Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The biggest difference between a rich crew and a poor crew was that the poor crew had fewer people and equipment, and even most of the extras were played by the staff of their own crew.
On a street with tall buildings, a man covered in oil was about to take out a one-yuan coin from his trouser pocket to buy a steamed bun sold by a roadside cart, but his foot slipped and the coin in his hand rolled out along the floor tiles.
The poor man was about to chase after it, but a sports car that looked shiny in the sun rushed out from the opposite side and stopped just above the coin. His throat moved, he turned his head to look at the uncle selling steamed buns next to him, rushed forward suddenly, and lay on the ground to pick the one-yuan coin out from under the car.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, the car door suddenly opened, and the camera gave a shot to the shoes that first stretched out of the car door, followed by the long legs, and finally fell on the good-looking chin along the elegant casual suit.
“Hello, is there any trouble?” You could only see his chin move, but his words were very polite.
The camera turned to the male protagonist, who was lying on the ground, staring at the car owner in a daze. His silly look was particularly funny. The camera followed his gaze and turned to the car owner again. The camera gradually moved up along the white chin. The slightly upturned lips, straight nose and peach blossom eyes that women liked hidden under the gold-rimmed glasses. He was indescribably handsome.
“Is there anything good under the car?” The car owner bent down elegantly, smiled and stretched out his hand to the down-and-out man, saying, “If you have nothing to do, please get up.”
The white and slender fingers stretched in front of the male protagonist made the male protagonist’s dirty face seem even dirtier.
“Okay, cut!” Zhang Shuo clapped his hands happily, “Mr. Lu’s acting is really good. It’s a pity that he doesn’t join this circle!”
Yan Mu, who was sitting next to him, glanced at him, “If he becomes an actor, it will be even more of a pity for other industries.”
Zhang Shuo then remembered that there was someone sitting next to him. He shook the fan in his hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and laughed, “Of course, someone like Mr. Lu won’t be an actor. I’m just praising Mr. Lu for his good acting skills.” As a person who had never been in contact with filming, Lu Chengyu had a good grasp of the positioning. Although he NGed several times, his performance was remarkable, much better than the heroine in this play.
“Director Zhang, is this shot passed?” Lu Chengyu walked over, walked behind the monitor and looked at his performance just now. Seeing Yan Mu handing him a bottle of water, he took it and drank a few big sips, and squeezed next to Yan Mu to blow the wind from the fan. In his previous life, when he worked in an entertainment agency, he worked as an assistant to an artist and also worked in a crew. He thus knew a little about acting, so he adapted quickly.
Seeing this, the makeup artist took the opportunity to touch up his makeup and said while touching up his makeup: “Mr. Lu, you looked so handsome just now!”
Lu Chengyu laughed, and after finishing his makeup, he put on his plain glasses again and said to Yan Mu beside him: “Boss, I still have two shots left, and I will be done soon.”
“Well, don’t worry.” Yan Mu took a plastic round fan next to him and fanned Lu Chengyu a few times. Seeing that he was in a hurry to get to the next shot, he was worried that talking would affect the other party’s mood during filming, so he didn’t say much.
“Thank you,” Lu Chengyu noticed Yan Mu’s actions and smiled at him gratefully. Seeing that the script supervisor was ready, he put down the water in his hand and prepared to start filming. He smiled at Yan Mu again before standing up. In short, he had met a very kind boss.
The following shots were of how the male protagonist broke the elegance of the tall, rich and handsome man in a funny way, and then the tall, rich and handsome man could only leave with a gloomy face. The last shot was of the sports car rushing out and spraying the male protagonist’s face with exhaust gas.
After shooting a few shots, it was already noon. Lu Chengyu took off his glasses and hurried to the makeup area to get his makeup removed. Seeing the tall Yan Mu still sitting on the short broken stool, he quickened his pace and walked to Yan Mu, stroking his wet hair: “Boss, let’s go.”
Yan Mu stood up, thought for a while, turned around, picked up the fan with the words “For infertility, go to xx hospital” printed on it and handed it to Lu Chengyu, “Fan yourself to cool down.”
Lu Chengyu didn’t mind that this fan was given away for free by some roadside hospital for publicity. He just took the fan and started shaking it. He also asked Director Zhang to buy ice drinks for the crew before leaving with Yan Mu, fanning himself.
Zhang Shuo watched Lu Chengyu and the man who didn’t like to talk from beginning to end get into the Aston Martin sports car and leave. He found the assistant director beside him and said, “Go to the producer to ask for money to buy ice water. This is what Mr. Lu said.” Although he didn’t know the man who was called boss by Mr. Lu, his intuition told him that they couldn’t offend someone who could casually lend out a luxury car worth tens of millions.
In the car, Lu Chengyu was still fanning himself desperately: “I almost ran into a tree when I was driving this car just now. Boss, can we turn down the air conditioning?” Sure enough, driving a luxury car would make your hands tremble.
“I don’t like driving this kind of car either,” Yan Mu looked straight ahead and controlled the speed steadily, “You can’t be blown by too cold wind now, you will catch a cold.”
Lu Chengyu: “…”
Did he mean that he didn’t like this car?
