Chapter 309: Ready-made actors
The next day, before the official start of filming of the Phantom Prison plot of "The Redemption of Pokhara", the crew entered into intense preparations, and Maxwell, the head of the theater troupe, approached Harvey, who was sitting in an office chair and examining the documents, and asked Harvey, who was sitting in an office chair, "Mr. Adrian, how do you plan to arrange the missing characters in the script?" ”
Harvey had expected it, looked up and smiled and replied, "Are you talking about Baugers Damon and his gang?" ”
Maxwell nodded: "Yes, the identities of these three characters in the script are hooligans, and it seems that the role allocation plan according to your role has been finalized a long time ago, but now I haven't seen these three performers, and the other crew members have already started to practice tomorrow's scenes." ”
Harvey pointed to the ground, "Mr. Brenda, have you forgotten where this is?" ”
"What do you mean?"
Harvey said happily: "This is a prison, and there are as many hooligans and criminals as there are, they are originally wanderers, and they know better than anyone how to play this identity." ”
"Your bold ideas are amazing." Maxwell exclaimed, but his expression left a little concern, rashly using prisoners as actors? The conditions do meet the requirements of the script, but on the other hand, the trouble caused is not less at all.
Harvey saw through his thoughts: "I know what Mr. Brenda is worried about, don't worry, I'll take care of all this." ”
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Harvey drove to the west side of Pokhara prison, where the prisoners had been held in their respective prisons, at a loss for what was happening in Pokhara, and even some well-informed prisoners had not received any news, and the prisoners had seen guards in red uniforms patrolling the corridors of the prison with steam spears in their hands, and the usually noisy prisoners were surprisingly quiet, and experienced prisoners could judge the essential difference between the patrolling soldiers and the guards.
The soldiers in red uniforms are definitely elite people who have killed people and have received strict training, and such soldiers are often of good origin, and if they rush to resist, they may be executed on the spot without the permission of the prison warden.
Harvey led the two soldiers to the end of the cell's aisle, where two of the three Lanka brothers, the most famous inmates of Pokhara prison, were held.
As for why he brought two soldiers with him, not to mention anything else, just the aura of the two soldiers behind him was completely different, which was enough to deter Xiaoxiao.
"The Shawshank Redemption" needs a large number of prisoners as ensembles or supporting roles, and the Brenda Theater Troupe can't find so many performers who have had prisoner experience in a short period of time, so why not take the material locally?
Harvey came to the front of the cell, Lanka, who was sleeping on a straw bed, heard the footsteps, turned over and squinted his eyes to look at Harvey outside the cage, the dazzling light was a little dazzling, he still recognized at a glance that Harvey was the object of his provocation some time ago, his legs were weak, his face was extremely pale, looking at Harvey's position, didn't he come to seek revenge?
After Harvey left, he was not less bitter when he was released by the high-voltage electric corona released by the magic array, and when he woke up, he was originally the boss of the prison, and he was caught by the prison warden Baron Mike and openly humiliated and abused, during which he kept emphasizing that Lanka almost lost his identity, as if provoking Harvey was more serious than he robbed the steam train back then.
Lanka felt aggrieved and wronged, God knows what Harvey's identity is, obviously treated the same as them, eating pig food, but no one told him that Harvey's identity is not ordinary? Is any big guy so bored to experience prisoner life now?
Harvey stood in front of the cage and smiled politely: "Hello, Mr. Lanka, I haven't seen you for a while, and your body seems to have recovered." ”
"Of course, of course, do you have anything to do with me, my lord? The villain must cooperate! Lanka forced his composure, nodded again and again like a chicken, and saw the steam spears held by the two soldiers behind Harvey, his heart was a little weak, he knew these things, when he activated his bloodline ability to transform into a lizardman, these weapons could also make a blood hole in his body, and the appearance of the two soldiers looked much stronger than the soldiers who were chasing him before.
Hearing Harvey's question, Lanka felt a little relaxed in his heart, and Harvey shouldn't have to go through such a lot of trouble if he wanted to kill him.
"Mr. Lanka, how long have you been in prison?"
Ranka was flattered and replied, "Back to my lord, it's been five years." ”
"How long will I be in detention?"
"Twenty-four years."
"Remember what crime you committed when you came in?"
"Yes... Treason. ”
"Five years ago, why did you attack a steam train carrying royal supplies?"
