1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Although people kept visiting the crew, which affected the crew's early filming plans in Hong Kong, the filming of the film in the middle and late stages went very smoothly and even faster than expected.

This was mainly because the filming of the scenes in the subway was faster than Zhou Yan and his team had planned.

When the film was just beginning to be prepared, Tomson submitted an application to the relevant departments in Hong Kong, hoping to be able to shoot in the subway. The relevant departments did not set up any obstacles and approved it directly, but the degree of freedom in filming was not high.

After all, Hong Kong’s four existing subway lines are very busy. If the crew of "Time Traveler" wants to shoot here, it will affect the normal operation of the subway station, so the relevant department only allows them to shoot for one hour a day.

There aren’t many scenes in the movie that take place in the subway, but it was quite troublesome to shoot because the male and female protagonists had to change a lot of clothes, and street performers had to be arranged to sing.

In order to ensure the shooting effect, a large number of extras must be used, which is not an easy task to dispatch.

If you can only shoot for one hour a day, the shooting cycle will be greatly increased.

However, things took a turn for the better after the filming officially started.

There is a subway line under construction on the Hong Kong side. It was originally the Airport Railway, but now it has been changed into two lines: the Airport Express and the Tung Chung Line.

The airport railway plan started quite early. In 89, Hong Kong implemented the plan to move the international airport located on the Kowloon Peninsula to Chek Lap Kok, far away from the city, and proposed the Airport Core Plan to build an airport railway connection.

When this line first started, there was only one main line. Later, due to development needs, it was divided into two parts, one is the Airport Express and the other is the Tung Chung Line.

In 94, the construction of the airport railway began. After two years, the line construction has been completed. It is planned to start trial operation next year and formal operation the year after.

Among them, Kowloon Station on the Tung Chung Line has been completely completed. Except for the fact that it is not open to traffic, it is basically no different from a normal subway station.

This subway station, which has just been built but not yet officially put into use, was tailor-made for the crew.

The crew temporarily reported the filming plan at Kowloon Station on the Tung Chung Line and it was quickly approved.

This time, the Hong Kong Railway Company Limited was very generous and directly "packaged" the Kowloon Station for the crew to use for a week, which brought great convenience to the crew's filming.

Of course, Zhou Yan and his team could not use up the one week given by the railway company. Including the time for layout and preparation, it only took them two days in total.

By the time the scenes in the subway were finished, there were not many shots left for the entire movie, and most of them were indoor shots, which were not difficult to shoot.

Zhou Yan and his team spent less than twenty days in Hong Kong and completed all the filming, and there were still two days left before their originally planned time node.

After completing the shooting plan ahead of schedule again, Zhou Yan still gave the crew a holiday.

He had originally planned to give the crew a holiday, but originally it was only for one day. Now that the plan was completed ahead of schedule, he extended the holiday by one day, making it two days.

After work that day, Zhou Yan announced the holiday arrangements. Everyone was naturally very happy. Many people had never been to Hong Kong, so they took advantage of this holiday to go shopping in Hong Kong.

Compared to Shenzhen, there are more places to visit and more things to buy in Hong Kong, and of course, you have to spend more money.

Zhou Yangang had just finished talking to Li Hong and was about to go find Joey Wong when Li Xiaoran suddenly came over and stood in front of him, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Seeing her like this, Zhou Yan probably knew what she wanted to do, and said directly, "Go to Jiang Mengfei to ask for the game console later, and tell him that I approved it."

The smile on Li Xiaoran's face suddenly faded. She came to Zhou Yan just for this matter.

In fact, she had been wanting to say this for several days.

Her role didn't have many scenes to begin with, and there were only two scenes in Hong Kong, which were filmed a few days ago.

Theoretically, she had actually finished filming for several days and could go home directly.

However, she was not in a hurry to leave. On the one hand, it was inconvenient for her to go home alone, and on the other hand, her game console was still in the crew.

Now that the crew is on holiday, everyone is thinking about strolling around Hong Kong, but she is the only one thinking about her game console.

For her, no matter where she goes to play, it is not as fun as playing video games at home for two days.

