The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 508 Best Friend
The crew walked in the jungle.

The line was very long, including behind-the-scenes crew members from China and staff recruited locally from Thailand.

There are a lot of mosquitoes in this crappy place, and it rained in the early morning. Occasionally, you can see a black shadow buzzing by. Upon closer inspection, they are all mosquitoes.

The team was like a buffet in their eyes. They rushed up and penetrated forcefully, probably without even having time to apply lubricant. They sucked it to death.

"Snapped!"

"Why are these mosquitoes circling around me? Go bite the tall guy in front. He has more blood."

Liu Shishi waved her hands in annoyance to drive them away, and tried to divert the blame to someone else, asking them to bite her boyfriend instead.

"Snapped!"

"Compared with the mosquitoes in Thailand, the mosquitoes in Beijing are like dwarfs. This big one, will it be poisonous?"

She muttered to herself and scratched her neck, then spread out her hands. The mosquito as big as a fingernail on her palm was still twitching.

Then she looked up and saw the local Thai man nicknamed "Psycho" grinning at her.

"Xixi, what is he laughing at?"

Chen Zhixi was beside her and explained, "Most Thai people believe in Buddhism and don't kill. They won't hit mosquitoes if they are bitten. He must be that kind of person, so he smiled when he noticed your action. There is no malice in him."

"You don't even kill the mosquito when it bites you?" Liu Shishi couldn't understand.

"Yes, they will drive them away. There are special mosquito repellents, ointments and the like, which are quite effective."

"Could it be that there are too many mosquitoes and I can't kill them all, so I just give up?" Liu Shishi had a brilliant idea.

"Uh," Chen Zhixi didn't know how to answer, "In addition to not hitting mosquitoes, it also includes cockroaches, flies and the like."

Miss Liu asked curiously, "It's understandable to drive away mosquitoes and flies, but what should we do if there are cockroaches in the house? If there is only one of these things, there will most likely be a nest of them hiding in the corners."

Chen Zhixi held a wooden stick in his hand and kept probing the nearby bushes. He said, "I haven't seen any cockroaches in the hotel. I guess they might find a bottle, lock it inside, and then throw it outside."

Liu Shishi exclaimed in her heart that Thailand was truly a magical country, where on one hand people believed in Buddhism and did not kill, and on the other hand, they indulged in revelry every night and provided a lot of erotic services.

"oops."

She wasn't paying attention and a mosquito landed on her knuckle. She hurriedly shook her hand away, but it was too late. The wound began to turn red.

Seeing her sour expression, Chen Zhixi took out a can of Fengyoujing from her bag and handed it to her, and asked, "Didn't you bring mosquito repellent when you went out this morning?"

"Yes, I brought a bottle from China, but the effect is not very good." She applied some on herself.

"Then you can use mine first. I have stockpiled a lot of local products. I will get you a few bottles after work." Chen Zhixi said as he took out half a bottle of mosquito repellent from his bag.

"Thank you." Liu Shishi did not refuse and took it generously.

Chen Zhixi waved his hands and smiled.

Liu Shishi found it very comfortable to get along with Chen Zhixi.

In addition to her personality, she also likes to laugh. When she laughs, her eyebrows and eyes will automatically bend downwards. It is not particularly good-looking, but it gives people a good feeling, gentle, kind, and considerate.

She and Lu Yuan arrived in Bangkok last night and were picked up at the airport by Wu Lang.

On the way, Wu Lang reported on the crew's budget expenditure and other aspects during this period.

In addition, Chen Zhixi's abilities were emphasized and praised.

According to Wu Lang, except for the accountant, no one in the crew, including himself, knows the daily budget warning line faster than Chen Zhixi, how much the costume budget is, how much the set cost is, how much the props cost is, and how much money has been spent.
Not only that, Chen Zhixi can almost accurately call out the names of the hundreds of crew members.

This guy seems to be born to be a producer.

Wu Lang, a grown man, feels a little inferior compared to him.

Liu Shishi knew very well that after finishing the filming of Lost in Thailand and returning to China, Gou Shixi would carry out the next upgrade of Yuanfang Studio.

At that time, Zhouyi will be incorporated and the company's internal organizational structure will be adjusted accordingly.

At this critical juncture, Wu Lang intentionally invited Chen Zhixi to join. I wonder what he was considering.

The dog didn't express his opinion on the spot yesterday.

But after arriving at the hotel room, he specifically reminded her that Wu Lang should not speak up about inviting Chen Zhixi to join, and hoped that she would take action.