Lanka replied with a look of remorse: "My lord, it was my head that was confused for a while, because I awakened the power of the bloodline knight and thought about the poverty of my family, the two brothers couldn't even eat, and I didn't have to worry about eating and drinking if I wanted to do a big ticket." After being sent to prison, I found that life in prison was also very good, although the environment was bad, but what qualifications did I have to dislike it? Helping Baron Mike with chores would also improve the living conditions, and the prisoners here were very good-talking and talented, so I tried to find a way to let my brothers in, at least so that they wouldn't starve to death outside. ”
Harvey looked at the document in his hand and nodded: "Indeed, your two brothers were sent in because they committed some minor crimes, and the burglary was just to eat a bite of local chicken on the Holy Plains Festival, and your brother's confession is very interesting." ”
"Your Excellency, you..."
"Remember what you said to me?" Harvey asked with a chuckle.
Lanka shook his head in confusion.
"Don't think you can get away with it, Crane is out for you, but you look so indifferent, don't worry, I'll beat you half to death, only half to death." Harvey relied on his excellent memory to repeat Lanka's words, and when he heard this, Lanka was suddenly disheartened, and a little unwilling, and hurriedly pleaded: "My lord! My lord! At that time I just didn't know who you were to offend you. ”
"You misunderstood me, I appreciate your words, it shows that you are still moral personally, and you will feel angry when you see my behavior of abandoning my companions, of course, it would be better if this sentence was not aimed at me." Harvey joked that Harvey looked at the farce more or less as a bystander, but he didn't feel much bad about this sentence.
Seeing that Harvey had no intention of pursuing it, Lanka, who couldn't figure out Harvey's purpose, could only laugh dryly and look at Harvey.
Harvey raised the document in his hand: "This document records all the information of the prisoner, you have behaved relatively well in the past few years, even some of the conflicts and confusion caused are under the instructions of Baron Mike, in view of this, I can help you." ”
Listening to Harvey's tone, Lanka thought of some stories and legends that nobles would go to death row to select death row prisoners to train as assassins or something, and gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously: "As long as you need it, even if I go to die now, I just hope you can take care of my brother." ”
Harvey smiled lightly: "Hehe, my personal principle has always been an equivalent exchange, if you want to die, you will definitely pay the same price, unfortunately you don't have this value now, what I need you to do is very simple, play the identity and behavior that a prisoner should have, that's all." ”
Playing as a prisoner? Isn't he a prisoner? Lanka rubbed the back of his head uncertainly: "I don't understand what you mean. ”
"If you can't read, then someone will explain to you later, you can understand it as assisting me in filming a drama, but you don't need the elements of drama, you just need to play the identity of a prisoner, act as a prisoner, speak in the tone of a prisoner, and do something that a prisoner will do, just like you provoked me some time ago. After that, I will give you 20 years of bail, and you only need to go to jail for another 4 years to get out, of course, if you commit another crime, then you will be liquidated with the remaining 20 years in prison, even if you are caught for a crime such as theft, you will have to sit on 20 years in prison. ”
Twenty years on bail! Although Lanka heard the meaning of this sentence differently, the rest was very clear, that is, if he could help Harvey, he would only need to go to prison for another four years before he could get out, and if he no longer committed crimes in the future, then the remaining twenty years in prison would be the same as nothing.
Lanka was originally desperate for his bleak future, and when he heard this condition, he was immediately excited and speechless, even if he was willing to use his life to win it, the longer he was locked up in prison, the more he longed for the outside world.
"You say ~ you say, I will definitely assist you!"
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Successively do a good job of ideological work for the prisoners, Harvey just went back and met the director of the Brenda Theater Troupe on the way, he saw Harvey and walked over quickly, changed his previous calm performance, his face was complicated and excited, and when he walked quickly, he wondered if his body would be unstable and fall down in the next second.
Maxwell took a deep breath, held his trembling hands and said in a trembling voice: "Ha~Vi~Harvey~!" There are guests looking for you! ”
Perhaps because he was too excited to address Harvey without using his honorific title, he couldn't calm down after several deep breaths.
"Guest?"
