In the evening, at the exit of Hong Kong International Airport, Mr. Hu stood there waving in a floral shirt, jeans, and a pair of black jeans. He was tall and very eye-catching.
"Brother Jun!"
He Xin dragged his suitcase and walked a few steps quickly, hugged him and said with a smile, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"No, I just arrived."
Hu Jun let go of his hand, looked him over, and couldn't help laughing: "Damn! Aren't you hot?"
"It's hot! I'm afraid you're impatient, so come out quickly."
He Xin touched his sweaty forehead. The clothes were already wet inside. There was a cashmere sweater on the top, jeans and long johns on the bottom. It was only around 10 degrees in Beijing when we boarded the plane, but it was already over 20 here.
It's spring.
"Let's go, let's get in the car!"
"Hey, Brother Jun, it's okay. Are the cars here?"
"Tch, what's the point? Don't make me look like I'm down here! This is a friend's car. I lent it to me to drive."
Hu Jun's car is a 70% to 80% new Toyota. After putting the luggage, He Xin walked to the right door as a habit.
"Here! Here!"
Only then did he realize that the driver's seat of the cars here was always on the right.
He walked around to the other side again, sat on the passenger seat, and then watched curiously as Hu Jun started the car and put his left hand into gear. He also gestured with his hands and said, "You don't seem to be used to driving like this?"
"You'll get used to it if you drive it more." Hu Jun glanced at him and turned on the air conditioner in the car.
He quickly took off the cashmere sweater underneath. There was nothing he could do about the long johns underneath, so he had to keep them straight.
The car drove along the seaside highway towards the city. This place was probably a bay, not too wide, and we could vaguely see the buildings on the opposite side.
Seeing this guy sitting in the car with a curious look, Hu Jun couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't this your first time back to Hong Kong?" He opened the window and looked out.
"Not counting this first time, we just passed by it last time when we went to Wanwan to attend the Golden Horse Awards!" He Xin said with a smile.
"You haven't even left the airport, so why have you been here?" Hu Jun looked at him with contempt and said, "The place we are now is called Lantau Island, and the opposite is Tuen Mun."
"Wow, Tuen Mun Sex Demon! I've seen that movie, and it seems like that place is particularly scary."
"Don't talk nonsense. There is a village over there. Oh, it's not a village. It's probably bigger than a village. It's about the same size as a town in the mainland. It's the countryside of Hong Kong. Just past our place is the Tsing Ma Bridge.
Take the Tsing Ma Bridge and then cross Tsing Yi Island to enter the city."
Oh, Tsing Ma Bridge seems to be a landmark bridge in Hong Kong and often appears in Hong Kong movies.
However, when I actually drove onto the bridge, I found that it was not that big. It was far different from the Hangzhou Bay Bridge and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in later generations. At most, it was similar to the Xupu Bridge in Shenghai.
After passing through Tsing Yi Island and crossing the Tsing Yi Bridge, the traffic flow began to slow down, probably due to peak hours. This side is the port area, with a lot of container trucks, and the other side of the road is green and lush, but the altitude is high.
Not high, one hill after another.
Although there are many high-rise buildings on both sides of the road, they all look rather old and seem not to be as good as Shenghai.
After seeing too much, He Xin put the seat back slightly and rested comfortably on the back of the chair. Watching Hu Jun drive, he couldn't help but complain: "You said the steering wheel of this car is on the right side.
, I have to drive to the left, and it feels more and more awkward to me!"
"What can be done about this? This is how it is here, and it's still the British way." Hu Jun also shook his head.
"Then you said it's been so many years since this return, why can't it be changed? And the Hong Kong police in the movie still salute like the British do, and I'm not used to it!"
"Just change it as you say. How can it be that easy? Don't forget, this is one country, two systems. Our visit here is no different from going abroad!"
"Um!"
He Xin blinked his eyes and said nothing. For some reason, he always felt alienated when he came to this place, but he didn't seem to feel this way when he went to Wanwan last time.
He thought for a while that it might be because of the language problem. After all, Mandarin was spoken in Wanwan, but here the birdsong was incomprehensible. But it didn’t seem right. When he was filming in Zhuhai and Nanhai Film and Television City last year, the people there
His speech was similar to what he said here, but it didn't make him feel alienated.
At this time, the car was basically moving at a hustle and bustle, and occasionally you could hear a few shouts in local dialect coming from outside the car.
"Hey, can you speak Cantonese?"
"No!" Hu Jun shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Maybe it's because I can't roll my tongue and I can't learn it no matter what, but I can almost understand it now."
"So are you used to it here?"
"..."
Hu Jun was silent for a while and then said: "How should I say? For new arrivals, there is always a process of adaptation, so take your time!"
As he said that, he smiled again: "But I go back every week now, otherwise I'm really worried that Jiu'er won't recognize me as his father. Oh, by the way, the pendant you gave me last time was quite expensive, wasn't it? I heard
Lu Fang said it might be worth tens of thousands of yuan!"
