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Surrounded by reporters, Lu Heng was momentarily confused.As a person who talked on the phone with someone until midnight the night before, was dragged out of bed by the assistant before [-] o'clock the next morning, stuffed into the nanny's car before eating, and taken to the set for makeup and styling. Forcing an actor, one second he was squatting in the dressing room struggling to drink porridge and eat steamed buns, and the next second a large group of reporters surrounded him at the opening press conference asking for his thanks for having two films shortlisted for Cannes main competition at the same time what is it

How could Lu Heng feel when he was caught off guard?

"You guys are really naughty!" Lu Heng glanced at the surrounding reporters benevolently.The first sentence he spoke made everyone stunned: "You can't lie like this on April Fool's Day, I will take it seriously."

Lu Heng expressed his dissatisfaction softly.The media reporters around the side were stunned at the same time, and then came back to their senses, and clarified: "It's not an April Fool's Day joke, it's true. The news came back from country F this morning that two of your works were shortlisted at the same time. It was selected as the main competition unit in Cannes, and it was the first batch announced..."

The clarifications from the media reporters have not yet ended. Lu Heng fans who have been stopped by the security guards outside the studio have screamed: "It's true, it's true, the official website of the Cannes Film Festival has announced it. Lu Heng, you are amazing Already, we love you—”

The hysterical screams of the fans instantly attracted everyone's attention. The other actors at the opening ceremony were still embarrassed by the fact that all the reporters flocked in front of Lu Heng. The interaction was immediately shocked.He hurriedly took care of his emotions, and congratulated Lu Heng with a smile.

Director Yuan Yisheng was even more grinning from ear to ear.He invited Lu Heng to be the leading actor in the film because of Lu Heng's popularity and acting skills.If you want to have a double harvest of word-of-mouth at the box office, by the way, aim for the international big screen.

Sure enough, the crew had just held the opening ceremony, and there was hot news that two of Lu Heng's films were shortlisted for the Cannes main competition at the same time, and the film "Golden 200 Million" was Lu Heng's first film after winning Best Actor and being shortlisted for Cannes. How much publicity should be in this film.Aside from being overjoyed, Yuan Yisheng didn't even ask the host to go up and say "This is the launch conference of "Gold 200 Million", and all questions must be related to the movie".Instead, he watched Lu Heng perform with a smile, and expressed his optimism for Lu Heng in front of the reporter.

Everyone was looking forward to getting some amazing words out of Lu Heng's mouth so that they could go back and report.In the end, Lu Heng's performance was even more stable than the old fritters in the entertainment industry. He didn't say anything out of line, but he praised the quality of the two films, and said very modestly: "...these two films can Being shortlisted for the main competition unit is the joint efforts of everyone in the two crews... To be nominated is already recognized by everyone, I never thought about winning an award... As for my feelings, I should say I am very happy..."

Even so, when the newspapers published the interview draft on the front page headlines, they still slightly altered Lu Heng's meaning.Had to use a huge and eye-catching title to write "Two films were shortlisted for Cannes at the same time. Lu Heng said he didn't care which film won the award. He is already the biggest winner..."

At the same time, the news that the two Chinese films "Flower and Sword" and "Brotherhood" were shortlisted for the Cannes main competition also made the entire Chinese entertainment circle boil.For a while, everyone seemed to see the hope of the revitalization of Chinese film, and Lu Heng became the first and only Chinese actor to have two films nominated for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival at the same time, and it was logically recorded in the history of Chinese film.

Even many years later, when Lu Heng's fans or Chinese filmmakers mentioned this year's Cannes International Film Festival, they still couldn't help being filled with pride.

Gossip aside, when the outside world is falling into a climax because of the two films shortlisted in the main competition unit of Cannes, the crew of "Golden Two Million", which has already held the opening ceremony, has entered the formal shooting stage.

The first day after the start of the production was quite troublesome, because it was necessary to take makeup photos, and everyone had to get up early as usual in order to improperly delay the filming progress of the crew.

So the miserable Lu Heng was picked up from the bed by his assistant before five o'clock in the morning, so he didn't even think about breakfast, and hurried to the set after getting dressed and dressed.After arriving at the crew, I was surprised to find that Yuan Yisheng and several veteran actors had arrived earlier than him. Only a few actresses had not arrived yet due to objective reasons such as dressing up.

The assistant Tao Xiaotao was more careful, and found out that most of the actors didn't have time to eat breakfast in order to set their makeup. While Lu Heng was putting on makeup, he took the other two assistants to the porridge shop outside and bought a lot of breakfast to take home, all served in cups. The soy milk and all kinds of porridge can be eaten directly through a straw.As for the poached eggs and pancakes, let the owner of the porridge shop cut them into small pieces and eat them with bamboo sticks.

