Chapter 361 How can this be wrong? (Subscribe to support!)
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Sophie March did not sleep well that night. She tossed and turned until dawn, when she finally fell asleep.
When Sophie March woke up slowly, it was already noon.
Of course Xu Kai and his group were no longer in the hotel.
but--
Xu Kai did not abandon Sophie March, but left two bodyguards and a French translator for her.
The bodyguard and translator took Sophie March to have some lunch, and then after asking for Sophie March's opinion, they brought Sophie March to the set of "Detective Chinatown 2".
When she arrived at the crew of "Detective Chinatown 2", Sophie March was surprised to find that Xu Kai was writing something with his head down, Yang Xinchun was standing on Xu Kai's left hand side with a plate of sliced steak and feeding Xu Kai piece by piece, Chen Ruoxi used the meal coins to wipe Xu Kai's mouth from time to time, and Si Peizhi stood behind Xu Kai and pressed his shoulders.
In addition, Shen Hehe followed Xu Kai and watched Xu Kai draw the storyboard script on the spot.
Xu Kai was revising the script while eating, and then he said to the sky: "You don't have to do this, I can eat after I finish revising it."
"No, my dear. You finally get two days of rest. You are not allowed to go anywhere during these two days. You have to stay here on Detective Chinatown 2. Speed up the filming of Detective Chinatown 2. We really don't have much time left." Chen Ruoxi said.
Yang Xinchun also said: "I have talked to Lin Da, Yuan Xiaoliang and others. If there is nothing important over there in the next two days, they will not ask you to go over. Let's shoot "Detective Chinatown 2" first. The promotion has already started in China. You must not delay the production."
No wonder Chen Ruoxi and Yang Xinchun were anxious.
In less than twenty days, "Detective Chinatown 2" will be released, but Xu Kai has only shot a small half of it, and don't forget, there is still time for post-production.
The key is that Xu Kai also has to take into account the filming of "Rush Hour", "The Grandmaster 4" and "Lover's First Kiss", and Xu Kai also has to do the post-production of "Farewell My Concubine".
In this situation, who among those who truly care about Xu Kai would not be worried about him, fearing that he would mess up this time?
Only Xu Kai was still sitting there calmly, not looking worried at all.
In fact, Xu Kai knew what was going on.
The really difficult ones are those American people. Their union is so annoying that they have formulated all kinds of so-called regulations and systems to protect American film and television workers.
For example, the union stipulates that any drama with a salary of more than 3 million U.S. dollars must use union members, so once you are fired by the union, you can only film small dramas with a salary of less than 3 million U.S. dollars, including foreign films filmed in the United States.
For example, the union stipulates that when producers hire extras, they must first hire a certain number of union extras before they can hire non-union extras.
For example, the union will set a minimum income standard for actors; a maximum working time limit; "overtime pay" for working beyond normal working hours; a limit on work intensity; a relatively comfortable working environment, dining environment, and number of meals per day; accommodation, clothing, and private dressing rooms for business trips; special care and related acting courses for special groups; and more importantly, when an actor is dissatisfied or receives abnormal treatment during an audition or production, the union will immediately step in to protect the actor and, if necessary, take legal action.
In short, there are many troubles in filming in the United States. If you don’t handle it well, you will go on strike or even break the law, and the entire crew will be suspended.
This also means that all scenes involving beautiful Chinese people are not only difficult to shoot, but also slow to shoot.
Now, after more than ten days of filming, the scenes with American actors have been almost finished, and the only ones left are the scenes with Chinese actors.
Therefore, Xu Kai would not need ten days at all. In about seven days, Xu Kai, who already had the complete "Detective Chinatown 2" in his mind, could finish filming the rest of "Detective Chinatown 2".
Let’s not talk about Xu Kai’s confidence for now.
Sophie March only saw that Xu Kai not only had a girlfriend, but also was ambiguous with other women, and not just one woman. She was shocked and felt even more uncomfortable.
What made Sophie March most uncomfortable was that Xu Kai actually entered Yang Xinchun's room openly at night. Zhu Bing, Chen Ruoxi, Si Peizhi and Chen Hehe saw it, but they all acted as if they didn't see anything.
Although Sophie March was not very worldly-wise, she understood that these women were actually Xu Kai's mistresses.
The key point is that Xu Kai is telling her openly that he is very fickle and romantic.
"Does he also want me to be his mistress like these women who don't know how to love themselves?"
Sophie March spurned Xu Kai's wishful thinking.
On the third night, Xu Kai took Sophie March to his room.
Sophie March thought to herself, "Is this lecherous guy finally going to make a move on me? Great, I must reject him fiercely later!"
But what surprised Sophie March was that besides Xu Kai, there was also Chen Ruoxi in the room.
"Does he want to be with me and Producer Chen? Oh no, how can he be so dirty?"
Just when Sophie March was about to explode, Xu Kai suddenly said, "I took Claude's money to teach you how to act. I can't take the money and not do anything. Now I will teach you how to act in the next scene."
