"Calling it a day, I'll treat you to breakfast."

Qin Muchu looked at the freeze-frame picture and showed a satisfied smile.

"Call it a day, call it a day!"

Cheers rang out, and a group of people carried the machine props downstairs.

After several groups of people converged, they found a nearby breakfast shop on the side of the street and ate it.

"Boss, there are too many of you, there are not enough seats in the store, is it okay to move chairs outside to eat?"

The breakfast shop owner looked at Qin Muchu's large group of people and was a little embarrassed.

Now is the time for breakfast, the store is almost full, and it must not be able to accommodate more than a dozen or twenty people.

"Yes."

Qin Muchu nodded, and he didn't pay attention to it.

The breakfast shop owner immediately smiled, and he didn't want to let go of the business.

Asked:

"Boss, what are you eating?"

“……”

Qin Muchu was stunned, how did he know what Hong Kong Island had earlier, and the most impressive thing was the only thing that impressed him the most, except for the fish balls......

"Is there a menu?" He asked.

"You're kidding, what kind of menu does my small shop have, there are rice rolls, shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns, ......"

The owner reported the name of the dish.

Qin Muchu hurriedly interrupted:

"You can go on some Hong Kong Island characteristics, and you can do more."

……

After a while, I was sent over early.

"Boss, you have to take care of these instruments, and I'm not responsible for breaking them."

The owner of the breakfast shop looked at the props brought by the crew, obviously revealing an expensive atmosphere, and said hello in advance.

"Okay."

Qin Muchu smiled and nodded.

The boss was relieved to leave.

Qin Muchu ate a Hong Kong-style breakfast and looked at the pedestrians on the street.

If before they photographed the sunrise, the streets were the world of middle-aged and elderly people, but now it is obviously mostly young people.

Because it's time to go to work.

Like them, many young people also ate outside the store, and after eating in a hurry, they threw the bowl in their hands on the chair, the soup splashed everywhere, and while getting up, they quickly drew a few pieces of toilet paper, wiped them indiscriminately as they walked, and then threw them on the side of the road.

These are very real scenes in life.

And movies are things that come from life and are higher than life.

If you want to film the lives of the poor, you have to see with your own eyes how they live and integrate it into the film.

In this way, the things filmed will make people believe and have a sense of reality.

There will be no jokes such as "the protagonist lives in a 100-square-meter luxury apartment in the center of Shanghai and BJ, and has a set of clothes a day, but he is a poor man drifting north".

To be a director, you have to have a pair of eyes that are good at observation.

The same goes for actors.

So Zhang Songwen also looked around at this time.

Qin Muchu found out, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Play a game?"

"Games?"

"Did you see the breakfast shop opposite? There are three people standing at the door, and we guess the relationship between these three people to see who is the most accurate. ”

Zhang Songwen looked in the direction of Qin Muchu's finger and saw the breakfast shop and the three people he said.

It's just across the road from them.

Three people, two men and one woman.

One of the men and one woman was older, in their forties and fifties.

There is also a man, to be precise, a boy.

Fifteen or sixteen years old, about the age of a junior high school student.

At this time, the woman was poking the boy's head and scolding loudly, because it was not far away, and the words were heard clearly.

It probably means that "the boy is very ignorant, he doesn't go home all night, and he doesn't know where to run."

The boy bowed his head and let the woman scold without saying a word, while the middle-aged man next to the woman pulled the woman's arm and persuaded the woman not to be angry.

Although none of the three people have words that reveal their relationship in their conversations, their relationship is also obvious - a family of three.

It's just that normal families are generally strict fathers and mothers, but this family is the opposite, loving fathers and strict mothers.

"Director Qin, this is too simple, there is no need to play." Zhang Songwen said with a smile.

Qin Muchu raised his eyebrows,

"So you have the answer? Say it, the bet is today's crew breakfast, whoever loses will pay. ”

Zhang Songwen's originally firm answer, under Qin Muchu's expression of "you said you will lose", he became a little unconfident.

