Chapter 257: Unfair Treatment
On the day when Liu Jiaban, the stunt team led by Liu Jialiang, arrived in Yangshuo, the county magistrate of Yangshuo held a grand welcome party on East Street in order to welcome the famous director from Xiangjiang.
In the crew of "The Third Young Master", there is no such thing as a box lunch, everyone's meals are the same, after the chef from Xiangjiang and the group cook make the meal, the actors and staff line up to cook, and there is no limit to the amount of food.
In order to take care of the taste of mainland actors, in addition to Cantonese cuisine, Wang Zheng also invited local chefs to cook Hunan cuisine and Shandong cuisine.
Li Lianjie and the others, who saw such a scene, were very surprised, and when they drank kung fu tea with Wang Zheng after dinner, they couldn't help but ask: "Director Wang, I don't know if your crew's food is this standard every day, or is it only limited to today?"
Wang Zheng smiled slightly and replied: "Of course it's like this every day, everyone in my crew has the same meal, including mine." ”
Hearing the exact answer, Li Lianjie was silent for a long time, and then said: "I thought that the people of Xiangjiang looked down on us mainlanders, but I got a new understanding here from Director Wang, but my thinking was narrow!"
Wang Zheng knew the meaning of his words, smiled, and said: "I have also heard of the unfair treatment in the crew of the Xiangjiang Xu mainland co-production, and I heard Liu Xiaoqing say a lot at the 3rd Academy Awards, and it is because I know these that my crew will only treat everyone equally." ”
Li Lianjie nodded, admired Wang Zheng's approach, and said: "In the first two plays of "Shaolin Temple", they were all mainland staff, and everyone was very happy during the filming, and I also liked this job very much, but everything changed during the filming of "North and South Shaolin". ”
Li Lianjie smiled wryly, and then said: "When filming "Shaolin Temple" and "Shaolin Kid", my salary was one yuan a day, and then it rose to two yuan a day. ”
"They all do the same job, the stunt staff from Xiangjiang can get 150,000 yuan a month, while we don't even have 100 yuan a month, and even the extras who play the "dead corpse" are paid more than us, which makes me wonder if I want to continue to take the road of film. ”
After Li Lianjie finished speaking, the wry smile on his face became more and more bitter, and Huang Qiuyan beside him hurriedly took his hand to show comfort.
At the age of 20, he is in a confused period of life, and he has been treated unfairly, Wang Zheng can understand Li Lianjie's mood very well, and said at the moment: "The reason why they can be treated favorably is not only because they are from Xiangjiang, but also because the backwardness of mainland movies is also one of them, coupled with the almost flattering stuttering of some people in the mainland, which eventually led to this phenomenon. ”
"Xiangjiang?" Li Lianjie was stunned after hearing this, and said: "But I don't speak Cantonese, and I don't know the boss of Xiangjiang Film Company, will they sign me?"
Wang Zheng smiled and said: "If you don't know Cantonese, you can learn it, and you can also dub it later, who said that you don't know the boss of Xiangjiang Film Company, don't you have one in front of you?"
Li Lianjie looked even more puzzled, and asked repeatedly: "Is Director Wang talking about himself, isn't Director Wang an employee of Shaw Brothers?"
Huang Qiuyan was busy whispering in his ear and reminded: "Xiaojie, Director Wang already has his own independent production company. ”
"Really?" Li Lianjie looked surprised, unexpectedly Wang Zheng, who looked about his age, already had his own film company.
Knowing that Wang Zheng was willing to sign him, Li Lianjie asked in disbelief: "Is Director Wang really willing to sign me?"
"Of course. Wang Zheng nodded and said: "You are a national martial arts champion, if you can come to Xiangjiang to shoot kung fu films, you will definitely get the respect you want, and the salary will be the same as that of Xiangjiang actors." ”
After being confirmed again, the surprise on Li Lianjie's face could not be concealed, and after the surprise, he said with some pity: "Thank you Director Wang for your attention, I'm afraid I'm going to live up to this kindness!"
"Why is that?" Wang Zheng was a little puzzled.
Li Lianjie smiled shyly, looked at Huang Qiuyan beside him, and said with some embarrassment: "When the filming of "North and South Shaolin" is over, I will marry Senior Sister Qiuyan, and after we get married, we plan to go to Shenzhen to start a martial arts development company. ”
It turned out that the two now have plans to get married, Wang Zheng did not send blessings to the two, because he knew that the relationship between the two would not last long, but said: "Although the martial arts company is good, but the development is too limited, if you want to develop Chinese martial arts, only movies are the best stage to show your strengths." ”
Wang Zheng's words are not unreasonable, even the world-famous kung fu master Bruce Lee achieved great fame through movies, and Li Lianjie began to hesitate.
Seeing this, Huang Qiuyan hurriedly interjected: "Director Wang, don't listen to Xiaojie's nonsense, starting a martial arts development company is just a plan after we stop filming, and now that Director Wang has personally invited, Xiaojie is naturally willing to go to Xiangjiang for development!"
Wang Zheng smiled after hearing this, and his eyes returned to Li Lianjie.
Seeing that Li Lianjie was still hesitating, Huang Qiuyan hurriedly pinched him, and then he said: "Uh, yes, I am willing to go to Xiangjiang for development!"
Wang Zheng stood up with a smile, stretched out his right hand to Li Lianjie, and said: "Then it's decided, come to Xiangjiang as soon as possible after the two get married, Zhengfei Xingwei Film Company is looking forward to the two of them joining!"
Hearing that Wang Zheng was talking about the two of them, Huang Qiuyan asked uncertainly: "What does Director Wang mean, I can also join Zheng Fei Xingwei?"
Wang Zheng smiled: "Of course, Zheng Fei Xingwei urgently needs a kung fu woman like Miss Huang!"
Huang Qiuyan was overjoyed when she heard this, and saw that Li Lianjie was still standing stupidly, so she hurriedly reminded him to shake hands with Wang Zheng, and after shaking hands in turn, this kung fu tea was over, and then the two left North Street with a happy smile.
Wang Zheng was also happy to be able to pull the Kung Fu Emperor into Zheng Fei Xingwei, although he had an appointment with the Shaw Brothers in advance, but he only signed a film contract, and after the end of "North and South Shaolin", he also recovered his free body.
In the next few days, Li Lianjie, who decided to go to Xiangjiang for development, often came to North Street, full of curiosity about the martial arts movie being filmed, and occasionally helped Cheng Xiaodong design a few sets of martial arts movements.
During this period, Liang Kun always clamored to compete with Li Lianjie, but he refused on the grounds that martial arts were only for physical fitness, which made 14K, the former double-flower red stick, angry.
Such days will not end until "North and South Shaolin" is filmed and leaves Yangshuo, and Li Lianjie made an appointment with Wang Zheng before leaving, and he will arrive in Xiangjiang in the spring of next year.
Not long after the crew of "North and South Shaolin" left, Wang Zheng and the crew of "Three Young Masters" also left Yangshuo temporarily, and the next stop will be to Wuzhen, Jiaxing, to start filming the story of Xie Xiaofeng and the Fengchen Girl Doll.
In order to make the logic of the whole story clear and the actors can have a more sense of substitution, Wang Zheng synchronized the sequence of filming with the development of the plot, although this arrangement will waste a lot of money, but in order to make a martial arts film, all the costs are worth it.