted the film even though the salary was not high.

New York's subway, the station is old, there is no screen door installed on the platform, the underground passage emits bad smell, and the homeless is wrapped under the blanket and stationed in the corner, forming the most realistic picture in the camera.

Action!

The woman had a nervous breakdown and cried bitterly and ran down the passage stairs, fell down halfway, staggered up in a trance, and rushed down the platform.

Zhuang Xiao entered the camera.

Two strands of hair and sweat wrapped his face, he panted in embarrassment, running in the deep underground passage, this passage shook and bumped before his eyes, as if he would never run to the end... A wide staircase appeared in front of him, There was a cold iron fence across, and he climbed over the railing.

The kung fu actor also pretended to be useless, staggered and sprained his foot, and rolled over the railing in a mess. He threw himself on the platform, trembling, and called his wife's name. Finally, he was caught in front of the speeding train and was about to fall off. The woman on the platform.

Almost suffocated in a cage made of cement, lost their way, found their loved ones in despair, there was a kind of excitement of finding them again, the two hugged each other trembling, crying, and slowly calmed down...

After a long, long time, the next train was coming, and the director finally called to stop.

There was a sudden burst of chattering voices, and everyone's demeanor became relaxed, with smiles on their faces.The director said, "Not bad, good, this one is fine!"

Zhuang Xiao slowly let go of his partner.The play was a bit slow this time, and my face was still wet.

He played the husband and wife opposite him in a Japanese actress, with a beautiful and refined appearance, and a gentle and demure temperament.After each shot, they have to politely nod their heads and bow to each other before turning around and walking away, which is very polite.The two bowed to each other fifty times a day on the set, and Zhuang Xiao felt that the burden on his waist was a bit heavy after a long time.It's too polite and he's not used to it...

The director came over and patted him on the shoulder, Mr. Zhuang, very good.

The director's English is not very good, both of them have an immigrant accent. The two parties communicated in the language of the film and the language of the camera, and the shooting process was surprisingly smooth.Everyone seems to have a silent understanding about how to act in the camera and what kind of sadness, depression, and entangled emotions need to be expressed.

When the director accepted an exclusive interview and filming experience, he said, this is the first time I worked with this Chinese actor. I heard that he was an actor in Kung Fu movies. I thought it might not work. The performances of such actors are usually exaggerated and superficial. .After the audition, I found that this is my long-standing prejudice. Mr. Zhuang has a depressive and melancholic temperament. Many years of living experience in a foreign country have left many traces on him, which makes his performance full of layers and depth. ... I am very optimistic about his interpretation of the role of this marginal man.

The director said to Zhuang Xiao, are you thin again?The weight loss effect is already very good, and there is really no need to lose weight.

Zhuang Xiao nodded with his usual smile on his face, yes, it didn't decrease any more.

This is the need of the film's plot. The hero needs to transition from the first half of his normal life to the state of depression, alcoholism, quarrels and even separation and divorce.

So the director told him from the beginning of the filming to reduce the amount while shooting, until the end of the filming, you have almost reduced the amount, and that's it.

The set lunch is another hot dog that everyone hates.

In the bleak wind and rain after the temperature plummeted in New York City, hot dogs quickly froze into cold dogs.

Zhuang Xiao stood in front of the dining car, with six servings of sausage cold dogs, and in front of him were a dozen bottles of various sauces.

He didn't have to think about what kind of sauce to add. He remembered exactly which kinds of sauces he had eaten, so he brought them bottle by bottle and squeezed them on the hot dogs to make different flavors.Tomato sauce, honey mustard, peach barbecue sauce, and chipotle sauce.

"Sir Zhuang, can you eat so much alone?" Someone next to him asked him.

"Not much, you can eat it all." Zhuang Xiao said.

"You can still lose weight after eating so much?!" The crew felt incredible.It was as if another person lived in Zhuang Xiao's body, eating these hot dogs and hamburgers for him every day and consuming these calories.

Zhuang Xiao was sitting on a bench in New York Park, carrying these things, and ate a large plate of six cold dogs one bite at a time... To be honest, it was really not tasty, it was cold, it was just a memory.