Especially when the bet involved such a "huge amount of money" as breakfast for more than a dozen people, he had to be cautious.

Because his pocket is cleaner than his face now, all the expenses for filming are in the crew, and he doesn't need money, so he sent all the money Qin Muchu gave him back to his hometown, leaving no money.

I looked at the three people arguing on the side of the street again, trying to make sure that there was something I hadn't noticed.

Maybe it's because the woman's scolding is getting louder and louder, and the people on the street can't stand it anymore.

A person came out of the store next to him and said to the woman:

"Ah Fen, Xiaowen knows it's wrong, you see he doesn't speak anymore, it's not early now, give the child breakfast and go to school."

"Where did he know that he was wrong? How many times, skipping class every day, how many times has the teacher called me, what are you still studying, it's better not to study and work in the store! ”

The woman was very excited, and her voice was a little choked as she spoke.

"Angry, if you don't study, what future can you have in making a breakfast shop!"

Lingju was still persuading, and looked at the boy again:

"Xiaowen, apologize to your mother!"

……

"Mom"!

Zhang Songwen immediately caught this keyword, and his somewhat shaken answer was completely determined.

Eyebrows opened and smiled:

"Haha, Director Qin, this can't be regarded as my trick, God is helping me."

"Oh? Then state your answer. ”

Qin Muchu was still smiling.

"It's all at this time, and you can't scare me no matter how much you put on the score."

Zhang Songwen thought that Qin Muchu was playing psychological warfare with him, and he was extremely sure:

"A family of three, mother, son, father!"

"Is there any additional clarification for their relationship? We compare who says it most accurately. Qin Muchu said again.

Additional instructions?

Parents and sons are not detailed and accurate enough?

"A mother who is angry with her son? A stubborn son who doesn't want to admit his mistakes? Zhang Songwen tried to add.

Qin Muchu's smile bloomed,

"You're done, then I'll tell you, a family of three is a family of three, and it's okay that the relationship is a mother and a son, but what about this father......"

Qin Muchu was about to say the answer when suddenly a voice interrupted him.

"It's my stepfather."

Qin Muchu and Zhang Songwen have always spoken in Chinese, but this voice is spoken in Cantonese.

Qin Muchu immediately followed the sound and looked at it, a man with a small head and bangs squatting on the chair behind them, and the noodles in the bowl had not yet been eaten.

Seeing Qin Muchu's gaze, the man stood up,

"Director Qin, am I right?"

……

After breakfast, the crew returned to the hotel under the leadership of Deputy Director Ma, but Qin Muchu and Zhang Songwen stayed with a man, found a café, and walked in.

One person ordered a cup of coffee, let the coffee get hot, and no one drank it.

Qin Muchu and the man who rushed to answer just now were wearing masks and covering their faces.

"Director Qin, I've admired the name for a long time."

The man held out his hand.

Qin Muchu shook it:

"Master Xing, I am the long-admired daimyo."

That's right, the man in front of him is Zhou Xingxing, known as "one actor a year, a hundred years of Zhou Xingxing".

"I heard that you came to Hong Kong Island to make a movie, but I didn't expect to meet you here."

"I didn't expect that I came here to shoot, why are you here?"

Qin Muchu asked puzzled.

Hong Kong Island is not big, but it is not small.

With a population of seven million, the probability of meeting Zhou Xingxing is still very small.

Especially in this kind of place.

Although Zhou Xingxing is more than ten years younger than in his previous life, he already has many blockbuster movies, has become famous, and he is not short of money.

Having breakfast in a poor area like Sham Shui Po is completely unreasonable.

"I used to eat here a lot, and I had a good aftertaste."

Zhou Xingxing turned his head and looked outside the glass of the café,

"After many years, nothing has changed."

He shook his head and looked at Zhang Songwen again:

"This is the male lead of your movie?"

