Porcelain to Porcelain

Lu Qiu was very happy because the crew could return to China five days earlier than expected.

In the studio, with Lu Qiu's "click", the final shooting shot came to a successful conclusion.The crew opened the champagne they had prepared long ago, and sprinkled it on the actors hugging and cheering.

Lu Qiu and Zac were hugged the most, and when they were so beautiful, they both took the opportunity to eat tofu.

Zach broke free from the crowd, pushed aside the crowd again, and hugged Lu Qiu bearily.

"Qiu! Hope to work with you again in the future." Obviously, Zach is very satisfied with "The Mummy".

When Lu Qiu heard this, he was very happy. "The Mummy" had a better box office, and he wanted to shoot the next two sequels.

Except for Zach, Susan's salary is similar to her in North America.

Western film circles have always been superior to Asian film circles.It is a great honor for an oriental person to play a supporting role in a Hollywood movie, and the entertainment newspapers will report it at length. On the contrary, unless a Western actor is poor in the industry, he will accept the invitation of an Asian film company to make a movie to make money.Zach and Zach's agent are willing to condescend to come to Asia to film because of Lu Qiu's friendship and talent.

Zach and Zach's agent are willing to condescend to come to Asia to film because of Lu Qiu's friendship and talent.Susan is not well-known herself, and Zach strongly invites her.

If you want to make a sequel, it is best to use the original crew. Zach can take the initiative to express his sincerity for cooperation, and it will save a lot of trouble in negotiating contracts in the future.Zach's agent is very powerful, and Lu Qiu offered a very high salary for Zach's starring role.Of course, this salary is not outrageous compared to Zach's worth in Hollywood, only quite.

If "The Mummy" is successful, the salaries of the main actors will have to rise by one liter, and the actors themselves are willing to make a sequel, so the salary increase will not be too outrageous.

The original budget of "The Mummy" was 1.5 million RMB, but by the time the shooting was completed, the production cost had already exceeded.The post-production special effects and publicity of the film are very expensive, and 2 million yuan may not be used.

Hwaseong didn't blame "The Mummy" for the serious overspending of the production cost, because "Ghost Love" was a huge hit, and the box office made everyone laugh from ear to ear. No one blamed Lu Qiu for the mere tens of millions.

The finale banquet of "The Mummy" was scheduled to be held in the most luxurious hotel in the capital of country X. The crew had a carnival all night, and Lu Qiu was drunk by everyone. He woke up scratching his head the next day, and immediately went to check his phone.

Zhou Hongxun's calls and text messages did not reply on the mobile phone.

Yesterday, the bus that the film crew took was within the range of mobile phone signal, so Lu Qiu hurriedly dialed Zhou Hongxun's number in China.

The call was transferred to voicemail, so Lu Qiu had no choice but to send a text message to Zhou Hongxun.

From yesterday's text message to today's more than ten hours, Lu Qiu has almost never encountered a situation where Zhou Hongxun has not responded.

Lu Qiu pondered, maybe there was a problem with the transmission, and Zhou Hongxun's mobile phone did not receive the message due to a malfunction or other reasons.Thinking about it this way, Lu Qiu was not in a hurry to contact Zhou Hongxun, thinking that Hong Kong City would give him another surprise.

After a day of recuperation at the Capital Hotel, the crew returned by flight.

The flight landed in Hong Kong, and the non-mainland actors bid farewell to the crew.Returning from Hong Kong, Zach, Susan and John's special effects team returned to the United States.

In the VIP lounge of Hong Kong City Airport, Lu Qiu dialed Zhou Hongxun's number again, and this time he got through.

"Hongxun, guess where I am now?" Lu Qiu opened his mouth wide open, thinking that Zhou Hongxun, who was opposite him, would be like him after hearing the news.

"That, I'm Wente."

Went's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's Wen Te, where's Mr. Zhou?" Lu Qiu couldn't help being embarrassed. He called Zhou Hongxun's other number if he knew about it. .

"Mr. Zhou is in a meeting, so it's inconvenient to answer."

"Oh, Wen Te, after Mr. Zhou's meeting is over, you can tell me that the crew has returned to China early, and they will arrive at the new airport at about seven o'clock in the evening."

"Okay, I will definitely tell Mr. Zhou to know."

When Zhou Hongxun returned to the office, Wen Te rushed over to announce the good news immediately.

