Entertainment 1998

Chapter 663: Infernal Affairs Completed

The crew members of "Infernal Affairs" moved very quickly. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the monks of Wanfo Temple had just finished their morning prayers, and everyone had already set up the shooting scene in the Main Hall.

Six young extras and Edison Chen stood in a row, facing the statue of Buddha, each holding a wine glass in their hands. Zeng Zhiwei, who has been in trouble recently, faced everyone with a serious face.

Seeing that everything was ready, Liu Weiqiang, who had just finished a phone call, sat behind the director's monitor and snapped his fingers.

Upon seeing this, the script manager immediately raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

"Five years ago, the parking stall of the Imperial Palace Restaurant in Daxing Village, Tunmen, opened with great success. My brothers and I were ambitious, but who would have thought that within less than half a month of opening, the restaurant was raided an average of seven times a day. Within a year, six of my brothers died."

Having said this, Zeng Zhiwei, who had his back to the Buddha statue, slowly turned around, picked up a stick of incense from the incense table, lit it, bowed to the Buddha, and inserted the tall incense stick into the incense burner. Then he picked up a wine glass from the incense table and faced everyone again.

“Buddha bless you!
The fortune teller said that I was a 'general whose merits would be forgotten forever', but I disagree.

I believe that for those who are out there, life or death is up to them to decide. You have been with me for the shortest time and have the cleanest background, so you can choose your own path. Well, I wish you all the best in the police department!
Cheers, officers! "

After saying this, Zeng Zhiwei's expression was somewhat aloof and somewhat tragic. He tilted his head back and drank the white wine in the glass.

……

"Clap clap clap..."

At this point in the performance, before director Liu Weiqiang even shouted the command, applause and cheers broke out on the set.

We are all people in the circle, and everyone can see how this scene is performed. In just 1 minute and 43 seconds, Zeng Zhiwei portrayed the image of a man who is in trouble but has a stubborn personality and never gives up to perfection.

Looking at such a wonderful performance, Jiang Feng also applauded enthusiastically.

I have to say that the role of Brother Chen is suitable for Zeng Zhiwei, because Zeng Zhiwei's personality and recent experiences make him simply the "Brother Chen" in the entertainment industry.

After receiving the compliment, he looked at Liu Weiqiang again and saw that he also indicated that the scene was over. Zeng Zhiwei, with a serious face, straightened his clothes, walked out of the main hall, and walked straight to Jiang Feng and stood still without looking around.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

"I like listening to the songs you sing and watching the movies you directed. For example, I watched the recently released "The Departed" three times with my family.

Back to reality, although we don’t interact much in the crew and we don’t talk much, but you can’t do this to me, right? "

"What do you mean?" Jiang Feng gradually put away his smile.

"What do you mean? Haha, Brother Feng, you are really good at acting." Zeng Zhiwei suddenly sneered.

"I heard that I've been in trouble since I joined the crew of Infernal Affairs. It was actually you who was responsible."

"Well... where is the evidence?" Jiang Feng asked with the same seriousness.

"If I had evidence, I would have killed you long ago. But just wait, sooner or later I will..."

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Before Zeng Zhiwei could finish his angry words, he heard a snapping sound, and then his entire right face became numb. Then there was another snapping sound, this time on his left face.

"Jiang Feng, you!"

Zeng Zhiwei was stunned by the beating.

In the past, I was a big mouth in the circle, saying that a certain female star had a sausage-like mouth. When she came out of the bar, she was put in a sack and beaten, and then she had 29 stitches, but they did it behind her back.

But you actually dared to hit me in front of the Buddha, and there were so many colleagues in the circle watching...

If I don't fight back, how am I going to survive in the industry?

But just as Zeng Zhiwei clenched his fist, he saw Jiang Feng take out a red recorder from his pocket.

"You got into trouble yourself, but you said I was behind you and framed you without any evidence. This is slander. I asked you for evidence, but you wanted to kill me. This is a threat and intimidation.

what's going on?

Mr. Zeng Zhiwei, do you think I can't afford a lawyer in Hong Kong Island? "

"hiss…"

Zeng Zhiwei took a breath of cold air. It was not because Jiang Feng was fully prepared and ran over to confront him, but because he even prepared a recorder.

But because it hurts!
Suddenly Jiang Feng slapped him twice. It was so painful that Zeng Zhiwei could even feel his cheeks swelling up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Lao Zeng, Jiang Feng, calm down, calm down, what are you two doing? We are all filming in the same crew. Even if we are not brothers, we are still friends. What misunderstandings can't be talked about?"

