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Chapter 5 is quite exciting!
“I’ve been recognized!”

As soon as Liu Yifei saw Xiao Li's eyes, she knew that she had been recognized.

Her heart tightened and she glanced at Zhong Yingyi indifferently.

Zhong Yingyi was also afraid that Xiao Li would offend his big client.

This girl doesn't like being called Miss Liu!
He patted Xiao Li on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Li, be more attentive to your customers!"

I'm very energetic!

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!
Xiao Li's heart was in turmoil at the moment, but he didn't dare show it on his face.

If it weren't for the investment manager Zhong Yingyi here, she would have turned into a star-chasing little fan girl!
Unfortunately, compared to idols and wallets,

The wallet is more important.

"Excuse me, what business do you two need to handle?"

"Cash a check."

Gu Bei handed over the advance payment check and bank card.

Xiao Li took it and checked it.

She noticed the check was from Random House.

This is a well-known company in the book industry and one of the world's three largest publishing giants.

The purpose of the check was stated to be royalties. She never expected that such a young and handsome man was actually a writer. She thought he was also a star like Liu Yifei!

What a pity~
Xiao Li's inner thoughts were constantly racing, and his hands were constantly moving as he transferred the money from the advance payment check into Gu Bei's bank card.

Gu Bei looked at the screen and saw that fifteen thousand dollars had arrived.

Coincidentally, if Random House hadn't planned to enter the mainland next year, Gu Bei might not have been able to write a check from the Bank of China.

In that case, Gu Bei would have to go to other banks to cash the check, and he would not be able to meet Zhou Qianqian.

"Also, please transfer $10,000 to his account for me."

Liu Yifei stepped forward and handed over her card.

呲呲!

Liu Yifei noticed that Xiao Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and her gaze moved between her and Gu Bei for a moment. One could almost see the gossip fire rising in her eyes!

He won't reveal his identity so soon!

Good thing...

Zhong Yingyi was standing next to Xiao Li.

He was like the Five Finger Mountain of Buddha suppressing Sun Wukong. The gossip fire in Xiao Li's eyes was suppressed in an instant under his urging.

Xiao Li gave a business smile and quickly completed the business again.

Gu Bei checked his bank card and was very satisfied when he saw the $10,000 that had arrived in his account.

With this $10,000, the short film can be completed smoothly.

However, what he did not notice was that in the last item of the bank card transaction, the place to fill in the name of the transfer user was written as "Crystal Liu" instead of "Crystal Zhou".

Gu Bei and Liu Yifei said goodbye to each other downstairs of Trump Tower.

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Bei's departing back and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the vest did not fall off in the end.

Thinking of the roller coaster heartbeat just now,
The corners of her mouth raised slightly.

“It’s quite exciting!”

……

By night, the snow was falling heavier.

"...This is the earliest and heaviest snowstorm New York has seen in nearly 30 years. It's foreseeable that many people will be able to enjoy their rare workday leisure time tomorrow.

The area most affected by the blizzard is currently in Queens. Let’s connect with reporter Sally who is currently in Queens…”

The TV screen cut to reporters on the front line.

The streets were covered in heavy snow, and there were few pedestrians. Gu Bei, sitting on the sofa, had to put down the script when he saw this scene.

It seems that the crew really has to stop working!
Gu Bei picked up the phone and tapped lightly on the Nokia's hard plastic cover with his fingers.

He is thinking about how to coordinate the schedule.

According to his original plan, the shooting schedule of "The Tuner" was a total of five days.

The cafe scenes were filmed on Monday, the apartment scenes were filmed on Wednesday and Thursday, and the remaining scenes were filmed on Friday and Saturday.

The five-day schedule just covers the five working days of the crew in a week, so not a single day is wasted.

If any problems are found in the shooting material, they can be re-shot on Sunday. Of course, the crew members must be paid overtime pay.

Gu Bei tried hard to recall the memories of that year, and vaguely remembered that classes were suspended for two days due to the heavy snow.

"Today is Tuesday. After two days of school suspension, there are only three days left this week: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It's definitely too late. I can only coordinate next week's schedule!"

Gu Bei already had a plan in mind.

In the short film "The Tuner", the most important scene is the apartment.

Next is the coffee shop.

He had already finished filming the cafe scene yesterday, Monday.

All the shooting materials have been checked and sealed, so there is no need to consider reshooting.

The most important goal this week is to ensure that the apartment scene is filmed and the filming materials need to be inspected and sealed.

Because he only rented the apartment for one week, he would have to reapply for any additional time.

The overspending on rent is secondary. The key is the fear that the application will be rejected!

When filming here, there is no such difficult thing as property management, but there is an even more terrifying apartment management committee.

The members of the apartment management committee are all tenants or owners of the apartment, and most of them are difficult people.

They take care of all matters in the apartment, from the time the washing machine is used to the time it takes to evict bad tenants from the apartment.

There are basically no people who are willing to take care of these matters for free who are easy to talk to.

In order to finalize the apartment scene, Gu Bei ran across almost half of Manhattan.

First of all, the decoration style and spatial structure of the apartment must meet his shooting requirements.

Secondly, one of the two apartments opposite each other must be willing for him to set up the crime scene, and the other must also agree to let him borrow it. Several shots in the short film need to be shot in the apartment opposite.

Finally, the difficult apartment management committee had to agree to Gu Bei’s filming application.

All three conditions are indispensable.

It is easy to satisfy one requirement, but it is too difficult to satisfy all three!
Studio?
Gu Bei doesn't deserve this little money.

Compared to the demanding apartment scene, other scattered scenes are easy to solve.

"I'll finish shooting the apartment scenes on Friday and Saturday. I'll work overtime on Sunday to check the footage and then archive it. The rest will be pushed to next week."

Gu Bei had a plan in mind and started making calls.

"Eric, it's me... Yes, we won't be filming tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The apartment scenes will be on Friday and Saturday, and the rest will be pushed to next week..."

"...I understand, but you know, we only filmed three days this week, and only a few days next week..."

"...Okay, that's it."

Gu Bei hung up the phone, a look of pain on his face.

The first person he contacted was Eric, the highest-paid photographer in the crew.

Five thousand dollars a week!
With two photographer assistants, they formed a small photography team.

The salaries of this small photography team alone took up one-third of Gu Bei's budget.

But Eric is indeed worth the price.
He is a senior photographer in the industry and has participated in the filming of "Band of Brothers". He is skilled and has no shortage of work.

If it wasn't for the fact that Christmas was approaching and he was optimistic about Gu Bei's script, he wouldn't have been willing to join such a short film crew. The weekly salary of $5,000 was also a discounted price.

(End of this chapter)