Pushing open the bathroom door, there were still droplets of water dripping from his hair, and he took out a cotton half-sleeve from the suitcase and rubbed his head vigorously...... It's pretty colorful, too.

Seeing Mickey who was still asleep on the bed, Lu Ze glanced at the time, at eight o'clock in the morning, he was not in a hurry to get him up, after all, after the two of them went home last night, they studied the script until the second half of the night.

After coming out of the Lionheart Bar last night, the two walked three kilometers back to the apartment that Mickey's father had left for Mickey to live in temporarily, with the emphasis on borrowing the word.

After Mickey went bankrupt, as a father, he only left a place for Mickey, so that Mickey would not go to sleep on the street, and the rest would not matter, and I don't know if his father would be angry when he saw his house made like this by Mickey.

Put on clean clothes, come to the kitchen to wash the dishes first, take a look at the refrigerator, the most in it is all kinds of wine, Lu Ze only found the bread that was squeezed to the point of not forming in the innermost, opened the bag and took a look, and threw it into the trash can, the green hair on the bread is about as tall as the green onion, and it is easy to die if you eat it again.

Fortunately, I found a few steaks in the lower layer of the refrigerator, cut them into large pieces after thawing, put oil and fry them slowly, and found a few sprouted potatoes, cut everything, and the inside was still edible, cut the pieces and threw them into the pot, poured salt, ginger powder and pepper, and finally put in some starch, and waited until it was slightly viscous and then out of the pot.

To be honest, the taste is not good, he doesn't know how to cook Western food, Chinese food is a good level of home cooking, plus it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the staple food is replaced by potatoes, you let the chef do it, and you can't make anything delicious.

That is, the potatoes are very well chopped, plus the steak is very thick, barely enough to eat, and when he finished the last spoonful of soup and picked up the plate to go back to the kitchen, Mickey squinted his eyes, put his hand into the white vest and kept scratching his chest.

"Morning, what did you do? It smells good, is there anything else? My hungry stomach hurts a little. ”

"It's in the pot, but I suggest you go take a shower first, you stink so much, I can smell it so far away from you, I'm about to throw up." ”

Hearing Lu Ze's words, he pulled up his vest and smelled it, as if he didn't feel any taste, but looking at Lu Ze's disgusted eyes, he waved his hand helplessly and patted his thigh.

"Okay...... But to be honest, at this point, you are no different from a woman, Mickey~ You really stink, like a middle-aged woman with a habit of cleanliness...... Don't! Don't smash my TV! I apologize!"

He was caught by Lu Ze, so he could only rush into the bathroom, and five minutes later, he came out of the bathroom wet, filled a bowl of beef stewed potatoes, and sat on the sofa in the living room to eat, while Lu Ze sat next to him and was reading the script carefully.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"Who?"

"I, Elena. ”

The bar owner's daughter came directly to the door and didn't call, Lu Ze looked at Mickey suspiciously, he really suspected that Mickey had brought Yelena home, but when he saw Mickey eating a piece of beef, his expression narrowed his eyes with happiness, so he could only get up and open the door and say good morning to this girl who was completely different from her father's size.

"I brought you breakfast, sandwiches, hot dogs, bread, bacon, and coffee, did you have breakfast?"

The bodies of the two stiffened violently, and then Lu Ze watched as Mickey poured the beef he had worked so hard to make into the trash, and shook his head with a bright smile at Yelena.

......

Compared with the tasteless beef stew and potatoes, Lu Ze suddenly felt that the English breakfast was actually quite delicious, even if he had just eaten breakfast, he still put the food brought by Yelena into his mouth and asked Mickey.

"What do we need to do today?"

"Oh, first of all, let's sign a salary contract, and then go to Chrysler to rent movie props and shooting equipment, by the way, Yelena, I have to ask you to drive Depp's pickup, I believe Depp should not mind, and finally I will borrow a few unpopular actors, and negotiate a deal. ”

"And where to shoot?"

"Ilkrueburg (fictional), just in a village near Liverpool, it takes three hours to drive, I've eaten, there's a lot going on today, we have to hurry up, Elena, you go and drive Drew's car, I'll change my clothes and meet downstairs in ten minutes. ”

Without hesitation, Elena got up and went out quickly, it seemed that working in a bar had cultivated her execution skills well, Mickey leaned against the window and waited until Elena went downstairs and appeared on the street, then snapped her fingers and turned back to her room, Lu Ze stuffed the script into a brown paper bag, pulled away the sofa, and put it into the old-fashioned safe that had peeled off the paint after putting it on the sofa wall.

