Huayu is here for you

Chapter 165 The Problem

Although Ms. Liu still stays home when she needs to, she also makes time for acting classes and experiencing life.

After all, she has Lin Yu to rely on in this life, and the miscellaneous things in the outside world can't bother her. Moreover, she doesn't need to worry about the movie, because with Lin Yu around, she doesn't have to worry about not having any roles to play.

Therefore, compared to her previous life, Miss Liu's life in this life is much more fulfilling.

Even her acting skills have improved significantly compared to her performance at this time in her previous life.

Lin Yu was a little upset! When filming "You Are the Apple of My Eye," Lin Yu felt that Liu's acting skills were still somewhat inferior to his own. When filming "The Witch," he was only focused on his work as director and producer and never thought about the difference between his acting skills and Liu's.

There's nothing we can do but try our best! It's just a bit unfair to Mr. You—and the actors who joined the crew "several days in advance".

"start!"

As Wen Muye gave the command to start the machine, Lin Yu stood in front of Grandpa You and extended his left hand, which was holding a bullet.

Behind Grandpa You stood Miss Liu, holding a gun.

"This bullet was taken from my arm. The person who used it to shoot me killed my friend. Did you make it? Tell me where he is?"

Grandpa You's eyes narrowed. "I'm only responsible for manufacturing bullets. You can't expect me to be responsible for the people who use them."

"I don't care! Tell me where it is!" Lin Yu drew his gun and pointed it at You Benchang.

Facing the dark muzzle of a gun in front of him, Old Master You's eyes flashed with a hint of panic and a barely perceptible expression of concern. "I'll try my best to arrange a meeting between you."

"Card!"

After Wen Muye called "cut," Lin Yu, as always, greeted You Benchang and then went straight to the director's monitor to watch the playback.

result--

"My expression just now was a bit too much, let's do it again!" Lin Yu said somewhat dissatisfied.

In the past few days, not only has this scene been severely delayed, but also the solo scene with Grandpa You in his father's house has not been able to be completed.

To be honest, Lin Yu now wants to skip the scenes where the camera is right in his face, since people probably won't notice those shots when watching the movie anyway.

But Lin Yu was a little unwilling to give up; to put it bluntly, he was just stubborn! He wanted to keep filming until the footage met his expectations.

While Lin Yu was still diligently working on this scene, Hua Zai, Wu Jing, and others who had arrived earlier were already playing cards in the hotel.

"One against four!"

"Hey, Wah-ge, do you think Director Lin can handle this today?" Wu Jing threw out a pair of sevens and laughed, "Nines!" Wah-zai immediately crushed it.

"Hehe—I can't say for sure, but if he passes Director Lin's test, his acting skills will definitely improve."

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"Cut!" Fan Shaohuang smiled slightly. "I think it will work. After all, a week has passed, and Director Lin isn't stupid. But there's one thing I don't understand. Why didn't Director Lin choose to shoot other scenes first? Changing the location would have been better, wouldn't it?"

"Checkmark!" Wu Jing glanced at Fan Shaohuang, thought for a moment, and said, "Hehe, I don't understand either, but I think Director Lin must have his own reasons!"

"That's right. In my opinion, Director Lin must have grasped some tricks to improve acting skills. He was afraid that the inspiration would be lost when the scene changed. Moreover, Teacher You was the one who decided on the scene flow at the beginning."

Furthermore, the contract that Director Lin signed with the other party also stated that they would only be here for three days. Although there was a clause that allowed for extra time if filming was not completed, it's always better to finish filming as soon as possible. Director Lin probably didn't want to keep troubling Teacher You and taking up too much of his time.

"This is different from ours. Our contracts are all for a month or more, so taking up a few days or a week doesn't have much of an impact," Andy Lau said, sharing his opinion.

"Two for me!"

"I can't afford it."

"Pass!"

"Hehe—eight, nine, ten in a row! Report an even number!"

Looking at Andy Lau's last two cards, Wu Jing was ready to fold and admit defeat.

"Wait! Bombs! Four threes!" Fan Shaohuang stopped Wu Jing, who was about to surrender, and said with some pride, "Wow! You have this thing too?" Wu Jing was dumbfounded.

"Hehe! What, you overlooked it because you saw it was only 3 small?" Fan Shaohuang laughed, "It's 6!"

