000153 on-set tour
After lunch, Xiao Yifei drove to CBS TV City in the city, and Jennifer, who was in her 30s with short red hair, received Xiao Yifei.
"Hello Mr. Xiao, I'm Jennifer who just talked to you on the phone."
"Hello, I remember you, you have been with us for so many days, I have always been curious, what exactly are you responsible for in CBS"
"I'm in the liaison department, and we're in charge of investor liaison. It is a department that serves shareholders like Mr. Xiao. ”
"You said yesterday that your boss was ......"
"Adam, he is the Vice President of CBS Group, who is responsible for the liaison department. But we are based in New York, and he usually works at the headquarters, and I am his deputy. ”
"Oh, you're in charge of the Los Angeles side."
Catherine smiled slightly:
"So to speak."
"It's amazing, to be in this position at such a young age, amazing."
The younger you are, the more you achieve, and you're the best. ”
Both of them laughed, and the strangeness disappeared quite a bit.
"Mr. Xiao, please here, I have already contacted the set, and today I was lucky, the crew was filming the interior in the studio of Paramount Studios."
The two chatted while driving, and Xiao Yifei learned more about CBS.
For example, CBS, in addition to the CBS TV City and CBS Performing Arts Center introduced earlier, there are two other large studios in Los Angeles and its surroundings. Now they're going to Paramount Studios, where the interior of NCISLA is located. The other is Santaclarita, more than 30 kilometers north of Los Angeles, where many CBS series were filmed, such as Xiao Yifei's favorite NCIS.
Xiao Yifei followed Jennifer's instructions to go to Paramount Studios in the city, and after parking in the VIP parking space, he entered the studio.
Two people in the studio are about to walk. The two of them walked and talked. Xiao Yifei was curious about everything, and Jennifer was instructed by Lei Shidong and his own leader to accompany Xiao Yifei. She knew that Xiao Yifei was about to become the fourth largest shareholder of CBS (both A-shares and B-shares were the fourth). Therefore, she patiently answered Xiao Yifei's questions.
Jennifer suddenly pointed to a bench next to her and asked:
"Any idea what's different about this bench?"
Xiao Yifei looked at it, it was nothing, it was just an ordinary solid wood bench, which was found in many parks or on the side of the street. Three cement bases, four wooden strips underneath, and three wooden strips on the backrest. It's really ordinary.
"This is Forrest Gump's bench (Forrest Gump's bench) in the movie Forrest Gump, which is the original product that appeared in the movie."
Forrest Gump, who won the Oscar, is a well-known movie in the United States, Xiao Yifei has also seen it, and he is envious of Forrest Gump's pig's foot halo.
"Can I sit here?"
"Absolutely. Please. ”
Xiao Yifei hurriedly sat down and asked Jennifer to click a few for herself.
The two slowly moved to a studio, where the crew was filming. Now filming is episode 9, which is the episode where Abby, a female technologist with a gothic look in NCIS, discovers a serial killer.
Generally, after the derivative dramas of American dramas come out, they have little connection with the parent dramas, but these two dramas are different. Maybe it's to use NCIS to pull an audience to NCISLA, or maybe it's because the following two branches of the same department have a lot of interactions, and NCIS actors can often be seen appearing in NCISLA. This may be a tradition in CBS, such as NCISLA's later connection to his other "HawaiiFive-0" about Hawaiian SWAT, and then the little old lady in the 2014 CBS drama "Scorpion" also bubbled up.
Originally, these American drama actors lived a similar working life to ordinary office workers, except for the requirements of the characteristic scenes, but because Abby originally had her own NCIS shooting tasks. Therefore, her appearance in NCISLA must wait for the NCIS crew to be completed before rushing to film, and NCISLA must pay attention to her time.
Abby is played by Pauli. Perrett. Don't look at her in the play, she doesn't look very old, but this lady was born in 69 and is already 40 years old.
When Jennifer took Xiao Yifei in, the crew was resting. Originally, the filming set was generally a forbidden place for idle people, maybe the staff knew Jennifer, and the two of them easily entered the shooting location. The crew saw Jennifer come to the set with a yellow-skinned man. Someone whispered:
"Another actor?"
"No, Jennifer is not a liaison department and not an acting department."
"Maybe it's a related actor, and the usual investors won't go out when they visit Jennifer."
Xiao Yifei politely smiled at the people around him.
Jennifer walked over to the monitor and whispered a few words in someone's ear, and soon an old man with a beard, a bald head, and gray hair and beard stood up. followed her towards Xiao Yifei.
"This is Donald, the production director of this film, and this is Mr. Xiao, a shareholder of CBS."
