Crossover Actors - Chapter 77
[Chapter 77]
After nine o’clock at night, it was still Fangcao Hutong, and a large-wattage light bulb hung on the wall, which was dazzlingly bright, and everyone was busy cleaning up under the light.
Lu Wen stepped out of the courtyard and threw two pharyngeal candies into his mouth. The assistant came up to him and handed him water, including Fat Dahai and Evian, as well as refreshing functional drinks.
He took a bottle of Evian and glanced at the end of the alley as he drank.
In and out of the filming during the day, he saw the old man who was picking up tatters sitting under the tree all the time. At the end of the day, there were a lot of drink bottles to collect, but the old man disappeared.
Back in the RV, Lu Wen first took off his makeup and changed his clothes. He had dinner and midnight snack together. There was a night show in the early morning. He could rest for more than two hours.
There are four dishes and one soup on the table, small purple potato rolls, and a large box of cut fruits. Lu Wen just took a sip of the soup and caught a glimpse of the old man he met during the day through the window.
The old man walked very slowly, and his body was a little stooped, as if he was no different from other rubbish pickers in the streets. Lu Wen bit the flower roll and peeped, and when the other party got closer, he saw that the old man was still carrying a small plastic bag with a steamed bun in it.
dinner?
What to eat?
Can you eat enough?
Lu Wen thought about something unrelated to him for a moment, looked back, and couldn’t see the long shadow of the old man in the night, but the rubbing sound of the woven bag across the ground could still be heard.
He put down his chopsticks, drank the remaining half of the bottle of mineral water, and got out of the car with the empty bottle. The old man happened to pass the car and stopped to look at him after two or three steps.
In a leisurely tone, Lu Wen took the initiative to ask: “Master, you just got off work, do you still accept plastic bottles?” The
old man seemed to be reluctant to talk, so he went straight forward and untied the woven bag. Lu Wen threw the bottle in, ignoring the conspicuous big steamed buns, and asked again, “Master, have you eaten?” The
old man jumped out a word: “No.”
Lu Wen didn’t hide: “I’m having a snack, even. Are you two dishes?”
The old man’s eyes were hidden behind the lenses, and he couldn’t tell them apart, but the wording showed that he was useless: “You think I’m begging for food?”
Lu Wen didn’t mean that, but the help without relatives must be out of sympathy. He wasn’t sure if the other party would be willing to accept it, and he wasn’t willing to be kind but hurt people’s self-esteem.
“Oh, you look so much like my dead grandfather.” He made a nonsense sentence, and after he finished, he was afraid that grandpa would give him a dream in the middle of the night, “Hey, don’t eat it.” The
old man suddenly changed his mind and said, “Eat a dish. That’s enough.”
Lu Wen returned to the carriage and took down a slippery piece of chicken that he had never touched. He pondered that if the old man could appear at close range on the set during the day, he would most likely live here.
“Do you live here?” The
old man reached out his hand to catch it, and replied, “It’s Fangcao Hutong.”
Lu Wen noticed the other’s hand, and he didn’t look carefully under the street light, but he could see that the skin was not too rough, and the nails were well trimmed. It’s clean, and suddenly it feels different from other rubbish pickers.
The old man said without emotion/color: “Thank you, young man.”
“Oh, you’re welcome.” Lu Wen replied, just a little curious, “How much can you make from collecting beverage bottles this day?” The
old man pulled the woven bag, Answered: “I don’t have a lot of money. I’m here to watch you filming today.”
Lu Wen said smoothly, “How about my acting?”
Of course, he didn’t expect an uncle who picked up a bottle to comment on anything. Logically, he would take someone. Soft hands and short mouths, the old man should praise him for the mineral water bottle and the slippery chicken pieces. Unexpectedly
, the old man thought for a moment, and then asked, “Who are you playing? ” Right and wrong nest”, the story takes place in this hutong string. In the large courtyard, a girl suddenly committed suicide in her room, so rumors spread quickly.
Some say it was a debt, some said it committed suicide out of love, and some say it was actually killed by someone… The rumors surrounding the deceased became more and more fierce, and all the neighbors who lived in the same courtyard were caught in the center of public opinion.
Ironically, instead of understanding each other, the people in the large courtyard fell apart and became suspicious of each other, eager to launch one person to bear all the rumors.
Lu Wen plays a primary school physical education teacher who once pursued the deceased, but was rejected, so it is said that his courtship is not a grudge… After
the old man asked and thought for a while, it took a long time to respond, but he said: “I am a pick-up rubbish man. I don’t know how well you acted, but I don’t feel how well you acted?”
