Chapter 240: On the eve of filming
"Beautiful things are eternal joys that only grow better and better, and never fade away. Just like your age, happy birthday. β
Do you want to delete text messages?
"Can you stop texting me? β
Do you want to send text messages?
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Do you want to send text messages?
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"Can you stop texting me? We can't be friends, you know. β
Do you want to send text messages?
"If you want to talk sweetly, tell your girlfriend to go......"
Ding-bell
"Actually, I don't get it, but as you wish, oh damn it...... This is the last one, Grumpy Miss, happy birthday. β
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"Little rascals. β
March 18th was Lily's 16th birthday, and she received messages of blessings from the early hours of the morning, and in the morning it exploded to fill the mailbox, including a little rascal who didn't want to see, and used Keats's poems, well, even Keats is annoying now...... Byron, Shelley, Keats were all ruined by him, it's really hateful.
In the morning, Lily went to school as usual, in the afternoon after school, after some student council and news agency affairs, and in the evening went to the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel to attend her mother's birthday party, which was attended by a lot of people, Joli, her friends, her mother's friends, etc., and her bastard father.
Many, many birthday gifts, expensive and rare, a lot of jewelry, made her feel tired when she saw it, too greasy, but she also liked it too much, etiquette.
After the pie was over, it was quite late to return home, and Joli came back with the bastard father, Joli stayed here this weekend, and the bastard father left later.
"Lily, what do you think this is?" In the bright hall of the room, Phil picked up an item on the sofa, a car key tied with a ribbon, and showed it to his little girl. Jolly next to her applauded and laughed, and Tavorman said a little angrily, "Don't tell me what kind of sports car I am." β
"Haha no, just a regular Maserati. Phil shoved the car key into Lily's hand and said to his ex-wife, "You can't stop a father from doting on his daughter, you just can't." Lily, Daddy believes you can handle it, and this is the gift you deserve. β
Lily smiled and nodded, "Thank you Dad, I love this gift, and when I get my driver's license, I'll give you a ride." Just as they were wondering about her calmness, she laughed excitedly, held up the key in her right hand, and said, "Wow! I'm almost ready to drive! My car! It's really, really great!"
"Hahaha! I have another gift for you. Seeing his daughter so happy, Phil was also so happy, and picked up a colorful gift box on the sofa, "Dad knows that you like to collect antiques, and you will love this." Both Jory and Taverman couldn't help but be curious.
"Thank you. Lily took the gift box, and immediately opened it, without expecting anything, but saw that it was a small classical square wooden box, the wood color at a glance knew that it was some years old, the box had a beautifully carved lily pattern, and the light box was full of heavy antiquity.
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and while flipping and playing with the box, she said in surprise: "What a beautiful workmanship, great, Dad, this is the best birthday gift today! I like it, I like it......" So many jewelry, are not as interesting as this jewelry box, knowing that she will be tired of jewelry, knowing that she likes antiques, this style! will send this wooden box that is not actually valuable, awesome, there are still some surprises on the 16th birthday.
"Thank you, Dad!" Lily looked at the wooden box, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and her smile became brighter and brighter.
It was the same thank you dad, but the tone before and after was very different, of course the three of them could hear it, Joli and Tavorman both laughed, and cast a complimenting look at the bastard Collins. However, a hint of strangeness flashed in Phil's eyes, "Hehehe, I said you'd like it, and you can use it for jewelry." β
"Full marks of irony. Lily laughed, "I thought so just now, but now I can't bear it, I'm going to collect it as a commemoration, beautiful things are ......"
She was opening the wooden box to look inside, and happily blurted out half a sentence, stopped, and suddenly, a guess arose in her heart, the smile gradually disappeared, and her thick eyebrows furrowed.
"It's not your gift, is it?"
"Oh, actually......" Phil was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say. Tavorman and Jory were stunned.
