Entertainment 1998

Chapter 665 Chapter 664: Bright and beautiful on the outside, but a mess on the inside

"You undercover guys are really interesting. You always meet on the rooftop."

"I'm not like you, I'm aboveboard!"

At this point, Jiang Feng asked, "Did you bring what I want?"

"I have brought what you want, but you may not have what I want." King Liu turned around with his back to Jiang Feng.

"What do you mean? Are you here to bask in the sun?" Jiang Feng suddenly laughed.

"Give me a chance. I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good person."

"Okay..." Facing King Liu's plea, Jiang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Go talk to the judge and see if he agrees to let you be a good person."

"Then let me die."

"Sorry, I'm a policeman!" Jiang Feng immediately made his position clear.

"Who knows?" King Liu asked back.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng suddenly raised his right hand and pressed the muzzle of the gun against King Liu's forehead.

……

"OK, passed!"

"Now I declare that the film Infernal Affairs has officially finished filming."

The 2 minute and 06 second "rooftop confrontation" was filmed simultaneously by three cameras. Jiang Feng and King Liu shot it in one take, which made director Liu Weiqiang very excited.

After the filming was announced to be completed, he stood up from behind the director's monitor, took off his headphones, ran over and hugged Jiang Feng.

King Liu was also very excited.

I had made all the preparations, as this important scene was supposed to be filmed until five or six in the afternoon, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Both myself and Jiang Feng were in great shape and had good acting skills, so I managed to get the scene in just one take.

So, when he saw the excited Liu Weiqiang and Jiang Feng hugging each other, he also hugged them, but just as he put his arms on Liu Weiqiang and Jiang Feng's shoulders, he heard Jiang Feng whispered:

"Brother Hua, Director, let me tell you something. Don't make a fuss or be surprised. The prop gun the crew gave me just now was not loaded with blanks, and the safety was also opened. It is ready to fire at any time."

"what…"

"Fuck..."

Although Jiang Feng had been reminded in advance, Liu Weiqiang and Liu Tianwang still let out a small exclamation.

In Hong Kong Island, film and television crews generally use two types of firearms when shooting gun battle movies. One is a highly realistic gun that can imitate the sound of a real gun firing, as well as the flames that spray out of the muzzle when the trigger is pulled.

The other type is a real gun. When shooting a movie, in order to make the performance more realistic, blank bullets are usually used. Even if the blank bullets hit a person, it will not be very dangerous.

At most there will be a red dot on the skin.

But now, Jiang Feng actually said that the gun he used for filming was loaded with real bullets, and the safety was opened and ready to be fired at any time, which made King Liu sweat profusely.

If Jiang Feng accidentally pulled the trigger, or if this old gun suddenly went off, his life would be lost.

Don’t think this never happened. If you don’t believe me, check how Bruce Lee’s son Brandon Lee died.

Fortunately, at this time, because the filming of "Infernal Affairs" had been completed, the crew members and the actors who came to watch the filming were all jumping for joy, and no one noticed the strangeness of the three men hugging each other.

"Who did it?" Liu Weiqiang asked in a low voice.

"I don't know. You have to investigate this matter yourselves. I guess it has something to do with Brother Hua, because the gun really went off in my hand. I will be imprisoned for a few years at most..., but Brother Hua basically has to die here too." Jiang Feng replied.

"Brother Feng, how do you know that they are not blank bullets?" This time it was Liu Tianwang's turn to ask.

"My assistant used to be a soldier. He followed me to the United States to shoot "The Departed" for half a year. He is familiar with various firearms. When I was taking the props just now, he noticed something strange and secretly replaced the magazine with an empty one." Jiang Feng smiled when he said this.

"But you don't have to be nervous. Maybe this is just a mistake made by the crew."

Staff error...

Show me one of your fucking mistakes. You should know that although the crew of "Infernal Affairs" had a gun license, they did not have real bullets, only blank bullets. After hearing what Jiang Feng said, Liu Weiqiang and King Liu could not help but complain.

But fortunately, since everyone has seen a lot of ups and downs, you know, since his debut, King Liu has been pointed a gun at his head by gangsters more than 10 times while filming.

Therefore, regarding this “small” matter, the three of them just huddled together and talked about it, then forgot about it. After all, there was still a wrap-up party in the evening.

As for how they investigate and retaliate after the wrap-up party, well, we’ll talk about it later.

……

Hong Kong Island, Yung Kee Restaurant

Last time, Zhang Guorong said he would treat Jiang Feng to a midnight snack here. But when he arrived at the door, the Apple Daily reported that it was about to expose the incident of Zeng Zhiwei XX Liu Jialing.