Without waiting for Qin Muchu to speak, Zhang Songwen immediately stood up, looking excited, as if he had seen an idol:

"Master Xing, I am the protagonist of Director Qin's movie, I especially like your movies and deeds, it is all thanks to your encouragement that I can insist on being an actor to this day, and wait for this opportunity to be the protagonist!"

Zhou Xingxing was stunned by Zhang Songwen's excitement, but quickly reacted.

did not comfort him "to come to the bitter end", nor did he encourage him to do anything, but stood up and said with a serious face:

"You're better than me, you're a very bad looker, it's not easy to be the protagonist."

Zhang Songwen's rising mood stagnated, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

For a while, he couldn't tell whether Zhou Xingxing was praising him or hurting him.

The atmosphere was a little stiff.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing suddenly patted Zhang Songwen on the shoulder:

"Kidding, pretty boy, you're pretty guy!"

"Oh, hehe...... Haha, Master Xing, you are so humorous. ”

Zhang Songwen also smiled.

"It's a lot worse than me, though."

Zhou Xingxing returned to his serious face.

Zhang Songwen: "......"

He looked at Zhou Xingxing and decided to stabilize his emotions first to prevent the next turn.

But no, Zhou Xingxing's eyes were very serious.

“……”

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing and thought of the evaluation of him by people in the entertainment industry in his previous life.

Indeed, it's a bit difficult to get along with.

Compared with the funny him in the movie, they are simply two people.

All three fell silent, and none of them knew what to say.

The atmosphere was awkward.

It took a long time before someone spoke, it was Zhou Xingxing.

"Director Qin, what kind of movie are you making?"

Qin Muchu sighed in his heart, he was not a person who was very good at taking the initiative to find topics, and this embarrassing atmosphere almost offset his excitement when he saw Xing Ye.

He had just been thinking about what to say and leave politely.

"It's an inspirational film." He replied.

"Inspirational films? Did the poor people who walked out of Sham Shui Po finally succeed in becoming rich? Zhou Xingxing guessed.

I have to say that his guess was quite accurate, and he guessed the main plot very closely.

"Almost."

Zhou Xingxing nodded and didn't ask again.

Asking again involves a detailed plot, and the relationship between the two is not enough for others to reveal this.

Silence fell again.

Zhang Songwen looked at the two of them who were stirring coffee, and neither of them looked up to speak, he was a little anxious.

After thinking about it, he broke the silence and asked:

"How can you tell if that father is a stepfather and not his own father?"

"It's ......"

Zhou Xingxing was the first to speak, but he looked at Qin Muchu again, and his voice paused:

"Let's talk about Director Qin."

Yo, is this going to test me?

Qin Muchu said slowly:

"First of all, when the mother scolded her son, although the father also persuaded him, he stood next to the woman and pulled the woman's arm, and the direction facing the woman was the same direction, not standing in the same direction with the son and facing the woman."

Zhang Songwen thought about it, it was really like this.

"This shows that the relationship between mom and dad is likely to be closer than that with their son."

"Second, the father and son have always maintained their distance and have not had physical contact.

When the man persuaded the woman, the boy did not have any intimacy with the man, hiding behind him or something. ”

"Third, the child has always been silent, it stands to reason that whether it is a family with a loving father and a strict mother, or a family with a loving mother and a strict father, the child should be close to one party, and this kind of two are not close, it is likely that he feels that neither of them is his closest person.

In this case, it is very likely that the parents have remarried. ”

In the end, the neighbors couldn't stand it, so they came out to ask the mother to stop scolding, and persuaded the child to admit his mistake, but the strange thing is that he didn't talk to his father. Why do neighbors turn a blind eye? ”

"To sum up, the most likely thing is that the father is a stepfather, so it is not good for him to discipline the child too much."

At the end of the reasoning, applause rang out.

"One word, absolutely!"

