Xiao Hua is a busy man, almost 360 days a year without a break.

Although he is an actor, he can endure hardships without being tired, he is willing to take on any job, has a likable personality, is well-rounded and has a wide range of friends, so he has a good reputation in the industry, and crews of all sizes are willing to find him.

Originally, in this movie, he also played a trick, playing a passerby in the train station.Yu Huo was surprised and delighted when he found out that he was also behind the crew. He still remembered his advice and help to him at the beginning, so he asked the director to help him get a role with a famous name and a surname, and there were a lot of shots—following the housekeeper Zhang Gui. Go to the train station to pick up people, and the servant Xiaowu who helps Zhang Yuansheng carry luggage behind him.

The character with a few lines was proposed by the male protagonist, and the director waved his hand directly, happy to be a favor.

But to everyone's surprise, Xiao Hua's nearly ten-year career has not been in vain. In terms of shooting experience, the types of characters he has seen and the way of acting, few people in the crew can compare with him.The characteristics of a small person like Xiao Wu are accurately and appropriately grasped, squinting his eyes and shrugging his shoulders, and immediately showing the boy's shrewdness, ingratiatingness, diligence and care to life, even the director himself praised him once.

In addition, he is also first-rate in handling interpersonal relationships.Sleek but not sophisticated, thoughtful but not overly obsequious, as if he was born to be suitable for a mixed crew like a crew, with long sleeves and dancing like a fish in water.It's only been more than a month, and the most popular in the entire crew, besides Yu Huo, he is probably the most popular now.

Xiao Hua trotted over all the way, walked to the gate of the yard and shook hands with Yu Huo, feeling mixed in his heart: When we met last time, Yu Huo was still a poor little guy in the crew who could be bullied at will and almost didn't even have a meal , The public opinion was full of bad comments, but there was not a single good word. Who knew that it had only been half a year, and he completely turned around and sang. Not only did he independently act as the male number one, but his popularity with the audience was beyond the reach of many first-line celebrities.

This person is really incomparable with others.

Thanks to the good eyesight he has cultivated over the years, from the first time we met, he knew that this kid would have a lot of potential. If he sold well at the beginning, he could reap the dividends now.Just by taking a few selfies with Yu Huo, his fans on Weibo have multiplied countless times.

The feeling of hugging my thigh is really beautiful.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two walked side by side into the old-fashioned villa building.

The owner of the building obviously spent a lot of effort in building this building, and every detail tried to restore the architectural features of the Republic of China:

Whether it is the rock fountain in the yard, the carved patterns on the eaves and pillars, or the furniture in the house, there is an old-fashioned elegance and delicacy everywhere, like an isolated island, quiet and silent. Freeze time at that moment at the other end.

It's just that because no one has lived in it for a long time, and the plastic curtain wall erected outside the building blocks part of the sunlight, the house seems a bit dark and deserted.

Xiao Hua went in and circled around, reached out and tapped on the carved golden lampshade next to the sofa, and then rubbed his arms: "Don't tell me, it's eerie here, really suitable for ghost movies."

The embers who were looking up at the stained glass on the window froze immediately: "Yes, yes."

"Yeah, this kind of old house that no one lives in, there are trees in front of and behind the house, it's too dark, even if you tell me it's haunted, I'll believe it." Xiao Hua didn't notice that the embers suddenly turned pale With a divided expression, he walked up the banister: "There is nothing to see downstairs, let's go upstairs for a stroll, I see there are still several floors above."

Yu Huo followed quickly: "Brother Xiao, wait for me!"

The house is big, and the staircase is also magnificent. It adopts the most popular arc-shaped two-way design at that time, and walks halfway along the two or three-meter-wide solid wood steps, and then divides into two strands. The arc is smooth and beautiful, winding to the second floor.

Xiao Hua stopped before turning the corner, looking curiously at a picture frame covered in white cloth on the wall: "Hey, guess what's painted underneath?"

Yu Huo shook his head: "I don't know."

"How about, let's take a look?" Xiao Hua felt itchy in his heart, looked left and right to make sure no one was there, tiptoed like a thief, and carefully removed the curtain from the picture frame.

This is a portrait more than one meter high, and it shows a man in an old-fashioned military uniform.The man is about 40 years old, with a handsome face and sharp eyes, a pair of dark eyes with bottomless eyes, slightly pursed lips, and a neatly trimmed dark blue mustache on top of it.With his left hand resting on his waist and a gun, and his right hand holding a pair of gloves, the military uniform is straight and stern, and he slightly lifts his chin to look straight ahead, not angry but arrogant.