Lily's expression changed, her hand holding the wooden box clenched, she stopped talking a few times, and suddenly smiled forcefully: "I know what's going on, sue him, I accepted it, it's just ...... I don't want to have a next time. Dad, it's your business that you have dealings, don't get involved with me. I still have some homework to do, so I'll go back to my room first. β
She turned to walk away, unaware that the key was in Joly's hand.
When Lily left, the three of them looked at each other for a moment of silence, and Tavorman asked, "Did you send it?"
"Yes......" Phil nodded.
Jolly sighed without knowing what to think.
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As the time enters mid-to-late March, the spring break for North American students is coming one after another, and several other friends such as Lily and Trist have already planned a girl trip!
Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming.
"Best Spring Break!Never!!Forever !!"
......
The framing turmoil in early March did not spread, and Ye Wei's life was peaceful.
The filming period is approaching, and Wexford continues to work during spring break, but when it comes to the subsequent Easter holidays, it is not only a holiday for students, but also a good time to relax for a few days to recharge for the filming period, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and the sweet trip.
Ye Wei and Nina both agree that this is another trip of a lifetime, beach, camping, playing, photography, food, frolic, **, chatting......
What is the taste of love without youth? What is the meaning of youth without love!
After the Easter holiday, the 30th resumed work, and there were only 5 days left before the start of filming of "Little Sunshine Beauty"! There was still a weekend in between, and there were only 3 working days, and all of them were making final preparations. The good news is that Toronto has not experienced extreme weather this year, the snow is melting, and there is no need to use the alternate location scheme because the interior is shot first.
March 31st, this day is a big day for the LMS crew, and the roundtable reading meeting before the start of filming is about to be held.
The roundtable reading is an informal meeting of the main actors, directors and other key creative staff. Everyone sat in a circle, and under the director's explanation, read through the script from beginning to end, just like a radio drama without sound effects and soundtrack, this will be the first time everyone will hear the effect of the leading actors sitting together and reading dialogue, and feel that the script is given life.
This is an important occasion that not only stimulates the feelings and ideas of the creative staff, but also helps the crew to get acquainted with it, laying a solid foundation for the upcoming start of filming.
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Alan Arkin, Tim Rose, Abigill Brycelyn, Paul Dano
Theoretically, these six leading actors must be present and read the dialogues of their respective characters, and the other roles can all be read by the director, such as Meryl Streep, who played "Ms. Jenkins", it is very rare to have her played, and it is a joke to ask her to come to the roundtable.
Even for the two superstars, if there is something that can't come, they won't come, and they will act directly when the time comes.
But Hanks and Roberts were very professional and face-giving, attended!
The two had already settled in Toronto yesterday, and for the next two months of workdays from April 4 to June 3, they would stay in the city unless they went on location with the crew.
Roberts' family is here, her husband, two babies who are almost half a year old, and a huge team of nannies, nurses, bodyguards, etc., Toronto and Los Angeles are very climate changing, and the baby really needs to be professionally cared for, otherwise Roberts will have to work when he is sick. The crew can only cooperate in this regard, because there is no subsidized part of the budget. So in fact, for now, Roberts is sticking to the money, otherwise he can only follow the crew to live in cheap hotels, not luxurious "Grand Hotels and Suites".
Hanks, the biggest superstar, boss and producer, also paid for his own stay with the Roberts family at the Grand Hotel.
Alan Arkin and Tim Rose also live there, and others are temporarily staying at Days Inn East Beach with almost nothing but the cheap at this stage, which is different online and offline.
Early this morning, Ye Wei woke up earlier than usual, a little nervous in anticipation, although he had already led the team to shoot two movies, but "Little Sunshine Beauty" was so special, and "The Wedding is Coming" and "Exorcism Video" did not hold a roundtable reading meeting before filming.
He dressed up like a woman, took a few sets of clothes and asked Nina which one was good, made her laugh and helped him dress up, and finally chose youth casual clothes.