Director Liu Wei Qiang ran very fast. Seeing Jiang Feng put the recorder back into his pocket and was about to take action, he immediately ran over and separated the taciturn Zeng Zhiwei and the rather strong Jiang Feng.

"Lao Zeng, first of all, you are wrong. If you have evidence to prove that Jiang Feng is the cause of your recent troubles, then you can call the police to arrest him."

"Jiang Feng, you are also wrong. We are all friends. Lao Zeng just came here to ask if this matter has anything to do with you.

If there is a relationship, then there is a relationship. Please explain the reason.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Look, why are you still fighting?"

King Liu is worthy of being King Liu.

He is a great artist when it comes to smoothing things over. He can criticize both sides without offending either side.

The crew originally assigned the reporters who came to interview the crew an interview area outside the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple. However, someone in the crew tipped off the crew that Jiang Feng and Zeng Zhiwei had a fight on the set, and Zeng Zhiwei's face was swollen from being hit by Jiang Feng.

So, these entertainment media reporters rushed into the Wanfo Temple, ignoring the obstruction of the crew members, and ran to Zeng Zhiwei and Jiang Feng, pointing the microphones and recorders at them. Well, there were also two cameras filming them.

"Mr. Zeng, what's wrong with your face?"

"Mr. Zeng, is your face so swollen because Jiang Feng beat you?"

"Jiang Feng, may I ask why you hit someone?"

"Mr. Zeng, the corner of your mouth is bleeding. Do you need me to call a doctor? Or call the police."

Facing the interviews from the reporters, Jiang Feng did not speak, but looked at director Liu Weiqiang and producer Liu Tianwang.

He beat people because Zeng Zhiwei deserved to be beaten, and after beating people, Jiang Feng thought that he should abide by the rules.

On the set, the producer is the most important, and the director is second. When facing a reporter's interview, whether an actor can answer something, or how to answer, everything depends on the opinions of the producer and director. Jiang Feng knew this.

Liu Weiqiang and Liu Tianwang also knew that in this very delicate situation, they had to make a quick decision on how to face the interviews with reporters.

Although they knew it, Liu Wei Qiang and Liu Tian Wang were guys without their own opinions, or their opinion was to smooth things over. Therefore, Liu Wei Qiang and Liu Tian Wang didn't know what to let Jiang Feng and Zeng Zhiwei say, or what to let Zeng Zhiwei and Jiang Feng do.

However, Liu Weiqiang and King Liu were lucky. When the scene suddenly became quiet, a woman holding a mobile phone in the crowd of reporters suddenly screamed:

"Ah..., Luo Zhaohui, Luo Zhaohui was actually instructed by the famous mainland director Kaige!

Two minutes ago, our Apple Daily reporter saw with his own eyes the former real estate prodigy sneaking to Maoer Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing.

Then, he knocked on the gate of No. 13 in this alley, and Kai Ge, a famous mainland film director, happily walked out of the gate and greeted him in person. "

"Fuck, no way."

Upon hearing this latest news, not only were the entertainment reporters stunned, but even the crew and actors of "Infernal Affairs" were all so surprised that they were speechless.

Zeng Zhiwei just said that it was Jiang Feng who did it, how come in the blink of an eye, he became Director Kaige who has nothing to do with him? !
Just when everyone was stunned, Zeng Zhiwei whimpered twice, then took his short legs and ran to the parking lot outside the Wanfo Temple.

……

Zeng Zhiwei ran away.

He said two words while running, but because his face was swollen, no one could understand what he said.

The reporters followed suit.

They wanted to catch the hot news as soon as possible. It turned out that there was a reason why Zeng Zhiwei was surrounded and attacked by so many people.

After the reporter and Zeng Zhiwei left, the crew of "Infernal Affairs" started packing up and preparing to move. The scenes at Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery had been completed, and they would go to No. 75 Chai Wan Road, or Lei Yue Mun Park, in the afternoon to shoot the scenes of "Edison Chen entering the police academy" and "Jiang Feng being expelled from the police academy".

However, the crew had just loaded the props, lighting equipment, and camera equipment into the car, and had not yet discussed where to go for lunch, when they met Wang Fei and Liu Jialing who had rushed over after hearing the news. When these two beauties heard that Jiang Feng had beaten Zeng Zhiwei on the set, they immediately rushed to the Wanfo Temple.