Xiao Hua stared at the portrait for a long time, looked to the left for a while and then looked to the right, frowning his brows seemed to be a little confused, after a long time he suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Damn it! Why do I feel that something is wrong, Yu Huo, this painting is so beautiful It's really you!"

Although the age gap is obvious and the temperament and demeanor are also completely different, as long as you carefully distinguish the details of the eyebrows and eyes, you can find that the person in the painting is almost exactly the same as Yu Huo.

"Hahahaha," someone walked in from outside the gate, "You can see all of this, you have a good look."

Yu Huo and the others turned their heads when they heard the sound: "Director Qiu."

The person who came was the director of this movie, Qiu Kefu, and he was also one of the most promising emerging directors in the entertainment industry, according to Mei Qin.He is tall and tall, with a big beard, and he is straightforward and informal. As long as he doesn't lose the chain during the filming process, he is very easy to get along with on weekdays.

I haven't seen him in half a month. Director Qiu's beard has grown thicker. He tied it with a rubber band, and he swung it black and shiny, looking like a bohemian and heroic artist.

"Happy Chinese New Year," Qiu Kefu greeted the two of them as he went upstairs, "You two came so early, I just took a look at the props team and the scene is not finished yet, I guess we have to wait for the official shooting to start." a little while."

Xiao Hua smiled: "Anyway, it's okay. I'm bored staying at home. If I come here early, I can ponder over the script with Yu Huo, and ask some questions about the performance. By the way, director, what you meant just now is that the picture is really beautiful. Is it the embers of fire?"

Qiu Kefu took the cigarette from Xiao Hua, lit it, put it to his mouth and took a sip: "Yes, I specially hired someone to draw it. To be precise, the painting is not the embers, but the young man in the script who died young." According to the character setting, Zhang Yuansheng’s warlord father looks very similar to him. Anyway, the portrait needs to be prepared, so I simply asked the master to draw it directly according to Yu Huo’s appearance, so that the audience can also be drawn It's more interesting. How about it, how about it?"

Xiao Hua gave a thumbs up: "Fine, exquisite."

Yu Huo nodded: "The painting is very good."

For a moment, even if he wasn't filming, he had the illusion that he was Zhang Yuansheng and that this painting was his father.

"Okay, then you two continue to watch. If you think there is anything that needs improvement, just let me know. We are expected to stay here for two months." After chatting for a while, Director Qiu said: "I will urge the costumes On the side of the Huahe crew, it is estimated that it will be ready to change equipment in half an hour."

The two watched the director leave, and then continued to walk up the stairs.

The villa has three floors. Apart from the simple and exquisite decoration on the first and second floors, there is nothing unusual about it. Mostly it is the living room, kitchen, study, bedroom and the like.

The third floor is an attic structure. Standing on the empty corridor, you can have a panoramic view of the outside scenery directly through the windows.In addition, there were many locked rooms. Due to the limited time, Yu Huo and the two of them didn't look carefully. They browsed around and went downstairs.

As time passed, more and more actors arrived at the villa. At nearly three o'clock, assistant Xiao Tao found Yu Huo and told him that it was time to put on makeup.

This is the first time for Yu Huo to enjoy the treatment of a male lead. Not only did he arrange a warm and spacious independent lounge, but the makeup artist and costume artist also brought the guys over to serve him in person.

Yu Huo closed the script and stood up from the chair: "Thanks for your trouble."

"Don't bother, don't bother," the makeup artist waved his hands repeatedly, opening the toolbox and said, "I'm embarrassed to say it, but I don't know if it's convenient for Mr. Yu to sign me later? Hey, my mother likes you." Yes, after watching your show, it’s extremely rare. A lot of people are still clamoring to make a torch to burn themselves all day long. Knowing that you are in our crew, before I left, I asked me to remind me thousands of times, and my ears were almost chanted. Out of the cocoon."

Yu Huo laughed: "It's my honor that Lingtang is willing to be a torch, can I sign it on the poster?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the makeup artist was overjoyed, "Thank you, Mr. Yu!"

There is no need to wait in line, many individuals are surrounded by stars, and the modeling of Ember Huo is quickly completed.