Xu Kai pointed at Chen Ruoxi and said, "Before she became a producer, Ruoxi was also a very good actress. You should pay attention to her movements later."
After saying that, Xu Kai walked over, held up Chen Ruoxi's face, and kissed her passionately. Chen Ruoxi responded to Xu Kai's passionate kiss with just the right amount of girlish reserve, shyness, and eagerness.
The two of them kissed in perfect harmony and moved to the bed naturally, then fell on the bed, continued to kiss, and further...
Feeling that it was almost enough, Xu Kai stopped and said to Sophie March, who was watching with a burning sensation, "When the filming officially starts, the maximum extent can be this much. If the director wants to shoot more, you must refuse him, because if you continue to shoot, it will not be an art film, but a pornographic film."
Chen Ruoxi also sat up from the bed, and while tidying up her clothes that were messed up by Xu Kai, she said to Xu Kai: "Tell her to remember to wear conservative underwear, breast stickers, and GG socks when filming this scene. Newcomers often suffer in this regard."
Xu Kai nodded, and then said to Sophie March: "How about it, have you learned it?"
Sophie March's heart was filled with mixed emotions at this moment, as if a spice box had been overturned! ——Sophie March had never expected that Xu Kai, who looked very lustful, would not take advantage of her, a French rose. Sophie March, who thought she had understood Xu Kai's true nature, suddenly found that she could not understand Xu Kai at all. At the same time, Sophie March, who had been praised since she was a child, suddenly became unconfident about her beauty that she had always been proud of. "Is it the aesthetic difference between the East and the West?" In addition, Sophie March also felt a sense of inexplicable loss in her heart!
Seeing that Sophie March didn't say anything, Xu Kai continued, "If you have learned it, then our teaching will end here. Tomorrow I will have someone prepare some things for you. If you put them on, you will definitely not be exposed."
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Kai continued, "Actually, you don't have to act in these exciting scenes yourself. First of all, you don't have to make this sacrifice. Secondly, the effect of your own acting may not be better than that of a stand-in."
After confirming that Xu Kaizhen didn't want to take advantage of her, the rebellious Sophie March insisted: "This is my first movie, I don't want to have any regrets, so I have to act by myself."
After taking a deep breath, Sophie March said to Xu Kai: "Mr. Xu, can I try it myself?"
Which man would refuse such a sexy request?
“It’s my honor.”
Seeing that Xu Kai agreed, Sophie March immediately stood opposite Xu Kai like Chen Ruoxi had done before.
It turns out that Sophie March is really talented. Her starting posture is exactly the same as Chen Ruoxi's before.
Seeing that Sophie March was ready, Xu Kai walked over and held Sophie March's face.
Sophie March also raised her head slightly, imitating Chen Ruoxi's previous behavior.
Just as Sophie March was waiting for Xu Kai to kiss her red lips, Xu Kai kissed her face at the corner of her mouth.
"The kiss went off?"
Sophie March was stunned: "How can such a thing be correct?"
But what happened next made Sophie March realize that Xu Kai was not aiming wrong at all, but did it on purpose, because after Xu Kai kissed her face, he did not correct himself in time, but continued to kiss her face vigorously.
How could Sophie March not understand that Xu Kai was not aiming correctly, but just didn't want to kiss her?
Sophie March pushed Xu Kai away like a lioness, and said angrily: "Mr. Xu, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation!"
Xu Kai was speechless. What was wrong with girls nowadays? He was obviously protecting them, so why did they think he was disrespecting them? However, Xu Kai couldn't be on the same level as Sophie March, a little girl, so he said softly, "It's like this, Sophie, you know, I'm still a director. I can assure you that if we act like this, the audience will definitely not notice it, so there's no need for us to really kiss."
Sophie March said without any appreciation: "You know that's not what I meant. I need a reasonable explanation, Mr. Xu, otherwise, you will lose me as a friend forever!"
Xu Kai had no choice but to tell Sophie March directly: "Two years ago, when I was filming this kind of scene with a girl, I didn't keep a good distance. Now she is my girlfriend and has given birth to a daughter for me. I don't want something like this to happen again. So, I think that when filming this kind of scene with an actress, you should keep a necessary distance. This is good for both of us, isn't it?"
When Sophie March heard this, she said angrily, "I will never be the girl you describe me as. Don't worry, I just want to play this role well. I am not interested in you at all, and I will never be interested in you!"
Sophie March had said so, and Xu Kai had already kissed Sophie March, so what was there to insist on? So, when it started again, Xu Kai got real with Sophie March.
Then, Sophie March said no, but her body was very honest...
I won’t go into detail on the process.
Just to say, if Chen Ruoxi hadn't been there the whole time and Xu Kai hadn't been trying his best to control the situation, Xu Kai and Sophie March might have accidentally turned their fake play into real one.
in short.
Xu Kai rehearsed with Sophie March more than a dozen times, and he and Chen Ruoxi demonstrated it to Sophie March three times. However, the inexperienced Sophie March was unable to fully master the scene.