These days, she has been thinking about how to bring this up to Zhou Yan, but she hasn't found a good opportunity because Zhou Yan is very busy every day and she is embarrassed to disturb Zhou Yan about the game console.

She finally got the chance when the crew had a holiday.

"Thank you, Director Zhou." Li Xiaoran hurriedly thanked him.

"It's originally yours, no need to thank me." Zhou Yan looked at Li Xiaoran with a smile. After being scolded by him last time, this girl was not as casual as before. When the crew was filming, he was very active in watching and learning from the side.

In fact, at this stage, Li Xiaoran should stay in the crew more.

Although she doesn't have many roles, she can learn a lot in the crew. The most important thing is that she has professional guidance and free teaching from Gao Jinwen, which is an opportunity that others can't even ask for.

Since she wants to develop in the film and television industry, she should not miss such an opportunity.

Originally, Zhou Yan wanted to ask Li Xiaoran what her future plans were, but seeing Li Xiaoran's anxious look, he said nothing and asked her to find Jiang Mengfei.

After Li Xiaoran left, Joey Wong and Chen Derong came over.

"Brother, what are your plans for tomorrow?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Derong and said, "You've already finished filming, aren't you in a hurry to return to Taiwan?"

The subsequent scenes going to Taiwan Island are only related to Joey Wong and the actors who play her family. The others have all finished filming by today.

Logically speaking, Chen Derong no longer has any filming tasks, so she can go back first.

What Zhou Yan meant by saying this was that he wanted Chen Derong to stop being a light bulb. He still wanted to enjoy his own world with Joey Wong.

However, Chen Derong acted as if she didn't understand and said with a smile, "Why should I be in a hurry? Anyway, the crew will go to Taipei in two days, so I'll go back with you. We've been so tired from filming during this period, so it's a good opportunity to have some fun in Hong Kong and relax. Where are you going?"

Zhou Yan didn't say anything and turned to look at Joey Wong.

Joey Wong said with a smile, "Why don't we go watch a movie? My brother and his crew's movie is about to be released, so let's go and show our support before it's released."

The movie she was talking about was "Story of Princesses 2" which was released just last month. Actually, this movie is somewhat related to Zhou Yan, because the soundtrack of the movie was produced by Zhou Yan's studio.

"Story at War 2" is the sequel to "Story at War", and the director is still Chen Kexin. The production cycle of this movie basically overlaps with that of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story".

It is said that Chen Kexin took time out from filming "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" to shoot "Stormy Days 2".

It was also a piece of cake for Zhou Yan's studio to compose the soundtrack for this film.

This movie stars many big names, including Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Anita Mui, Carina Lau and Eric Tsang. When Leslie Cheung visited the set, he also mentioned this movie.

Now when they go to the movies, they also show their support for Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.

As soon as Wang Zuxian finished speaking, Chen Derong smiled and said, "Okay, let's go together."

Zhou Yan was willing to go to the movies, but he didn't want to have a big light bulb like Chen Derong around him. This girl was a little crazy to begin with, and she became even crazier after filming "Time Traveler". "How about you go out and have some fun by yourself?" Zhou Yan suggested.

Chen Derong pouted, "Why, do you think I'm getting in the way of you two? You already have a wife, and you don't want a sister anymore? Is there any brother like you?"

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes. He was acting and was being blamed by this girl.

Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "It's okay, let's go together tomorrow."

"That's settled then." After saying that, Chen Derong skipped away.

Zhou Yan touched his forehead and sighed, "Why bring her along?"

"Do you really want Xiaorong to go out alone?"

"That's nothing. She knows Hong Kong better than I do. If that doesn't work, let Meng Fei and the others go play with her."

"It's just watching a movie together. It's okay. Just think of it as us taking our sister out to play."

Zhou Yan curled his lips. He didn’t lack a sister.

Speaking of his sisters, he hasn't seen them for some time, and he doesn't know how Qing'er and the others are doing lately.

In the past few years, the one who has changed the most is Xiaojiu. Every time Zhou Yan goes back, Xiaojiu has changed a lot and has gradually grown into a big girl.

As the third oldest brother, he really doesn't care enough about his younger siblings.