"Mr. Xiao welcomes you to visit the set."
"Thank you, Mr. Donald, I love NCISLA, and I'm sorry to take the liberty of bothering me on set today."
"Do you only like NCISLA, not NCIS?"
Jennifer explained on the side:
"Donald's main job is to produce at NCIS, which is primarily executive produced by Sean Brennan. Since he was going to shoot in another studio, he was in charge of it today. ”
"Oh, I love NCIS too, thank you so much for contributing to the good TV series."
"Do you only like NCIS and don't like Jag?"
Xiao Yifei was stunned.
Donald burst out laughing. Jennifer can only clean up the aftermath for him again:
"NCIS is derived from JAG."
“jag?”
"Law enforcement giants. This American drama is also the work of Donald. ”
Donald smiled and said:
"Just kidding, I hope you don't mind."
It turns out that NCIS is also the son of other American dramas, and Xiao Yifei suddenly became interested in his mother Jag.
"It's okay, does JAG still have a stage now?"
"JAG has been on the air for 10 seasons, the first nine seasons have already been released on DVD, and the final season will not be released for a few months. But we can give you a set. ”
"It would have been better if Mr. Donald had signed his name."
Donald is happy that someone likes his work:
"No problem. It's our honor to get your love for our work. ”
The two chatted for a few more words, and Donald introduced the director of this episode, Stephen Paul, and screenwriter Spid Wade to Xiao Yifei. The name of this screenwriter made Xiao Yifei muttered in his heart, is this a stage name or a real name? Speed Weed, Weed means Big Hemp. The speed of numbness, sweat, this is how strange parents will give their children this name.
After chatting with the director and screenwriter, they went to get down to business, and Donald called today's protagonist Pauli, who is Abby, who is still wearing thick gothic makeup on her face, and the real person looks older than on the screen.
After a group photo and chatting for a while, Baoli suddenly asked:
"Mr. Shaw. What do you think of Proposition 8, which was voted on last year? ”
Donald was more familiar with her, and hurriedly stopped her:
"Abby, Proposition 8 was voted down last year, and Mr. Xiao just came to the United States this year."
Xiao Yifei was dumbfounded, first of all, he didn't know what Proposal 8 was, and secondly, he said that it was rejected last year, so he was asked what he was doing.
But Baoli didn't give up and continued:
"California is a no. But there are federal courts that can overturn it. Just because Shaw had just arrived, I had to ask him for his opinion. ”
Jennifer couldn't do it. I could only explain Proposal 8 to Xiao Yifei.
It turns out that the so-called Prop 8 is related to gay marriage. Last year, California added a clause to the state constitution that "in California, only a marriage between a man and a woman is legal and recognized." ”
Having the people vote on the proposal, 52 percent voted in favor of it, and California became a state where gay marriage was illegal.
Xiao Yifei is against homosexuality, thinking about two big men making a foundation, he shuddered in his heart. It's disgusting. Although the girl is still acceptable, there are not many beautiful women in the first place, and if the beauty goes to find someone of the same sex, isn't it a waste of resources.
Donald said apologetically to Xiao Yifei:
"Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry. Abby was so angry about the approval of the proposal that she basically asked when she saw someone, sorry. ”
"It's okay, it's just that I'm definitely not gay myself, and I haven't thought carefully about other people, mainly because I haven't been exposed to homosexuality in my daily life."
"Alright, it's time to start shooting."
Donald hurriedly dragged Abby away, but Abby turned back to Xiao Yifei and said as she walked:
"Linda in NCISLA is gay, think about it."
Jennifer let out a sigh of relief, she was annoyed that she had made a mistake, she would have forgotten about this stubble, and she would have gone straight to that set if she knew it.
She was really afraid that Baoli would continue to harass Xiao Yifei later:
"Mr. Xiao, let's go, let's go to their headquarters."
"Okay, who is Abby talking about Linda?"
Jennifer looked at Xiao Yifei in disbelief:
"Linda is Linda Hunt who plays Heidi."
Oh, it's just the little old lady, dizzy, that's how people who haven't seen the list of actors.
"Don't look at Abby as crazy as in the show, she was originally studying for a master's degree in criminology in New York, but gave up her master's degree in order to make a movie. And in addition to being an actress, she is also a writer, and co-opened a Donna Bell barbecue restaurant in Manhattan. ”
I'll go, this is really unseemly, it looks crazy, and it turns out to be so violent.
"And she already likes forensic and gothic style, so it's fair to say that this role really suits her. For this role, she dyed her blonde hair black, and the sacrifice was not small. ”
"Well, it's true that she played just right, I like her role very much, and I believe this is also the opinion of many audiences." (To be continued......)