Lu Wen thought that he could pass, otherwise the director would not let him pass, but he was not satisfied and felt he could do better. Forget it, he ended the conversation: “It’s superfluous for me to ask you, hurry up and have dinner.” The
old man said again: “I also ask your friends.”
This was referring to chatting with Qu Yanting on WeChat. Lu Wen estimated that the old man had never read a book. , said: “Although my friend can give some pointers, but it’s superficial on paper, you don’t understand.” The
old man sneered: “You understand, then ‘you must do it when you know it’.”
Lu Wen Looking at this old face unexpectedly, the smile was really familiar, and he asked, “Master, have we met before?”
“You have lifted me up.” The old man said, “I can’t go into the villa area to pick up junk.”
Lu Wen was slightly startled: “What do you mean?” The
old man turned forward and was about to go home for dinner. Before leaving, he said, “You don’t live in a large courtyard, but like a mansion.”
Lu Wen half-opened his mouth and watched the other party slowly leave. The back of the man, chewing between the teeth of the other party’s intentional or unintentional words… Whether he plays a good or evil role, he is always a person in the alley. If he doesn’t look like him, then he is a failure.
After that night, Lu Wen hardly left the studio, and he stayed in the RV. He used all his free time to walk around this twisted alley.
Every day before dawn, he went to Doujiao Hutong to watch an uncle swing a whip, a curly aunt splashing face wash in front of the door, and a boy with a schoolbag scolding dirty when he jumped over a puddle.
Lu Wen observed everyone, enthusiastic, pungent, unsure, tired and helpless. He learned to crush cigarette butts on the head of a stone lion, and he was able to tease wild cats at the gate of the courtyard with a toothbrush in his mouth.
He disconnected himself from the Internet, the online dramas that are currently being broadcast, the ever-increasing number of fans and messages, entertainment headlines… It seems that all of them have nothing to do with him, he is a bachelor living in a hutong.
During this process, Lu Wen and the old man often met each other, and he couldn’t explain the familiarity from time to time. He also went to the old man’s house, which was simple but clean and had no heating. He asked his assistant to buy an electric heater and a duvet for him.
The old man didn’t thank him, and said lukewarmly, “It’s spring, what’s the use of supporting me?”
Lu Wen just finished the show, dressed in sports clothes, handsome and energetic: “You are like spring all year round here, the next one I’ll continue to use it in winter.” The
old man said, “Maybe I won’t be here next winter.”
“Look at what you said.” Lu Wen smirked, “Why not? You should be able to survive for ten years at your age. The
old man was always smiling and never took off his sunglasses. Seeing Lu Wen glanced at his watch, he stood up from the slate to pat the soil and asked, “Aren’t you going to walk around?”
The image of Lu Wen swaying around has deepened. He said, “There are other arrangements today.”
Back in the RV, Lu Wen took a shower first, lay in bed cleanly to catch up with the drama, opened WeChat after two episodes, and sent a video invitation to Qu Yanting.
During this period of time, they rarely contacted. Qu Yanting knew how to keep an actor in a good state, so he rarely disturbed him.
Lu Wen also endured it all the time, maybe because it was about to be finished, just like the students were about to go on vacation, and he was so anxious to get out of the cage. The video is switched on, and the picture lags for a second and the display is clear.
“Mr. Qu!” Lu Wen groaned on the bed, “I miss you!”
Qu Yanting had just arrived home and had not changed his pajamas. He walked to the cat climbing frame and invited Commander Huang to join him in the mirror. He borrowed the cat and said lyric: I miss you so much.” Lu Wen was not satisfied: “Do you want to think about it
at night?”
Qu Yanting didn’t answer, and stared at the screen of his mobile phone to examine his appearance. He lost weight, his face was more angular, his hair was thin on both sides, and his chin was thin. A thin layer of stubble grows.
The answers were all in the eyes that couldn’t see enough. Lu Wen received it and couldn’t help but read a poem: “Sauvignon blanc, destroys the heart and liver…”
Qu Yanting broke the merit in a second: “You are sick.”
Lu Wen smirked: ” Thankfully you interrupted me, I really don’t know the next sentence.”
The wonderful atmosphere was basically ruined, and Qu Yanting walked to the bedroom and said, “I ate hot pot at night, and I have a bad taste, so change my clothes first.”
Lu Wen came to the spirit : “Fix the phone and change the camera.”
“…You’re my porn/porn anchor.” Qu Yanting gave him a blank look and threw the phone on the bed, with the camera facing the chandelier on the ceiling.
