On the last day of the New Year's Day holiday, the TV series "The Pretender" was launched in a very low-key manner at Hengdian Film and Television City.
This drama is adapted from the novel "Spy on the Bund". The screenwriter is personally written by the author of the original novel. The cast includes well-known actors such as Hu Ge, Jin Dong, Wang Kai and Liu Yijun. The lineup is quite strong.
Most of the creative staff of "The Pretender" are working together for the second time. In the first half of last year, they filmed the costume TV series "Nirvana in Fire", which was also adapted from the novel.
This time, the cast is basically cast by the original cast, which means that the relationship between them has already been well-established and naturally is not unusual. Therefore, Shirley suddenly parachuted in, which inevitably caused others to look at her with strange eyes.
The reason is not because she is Korean. In recent years, Korean artists often go to China to carry out activities. Her dedicated and humble work attitude is obvious to all in the industry.
The problem is that Cui Xueli is too young. She is only a sophomore at the drama school in China. Moreover, she is a member of a girl singing group in Korea, so everyone doubts whether she can do it.
You must know that although the female military agent Yu Manli played by Shirley is a supporting role, she has a lot of scenes in the play, and has a lot of scenes opposite Mingtai played by Hu Ge.
No one in the crew knew about Hu Ge's acting skills. It was hard for them to believe that an idol singer in his early 20s could take on his role. If not by then there would be no one left, it would be a big joke.
So the first problem before Shirley was how to dispel everyone's doubts and quickly integrate into the team. Fortunately, she firmly remembered the eight words Zhou Jing often told her, "do things with a high profile and be a low-key person."
It's easy to be a low-key person. Sulli has never been arrogant. Of course, she didn't have the conditions when she was an idol, so what's the point of doing things in a high-profile way?
Zhou Jing’s explanation for this is the so-called high profile, which means being proactive and confident at work, working hard and down-to-earth, and only by working hard to improve one’s own strength can one win the respect of others.
Shirley was convinced by Zhou Jing's words. After receiving the script, she immediately made a lot of meticulous preparations. Her hard work paid off. The crew held a script workshop for the first time to try out the scene. Her performance was quite amazing and surprised everyone present.
Accident.
Sulli is a child actor, and later Son Ye-jin gave her step-by-step guidance. In addition, she received a short-term training at the Shanghai Academy of Arts, so even though she was still immature when facing Hu Ge, she was definitely remarkable.
In particular, it can be seen at a glance that she has put a lot of effort into the character of Manli. Just a few lines made everyone's eyes brighten. Director Li Xue applauded because Shirley's performance completely matched his eyes and voice.
The image of the character in your mind.
Could it be a talent? Everyone couldn't help but marvel. When they learned that Shirley had written a biography of Yu Manli with tens of thousands of words, everyone was shocked for a while.
When it comes to character biographies, it is commonplace for domestic actors with serious academic backgrounds. But I have never heard that Korean actors have this habit. They usually write scripts while filming. I wonder if the complete script is
I didn’t write a biography of a woolly character.
Faced with everyone's puzzled looks, Shirley said that she had just completed her further studies at the Shanghai Academy of Art, which was great. Hu Ge immediately became very excited after hearing this.
He also graduated from Magic Theater, so Shirley was his junior sister. With this status, and Shirley being modest and low-key, she was quickly accepted by the entire crew.
Today is the first day of filming and the filming tasks are relatively easy. The studio has finished work before it gets dark. Hu Ge and Jin Dong, who have not seen each other for a long time, meet up for a drink in the evening.
I originally planned to invite Shirley to join us, but Hu Ge stopped me. What the hell, a group of big men are drinking and asking girls to do something, and Shirley will be everyone’s younger sister from now on. If this kind of situation can be avoided, avoid it.
Don't forget, they are playing secret agents, but my brother is a real scout, so be careful if someone comes to your door, everyone will be in trouble, haha...
When Shirley returned to the hotel room, she immediately took out her mobile phone and wanted to call Zhou Jing. On the evening of New Year's Day, Zhou Jing hurried back to Seoul. There was no way, there was no three-day holiday in South Korea, so he couldn't go to work on the first day of the new year.
Just be absent for one day.
Crystal and Shirley had nothing to do. Even if he wanted to take leave, he couldn't find a suitable reason. What's more, there was still more than a month before the Spring Festival and he had a lot of work on hand. If Xiuzhi hadn't made such a fuss, he would not have considered returning.
Magic City.
The reason why Shirley contacted Zhou Jing in a hurry was to tell him good news. After seeing the cast list, Zhou Jing said that Hu Ge was his favorite actor. What he didn't know was that Hu Ge was also a stranger to him.
In fact, it was not just Hu Ge, Jin Dong and others. The crew wanted to have an airborne soldier, and everyone had to know about it privately. They never thought that Zhou Jing would be found through a casual search on the Internet.
The result is predictable. This is why Hu Ge and others only questioned Shirley's acting skills at first, but did not delve into how she joined the group.
Hu Ge even told Shirley privately that he would like to invite Zhou Jing for a drink if he had the chance. Shirley naturally agreed hurriedly on behalf of Zhou Jing. This kind of two-way travel can be possible. As for Tara, forget it, hehe...
"Ding dong, ding dong..."
At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang. Who was it? Shirley put down her phone and came to the door to look through the peephole. The next second she opened the door and shouted in Korean,
"Yoona Unnie, Yuri Unnie, why are you..."