Even Lu Heng didn't expect his assistant to be so careful.Not to mention the other actors who received breakfast, Wei Linxuan specially asked people to inquire about the tastes and preferences of the main creators of the crew before the official start of the crew, and made a list of these things. Tao Xiaotao and the other two assistants followed the list. The contents of the show were selectively served with breakfast. Several actors who were putting on makeup and the director team who were discussing things were surprised when they received a breakfast that suited their appetite. After asking the reason, they all praised Lu Heng for his thoughtfulness.

As for the staff who were busy setting up the set outside, Tao Xiaotao didn't let her go. She asked the owner of the porridge shop to send two buckets of porridge, [-] drawers of steamed buns, and disposable bowls and chopsticks to the set, so that the crew could spend their free time at work. Time for self-use.The people of the big foodie country have always had the honest and simple traditional virtues of cannibalism and short hands. As early as the news that the two films starring Lu Heng were shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, everyone's attitude towards Lu Heng They were very enthusiastic. Now that they had eaten the breakfast given to everyone by Lu Heng's assistant, everyone praised Lu Heng even more.I feel that Lu Heng not only has excellent acting skills and high popularity, he is also a gentle, amiable, unassuming, approachable, considerate and lovely boy.

With so many good reviews and likes in exchange for one breakfast, Lu Heng felt that he was quite profitable.

Doing hair, make-up, changing costumes, and taking the first set of makeup photos. The whole crew struggled from beginning to end. It was already past ten o'clock in the morning. Before lunch, Director Yuan still wanted to shoot "Golden Two Million" after it was turned on. 's first play.

This scene has nothing to do with Lu Heng.It is the scene where Lao Zhong, an intelligence officer of our party, went to the joint location to receive intelligence, but was betrayed by the informant and rounded up by the enemy.

The first scene is Lao Zhong's one-man show, played by Di Qingyun, a powerful actor who has won the crown of best actor many times.

Different from those capable actors that Lu Heng came into contact with when he was filming in Xiangcheng, Di Qingyun applied for the performance department of Yanjing Drama Academy at the age of 20. After graduation, he has been developing in mainland China, transitioning from acting in dramas to TV dramas, and then from the small screen On the big screen of the movie, this road is very solid.The 37-year-old Di Qingyun has won the Lily Award for actor twice and Shidi three times. His performance has a strong academic style, but his specific performance is more simple and natural, giving people a kind of smooth flow smooth.

When Di Qingyun, wearing a gown and a top hat, came into the camera with the image of a classic intelligence officer of our party, Lu Heng's eyes lit up.

The meeting place given in the script is a teahouse. Lao Zhong, played by Di Qingyun, was led to the second floor by a waiter in the teahouse. He randomly ordered a pot of tea. After drinking a cup of tea, he picked up the peanuts in the blue and white porcelain dish and rubbed the peanuts, looking at the scenery outside the window from time to time.

Di Qingyun's seemingly slack and casual demeanor, but under Di Qingyun's hands that clenched the handle of the teapot when he was pouring tea, and his fingers that paused when he was rubbing peanuts, and even under the slightly flickering eyes when he looked out of the window, it suddenly stood out a bit. Tension, the tension and suspense of our party's intelligence personnel in the underground streets are vividly expressed in this seemingly random and quiet but subtle action.

Director Yuan Yisheng, who was sitting in front of the monitor, yelled "click" in satisfaction, and the first scene after the crew of "Golden Two Million" started went smoothly.

There are still a few more scenes to be added, and then there will be a scene in which the enemy soldiers played by extras rush into the teahouse with guns to arrest people, and Lao Zhong is injured and escapes.

Director Yuan Yisheng glanced at his watch and said, "Let's have lunch after filming this scene."

After saying this, Yuan Yisheng turned his head to look at Lu Heng, who had been watching Di Qingyun's filming beside him, and said with a smile: "The first scene in the afternoon is between you and Lao Di, is it okay?"

Lu Heng also replied with a smile: "I will work hard."

The attitude is quite humble.

Director Yuan nodded in satisfaction.Before he came into contact with Lu Heng, he was actually quite afraid that Lu Heng would be a frivolous and arrogant young man.There are quite a few such popular idols in the entertainment industry who swelled up after becoming famous overnight.It is required to play more big names, and to make various demands on the crew and investors while taking advantage of its popularity.

Compared with those popular idols, Lu Heng, who was highly praised by China Emperor Entertainment, starred in the movie "Best Partner" which broke China's box office record, and just won the Berlin Best Actor, is more than just the word "overnight fame". describe.

