Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, the Diary of a 95 Flower

"Teachers, Hao Chun, Bai Lu, please make way." Several photography assistants carried heavy tripods over and slung them over their shoulders.

It was so heavy that it bent my shoulders.

Liu Haochun stopped teasing Bai Lu and stepped aside.

The lead photographer smiled at him and said, "Teacher Haochun, you must be a professional photographer, right? You're really amazing."

"No no."

Liu Haochun was taken aback at first, then smiled.

She understood that the other person was praising her, and that she had done a good job of training Bai Lu's acting skills.

When praised, the subconscious reaction is surprise and delight.

More than anything, there was panic.

I remembered this director of photography when I greeted Guo Jianyong earlier.

He had a thick beard, was overweight, looked to be in his forties, and had wrinkles on his neck. At that moment, he just glanced back at me without even smiling.

I felt a little awkward greeting her now.

"Your photography skills are also very high," Liu Haochun replied.

"Ha, how did you know?"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get into the director's team."

"It's the truth, that's the truth."

The director of photography laughed heartily, shouldered his equipment, and walked away with his assistant.

Arrive at Jiangyang.

Subconsciously, I wanted to say, "Teacher, please move aside."

Jiang Yang was standing in the middle of the road, looking towards the city gate, seemingly lost in thought.

He didn't dare to say a word.

The assistant behind him instinctively said, "Teacher Jiang Yang, please move aside!"

He had just uttered the word "Jiang".

He interrupted her, saying, "Are you fucking trying to die?! You've been on set for half a month, and you've forgotten all the rules I told you, damn it!"

Then he whispered, "Go around."

Carrying the equipment, they carefully avoided Jiang Yang.

The assistant, who had come with him from his hometown in Henan, was just an adult and walked a little further away from Jiang Yang. He asked in a low voice, "Master, on the first day I joined the group, when I was carrying equipment, Jiang Yang was blocking my way. I remember he was drinking milk tea or something. I just asked Teacher Jiang Yang to move aside. It was nothing."

He emphasized, "Everyone knows that Teacher Jiang Yang has a good temper, so he won't mind this."

"Teacher Jiang Yang may have a good temper, but can you guarantee he'll always have one? What was the relationship between Jiang Yang and the director back then? Is it the same now? Can you guarantee you won't offend him? If you say something bad about yourself to the director, you won't earn any money! Observe more and learn more! These rules will benefit you."

The director of photography spoke with a strong Henan accent.

He patiently taught his newly brought apprentice.

When he encountered a few extras packing up their things, walking slowly with their heads down looking at their phones, he called out to them, just as he had done to Liu Haochun and Bai Lu before, "Teacher, please make way."

The distance between the inner and outer perimeter of the film set is particularly far today.

I'm tired from carrying all that equipment.

It's annoying to shout.

I gradually lost patience.

Upon reaching the city gate, we finally saw the van loaded with camera equipment parked outside. In front of it were several extras carrying folding chairs, dressed in extra costumes, preparing to hand over props. They were huddled together, walking very slowly.

They were laughing and chatting, clearly in a good mood.

I faintly heard a few words like, "You finished work early today" and "This kind of filming is comfortable."

As they got closer, the director of photography snapped, "Get out of the way! How many times have I told you? Can't you hear me? Can't you move aside, teachers? If I bump into you, you'll cry out in pain again. Get out of the way!"

Hear the words.

The extras instinctively dispersed, not daring to utter a sound.

After seeing the photography crew carrying their equipment walk away, they gathered together again and headed towards the clothing truck.

One of them muttered under his breath, "What kind of dog-like attitude is that? Screw you, if I ever become famous and get a lead role and I encounter a cinematographer like this, I'll just wander around during filming and make sure he doesn't get a good shot. Let's see how the director treats him like a dog and yells at him, damn it!"

Another person chimed in with a curse: "What a trashy production crew, only Teacher Jiang Yang is a good person."