"Hey, dude!"
The roundtable was held in a medium-sized conference room in the Leslieville district between the two hotels, and when Ye Wei arrived, he saw that several department heads had already arrived, cinematographer Sean Maurer, art director Donald Burt, and art designer Adam Stockhausen......
After months of preliminary preparations, everyone is familiar with the work, Ye Wei calls them brothers and sisters, they call him director, Wei, boss, no one dares to call him a boy.
After a while, Heather Leffler and others also arrived, and the creative staff in the spacious and clean conference room was Michael Arndt, this is the screenwriter whose position is only a screenwriter, he has already completed his own creation, and if he still has zΓ i, it may make anyone uncomfortable and waste money, so he can't come, and it's okay to come to the exploration class at his own expense during filming.
It's almost 9 o'clock, and the leading actors also appear one after another, the first one to arrive is Abigier accompanied by her mother, she wears big glasses and smiles to show the sunny appearance between her front teeth and teeth, which makes everyone feel warm, and a naΓ―ve and lovely "Director Wei" makes Ye Wei smile and think of Duoduo.
"How's it going, buddy?" Ye Wei greeted Paul Dano who arrived at the same time, and the young man clammed his fists in a stupid manner, and Dano, who exuded a dull breath, said, "I can't wait for the filming to start." Ye Wei patted him on the shoulder, "Don't forget that you can't speak yet, you have to use writing." The crowd chuckled.
Soon after, Ah Jin also arrived, although the old man seemed to be cold-mouthed and cold-faced, but he was actually humorous and friendly, not difficult to get along with at all, whether it was a brother or sister or a junior child, he liked him very much. Tim Ross also doesn't have a star frame, and he is used to being in the crew of literary independent films, and he has been very compatible since the first day.
Superstars are like cops, always one step late, and if they are not late, they will come late, and Hanks and Roberts arrived almost in a second.
"Tom, Julia, good morning. Ye Wei welcomed the two superstars into the conference room, did not hide the excitement in his heart, nor did he downplay their status detachment, and said with emotion: "I still can't believe that you have joined. β
Not only him, but everyone in the room felt this way to some extent, and Abigier was no exception, she could already understand what a superstar was.
"You've earned it yourself. Roberts grinned, his body had recovered from the postpartum period, and his makeup-covered face was radiant and a little more maternal.
"Who can predict life?" said Hanks, looking at the roomroom with his trademark smile on his face, unable to be more satisfied.
Ye Wei clapped his hands, "Everyone, welcome to the roundtable reading meeting before the start of filming of "Little Sunshine Beauty"!"
Online and offline, superstar sets are good, now everyone sat around the big round table in the middle, and after some greetings, the meeting began immediately.
Everyone has a script in front of their desk, as well as the documents they need, Ye Wei opened the script, and still remembered the scene when he opened it for the first time in the reception room of the production department of the Focus Headquarters, pretending to be a rich boy playing with tickets, and look at the present, it is about to be filmed, with such a dream cast!
"Ok From the first page, let's read through the script. Ye Wei said, everyone turned to the first page of the script, and Abigier had her mother to help explain. Ye Wei read the script and said seriously: "The video screen, the camera is zoomed out into a TV screen, and the five young women are standing side by side on the stage, waiting for the referee to rate them......"
Listening to his storytelling and directorial intentions, the creative staff recorded new information available to their respective departments, and the leading actors listened and thought, brainstorming.
Soon, the first line of the script sounded in the conference room, and Hanks's calm and steady voice said:
"There are two kinds of people in the world, winners and losers. β
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Nina has a big plan, an absolute big plan, tomorrow, April 1st, April Fool's Day.
The first April Fool's Day with Yunik, she was really looking forward to it for a long time. Hmph, he was so miserable before, the most hateful thing is that after she knew, her heart and body were still stolen, how could she not take advantage of April Fool's Day to teach him a lesson?
