Chapter 336 Emotional Drama
"Director Li, everything is ready, the actors are in place, when do we start?" A disheveled man approached Li Quan and said cautiously, "Brother Zhen has already sent people to urge us several times."
"Don't worry. Just wait a moment." Li Quan, wearing a peaked cap, replied, "Today's scene is the most important in the entire film, so we must be cautious."
"Who are you waiting for?" the dirty-faced man asked in confusion.
"You'll know later." Li Quan replied with a look of great satisfaction, and then continued, "Let Zhen Jingwu wait a little longer."
The dirty-faced man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go tell them right away."
Although Li Quan acted very calm in front of the dirty-faced man, as soon as he left, he began to stare at the time on his watch and paced back and forth on the set.
If it were an ordinary actor, who would dare to be late on Li Quan’s set?
Even Zhen Jingwu, the Kung Fu King who was always known for his bad temper, had to come on time diligently as Li Quan requested.
But Li Quan had no confidence in the man who was about to come. What if this guy said he would come but suddenly something happened and he broke the appointment?
Li Quan even thought that if the other party really broke the appointment, he would definitely persuade him with good words. Even if it delayed the progress for a day, he would definitely let the other party come.
With only five minutes left until the appointed time, Li Quan anxiously walked to the makeshift rest area and said to Lu Wanqi, who was reading a script inside, "Wanqi, when will Tang Shuo arrive? Did something happen?"
Lu Wanqi looked up and smiled, "He said he would come today. He should be on his way now."
"There are only five minutes left until nine o'clock." Li Quan asked with a frown, "Could something have delayed you?"
Lu Wanqi closed the script and said, "Shall I call and ask?"
"Forget it." Li Quan shook his head and said, "Let's wait a little longer. If he doesn't come over later, I'll ask him about the situation."
After saying that, Li Quan turned around and walked out of the rest area.
As he came out, he saw the man with the dirty face coming back, followed by a man in a neat suit.
The man with the dirty face walked up to Li Quan and said, "Director Li, Zhen's agent Zheng Jie wants to talk to you."
Li Quan frowned slightly, looked at the straight man and said, "Zheng Jie, what's going on?"
"Director Li, Brother Zhen has been waiting inside for an hour. When do we start?" Zheng Jie smiled and asked, "If something isn't ready yet, we can go to the hotel and wait. It's too cold outside."
Although the man's words were very tactful, his tone was very firm, which made Li Quan feel a little dissatisfied.
Actors are paid for appearing in a film.
In other words, Zhen Jingwu was now his employee, and he had an obligation to cooperate with his arrangements, rather than asking questions over and over again like he was doing now.
"It's about to begin." Li Quan replied coldly, directly rejecting the other party's request.
He had heard that Zhen Jingwu had a bad reputation in the industry, but after considering many factors, he decided to use him as the protagonist.
"Then we'll wait a little longer." Zheng Jie smiled awkwardly, took out the script in his hand, and said, "We have one more thing we want to discuss with Director Li."
"What's the matter?" Li Quan asked.
Zheng Jie flipped the script to the scene to be filmed today and said to Li Quan, "Brother Zhen feels that this supporting role has too much screen time. It even affects the structure of the entire film."
"There's nothing wrong with the leading male character, played by Brother Zhen, challenging his opponent," Zheng Jie continued, "but shouldn't Brother Zhen defeat him in the final round of the challenge? Instead of being defeated by his opponent as in the script, shouldn't he?"
Li Quan frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "The script has been finalized, and there is absolutely no problem with this role."
Buzz...buzz...
Zheng Jie was just about to speak up to insist when he saw a black Mercedes-Benz driving towards them with a loud roar of its engine.
Although he didn't have any speed measuring equipment, he was sure that the Mercedes-Benz's speed was definitely over 150 miles per hour.
The rest of the crew who heard the engine sound also looked in the direction the car was coming from, and even several actors who were resting in the lounge came out.
From the stunt team?
They are the only crew here today, so where did the stuntmen come from?
Could it be that this guy took the wrong path?
squeak……
A loud braking sound was heard, and the speeding Mercedes suddenly seemed to lose control, suddenly turned sideways, and stopped in a parking space planned next to the crew.
Many people in the crew had come into contact with stunt performers and had a general understanding of this aspect, so they all began to applaud.
The car door opened and a man in his early twenties got out of the car with an apologetic look on his face.
Li Quan, who was astonished, ran up to the man after seeing him and said, "You are finally here."
The person who came was naturally Tang Shuo!
It was his first time traveling from the city to the film and television base, and he didn't realize there was a traffic jam in the middle section, so he was delayed for a while. Afterwards, he had to speed up and try to get there on time.
Tang Shuo smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm not late."
Li Quan subconsciously glanced at his watch... 8:59!
"No." Li Quan shook his head, then pulled Tang Shuo aside and asked, "Can you do stunts?"
"What special skills?" Tang Shuo asked in confusion.
"Flying car!" Li Quan said immediately.
Stuntmen are a very special group among all actors. They rarely appear on TV. In most cases, they are used as stand-ins or villains to perform some thrilling scenes.
Because of this particularity, almost no insurance company is willing to insure them. In addition, this industry is very dangerous and the accident rate is too high, so stuntmen are also a very rare type.
"Driving?" Tang Shuo said, "My driving skills are just okay."
Li Quan glanced at Tang Shuo with a look of joy on his face, then said to the grimy-faced man beside him, "Hurry up and call for the assembly, get ready to start filming!"
In Li Quan's view, Tang Shuo completely meets his standard of an all-rounder.
There may be many stars these days who can fight and sing, but is there anyone like Tang Shuo?
However, after experiencing Pang Xing's situation, Li Quan had some idea of Tang Shuo's background, so he gradually gave up the idea of recruiting Tang Shuo. He only hoped that after this filming experience, Tang Shuo would pique his interest and he would actively seek cooperation.
Of course, this was just his wishful thinking.
Tang Shuo shuddered at Li Quan's glance. Could this old man be gay? Tang Shuo suddenly vaguely remembered that the old man seemed to have filmed a homosexual film in his early years, which was said to have won many awards.
Thinking of this, Tang Shuo subconsciously put some distance between himself and Li Quan.
Li Quan was completely oblivious to Tang Shuo's small gesture and said to him, "Do you know Zhen Jingwu? Today's scene is between you and him."
"Zhen Jingwu?"
Tang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "I seem to have some impression, but I can't remember it clearly."
Li Quan was about to answer when Zheng Jie, who had been following them, snorted coldly and interrupted, "Are you an actor?"
In Zheng Jie's opinion, this sentence was a complete insult to Zhen Jingwu himself.
Zhen Jingwu is one of the few remaining action movie superstars. His name is very well-known not only in China, but also in several other Asian and Southeast Asian countries. But now a young man said that he couldn't remember it clearly!
Tang Shuo thought the other person was a crew member. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the other person's attitude, he still replied, "No, I'm just here to play a supporting role."
“…”
Zheng Jie was speechless for a moment. He thought for a long time about how to satirize the other party, but the words were swallowed back.
After several contacts, Li Quan believed Tang Shuo's words very much, and there was no need for the other party to lie on such an issue.
He ignored Zheng Jie and said directly to Tang Shuo, "Tang Shuo, I'll have the other actors go through the previous plot first. You'll have some emotional scenes in this movie, so pay attention to them."
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