Entertainment 1998

Chapter 755 Chapter 754: "Hidden in the Dust" Completed

There is adultery!
This was Han Shanye's first reaction when he saw Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, as he was standing on the edge of the crowd.

Before, when everyone was drinking together, whenever Gong Li was mentioned, the honest Zhang Yimou would always gnash his teeth and curse: "At the beginning, I was considering marrying her, but she ended up falling in love with a wealthy Singaporean businessman."

But now, after more than a month of cooperation, Zhang Yimou actually took the initiative to care about Gong Li?
If there is no extramarital affair, then it would really be the sun rising from the west.

The laughter was too loud.

It attracted many people to look back.

When everyone saw that it was Han Shanye who came, they all greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Han!"

"Boss Han, you've worked hard all the way!"

"Boss Han, you are here to give us bonuses, right? Well, you must know that the filming of the movie "Hidden in the Dust" will be completed tonight."

Can the shooting be finished tonight?

Upon hearing the news, Han Shanye was stunned and looked directly at Jiang Feng, who was soaking wet.

"That's about it. If the filming goes well, we should be able to wrap it up in the second half of the night!" Taking the towel from Dawei, Jiang Feng wiped his head and face, then picked up the walkie-talkie from the ground.

"Sister Gong Li, I'll give you 10 minutes to adjust. After 10 minutes, shall we start shooting?"

"it is good!"

Gong Li agreed and stood by the canal, starting to gather her emotions.

"All departments, get ready. 10 minutes. The shooting will start in 10 minutes!"

After finishing his instructions on the intercom, Jiang Feng, with water still dripping from his body, walked out of the crowd and shook hands with Han Shanye.

"Mr. Han, why are you here?"

"I wanted to come and see your parents. We have known each other for such a long time. You have met my wife and my daughter, but I haven't met your parents yet." Han Shanye stretched out his hand and patted Jiang Feng's shoulder with a smile.

"Don't you need to change your clothes? You're all wet and it's easy to catch a cold."

“No, it’s too hot now!

It probably won’t take more than half an hour for the clothes to dry in the sun.”

While speaking, Jiang Feng picked up two bottles of mineral water from the ground, handed one to Han Shanye, then unscrewed the bottle cap himself and gulped down a big gulp.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"What are your plans after the filming of "Hidden in the Dust" is completed?" Han Shanye asked this casually, like a casual chat between friends.

However, it aroused Jiang Feng's vigilance.

"Boss Han, are you here to see me just because of this?"

"Haha..." Han Shanye laughed.

"Roughly the same!
Didn’t “The Yellow Sea” have a global box office of over 4.7 million US dollars?
A movie with a total investment of less than 4000 million RMB has a global box office of more than 4.7 US dollars, which makes many Hollywood film and television companies more interested in you.

As a result, many film producers, represented by Harvey Weinstein, called China Film Group and said they wanted to invite you to make a film in the United States in the second half of this year.

"Didn't I already take over Transformers?"

"Given the current preparation status, it would be great if Transformers could start filming smoothly in early 05, and there is still a year and a half to go.

So, everyone wants to encourage you to shoot 2~3 movies during this period of time, after all, you are also a quick shooter in our circle. "At this point, Han Shanye lowered his voice.

"Jiang Feng, I came here for another purpose. My boss told me that it would be best if we finished editing this film before August, because a rural work conference will be held in Beijing in early August.

If possible, we might let the leaders attending the meeting watch this movie first.”

"Um…"

Jiang Feng was slightly stunned, then nodded.

"I see."

"What do you know? Did you shoot 2 to 3 movies in this year and a half, or did you know about the rural work conference?" Han Shanye asked.

"I know everything." Jiang Feng smiled, turned around and walked towards the director's monitor, because at this time, Gong Li, who was standing by the canal, had already made an OK gesture.

However, Jiang Feng had just taken two steps when he suddenly turned back.

"Boss Han, let's go back to Beijing together tomorrow. After I finish editing the movie "Hidden in the Dust", I plan to stay in Hong Kong Island for a while to relax and take a break. While I'm resting, I'll think about the shooting plan for the next movie."

"Ok, no problem!"

Seeing Jiang Feng's answer, Han Shanye was very happy. He stepped forward and stuffed a black bank card into Jiang Feng's hand.

