Chapter 62: Kung Fu Boots
"Big brother, let's go!"
Early in the morning, Shi Fei was in the room and had just put on makeup for Menjie, when Yang Mi's voice and a series of hurried knocks came from the door.
"It's coming, it's coming!" In response, Menjie shrugged his shoulders at Shi Fei, and after putting away the cosmetics, the two left the room.
"Wow! Big brother, how did you become like this! ”
As soon as she opened the door, Yang Mi seemed to be frightened, and jumped back sharply, her eyes widened, and she felt a sense of disbelief.
The Menjie standing in front of her at this time is completely different from the gentleman who is about twenty years old on weekdays and likes to wear white shirts and black suits.
It's still a white shirt and a black dress, and this aspect has not changed, and even a small black and red bow tie has been added to the neckline, but at this moment, Menjie doesn't feel like a little gentleman in his twenties at all, but like a gangster in his thirties!
A shiny Shanghai Tang fat brother has a big back, the corners of his mouth are covered with a continuous beard, and even his teeth, the original white teeth of Menjie, have been turned black from smoking for a long time and chewing betel nuts, which is very ugly.
But after the overall cooperation, it gives people a feeling of "this person is very bullish", like the big brother of the underworld.
is about to start the start-up press conference and face the media, Menjie doesn't want to appear in front of the media with this appearance, which will damage his image as a gentleman, but he has no choice but to follow Zhou Xingchi's words, and start the official shooting after participating in the start-up ceremony today.
As for the people involved in the filming today...... Amazingly, there was Menjie included, and in desperation, Menjie had no choice but to compromise.
Later, when I thought about it, I have been appearing in front of the media as a handsome boy, and I have already given the audience a feeling of "Menjie is like that", which is really too damaging to my own drama, if you play Xiaosheng for a long time, there is no way to perform many plays, and playing a variety of roles is indeed conducive to expanding your own drama.
In the end, for this somewhat scary look, Menjie was not disgusted, but found it very interesting.
"What's wrong with me? Isn't it handsome? Menjie glared at Yang Mi and pretended to be fierce and said.
"Handsome, my big brother is handsome no matter what he looks like!" Yang Mi turned pale and said to Menjie seriously, as if she was answering a very sacred question, which made Menjie feel helpless.
"Alright, let's go, I'm busy today!" patted Yang Mi's head and took the prop sent by the crew from Shi Fei's hand - a white bowler hat.
casually buckled on his head, Menjie strode out and gathered with many actors in the crew.
First of all, Menjie and others naturally got into the car in a low-key manner, starting from the center of Shanghai, and galloped all the way to the south of Chedun Town, Panasonic District, Shanghai, where Shanghai Film and Television City is located.
On weekdays, the film and television city is guarded by special personnel, and if it is not for the crew who is filming, you will never be allowed to enter, which is also for most crews to choose a regular film and television city when filming.
If you don't choose the film and television city, it will be a big trouble to prevent fans and reporters from entering.
Of course, today, because it is the first day of filming for the kung fu crew, a start-up ceremony and a start-up press conference will be held to give the media a chance to pay attention.
Not long after, all the actors and staff of the "Kung Fu" crew came to their destination, and as soon as they got out of the car, Menjie saw an overwhelming number of reporters, holding cameras, flashes as if they didn't want money, and at the same time emitted bursts of white light with a burst of 'click' sounds.
If it was dark now, it would be a day, so Menjie wore Prada sunglasses given to him by Wan Tongtong, blocking all the beams of light from the outside, without the slightest facial change.
Not to mention Hong Kong, even the whole of China, there is a concept of two weeks, which refers to Fang Chenglong, Zhou Yunfa and the director and star of "Kung Fu" Zhou Xingchi, with them, the movie will either have a box office or a word of mouth, and it will definitely not be too bad.
Although in fact, the quality of the movie depends on the efforts of the rest of the actors and crew, but this also shows the fame, status and popularity of the three of them.
As one of them, Zhou Xingchi, the new movie will start filming, and there will naturally be countless reporters coming!
In the past, there were probably more than a dozen reporters who I summoned for some things, and the most reporters I saw were twenty or thirty reporters at the press conference of Heaven and Dragon Slayer.
