January 31st, New Year’s Eve.
According to the shooting plan, there is another scene this morning, and it is the highlight. Li Tang got up early in the morning and ran around along the undulating cement road in the town.
Compared with running on flat ground in the past, the ups and downs of mountain roads are more challenging. When he first came here, he was a little uncomfortable, but after he got used to it, he found that running was more fun and the exercise effect was better.
By insisting on five kilometers every day, his weight has been maintained at about 72 kilograms for a long time. And long-term aerobic exercise makes him look thinner, but being thin does not mean that there is no meat on his body, but that his body fat rate is low, and his muscles are still sharp and angular.
Moreover, his muscles are different from the very large muscles developed by bodybuilding, but the type of muscles developed through long-term aerobic exercise that have a certain muscle volume and do not appear to have particularly hypertrophied muscle fibers.
In layman's terms, it's the typical kind that makes you look slimmer when you wear clothes, and looks fat when you take off your clothes.
After finishing the run, I took a short rest and started doing a set of Tai Chi in the courtyard of the hotel. The Tai Chi he is practicing now is not the slow health-preserving Tai Chi practiced by the old men in the park, but a real soft yet strong one, focusing on the momentary burst of power. Practicing one set is very tiring.
Exercise requires persistence, and once you get used to it, you will feel uncomfortable if you don't practice for a day, and you will also feel lack of energy throughout the day. This is due to the fact that exercise secretes dopamine and endorphins, stimulating people's sympathetic nerves, causing people to feel pleasure and excitement, keeping the whole person in a happy mood throughout the day and improving people's mental attributes.
This is like coding. If you feel mentally tired or distracted, it is recommended that you do some stretching exercises and push-ups. Your efficiency will definitely improve.
As for the newly learned sword skills, forget about it. I didn't have anyone to take advantage of it. I just randomly found a two-and-a-half-foot wooden stick and gesticulated there like a fool.
The dignified Teacher Li is also a face-saving person.
"Brother Li!"
After finishing the fight, Li Tang just walked into the hotel lobby and met Gao Yuanyuan coming down the stairs. This girl said she was here to visit the class, but she didn't leave once she arrived.
"Why are you alone? Where is Xiaojuan?"
Gao Yuanyuan's assistant Xiaojuan is an ordinary-looking, short and chubby girl. At first glance, she can tell that she is a very honest (tu) and simple (qi) girl. Maybe it is because of this that Li Tang's assistant Zhao Luoyao has a good relationship with her. Very good.
Xiaojuan usually follows Gao Yuanyuan, but today she was nowhere to be seen.
"I sent her home for the New Year yesterday."
Gao Yuanyuan walked to Li Tang and saw that he was sweating, so she quickly took out a tissue from her bag.
"Take care, don't catch a cold."
As he said that, he stood on tiptoes to wipe his sweat.
There were people coming and going in this hall. Li Tang was afraid of the negative impact, so he quickly took over and said, "I'll do it myself."
The temperature has picked up in the past two days. It is around 10 degrees in the morning and evening, but I don't feel cold at all.
After wiping the sweat from his forehead and looking at Yuanyuan with a concerned look on his face, Li Tang couldn't help but said, "You really don't plan to go home for the New Year?"
It’s only around seven in the morning. I’m packing up and setting off at eight. It takes two hours to arrive at Changle Airport. Including the waiting time for the plane and the three-hour flight. If I plan to go back now, I’ll be home in time for the New Year’s Eve dinner. .
"I won't go back." Gao Yuanyuan shook her head.
"Then your brother won't talk about you?"
My parents are on a business trip, but my brother and sister-in-law are in the capital anyway.
When Gao Yuanyuan thought about the quarrel she had just had with her brother on the phone, she rarely showed an annoyed expression and curled her lips and said, "There's nothing to say, it's boring!"
When Li Tang saw this, he couldn't help but said: "Why, are you unhappy with your brother?"
"No, he himself isn't celebrating the New Year at home, so what's the point of asking me to go with him?"
Gao Yuanyuan said no, but her words showed that she was unhappy. Although he didn't say it clearly, he could tell that his brother might be going to his wife's parents' house to celebrate the New Year, and then he was worried about his sister and asked her to go with him. After all, Gao Yuanyuan is not a child anymore, and maybe she is not familiar with the people there, so of course she is not willing.
Little girls are always a little shy and willful. Li Tang understands this very well. After all, he now has a sister who is ten years younger than him, so he smiled and said: "Okay, then stay and celebrate the New Year with us. When the time comes, Let’s all have a good time.”
Sure enough, Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said excitedly: "Brother Li, shall we set off fireworks tonight?"
The capital issued regulations prohibiting the burning of fireworks and firecrackers in urban areas ten years ago, but Gao Yuanyuan's home in Yungang was not within the ban. Li Tang guessed that it might be that high-tech families who majored in engineering were usually more rational, not too particular about fussy things, and certainly not superstitious. But as a bad student, sister Yuanyuan still seems to like the fun.