"It's Her Majesty!" Maxwell smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Although His Majesty's face is covered with a veil, I think I will definitely not admit it, Your Majesty's appearance is exactly the same as in the newspaper!" ”
"What is she doing here?" Harvey rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a little tired physically and mentally, some time ago when Victoria ascended the throne, he didn't cause him a lot of trouble, wasted several days to help her deal with official business, now some court affairs are either handled by Duke Anderson, or decided for Diana, now is the busiest stage of filming "The Redemption of Pokhara", Harvey has no heart to take care of this little girl.
"I don't know, I've asked Christie to greet Your Majesty, she seems to be very interested in the apparition and here."
"Forget it, don't worry about her for the time being, you find some clever and literate people to come over, preferably with acting experience, I need them to guide the prisoners."
Maxwell tugged at the white bow tie on his chest, wondering if he was hallucinating, this was Her Majesty's visit, Harvey didn't want to pay attention to her at all, listening to the tone, he knew that he was still a little impatient, Harvey had the courage to ignore the Empress, Maxwell didn't, and waved his hand again and again to refuse: "Harvey, I will deal with it, it must be to the extent that you are satisfied, now I invite you to see Your Majesty." ”
Harvey patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Brenda, rest assured, Your Majesty is a reasonable person. ”
It's no wonder that Harvey had learned Victoria's willfulness before, and the appearance of falling to the ground and crying is still unforgettable, and Harvey does not deny that he doesn't want to deal with this bear child.
Maxwell was speechless, hesitated for a moment and said nothing.
In fact, Harvey really can't get out of his body, and there is still a lot of preparation work for filming, and the command staff alone feels like they can't get busy.
Tutoring actors, communicating with inmates, fixing the prison, and a lot of preparation overwhelmed Harvey's free time.
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"Haven't you come yet?"
In the warden's office, Victoria, who had been waiting impatiently, muttered to herself impatiently, and next to her, Christie didn't dare to say more with a stiff smile on her face, because Maxwell had quietly told her the identity of the girl in front of her, who didn't look very mature, and was the current empress who succeeded to the throne of the Barron Kingdom half a month ago.
Christie had heard the news that Harvey was the Empress's counsellor, and at first it was a rumor, but when she was filming "The Count of Monte Cristo", she knew who Harvey was, and thought that Harvey would not accept such a troublesome job, and disdainfully got involved in politics, and the most important thing was that Harvey's identity had nothing to do with the royal family.
Until the news was confirmed, and now the Empress even came to the prison to look for Harvey, which made her feel incredible, as if she were dreaming, and she was careful that the dream would turn into a nightmare.
"Enough! I'll go find him myself! Angry and deflated, Victoria jumped up from the sofa, holding a gray and black goth dress and leaving angrily, Christie didn't dare to stop or guarantee anything, if she said something Harvey would come later, but Harvey didn't come, she estimated that she would be thrown into the prison for a while, and hesitantly got up and followed.
Impatient, Victoria left the warden's office and found Harvey not long after he went out, and through the prison window, Harvey could be seen standing in the center of the prison clearing directing a large number of drama crews.
"One group went to arrange for the prisoners to wash their bodies and prepare for tomorrow's shooting."
"The second group contacted craftsmen to repair Prison No. 3."
"Hurry up and get me moving, don't grind."
"Huh? Can't understand such a simple line? Crane! Did I say you're a pig's head? ”
The lively prison is operating quickly with Harvey as the axis, and Victoria couldn't help but shrink her neck when she heard Harvey's angry cold cheer, and said with a dry smile: "Ahem~ He will have this side too, you, yes, it's you, are you usually so busy?" ”
That side? The busy side? Or is it the angry side? The decisive side?
Christie didn't express the doubts in her heart, holding the long skirt in both hands, and bent down to look panicked: "No, because today is the final preparation before the shooting." ”
"That's a pity, I'm not here... No, it can't be said that it's not time. Her Majesty snorted proudly, and was in high spirits.
"I'm back."
Before leaving the prison, only Leah thought about it, walked up to the high platform with a gothic dress, closed her eyes and took a deep breath and shouted to Harvey in the crowd: "Harvey, if you can't make a good work, I won't forgive you for slighting me today, and then I'll let you go to prison for a while." ”
After finishing the words, he hummed the song and left.
Hearing this, Christie and Maxwell, who knew the girl's identity, trembled their legs and almost failed to stand firmly.
Harvey, who was still directing the staff, turned dark, and this little girl came to join in the fun.