"It's not that expensive, but it might be worth it in a few years. Besides, Jiu'er is still my goddaughter, so I can't do anything bad!"
"Oh, then I have to let Lu Fang keep it well."
After saying that, Hu Jun asked again: "Is Xiaocheng okay?"
He and Cheng Hao were colleagues for a short time, and he was quite sorry for the girl's resignation.
"It's good. I'm busy filming!"
While He Xin answered, his heart moved and he said: "It's inconvenient to come and go after all, so you don't plan to go back to develop?"
"go back?"
Hu Jun shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If you don't make a name for yourself here, wouldn't it be a shame to go back?"
"No director in China is looking for you?"
"That's true. Zhang Jizhong called me some time ago and said he wanted to cast me in a Jin Yong martial arts drama."
"Isn't this a good opportunity?" He Xin said hurriedly.
"You think it's good?"
Hu Jun turned to look at him in surprise.
"Yes, last year's "The Swordsman" was quite popular! And this time "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng has just been filmed. From the start of filming last year to now, almost
I can see news about this drama every day." He Xin said with a smile.
Of course, a large part of these news are scandals and gossip between Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng.
"I'm afraid he was scolded!"
I have to say that the CCTV version of "The Swordsman" was criticized by the audience as soon as it was aired last year. There is no way, the majority of the audience is too familiar with Jin Yong's novels, and they can always find something wrong. But the scolding will be scolded.
, the ratings of this drama are still rising steadily.
As he spoke, Hu Jun smacked his lips, shook his head and said, "I always feel that filming this kind of martial arts drama is not too serious."
serious?
That's right, actors and directors who are somewhat famous or have some ambitions these days are still relatively conservative. In their words, movies are art, and there is no word called performing artist, and they don't think that the environment they are in is called the entertainment industry.
, but in the entertainment industry, everything has the word "art" in it.
For example, Xiaogangpao, despite the fact that when he made "Party A, Party B" and "Endless", he looked very lively and had a high box office, in fact, not many people thought highly of him at that time. He would have been in the film industry at that time
The status is very similar to that of Uncle Gao Qun now. He has made a TV series with high ratings, but he is still called "the one who makes documentaries".
At that time, the little steel cannon clamored that "what the audience likes to watch is a good movie" and "the people like to see and hear it. If you don't like to see it, who are you?"
It's true to hear this now, but at that time, the little steel cannon was so anxious about being scolded that he spoke so wildly.
Hu Jun's mentality is also the same at the moment. He would rather make a movie like "Lan Yu" than take on a martial arts drama. He just thinks that "Lan Yu" is art, while martial arts dramas are just fun.
"Brother Jun, you're already hanging around here now, and you still mention the word serious?"
"..."
Hu Jun opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment by his question. During his time in Hong Kong, he had more or less understood that the so-called Hong Kong film industry is absolutely dominated by commercial films, and everything is based on "money".
They are full of all kinds of dramas and following trends. It’s not that there are no literary and artistic films, there are some, but they are very few.
He was very uncomfortable when he first came here. He was unwilling to accept commercial films that were not too serious, and there were too few scripts for literary films, so he has only accepted one movie and one TV series until now.
He Xin continued: "I think this is a good opportunity. This is not an ordinary martial arts drama. It is Jin Yong's martial arts drama. It will definitely be popular!"
Maybe He Xin said that he could be popular, which impressed Hu Jun a little. No matter how much the actor pursues, he will not refuse to become popular. Being popular means that he can get more opportunities.
Speaking of which, Hu Jun's current position in the industry is a bit embarrassing. He is neither above nor below. To be specific, he has been wandering in the second tier for a long time. In addition, the failure of the last Golden Horse Awards has made him always brooding, so he chose to come to Hong Kong.
develop.
What's more, his agent Wang Jinghua also advised him not to reject Zhang Jizhong in a hurry, but to think carefully, as this is a good opportunity.
He thought about it for a long time, then suddenly came back to his senses and said, "You suddenly told me this today, what do you mean? Do you know something?"
He Xin said with a smile: "For "Dragon", my girlfriend told me a few days ago that she would go to Beijing for an audition at the end of the month. Brother Jun, to be honest, I think you are very suitable to play Xiao Feng. I may look for him anywhere in China.
There is no suitable candidate like you."
"Oh, you really know! So, I still have to accept it?" Hu Jun said with a smile.
"That's a must! Who is Xiao Feng? A righteous and heroic hero! I think you, Brother Hu Jun, look very similar in appearance and temperament." He Xin praised with a raised thumb.
At the end, he exclaimed in a pretentious manner: "Teacher Zhang Jizhong, you really have a vicious eye!"
"You boy!"
Hu Jun smiled and shook his head, and then said to himself: "It seems that I really have to think about it carefully."