Wearing a blue bamboo-patterned gown, black soft-soled cloth shoes on her feet, her hair parted and combed meticulously behind her ears, her fingers are slender and slender and her bones are distinct, she is holding a silver pocket watch in one hand and a suitcase in the other, and she wears a suitcase on the bridge of her nose. His thin-rimmed glasses are elegant and handsome, and he has a noble and elegant bookish atmosphere.

Xiao Hua circled him twice: "Tsk tsk, if you just stand here and don't move with this appearance, you can look like a cultural person who returned from studying abroad in the Republic of China and drank a lot of foreign ink."

Everyone thought it was true, Zhang Min had already taken out his phone and took pictures of the front, back, left, and right.

At 04:30 in the afternoon, the sun was about to set, and the props and photography crews were almost ready, but there was still a female lead in the crew who did not come.

Qiu Kefu frowned tightly, and then made a decision: "Don't wait for her, let's shoot first, anyway, there are no shots of her in the first two scenes."

After all, it was a horror movie. According to the rules, before the filming started, the director led the crew to face the north to kill chickens and pray to the gods of all parties.

Inserting the lighted incense into the incense burner, Director Qiu clapped his hands to everyone: "Okay, the actors who are going to film this scene take off their down jackets and get ready to start. Come, come, rub your hands and stomp your feet, give me your neck." Stretch, I know you are cold, but think about it in the script, it is summer, not only can't be cold, but also show a state of being so hot that you want to take off your clothes and pour an ice bucket.

Hey, don't you see that Yu Huo is very good, wearing only a long gown, his complexion is rosy, his expression is so well controlled, he can't feel how cold he is, what is it called, this is the basic quality of an actor! "

Yu Huo rubbed his nose, feeling a little guilty: he didn't control his expression well, but he had aura to protect his body, so he didn't feel cold.

"Clean up the scene, and leave the idlers," Director Qiu stood behind the monitor and yelled with a loudspeaker, "Actors are at their positions, and the camera crew is ready. No. 70 is the first time in three scenes, action!"

Zhang Yuansheng stared at the plaque of "Zhang Mansion" on the gate for a while, and then walked in with Zhang Gui.

The servants had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, standing neatly in two rows, when they saw Mr. Zhang coming in, they bowed down at the same time: "Welcome young master back to the mansion!"

Zhang Yuansheng pinched his fingers, as if he was not used to this battle.It didn't show it on the face: "Don't be too polite, let's all get up."

"Thank you, Master!"

Zhang Gui stretched out his hand to lead the way: "Master, let's go into the house first."

The inside of the old house is very dark, even if the kerosene lamp is lit, everything in front of you is still a blur when you just walk in from the outside.

Zhang Yuansheng paused by the door for a moment before his eyes gradually adjusted.

"Why don't you turn on the light?" He turned around and asked, there was a huge crystal lamp hanging from the ceiling of the living room.

"A few days ago, the county magistrate ordered trenches to be dug outside the city, and he accidentally cut the circuit," Zhang Gui explained with a bow, "It's being repaired for the past two days, and I sent Xiao Wu over at noon to ask. The electricity will be turned on the day after tomorrow. If the young master thinks it’s not bright enough, I’ll ask them to turn on more lights.”

Zhang Yuansheng nodded, and looked around in the dim light of the kerosene lamp.

The house is similar to the photos his mother showed him, except that some furniture has been added or subtracted, and the walls are covered with the most fashionable flower wallpapers from the past few years, which looks rich and elegant.

Every place is clean, orderly and spotless. The solid wood sofa armrests are shining moistly under the lights, and it seems that they have just been coated with a layer of maintenance grease - it can be seen that even if the owner is not there, the house is still carefully taken care of.

Zhang Yuansheng turned his head and thanked Zhang Gui sincerely: "You have worked hard these years."

When Zhang Gui heard this, he was a little panicked, but also a little sad and moved. He wiped his skinny palms on his long gown, and said repeatedly: "It's not hard work, it's not hard work, it's the old man who can serve the commander-in-chief and the young master." The blessing of a slave."

Zhang Yuansheng shook his head, his voice was soft and gentle: "Your credit, mother remembers it, and I remember it too."

Now Zhang Gui's eye sockets were a little red.

Xiao Wu, who came in with the two of them, carefully interjected: "Well, where do you put the young master's salute?"

Zhang Gui quickly wiped the corners of his eyes: "Look at my memory, I was so busy talking, I even forgot that the young master was tired and needed a rest all the way. Young master, your bedroom is arranged upstairs, which is the master bedroom where the commander-in-chief used to live. The old servant took you up to take a look?"

