Entertainment 1998

Chapter 612 Chapter 611, Li Lianhua's Efforts

Izumi Sakai left Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture.

This made Jiang Feng feel very regretful.

Because he knew the final outcome of this beautiful Japanese music creator. Izumi Sakai suffered from cervical cancer. During chemotherapy, she unfortunately fell from a three-meter-high platform due to the slippery stairs and died.

If..., Jiang Feng meant that if Izumi Sakai could really get pregnant at this time, maybe her ending would be completely different.

But there is no way, sometimes a person’s fate is predetermined by heaven, and it is too difficult to change it!
"Xiao Qi, what does this letter say?"

Even when Jiang Feng hid in a corner to read a letter, his second sister Jiang Mei would sneak up to him.

But unfortunately, Jiang Mei, who only has a junior high school education, can't understand Japanese at all.

"Um…"

Jiang Feng thought for a moment, then smiled and said, “The owner of this izakaya turned out to be Sachiko Kamachi, a very good friend of mine. I often come here to eat barbecue and drink sake.

But now, she has sold the store, so she left me a letter, saying that since she doesn't plan to open a store in the future, I don't have to pay her back for the wine I owed her two days ago."

"Go! Go! Go…"

Jiang Mei didn't believe Jiang Feng's half-truths at all. She came over with three skewers of grilled chicken, put the plates in front of Jiang Feng, and then lowered her voice.

"Xiao Qi, Liu Jialing has been staying at our house for a few days, and she told me that you've been flirting with other girls all the time, including Wang Zuxian, Zhang Manyu, and Guan Haolin, all of whom are top beauties in the entertainment industry.

This is because Wang Fei is divorced and has children, so she doesn't bother with you. If it were a young girl of your age, she would have quarreled with you many times.

Well, I think it will be the same this time.

You must be messing with the beautiful ladies here again."

"Uh…"

Jiang Feng was a little confused.

I didn’t expect that my second sister Jiang Mei’s intuition was so accurate.

……

Had lunch.

The crew did not take a break and the film "Departures" officially started shooting at 1 p.m.

The first scene that the crew officially filmed was about Tian Liang and Jiang Mei, a couple who are coffin manufacturers from China, who came here to travel and inspect the sales of their coffins in Yamagata Prefecture.

When they walked into a store called Watanabe Funeral Home and were about to have a good chat with the owner, a haggard woman walked in from outside, mumbling something.

My son is leaving.

My daughter is leaving.

I want to buy him a coffin so that she can die peacefully.

Tian Liang and Jiang Mei didn't understand Japanese, but luckily they had a translator. However, when the translator relayed the woman's words to the couple, they were even more confused.

The son is gone, the daughter is gone.

You should buy two coffins, why only one?

The shooting process went very smoothly.

Because Jiang Feng never told them the cause and effect of this plot from beginning to end. Without knowing the cause and effect, they didn't know the specific situation of the woman's son or daughter. Well, he was actually a transgender person.

So, Tian Liang and Jiang Mei were really confused in front of the camera.

The entire shooting process was very short. Even with the preliminary preparations, it was completed in two hours.

When Jiang Feng shouted "Tian Liang and Jiang Mei's play has officially finished filming", the second sister still felt a little regretful.

"Xiao Qi, is this the end?"

"I also want to say in front of the camera that the coffins from Cao County are the best. They allow you Japanese to sleep peacefully!"

"Hahaha…"

As soon as Jiang Mei finished speaking, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Li Dawei and others burst into laughter.

After the filming of the second sister and second brother-in-law was completed, Jiang Feng did not let them return to China immediately. Instead, he asked the sisters Jin Yuji and Jin Jingji to act as guides and take them to travel to Tokyo and Kyoto to see Mount Fuji, the Imperial Palace, and appreciate the ancient buildings here.

It's so hard to have a good time here, why don't you have some fun? !

As soon as they left, Jiang Feng led the crew to shoot the remaining scenes of "The Funeral Director" at full capacity.