On the one hand, Yuan Yisheng wanted to borrow Lu Heng's popularity and global box office appeal, but on the other hand, he was also worried about whether Lu Heng's temper and personality could get along well with the rest of the crew.Fortunately, judging from the recent contact, Lu Heng is not the kind of actor who "does things".

"I think there should be no problem with your acting skills." Director Yuan said with a smile, then changed the subject, and said, "But even if there are problems, it's okay. Our crew always likes to work slowly and carefully, repeatedly NG and change Scripts are common things. What's more, you haven't worked with everyone before, it's not like we are old friends, and it's normal to need a running-in period at the beginning."

Director Yuan found all the excuses for Lu Heng.In this way, even if the shooting in the afternoon was repeated, Lu Heng would still have something to say.Don't become angry because of NG.

After all, he is an international actor, and two works were shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival at the same time, so we have to save some face.

Director Yuan thought secretly.

However, when filming in the afternoon, everyone truly realized Lu Heng's strength.

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In the movie "Gold 200 Million", the leading actor Yu Chunsheng played by Lu Heng, nicknamed Big Fish, is an idle gangster on the pier in Shanghai.He hangs around the streets and alleys every day, specializing in thieves and cheats, and his best job is to set up gambling games on the street to defraud everyone of their money.And because I often have no money to pay protection fees, I am always chased and beaten by street fighters in this area.In order to avoid severe beatings, Yu Chunsheng gradually learned all kinds of tricks to flatter horses. He lay down in front of the street fighters and walked around the streets of Shanghai Bund with vigilance behind his back. In the same place for more than three days, I often fight guerrilla warfare, and pay attention to the movements around me anytime and anywhere, so as not to be chased and beaten by street fighters.

In the setting of the script, Yu Chunsheng, the leading actor, is a very typical and standard little person, with a slippery personality, a flexible mind, and decisive actions. In order to obtain long-term peace, he can give up the immediate benefits. Under the eyes of so many street fighters who are taller, stronger and more powerful than him, he is like a fish in water, and he definitely lives up to his nickname of big fish.

And the qualities he accumulated in the long-term guerrilla fighting with Street Fighter also paved the way for him to complete the task in place of Lao Zhong in the future.

So the first scene in the afternoon was when Yu Chunsheng set up a gambling game on the street, he was keenly aware of the "wrong wind direction", and immediately packed up and evacuated, avoiding the street thugs who heard the news and chased and intercepted him.

This is an outdoor scene. After everyone finished lunch and rested, the props, scenery and other staff had already arranged the scene properly. After putting on makeup for Lu Heng, Lu Heng, who was wearing a set of rags and tattered clothes, walked into the set and squatted down under the blue brick wall at the corner of the street. In front of him was a rag stall with scattered Gambling equipment and money bet by gamblers around.Camera, lighting, and live radio are all in place——

The recorder held the signboard and shouted "action" in front of the camera. The first thing the camera shot was the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and there were all kinds of hawking sounds. Three or four strong men in green cloth jackets walked into the camera. A person seemed to have heard the shout of "Buy Ding Leaving Hands". He searched for a long time in the direction of the voice, and then bumped into the "boss" in front of him with his shoulder, and several people walked forward.

The camera moved along the scenery on the street, and in the next second, the scene cut to Lu Heng's side.

Although Yu Chunsheng, who was squatting under the corner, was presiding over the game, his dark eyes were rolling around, watching all directions, listening to all directions, and soon saw the menacing trio of Street Fighters.

Yu Chunsheng blinked his eyes, grabbed two handfuls of copper coins from the stall and threw them in the direction of the Street Fighter trio, and shouted loudly, "Money is falling from the sky, hurry up and pick it up", Then he quickly rolled up the rag stall and turned around and ran away.

The extras who were squatting in front of the gambling booth and playing the role of gamblers were taken aback for a moment. The emotion of being stared at by the casting director for a whole noon about the script was instantly brought into the plot by Lu Heng's scorpion sting. All of them subconsciously turned around to pick up the money.

Sitting in front of the monitor, Director Yuan Yisheng's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously leaned forward, suddenly feeling a little interesting.

This is the first scene where Yu Chunsheng appeared in the whole movie. Yuan Yisheng and Lu Heng discussed Yu Chunsheng's appearance method several times, trying to highlight Yu Chunsheng's wit and adaptability the first time he appeared on the stage , even the screenwriter Liu Xihe has deleted and revised the script several times, but no matter which version of the script, the effect of plot rendering is not as good as Lu Heng's impromptu play, which randomly grabbed two handfuls of money and threw them out, trying to take advantage of everyone's enthusiasm for stealing money. Riots are better at avoiding being caught and beaten by Street Fighters.

It not only embodies Yu Chunsheng's clever, quick-witted and adaptable characteristics, but also demonstrates the hero's decisive understanding that he is willing to give up temporary interests for the long-term. Movies have always been the art of the lens. A scene suddenly has the subtlety of a sword slanting forward.