The stricter training camp of the national youth team is about to begin, and he is also about to start the filming of "Little Sunshine Beauty", so this is the best time to have fun. I really want to see Yunik's panicked stupidity!
Many days ago, and even during the trip, Nina was thinking about this question whenever she had free time, thinking about it, thinking of multiple tricks, and there was always one that could fix him!
The day before April Fool's Day, the roundtable reading was a complete success, and Yunik came back and laughed about the situation, she listened with a smile, and did not reveal her conspiracy at all, as if she did not remember that tomorrow was April Fool's Day, and said nothing about the subject. Idiot, you've fallen into a trap!
The next day, because it was Friday, and she had to go to work and school, Nina started to implement the plan early in the morning.
On the lawn in front of the house, the two were about to start running for the morning in the direction of the lake.
"Yonic...... I'm pregnant. β
Nina had pretended to be nervous for a long time, and had tried to say nothing to him several times, but now she had finally spoken, her face full of fear, secretly expecting to see him look stupid and hear him scream. He listened very calmly, and didn't seem to react, and she was about to cry again: "I'm pregnant, what should we do?"
"Wow!" Ye Wei suddenly laughed excitedly, hugged her, and said excitedly: "Of course I was born, haha, I'm going to be a father, hahaha! Wow!" "Little girl, don't choose April Fool's Day, this is my holiday."
"Hmm......" Nina rolled her eyes, this was not the scene she wanted, "Are you sure? You're not afraid? We're so young......"
"Nothing, I love baby. Ye Wei lifted her coat and blouse, bent over and kissed the compact lower abdomen without any fat, "I love you, God bless you must be twins, a boy and a girl are the best, what should be the name?"
Nina bit her lip, he saw through it, and he turned around to fix me, stupid, what should I do...... She had no choice but to say bitterly, "You think it's an April Fool's joke? I hope it is, but it's true, I only checked it out today, it's not a joke." β
"God forbid, it must not be a joke!" Ye Wei shouted anxiously, nervous, but nervous about the baby's life. Chick, you learn from me for a few years and see if you can fix me. Ye Wei said again: "I have to sue my parents, by the way, and your parents, don't be afraid, I told them, they must be very angry, it's okay, we'll be fine." β
He was going to go to the house.
"Hey!" Nina hurriedly grabbed him and stomped her foot, "You just thought it was a joke, but it wasn't! Before the words fell, she ran towards the cliff park, and there was a loud laugh behind him that he couldn't hold back anymore, it was really annoying!
Ye Wei laughed for a while, and then followed slowly, silly girl, I have given you enough time and opportunity to regroup, give me some surprises.
I followed all the way into the scope of the cliff park, and the winter snow that had not yet completely melted still covered the ground, and I gradually came to the edge of a densely wooded cliff, and Nina was gone.
"Nina?" Ye Wei shouted around, knowing where she must be hiding, looking around, he could vaguely see a figure behind a bare tree over there, he couldn't help laughing, and walked to the edge of the cliff, saying that the cliff was actually more like a steep hillside, thirty or forty meters high, and below was the lakeside embankment, he looked at it, and there was no trace.
No, there is no set, and there are no props, how can you deceive people? Give her some face, Ye Wei exclaimed: "Oh my...... Did Nina jump? No, Nina!!"
On the other side, the laughter of Nina, who was hiding behind a tree, covering her mouth, was really pompous......
"Even if you're really pregnant, I'm really happy!Why do you do something stupid!" Ye Wei pretended to shout in pain, punched and kicked, his left foot kicked up and down, and when his right foot was about to kick again, his left foot actually slid forward, and then fell out, he couldn't stop, why did this shoe ...... Oh chick, you've really been ......!
In an instant, his muscles tensed, and many thoughts flashed through him, this section of the cliff under his feet was not a cliff-like cliff, as long as he didn't fall straight down, and he didn't hit something at high speed, he couldn't die...... What you have to do is to stick to the hillside, and hold on to your hands and feet, at least cushioning, so that your body slows down and stops!
