On the way back from Claireff's company, Lu Ze and Mickey were a little silent, and Elena saw that both of them were not in a good mood, so they didn't dare to speak, and kept fiddling with their mobile phones in the back seat.

Lu Ze also understood what the business Mickey was talking about this morning, that is, to solve the problem of movie release, and discuss with Klellöf's boss Saul, originally Mitch felt that according to his fame, talk to Saul about a sharing contract, even if he gave up part of the benefits, he also admitted it, after all, this time it was for shame, not profit, as long as this film is popular, he is not afraid that there will be no money to make in the next part.

He can't talk to the distribution company now, after all, he used to be young and frivolous and not very happy with the publisher, he only has such a connection in the circle, so the only person who can help him is Thor.

But unfortunately, because Klelloff Film Company did not produce good films in the past few years, it could only go to the videotape and online market, but the income of the videotape and online market was not enough to be the same as the shooting cost, simply put, it was a loss, resulting in the rupture of the capital chain, and the shooting cost could only be reduced again and again, and finally could only rely on vulgar films such as tertiary films to make a living, and finally lost the only right to speak in the distributor and the theater chain.

Klelleuf hasn't had a movie land in the cinema market for three years, and the distributors and theater bosses basically treat Saul as a pitiful worm, even if he moves out of Mickey's name, it's not enough to impress those bigwigs, after all, Mickey's last movie lost to his grandmother's house, to put it bluntly, those bigwigs don't believe in directors who have made bad movies and are now drugging, and it's unknown whether the audience will pay for it.

These capitalists are only willing to do things that make sure they don't lose money, rather than scheduling the number of scenes for Mickey, a director full of uncertainty, it is better to give the schedule to those popular movies, even if Mickey is really ashamed, this movie is a big success, they don't regret it, anyway, their income is still that, and the next movie Mickey will still look for them.

The foreign market really only recognizes money and not people, unlike in China, sometimes favors are more important than money, and the advantage is that you can't get things like that kind of director's works that can be launched in circles and circles, and the disadvantage is that talented directors and actors are more difficult than in China.

So Mickey had no choice but to accept the reality, like he did back then, started again in the video tape market, and signed a contract with Saul, giving Saul, who does not invest in movies, only invests in distribution and online sales, 45% of the share, although this share is quite high, but this is the only one, you love to divide it.

Although Lu Ze was a little melancholy, he still signed a contract with Mickey, and he had no choice, since he came, he couldn't go empty, right? Although the videotape market has lost its glory of the past, it is now the Internet era, and it is still a bit difficult to go to the online movie market.

The three of them went home in silence all the way, the contract was signed, and they must have started to study the script, and Yelena followed them upstairs, but when Mickey pushed the door open, he was a little stunned to see an old man of yellow race sitting on the sofa.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to take back my house! Look what you've made your room look like! I don't understand why you're out of prison and still thinking about making a movie?"

"Stop, calm down your emotions, I also brought a friend, Yelena, you know, this is Lu Ze, from Huaxia, your compatriot, don't you feel very kind? Lu Ze, you take Yelena back to the room to study and study the script, teach her how to film, and come out later. ”

Lu Ze looked at Mickey's father, the old man has a lot of personality, even if he saw Lu Ze, a compatriot, he didn't give a good face, probably because there are many Chinese people in Britain now, and it is no longer the era when he was kind to a yellow person thirty or fifty years ago, seeing his father like this, Lu Ze was also quite helpless, took the script printed by Mickey, took out a third of it and took it in his hand, and took Yelena into the guest bedroom.

This is also the rule set by Mickey, except for Lu Ze, no one else can see the complete script, only when the script is almost finished, he will give the next part, this is a kind of protection for the script, but it can also be seen that Mickey is possessive of the script.

"OK, you haven't been an actor before, so let's start with the basics first, do you know what the most basic movie is......"

"Make a movie! Do you want to go to prison again! You're so obsessed with Mickey that you're stupid! I know you've got talent! But talent can't pave all the way for you and solve all your troubles!"