So, in an emergency, Zhang Guorong got the news and left with Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing and Wang Fei.

Of course, I didn’t get to have supper.

And this time, Jiang Feng came again.

However, Jiang Feng came with the crew of "Infernal Affairs" this time.

Originally, according to the idea of ​​Media Asia Films boss Peter Lam, everyone was going to have dinner at Fook Lam Moon Hotel, the dining hall of Hong Kong Island's wealthy. However, as there were too many people in the crew, Fook Lam Moon Hotel, which was having a wedding banquet today, was unable to accommodate them, so they had to temporarily move the wrap-up banquet here.

Speaking of Lin Jianyue, he is also a straightforward person.

According to industry practice, actors are paid 30% when signing the contract, 30% when joining the crew, and the remaining 40% when the movie is released.

However, Jiang Feng had just gotten out of the crew's car when he received a text message from his agent Wang Jinghua.

[Jiang Feng, the final 280% of your film remuneration for "Infernal Affairs" has been received, a total of million Hong Kong dollars.]

[Jiang Feng, according to your arrangement, Huang Bo, Guo Xiaodong, Liu Mu, Huang Xiaoming and others have already rushed to Yanbian in Northeast China at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Yes, Li Xing led the team.

Others who went there included Dawei, Mark, Zhuang Kai, Liu Jie and others. 】

[Sister Hua, I understand.]

"Brother Feng, what are you looking at?"

At 5 o'clock in the evening, standing on the steps in front of Yung Kee Restaurant, Jiang Feng had just responded to his agent Wang Jinghua when someone patted him on the shoulder.

Turning around, he saw it was Liu Jialing, and Jiang Feng smiled and showed her the text message on his phone.

"My agent said that Boss Lin was open-minded and didn't care about the details in the contract. As soon as the film was finished, he paid me all the film salary."

"Um…"

Liu Jialing just glanced at the content of the text message on Jiang Feng's phone and lowered her voice.

"Brother Feng, do you believe it or not? Boss Lin has other plans for you?"

"Believe it, of course I believe it."

When talking about this, Jiang Feng smiled easily. "Sister Jialing, there is one thing you may not know. My principle when facing sugar-coated bullets is to eat the sugar coating and shoot the bullet back."

"Ha ha…"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Liu Jialing burst into laughter.

The wrap party for the "Infernal Affairs" crew was held on the second floor of Yung Kee Restaurant, which is also called the Dragon and Phoenix Auditorium.

Its decoration style is inspired by the Jingdezhen blue and white underglaze-red "Eighteen Arhats", highlighting a strong oriental flavor. The overall style is elegant and yet nostalgic, greatly improving the dining comfort of diners.

Hong Kong Island is different from the mainland. In the mainland, no matter whether the crew is large or small, when everyone has a meal together, the leading actor, director, producer, etc. must sit at the main table, and then they must give a speech or something;

In Hong Kong Island, it’s more casual.

Those who have a good relationship with each other sit together, so that the atmosphere will not be depressing when drinking. Of course, there is no important leader talking nonsense. Only King Liu, the producer, and Liu Weiqiang, the film director, said a word of thanks before serving the dishes in the hotel, and then smiled and told everyone to eat and drink well.

Anyway, there is no filming task tomorrow, so everyone can have fun tonight.

Jiang Feng sat by the window, in the corner of the Longfeng Auditorium. Generally speaking, it was a relatively remote place. However, while eating, he could enjoy the night view of the street.

The people sitting with Jiang Feng were Liu Jialing, Liu Weiqiang and Brother Edison.

"Brother Feng, this is the signature dish of this hotel. The skin is roasted crispy, and the meat underneath is tender and juicy, with a rich gravy. One bite and you'll immediately be able to taste the most delicious food in the world."

"Brother Feng, pickled ginger preserved eggs are Yung Kee's signature snack for more than 70 years. They use the best quality duck eggs, pickled for dozens of days using a secret method, and paired with their exclusive pickled ginger. It's really delicious. Although it's a snack, it's very satisfying and appetizing!"

"Brother Feng, the pine nut smoked meat is fragrant. From the appearance, you can tell that the ingredients are very carefully selected. The pork belly with fat and meat is fatty but not greasy. It is paired with golden pine nuts, and together with the plate, it presents three colors and three flavors of red, yellow and green."

Liu Jialing, who was sitting on Jiang Feng's right, was obviously a regular customer of this hotel. Every time a dish was served, she would comment on it with her chopsticks and would not eat until she finished commenting.