Seeing that Lu Chengyu didn’t speak, Yan Mu thought he was angry about the air conditioning, so he slowed down the car and looked at him sideways
Glancing at him, he said earnestly: “The air-conditioning temperature being too low is really bad for the body.” Then he turned on the CD and started playing light music.
Lu Chengyu nodded silently, but the speed of shaking the fan slowed down. He leaned against the car window, looked outside and said lazily: “I only had half a day of rest this weekend. I find that the rest time is always shorter than the working time.”
“Well, the rest time is only two days,” Yan Mu nodded in agreement, “You will have less vacation time in the future.” Recently, there was no need to travel, so Lu Chengyu could be so free. After all the work was done, there would not even be these two days a week for vacation.
Lu Chengyu shook his head helplessly and put the fan on the seat, “I have accepted my fate.”
Yan Mu pursed his lips and did not speak. He didn’t know whether Lu Chengyu was really sorry for the reduction of vacation time or was just saying it casually.
The pipa played a cheerful rhythm in the background while Lu Chengyu and Yan Mu talked about some meaningless nonsense along the way. Finally, they arrived at the place to eat. This was a very exquisitely decorated Chinese restaurant. Because it was past the peak time for lunch, there were already empty seats in the usually busy restaurant.
Following Lu Chengyu into the Chinese restaurant and eating delicious and inexpensive dishes, Yan Mu suddenly discovered that his new assistant seemed to know a lot about the delicacies in all corners of Beijing.
After dinner, the two returned to the car, and Yan Mu said, “You know Beijing well.”
“I’ve lived here for more than 20 years, so I know a little bit about it,” Lu Chengyu yawned, “My parents were also people who loved food, so I have been to many places with them since I was a child.”
Thinking of what Cao Jingshen had mentioned to him, Yan Mu pondered for a while and said, “This is good. I have been abroad for a long time, and I haven’t tasted many delicious things in China.”
“That’s okay, I’ll ask you to come with me in the future,” Lu Chengyu smiled, “I’m just afraid that you won’t be used to the taste of some things.”
“No,” Yan Mu shook his head, “I’m not picky.”
Such a person didn’t look like a foodie at first glance. Lu Chengyu glanced at Yan Mu. As a foodie, he not only had a keen exploration function for food, but also had a picky taste. Not being picky was simply affecting the reputation of the foodie faction.
“I will definitely not forget to call you when I find a delicious place.” Lu Chengyu looked at the scenery passing by the window. Eating with one more person was always more appetizing than eating alone.
Yan Mu nodded solemnly. After sending Lu Chengyu downstairs of his community, he also reminded Lu Chengyu specially. Only after getting Lu Chengyu’s guarantee did he let Lu Chengyu go upstairs.
When he returned home and walked to the balcony, he saw Yan Mu’s car slowly turning around and driving out of the community. He held the balcony railing, chuckled, picked up the watering can and started watering the cactus on the balcony.
As for such trivial matters as not watering flowers and plants at noon in summer, he simply couldn’t remember it.
Yan Mu was about to go home, but he received a call from Zhuang Yu, saying that his car broke down halfway, so he had to drive over to pick up Zhuang Yu.
When he arrived, Zhuang Yu’s car had been towed away, and Zhuang Yu was left squatting under a tree waiting for him.
As soon as Zhuang Yu saw him, he rushed over, opened the car door and got in. He sighed: “It’s so hot today. Ouch, damn, what is this?” He felt like something was uncomfortable under his butt. After reaching out and taking it out to see what it was, he looked at Yan Mu with a complicated expression. This low-quality plastic fan didn’t look like something Yan Mu would use, and what was painted on the fan?
Yan Mu glanced at him, “What’s wrong?”
Perhaps Yan Mu’s expression was too calm, so Zhuang Yu couldn’t ask anything. He threw the fan to the back seat, “This car is the one your friend wanted to borrow, why are you driving it?”
“He is done with it,” Yan Mu paused, “Didn’t your car just get checked? How come it broke down halfway?”
“How should I know,” Zhuang Yu smiled strangely, “They think I care about the bank, it does not even make as much as the money made by the cinema under my name.”
Yan Mu was silent for a while: “Anyway, you should be more careful.”
Zhuang Yu sneered and began to lean back in his chair with his eyes closed. Obviously, mentioning those people at home made him feel bad.
Yan Mu turned down the volume of the CD. While waiting for the traffic light, he suddenly thought of Lu Chengyu. He wondered how he usually spent his time after work?
After sweeping the pile of fruit peels and paper scraps on the coffee table into the trash can, Lu Chengyu looked at the time. It was almost ten o’clock in the evening. He stretched himself, looked at the people in the forum who were angered by him, and turned off the computer while humming a song in a good mood.
At this time, he received a call from his cousin Lu Dong, who invited him to attend his and Shen Min’s wedding next Saturday.
After promising to be there on time, Lu Chengyu heard the beeping sound after the other party hung up the call neatly, as if the owner of the phone was in a hurry to call someone else.
It was time to give money as a gift again. Lu Chengyu touched his wallet, adjusted the air conditioner temperature, and rolled over the comfortable big bed.
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