Then he talked about a lot of complicated knowledge, such as direct lineage, mountain, and group.
Liu Shishi was confused as to what she heard, not quite understanding, but she just did as she was told. Her boyfriend would never let her down.

Isn’t it just making friends? For Liu Haha, who is beautiful and has a good personality, it’s a piece of cake.

So she started the conversation: "I heard from Wu Lang that you made millions when you were in school."

"It's not that exaggerated."

Chen Zhixi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It was 2003, when the ringback tone business had just emerged. I thought it was profitable, so I invested 20 yuan with my friends and bought the rights to use some popular songs from Warner.

After China Mobile launched the ringback tone service, we licensed it out and we got a share of the revenue from every user who downloaded it. The net profit was about RMB 3 million, and I got about RMB 1 million.”

Liu Shishi was stunned. Oh my god, the more you compare yourself to others, the more you get thrown away.

In 2003, she was still her parents' little darling, and the stinky man was a freshman in college, but he had already made millions.

"You're amazing." She praised sincerely.

"It's just a small thing. I can't compare to Mr. Lu. He can make at least 100 million from this movie." Chen Zhixi was very humble.

Ever since learning that iQiyi was valued at US$15 billion and that the stinky man was worth over 17 billion, Liu Shishi gradually lost interest in money, but still couldn't help being curious.

“You think so highly of Lost in Thailand?”

"of course."

Chen Zhixi said confidently: "Young people nowadays pay more attention to entertainment. The reason why Dragon Gate and Flowers of War both failed at the box office is not only that they should not have been released at the same time, but more importantly, the films are too boring and do not suit the appetite of most young audiences."

Liu Shishi agreed deeply. "The Flowers of War" was indeed well-made, but it was clearly a Lunar New Year film, and the audience came with joy but left with red eyes. It didn't make sense to think about it.

"Dragon Gate" is similar. Although the audience didn't cry, there weren't many funny moments either.

"But Lost in Thailand is different. It has lots of laughs, one thing after another. And the cast is amazing. The combination of Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang has the foundation of Lost on Journey, plus Mr. Lu's popularity and appeal. This combination is unbeatable."

Chen Zhixi said excitedly: "At first I planned to invest in this play myself, but I didn't have enough money, so I recommended Mr. Lu to Xu Zheng."

"Don't worry, when I make money, I will let Chou Lu Yuan give you a big red envelope." Liu Shishi patted his chest and said confidently.

Chen Zhixi's eyes moved, and it was unknown what he was thinking about, as he took her arm affectionately.

"OK."

Liu Shishi raised her chin, good friend +1.

This is a small ravine. The water is not deep but turbid and is covered with gravel. The rocks on both sides that are exposed above the water are covered with moss.

Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng were standing in the water in a mess, their clothes were soaked.

Lu Yuan stood on the shore, saw that the photography and recording were all in place, and waved his hand!
"Action!"

Wang Baoqiang, with his yellow hair, advised timidly: "Calm down."

"Calm down, you big idiot."

Xu Zheng said angrily, "Journey to the West? Ah, it's harder for me to get a letter of authorization than to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West."

"Brother, calm down." Wang Baoqiang's eyes moved slightly upward, revealing the whites of his eyes.

This is his signature move. Starting from "Blind Well", whenever he was wronged or aggrieved, he would lower his head slightly, look upwards, and habitually reveal the whites of his eyes, similar to the eyes of Big Bad Wolf, with a simple face and looking particularly innocent.

It gives people a feeling that they can't do anything to you, but they really feel sorry for this fool of yours. They feel sorry for him suffering losses, feeling sorry for him being bullied, and feeling sorry for him being sold out and still counting money for others.

"Where the hell did you come from, you weirdo?" Xu Zheng felt annoyed when he saw his expression.

He was extremely depressed. He hugged his big bald head with both hands and turned around in place.

Inadvertently, he spied an open computer case lying in the stream, so he picked up his laptop and threw it at a rock in despair.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"I don't want it anymore. I don't want anything anymore. I'll smash it all."

The wig on Wang Baoqiang's head looked like seaweed, curled into several balls, and water droplets were sliding down the hair.

Without blinking, he continued to persuade: "Brother, calm down."

Xu Zheng was disheartened at this moment and asked Lao Zhou for a letter of authorization. His plan to take Youba public was completely shattered.

For the sake of Oil Tyrant, he once ignored his wife's thoughts, and now she wants to divorce him, and the family is almost ruined.

