CBD, Starbucks Cafe.

Li Zhe asked Xu Zheng to meet here.

When he came, Xu Zheng had already arrived, sitting by the window, drinking coffee slowly.

"Tetsuko, you're here!" Seeing Li Zhe come in, he got up with a smile.

Different from the humorous and funny comedy image in film and television works, Xu Zheng, a Shanghainese in reality, is shrewd, low-key, and very good at being a person.

"Brother Xu, long time no see!"

Li Zhe and Xu Zheng are relatively familiar, and he handpicked Xu Zheng to be the leading actor in the 06 shooting, which can be said to have helped him.

Therefore, this time, as soon as he heard that Li Zhe was looking for him with a new play, Xu Zheng came over without saying a word.

"A cup of Americano!"

The two sat down and exchanged a few polite words, Li Zhe took the coffee handed over by the waiter, took a sip, took out the script from the bag, and handed it to Xu Zheng.

"Brother Xu, you take a look at the script first. ”

Xu Zheng took the script and read it carefully. "Road movie?"

"Very good script, but the plot seems to be very similar to an old American road movie. ”

"It's a remake of the 1987 American version. ”

"Then it's no problem, I'll take this scene. ”

"Brother Xu, I haven't said anything about the salary, you agreed! aren't you afraid that I won't give you money and let you work for nothing?"

"Tetsuko, I will act if you don't pay for your play. ”

Both of them knew they were joking, but Xu Zheng's cheerful attitude was really impressive.

"Brother Xu, you play the toy company boss Li Chenggong, and the migrant worker Niu Geng, I am ready to let Wang Baoqiang play. ”

Xu Zheng nodded: "Baoqiang is indeed very suitable for the role of Niu Geng. ”

In 06 and 09, Wang Baoqiang, a grassroots poor boy who came out of the mountains in the past, became a popular first-line star in China, and married Ma Xiaohua this year.

It's really famous, making money, marrying a school girl, and reaching the pinnacle of life.

However, he has a new agent this year, surnamed Song.

"Tetsuko, who are you going to look for, director?"

"Brother Xu, I plan to guide myself. ”

Li Zhe originally planned to find Ye Weimin, the director of the original version.

However, Ye Weimin is a director of HK who went north, and he does not know much about the mainland, so he is not suitable for making this kind of film that reflects the theme of the Spring Festival.

Moreover, Ye Weimin's directing level is not very good,、、 he has made a bunch of bad movies.

The success is more due to the producer, screenwriter Wen Jun and starring Xu Zheng, for example, the "bed scene" between Li Chenggong and Niu Geng was conceived by Xu Zheng.

In fact, Xu Zheng is the most suitable director candidate, and in the original version, he took the money of the starring role and worked part-time as a screenwriter and executive director.

But if Xu Zheng is the director of the first part, after the movie becomes popular, the benefits of the next one will not be easy to distribute.

He thought about it and simply decided to come on his own.

Xu Zheng frowned. "Tetsuko, don't you still have a movie to make, do you have time?"

Li Zhe took a sip of coffee and smiled: "I'm going to start shooting in November, and I'll almost finish filming by then." ”

He knew that Xu Zheng couldn't trust his level of actors, and the 23-year-old young director was very unreliable in anyone's opinion.

"Brother Xu, do you work hard and be an assistant director for me part-time?"

Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment and smiled. "What's the hard work? Tetsuko, it's you who take care of me!"

Li Zhe wants to be a director, and Xu Zheng also needs such an opportunity to exercise, and the two hit it off.

……

In the evening, the shooting scene.

In front of the rooftop attic, the crew is busy setting up cameras, adjusting lighting, arranging props, and so on.

Tonight is a night scene.

Scene Notes: "Twenty-sixth Act I First Time, A!"

Li Zhixiong, who couldn't pay the rent, was blasted out by the landlord's aunt, and he had nowhere to live, so he could only sleep on the rooftop like a homeless man.

Zhao Xiyuan, who was on the rooftop opposite, looked at Li Zhixiong, who had become a street sleeper, with a thoughtful look on his face.

What she thought of was that she could open an agency account with the identity of the other party and hand it over to her favorite Yang Guanyu to help her operate her financial management.

"Who's that!"

"What year were you born?"

"Me?" said Li Jixiong, who was woken up in a daze.

"I'm '86. ”

"I'm '85 years old."

"Would you like to have a drink together?" Zhao Xiyuan invited.

"Click! ”

The props team quickly set up the venue and prepared to shoot the next shot.

……

On the rooftop.