"Do you want to let it go?"
"Of course! It's a pity that there is no beach here, otherwise it would be very romantic to set off fireworks on the beach." Gao Yuanyuan said with longing but regret.
To be honest, he felt quite pitiful when he saw Yuanyuan like this. Li Tang blurted out: "That's not easy. After the New Year's Eve dinner, can I take you to set off fireworks on the beach over at Dinghai Ancient City?"
"Really?"
"Of course, keep your word." Li Tang smiled and stretched out his hand to give her a high five.
Teacher Li still has a good reputation among the crew. After filming the film two days ago, he kept his promise and took Xiaobao and Yuanyuan to eat meatballs together.
After she was happy, the attentive Yuanyuan said hurriedly: "Brother Li, go back to your room and take a shower. Be careful not to catch a cold. I'll wait for you in the restaurant, and we'll have breakfast together later."
"Okay, then you tell Xiao Zhao so that she doesn't have to bring breakfast."
It's always a pleasure to have a beautiful girl by your side when filming.
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After breakfast, I came to the set. Xiaobao and his mother had already arrived.
"Xiaobao, are you motion sick today?"
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Xiaobao and his mother have been living at home in the urban area of Huzhou these days. They leave early and come back late every day, and are picked up and dropped off by car.
"I don't get motion sickness when riding in a car now." Xiaobao said eloquently.
Xiaobao has already entered the middle class of kindergarten this year. He has normal hair and does not have the local people's hot Hu Jian accent.
After several days of filming, Li Tang fell in love with this well-behaved child and teased, "Have a good time filming today. If you perform well, you will still get meat to eat."
"Uncle, Xiaobao won't eat meat swallows today. Mom said she would go home and eat Dahuan after filming."
Just now, I praised Xiaobao for his normal hair style, but accidentally revealed his Hu Jian accent. But that’s okay, now everyone is advocating speaking in common dialects, and even children can’t speak dialects. Dialects may be extinct in a few decades. Keeping ordinary hair with an accent may be the last stubbornness of children nowadays.
Li Tang was amused by Xiaobao's big face, gently pinched his chubby little face and said: "You can't call me uncle today, you have to call me daddy, you know?"
"I know, but Uncle Wang said that daddy should be the last to call, and not too loudly."
"Hey, Xiaobao can still do his homework, good, good, good!"
This morning's scene was Xiaobao's last scene.
Since the second brother's son Fusheng and his grandfather came back, his grandfather showed off that his grandson is an American citizen all day long. On the day of Fusheng's fifth birthday, his grandfather held a grand banquet in his mansion. The second brother brought Fu Sheng's favorite plush toy when he was a child to see his son, because last time he only saw the back of a head and a soft little hand. He was really unwilling to do so.
But this time the father-in-law took a tough stance and refused to let him see his son. He also kept saying that his grandson was an American citizen and was protected by American law. But in the eyes of the second brother, this is China, American law does not apply, and it is natural for me to see my son.
But after a conflict with his father-in-law, he still didn't see his son.
Later, when the eldest brother used illegal means to bring Fusheng back and handed him over to him, the second brother finally gave up his hesitation and took his son to visit his parents' graves. With the help of his girlfriend Xiaonv and best friend A Liang, he got along happily with his son. Standing, doing somersaults on the muddy tidal flats, and cycling on the cement road by the sea.
The second brother's bicycle has his son in front and his girlfriend behind him. In the clear ringing of the bicycle, the second brother finally abandoned the silence and gloom, smiling brightly in the sea breeze and the sun, smiling sincerely, yearning for happiness in the future. Live the dream.
Unfortunately, the sweet dream woke up too quickly. When they returned home, the father-in-law had already gathered his relatives and friends to stay at the eldest brother and sister-in-law's hotel, trying to take Fusheng back and threatening to sue his eldest brother for kidnapping.
The second brother had no choice but to return his son to his father-in-law. Just as he was about to go upstairs, Fusheng, who had never called him before, softly called "Dad". At this moment, the second brother's defense was completely broken...
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Xu Sanjin is the rich second generation in the town because his father Xu Daqiang owns four fishing boats. Xu Sanjin was not a student. He did not go to college after graduating from high school. Because his family's conditions did not require him to go out to work, he just hung out in the small town. He only occasionally helped out on his own fishing boat when he was busy.
He had nothing to do, just eating and waiting to die. After the crew arrived, he seemed to have discovered a new world. Especially in the crew, there was Li Tang, a big star who could only be seen in TV series or pirated DVDs before. He finally saw Li Tang alive. .