"Ahem...... Well, the most important thing you have to remember is that no matter what the situation, don't look at the camera, even if you accidentally fall, get injured, forget the words, don't look at the camera, you have to always remember that if the director doesn't shout to stop, you can't stop. ”

There was still a quarrel outside the door, I had always heard that foreign families supported and encouraged their children's dreams, but now it doesn't seem to be the case, not to mention that the old man is Chinese, what if he stays abroad for forty or fifty years, even if you don't want to change your way of thinking, you will be affected by the environment, in Lu Ze's opinion, this old man is completely a big potato with yellow skin and white flesh.

And Yelena looks more serious than Lu Ze imagined, usually girls have the dream of being a big star, but the dream is only limited to the brilliance in front of people, not the hard work behind it, like domestic stars are very popular, but after a few years of debut, the acting skills have not improved, which may also have something to do with this.

But Yelena is different, she seems to be very interested in the profession of actor, Lu Ze has also taught many students over the years, but there is really no one as serious as her.

Knowing that Lu Ze, a powerful actor at the actor level, gave her a lesson today, and recorded the key points of Lu Ze quickly and neatly in her notebook, even if she couldn't keep up, it didn't matter, her mobile phone was still on for recording, and she was going to listen to it a few more times when she went back to sleep tonight to consolidate her memory.

Lu Ze likes such students very much, and it is estimated that any teacher will not hate them, so he doesn't mind teaching all his unique skills, and he doesn't worry about teaching apprentices to starve to death of the master, after all, Lu Ze has a lot of unique skills, others can't learn it, and you can't learn it if you're tired.

"Let's do a short combat exercise, only one, two, three...... Fifteen lines, not tongue-in-cheek, give you five minutes to write it down, and then we will have the lines, and you show me, OK, then let's start...... Stop, the lines are not poetry, don't pinch your throat, like a big lump of phlegm stuck in your throat, you know that some young people deliberately press their voices very low in order to make their voices more magnetic, how do you feel about this. ”

"I feel...... It's naïve and somewhat ...... Funny. ”

"That's the feeling you're giving me now, don't pretend, don't twist and pinch, it's a crime to teach corporal punishment to students in the UK, but in China, the master teaches the apprentice to beat you casually, if you don't want me to whip you with a branch, just do as I say and continue...... Stop, don't touch your trouser line, is there any money in it?Your knee-jerk action is like this when you're nervous, you'd better turn it over and keep ......."

In Yelena's eyes, Lu Ze is definitely a strict teacher, but he looks a little lazy, at the moment he is nesting in the sofa, holding a cigarette in his mouth, bowing his head to play with his mobile phone, and flicking cigarette ash into the water bottle from time to time, but even so, the lines he says are still so emotional, as if there is another person living in his body.

The most terrifying thing is that even if he is playing with his mobile phone with his head down, he can still point out his shortcomings, as if Tianlinggai's eyes are raised, every time she says stop, her heart trembles, and the whole person is as nervous as taking a driver's license.

Lu Ze is now concentrating on three things, paying attention to Yelena's performance, the entertainment in his hands has not stopped, and he has to eavesdrop on the quarrel between father and son in the living room, it has been half an hour, and the two have not finished arguing, but there is an increasingly fierce posture.

"You're going to take out what you have now to film? Hell, are you crazy? You can be a writer! You can even continue to be a screenwriter if you like! As a father, I will support you, but the job of directing is too dangerous for someone of your character! You offend people too easily, Mickey! This time you were wronged to the point that you were in prison for a year and a half! What if you were killed next time?"

"You want to kill me if you stop me now! Your life is fixed, you can continue to be your designer, and when you retire, you can still get a subsidy, collect the rent of the house, and live a dull and comfortable life, but what about me? I am only 30 years old! Why should I live the life you lived when you were 60 years old at the age of 30? This is not comfortable for me! It is a constraint!"

"I'll kill you? I'm your father, I'll kill you? A Chinese idiom describes you, stubborn! I don't want to say anything to you anymore, I know you won't listen to me, you go, or give me rent, three thousand pounds a month." ”

"How much?"

