As soon as the Spring Festival was over, the crew of "Orange and Yellow" became busy again.
It seemed that Zhao Rui wanted to finish filming all the scenes in the first month of the year. He not only rearranged the shooting schedule, but also added a few staff members for the first time.
"Brother Rui, I have to take a day off tomorrow." On the night of the 14th day of the first lunar month, after finishing the last scene, Yu Qinghuan walked up to Zhao Rui, wiping the mud off his face while saying, "I need to take a photo for a previous endorsement."
Ada called today and said that the exquisite series of watches has found a spokesperson and wanted him to take a photo.
Even though these are just a few group photos, two people who don't know each other need to get to know each other, and the photos need to have some feeling, so I'm afraid one day is not enough.
Hearing this, Zhao Rui frowned immediately. If he delayed for one day, he would have to spend one more day's money. He still had to save money to promote the movie. To be honest, he was unwilling to do that.
Just when I was about to ask if Yu Qinghuan's filming could be rescheduled, I heard him continue, "Brother Rui, tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and everyone wants to go home for a reunion. Why don't you just give everyone a day off?"
Since that New Year's Eve dinner, Yu Qinghuan and Zhao Rui have become much more familiar with each other and can joke with each other.
He discovered that Zhao Rui was actually a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. The reason why he exploited the crew so much before the New Year was to give everyone two days off during the Spring Festival.
It's just that he said such harsh words that he offended so many people. Who would go out of their way to find out his true feelings?
Yu Qinghuan gently hit his shoulder and said, "Brother Rui, Ada's schedule cannot be changed. Please be kind and give me a day off, and let everyone take a day off as well."
"Orange" is already in the final stages of filming and it is estimated that it will be completed in less than a week. In this case, it would not be a big deal to let everyone go back to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Zhao Rui was silent for a moment, then gave him a gloomy look, "What else can I do if I don't let go?"
Yu Qinghuan is the absolute protagonist of this play. Without him, the movie cannot be filmed at all. Since there is no filming, there is no point for the crew members to stay. Zhao Rui has to take this vacation whether he wants or not.
"Thank you, Brother Rui," Yu Qinghuan thanked him with a smile, then took the down jacket handed to him by Yu Xin and put it on.
"Brother Qinghuan, can I, can I go with you?" When Yu Qinghuan and Zhao Rui were talking, Wang Ruirui had been listening with her ears perked up.
What the little girl fears most is the word "holiday", which means that she may have to stay alone in a hotel or somewhere else again. She carefully glanced at Yu Qinghuan's face and finally couldn't help but ask.
To be honest, Yu Qinghuan was in a bit of a dilemma. Places like Ada are crowded with people coming and going, and he has a tight schedule tomorrow. Once he starts working, he won't be able to take care of Wang Ruirui at all, so it's really not suitable for him to take her with him.
But when he lowered his head and met the little girl's expectant eyes, the words he was about to say no suddenly turned into one word, "Okay."
After being together for more than a month, this was the first time that Wang Ruirui took the initiative to ask him for something. If he really refused, then she would probably not dare to express her thoughts to others in the future.
Yu Qinghuan sighed and thought, forget it, at worst I can just ask Yu Xin to keep an eye on her tomorrow.
The crew members had been accustomed to being bullied by Zhao Rui, and when they suddenly heard that there would be a holiday tomorrow, they thought it was fake news for a moment. Some people even took out their phones to check if it was April Fools' Day.
Once they confirmed that it was really a holiday and not a lie, shouts of joy filled the entire set. But in just an hour, the crew was empty.
Yu Xin couldn't help but sigh, "Zhao Rui is so cruel." Look at how fast these people are running, it's like they are escaping from some plague field. After saying this, he looked at his own artist's face, which was so thin that it was almost sunken, and he agreed more and more with what he said.
"Brother Rui has no choice," Yu Qinghuan replied, and took Yu Xin back to his own shack.
Early the next morning, Yu Qinghuan was woken up by Yu Xin. Their crew's location is remote, and it takes at least an hour to get to Ada. After hurriedly packing up, the two walked out the door. Just as they were about to go to the hotel to find Wang Ruirui, they saw Zhao Rui walking towards them holding the little girl.
Seeing Yu Xin's shocked look, Zhao Rui explained for the first time, "I'll come too."