And today, at the finale ceremony of "Kung Fu", there were seventy or eighty reporters, which really shocked Menjie.
Such a big scene, even if it is the first time that Menjie has encountered it!
And Yang Mi, who was standing behind Menjie, was already stunned by the big scene in front of her, if she wasn't wearing sunglasses, I'm afraid her eyes would have popped out!
simply wore sunglasses, Yang Mi was also pretending to be calm, and finally did not make a fool of herself, otherwise I am afraid that tomorrow's news headlines will say that the heroine chosen by Zhou Xingchi is a vase or something like that, which is a big blow to Yang Mi and Kung Fu.
The large convoy of the "Kung Fu" crew set off together, and the arrival time was also in front and behind, and after a while when Menjie and others got off the car, the other actors in the crew were also in place, standing together, and facing the reporters present.
There are so many reporters, if two or three people deal with it, they really can't cope with it, at least Menjie doesn't have such deep strength!
"Feng Xiaogang! It's Director Feng! Suddenly, there was a cry of invitation from the crowd of reporters, and Menjie also turned his head to look over, only to see Feng Xiaogang also walking to Menjie's side, accompanied by several staff members, the position of the actor.
Yesterday, Menjie saw Feng Xiaogang's arrival, and just wanted to go over to talk, Feng Xiaogang was dragged away by Zhou Xingchi, and Menjie didn't have a chance to get to know him.
Although the other party may not know himself, Menjie knows the other party!
Feng Xiaogang is one of the top directors with the most box office appeal in mainland China, very good at shooting commercial films, and enjoys the reputation of the father of Chinese New Year films.
Until now, Feng Xiaogang has directed twelve movies, among which mobile phones, Party A and Party B, and big names are the classics among the classics that everyone has seen.
Originally, the circle of directors was very small, and the circle of famous directors was even smaller, and it was normal for Zhou Xingchi and Feng Xiaogang to know each other, plus Huayi Brothers was one of the producers, as the number one director of Huayi Brothers, it was normal to attend the launch conference of "Kung Fu".
But this year, not only Zhou Xingchi is going to shoot a new movie, but even Feng Xiaogang is also filming a new movie "No Thieves in the World", what surprised Men Jie was that Feng Xiaogang would appear here, instead of preparing for the same upcoming filming of the world!
Because Menjie, who has browsed some information about the world without thieves in the Tianwang system, knows in his heart that the two most powerful movies in this year's Chinese New Year file are "Kung Fu" and "No Thieves in the World", the latter will be released on December 6, and the former will be released on December 23, which is full of competition between them.
Although the producers are all Huayi brothers, there will definitely be no less competition between them, and the media will not use the two films to compare, Feng Xiaogang at this time was able to attend, which really surprised Menjie!
"Director Feng, it is said that your "No Thieves in the World" is about to start filming, I don't know how the specific arrangements are going!"
"Director Feng, why did you appear in the crew of "Kung Fu"?"
"Director Feng, what do you think of the movie "Kung Fu"?"
It stands to reason that Zhou Xingchi, who was present, is much more famous than Feng Xiaogang because he is both a director and an actor, but Feng Xiaogang appeared in front of the media as a 'surprise', and it involved the competition between the two blockbusters in this year's Chinese New Year.
"Me? I'm a chaperone today! Feng Xiaogang smiled and pointed to the clothes on his body, "Don't you see?" I'm going to play kung fu soon, and I'm also an actor in it! ”
Ooh!
Listening to Feng Xiaogang's words, all the reporters were shocked, and the shutter of the camera flashed towards Feng Xiaogang frantically.
The two are about to start fighting during the Chinese New Year, and at this time, Feng Xiaogang, as a director, decided to star in "Kung Fu"?
Many reporters rejoiced in their hearts, secretly sighing that it was really a big news, and the shutter in their hands also frantically shot towards Feng Xiaogang.
Whether it is for "Kung Fu" or "No Thieves in the World", this is a rare publicity opportunity!
And the door jie on the side, looking at Feng Xiaogang's clothes, was also bright.