"Three thousand pounds! Get out of my house and take your friends with you! Get out of my house! I don't expect anything from you anymore, follow him and get out of here as far as possible!"

The door was opened by the old man, he pointed to Lu Ze's nose angrily, and then pointed to the door, the meaning was very obvious, Lu Ze was stunned, if he was in Huaxia, no matter how much disagreement he had with the child, the parents would be very friendly to the child's friends for the sake of the child and their own face, even if they waited for the child's friend to leave and then turned the world upside down, they couldn't show it in front of the child's friends.

This kind of thing is really rare in Lu Ze, and he was in a daze for a while, but Lu Ze understood that it was definitely not a wise choice to fight with this big potato with yellow skin and white flesh now, so Lu Ze could only wave his hand at him, get up and pull up his suitcase.

"Jeff! It's 5:40 p.m.! We haven't had dinner yet! It's getting dark! You're going to let us go? Okay, I'm going to pack up and leave, and I'll never come back, never!"

Mickey also blushed, his father didn't call anymore, he called the name directly, which made the big potato even more angry, and directly pushed the three of them out of the room, and then closed the door fiercely, such a big quarrel made many residents in the apartment come out to see the excitement, and it was really a little embarrassing for a while.

"I wish he could experience what it's like to lose everything in a moment, really, if he's bankrupt, I see if he'll be as open-minded as he is now. ”

The three of them didn't knock on the door, they just listened to Mickey complaining while going downstairs, Lu Ze only comforted him, who could be stupid enough to complain about the other party's parents?

But don't really say that although this old man is already a British way of thinking, he may be influenced by the education he received as a child, and the way of educating his children is more Chinese, just like being beaten by his parents when he was a child, and when he has a child, most parents will also beat their children, otherwise they feel that they are too bad as a child.

It wasn't until the three of them went downstairs and were about to drive away that Mickey's clothes kept falling upstairs, and many of them smashed on the car glass...... Isn't that obvious?

"I'm going mad at him! You think he's just being harsh, but he's actually thinking about me, and it's good for me? Look at what he's doing. ”

Lu Ze's comforting words also choked in his mouth, and finally he could only shrug his shoulders and reply: "Maybe I'm afraid that you don't have clothes to wear, although your attitude is not very good, but I'm also afraid that you can't afford to buy clothes and will be frozen and cold again." ”

Mickey picked up the clothes from the ground, shook them off at will, and didn't fold them well, just crumpled them into a ball and stuffed them into the car, gave Lu Ze a blank look, didn't speak, and drove away.

"We have to go to Ilkrüburg early now, or we will have to sleep on the streets, and I can't afford to stay in a hotel. ”

At this time, Yelena, who had not expressed her feelings, reminded in a whisper: "Actually, you can live in my house." ”

"Forget it, if that guy Depp knew that I, the director, was so poor that I could only live in an actor's house, I guess he would vomit all the supper I ate last night with one punch, how did you decide?

"I ...... Let's go home, there is a night game tonight, and it is estimated that it will be very busy, so that's it, I'll go back first, arrange my own affairs, and I'll go to Ilkrüburg tomorrow to find you, bye." ”

"Remember to bring me two cases of beer tomorrow! I don't know if I'll be able to get there before dark. ”

After Yelena left, the two also drove to the Liverpool destination, or many people called Liverpool Leigh Village, after leaving the city center, some of the rural scenes in front of them were rural scenes, the environment and scenery were good, British rock was playing in the car, Lu Ze kept looking out of the car in a daze, and the time spent on this road was not as long as he imagined.

Compared to the suburbs of Liverpool, Ilkræburg is not like it, but it is a rural village, with a total of less than 2,000 people, few outsiders drive in at night, and the few pedestrians on the street see the car driving in, and their eyes are always locked on the vehicle.

drove all the way to a small two-story building at the end of the village, where Mickey parked the car and introduced Lu Ze to the house that carried his countless memories.