Brother Edison, who was sitting on the right of Liu Jialing, looked a bit unruly on the surface, but in fact, he was a very polite person. Whenever a dish was served, he would not move his chopsticks as long as Jiang Feng did not move his chopsticks.

Only Jiang Feng had tasted it and felt it was good, so he smiled shyly and started to eat.

Looking at Liu Jialing and then at Teacher Chen, Jiang Feng became puzzled. Could it be that these two people are in love at this point in time?

You know, when a scandal happened in 08 in the previous life, many people from the Hong Kong police said that Liu Jialing was among the dozen or so people who were not exposed in the photos.

Just as he was wondering, Liu Weiqiang, who was sitting on Jiang Feng's left, raised his glass with a smile.

"Brother Feng, have you forgotten?

We have already agreed that we will not leave until we are drunk at the wrap-up party tonight."

"Of course I didn't forget. I'm just afraid that you can't drink much." Facing Liu Weiqiang's toast, Jiang Feng put down his chopsticks, raised his glass and clinked it with his, then tilted his head back and drank the beer in the glass.

In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, most people like to drink red wine, such as King Liu, Liu Jialing, Wang Fei, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Zhiwei and so on.

Liu Weiqiang is basically one of the few people in the entertainment industry who likes to drink beer.

Some time ago, when they were having dinner together, Jiang Feng asked him how much beer he could drink, and the old man just raised a finger.

Meaning, he could drink a case of it.

Therefore, the two of them had a drink together today.

Once a drinking appointment was made, it had to be fulfilled, so Jiang Feng and Liu Weiqiang ignored everyone else and waved their hands to have the waiter bring two boxes of Carlsberg.

Of course, the two of them were not just drinking foolishly, but in the process of drinking, Jiang Feng kept "taking" things from Liu Weiqiang's hands.

"Director, can you talk about the composition of our scene today?"

"of course can.

Well, let’s start from the scene where you and Andy were confronting each other.

Hua Zai said, I want to be a good person.

At this time, half of your face will appear on the right side of the camera, and the audience will stand at your perspective, listening to Andy's explanation.

But when it comes to you, Andy Lau's profile will not appear.

Because here, I'm only going to use a close-up shot, one that's close enough to clearly see the skin pores on your face.

There is no other purpose, I just want to show that the audience is not standing on Andy's point of view at this time, but is using a voyeuristic perspective..."

At first, Jiang Feng was just listening.

But as the two drank more and more, Liu Weiqiang talked more and more hard stuff, so Jiang Feng began to take notes seriously.

Because the restaurant was too noisy, the crew members who were excited after drinking even hugged the waiter and danced. If you use a recorder to record at this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to hear clearly what Liu Weiqiang was saying afterwards.

People are like this, they all like to teach others!
Seeing that Jiang Feng actually respected him so much, Liu Weiqiang became even more excited and directly shared with him everything he had learned and his own understanding from following the famous Hong Kong photographer Huang Yuetai over the years.

The more things to talk about, the longer it will take.

When Liu Weiqiang was drunk, Jiang Feng looked at his watch and found that it was already 11 o'clock in the evening.

Most of the crew members and actors in the restaurant on the second floor have already left.

Some of them went home, some went to hotels, and some went directly to nightclubs and bars.

But Liu Jialing loved playing so much, but she didn't leave.

She had been waiting by Jiang Feng's side for five hours.

……

"Why didn't you go back?"

After sending Liu Weiqiang to the car and instructing the crew's driver to send the director home, Jiang Feng turned around and asked Liu Jialing.

And Liu Jialing said something very puzzling in the dark night.

"Wei Zai went to live with his family. He left last Monday."

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Feng did not get in the car, but strolled along the streets of Central with Liu Jialing, one to get rid of the smell of alcohol, and the other to digest what he had learned.

Liu Weiqiang and Zhang Yimou are both directors who started out as photographers, but there is a huge difference between the two in terms of camera movement. Zhang Yimou pays more attention to color. In Wang Shuo's words, he is like a decorator; while Liu Weiqiang uses the camera to tell stories. Even in his previous life, someone commented on "Infernal Affairs" directed by Liu Weiqiang like this: every frame is worth careful consideration.

Jiang Feng was just thinking about it when Liu Jialing suddenly smiled bitterly.

"Brother Feng, my videos and photos were seen by Wei Zai, even though he said he didn't care about that and wanted to fulfill his responsibilities as a man and marry me.

But I said let’s have a baby.”

"Then what?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Then he looked at me with disdain, and immediately bought a plane ticket and flew to Tokyo. He was accompanied by a girl from the mainland named Dong, who was about to sign a contract with Zedong Pictures!"

(End of this chapter)