"This bank card was given to you by Harvey Weinstein. There is about 20 US dollars in it. He specifically told me on the phone that as long as you consider the shooting plan of the next movie, I should give you this bank card.

It's Miramax Films paying you to eat, drink and have fun, and to inspire your creative inspiration."

"Well, okay, I'll take it."

After listening to Han Shanye's explanation, Jiang Feng put the bank card into his pocket without hesitation.

This amount of money is very normal in the art circle.

In Hollywood, when a film and television company wants to invite a famous director to direct a movie, they will set aside some money in advance and invite the director and his family to travel and relax, and by the way, let the director find inspiration for the next movie.

For example, before Tom Cruise invited Wu Baige to direct "Mission Impossible 2", he spent more than US dollars to invite Wu Baige and his family on a round-the-world trip.

After getting the bank card, Jiang Feng sat behind the director's monitor, put on his headphones and nodded to Song Jia.

Song Jia understood and immediately raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

Gong Li, limping, carrying a thermos bucket in her hand, walked along the dirt road to the canal.

Standing on the canal and looking into the distance, Gong Li saw Zhang Yimou working in the field. She opened her mouth and shouted a few words, but she had no strength.

So I could only walk forward carefully along the canal.

Not far after walking out, about forty or fifty meters, Gong Li felt dizzy. She touched her forehead with her free left hand and opened her mouth to say something, but her eyes went dark and she plunged into the ditch.

"OK, passed!"

Jiang Feng's command came in time. As soon as Gong Li fell into the water, he shouted to stop. Then, without waiting for his orders, Dawei, who was a good swimmer, and Sun Honglei, who had been staying in the crew, jumped in to rescue Gong Li.

The reason why the scene of Gong Li floating up to her death was not filmed was because of Zhang Yimou.

Just now, Zhang Yimou hinted to Jiang Feng, "You should use a substitute for Gong Li, even if I owe you a favor."

Haha..., I must accept Zhang Yimou’s favor.

Because no matter how Jiang Feng looked at it, he felt that Gao Yuanyuan was the perfect person to star in the movie "House of Flying Daggers".

It’s easy to find a substitute.

Dawei just shouted to the crowd, "Who is good at swimming? Anyone who can perform the process of drowning in the water will get 300 yuan." When they heard that they could get 300 yuan for performing in less than a minute, the crowd went crazy and cried and said they wanted to come and perform.

"I, I'm good at swimming."

"Brother Dawei, why did we go to town to drink together last night? You have to take care of me in this scene."

"Brother Dawei, I, I am a woman, and it is more convenient for women to act in Teacher Gong Li's clothes."

"Brother Dawei, if you don't let me act, I will tell Jiang Feng that you were drunk yesterday and held my hand and said that my rabbit was beautiful, big and round."

puff…

Jiang Feng almost laughed out loud when he heard the brave speeches of those extras who volunteered themselves.

Dawei is a really cool guy. No matter where he is filming, he is always flirting with women everywhere. No wonder Wan Qian, who had been pursuing him, has gradually disappeared.

Jiang Feng was just sighing when Han Shanye came over and casually threw him a bottle of mineral water.

"Jiang Feng, the weather is too hot now, you have to drink water."

"Thank you, President Han!"

After taking off his radio headphones, Jiang Feng said thank you and went to the outskirts of the shooting site with Han Shanye.

After coming all the way here, the old man didn't go back to rest. It was obvious that he had something else to say. The stunt actor needed some time to put on makeup and change clothes, so Jiang Feng wanted to take this time to continue chatting with Han Shanye.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"Can you do me a small favor?"

"Go ahead, Mr. Han."

"More than ten years ago, there was a young man who followed me at the Beijing Film Studio for more than ten years. Later, he set up a film and television company, which distributed and invested in films.

Jiang Feng, what I mean is, can you let him invest in your movies in the future?"

"Yu Dong?"

"Yes, it's Yu Dong from Bona. You were filming in the United States before, and I brought him to see you." Han Shanye introduced with a smile.

Mr. Han, the investment for my movies has always been handed over to you. As I said before, I only take my share. As for who the partner is, I don’t care.

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, Jiang Feng swallowed them back. It was obvious that Han Shanye wanted to avoid suspicion, after all, it was he who promoted Yu Dong.