"Okay." Yu Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded. With Zhao Rui around, he wouldn't be distracted when filming. Although Zhao Rui looked rough, he treated Wang Ruirui more attentively than anyone else. A hundred Yu Xins couldn't compare to him.
But this time, there is really no one left in the crew.
The group sat in Yu Xin's shabby second-hand Audi and drove slowly towards the city. They didn't know that shortly after they left, a drunk truck overturned on the road outside the crew's gate and directly crushed a natural gas pipeline that was exposed due to disrepair, causing the entire natural gas main pipeline to explode.
The sky was filled with flames that suddenly started burning and rushed into the filming site from all directions with an unstoppable force.
The simple houses and various props that were temporarily built for filming were all engulfed in the raging fire.
By the time the firefighters arrived, the set had already turned into a sea of fire.
The nearby villagers heard the loud explosion and ran over in groups of three or four to see what was happening. When they saw the situation on the set, they felt regretful and sighed.
"Hey, you said everything was fine, how could this happen? I think the whole crew is in trouble..."
"Who said it wasn't? This is really a sudden disaster. There was a kind-hearted guy inside who even gave my daughter a handful of candy. Oh."
The media that came after hearing the news were shocked when they heard the discussions. They grabbed a villager and asked, "You said this was a film crew? Were there people on the set when the explosion happened?"
"That's right." The man sighed and said, "I don't know how many people can survive. I heard that the filming is about to be completed, but I didn't expect something like this to happen..."
The others also echoed, "Yes, their crew still orders lunch boxes from our village. I heard from the staff inside that the crew is extremely poor, but even so, they have never owed us meal money."
"Ah, it's all because we're so poor, so the director took every opportunity to shoot the movie and never let the actors go out. Now I'm afraid we're all in trouble."
"My daughter was once asked to be an extra. They said the movie they were shooting was called Orange and Yellow. It was very touching. My daughter cried when she knew the content."
"Hey, the restaurant they ordered the meal from is owned by my sister. My sister said that although their director is stingy, he is a nice person. It's such a pity."
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Before the reporters arrived, although they expected there would be casualties, they never imagined that an entire crew would be killed. How many people would that involve? Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.
Just now they have learned the specific content of this movie from the extras who had participated in "Orange Yellow".
A topic that has been discussed more and more in recent years: child sexual abuse.
In recent years, there have been more and more news reports about child sexual abuse. When people first saw the news, they were very indignant and wanted to chemically castrate those beasts who assaulted children. But nowadays, as social media becomes more and more developed, the amount of information people receive every day is also increasing. When the news fever has passed, this matter will slowly be forgotten and eventually come to nothing.
At this time, there is an urgent need for a good movie that can reveal the seriousness of this topic and deeply imprint the crisis on the mind of every parent.
However, such movies are often not popular in the market. The fact that he insisted on filming the movie under such circumstances shows how passionate this director named Zhao Rui is.
There is also the lead actor named Yu Qinghuan. I heard from villagers who are familiar with the crew that the crew of "Orange and Yellow" was extremely poor and the actors even slept in shacks on the construction site. I'm afraid the lead actor didn't get much pay.
Who wouldn't seize every opportunity to shoot something that caters to the market when there are young and handsome actors on the rise? But this one, who is usually so low-key that you can't even find him in the news, is quietly working to protect children in private.
Because of what the villagers said, the reporter had a preconceived notion that everyone from the "Orange Yellow" crew was inside. The fire has burned to this extent, and the chances of the people inside surviving are probably slim.
It's true that good people don't get rewarded, the reporters sighed and rushed to post the news online. This kind of heartbreaking tragedy is the most eye-catching and can win the most sympathy from netizens.
For a while, both print and online media were flooded with news of the explosion, and also mentioned the unfortunate "Orange and Yellow" crew.
"Orange Yellow" started filming quietly, without even a launch ceremony. Zhao Rui was worried about the publicity costs for later stages every day. He didn't expect that such an incident would directly become the headlines of major social media platforms, sparking a huge wave of discussion online.
"Oh, I don't know what to say, just pray for them silently."
"Ah!! No! I just became a fan of Qing Huan! I was complaining yesterday that there was always no news from him, but I would rather not have news like this. I'm so panicked now. I hope he's okay."