"Hehe—sorry Wu Jing, you lost! A pair of Kings." Hua Zai played his last two cards and laughed, "Sigh—I lost again. Okay! Lunch is on me again today." Wu Jing said dejectedly, "I've lost for three days in a row. Why can't I win even one day?" Wu Jing sighed inwardly, "Teacher Chen? Would you like to play a round?" Wu Jing, whose luck was terrible, was now having second thoughts because he felt that if he continued playing, it would be the same as the previous three days, and he would have to pay for dinner again.

"Hehe—I'll pass. I'm fine just looking, I'm definitely not good at handling things!" Chen Daoming said directly.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Daoming suddenly looked at the door and pondered for a moment before continuing, "Wu Jing, if you're really having a really bad day and don't want to continue, go and call that girl surnamed Liu. It seems she didn't go to the set with Yifei today. She's just sitting around doing nothing anyway, so don't neglect her. She's from Director Lin's company, and we're in the same production team now. We can't always be together, can we? Go and call her over. It's almost lunchtime, so we can have lunch together."

After thinking about it for a moment, Wu Jing nodded seriously. These past few days, the men had been spending all their time together discussing the plot, chatting, and even playing cards when they were interested. They hadn't greeted anyone yet, and they had indeed neglected them a bit.

"Okay, Brother Hanyu, you can cover for me for now! I'll be right back."

Wu Jing tossed the half-shuffled deck of cards to Zhang Hanyu and got up to head over to Liu Shishi.

"Hey! Wu Jing, at least shuffle the cards properly before you leave!" Zhang Hanyu smiled and took over Wu Jing's remaining "job," adding with a comment, "Hehe—I think that girl is pretty good. Do you think there's a possibility between her and Wu Jing?" Fan Shaohuang suddenly spoke up at this moment:

After listening to Fan Shaohuang's words, everyone really thought about it seriously, but after thinking it over, they obviously didn't want to get involved.

"Hehe—let them handle these private matters themselves. We shouldn't interfere," Hua Zai said. "I think so too. These things really depend on them finding someone they like; otherwise, all the fuss is pointless. We shouldn't make things worse." Zhang Hanyu thought for a moment and said:

Chen Daoming smiled and then chose to remain silent.

After Wu Jing walked to Liu Shishi's room, he hesitated for a moment before knocking.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Who is it?"

"I am Wu Jing!"

squeak-

"Teacher Wu Jing? Is there something you need?" Liu Shishi asked as she opened the door.

Looking at Liu Shishi's right hand, which was holding those scripts, Wu Jing realized that the girl must have been reading the scripts just now.

"Hehe—it's almost lunchtime! We've all been here for so many days, but we haven't eaten together yet. So, they asked me to call you to join us for lunch."

Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment after hearing Wu Jing's invitation.

After all, someone like her, a nobody, is quite different from those big shots! She was worried that there would be an awkward silence when she went there.

However, since they personally invited me, it wouldn't be appropriate to refuse outright.

"Okay, Ms. Wu Jing, please come in and wait for me for a moment. I'll go change my clothes."

"Okay, but I'll wait for you at the door and won't go in." Wu Jing smiled and said, "Alright." After considering it for a moment, Liu Shishi didn't close the door and went straight to the bedroom to start choosing clothes.

"Which one should I wear? -- Oh dear, Xiao Jie is really something, she's not here when it matters."

Before long, when Wu Jing brought Liu Shishi to Hua Zai's hotel room where everyone was gathered, the crowd had already dispersed and were waiting for them.

"We've booked a private restaurant nearby. It's rare that we're all here today, so let's eat out instead of ordering from the hotel," Hua Zai said with a smile to Wu Jing and Liu Shishi. "Anywhere is fine, I don't mind." Wu Jing smiled and said:

Liu Shishi smiled and greeted the seniors, then indicated that she could do it too.

Then everyone set off directly to the restaurant they had booked earlier, without even bringing their assistants or drivers.

Fortunately, the RV that Lin Yu prepared for everyone was big enough that they didn't have to split into two groups. Wu Jing volunteered to be the driver, while Liu Shishi was arranged to sit in the passenger seat.

On the way, everyone took good care of Liu Shishi, chatting with her constantly, which calmed her down a bit, as she was initially a little nervous.