Now, if Han Shanye was determined to get his former trusted generals involved in China Film Group’s most promising investment projects, he would definitely be criticized.

Some people even maliciously speculated that Bona Film Group might be a white glove planned by Han Shanye to hollow out state-owned enterprises.

But if Jiang Feng strongly requested it, then that would shut everyone up.

Jiang Feng and Yu Dong have a good relationship and they hope to have long-term cooperation, which China Film Group cannot control.

"Yeah... OK."

After repeatedly thinking about the pros and cons, Jiang Feng agreed to this matter. When he arrived in Beijing, he talked to the leaders of China Film Group. Bona Film Group is a good film and television company. I hope that this company will be one of the investors of my films in the future.

"Thank you, thank you."

Han Shanye was very happy. He thanked Jiang Feng, turned around and got into the Audi A6 with a Beijing license plate. After a long journey of more than ten hours, the old man was already very sleepy.

As soon as Han Shanye left, Jiang Feng came behind the director's monitor, sat down, and ordered Gong Li's stand-in to come in and shoot the flooding scene...

……

It was almost the same as Jiang Feng had expected. "Hidden in the Dust" said it would be filmed until the second half of the night, and it really was filmed until the second half of the night.

It was already 1: in the morning when Jiang Feng, along with the crew members and actors, finally saw the dawn of victory.

The whole movie only has one last scene left!

The last scene has a very simple plot. Zhang Yimou drinks a bottle of pesticide, then eats two eggs, puts on his clothes, and lies calmly on the kang...

But even for such a simple scene, Zhang Yimou was unable to get into the state. Well..., it can't be said that he was unable to get into the state.

But Gong Li, who was standing next to him, started crying when she saw him acting this scene, crying like a pear blossom in the rain.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Yimou can still perform normally, he would be truly a god.

The crew thought of many ways to deal with Gong Li's situation. First, the assistant director Dawei asked two people to carry her away, but this beautiful woman cried, laughed, and scratched herself, and refused to leave.

I think Gong Li wanted to witness Zhang Yimou's love-death scene for her, even if it was just in a movie;

Then, there was Song Jia, who served as the temporary script supervisor on the crew. Song Jia used his height advantage to stand between Zhang Yimou and Gong Li to prevent Zhang Yimou, who was immersed in the role, from seeing Gong Li's face.

However, Gong Li burst into tears;
Then, what happened next was that Zhang Yimou was asked to comfort Gong Li in advance, but this comfort didn't matter, Gong Li hugged him and cried even harder.

Finally, being forced into no other choice, Jiang Feng took out a thick script from his bag and threw it to Gong Li.

"Director Jiang, what is this?"

Perhaps she was really moved, Gong Li's eyes were a little swollen.

"Didn't you see it? The script. The movie script."

"Oh, well, I'll look at it later."

As she spoke, Gong Li was about to hand the script to the assistant standing next to her, but as soon as she handed the script over, Jiang Feng smiled and pointed at the table with his finger.

"Sister Gong Li, this might be a good opportunity for you to work with the director again. If you don't watch it now, wait until I finish filming the movie. If you want to watch it then, it will be too late." Having said that, Jiang Feng ignored her and made an OK gesture to Song Jia.

Song Jia understood and immediately raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

There is a green glass bottle on the cabinet at the head of the kang. This bottle is very common in rural areas and is used to kill weeds on crops.

It not only kills weeds, it can also kill people.

The bottle was empty, and the liquid inside had already been drunk by Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou sat by the stove, eating a steaming boiled egg.

Before Gong Li got into trouble, the two of them were pushing each other to eat the egg first, but now no one is pushing Zhang Yimou...

While Jiang Feng, Zhang Yimou and others were filming, Gong Li's attention was drawn to the script.

The reason why I cried just now was, firstly, that I was moved that Zhang Yimou was finally willing to die for me, even if it was just in a movie; secondly, I felt that this might be the last time the two of us would work together.

But now, Jiang Feng said it was not over yet.

Gong Li is naturally happy that there is still a chance for you and Zhang Yimou to cooperate.

However, when Gong Li saw the four big words written on the script, she immediately became furious. Damn it, Jiang Feng was really a ruthless guy.

【Ambush from all sides】

(End of this chapter)