In the past, he used to find it annoying when his younger brothers and sisters came to play with him during holidays. But now he thinks that such an opportunity may never come again.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian and Chen Derong went out fully armed.

They didn't walk far and found a cinema nearby in Harbour City. However, because "Stormy Girl 2" was about to be released, there were very few showtimes, and this cinema only had one show at o'clock in the morning.

It was only nine o'clock when they arrived at the cinema, and there were still two hours before the movie started, so it was impossible for them to wait in the cinema.

So they bought the tickets first, then left the cinema and went shopping in Harbour City.

Harbour City is along the coastline, right next to the Star Ferry Pier. Zhou Yan has been to Hong Kong several times and always lived nearby, but this is his first time here.

When he came here before, he spent most of his time on the east coast.

Compared to the east coast, this side is definitely much more lively and is also a more popular business district.

There are many luxury stores here, and girls especially like to shop there. Even Joey Wong is no exception and enjoys shopping there.

At this time, Zhou Yan discovered that bringing Chen Derong out was not without benefits. At least she could accompany Wang Zuxian shopping, and Zhou Yan only needed to follow beside them. The two of them could provide emotional value to each other.

"This dress is beautiful, it will definitely suit you."

"Wow, this necklace is beautiful too. It goes perfectly with the dress I wore just now."

"I'm short, it would look better on you."

"This dress is cuter and suits you better."

"This is a new model this year. I haven't seen it before."

……

The two girls went shopping just like ordinary girls, mainly looking around. After walking around for a while, they didn't buy anything.

Finally, Zhou Yan couldn't help but said, "How about you two buy some and I'll pay for today."

Wang Zuxian shook her head and said, "No need to buy it. I already have many similar ones. If I buy it home, they will just gather dust in the cupboard. It's a waste of money."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. These girls actually knew that these things were almost the same?
Chen Derong smiled and said, "How about I buy one?"

"Sure." Zhou Yan nodded.

"How about that watch?"

"What watch?"

"It's just an ordinary watch, not expensive, only about 300,000 yuan."

Hearing that the watch cost more than 300,000, Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "Okay, I'll deduct it from your remaining film salary later."

"Forget it, that watch isn't very nice." Chen Derong pursed her lips and muttered, "If Sister Xiaoxian wants to buy that watch, will you buy it for her?"

Zhou Yan laughed, "Then I'll deduct it from her pay."

"So stingy!"

The three of them walked around for a while, and when it was almost time, they rushed to the cinema.

When they arrived at the cinema, the ticket checking had just started.

Because it was midweek and the show was at 11 o'clock, and the movie was almost taken off the screen, the attendance was very low.

When they entered, they found that besides the three of them, there were only two couples in the entire theater.

"Stormy Girl 2" tells a story of a gender-staggered love triangle. A young singing fan named Lin Ziying disguised herself as a man to sneak into the music scene. By chance, she meets and falls in love with the gold medal producer Gu Jiaming, and they become a gender-ambiguous couple.

What's ridiculous is that Lin Ziying's career is developing very well and she even won the Most Popular Male Singer Award. Now she is in a dilemma and doesn't know how to announce the truth about her gender.

Anita Mui plays Fang Yanmei, a host who has returned to the entertainment industry. After traveling around the world, she returns to Hong Kong and meets new singer Lam Chi-ying. She develops feelings for both Lam and Gu Jiaming at the same time...

To be honest, Zhou Yan doesn’t really like this kind of story, but he has to admit that Chen Kexin has something special when portraying this kind of love story.

The two films shot by Chen Kexin at the same time, whether it is "Stories of Love 2" or "Comrades: Almost a Love Story", are not conventional love stories.

When watching a movie, Zhou Yan paid more attention to the soundtrack. There was nothing outstanding about the soundtrack of this movie. Due to the subject matter, there were many songs in it.

Most of these songs were not written by Li Tao and his team, but were adapted from songs written by other people. Some of these songs have already been released and are still famous.

In fact, this is the normal working mode of a music director. It is rare for a movie like Zhou Yan to use music written by himself from beginning to end.

Most of the work done by music directors is not composition, but music selection. All they have to do is put the right music in the right shot. (End of this chapter)