"Mr. Zhou, the crew of "The Mummy" has finished filming ahead of schedule. Director Lu is already in Hong Kong City, and he will arrive at the new airport at seven o'clock in the evening."

After Wen Te reported, he put the temporarily managed mobile phone on the boss's desk.

Zhou Hongxun didn't show the expected happiness, didn't even raise his head, and waved his hand impatiently at Wen Te.

"I see, you go down and sort out the materials submitted by the development team, and send them to me before get off work."

"Yes!"

Wen Te rubbed his nose, his face turned bitter, he wanted to finish the tasks ordered by the boss before get off work, so he had to save time in going to the bathroom.

Reminiscent of Qian Guojun's kind words a few days ago, Wen Te came to his senses, something happened between the boss and Lu Qiu.

After Wen Te left, Zhou Hongxun moved his eyes to the phone with gloomy eyes.

The crew of "The Mummy" was reported back to China, and media reporters rushed to the scene. Lu Qiu was surrounded for interviews as soon as he got off the plane.

[Excuse me, is it true that Huacheng announced that the box office of "Human Ghost" exceeded 2 million? 】

Lu Qiu: "It has already exceeded."

[An insider revealed that the box office of the movie "Ghost Love" is not good, and overseas false reports are serious. 】

Lu Qiu smiled: "If there is such an insider in Huacheng Company, he (she) must belong to the company's deception department, and deceit the colleagues to relax the competition."

There was laughter all around.

[Excuse me, Director Lu, when will the new film "The Mummy" be released? 】

Lu Qiu: "The post-production is going well, and I can meet you all on May Day."

Both special effects and transliteration take time.

[Director Lu, can you tell the public what kind of movie "The Mummy" is. 】

Director Lu: "The Mummy" is a ghost movie that integrates action, thriller, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy and horror. It is worth looking forward to!

[Director Lu, why didn't Tang Lei go to Central Asia with the crew? Did she refuse to play Concubine An in order to take over Director Xie's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? 】

Lu Qiu shook his head: "Tang Lei didn't join the crew this time, it's Concubine An's play that has already been filmed in China."

[Tang Lei played Yu Jiaolong because Director Lu strongly recommended it? 】

Lu Qiu denied it outright: "No, it's Director Xie's own preference."

The reporter bowed his head and wrote shorthand in a small notebook: Lu Qiu tried his best to get rid of Tang Lei in order to cover up the truth

Lu Qiu consciously answered in a satisfactory manner, but the reporter was using his imagination.

Lu Qiu was pestered by reporters for more than half an hour before breaking out of the encirclement, and took Zhang Resistance to wait for the commercial vehicle to pick him up.

Secretary You, who came to pick him up, sat in the commercial vehicle.

On the surface, Secretary You came to pick up the boss, but in fact he was picking up her boyfriend.As soon as Xiao Zhang got into the car, Secretary You snuggled up to him like a bird, and the two of them nestled in the corner of the car, whispering and chatting non-stop while no one was paying attention.

After Lu Qiu was force-fed dog food, he remembered an oversight.The exit channel was blocked just now, and the phone didn't have time to turn on.

After the phone was turned on, there was a beeping sound. Lu Qiu thought that there must be Zhou Hongxun's call and text message, but turned to the end, and he didn't see a word from Boss Zhou.

Lu Qiu feels sorry for Zhou Hongxun, thinking that Zhou Hongxun must be too busy to spare time to call and text him.

Believing that Zhou Hongxun was too busy with work, Lu Qiu went directly to Wen Te.

"Went, how long will it be before Mr. Zhou gets off work?"

"Huh?" Wen Te on the other end of the phone was stunned. "Well, Mr. Zhou has left the company."

Already off work?

Lu Qiu couldn't help being surprised, since Zhou Hongxun had time to call him back since he was off work.

"Didi, are you in Shanghai?"

"Hmm." Lu Qiu was unhappy, what the hell was Zhou Hongxun doing? "Mr. Zhou is busy recently?"

"Well, the end of each year is the busiest time for the company, and besides, Mr. Zhou's temper recently...is not very good." Wen Te euphemistically told Lu Qiu about Zhou Hongxun's abnormality.

"Okay, I get it now."

Lu Qiu understood that Zhou Hongxun's temper became irritable due to work pressure.

Forget it, I won't call on the way, and I will comfort Zhou Hongxun when I go back to meet him.Lu Qiu put away his phone and made a decision.