When everyone arrived at their destination, the owner of the private restaurant was also surprised. He did not expect that so many big stars would patronize his small shop today.

However, the boss was clearly a seasoned veteran, and was only slightly surprised.

Moreover, the restaurant served the food very quickly; all the dishes were served within about fifteen minutes of them ordering.

However, the main reason was that they didn't order any dishes that would take too long to prepare.

They didn't order any alcohol, just two large buckets of orange juice.

While everyone was picking up their chopsticks, their mouths were also busy.

"Wu Jing, I heard you made a movie recently! How's it going? Is post-production finished? When will it be released? I'll come and support you!" Fan Shaohuang asked while picking up some food. "Hehe—not yet! If post-production is finished, it'll be in the second half of the year. As for the release date—it should be either December or January."

"Oh? Then I'll make time to go too! Remember to save me a ticket." Andy Lau chimed in, "And me too. If you think highly of me, I'll go and support you too." Zhang Hanyu added with a smile:

Wu Jing really didn't expect that filming a movie in Linyu would bring him such extra benefits! He was thrilled!

However, after the others spoke, Chen Daoming did not echo their sentiments.

Instead, he asked first, "Wu Jing, where are you planning to hold this premiere?"

Hong Kong Island.

"That's a pity. I'll be busy during the two months your movie is released, so I probably won't be able to go. But I'll definitely go to support you when your movie is released in mainland China." Chen Daoming thought for a moment and said, "It's alright, Mr. Chen. I'm already very happy to hear you say that." Wu Jing said without any hesitation.

Just as everyone was exchanging smiles, Liu Shishi suddenly spoke up, "Teacher Wu Jing, I can also come and support you!"

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"hehe--"

"Ha ha--"

"Hehe—okay, Shishi, I'll definitely get you a good seat." Wu Jing said with a laugh:

Liu Shishi was a little confused by the sudden laughter of the group. She couldn't understand what was so funny about what she said. However, she couldn't be foolish enough to ask directly, so she could only keep the question to herself.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu, who was undergoing a "transformation" on the set of "Wanted," also chose to let the crew have lunch first after another take was delayed, and then continue filming in the afternoon.

However, Lin Yu suddenly felt a bit obsessed. He clearly felt that his acting skills were about to break through that level, but he just couldn't feel that something was missing and he couldn't get to the next level.

Just as Lin Yu and Miss Liu were about to start their meal, Cheng Long came over with his lunchbox.

"Lin, wanna go together?"

Although Lin Yu and Miss Liu were puzzled by Cheng Long's sudden arrival, they did not stop him.

"Sure! It tastes better with more people." Lin Yu smiled and said, "Hehe—I didn't mean to disturb you two. Look! It's an invitation to the premiere of 'Red Cliff'."

"Did you receive it?" Cheng Long asked, sitting opposite Lin Yu and Miss Liu.

Lin Yu glanced at the invitation Cheng Long pulled from his pocket, smiled, and said, "Received them. Yi Fei and I both have them, and I reckon the others at the hotel received them too. Hehe—Director Wu is really bold! He's thinking of taking us all in one fell swoop!"

"Hehe—are you going or not?" Jackie Chan chuckled awkwardly and asked, "Of course I'm going! After all, it was Chairman Han who sent the invitation on his behalf. If I don't go, it would be disrespectful to China Film Group. Ha! They really know how to use connections!" Lin Yu put a piece of chicken into Miss Liu's lunchbox and said, "It's all about promotion! They try to invite everyone with influence in the industry. But what do you think of his movie? I've heard all the hype from the outside world! Hehe—an epic historical blockbuster!" Jackie Chan said while eating from his lunchbox, "Just empty boasting! Whether they can even respect history is another matter! They're trying to promote it under the guise of an epic historical film."

"You don't think it's a good candidate?" Cheng Long asked, somewhat surprised.

This film is the most expensive film to make recently—aside from Lin Yu's films.

"It's pointless to say whether I think it's good or not now; we'll see when we get there. I hope it doesn't ruin my eyesight. Brother, to be frank, you Hong Kong directors aren't suited for historical dramas; their limitations are too severe." Lin Yu thought for a moment and said:

Jackie Chan: "???"