——Sophie March's problem was that she either couldn't get into the role and couldn't act out that kind of passion, or she was too involved and let Xu Kai do whatever he wanted and forgot what she was supposed to act. In any case, she couldn't properly grasp what Xu Kai wanted her to express.
Fortunately!
During the formal filming process on the second day, I don't know whether it was because Sophie March summarized her previous experiences and lessons after returning yesterday, or because Sophie March was the type who could improvise on the spot, but Sophie March was no longer like she was last night, either not getting into the role or being too involved and forgetting the movements. Instead, she acted out the scene very smoothly under the guidance of Xu Kai. Her performance was even not worse than Chen Ruoxi, giving people the feeling that Sophie March already understood matters between men and women.
Seeing this, Claude Binaudot gave Xu Kai a smile that all men could understand.
The other person had a gloomy face.
This person is Emma Gustaf, the agent and temporary assistant arranged by Sophie March's agency. She is responsible for all matters related to Sophie March's trip to the United States.
In fact, the reason why Xu Kai was able to take Sophie March away for three days was because Emma Gustaf had left the crew of "First Kiss of Lovers" for some time. Otherwise, Xu Kai would never have been able to take Sophie March away, and it was even very likely that Sophie March would not have appeared in these passionate scenes in person. You know, Sophie March's agency had great expectations for this French rose, so how could anyone easily take Sophie March away? Who would have thought that Xu Kai would take Sophie March away during Emma Gustaf's absence, making it more likely that Sophie March, a rebellious girl, would escape from Emma Gustaf's control.
It would be strange if Emma Gustaf looked good.
After Xu Kai and Sophie March finished filming the passionate scene, Emma Gustaf found a free moment, came up to Xu Kai, and said to him, "It's like this, Mr. Xu, the famous Hollywood director Alain Curnow is about to start filming a war movie. I went to meet with Alain Curnow this time, and he has decided to let Sophie play the first supporting actress in the movie. I don't want any bad news about Sophie to spread during this period, such as Sophie dating a Chinese man, which would cause Sophie to miss this rare opportunity to gain a foothold in Hollywood."
Xu Kai frowned and said, "I understand that you don't want Sophie to have a scandal, but why do you emphasize the Chinese? Or do you discriminate against us Chinese?"
Emma Gustaf spread her hands and said, "Whatever you think, I won't let Sophie be with you. You'd better forget what you've experienced in the past few days."
Xu Kai could tell that Emma Gustaf didn't take him seriously at all, and was not going to let Sophie March have any contact with him, otherwise Emma Gustaf wouldn't have told him so bluntly.
Originally, Xu Kai hadn't really decided whether to accept Sophie March, but after hearing what Emma Gustaf said, Xu Kai immediately shouted to Sophie March, who was looking over here from a distance, "Sophie, come here."
Sophie March came over immediately after hearing this.
When Sophie March walked to Xu Kai, Xu Kai naturally reached out and put his arms around Sophie March's slender waist.
Xu Kai suddenly became so close to her that Sophie March was stunned at first, and then her heart started beating wildly: "What is he going to do?"
Of course Sophie March would not suspect that Xu Kai wanted to take advantage of her. You know, after the more than four-hour audition last night, there was actually not much room for Xu Kai to take advantage of her. Besides, if Xu Kai really wanted to take advantage of her, would there be a better opportunity than last night? Was it necessary to do it in public?
So, Sophie March did not break free from Xu Kai's embrace, but looked at Xu Kai, wanting to ask what Xu Kai wanted to do? But before Sophie March could speak, Xu Kai said, "Miss Emma doesn't allow us to be together, and I don't know how to answer her, so I asked you to come over."
Xu Kai already knew Sophie March's character very well. He knew that she was a very rebellious girl and would never be able to accept Emma Gustaf interfering in her private affairs.
The development of the matter was completely under Xu Kai's guidance. When Sophie March heard Xu Kai say that Emma Gustaf was interfering in her private affairs, she immediately said excitedly: "Emma, I have already told you not to interfere in my private affairs, otherwise, I would rather pay the penalty for breach of contract and will definitely terminate the contract with your company!"
Sophie March was born into a civilian family in a small town on the outskirts of the capital of the Romantic Country. Her father was a truck driver and her mother was a salesperson. Such a family obviously could not afford the millions of dollars in liquidated damages.
Although Sophie March has been in the industry for three years and has shot many commercials, as a newcomer, she has not even passed the rookie stage yet. How can she earn the money to pay the millions of dollars in liquidated damages? Therefore, facing Sophie March's threats, Emma Gustaf was not worried at all. She just said calmly: "Sophie, you have to know that everything I do is for your own good. I hope you can listen to me. After all, as your agent and your friend, I don't want to go to court with you."
This was Emma Gustaf's magic weapon against Sophie March. How could a 17-year-old girl who couldn't even afford the penalty for breach of contract resist the threat of the law? But this time, as soon as Emma Gustaf's words came out, Xu Kai next to Sophie March said leisurely, "How much is the penalty for breach of contract? Is it worth going to court?"
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