"Please Zhang Bo to lead the way."

Zhang Yuansheng followed him upstairs, and stopped suddenly when he passed the portrait, staring intently at it.

Zhang Gui, who had already walked up the stairs on the left, stepped back and followed his gaze, with a few wrinkles on his face, feeling very nostalgic: "The young master of the courtyard should recognize it, the one in this painting is the handsome man. You see, the young master is exactly the same as the handsome."

Zhang Yuansheng raised his hand as if he wanted to touch it, but he took it back before his fingertips touched the canvas: "When did my father ask someone to paint this painting?"

"Just two weeks before the commander-in-chief's 41st birthday, he originally planned to unveil it in front of the guests on his birthday." Zhang Gui sighed, "It's a pity that God is jealous of talents. Passed away, and this is the last portrait of him left."

Zhang Yuansheng didn't speak, but raised his head slightly, and looked at the painting carefully.The eyes and the person in the painting stared at each other for a long time. Among the jumping lights, the eyes behind the lens were like a deep pool.

"Let's go." After a while, Zhang Yuansheng said, and then walked upstairs first.

"Stop!" Director Qiu raised his head from behind the monitor, and slapped his hands in excitement: "Very good! No problem. I thought that after the new year, I always have to look for the feeling first. I didn't expect everyone to be in good condition. This one Pass!"

"Wow!" The production staff cheered in unison. It was really exciting that the filming started so smoothly.

The camera crew carried the equipment and transferred to prepare for the next scene. As soon as Qiu Kefu stood up from the chair, the assistant handed the mobile phone in front of him: "Director Qiu, your phone number."

Qiu Kefu took the phone and put it to his ear, and without saying a word, his originally cheerful expression quickly darkened: "...What? No more filming? After you sign the contract, you won't be filming if you don't? Then I will What about the side play?!

I can think about it even if I ask for leave... Have you thought about the consequences? Letting the crew dove off halfway is not just a matter of breaching the contract.

Liquidated damages?How much is the liquidated damages worth? I wonder what your liquidated damages are?Don't fucking apologize to me, apologies are useful, why do you need the police!

Okay, I've made up my mind, right? Well, the entertainment industry is so big, there is no impenetrable wall for everything, so I, Qiu, wish you every step of the way! "

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone immediately, raised his hand and slammed it on the ground: "I'm fucking your mother!"

There was a crisp bang, and the mobile phone parts were scattered all over the place.There was an instant silence in the huge room.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a while, the assistant director dared to ask: "Director Qiu, what happened?"

"What happened?" Qiu Kefu spat on the ground, and sneered, "Our female number one released the crew pigeons, saying that it was due to schedule conflicts, so we couldn't shoot. I'm going to fucking schedule conflicts, the contract is more than a month early Just signed it, and now tell me that itinerary conflicts? This is because we think our film is of low quality, and I don’t know which high branch to climb.”

Damn it, it's not easy to find actors for horror movies. When the contract was first signed, there was almost no liquidated damages for showing sincerity.If I had known earlier, I would have set the liquidated damages at tens of millions, and forced her to pay her to death!

"Director Qiu, calm down, it's not worth it to be so angry about this kind of thing." The assistant director comforted: "Fortunately, the leading female role hasn't been filmed yet, so let's find another one."

Qiu Kefu still frowned: Find another one, the lease of this house has only been signed for two months, one of which is that it slows down the crew's progress;

Besides, he chose the lead actress in this drama a long time in advance before finally deciding on it. Because of the needs of the plot, he had to match the temperament of Zhang Yuansheng played by Yu Huo. At this moment, he was in a hurry to find someone. go.

Originally, I was planning to shoot the lead actress tonight, and the costumes and props were all ready, and I was fucking determined to pay attention to breaking the contract, but I had to wait until the last minute to say it. Here we go!

The more Qiu Kefu thought about it, the more annoyed he became, the more he thought about it, the more angry he was, he held his beard and looked up and took a deep breath.

As soon as he lifted it, he happened to see the embers leaning against the railing of the stairs, half of his face was reflected in the candlelight, and half of his face was hidden in the shadows, his black hair was red, his lips were as white as jade, and for a moment he was indistinguishable from male and female, exuding an indescribable radiance. The allure of words.

A thought flashed through his mind, his eyes suddenly became hot, he stared at Yu Huo and said:

"Huo, I wonder if you are interested in playing two roles?"

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