"Director Zhang Yimou..."

"Oh..., here it is!" "Rie Miyazawa has already taught you all the Japanese lines, right?"

"You taught me. I have memorized it. If you don't believe me, let me tell you."

"No, let's just shoot it!"

After saying that, Jiang Feng turned around and looked at Li Lianhua. Li Lianhua was very proactive and spoke a few words in Japanese in response to his gaze.

"Director, how do you hear me? Does it sound like the locals speaking Japanese?"

"Well, and I just talked to Ms. Miyazawa Rie, she said she likes you very much, but you just don't pay much attention to her."

Li Lianhua, who has been studying Japanese hard for more than a month, seemed to be showing off, but Jiang Feng ignored her and nodded to Dawei.

He understood what was said and immediately raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

Watanabe Funeral Service

There is a two-story building with a funeral supplies store downstairs. The store sells coffins, sacrificial offerings, incense from China, etc.

The clerk was young, a woman in her 30s, wearing a black suit and a white shirt.

Seeing Jiang Feng coming in from outside, he immediately greeted him with a solemn expression.

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Um…"

Jiang Feng was slightly stunned, smiled apologetically, and pointed upstairs.

"I'm looking for President Watanabe."

"good, very good!"

From the day they officially "experienced life", Jiang Feng, Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei had a clear division of labor: when shooting Jiang Feng, Zhang Yimou was the director; when shooting Zhang Yimou, Jiang Feng was the director; if Zhang Yimou and Jiang Feng appeared in the shot at the same time, then photographer Gu Changwei would take the initiative to assume the role of director.

Just like at this moment, when Jiang Feng and Li Lianhua's scenes were being filmed downstairs, the person sitting behind the director's monitor was Zhang Yimou.

"good, very good!"

After the shooting was completed, Zhang Yimou gave Li Lianhua a thumbs up.

Li Lianhua was very happy to see this and expressed her gratitude to Zhang Yimou immediately.

But as soon as she said thank you, her smile froze on her face.

“Li Lianhua, although you shot the previous part very well, I think you should give me another one, because no matter in real life or in the movie, I am your senior, um, or boss.

Oh, by the way, when you give me one, there is one small thing you need to pay attention to. A good salesperson must know how to convey emotions.

You see, you are a salesperson in a funeral supplies store. When selling supplies, it is far from enough to just have a solemn expression. I think it is better if there is sadness in your eyes.

We need to be able to create an emotional resonance with the customers who come to our store..."

Facing Zhang Yimou's talk about the play, Li Lianhua was a little confused.

Director, if that's the way it is..., are you sure you want me to give you a take instead of asking me to reshoot it? !

Of course, complaints are complaints.

You still have to act.

But when Zhang Yimou stated his requirements, Li Lianhua, who had performed quite well just now, suddenly seemed to have no idea how to act.

Because the sadness in her eyes didn't seem to be acted at all, but was real. When Jiang Feng walked in from outside, this beautiful woman came up to him with tears in her eyes.

"Click..."

Zhang Yimou's tone suddenly turned bad.

"Li Lianhua, you are an employee of a funeral supplies store, and you are promoting your products. When you mistakenly thought that Jiang Feng came in to ask for something, your sadness was "acted", not because your relatives or friends really passed away..."

Eh…

When Zhang Yimou was talking about the play, Li Xing, who was standing next to Jiang Feng, suddenly sighed.

It seems that sister Li Lianhua is really not suitable for being an actress. She is beautiful and hardworking, but her comprehension is really poor, and of course she has no talent for acting. If there is no good film director like Zhang Yimou or Jiang Feng to train her, she will not even be as good as an ordinary actor.

As Li Xing was thinking, Jiang Feng gently nudged her with his elbow.

"What do Tony Leung and Leung Kwok-wing say?
Have they confirmed that they will star in the movie "The Yellow Sea"?

(End of this chapter)