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"Is this store newly opened? I haven't seen it before. Why don't you go in and give it a try?" Zhou Jing murmured to himself as he stood in front of a restaurant near the community.
Crystal and Shirley are not here, and Goo Hara is busy recording a reality show. Zhou Jing doesn't want to go home to cook after get off work, so he plans to just deal with a few people outside.
In the past two days, Xu Xian had been pestering him so hard that Zhou Jing was exhausted physically and mentally. Don't get me wrong, Xu Xian didn't do anything to take advantage of the situation, she really had something to do with Zhou Jing.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What is going on is actually related to the documentary that Xu Xian is filming. According to the pre-agreed plan, the film crew will go to Gunpo to collect materials on the spot.
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However, the construction site is not something you can just go to. It must be approved by the engineering headquarters and complete the corresponding safety education before the access pass can be issued. For this reason, Xu Xian specially submitted the application to the secretariat before New Year's Day. Who knows that after New Year's Day, there is no access permit?
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The question is that the commanders are discussing, and Xu Xian is getting anxious now. She is a very planning person, and the entire film crew is waiting for her, the PD, to make arrangements, so can she not jump.
Xu Xian wanted to find out what went wrong. The most direct way was to ask the commanders personally.
Xu Xian had been in DPS. She didn't know how many commanders there were in the headquarters. Everyone else was at the Gunpo site and she couldn't get in or contact them. The only one in Seoul was Zhou Jing.
So after a phone call, Xu Xian finally knew the reason. Affected by the stampede on the Bund, DPS was recently rectifying the safety responsibility regulations and specific implementation status of each construction site.
This is a clear instruction issued by Sangang Group. The closer the Spring Festival approaches, the less stringent the stringency of production safety must be loosened. Especially in overseas projects such as DPS, once a safety accident occurs, it will have an immeasurable negative impact on the local area.
So who dared to boldly let the camera crew in at this juncture? Zhou Jing did not speak up for Xu Xian, but was stopped by Cao Xuefeng with a light word.
"It doesn't matter, Commander Zhou just needs to sign and agree."
What’s special is that whoever signs it is responsible. Last time Girls’ Generation borrowed a venue to shoot their MV, it was just an open space near the scene, and Zhou Jingdu was there in person to accompany it.
Now that we are about to enter the set for filming, some personnel must be dispatched to accompany us immediately to ensure safety. Therefore, Zhou Jing understands what Cao Xuefeng means. There is no one, why don't you send someone from the equipment department?
Send your sister. Now in the equipment department, women are used as men and men are used as livestock. Where are the idle people and so on? The final conclusion is to let the film crew adjust the plan and go to the scene to shoot after the Spring Festival.
Zhou Jing conveyed the command's suggestion to Xu Xian on the phone, but Xu Xian refused on the spot, saying that it was planned in advance and that DPS should not go back on its word.
My aunt, this plan can't keep up with changes, so it can't be more flexible? Zhou Jing never expected how strong Xu Xian's stubbornness is. No, it must be according to the agreed itinerary.
Zhou Jing was speechless. Not only that, he also learned that Xu Xian was coming to block him. In desperation, he had to excuse himself to go out for a meeting. Yin Xiaozhen said that Xu Xian was waiting in his office right now.
"You're so stubborn." Zhou Jing shook his head and walked into the restaurant.
Maybe it was because the newly opened restaurant had discounts. There were quite a lot of people in the restaurant. They seemed to be white-collar workers from nearby office buildings. Zhou Jing found an empty seat and just sat down when the waitress came over and greeted him:
"Anihasay, guest nim, who are you?"
"It's just me."
"this..."
"What's wrong?"
"Guest nim, our restaurant only serves food for two or more people."
"Um?"
Zhou Jing was stunned and then sighed. This was due to Korea's broken rules. As mentioned before, eating alone in Korea is considered shameful, so many restaurants do not provide meals for one person.
"Nai, Mianada, I don't know." Zhou Jing stood up and prepared to leave. The waitress also had an apologetic expression on her face.
"Send off Hamida, guest nim."
"Wait a minute, I'm going to have some spicy fried squid for two with him, Kang Sang Hamida."
"Inside..."
A pleasant female voice sounded, and the waitress accepted the order happily. However, Zhou Jing was startled when he looked at the pretty face under the baseball cap and mask in front of him, and it took him a long time to recover.
"No, Sun Daxian, why are you here?"
"Why, I can't come to eat, really."
After taking off her hat and mask, the beauty sitting opposite Zhou Jing was Son Ye-jin, and her appearance immediately attracted the attention of other guests in the restaurant.
It's hard not to recognize the Grand Slam Best Actress. Then when I look at the man eating with her, Dafa, he turns out to be a national hero. But when they are together, everyone is more curious about another thing.
How does Zhou Jing call Son Ye Jin in private? Son Ye Jin was vague in the program before, which made everyone prick up their ears to hear the conversation between the two, but they never thought...
"Pull him down, why would you, Queen Sun Daying, come here if you have nothing to do?"
"No, could it be that it's not Xiuzhixi, so you're disappointed? Haha..."
"Ayixi..."
"Puch..."
Zhou Jing looked around blankly and found that there were people covering their mouths and giggling everywhere, eavesdropping on his conversation with Son Ye-jin, while the crowd just wanted to give Son Ye-jin a silent thumbs up.