Zheng Xudong hung up Vivian's phone and was about to get up from the bathtub to rinse it, but then the phone rang again, and he picked it up and saw that it was Scott Braun, the broker he had just hired, and he quickly picked up the phone.

"Anton, where are you?" asked Scott.

Zheng Xudong definitely couldn't tell him that he was at home in the magic capital now, so he estimated that Scott would go crazy, so he said: "Scott, I'm in the hotel now, and I'm going to go out to walk around the streets of Atlanta in a while, see what good attractions there are, and enjoy the scenery of Atlanta." ”

Scott didn't suspect anything on the phone, so he said on the phone: "That's right, don't go far, you come to my house at two o'clock in the afternoon, I have already found the team to shoot the MV, start filming in the afternoon, and strive to complete the shooting within two days." ”

"Okay, I see, I'll go to your house at two o'clock in the afternoon, I'll be there on time. After saying that, the two sides hung up the phone.

Zheng Xudong glanced at the time, it was 9:30 p.m., that is, 9:30 a.m. U.S. time, and there were less than five hours left before 2 p.m. I thought that my body could resist the toss, and it was necessary to be sick if I changed a person to have jet lag back and forth in such a short period of time. There were less than five hours left, so I quickly got out of the bathtub and rinsed it, then changed into a set of casual clothes, took out the small plane, immersed myself in it, and the person appeared in the cabin, turned on the autopilot mode and flew into the sky, set the time to arrive in Atlanta at half past one in the afternoon, the location was Scott's house, and then use the four hours to start sleeping, and continue to learn piano while sleeping.

At half past one in the afternoon, he appeared near Scott's house on time, and in order not to arouse suspicion, he still took a car to his door, and Scott was already waiting at the door, and when he saw him get out of the car, he stepped forward and pulled him and said, "Let's go, let's get in the car, and go to the car to talk about something." Then he pulled him on a Toyota Coaster bus, in addition to the two of them, there were several makeup artists, costume artists, photographers and lighting and so on, in the process of applying makeup to Zheng Xudong, Scott said to him: "We will record "FADED this afternoon" For this MV, I have found a filming location, just in the southeast corner of the city, this place was originally a wetland park, because a chemical plant was built next to it and was abandoned, and now this chemical factory has also been banned due to environmental issues, which is exactly what we need to shoot. ”

Because he only needed to put on makeup on his face, so he finished applying makeup quickly, and Scott introduced Zheng Xudong and said: "Anton, this is the shooting director Rikkard H?ggbom and Tobias Höggbom that I found for this MV (I really didn't find the source of the two), they are Swedes, and they are very famous in shooting MVs, and people in the circle want them to shoot their own MVs, which I specially found." ”

Hearing Scott's introduction, Zheng Xudong quickly stood up and shook hands with the two, and said, "I'm going to trouble the two of you this time!"

The two said "You're welcome!", and then his brother Rikkard Höggbom said to him: "It's really Scott's kind invitation, and it just so happens that the two of us owe him a favor, so we came over this time, and we were also surprised after listening to the music you created, I didn't expect Huaxia to have produced such an excellent music producer as you over the years." ”

Zheng Xudong heard people's comments and said politely: "Thank you for your praise!"

Rikkard Höggbom shook his hand and continued: "You are indeed excellent! Okay, now I'm going to tell you about our shooting ideas. Rikkard Höggbom was also satisfied when he saw Zheng Xudong sitting up straight and listening carefully to what he had to say, and continued: "After hearing the music that Scott passed to our brothers, we had already thought of a place to shoot, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, where there were some empty wilderness and abandoned factories, but Scott said that he had found a place in Atlanta that could also meet our filming needs, and after watching the video footage he passed to us, we agreed to come here to shoot. After picking up a glass of water and taking a sip of it, he continued: "We want to tell the story of a young man with a backpack in this MV, this person is played by you yourself, we have considered that you are not a professional actor, so originally we brothers wanted to ask Shahab Salehi to play it, but I heard Scott say that you must play it yourself, I hope you will not disappoint us." The story goes like this, you carry a backpack and a photo to find your home, you have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, searched for countless city ruins, and finally found your parents' house under the guidance of the photo, only to find that the house has long been unrecognizable. At the end of the video, you pull off your mask and face the unforgiving truth in despair. This is a story to be told to you in the whole four-and-a-half-minute MV, the theme of the story is anti-war, so it is more acceptable to the mainstream society, this our brother has communicated with Scott, he has agreed, now it depends on what you mean. Are you the author after all?"