"This is my grandmother's house, I used to live with my grandmother for a while when I was a child, it was probably the best time of my life, I like to write stories to my grandmother, and it was with her praise that I embarked on the road of film, but since my grandmother passed away, I rarely come, only occasionally take money to repair it, come in with me. ”

The electric gate was turned on, and the lights in the room were still on, but it was dim because there was too much dust on it, and the room was not too messy, and the furniture was covered with newspapers, but there was a lot of dust.

There are two bedrooms on the second floor, but there is no mattress, and the two big men are not disgusted, ready to wipe the bed board, spread some clothes on it and make do with sleep, but just after cleaning up, I heard someone shouting in the yard downstairs.

"Who's up there!

"Hey Claire! Long time no see! Are you okay?"

"Mickey, when are you here? Oh my God, Judy, look who it is! ”

As Lu Ze expected, this man named Claire is Mickey's former neighbor, and the relationship has always been very good, but since Mickey became famous, they have met very well, Claire invited the two to his house for dinner, and the two who had been hungry for a long time naturally agreed, but originally thought that they would go to someone's house for a meal, but it turned out to be a big gathering of dozens of people, and it was very lively.

When chatting at the dinner table, Mitch also revealed that he came back to film, and these people have been paying attention to the big director who went out of Ilkrueburg, and they also know that he is down now, and everyone patted their chests and promised to come to them whenever they have difficulties.

Lu Ze noticed Mickey's smile at this moment, it was the most sincere and brilliant smile he showed since he came to Lu Hua to find him, which made Lu Ze unconsciously recall his own village, where the villagers were as enthusiastic and sincere as they were.

It didn't take until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, when everyone dispersed, and the two returned to the old house to prepare to wash and rest, at this moment Mickey was like a chattering old man, telling Lu Ze about the origin of all the items in the room, until the wine came up, and they each returned to the room to rest.

Until......

"Boom!"

The lightning shone into the room through the window, waking up Lu Ze, who was already listening to the lecture because of the play, and was drowsy, sat up and looked out the window, and the sparse sound of rain could already be heard in his ears, and after thinking about it, it seemed that he didn't think of anything, suddenly!

"I'm grass!"

"I'm grass!"

The two rooms shouted the same meaning in two languages at the same time, the door opened at the same time, and the two rushed downstairs, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the two even went barefoot, quickly lifted the shade cloth on the raptor, and carried the shooting props that they pulled back from Clareff one by one.

This may be the first time in the years of their careers in the entertainment industry that the two of them care so much about these cheap props, using their bodies to block the rain that should have dripped on the props as much as possible, and they didn't even pay attention to the scratches on their feet, because both of them know that the small pieces are fine, but once the large ones are soaked, the entire financial chain of the crew will be broken, and the current "Effect" crew can't withstand a little wind and rain.

When all the items were moved into the house, the two of them were wet like chickens in soup, sitting on the ground and breathing violently, there were a lot of heavy things in the props here, so quickly transported, for a man who had given up sports for a long time and didn't like sports at all, the body was really a little unbearable.

"Say...... To be honest, since I became famous...... I'll ...... again I never cherished the props again...... It really freaked me out this time, damn it, a few hundred pounds, I didn't take it seriously. ”

"I ...... Me too......"

"Take a shower, go to bed, and hopefully tomorrow you won't catch a cold." ”

After taking a bath, the two returned to the room, Lu Ze lay down, listening to the sound of the rain hitting the window, in the past, Lu Ze liked to listen to the sound of the rain, and he would be sleepy after a while, but today he couldn't sleep at all, and he kept thinking about things in his head, and finally couldn't help but get up and quietly went downstairs, but found that he ...... The candlestick on the table was lit, and in the dimly lit room, Mickey sat on the couch, staring at the props, which were only a few hundred pounds.

Hearing the footsteps, the two looked at each other and smiled, Lu Ze sat next to Mickey wearing a quilt borrowed from Claire's house, gave Mickey a cigarette, and then lit the flame of the candlestick.

Maybe a few years ago, the two of them would never have thought that what they once didn't care about is now like a life-saving straw, making the two so scared that they can't sleep at all on this night of heavy rain.

“......”

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