Maybe it was because there was a traffic jam ahead, and the car was parked in the traffic and couldn't move. There was no rush, so the two of them could only sit in the car and chat.
"It's not bad. The TV series just finished filming today and I came to pick you up."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's an action movie. In fact, it's not a TV series in the strict sense. It's called a movie. There are six episodes in total. Each episode is an independent story..."
After listening to Hu Jun's brief introduction, He Xin finally understood. In fact, this is another follow-up movie. The follow-up movie is the Hollywood movie "Charlie's Angels", but the three beauties in the movie were replaced by four young guys, and then there are
A boss like Charlie gives them orders to complete tasks.
Hu Jun only played a small supporting role in one of the episodes, with very few scenes, which is really a bit pitiful.
But when it comes to the movie he accepted, Hu Jun is very excited. This is a comedy movie directed by Zhao Liangjun and starring Sandra Ng and Eric Tsang. It is said to be a comedy, but in fact, the core is a literary film, through a "old chicken"
"Ah Jin's memories provide a perspective on the history and changes of Hong Kong over the past thirty years.
As the main supporting role, Hu Jun plays a robber who robs a gold shop, and is also one of Ah Jin's many lovers. He Xin couldn't help but be happy when he heard that Hu Jun's character was named Ye Ziqiang. Isn't this an obvious comparison between Zhang Ziqiang and Ye Jihuan?
The names of Hong Kong's famous gangsters are combined into one!
This is actually similar to the Zhang Shihao played by Zhao Yanguo in his previous role in "Escape with Wings". Brother Hao is an allusion to the robber of the century, Zhang Ziqiang, nicknamed "Big Rich Man".
Fortunately, the traffic jam was not too long, and soon the traffic began to move slowly. After passing Lai Chi Kok, it began to flow smoothly. Hu Jun held the steering wheel, turned the corner neatly, and continued along Kwai Chung Road.
Take the West Kowloon Corridor to Jordan Road and finally turn to Nathan Road and stop in front of a four-star hotel near Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei.
This is considered the downtown center of Hong Kong, and Hu Jun has already booked a room for him here.
"Tomorrow's award ceremony will be at the Science Museum in East Tsim Sha Tsui. It's very close to here and very convenient to get in and out of."
Hu Jun took him upstairs together.
This four-star hotel looks quite grand, but once you walk into the room, you find that it is really small inside. To be exaggerated, it is only about half the size of a hotel room in the mainland.
"Hong Kong is like this, with less land and more people, and the houses are like pigeon cages. Where I live, the rooms are smaller than here."
Hu Jun lives in Tai Po, which is far away from the city center. It is an old house lent to him by Guan Jinpeng, which is probably where the pretty boy Qing from another time and space lives.
"It's okay, just have a place to live."
Regarding accommodation, He Xin really doesn't care. I have even stayed in Qiaodong before, not to mention that this is a four-star hotel.
"Then take a shower first, change your clothes, and go to eat later. I'll call Director Guan to talk to you."
"Oh, I'm very quick."
Sweating all over, feeling sticky and uncomfortable, He Xin quickly took out his clothes from the suitcase and got into the bathroom.
When he came out, Hu Jun was leaning on the bed and watching TV.
"Director Guan said he would introduce someone to you in a moment."
"Who?"
"Li Miaoxue!"
"female?"
He Xin was stunned, but of course he didn't think that Lao Guan was trying to pimp him out.
Hu Jun smiled and nodded and said: "She is a female director. She used to be an assistant director for Director Guan. She can be regarded as Director Guan's apprentice."
"oh."
He didn't think much about it, maybe he just wanted to introduce him to everyone.
He also asked casually: "Is it beautiful?"
"Well, just average. But she is quite talented. The first film she made last year was shortlisted for the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival."
Hu Jun is right, the director named Li Miaoxue is really average-looking, short and fat, with small eyes, a somewhat flat nose, and a very typical face of an ordinary southern woman.
She debuted very early. She started making movies with Guan Jinpeng more than ten years ago, working as a scene reporter, assistant director, and later as a screenwriter. She has supervised several small-budget art films. Last year, she directed her first feature film and was shortlisted.
The Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival can be described as a long-term success.
She has a cheerful personality and laughs loudly. She said that she only got to know He Xin after watching "Lan Yu" and then "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle". She felt that He Xin's performance was very natural, especially for the children.
Gui's slight shyness was very similar to the character of the postman Xiao Lie in the script she was writing at the time.
She has just completed the first draft of the script. When she heard that He Xin was coming to Hong Kong to attend the Golden Bauhinia Awards ceremony, she couldn't wait to ask Lao Guan to introduce He Xin to her.
He Xin took a cursory look at the first draft of her script and found that the title was very romantic and very literary - "Landscape of Love".
It tells the story of a Hong Kong girl named Man who is looking for the scenery in an unfinished painting of her deceased boyfriend, and a Qingdao postman named Xiao Lie. The story is very simple but pure and beautiful, with a little sadness and a little warmth permeating it.
The whole story is delicate and elegant.
"Why set the story in Qingdao?"
Because my girlfriend’s home is in Qingdao, and He Xin stayed there for more than ten days during the Chinese New Year, I have a natural affinity with this city.