"I cried, really. I hope everyone is okay. I will definitely support the movie when it is released."
"This kind of subject matter is really rare in China. It can be seen that the director is a filmmaker with feelings. I wish you all the best."
"Good actors, good director. No matter what, I will definitely go to the cinema to watch this movie. I hope everyone in this crew is safe."
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At this time, Yu Qinghuan, who had just arrived downstairs of Ada's house, received countless phone calls greeting her.
He didn't know what was going on at first, but once he found out, his face suddenly became extremely solemn. He replied to those who cared about him one by one. He put down the phone and said to Zhao Rui, "Brother Rui, we have to go back quickly."
Although no one in their crew was on the set, the costumes and props they used for filming were there, and they had to go back and take inventory of how badly they had been damaged. Most importantly, they have to appear in front of the media and tell the public that they are fine.
After Yu Qinghuan finished speaking, he called Evanson directly, explained the situation, and expressed his deep regret in the hope that he could postpone the filming date. Although Evanson was a little embarrassed, he knew that this was not a trivial matter. After hesitating for a while, he agreed.
On the way back, Zhao Rui remained silent. Yu Qinghuan thought he was afraid and wanted to comfort him, but she couldn't think of the right words, so she had to give up.
The group arrived at the entrance of the set and were recognized by reporters as soon as they got out of the car. These reporters deal with people all year round, and their ability to remember faces is top-notch, not to mention that they had just seen photos of Yu Qinghuan and Zhao Rui.
"You, you're not on the set?"
The reporters stared at them with eyes wide open, their faces full of disbelief, and they almost dropped the microphones they were using for the interview.
"There's no one on the set." Zhao Rui's words calmed everyone down. "Only the props we used for filming."
"No one?" The reporters suddenly felt that their brains were not enough. Wasn't it said that this crew was working hard to catch up with the progress every day? How come there is no one on the set!
This is unscientific!
Seeing this, Zhao Rui could only explain the whole story once. The reporters who heard the news were stunned, looking at Yu Qinghuan as if they were looking at a human koi.
This luck is simply incredible!
If he hadn't suddenly had something to do and hadn't asked Zhao Rui for permission to give the crew a day off, I'm afraid the entire crew would have been wiped out today! This is really one person who saved the entire crew.
I thought it was a tragedy, but I didn't expect the ending to be such a happy comedy. This big twist is simply incredible!
The reporters were silent for a few seconds, and then rushed to post the follow-up online.
In order to attract attention, extremely exaggerated titles and words were used to describe the incident, resulting in all netizens knowing about Yu Qinghuan's strange good luck overnight.
They all clamored to repost his Weibo posts to bring good luck, and some were even more exaggerated, changing their Weibo names to "Yu Qinghuan's Little Scales" or "Yu Qinghuan's Koi Whiskers" and so on.
Outside the set, Zhao Rui looked at the burnt black field, then looked at his phone, and finally fixed his gaze on Yu Qinghuan.
He looked fierce and had a gloomy temperament. He stared at Yu Qinghuan intently, as if he was about to pick a fight!
Just when Yu Xin couldn't help but ask him what he was looking at, Zhao Rui suddenly spoke up: "Do you have any more photos? Send me one, I want to repost it on Weibo too."
Not only did it save the lives of the entire crew, it also allowed major media outlets to promote "Orange Yellow" for free. This highly profitable deal is simply too good to be true!
He was obviously not superstitious, but at this moment he couldn't help but want to follow the crowd and transfer the koi. What if?
Before Yu Qinghuan could answer, Yu Xin's eyes lit up and he rushed over excitedly. Standing on tiptoe, he put his arm around Zhao Rui's shoulders with great effort and said to him in a friendly way, "You should also spin the koi fish! Emma, I spin it every day, so I have a lot of experience! Which of these photos do you think is good? Pick one and I'll send it to you!"
Zhao Rui had a serious face and stared at Yu Xin's phone for a full minute. Finally, he pointed at it and said, "This one."
"Okay, okay, I'll send you a picture. Hey? What's your Weibo? Let's follow each other. When I have a new picture, I'll tag you first."
"Zhao Rui, who makes movies."
"Okay, pay attention!"
“I’m a follower too.”
Yu Qinghuan, who was forgotten on the side, said: "..."
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