Sauced beef, spicy cabbage, peanuts, kelp mixed with vermicelli, the small table was full of appetizers, and Ying Bao handed the beer and cup to Li Zhe. "Drink it upside down. ”

"I have a beer ....... ”

"Don't drink it!" Ying Bao said as she tried to get her beer back.

"No, no!"

"Thank you!" Li Zhe thanked as he poured his beer.

I didn't know at all that the reason why he was kicked out by the landlord so quickly was because the girl opposite was greedy for demolition and moving money, and rented the attic he lived in from the landlord's aunt.

"Is there a place to go?"

"There's always a place to go!" Li Zhe smiled disappreciably, threw out a peanut, and raised his head to catch it.

"It's all like this, just kidding!"

Girl, why do people fall like this, don't you have any points in your heart?

"Just kidding, entertaining. ”

"What are you good at?" asked Yingbao.

"Good at?"

Li Zhe's tone was a little vague, and he thought about it as he tried to swallow his food.

"Learn to bark, whoop~whoa!"

"Bird chirps, chirps~!"

"Wolf howl, woo~!"

"Chicken crow, cluck~!"

Ying Bao held her forehead with her hand, with an expression of "I have lost to you".

"No, I can't help it. She burst out laughing, and laughed wildly.

“…… You're so funny, aren't you?"

Li Zhe sighed, looking helpless.

It's not easy for him to act so funny, okay?

"Laugh on, start here again!"

……

"It's a miracle that you've survived so far!" Ying Bao chuckled, speechless.

"Since you can live until now, you should live in the future. Li Zhe said while eating and drinking.

"This neighborhood is going to move in two months, you know?" Ying Bao said tentatively.

"Really, why?"

"Why else, redevelop!"

Li Zhe pretended to be angry and threw away the chopsticks. "Really, you can't call people like us alive!"

"yes, I've been kicked out!" he said to himself.

"Let me ask you, do you want to use these two months to make some money?" Ying Bao suddenly proposed.

"Make money, how to make it?"

"Slowly you'll find out. ”

"How much can I earn?"

"How much do you want to earn?"

"I think about it, about 10,000 yuan. Li Zhe said tentatively with not too much confidence.

"Okay, then 10,000 yuan!" Ying Bao said happily.

"Really?"

Li Zhe looked excited, and the food in his mouth squirted out. "Earn 10,000 yuan in two months, really?"

Ying Bao tilted his head slightly, looking disgusted. "But I have one condition!"

"You have to do what I say. ”

Li Zhe chuckled, looked her up and down, and asked with some suspicion, "Could it be that you want me to do something strange?"

"If you don't want to do it, forget it!" Ying Bao said deliberately unconcerned.

Li Zhe squirted out a sip of wine, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain: "No, no, I listen to you all!"

"Okay, then you can pour me a glass first. Ying Bao said.

Li Zhe flatteringly poured her a glass of wine, Ying Bao took the wine glass and drank it, and said, "Take out all the money on your body first, and you want a dime." ”

"27 pieces and 4 cents. ”

A few small banknotes, some scattered coins, Li Zhe took out the pitiful amount of money on his body and put it on the table.

"Is that all?"

"Yes. ”

"Then you're fine from now on, every word I say. First, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and I took this money as rent. ”

Li Zhe: "...!"

……

Ying Bao took out the tent and set it up. "Bring your quilt here to sleep, you're going to be busy tomorrow morning, go to bed early. ”

With that, she was about to turn and leave.

"Well, you're not ....... ”

Li Zhe held a toothpick in his mouth and said meaningfully: "Like me!"

"Otherwise, why would you be so nice to me all of a sudden?" he explained with a smile.

"Neurotic!" Ying Bao sneered and turned to leave.

……

"Okay, everyone pack up, call it a day, rest early, and gather tomorrow at one o'clock in the afternoon. ”

When the shooting ended, it was already past two o'clock.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and it is more than 8 o'clock when it is dark, and it is easy to toss and toss until late when filming night scenes.

"It's too late, why don't you go back to the apartment, let's deal with it here for the night, right?" Ying Bao was sleepy and tired, covering her mouth and yawning.

"Then you go to the attic and take a shower first. ”

Li Zhe reached out and rubbed his girlfriend's head, lowered his head and whispered in her ear. "Tonight we sleep in tents. ”

He turned around and said to the staff seriously: "Don't dismantle the tent, it will be used for shooting tomorrow." ”

Ying Bao smiled and glanced at him: "Always thinking about making me do something strange." ”

Hey, this sentence is a bit familiar!