When the crew was recruiting extras, Wang Xiaoshuai immediately fell in love with this tall, thin young man with big eyes and a high nose, especially his big white teeth when he smiled, and his bright and sunny smile. He was cast in the play He played the role of a young man who often listens to the smuggling education meetings organized by the town with the second brother's personal experience, but in the end he embarks on the road of smuggling with his second brother.
There are not many scenes, just three scenes, no lines, but there are a few scenes of interaction with the second brother, which can barely be considered a big deal. This made Xu Sanjin particularly excited. He came to the crew to report almost every day, euphemistically calling it "study." He was also very active in helping the crew, and over time, he became a non-staff member of the crew.
While the scene was still being arranged, Li Tang found Xu Sanjin who was carrying props.
"Sanjin!"
"Hey, Teacher Li!"
Xu Sanjin quickly put the things in his hands and ran over with a flattered expression.
In the past, when he was watching movies and TV series, he felt that it was no big deal when he saw actors performing in the drama. If he were in his place, he might act the same. But when he actually stood in front of the camera and experienced it, he found that it was not the case at all.
Before the shooting started, I was thinking very well about how I would express myself, when I should smile, etc. But as soon as the lights on the scene were turned on and the camera was turned on, facing the black lens, my mind went blank, let alone what to do. He smiled, even his expression was stiff.
Fortunately, Teacher Li patiently helped him explain and guide him, and he managed to pass the test after taking seven or eight photos in a row. Only then did he suddenly realize that acting is a difficult thing.
In contrast, when Mr. Li stood in front of the camera, he suddenly found that the tall and handsome Mr. Li was gone, replaced by a stooped, always lowered head, sitting there smoking silently. People, if they didn't know beforehand, who would recognize that this person is the big star Li Tang? They are just like those lazy people in small towns who are unwilling to go out to work and have nothing to do all day long.
From then on, Teacher Li became his idol. Even if everyone was talking about Gao Yuanyuan who came to visit the class and appeared at the filming scene every time, he was just a little stunned by Gao Yuanyuan's beauty, and then focused on Teacher Li again, observing carefully. Mr. Li's performance in front of the camera would often be imitated in front of the mirror after returning home.
Unfortunately, no matter how carefully I look at the scene and how carefully I try to figure it out, it never looks the same when I imitate it, and I can't achieve the freehand and natural nature of Teacher Li at all. At the same time, it also made him admire Teacher Li more and more.
At this time, he was very excited when he heard Teacher Li's call.
I saw Teacher Li smiling and saying: "Sanjin, there is something I want to ask about..."
In the morning, he agreed to take Gao Yuanyuan to set off fireworks on the beach of Dinghai Ancient City on the other side of the mountain in the evening. He must find out in advance. After all, it is a tourist attraction. What if people don't let it go?
After hearing this, Xu Sanjin quickly said: "It's okay, Teacher Li, you can go and play. The village director over there is a little brother of my father, I call him uncle. I'll call him soon and say, it's absolutely OK!"
"Okay, okay, thank you, Sanjin! In addition, I also want to ask where there is a fireworks store nearby. I went to check it out in the town, and it seems that there are not too many varieties." Li Tang asked sheepishly. .
The fireworks sold in the town are all small gadgets suitable for children. Li Tang wanted to buy larger fireworks but there was nowhere to buy them.
"This is simple. I have a friend who is in the fireworks business in the county. I will call him now and ask him to send some over. Teacher Li, what do you need and how much do you need?"
After all, it is convenient for the locals, especially the rich second generation like Sanjin who hangs out in circles within the county.
Li Tang was happy and thought for a moment: "Get a few big ones, not too many, just five or six, and some small ones, maybe the kind you can hold in your hand."
Xu Sanjin was also very happy that he could help his idol, Mr. Li. He quickly took out his mobile phone and patted his chest as a guarantee: "Yeah, I got it! Don't worry, Mr. Li, it will be delivered after noon."
"Okay, thank you Sanjin. I'll ask Xiao Zhao to come over and settle the bill with you later." Li Tang thanked him continuously.
"Teacher Li, it's my honor to be able to help you. Please don't mention whether it's money or not..."
"No, one code equals one code. Your help has already solved my big problem. How can I not pay for it?"
A few fireworks didn't cost much, and he didn't want to take advantage of others or owe favors.
Although Xu Sanjin is sincere, after all, he has four fishing boats at home. Under Xu Daqiang's words and deeds, he understands the world better than ordinary people. He saw what Li Tang was thinking, so he stopped insisting and said with a smile: "Okay, then after my friend delivers it, I will go find Sister Luo Yao."
Hey, Sister Luo Yao’s name is quite smooth!
But before Li Tang could think about it, he heard Wang Xiaoshuai shouting: "Li Tang, it's almost done."
"Oh, here it comes!"
Li Tang turned around and responded, then hurriedly patted Xu Sanjin on the shoulder and said, "Sanjin, you're in trouble!"
(End of chapter)