Well, luckily, we met at the entrance of Wanfo Temple.

“Fuck, no way?!

Director Kai Ge and Zeng Zhiwei have a feud? "

As people in the industry, Wang Fei and Liu Jialing's first reaction when they heard the news relayed by director Liu Weiqiang was disbelief.

Lao Chen is a mainland film director. Apart from the contact with Hong Kong celebrities and artistes during the filming of "Farewell My Concubine" that year, they have never even met each other at other times, let alone any cooperation.

Without cooperation, there will basically be no conflicts.

If there is no contradiction, then why did the usually gentle and elegant director Kaige want to kill Lao Zeng? Was it because he disliked Lao Zeng?

"Um…"

Facing their questions, Jiang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "I have always felt that Director Kaige is a person with a strong sense of justice.

Charity performances for disaster relief, donations of money and materials, and speaking up for the disadvantaged groups in society.

I believe that this time, when he saw Lao Zeng's unbearable behavior on the Internet, he was moved with sympathy and began to collect evidence widely, ready to fight for the majority of women? ! "

"Well, it should be possible."

Thinking of director Kaige's righteous face, Wang Fei, Liu Jialing, and director Liu Weiqiang who had been standing next to them all nodded.

It can be regarded as an acknowledgement of Jiang Feng's point of view.

But at this moment, producer King Liu came over, and behind him was the boss of Media Asia Film Company, Peter Lam.

Lin Jianyue also rushed over after hearing that Jiang Feng beat Zeng Zhiwei on the set of "Infernal Affairs". He was relieved to see that everyone was fine.

"I know about the conflict between Zeng Zhiwei and director Kai Ge. This is what happened." Seeing everyone's curiosity, Lin Jianyue stood in the parking lot and spoke with a smile.

“Before the filming of Infernal Affairs started, Director Kai Ge once came to Hong Kong Island with a film script called The Promise to solicit investment, hoping that Hong Kong film and television companies would invest in the Chinese version of The Lord of the Rings.

The first person to get the movie script of "The Promise" was Zeng Zhiwei, because he and his good friends Patrick Tam and Pak-cheung Chan jointly established a company called Oriental Charm Group, and this company went public last year.

Director Kai Ge felt that as insiders, Oriental Charm Company should understand movie scripts.

But when Zeng Zhiwei saw the movie script, he immediately cursed it as garbage and threw it into the trash can. "

At this point, in front of everyone, Lin Jianyue smiled and said, "If it's just like this, it's fine. After all, they are here to solicit investment, and whether they invest or not depends on your willingness.

If you think there is money to be made, invest!

If you think there's no money to be made, then forget it.

But who is Zeng Zhiwei? He is a famous big mouth in the circle. He tells everyone that "The Promise" is a pile of shit, not only has no investment value, but also stinks..."

"what…"

"Ha ha…"

After hearing Lin Jianyue's retelling, everyone was shocked at first, and then laughed out loud. It's not surprising that Zeng Zhiwei would shout about things he doesn't like to everyone he meets, which really fits his personality.

Of course, it’s no surprise that we’re being targeted now.

……

Boss Lin is here.

The crew was originally worrying about where to have lunch today, but now, no one is worried anymore.

Lin Jianyue was in a good mood and waved his hand, and took everyone to the filming location of the next scene - Lei Yue Mun Park at 75 Chai Wan Road.

Lei Yue Mun Park is not only a park, but also a resort. The resort has a tennis center, an archery center, a sports factory, a family camping house and a seafood restaurant that can accommodate 300 people at the same time.

It is more than enough for more than 100 crew members and actors to dine here. Of course, since the seafood specialty restaurant of Lei Yue Mun Park Resort serves fresh seafood just caught from the sea, the cost is more expensive than other hotels.

But this amount of money is really nothing to Lin Jianyue, who is worth 4 or 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In a good mood, he led the team to a seafood restaurant and told everyone to start eating. Isn't it the standard price of 500 Hong Kong dollars per person? !
You know, only when everyone is well fed can they work at full capacity.

I don’t know if it was because of the very happy lunch on September 9nd, but in the following notices, the filming of "Infernal Affairs" crew was getting smoother and smoother. The filming task that was originally expected to be completed on September 2th, on the afternoon of September 9th, the crew only had the last scene left.

However, this is also the most classic scene in "Infernal Affairs", [The Confrontation on the Rooftop].

(End of this chapter)