Chapter 14: The Cairo Gangs

"Rachel, give you something good." Liang Xionglong put a small box in front of Rachel, Rachel's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Ring? Liang Xiaolong shrugged: "Chili powder." ”

"What? Paprika? Rachel's eyes widened and she looked at Liang Xiaolong angrily, and Liang Xiaolong quickly explained: "Brandon doesn't dare to eat spicy. It turns out that there is only one last scene left in the desert part of the exterior, which is the kiss scene when the hero and heroine leave after killing the mummy. Originally, it was nothing, but Liang Xiaolong suddenly had a sour feeling in his heart, so he took a little chili powder from the logistics team.

"What a sour taste." Rachel chuckled and wrapped her arms around Liang Xiaolong's shoulders, "But before that, we should do something." ”

"Yes, we really have to do something." Liang Xiaolong naturally hugged Rachel's thin waist and savored her soft lips and soft tongue: "It's a wonderful feeling, right?" ”

"Xiaolong, this guy is really fast." Brandon looked at the dressing room with some envy: "Stephen, what do you say this couple of women are hiding inside?" Stephen gave him a sympathetic look, "Father bless you, Amen." Brandon was a little puzzled: "I don't believe in Jesus." ”

The last scene is about to start filming, the departments are ready, the hero and heroine are in place, Stephen shouts to start filming, Brandon and Rachel look at each other, and then kiss. "Ahem、、、 damn it, why is it so spicy, Rachel, why do you have chili powder in your mouth, ahem、、、 it's spicy to me, drama, water, give me water."

"Haha、、、" The whole crew laughed, especially Liang Xiaolong, who laughed the most relieved. In fact, Liang Xiaolong is also quite depressed, as a relatively traditional Chinese, I usually don't feel anything when I watch those kissing scenes in the movie, but when this kind of thing happens to me, there are only two words on the whole body - unhappy. That's why Liang Xiaolong thought of such a way to rectify Brandon, and of course he had to comfort himself in his heart: "It's nothing, it's just acting." ”

"Damn, I know, it must be Xiaolong, you guys." As soon as he remembered that Father Stephen blessed you, Brandon immediately understood the reason: "Little dragon, you bastard, don't you know that this will be a waste of film?" ”

Before Liang Xiaolong could answer, Stephen shouted first: "It's okay, I have just informed the photographer that he did not turn on the camera." It's okay not to say it, but as soon as he said it, Brandon became even more angry: "You animals, you guys, have joined forces to bully me, who did I provoke?" ”

Although there was such a farce, the overall shooting went smoothly, and the desert part of the exterior location has been completed, which is equivalent to completing the general location shooting. The rest was filmed in Cairo, Egypt. The crew is packing their things, and when they are done, they will return to Los Angeles, and then there will be a day off. Liang Xiaolong stopped Rachel and was about to discuss how to arrange the day, but the phone rang suddenly, it was Julia calling, and the first thing he said was: "Xiaolong, you bastard, I'm going crazy." ”

"Sister Big Mouth, can you make it clear? Are you driving you crazy and I'm a jerk? Liang Xiaolong was a little inexplicable, and when he saw Rachel with a dart in his eyes, he hurriedly gave an innocent look to show his innocence.

"Don't blame your script, Irene's feelings are so varied, after I experienced them one by one, I almost split myself." The shoot went smoothly, but Julia was miserable, and the role of Erin was definitely the biggest test she had ever faced. Because Erin has experienced so much, Julia plays it very hard, so that she has to change her mood every time the scene changes, which can be described as hard work: "Also, that damn director actually forced me to speak rudely, and I had to speak very realistically, I wondered if I had become a shrew." ”

"The more changes you have, the more you can highlight your superb acting skills, and maybe you can even hit next year's Oscars." Liang Xiaolong is a little funny, but he also has some sympathy for Julia, a good big beauty is forced to explode all day long, which is indeed a little unseemly. Fortunately, it was on the set, if the media interviewed and accidentally broke out a foul word, the image would be ruined: "By the way, how is the filming progress over there?" How long will it take? ”

"We are a small and medium-sized production, and there are not many changes in the scene, and it will be completed in another month, plus post-production, it is estimated that it will be released in July." Julia is obviously satisfied with the filming process, thanks to her excellent acting skills, as an ordinary actor, she didn't want to finish it in two months, and the effect was definitely much worse: ""The Sun is Like Me" is relatively fast, and it is estimated that it will be completed in half a month. ”

The scenes of "The Sun Like Me" are simpler, there are only two exterior scenes, a bar and an apartment, or the kind with very few scenes, and the rest are basically in the school, as long as the actors' acting skills can keep up, the process can be basically guaranteed. In addition, Disney has sufficient manpower, and one and a half months of filming and post-production is completely sufficient, and it is estimated that it will be released in June.

Looking at Rachel's increasingly unkind eyes, Liang Xiaolong didn't dare to talk to Julia for too long, so he quickly cut off the call, and put his nose on Rachel and sniffed: "What a sour taste, jealous?" Saying that, Liang Xiaolong hugged Rachel with his backhand, everyone knows that women are very scary when they are jealous, and they can't shake their heads and leave.