Not to mention that Lu Heng's simple lines and facial expressions brought the surrounding extras into the scene in an instant, and they actually turned around to grab the money. Such a stunned and real reaction further accentuated this scene The play is smooth and flowing.

Yuan Yisheng called out the sound card with great satisfaction, feeling that he really found the right person.

The other actors who stood by and "observed" Lu Heng's filming also smiled secretly. As the saying goes, an outsider watches the fun and an insider watches the way. Perhaps the other staff members of the entire crew think that Lu Heng's acting is quite natural and vivid, and they are the only ones with such acting skills. Only after reaching a certain level of strength did they realize the subtlety of Lu Heng's series of reactions just now.

Just like the famous Huaiyang dish Wensi tofu, it looks simple, but the ingredients are very strictly selected, and it requires fine knife work, and all the work is in it.

"I didn't expect Xiao Heng's acting skills to soar after not seeing each other for a few years, and he seemed to be back to basics."

While reapplying makeup and taking a break, Zhou Jingxiao, who played the heroine, looked at Lu Heng, smiled gently and praised: "You are indeed an actor who has won the Best Actor in Berlin."

Since yesterday's opening press conference, media reporters revealed that two of Lu Heng's films were shortlisted for the Cannes main competition at the same time, thereby stealing the limelight from other actors. Lu Heng found that many people had a subtle attitude towards him indifferent.Zhou Jingxiao is also one of them.

This kind of emotion has been diluted a lot after Lu Heng's assistant thoughtfully delivered breakfast to everyone this morning, but there are still a few actors who looked at Lu Heng, although they didn't show it, but Lu Heng could feel it. I feel that everyone's attitude towards him is more scrutiny than kindness.

They all seem to be wondering why Lu Heng was able to win the Best Actor in Berlin in one fell swoop, to have two films shortlisted in the main competition of Cannes at the same time, and to be so sought after by the industry media.

This kind of "literati despise each other" situation often occurs in the entertainment industry, and the better the acting skills, the more the actors will compare in private.At this time, it is not the strange era in which a large number of small fresh meat can drive the box office and increase the ratings even if it is played by Lei Ying only by its appearance more than ten years later. The entertainment industry more than ten years ago was full of old dramas. The explosion of idol dramas also requires the blessing of acting skills. It is an era when veteran actors and actresses still take "Biao Opera" as the norm when filming.

Lu Heng's "first show" in the crew of "Gold 200 Million" won everyone's recognition with his aura and surprise.

So in the next period of time, Lu Heng obviously felt that everyone treated him with a lot more kindness.Especially at the level of work, it is no longer the kind of tolerance and patience like "letting the children" before, and it is no longer the kind of alienation and politeness that seems to be gags but polite. The "seminar" after work every day "In the past, when everyone summed up the shooting experience, they even said one thing and one thing, and they said it directly if they felt something was wrong, instead of being like Director Yuan, who was still helping Lu Heng with vaccinations in advance, for fear of Lu Heng's performance. If it's not good, I can't hold back my face.

Careful maintenance of face is the pity of the strong for the weak. If everyone is of equal strength, or Lu Heng is in a better state, there is no need to cover up some things. Straightforward discussion will not only save time, And the gains are greater.

Everyone was so excited that they even tried different performance methods to interpret their roles. The seminar after work every day was also an opportunity for everyone to play against each other. They went through the plot to be filmed the next day over and over again. Try different ways of interpreting the same plot and see what works better.

When everyone returned to their room in the dead of night, everyone was lying on the bed studying the script and memorizing the lines. If anyone couldn't match the lines during the scene or filming, no one needed to tell, and he felt ashamed first.

Apart from filming every day, I just think about it, and no one thinks about the rest of the messy things.It can be said that the filming atmosphere of the crew of "Golden Two Million" is the purest, cleanest and simplest that Lu Heng has ever seen. Even Biao Opera became everyone's enjoyment.It's not like being in other crews at all, and you may have to consider publicity and hype, interpersonal relationships, and all kinds of intrigues that are on the table but not on the table.

So much so that Lu Heng's appetite has been spoiled. After a long time after the film was finished, when I mentioned this film, I was very excited and missed it, and I had a relationship with the director, the main creative actors, and even the props and lighting masters. They all forged a deep revolutionary friendship.At the same time, he opened up his network of contacts in the mainland by accident.

Let's not talk about the future, let's just say that Lu Heng's hearty filming lasted until mid-May, and the opening ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival will begin soon.

Lu Heng, who was responsible for the promotion of the two films, had no choice but to reluctantly leave the crew, and flew to Cannes with his team and money.