"Hahaha......" Nina laughed happily, her eyes widened as she watched Yunic fall forward and fall off the cliff, suddenly remembering another prank of her and removing the spikes of his non-slip shoes......
"No !!!!!"
She ran over screaming, her feet limp, and she could see Yunik rolling down the hillside and the avalanche, "No...... !!He rolled down and fell on the embankment, hitting the stones on the shore before stopping, and lay there motionless.
"Yunik......" Nina's face turned red and turned white, and her lips trembled, "Yunic...... You, are you okay? Hear me? Answer me, just move, I'm so scared...... Don't, don't kid, I'm going to call an ambulance!!!
She screamed loudly, but the figure on the embankment was still motionless, her whole body trembled, tears welled up, and she took out her mobile phone on her body......
No, no, no......
, but it's true, I only detected it today, and it's not a joke. β
"God forbid, it must not be a joke!" Ye Wei shouted anxiously, nervous, but nervous about the baby's life. Chick, you learn from me for a few years and see if you can fix me. Ye Wei said again: "I have to sue my parents, by the way, and your parents, don't be afraid, I told them, they must be very angry, it's okay, we'll be fine." β
He was going to go to the house.
"Hey!" Nina hurriedly grabbed him and stomped her foot, "You just thought it was a joke, but it wasn't! Before the words fell, she ran towards the cliff park, and there was a loud laugh behind him that he couldn't hold back anymore, it was really annoying!
Ye Wei laughed for a while, and then followed slowly, silly girl, I have given you enough time and opportunity to regroup, give me some surprises.
I followed all the way into the scope of the cliff park, and the winter snow that had not yet completely melted still covered the ground, and I gradually came to the edge of a densely wooded cliff, and Nina was gone.
"Nina?" Ye Wei shouted around, knowing where she must be hiding, looking around, he could vaguely see a figure behind a bare tree over there, he couldn't help laughing, and walked to the edge of the cliff, saying that the cliff was actually more like a steep hillside, thirty or forty meters high, and below was the lakeside embankment, he looked at it, and there was no trace.
No, there is no set, and there are no props, how can you deceive people? Give her some face, Ye Wei exclaimed: "Oh my...... Did Nina jump? No, Nina!!"
On the other side, the laughter of Nina, who was hiding behind a tree, covering her mouth, was really pompous......
"Even if you're really pregnant, I'm really happy!Why do you do something stupid!" Ye Wei pretended to shout in pain, punched and kicked, his left foot kicked up and down, and when his right foot was about to kick again, his left foot actually slid forward, and then fell out, he couldn't stop, why did this shoe ...... Oh chick, you've really been ......!
In an instant, his muscles tensed, and many thoughts flashed through him, this section of the cliff under his feet was not a cliff-like cliff, as long as he didn't fall straight down, and he didn't hit something at high speed, he couldn't die...... What you have to do is to stick to the hillside, and hold on to your hands and feet, at least cushioning, so that your body slows down and stops!
"Hahaha......" Nina laughed happily, her eyes widened as she watched Yunic fall forward and fall off the cliff, suddenly remembering another prank of her and removing the spikes of his non-slip shoes......
"No !!!!!"
She ran over screaming, her feet limp, and she could see Yunik rolling down the hillside and the avalanche, "No...... !!He rolled down and fell on the embankment, hitting the stones on the shore before stopping, and lay there motionless.
"Yunik......" Nina's face turned red and turned white, and her lips trembled, "Yunic...... You, are you okay? Hear me? Answer me, just move, I'm so scared...... Don't, don't kid, I'm going to call an ambulance!!!
She screamed loudly, but the figure on the embankment was still motionless, her whole body trembled, tears welled up, and she took out her mobile phone on her body......
No, no, no......