"Well, I'll admit I'm jealous." Grabbing Liang Xiaolong's dishonest hand, Rachel said helplessly: "But I believe that any woman will be jealous." ”

"Well, I apologize, and when I'm with you in the future, I won't answer other women's calls." Before Liang Xiaolong's words fell, Rachel grabbed his waist: "No, you have to pick it up in front of me, otherwise who knows if you will be dishonest." ”

"God guarantees that men born in China are good men." Liang Xiaolong's hands began to be dishonest again: "Baby, is it okay to stay at my house at night?" ”

Although Rachel wanted to agree, reason told her that she must not easily agree to the man in front of her, to paraphrase their Chinese words, the easier it is to get, the less they know how to cherish: "Xiaolong, we have developed fast enough, I hope you can give me some time to prepare." Liang Xiaolong suddenly woke up, indeed, the development between the two is too fast, but they have experienced too little, and the relationship is not strong, maybe they should face this relationship more rationally. But Rachel's next sentence made Liang Xiaolong feel a sense of blood rushing: "I want to wait until our relationship is strong enough before giving you the first time completely." ”

Men, more or less have a virgin complex, Liang Xiaolong now has an urge to immediately correct Rachel on the spot. However, Rachel's words also surprised Liang Xiaolong, after all, the atmosphere in Europe and the United States is too open, and Rachel, who is already twenty-four years old, is still a chick? Of course, it can't be generalized, the wind is open and it is only for most people, and some people are still very conservative. For example, Jessica, a peerless beauty who claims to have an angelic face and a devilish figure, and has been voted the world's most sentimental woman many times, is a very self-loving woman, and when she was a young actor, she dared to openly confront the director and refused to shoot kiss scenes.

"You bad guy." Feeling that something was pressing against him below, Rachel's face instantly turned red, and she pinched Liang Xiaolong hatefully: "You are not allowed to think with your lower body." Liang Xiaolong felt innocent: "Baby, you can't blame me for this, I can only say that you are too tempting." ”

After a day's rest, the crew immediately flew to Cairo, and in order to catch up with the filming, the actors had already finished their makeup on the plane. It's not that Stephen wants to abuse everyone, it's that the Egyptian side is too dark, and they set up various fees under the property right of protecting Egyptian culture, and the crew paid two million dollars for renting venues and cultural protection fees in order to shoot smoothly in Egypt. This is only a surname delivery in the early stage, and the later payment has to be paid by the day, according to the lens, looking at these charging names, Stephen has a relation: "Fortunately, we only need to shoot a distant view of the pyramid this time, otherwise I don't know how much it will cost to get in." ”

"That's a bunch of vampires." Looking at the fees charged by the pyramids, Liang Xiaolong also had heart palpitations, aside from the cultural protection fee and venue rental fee, he had to pay an extra $10,000 for each wall he photographed, and $30,000 for three sides, and he paid once a day: "We're helping them promote Egyptian culture, so why don't we ask them for publicity fees?" Stephen said disdainfully: "Thank God that group of vampires don't come to mess with me, that dare to count on plucking from the iron rooster?" Luckily, the only fight here was on the boat, otherwise the vampires would have charged under what name. ”

There are a total of three exterior scenes to be filmed in Cairo, the first is to shoot O'Connor on the gallows at the ancient execution ground, and then be rescued by Eve; The second is the Municipal Street where O'Connor and his party are besieged by slaves controlled by Immorton; The third was filmed in the port of Giza.

There was no drama in the first place, although the second place was a siege, but there was no actual battle, and only in the third place there was a big battle on the ship, which may have wasted a long time. However, this scene is on a boat rented by the company itself, and there is no reason for the Egyptian authorities to charge for it.

The props crew has been set up in advance, and today they will be filming the scene of O'Connor on the gallows at the ancient execution ground. The scene is divided into three parts, one is O'Connor on the gallows, the second is Eve haggling with the warden, and the third is a bunch of actors and actresses following along.

"Brandon, don't you really need a stand-in?" Stephen was a little worried that if he suddenly dropped from the high platform with his body tied around his neck, he might be born and even cause death, so Stephen still suggested that Brandon use a stand-in. But Brandon wanted to be as good as possible: "Using a double reduces the realism, and I do a good job of protecting my neck, so don't worry." ”

"Okay, I'll ask the photographer to adjust the lens and try to finish it all the time." The actor was dedicated, and Stephen didn't say much, but at this moment, more than twenty strangely dressed guys suddenly broke in and shouted in Arabic: "Whoever is in charge here, come over to me." ”

"Gangster!" Everyone realized that it was not good, and Stephen hurriedly asked Brandon to get down from the gallows, and at the same time ordered the crew to enter the room in the ancient execution ground immediately, and only Stephen, Liang Xiaolong, the translator Orphec and more than a dozen security guards were left in the venue. Stephen asked Offfield to translate: "Ask them what they want to do." Orphec negotiated with the other party very dutifully, and soon smiled bitterly at Stephen: "Head, the one who collects protection money will ask for 500,000 dollars." ”

"Bastards, these vampires." Stephen scolded hatefully, Liang Xiaolong also felt that this group of people was too dark, 500,000 US dollars, in exchange for Chengren Minmin Coin, it was more than 3.5 million, and it was a loss for them to dare to speak. However, Stephen didn't dare to say too much, after all, if he was going to shoot here, if he had a conflict with the local gangsters, it would definitely affect the filming later, and even interrupt the shooting: "Orphec, tell them that 500,000 is too much, at most 200,000, if they don't agree, we have to let the police intervene." ”;