After listening to the outline of the MV shooting narrated by Rikkard Höggbom, Zheng Xudong felt a lot of emotion in his heart, isn't this what the MV of "FADED" looked like when it was filmed later! It seems that even if he changes the author of this song, the wheel of history will still return to its original trajectory and move forward, as if there is a pair of God's hands invisibly manipulating. These hands will restore what has not been changed by him to its original trajectory and continue to move forward.

When the brothers saw him sitting there without speaking, the brothers thought he wasn't happy with their idea of shooting, and said, "Mr. Zheng, if you have any better ideas to say, let's discuss them together." ”

Zheng Xudong knew that his stunned kung fu had made the director misunderstand, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Rikkard Höggbom, you misunderstood, I just sighed that your shooting outline is very good, and I was moved by your ideas for a while, I'm sorry!"

Scott also let out a long breath when he heard Zheng Xudong agree to the filming ideas of the two directors, he was really afraid that Zheng Xudong would have the bad temper of other stars, and he would not work this or that at every turn, and he would support everyone around, and then in the end, he didn't have any good way, that kind of star was the most fucked up. Fortunately, he is a person who is willing to listen to other people's opinions, maybe he is not famous yet, what will become of him after he becomes famous? Who knows?

Now that he was on the same page, he called in the costume designer and said, "Bring the costume and give him a try." ”

At this time, a female fashion designer in her thirties brought a few clothes and put them in front of Zheng Xudong, and then said: "Because we are not famous now, there is no service brand willing to sponsor us, so I took some more ordinary clothes on the market according to the intention given by the director." The outermost piece is a plain black hoodie with no floral embellishments, but the chest and back are already stamped with the logo of your design AT merging together. Inside the hoodie is a large gray vest, the hem of the vest is eight or nine centimeters below the hoodie, and the exposed part has been cut out a few holes according to the director's requirements. She said that Zheng Xudong had taken off his clothes, leaving only a pair of boxer briefs on his body. The sturdy body, eight-pack abs, and mermaid line are clearly visible, which makes the people in the car look a little dumbfounded, they didn't expect a person who is engaged in music creation to have such a body, aren't they usually otaku? Especially the female staff in the car are stupid, and they are reluctant to take their eyes off his body.

Zheng Xudong asked the costume designer a little embarrassed: "The clothes are all clean, I have a slight cleanliness habit." ”

The female fashion designer pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the clothes are all new, and the reason why they look a little dirty is that they are old." No one has worn it, and you can rest assured of that. ”

After Zheng Xudong finished putting on his upper clothes, the costume designer handed him a pair of black pants, "The pants and shoes are NIKE's, but they don't sponsor them, so we covered their LOGO, and you wear these gloves." ”

Zheng Xudong took the gloves and saw that they were broken fingers, they used to be called thunderbolt gloves, which were worn when breaking dancing, not only that, but these gloves were also woven with black wool, among which the middle finger and index finger of the right hand were also off the thread, revealing obvious threads. He also wore gloves on his hand and took a black scarf from the costume designer, which needed to cover his face during the shoot, and only pulled it down at the end of the shoot to show his face.

Finally, the costume designer handed him a coffee-colored backpack, "This backpack belongs to Puma, and of course the brand is also covered." ”

When Zheng Xudong put all the equipment on his body and stood in front of a mirror in the car to look at himself, a decadent figure appeared in the mirror, exactly the same as the costume of the actor in the MV of "FADED", an image of exhaustion and disappointment when he returned to his abandoned home from outside.

"Great, that's what we want. Tobias Höggbom, who has never squeaked since getting into the car, said.

"Yes, I didn't expect you to be in better shape than the actor we originally wanted to invite Shahab Salehi, and when it comes to filming for a while, you have to restrain the light in your eyes, think about it, the wanderer who has been wandering in the field for many years returns to his hometown, with a body of fatigue and exhaustion, but he can't find the appearance of his homeland, even if he takes out old photos, it will be useless, and the feeling of disappointment and sadness will be reflected in your eyes and movements. You can think about it in your head right now in the car, and when you get to the shooting location, you can shoot directly. ”

This is really not very difficult for Zheng Xudong, his parents died in a car accident in 2008, he has been living independently for two years, and now every time he comes back home, he lives alone, no parents are nagging around you, no one will remind you to increase or decrease your clothes when the weather changes, no one will shout at the bedside when you are sick, no one will comfort you when you are frustrated in your study life, he doesn't have these things that he is accustomed to among his peers, this is just for him as long as he plays in his true colors...