Zhou Xingxing applauded.

Zhang Songwen fell into silence, thinking about Qin Muchu's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

After a while, he shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"I am willing to lose the bet, Director Qin, ...... early this morning"

"I'm just speculating, it's very likely, but it's not absolute, so there's no winning or losing."

Seeing that Zhang Songwen was still about to speak, Qin Muchu said again:

"Why don't you ask them if that dad is a stepfather?"

One sentence blocked Zhang Songwen.

I'm afraid I'm not going to be beaten up.

Knowing that Qin Muchu deliberately let himself go, Zhang Songwen was moved in his heart, but he had nothing to repay.

Only by hard work.

So he asked:

"Director Qin, are you still filming today?"

Qin Muchu thought about it and shook his head:

"No, I'll go back and see if I can use it."

"Did you shoot it in the morning? So early, is it a night scene filmed? Zhou Xingxing asked.

"It's not a night scene, it's a sunrise filming."

"Sunrise...... Is it the meaning of hope? So you want to shoot the sun on this broken block? ”

Qin Muchu looked at Zhou Xingxing in surprise.

How could he guess so well? A guess is accurate?

It's rare for someone to understand the meaning in seconds when they hear their words, and his thinking is so synchronized, he is interested.

"It's not just hope, I chose the junction of the old building and the building, the sun shines on the building, it doesn't shine on the old building, and then ......"

Qin Muchu and Zhou Xingxing discussed in detail the picture they had just taken.

From the composition of light and shadow, to the idea behind it, to the meaning of the shot......

Zhang Songwen listened to it with sighs and admiration.

He has seen the pictures taken, and he has also thought of the meaning of some pictures, but he did not pay attention to more details, he only felt that the charm was full, and the pictures were very emotional and rich in connotation.

The gap between him and Qin Muchu is like the difference between a diner and a cook.

When a diner eats a dish, he thinks it is delicious and can tell the general amount of sweet, sour, salty and spicy.

But when the chef eats a bite of the dish, he can analyze which seasonings are used to achieve such a taste, cooking techniques, and so on.

"In that case, you're going to separate the images?" Zhou Xingxing asked.

"Yes, the dull one is at the beginning, and the hopeful one is at the end."

Qin Muchu took off his mask, took a sip of coffee, and moistened his throat.

"Wow-"

As soon as the coffee entered his mouth, he spit it back into the cup:

"So bitter!"

His facial features are so bitter that he distorts, and he has saliva in his mouth and scrubs his tongue.

"Of course you're bitter if you don't add sugar."

Zhou Xingxing, who was imagining that Qin Muchu had just taken a picture in his mind, was interrupted, looked at Qin Muchu with a "bitter" face, and silently put down the coffee he was serving.

"I thought about the picture you took, it's beautiful, it's very interesting, you're amazing!"

He suddenly praised Qin Muchu, and his tone was so calm that it was like a declarative sentence.

Qin Muchu could see that he didn't mean the slightest flattery and politeness, and his eyes were very pure and sincere.

"I'm ready to take a picture, please watch it."

Qin Muchu raised his coffee cup and smiled.

Zhou Xingxing also smiled, his eyes narrowed, he also took off his mask, and clinked cups of coffee:

"I'll buy a ticket."

After that, the two of them drank coffee together......

"Gross-"

Zhou Xingxing turned around, lowered his head and bent down to spit the coffee directly on the ground.

"Dead on the street, how can you care about it!"

His eyes closed in agony and his fists clenched.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing has a bit of his taste in the movie.

Suddenly finding that Qin Muchu didn't react, he looked at Qin Muchu,

"Are you alright? Didn't you just say bitterness? ”

Qin Muchu didn't speak, shook his head with a sigh, and then spit out the coffee in his mouth back into the cup in Zhou Xingxing's gradually widening eyes.

Exclaimed:

"Of course you're bitter if you don't add sugar."

……

(End of chapter)