Soon, Mickey came out of the room, his beard was trimmed clean, and his long hair was draped behind his head, but the blue suit he was wearing was unusually clean and tidy, he pointed to the back of the sofa and raised his eyebrows at Lu Ze.

"I'm just such a decent set of clothes, I'm a little reluctant to wear them, what kind of life do I live for...... By the way, do you think my shirt is a little tight? I feel like I'm a little fat...... Forget it, don't waste time, Yelena is downstairs, let's go. ”

The two went downstairs, a blue F150 stopped at the door, Mitch pointed to the back seat of Yelena, and when she sat in the back seat, he sat in the driver's seat and headed towards the suburbs of Liverpool.

Chinese film props are usually some small bosses set up props rental and trade companies, and then lease them to earn some rent, and small objects are made by the props department of the crew.

In European and American countries, due to the more complete film and television industry system, most film companies will set up their own props factories, and all kinds of props and equipment that may be used in the movie will be saved in this warehouse in case they are not reproduced next time, and even some famous props will be rented by crews from other companies.

This has also led to the fact that many props of various film companies have a long history, and props of ten or twenty years can be seen everywhere, and even if you find a musket, it may have been used when shooting Westerns in the fifties and sixties of the last century, but you don't have to worry about the quality, people have special maintenance personnel for regular maintenance, not to mention, environmental protection is OK.

As a long-established film company in Liverpool, Chrysler Films has little background, but barely survives on the small-budget film and videotape market.

In recent years, the company's financial burden has been exacerbated by the British economic downturn, but after all, the company has been established for more than 60 years, and the props collection is still remarkable, at least for small-budget films like "Effect".

About an hour and a half later, the three of them arrived at the entrance of Clayfler Film Company, which was actually a large courtyard, and the perimeter of the company was very simple, with only two-way access railings, similar to the red and white kind of underground parking lot.

The greenery of the yard is well done, two large trees grow on the north and south side of the wall, the lawn and the garden area are not large, but the vegetation is very lush, and from time to time bees land on the flowers, and they are frightened away by the blue bird of prey.

There are only three buildings in the whole courtyard, and the three three-story small buildings are arranged in a zigzag shape, but the courtyard occupies a large area, and the lighting effect should be good.

"I already have ...... I haven't been here for six or seven years, I can't imagine that standing here actually has a feeling of nostalgia, after graduating from film school, my first job was as an advertising director in Clayfler, shooting commercials for third-rate products, and after two years, I jumped ship and left, I thought I wouldn't miss this place...... I didn't expect to turn around, and I came back again. ”

Mickey took a puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled smoke from his nostrils, as if talking to the two of them, and as if reminiscing about the past, Lu Ze lifted his pants when he got out of the car, and followed Mickey into the front of the small building.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Who are you?

"It's been three years since you died of a heart attack, what are you here for?"

"I want to ...... Let's rent some props, and by the way, have a business with Mr. Saul, and please pass on to Saul that Mitch Taylor has come to talk to him about something. ”

The black guy in a white security uniform came out of the mailroom, talked with Mickey for a while, looked the three of them up and down for a while, and then stayed for a while, and then returned to the mailroom to make an internal call.

It wasn't until after the call was made that he spoke to the three of them through the glass of the mailroom: "You can go up." ”

"Okay, thanks...... Old Max is a nice guy, I mean really. ”

"I haven't met him either, but...... I think so too. ”

The black guy raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally showed a slight smile on his originally serious face, nodded to the three of them, and then played with his phone again.

"OK, then let's go our separate ways, I'll go upstairs and talk to Saul, you two go out and turn right, go to the house on the right side of the back to pick up props, remember to pick a new one, if there is a doorman, you can tell him that he is from the Mickey crew, this is the list, just take a picture of the above." ”

A piece of white paper folded in half was handed over, Lu Ze opened it and glanced at it, expressed his understanding, beckoned to Yelena, and took her away.

Sure enough, when entering the back house, an old man with a white beard stopped the two, and after Lu Ze reported it, he didn't stop it, but just sold post-it notes to Lu Ze.

"Fifty pence, do you need it?"

"No, sir, I already have. ”

took out a stack of post-it notes from his pocket and shook it at the old man, which made the old man a little frustrated, and slowly returned to his rest room, Lu Ze saw the old man return to the room, and then pushed open the door, and in an instant, a dazzling array of movie props came into view, not so much movie props, in fact, more like an old-fashioned antique store.

Needless to say, all kinds of costumes, such as old-fashioned film projectors, which are particularly prone to fire, and medieval European armor, from old-fashioned cars to bottles and cans, you can always find them if you want to.

Start by following the big items on the list, walk up to an old Ford sedan from the 00s, pick up a post-it note, write the address and date on it, tear it off and stick it on the car, and then look for the next prop.