The commercial vehicle picked up by the company first sent Lu Qiu to the apartment.

Lu Qiu went upstairs and opened the door. Except for the sensor light at the door, the living room and the three rooms were dark, and Mrs. Tian and Zhou Hongxun were not there.

After putting down the big and small luggage, Lu Qiu went to the kitchen to have a look. The kitchen was cold and the stove was cold. It seemed that no fireworks had been lit for several days.

Leaving the kitchen dejectedly, Lu Qiu fell on the sofa, tired and hungry, and still suffocated.

Lu Qiu originally planned to surprise Zhou Hongxun at Hong Kong City Airport, and then Zhou Hongxun would naturally arrange a candlelight dinner for the two of them, so he did not inform Mrs. Tian of the return trip.So it's understandable that Mrs. Tian didn't prepare dinner when she wasn't here.

What is unforgivable is that Zhou Hongxun, if he didn't wait for him in the apartment and didn't tell him, and he didn't ask Mrs. Tian to cook dinner for him, it was really intolerable.

Lu Qiu angrily dialed Zhou Hongxun's mobile phone, but it took a long time for the phone to connect.

"Hong Xun, I'm back!" Lu Qiu's voice was full of grievances.

After five or six seconds, there was a sound over there.

"Oh!" Zhou Hongxun's pronunciation was extremely hoarse.

"Why is your voice so hoarse?"

After another three or four seconds, Zhou Hongxun answered.

"I am sick."

"Ah, is the cold serious? Have you seen a doctor? Where are you now? I'll be there right away." Lu Qiu was full of concern and anxiety.

"You don't need to use it!" This sentence was very powerful to stop him. "I...have taken the medicine, just sleep...it will be fine."

"Okay, you have a good rest. If you can't do it, let Dr. Liang take a look." Dr. Liang is the family doctor Zhou Hongxun hired for his mother and stepfather.

"Yeah." Zhou Hongxun snorted vaguely, but couldn't tell whether it was a promise or a perfunctory one.

"You go to sleep, I'll see you tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Lu Qiu thoughtfully hung up the phone, forgiving Zhou Hongxun's hoarse throat and saying less.

At the end of the phone call, Lu Qiu's suffocation turned into emotion. Zhou Hongxun was so moved that he didn't want to infect himself because of his illness, so he ran away...to recuperate from his illness.

Eh, I forgot to ask where Zhou Hongxun was recuperating.

Since Zhou Hongxun didn't want the cold virus to affect him, he certainly wouldn't go back to Xiao's house and infect his mother and stepfather with the virus.

Affected by Lu Qiu's nagging all day long that Shanghai's house price will be close to that of Tokyo, Japan, Zhou Hongxun has successively bought two apartments, one villa, and two old Western-style buildings during the Republic of China in the past year.

The villa has not yet received the keys, and the two western-style old buildings are being refurbished. The two apartments are hardcover existing houses with living facilities inside, ready to move in at any time.These two apartments, one in Pudong and the other in South District, are a bit far from Feixun.

Zhou Hongxun didn't come to the co-living apartment, and didn't go to Xiao's house, he would only live in these two apartments.

Lu Qiu was not sure which set Zhou Hongxun lived in, so he sent a text message to Zhou Hongxun to ask.

My throat is hard to speak, and I can type with my fingers.

After four or five minutes, Zhou Hongxun came back after replying.

【No need to come here, someone will take care of you here】

Lu Qiu looked at the reply, shook his head and smiled, feeling that Zhou Hongxun was a bit childish for the first time.Children hide when they are sick, and they don't want to be seen haggard when they are sick.

Consciously understanding the reason for Zhou Hongxun's abnormality, Lu Qiu felt much better, pressed his stomach, got up and opened the refrigerator to find food to fill his stomach.

There are plenty of ingredients in the refrigerator, and Lu Qiu didn't want to make a big move, so he simply made a bowl of beef and mushroom noodles with beef.

Too hungry, Lu Qiu felt that the noodle soup he made had reached the level of a top chef.

After eating the noodles and taking a shower, Lu Qiu lay down on the bed and had a good night's sleep.

In a five-star VIP suite in Shanghai, Zhou Hongxun leaned on the sofa and sat on the carpet, his bathrobe was half uncovered, his hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were five or six empty wine bottles standing or upside down around him.