Li Miaoxue pursed her lips and said with a smile: "When I traveled to Qingdao last year, there was a free travel book in the hotel. I saw a small photo in the book called 'Deng Ying Li Snow', which was a large pear blossom in bloom.
Like snow, so beautiful! I was imagining this story at that time, thinking that the unfinished landscape painting after Asen's death should look like this."
There is a sense of pretentiousness unique to literary and art film directors.
Although He Xin had never heard of climbing pear snow, he still nodded and asked: "I saw that it only said that Man met Xiaolie at the place where pear blossoms were blooming, but it seemed that it was just a meeting, and there was no mention.
Are there any sparks between the two?"
Hearing this question, Li Miaoxue frowned and said: "I am also considering this ending. I feel that if the two of them really have some sparks, it seems too cliché, but it is nothing, and it seems bland and boring... Well,
I haven’t thought about it yet.”
"I don't feel it's boring, but I feel like I'm leaving something blank, which is actually quite good."
Guan Jinpeng interjected at this time, obviously he had read the first draft of the script before.
Li Miaoxue nodded but did not say anything. It seemed that she was at least a very independent person and would not change her mind easily for the opinions of her teachers or seniors.
He Xin quite agrees with Lao Guan's opinion, but he does not think about it from an artistic point of view like Lao Guan, what is left unfinished and what is left blank.
But from a purely practical point of view, it should be difficult for a Hong Kong girl who is full of literature and art to fall in love with a very tacky little postman from Qingdao.
If we were to be more realistic, I am afraid that this little postman is just a playmate, a spare tire, and even a tool to relieve boredom for this Hong Kong girl when she is sad and lonely.
The meal lasted until about nine o'clock in the evening. When we parted, Li Miaoxue smiled and said to He Xin: "My drama may not start filming until after the Spring Festival next year. I have made a reservation here first. I must leave a time slot for you by then."
Me yo!"
"No problem!" He Xin said with a smile.
He couldn't say he liked the script, nor could he say he disliked it, but for Lao Guan's sake, he had to agree.
The place to eat was very close to the hotel where He Xin stayed. He and Hu Jun had walked all the way there before, and Hu Jun had to walk back with him to pick up the car.
"Brother Jun, come up and sit down?" He Xin invited as he arrived at the door of the hotel.
"No, you should rest early."
Hu Jun shook his head, then smiled and said: "What are your plans for tomorrow? If nothing happens, I will take you out for a walk?"
"It's free if you go around, but I heard that watches are quite cheap here?"
"What, you want to buy a Rolex?"
"How can I afford a Rolex? I just want to check it out. If there is a suitable one, I will buy one for my girlfriend." He Xin said hurriedly.
Cheng Hao had a Citizen quartz watch before. Maybe it was broken, or maybe it was too low-grade. Anyway, I haven’t seen my girlfriend wear it since graduation. Now, like him, I always use my mobile phone to check the time. This
The first time he came to Hong Kong, he was thinking about buying a decent watch for his girlfriend.
"As for the genuine ones, they are actually not much different from ours. Parallel imports are much cheaper, but it is easy to buy fakes if you are not careful. Well, give me a call when you get up tomorrow and I will pick you up and go to Causeway Bay to have a look.
Look, there are many watch shops there, all of which are time-honored." Hu Jun said.
"Oh, that's great, thank you Brother Jun!" He Xin said with a busy smile.
"Why are you so polite to me!" Hu Jun patted his shoulder heavily, with a look of envy on his face and said, "I have to say, you are so lucky!"
The failure of last year's Golden Horse Awards has always been a knot in Hu Jun's mind, so much so that when he was interviewed by Lu Yu more than ten years later, when he talked about it, he bluntly said that he could not accept it for a long time.
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What's more, things didn't go smoothly for him when he came to Hong Kong this time. But just now he witnessed with his own eyes that He Xin, who was coming to Hong Kong for the first time, was being flocked to by the director, and he was filled with envy and even jealousy.
"Haha! Let me just say that my luck has always been good. Sometimes it's really hard to refuse!" He Xin said with a sullen smile.
In fact, he somewhat understood Hu Jun's mood at the moment. If he seemed to empathize with his feelings and deliberately said some words of comfort, it would seem very hypocritical. It would be better to be more straightforward.
Then, he pretended to be mysterious and said: "However, I have a hunch this time, Brother Jun, you will definitely be in trouble!"
"Damn! You said the same thing during the last Golden Horse Awards, but what happened? It wasn't you who won the award!"
Hu Jun became angry when he saw him looking so arrogant and pretending to be a ghost again, which made him feel even more unhappy.
No matter how unhappy he was, the little knot in his heart just now disappeared in an instant. He knew that He Xin was not to blame for this, it was purely due to his own bad luck.
This time, he really didn't dare to hold out any hope. In addition to the Golden Horse Best Actor in front of him, there was also Zhou Xingchi, who was not shortlisted last time, among his opponents, and the competition became more intense.
And this is at their home court. As the weathervane of the Academy Awards, once the shortlist for the Golden Bauhinia Awards was announced, the Hong Kong media had already predicted that Zhou Xingchi and his "Shaolin Football" would be the biggest winners of the Golden Bauhinia Awards.