"That actress named Bai Lu acted very well, to be honest."

"She's rubbish. Her acting is good, but what does it have to do with us extras? She'll have more scenes and earn more money in the future, but we won't get extra pay." "Honestly, she seems to have pretty big breasts, definitely a B cup or bigger."

"Really? Then...then she's a good person, a good actress! Hahaha!!"

A few bursts of laughter followed.

They started by talking about which female celebrity had the biggest breasts, and in the end, everyone agreed that it was Wang Li Danni.

Nobody cares about being yelled at by the director of photography just now; it's perfectly normal.

We got closer to the clothing truck, so I stopped talking.

I honestly handed in my uniform in line, counting the number of pieces I had and comparing them with others, afraid of missing anything and having to pay for it.

I finished work early today.

Liu Haochun returned to the hotel at 8 p.m.

It was already dark.

Just as I was about to enter the room, I heard the elevator doors open and footsteps.

I saw Yang Chaoyue and Tian Xiwei come out of the elevator.

Tian Xiwei was carrying an opened mahjong box, which looked like it was newly bought.

"Finally bought the mahjong set." Tian Xiwei opened the mahjong set as she walked, and was stunned when she saw a row of tiles with numbers on them. "Chaoyue, did we buy the wrong set? We need to talk to Jiang Yang about it later and get the tiles cleared out. What is this? Why do mahjong tiles have numbers on them?"

"Let me see."

Yang Chaoyue glanced at it and read aloud, "East, South, West, North, Center, Hair, White, that's right."

"What is this thing? I've never seen it before."

"Doesn't Chongqing Mahjong include these elements in its gameplay?"

"No, we only have 10,000 strips."

"The way you and Brother Yang play cards back home is so boring, isn't it? It only has Wan, Tong, and Tiao tiles, what kind of tricks can you play?"

Liu Haochun listened at the door but didn't go inside.

He didn't reply.

It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but he swallowed the words back, his gaze drifting to the two people's mahjong box before quickly looking away.

I'd like to add: "In my hometown of Jilin, the Mahjong game also includes the Red Dragon, Green Dragon, and White Dragon."

I was also afraid that I would interrupt and say something wrong, which would seem abrupt.

We've known each other for so long, but I still can't seem to fit in.

Just like what my mother used to say when I was little... I'm so useless.

Hearing Yang Chaoyue say that, Tian Xiwei got excited.

When I chat with Yang Chaoyue, he says things like the Chongqing hotpot is too spicy and the Chongqing girls have fiery tempers, but that's all fine.

Just chatting.

That's all we talked about.

She also said that she had never been to Yang Chaoyue's hometown, but she could imagine that Chaoyue's hometown must have a salty smell from the sea breeze.

Yang Chaoyue didn't mind at the time and nodded vigorously, saying that was exactly right.

But Chaoyue said that the mahjong in her hometown wasn't fun. Tian Xiwei took it seriously and said a few words in Chongqing accent: "Why does your Yancheng mahjong have the four winds and the red, green and white dragons? It's so complicated. Our Chongqing mahjong is so easy. It has a pure suit, seven pairs, and many more variations."

“All of them are small seven pairs, we have them in Yancheng too.”

"Do you have a strategy where you fight to the death?"

"What?"

Yang Chaoyue was taken aback.

Fight to the death – that's a gameplay mode that sounds really intimidating, like going to the battlefield.

Tian Xiwei was about to speak.

Seeing Liu Haochun taking out his room key and about to enter, looking this way, Tian Xiwei quickened her pace and said, "Haochun, you've been here the whole time?"

Liu Haochun knew that the two of them would definitely see her.

Silently reciting what they wanted to say, as if rehearsing, they pretended to be familiar with each other.

But when Tian Xiwei called her back, her smile froze on her face, revealing her flustered state after being caught red-handed: "Huh? Yeah." (End of Chapter)