His eyes were red, and he felt that the sky was gray. All the frustration he had felt along the way burst out, and he yelled hysterically: "I smashed it, smashed it all, are you satisfied now?"

Wang Baoqiang pursed his lips helplessly, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped him.

"Snapped!"

The world went quiet.

"You hit me."

Xu Zheng was completely stunned. He stared at him in disbelief and repeated mechanically: "How dare you hit me."

"My mother often beat me like this when I was confused as a child." Wang Baoqiang defended himself in a low voice.

Xu Zheng was so angry that his lips trembled, and he gritted his teeth: "When you were just born, your mother slapped you and slapped you to the ground?"

"I'm warning you, tell me it's okay, but don't tell my mom!"

"I told you!" Xu Zheng turned a deaf ear and said sarcastically, "Like mother, like son."

Wang Baoqiang's face changed, he screamed strangely, raised his arms, and rushed forward regardless of anything, and the two men wrestled with each other.

"Ah ah ah."

"Don't talk about my mom."

"Just say it."

"I'll hit him!" Wang Baoqiang was short, and he fought while backing away until he reached a knee-high stone and stepped on it.

The play should end here.

The two waited and waited, but no one called out "Cut". They looked at each other, wondering whether they should continue.

On the other side, Lu Yuan was staring at the monitor in a daze. Assistant director Feng Xiaoyan stood behind him, waited for a while, and coughed gently to remind him.

Lu Yuan just came back to his senses and shouted, "Save one."

Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng came over and asked, "What's going on?"

"I think there are some problems with the plot connection here." Lu Yuan pointed at the picture on the monitor.

Xu Lang and Wang Bao were fighting each other all the way, retreating as they went along. Wang Bao looked for an opportunity to stand on a rock.

The two were puzzled and looked at him in confusion.

He paused the video and continued, "Wouldn't this make Xu Lang look too stupid? He is a smart urban white-collar worker. How could he watch the other person stand on the high ground and then kick him?"

Xu Zheng crossed his arms and thought, then nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

He had performed in dramas for a long time before and was very clear about the comedic points between the characters. Moreover, although the comedy was a bit exaggerated, it was by no means brainless and the characters had their own behavioral logic.

Laughing just for the sake of laughing is not funny, but awkward.

"How do you think we should deal with this?" he asked.

"I don't know. I haven't figured it out yet."

Lu Yuan shook his head, frowned, and looked at Wang Baoqiang: "Baoqiang, do you have any ideas?"

While filming "Lost on Journey", the two of them were thinking of new ideas as they went along.

Upon hearing this, Wang Baoqiang silently ran into the water, squatted down, and gestured around.

Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng looked at each other and shrugged.

"Hey, it's raining." Xu Zheng said suddenly.

Lu Yuan was about to reach out his hand, but he saw this guy touching his head and said, "Here, look for yourself."

Well, it really came down.

"Attention all units, it's raining, pay attention to the machines." A staff member shouted with a loudspeaker.

The crew immediately mobilized, quickly set up several tents, and put all the photographic equipment in place first.

Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng were busy running around with everyone. At this time, there was no distinction between director and producer, and keeping the machine was the top priority.

After making sure the machine was in good working order, Xu Zheng checked the time and called out to Liu Liu, the coordinator and producer of life, "Let's take a break and have a meal. We can start working again after the rain stops."

Liu Liu agreed and immediately went to make arrangements.

Lu Yuan rubbed his stomach and was about to look for Liu Daidai when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Notoni Kanlisana Antu"

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that "lunatic" again.

"what did he say?"

Xu Zheng had been in Thailand for nearly two months and understood more Thai than he did. He listened attentively for a while and said, "It's the same thing he said this morning. It said there will be a flood soon."

Lu Yuan slowed down his pace. The rain seemed to be getting heavier. "No matter whether it's true or not, let the props team pay attention, just in case."

"Don't worry, I already reminded you this morning."

Lu Yuan then nodded and walked towards the tent where Liu Shishi was.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he lifted the door curtain, Miss Liu gave him a surprise.

"Take it away quickly." He took a step back in a panic.

Because they were going to shoot a scene in which Xu Zheng was bitten by a snake in the afternoon, the crew specially rented a cobra from the circus. This girl was very brave and actually caught it in her hands and played with it.

Even though he knew that the snake's venom glands had been removed and its teeth had been pulled out, Mr. Lu was still afraid of this thing.