It is very tiring to start work every day, and he eats a lot. He still loses weight after eating so much.

Fortunately, I took a scene that needed to lose weight. In case I took on "Let's Wrestle!"Dad" kind of movie that needs to gain weight, he is finished and can't act.

I lost about [-] catties in two months, and I lost weight rapidly and uncontrollably.

The plot perfectly echoes his mood at this time. Now, he is squatting in the corner of the studio, and he can stay there motionless, grow roots from the bottom of his feet, and spread smoke from the top of his head, silently growing into a big tree ...

The director came to tell him later, don't cut it anymore!The film is an open ending that implies the reunion. You finally decide to quit drinking and go to therapy. The couple remarries again. Life is still hopeful and bright!Life can only grow after experiencing setbacks, and all things are still recovering after the cold winter. You look like you want the next scene and you will get a box!

Bao Xiaopang came to visit the set and walked around the set, hey, where is he?

Turning to the second lap, I found Zhuang Xiao who was squatting and smoking a cigarette not far away.

Bao Xiaopang stared, and ran over with an exaggerated expression: "Yo... brother?"

"What are you wandering about?" Zhuang Xiao sneered, "I've seen you wandering around for a long time, and you're only three meters away from me, shaking like a spinning top, returning to its original position?"

Bao Xiaopang approached, bent down to look carefully, and confirmed that this was his boss: "Hey, boss, I've been busy dealing with Xiao Sa's appointment with their drama group recently, I haven't come to see you for a month You!"

Zhuang Xiao said, "Just say what you want to say."

Bao Xiaopang said: "Boss, last time I saw you were still a complete human being, but now it seems that you are only half human."

Zhuang Xiao said, "It's not that serious, is it?"

Bao Xiaopang paused: "Really, it's serious."

……

Bao Xiaopang took a cigarette and lit it.Both of them tucked their necks into their turned-up collars, squatting in the park to smoke, watching the red lights of the cigarette butts flashing in the wind.

Bao Xiaopang said: "If you feel that you are particularly reluctant to part with Mr. Pei and cannot leave him, go back and have a look."

Zhuang Xiao turned his head and glanced at the other party. He had never confessed this relationship to anyone.Bao Xiaopang returned his large live-action "nose digging" and "squinting stare" emojis, who wouldn't be able to tell if I'm in the entertainment industry?

Zhuang Xiao is very unaccustomed to sharing his private life with others. He can't even imagine that Pei Yan would share all the crap with the people around him. Managers, friends, parents, everything... He never shared it with anyone, and he couldn't understand it. Why does Pei Yan like to tell others everywhere, seeing this and seeing that.

"Is this kind of thing a matter of face? If it were me, I would have no shame in it," Bao Xiaopang said, "Anyway, Pei Yan is just like that. He has no skin and no shame. You and Why is he being so reserved?"

"No, it has nothing to do with face. I don't have the capital to be arrogant." Zhuang Xiao said.

Bao Xiaopang said again: "Or contact me so that Mr. Pei can come over when he has time? It's more convenient to meet and explain clearly here."

Zhuang Xiao didn't speak.

Bao Xiaopang took out his phone: "How about I contact you for you?"

Zhuang Xiao pressed his hand.

"Too obvious?" Bao Xiaopang said, "Then I won't contact Mr. Pei, I'll contact his manager to give a tactful hint... Will it work?"

"It's all divided, and it's not over yet. It's too scumbag to hang on to others, isn't it? Then the two places live apart, and you can't see each other several times a year?" Zhuang Xiao shook his head, "Seeing that he has developed very well, after a while There may be someone else, why should I delay him?"

Bao Xiaopang silently put the phone back.

"Then let me ask." Bao Xiaopang poked out his cigarette butt on the ground, "Do you really like him? Are you reluctant?!"

Zhuang Xiao nodded: "I like it very much. I can't bear it."

"A person like you will have such a day." Bao Xiaopang sighed, "Mr. Pei is still charming and attractive, and he is a follower and sweetheart to you!"

Zhuang Xiao himself was happy, and lit another cigarette, agreeing with this sentence very much in his heart.Yanyan is the best and the sweetest.

