Chapter 92 Finished
“Cut!”
With the director's shout of "cut", Zhou Bijun's scene was finally finished!
Hu Xiaoxiao wiped the ketchup from the corner of his mouth with a tissue.
The tomato sauce is sweet and sour and tastes great.
Hu Xiaoxiao was greedy and casually took the tube of ketchup next to him and squeezed a little to taste it. This brand of ketchup had just the right sweet and sour taste, which suited Hu Xiaoxiao's appetite very well.
Hu Xiaoxiao squeezed out some more and tasted it.
Ever since she started playing the role of Zhou Bijun, she had fighting scenes almost every day. She finally understood why Mingxu always said he was hungry.
Fighting scenes are incredibly strenuous, sometimes requiring hours of suspension on wires. Even more arduous is the fact that even if a fight is perfectly executed and can be done in one take, the director will often retake it several times to select the best shot.
Even someone as physically strong as Hu Xiaoxiao found it exhausting.
After Mingxu untied the wire, he came over and saw Hu Xiaoxiao eating with gusto. Seeing that he was hungry, he came over and stretched out his hand, "Anything else?"
Hu Xiaoxiao looked around and found one unopened tube, so he handed it to Mingxu.
Mingxu simply sat next to Hu Xiaoxiao, and they each held a tube and squeezed ketchup to eat.
As they ate, they became hungry and their stomachs started to growl.
Seeing that the other crew members weren't paying attention to them, Mingxu quietly said to Hu Xiaoxiao, "The props team has cooked a pot of rice. It should still be hot."
Most of the dishes prepared by the props team were rotten, especially the expensive dishes such as fish and meat. The cost was too high, so to save money, a table of dishes would be filmed for several days. Sometimes after one crew finished filming, they would take the dishes to another crew and continue filming until they were rotten.
But during filming, actors always have to eat something while performing, otherwise it won’t look real enough. So the props team would cook a pot of rice for the actors who need to eat in their scenes.
This has led to many TV dramas with eating scenes where the actors only eat white rice and do not eat any vegetables.
Mingxu found the rice cooker and the bowls and chopsticks familiarly, then filled two large bowls with rice. He gave one to Hu Xiaoxiao and taught him how to mix the rice with ketchup.
Hu Xiaoxiao took a bite and didn’t know whether it was because he was really hungry or because it was really delicious, but he felt that it was almost as fragrant as soy sauce chicken.
The two of them hid in the corner, eating mouthful after mouthful of rice.
"Are you hiding here to eat props?" Hong Qiuyan discovered them and ran to complain to Charlie.
When Charlie checked, all the ketchup was gone!
There is no rice either!
All the props were eaten up by these two guys!
Charlie's face looked very ugly. He pointed at Hu Xiaoxiao and then at Mingxu.
Both Hu Xiaoxiao and Mingxu felt a little guilty, lowered their heads, and accepted Charlie's scolding.
But Charlie didn't scold them. Instead, he called the props team over and said, "Change ketchup to chili sauce from now on."
Mingxu winked at Hu Xiaoxiao quietly, and after Charlie left, he said to Hu Xiaoxiao: "I'll go tell the props team to buy Mrs. Ho's chili sauce."
"Why?" Hu Xiaoxiao asked puzzledly.
Mingxu swallowed and said, "This brand of chili sauce is delicious with rice."
Hu Xiaoxiao said he learned something.
After the filming was completed, Hu Xiaoxiao did not leave the crew, but continued to learn with the crew.
In addition to swordplay, the martial arts scenes also include boxing, spearmanship, knifemanship, climbing up and down stairs, etc. Since she had nothing else to do, she decided to learn other martial arts. This way, she could join the crew directly when she had a scene in the future without having to train anymore.
Seeing that Hu Xiaoxiao was so eager to learn and that she had learned well, the director simply asked Hu Xiaoxiao to cover her face and play a supporting role when filming the big fighting scenes.
Hu Xiaoxiao is absolutely willing to do so. He can earn money and learn something by performing. It’s the best of both worlds.
During the filming, the director reviewed the footage and felt that some shots of the six major sects when they were besieging the Soul-Seeking Hall were not shot well, so he asked Hu Xiaoxiao to dress up as a disciple of the six major sects.
Although Hu Xiaoxiao's Zhou Bijun is not in the camera, there are female disciples from Hu Xiaoxiao's six major sects.
Hu Xiaoxiao found it very interesting to attack himself.
Athena and Zhu Wanwen came to visit the class and bought a lot of snacks and drinks that Hu Xiaoxiao liked. They asked Hu Xiaoxiao about something, "The training class will start next month, will you go?"
"Yes!" Hu Xiaoxiao took a still-hot egg tart and ate it while saying, "I asked Charlie to reserve a spot for me last year. What about you guys?"
"We will all go." Zhu Wanwen said with emotion: "Unconsciously, I have been working at the TV station for more than half a year. Time flies."
Athena also said: "This year's Miss Hong Kong pageant has started again, and registration will be open next month."
"I heard that there are more people signing up this year, and many people have come back from abroad to participate."
"I also heard from the program staff in charge of registration that this year's applicants have many more people with higher education than in previous years."
Hu Xiaoxiao has been following the crew and hasn't paid much attention to what's happening outside. Apart from seeing in the newspaper that registration for Miss Hong Kong has started again, he doesn't know much else.
The new round of Miss Hong Kong pageant means that a new batch of people will enter this industry.
If you don't work hard, you will soon be squeezed out by newcomers.
Hu Xiaoxiao held the knife in her hand and felt that she needed to practice more.
"Xiaoxiao, I heard that you are very good at martial arts. Can you teach me?" Zhu Wanwen asked.
Athena asked her, "Have you also accepted a martial arts drama?"
Zhu Wanwen shook his head and smiled, "No, the only martial arts drama the company is filming is the one Xiaoxiao is currently filming. I want to learn martial arts because I want to learn from Xiaoxiao. It was because Xiaoxiao learned martial arts first that he got the opportunity to play the role of Zhou Bijun."
After Zhu Wanwen finished filming "Empress Wu Zetian," the company didn't arrange any more roles for her. Because she had no acting experience, her performance in "Empress Wu Zetian" was mediocre, and it became difficult for her to get subsequent roles.
Hu Xiaoxiao immediately stood up, took a sword and handed it to Zhu Wanwen, saying, "Come on, I've finished filming and have a lot of free time, so I'll teach you right away. Next time there's a martial arts scene, you can recommend yourself to the director."
"I think so too. Opportunities always come to those who are prepared." Zhu Wanwen took the sword and turned to ask Athena, "Do you want to practice with us?"
Athena shook her head and said, "My next play will still be an urban drama. I will be doing more modern dramas in the future, so I won't be able to use it even if I learn it."
Zhu Wanwen thought that Athena had plenty of roles to play, unlike her who needed to fight for opportunities, so she nodded and went to learn sword with Hu Xiaoxiao.
Hu Xiaoxiao taught Zhu Wanwen what she knew. Zhu Wanwen did not have the same flexible body as Hu Xiaoxiao, nor did she have the same hand strength. The skills she practiced were light and airy, and the movements were not very good-looking.
But Zhu Wan studied literature very seriously. If he couldn't learn something in one go, he would study it twice or three times until he mastered it.
Hu Xiaoxiao seemed to have returned to the days when the teachers taught dancing. He removed some difficult moves and taught more simple, beautiful and convincing moves, so that Zhu Wanwen could get started faster.
Athena sat aside and watched for a while, feeling a little bored. She looked up and saw Lu Xinghe coming to visit Mingxu's class. Her eyes lit up and she went to talk to Lu Xinghe.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