Although the things here are old, they are all usable, just like the car just now, you can also drive away with oil, and the date on the post-it note is the time that the crew needs to use, and the address is the filming place of the crew.

If there are two crews who want to use a prop at the same time, it depends on the first come, the first come, don't worry about the other crews will tear off your post-it notes, replace them with theirs, once the film company finds out, the props will not be rented to each other again, which is equivalent to losing the qualification to rent, which is the general rule of all props factories.

After renting a series of items such as old-fashioned beds and furniture, Lu Ze took Yelena to the third floor to rent some shooting equipment, just to see the price...... Lu Ze was a little toothy.

Unlike props, the equipment is clearly priced, and there are various models up to 20 years ago, and you can even find the oldest cameras to shoot black and white silent films, but this kind of camera requires film, and the film needs to be bought separately.

Lu Ze and Mickey tentatively need three cameras, just use ordinary cameras and a few filters, but the rent and deposit for these things are really outrageous, the rent of just one camera a month is 500 pounds, and the deposit is 3,000 pounds...... It's really a bit unaffordable.

Lu Ze shuttled back and forth between various models of cameras, trying to find some cheap and easy-to-use cameras according to his budget, but in the end, the price was much higher than his budget.

In the end, Lu Ze shifted his gaze to the small grid in the penultimate row, took out a Sony family handheld camera made in 2017, installed the battery under the camera, and there was actually half a grid, turned on the switch, and aimed at Yelena.

"Hey, look at me, OK, that's it, let's go, the last few things. ”

After choosing two tracks 4.5 meters long, plus a radio and lights, all the props on the list have been selected.

After counting the props that need to be taken away now, as well as one-time goods such as plasma, and paying more than five hundred pounds in rent and deposit, Lu Ze took Yelena and put these things in the car, which is why he drove a raptor today.

After everything was ready, before Mickey came down, the two of them came to the mailroom and started the boring home mode with the black guy just now.

Lu Ze didn't ask him why he chose the job of a mailroom janitor at such a young age, which would be unpleasant after all, but Lu Ze also learned that his family had five brothers and sisters, and two children from his aunt's family, because his father went to prison and his mother remarried and sent to his house to raise.

Seven children...... Except for those countries where there are many subsidies for having children, who can not be poor? As the eldest son, it is understandable that the black brother does this job to fill the family, after all, not every black brother can become the male protagonist of "Untouchable".

The three of them chatted well in the mailroom, until Mickey and another man came down from upstairs, the little brother instantly put on a straight face and pretended to be a serious job, and Lu Ze and Yelena were really not bothered, so they came out of the mailroom.

"Lu Ze, let me introduce you, Christian Saul, the owner of Clayfler Company, Saul, this is Lu Ze, you should know, right?"

"Of course, I can watch "Alive" many times, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lu. ”

Lu Ze shook hands with the man who seemed to be about fifty years old, and after a few chats, there was no topic, although Sol seemed quite enthusiastic, but in his bones he seemed to be a little disappreciative of Lu Ze.

Mitch should have also felt Sol's attitude, and didn't want to say more, so he pulled Lu Ze and the two away, just reminded Sol before leaving.

"The person I want, see you on Saturday in Ilkrueburg, and most importantly, the little princess, I must meet her!"

"Don't worry, I'll arrange for them to come over. ”

After the three returned to the car, Mickey opened the brown paper bag, took out two contracts from it and handed them to Lu Ze and Yelena, it seemed that Mickey was still rubbing his printer in Saul's office.

Lu Ze looked down one by one, it was no different from the common film contract, English was not too difficult for Lu Ze, there was no circle, but the restrictions on Lu Ze were much looser than ordinary film contracts, and after reading all the terms, Lu Ze recognized the contract, picked up the pen and just wanted to sign, but was suddenly stopped by Mickey.

He drove the car, not squinting, but couldn't help but sigh.

"Honestly, I have to tell you the results of my talks with Saul, lest you think that I played a trick on you by signing this contract, I talked to Saul just now, this movie ...... It may not be released. ”

Lu Ze's hand that was about to sign paused instantly, if this movie can't be released, there is no need for him to shoot, he came to the UK purely to make a name for himself, what is a movie that is not released?

"So what are you going to do? If you can't release it, what's the point of giving us the contract?"

"Absolutely. ”

Mickey also looked very anxious, lit a cigarette, took a hard puff, but only took a puff, and threw the cigarette out the window.

"This is not Huaxia, and the fact that it can't be released doesn't mean that there is no way to make money, it's just that another path is more difficult to take. ”

"What's the solution?"

"The videotape market ...... The film may be available on disc and on videotape. ”

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