Bao Xiaopang said: "The publicity for the release of "Drunken Master" in mainland China will only be next month. Do you want to go?"

Zhuang Xiao shook his head: "If you don't go, just tell them that I can't get leave on the set...I won't meet him."

……

More than a week later, the crew was about to wrap up, and it happened that Liang Youhui came from California to work and went to see Brother Xiao for entertainment.

Zhuang Xiao asked: "Come quickly, is your house burned down?"

Liang Youhui said: "Brother, you know! I thought you went to New York and didn't plan to go back to our country!"

Zhuang Xiao said: "Of course I know. The news is overwhelming. What happened to Napa? Is your villa still there?"

Liang Youhui said dejectedly on the phone: "It's burning, the big house my father left me, not a single tile or a single piece of wood is intact, the entire community on the hillside is burned!"

They were talking about the tragic wildfires that broke out in Northern California a few days ago.Liang Youhui's rich father committed an economic crime. Before he went to jail, he left some real estate for him, mainly houses and wineries near Napa Valley.

The world is so impermanent. The ten thousand hectares of manor in the valley turned into scorched earth overnight, and the heavenly beauty was razed to the ground. The loss was heavy, and the beauty did not know when it would reappear.

Liang Youhui said pitifully: "I said before that when the grapes were ripe, I would take my elder brother Xue to Napa to play. He didn't wait until he had his annual leave, so he didn't have a vacation... But this time, it was all burned up, and there was no show." .”

Zhuang Xiao snorted: "Don't you still have a winery here in Irvine? Just bring your partner to Southern California."

"That's right..." Liang Youhui said, "Although the scenery is not as beautiful as that of Napa, it is still a winery and has a few grapes. Next time, I will bring my brother Xue to our place."

Two words suddenly flashed in Zhuang Xiao's mind, "Don't come", don't show affection in front of Lao Tzu, I don't want to see it.

For the first time in his life, he would have such petty thoughts.I have never experienced it before, and I have never felt it before. Being a single dog is a painful and difficult thing.

Don't you like to be free?

Isn't it good to live alone?

What a fart.

……

After meeting, Liang Youhui didn't see any gloomy and sad expression.This person has always been heartless and an optimist. His family burned down a villa and a winery. What a big deal?Anyway, there is still a house to live in. Anyway, his husband is fine.

As long as his elder brother Xue didn't change his mind and didn't dump him, and he was still there, what did the house matter?So Liang Youhui is still very happy, the most important thing to be a man is to be happy.

Liang Youhui also exclaimed exaggeratedly when meeting: "Brother Xiao, why are you so thin?"

Zhuang Xiao shook his head, not wanting to explain.

Liang Youhui said: "Brother, how did you lose weight? Give me a prescription to lose weight. I also need to lose weight now."

The house at home burned down, and people like Liang Youhui could still gain a few pounds of meat.The man picked up his clothes, patted his stomach, and even made the sound of "popping" when the watermelon was ripe.

Liang Youhui said: "Look at my belly, alas, my beautiful abs are gone. In the future, my brother Xue should dislike me for being too fat. What should I do? Brother Xiao, please provide me with a weight loss recipe and a matching fitness menu Better."

Bao Xiaopang winked at this kid: Shut up, you talk so much nonsense.

Zhuang Xiao turned around and left, you kid also fell in love once, you will know how to lose weight...

When old friends met, they went to a bar in the city to sit together, the two drank, and Zhuang Xiao drank mineral water alone.

The flow of people outside the window is endless, and everyone is in a hurry.Every time Zhuang Xiao lowered his head and then raised his head again, the view outside the window changed a group of people and a different picture.Everyone is walking quickly and purposefully, and no one will stop and turn around to wait for someone.

That's how life is.

Who can be by my side?

Walking on the road, there is no one around, can you meet someone waiting for you at the end of this road, willing to draw a rest at the end of the story with you?

The only ones who have never left are the black homeless men on the corner, leaning against the wall, blowing the melodious saxophone, and earning some change from passers-by.The homeless man raised his head and smiled at Zhuang Xiao through the window. He was very happy, and Zhuang Xiao also smiled at him.