At this time, Feng Xiaogang's appearance is roughly the same as that of Menjie, wearing a black bowler hat and a white shirt, but the black suit has been replaced by a black Tang suit, and his appearance lacks a sense of detachment compared to Menjie, and he has a feeling of a fierce gangster boss.
If you want to talk about the difference between Feng Xiaogang and Menjie, it can only be said that Feng Xiaogang is the leader of a small gangster organization, as the boss, he often charges into battle, while Menjie, the gangster boss, is a behind-the-scenes leader, with a transcendent status and ruthlessness, I don't know how much stronger than the former!
In the film, Menjie is the boss of the Axe Gang, and Feng Xiaogang is the boss of the Crocodile Gang who was destroyed by Menjie at the beginning, and the whole film is opened by the two.
After a while, the reporters asked questions one after another, and the most of them were naturally Zhou Xingchi and Feng Xiaogang, to Menjie's surprise, the third place was not himself, but the only actress besides Yuan Hua - Yang Mi!
After all, Yang Mi is the heroine in the play, so it is naturally easy to attract the attention of the media, but what makes Menjie entangled is that Lin Zicong and others have answered seven or eight questions, and none of the reporters have asked him questions!
"May I ask Zhou Xingchi, why didn't the Menjie you personally admit before? Could it be that someone has taken his place? Menjie is struggling, his popularity is not low, and even because his popularity is booming at present, there is an illusion that he is not weaker than Liang Xiaolong and other old drama bones, why is no one taking care of him yet, an actor suddenly asked Zhou Xingchi a question.
Hearing the reporter's words, Menjie suddenly realized.
It turns out that it's not that no one wants to take care of themselves, but that they don't let others recognize their own dress!
"Menjie? Isn't it right here? Zhou Xingchi, who had seen Menjie dressed before, was a little stunned, pointing to Menjie who was dressed like he was in his thirties and wearing sunglasses and said, Hearing this, Menjie also took off his sunglasses casually and exposed them to the flash.
Ooh!
Seeing Menjie take off his sunglasses, many reporters recognized Menjie, opened their mouths wide one by one, and the flash flashed frantically towards Menjie.
Although his age and qualifications are still shallow, in terms of the current attention, Menjie is definitely the second most popular actor in this film.
On weekdays, Menjie appears as a gentleman and a child about 20 years old, but now, Menjie shows the temperament of a thirty-four or five-year-old gangster boss, such a huge contrast is definitely something that everyone did not expect.
It can be said that this is a gorgeous metamorphosis of Menjie's screen image.
There is a transformation, there is naturally news, and the reporters at this time have already thought about what kind of expression countless fans of Menjie will have when they see Menjie's appearance, and their newspapers will definitely not worry about not being able to sell!
"May I ask Menjie, why do you appear in such a completely different image from your usual? Do you have the confidence to play this role that is completely different from you in life? ”
"Menjie, your dress is somewhat similar to Director Feng, is there any connection between your roles?"
"Menjie, what do you think of the two films Kung Fu and No Thieves in the World?"
After seeing Menjie, more than a dozen reporters turned their attention to Menjie, and the degree of attention instantly climbed from the last place to the point where it was second only to Zhou Xingchi, and there was indeed a feeling of hell to heaven.
In the final analysis, in Menjie's bones, he still likes this feeling of being noticed.
"The main reason why I am willing to appear in this image is that I don't want to appear as a student all the time, which will make my acting path narrower, I want to try various roles and experience the happiness of an actor!"
"As for the ...... between me and Director Feng Secretly give you a spoiler, Director Feng and I are hostile in the film! ”
Menjie chuckled, flickeringly misinterpreted the content of the film, killed himself Feng Xiaogang and turned the two into rivals, but this misinterpretation made different understandings emerge in the minds of reporters.
Menjie believes that when they go back, they will definitely write out all kinds of conjecture versions, and because there are too many versions, although the audience is excited, they have a feeling of being in the clouds, which further enhances the audience's sense of expectation for the film.
Such an effect is much better than Menjie's simple spoilers!
Listening to Menjie's words, Feng Xiaogang on the side couldn't help but look over, and couldn't help but glance at Menjie, a young artist, in his heart.
can think of this method to increase the attention of the film on the spot, this Men Jie is really not a simple newcomer!