“Oh, the light is too dazzling!” Lu Wen said anxiously, “Let me see what’s wrong, Mr. Qu, brother, brother Ting, Qu Yanting… you can do it!”
Qu Yanting had no choice but to lean his phone against the head of the bed. Lamp, facing the camera on his side, gradually turned his back when he took off his clothes and pants, and a layer of small goose bumps appeared on his skin.
Just put on the nightgown, Lu Wen commanded: “Okay, let’s take a shower next.”
Qu Yanting grabbed the phone: “I’m used to you, I’ll wash it after chatting.”
Lu Wen hummed twice with the subwoofer, buzzing , and then he cared about the concern: “Hey, who did you eat hot pot with at night?”
Qu Yanting said: “Ren Shu and the others.”
Nearly half of the online drama was broadcast, and the crew’s publicity had to be constantly adjusted according to the situation. Rather than eating hot pot, tonight was more like Qu Yanting having a meeting with the crew’s director, producer, and publicity.
He said: “The drama announcement will contact your agent again, and your personal promotion will be adjusted accordingly.”
Lu Wen nodded, which would affect his emotions. He refrained from asking about the results of the online drama, and Qu Yanting also had a good heart. He said, and changed the topic: “Are you in the RV?”
“Well.” Lu Wen said, “I start work at four in the morning and put on makeup at three. I’ll just take a nap in the car.”
Qu Yanting said distressedly: “It’s so hard, how long does it take? The number is finished?”
Lu Wen counted the days: “If there is no accident, next Tuesday, the shooting will be very smooth.” He wanted to share something interesting, “By the way, I met an old man.”
Qu Yanting thought of Cao Lanxu and smiled. “Why do you always know the old man?”
“Because I won’t tell you if I know the handsome guy.” Lu Wen got up early and yawned tiredly.
Qu Yanting immediately said, “Go to bed earlier.”
Lu Wen demanded: “Mr. Qu, you can savour me before hanging up.”
“I am savouring you or fragrant camera?” Qu Yanting said, “Save it first.”
Lu Wen hung up in a loss . I got the line, set the alarm clock, rolled up the quilt and fell asleep.
Qu Yanting stroked the blackened screen of his mobile phone. He didn’t say “I miss you”, but he was actually thinking about it. In the morning, I filled the car with gas, and I was going to stop work early to visit the studio. When I received a call from Ren Shu, I had to focus on business first.
Entering the study and turning on the computer, Qu Yanting browses the dehydrated data of a web drama, the number of broadcasts, the degree of discussion, the real rate of return, and the possibility of realizing “first online background”.
He has won awards and experienced high ratings and high box office. As a screenwriter behind the scenes, he has been able to deal with success or failure peacefully, but this drama involves Lu Wen, and his heart has rekindled expectations.
It was very late, and before the shutdown, Qu Yanting left a message to Yu Nan: I have something to do next Tuesday, and all work will be adjusted separately.
Lu Wen lost 3 kilograms. This process fits perfectly with the character’s mood changes. In a flash to the last scene, with decadent makeup, the moment he stepped out of the courtyard, it was like a different person.
The lines in this scene are very long and dense. From the moment he kicked open the door, he started reciting the words, went to the center of the courtyard, then walked out of the large courtyard, and walked along the long alley to curse all the way.
The coherent long shot followed behind him, like his swear words after sentence, which was both delightful and slightly breathless.
Lu Wen also scolds people at ordinary times, mostly joking. After being immersed in these days, his demeanor can accurately grasp the ruffian in the market. He shouted louder and louder, scolding every neighbor in the wall who was talking nonsense, and scolded the murderous mouths behind him.
The alleys and alleys were silent, and the rumors like a net were pierced by his trembling voice. Until he walked out of the alley, he was completely and completely disregarding his image, and finally collapsed under the sun.
Lu Wen was silent, turned around, and a tear fell from his reddened eyelids.
The director stared at the close-up on the monitor, clenched his fists and shouted “pass”, there was a wave of cheers on the set, and everyone applauded for Lu Wen’s smooth completion.
Didi, Lu Wen didn’t have time to wipe his tears when he heard the car horn.
Not far from the entrance of the alley, Bentley had stopped for a long time. Qu Yanting got out of the car under the golden sunshine, and waved to Lu Wen with the car key hooked.
At this time, the old man who was picking up junk came out from a nearby alley, holding the two Coke bottles he had just picked up in his hand. He stopped and looked at Qu Yanting at a distance of two or three meters.
Then, he took off the sunglasses that were almost on his face.
Qu Yanting noticed from the corner of his eye, and when he looked back, he was stunned for a moment.
[End of This Chapter]
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