Liang Youhui glanced at Zhuang Xiao: "Brother Xiao."

Zhuang Xiao responded subconsciously: "Yes."

Liang Youhui said, "Are you missing Dayanyan?"

The surroundings were suddenly quiet, and the three of them stopped talking.

Liang Youhui turned his big double eyelids into three folds: "Take me for a fool again, I'm not that stupid!"

"Fuck," Zhuang Xiao said mockingly, "Am I that obvious?"

"You have." Liang Youhui and Bao Xiaopang nodded vigorously at him at the same time, and they had endured him for a long time.

He was the coldest, dullest, most emotionless of them all.

"Oh shit, I'm spoiled!" Liang Youhui started a speech that was full of Changhong, "I saw it a long time ago, if you don't admit it, then I won't admit it, anyway, you all think I'm stupid. I'm stupid Well, it’s as obvious as the two of you, oh, you eat like that when you eat barbecue, you have a lamb chop, he has a lamb chop, you have a bunch of small mushrooms, he has a bunch of small mushrooms, you don’t like grilled squid, He will eat two skewers of grilled squid for you, and if you like bell peppers, he will specially roast bell peppers for you... Tsk tsk, why don't you two feed each other? Just pretend that I don't exist at all, right?"

Bao Xiaopang sprayed out the beer and laughed wildly at the table hahahaha——

Zhuang Xiao's ears were red, and the corners of his eyes were also red. He laughed out loud, "Is there? When did I get so nasty?"

"Yes," Liang Youhui said with certainty, "It was the barbecue in your backyard!"

"No, it's impossible, there was absolutely no such idea at that time." Zhuang Xiao firmly denied it.

"Brother Xiao, you definitely have it." Liang Youhui pointed at the top of his head, "Look at the top of my head, what am I?...Let me tell you, this is the gay radar."

This time Zhuang Xiao sprayed mineral water all over the table by himself, and sprayed it on Young Master Liang's face.

Liang Youhui wiped his face, and continued: "On that night, you two really wanted to sleep together, right? I was just a light bulb all night, you should have said it earlier, and I would have been fucked, you can fuck it to your heart's content! I drank too much and was too lazy to move, so I slept on the sofa in your living room, Yanyan also slept on the sofa, and then in the middle of the night, Brother Xiao, you sneaked out and covered us both with blankets.

"I'm too lazy to move, but my radar is still working. In fact, you just want to be considerate and caring for Yanyan, and I'm the one who passes by. You cover me with a blanket, just wave your hand, and the blanket is all mushy with a 'snap'. My face was swollen, I almost suffocated at that time, right?... When you cover Yanyan with a blanket, you first unfold the blanket, then unfold it, and finally unfold it all, and shake it, and then from the bottom of your feet , cover it up little by little, until it reaches his neck, and when it is tightly covered, he even helped to tuck in the seams and straighten the edges, tsk, the quilt is almost like embroidering on his body..."

Bao Xiaopang laughed until he couldn't breathe, and said, "Let's write a script, to be honest."

Zhuang Xiao's face was sullen, half a dimple burst out, and he didn't want to admit it.

Is there such a thing?Absolutely not, long ago do not remember.

"The gay radar above my head was screaming biubiubiu!" Liang Youhui concluded his statement, "When a man tucks a quilt over a man, he just flips it over with a snap. You tuck Yanyan, it's the man who tucks his daughter-in-law Do you understand bro? Ask me if you don’t understand about love, I’ll give you a one-semester class and teach you slowly from elementary, intermediate, and finally to advanced, okay bro?!”

Yes, this is the way a man covers his wife with a quilt.

understood.

It's just that it's a bit late to understand, I haven't realized it before, I really look like a fool.

Zhuang Xiao had two red spots gathered in his eyes, and looked out the window.He has actually liked Mr. Pei for a long, long time.

He has always been used to being emotionally alienated and indifferent, and he set up an illusion for himself, turning himself into a high wall, keeping others away.

In fact, he has liked Pei Yan for so long, so stupid, dull and unaware.

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