"You can touch it. It's very well behaved and won't bite you." Liu Shishi glanced at her boyfriend with contempt and pointed at the snake's head with her index finger.

This cobra was about one meter long and small in size. It was used to being stroked, so it didn't make any noise and just stuck out its tongue.

But it's also a snake.

"Try it."

“Go away. Go away.

"Come on." She came closer and threatened again.

Lu Yuan hid back and shouted loudly: "Liu Shishi, I warn you, don't go too far!!"

"Come on, just try it once." Miss Liu smiled secretly and pretended to hand over the snake.

There aren't many opportunities to scare a dog.

"Just wait, I'll call your mother later!" Lu Yuan threatened and fled.

Liu Shishi snorted. It was so annoying. They always had to look for the parents.

“There’s a flood!!!”

As soon as Lu Yuan walked out of the tent, he saw people from the Thai Tourism Bureau running over hurriedly and shouting in English.

"There's a flood upstream!"

People immediately rushed out of several nearby tents.

The person from the Tourism Bureau supported himself on his knees and said breathlessly that there was a flood upstream in the ravine and it was rushing over.

The tent is some distance away from the river. Although the flood will flow along the river, its magnitude is uncertain. For safety reasons, it is best to evacuate everyone.

Lu Yuan didn't have time to sigh that the "lunatic" guess was so accurate, and immediately notified everyone: "Everyone, don't be stunned, evacuate quickly, take the cameras and other things with you, leave the unimportant things here, and the crew will make up for it if it's lost."

After saying that, he turned and rushed into the tent.

Because the process of entering and exiting was extremely short, Liu Shishi was still holding the snake in her hand.

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes, grabbed the snake's body, and threw it into the cage in less than two seconds. Then he rubbed his palms in panic.

The movements were so smooth and flowing that Miss Liu was stunned.

"Aren't you afraid? Why?"

Lu Yuan held her hand and ran out: "Don't just stand there like an idiot. It's already late. Let's go."

Liu Shishi stared at his back with sparkling eyes, and a smile appeared involuntarily at the corners of her mouth.

Bangkok, hotel.

After taking a shower and drying his hair, Chen Zhixi held a notebook and reviewed the morning's budget expenses.

Fortunately, the "lunatic"'s nagging allowed the crew to prepare in advance, and the tourism bureau staff reminded them in time.

There was no accident and the camera and everyone were safe.

After finishing everything, around three o'clock, she knocked on the door of investor Lu Yuan with two bottles of Thai mosquito repellent.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Who is it?"

"I'm Chen Zhixi."

"I'm coming." Liu Shishi opened the door.

She had just finished taking a shower and was wrapped in a bathrobe. Her long hair was scattered casually and still covered with water droplets, and her little face was flushed.

Chen Zhixi stared at her face, which was not made up but still beautiful, and looked at her carefully.

In the high-pressure environment of the entertainment industry, most female stars have a reversed day and night schedule and a disordered work and rest schedule due to the demands of filming.

Often, people look completely different after removing makeup than they do in front of the camera, with dull skin, blackheads, pimples, freckles, and dark circles under the eyes.
Liu Shishi is an exception. Her skin is delicate, smooth, white with a rosy glow, and as tender as a freshly peeled egg.

She inquired, "How do you maintain your skin? What cosmetics do you use? Your skin is so good."

"It's just a facial mask, nothing else." Miss Liu had a satisfied smile on her face.

Seeing this, Chen Zhixi became more curious: "Why do I feel that you are a little different from this morning?"

"Really? Maybe it's because I took a shower." Liu Shishi turned away guiltily.

You can't say that because you saw the stinky man worrying about your own safety, you overcame your fear and caught the snake with your bare hands, and you were so happy and overwhelmed with love that you came back and made love to him in the bathroom, rewarding him heavily.

Chen Zhixi looked at the faint blush on her cheeks and suddenly realized that he had forgotten that she had a boyfriend. Her yin and yang were in harmony, no wonder her skin was so good.

She asked no more questions and went into the house.

"Where's Mr. Lu?"

"I went to see Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang. They said they were going to discuss the scene that took place this morning." Liu Shishi took out a hair dryer.

It was the first time that Chen Zhixi came to the room of the big star Lu Yuan, and he looked around.

Liu Shishi greeted him, "Do you want to eat anything? I have dried carrots, seaweed flakes, the yogurt lumps he bought, and some other miscellaneous things."

"no need."

Chen Zhixi sat down on the sofa, glanced at a script, and tilted his head to read it.

"border"

"..."

(End of this chapter)