Chapter 59 Comprehension Ding ding Zhuang Xiao gently tapped two 25-cent coins in his hand, put the two coins together, held them in his hands and rubbed them.
I was distracted for a moment, and I didn't know what I was thinking in my mind.
The coins fell out of my hand and rolled all over the ground like a joy.
They rolled away along different trajectories, completely without any boundaries.
A coin rolled towards the wall, hit a damp corner covered with dust and dirt, and stopped moving.
The other coin rolled far away, and when it looked like it was about to run towards a free life without looking back, it made a big circuitous circle, and finally ended up around that corner.
The two coins came to the same place by different routes, and bumped into each other gently in the corner, making the dark corner seem to show a light.
Zhuang Xiao stared at the two coins in the corner, as if obsessed, for a long time.
Until a homeless man next to him also started to look this way.
He quickly took two big steps over and picked up the two fifty-cent coins from the corner, just like a homeless man trying to pick up gold.
He wiped the two coins clean with his clothes, put them in the inner pocket of his coat, and kept them.
He took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
He had been reading the news habitually since I don't know when.
He searched for all the photos and news about Pei Yan on Weibo.
The crew of "Dark War III" successfully started filming.
One month ago, they were on a set in the suburbs of Beijing, and the next month they moved to several locations in Hong Kong and Thailand.
The filming is almost complete.
Lao Pei is still very popular.
His Weibo followers have skyrocketed, and he has gained a million followers in two months.
Many of them are fans from Hong Kong and Thailand.
Zhuang Xiao himself never cared about things like click-through rate, number of fans, and whether he was popular or not, but he was concerned about Pei Yan's number of fans and click-through rate.
Take a look at who's on the hot searches and hot topics every day.
If it's someone else's fault, just click on it.
If you see Pei Yan's name one day, click on it and you'll be able to read it for a long time.
If you don't register, you won't be able to see the posts.
He was forced to register an account for the first time in his life.
Pei Shaoxia was injured in an accident in a car accident on the set.
When he went to the hospital for a check-up, he was surrounded by fans.
Every entertainment account was posting this, and he read it all.
He had seen it online before Pei Yan sent him a text message.
Zhang Huan's publicity team seized this opportunity and easily made their own artists make headlines again.
They cut out the scene of Pei Yan's car crash on the set, made it into a video, and posted it.
The front of the car hit his waist, and with a loud noise, Pei Yan flew seven or eight meters away.
Some fans were so frightened that they cried.
Some fans sent hand-made dolls and stuffed animals to the hospital to show their friendship to their idol.
Some passers-by photographed Pei Yan wearing a baseball cap and a mask as she hurriedly walked through the hospital corridor.
There was an undercover fangirl inside the hospital who sent the X-ray taken by Pei Yan to Moments, and then it was transferred online.
Zhuang Xiao saved the X-ray film.
He thought about it on his own, tossing and turning, and privately sent the photo to the Western medicine expert who was doing physical therapy for him to take a look at it.
The other party replied to him that there was no obvious damage to the organs or bones in the film, and it should be nothing serious, just swelling and pain on the skin and bruises on the muscles.
They were in a subway station in New York.
The director called for people, the director's assistant came over to call him, and the filming started, old guys Zhuang Xiao put down his cell phone, and the stylist came over to straighten his hair again, messing up the neat hairstyle.
This time it’s not a cops and gangsters, it’s not martial arts, it’s not a kung fu movie.
The movie he took on is a low-cost marriage and family ethics movie.
A young Asian couple, in the bustling metropolis of New York, at the bottom of the immigrant society with a mixed structure of three religions and nine streams, experienced hardships and struggles in work, life and marriage, as well as various conflicts with their original family, and fell into a cyclical cycle.
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Quarrel, torture, and subsequent separation and divorce.
This is a heart-wrenching and realistic story, with a plain and depressing style.
Zhuang Xiao suddenly told his agent some time ago that he was tired of filming sex scenes and wanted to change his taste and take on a life movie.
There could be emotional scenes, but there would be no sex scenes that would expose the camera too much.
So Bao Xiaopang gave it to him.
He talked about this one.
After reading the script, he thought it was very good, the director team was also good, and the pay was not high, so he accepted the film.
New York's subway stations are old, and there are no screen doors on the platforms.
The underground passages emit bad smells, and homeless people are wrapped under blankets and stationed in the corners, forming the most realistic scene in the shot. action The woman had a nervous breakdown and ran down the passage stairs crying, threw herself down on the way, stumbled up in a daze, and rushed down the platform.
Zhuang Xiao came into the shot.
Two strands of hair and sweat were wrapped around his face.
He was breathing heavily as he ran in the deep underground passage.
The passage was shaking and bumping in front of his eyes, as if he could never reach the end.
A wide staircase appeared in front of him, with a He climbed over the cold iron fence.
The kung fu actor still had to pretend to be a loser, staggering so that he sprained his feet, and rolled over the railing.
He threw himself on the platform, trembling, calling his wife's name, and finally grabbed him in front of the speeding train and was about to be knocked off.
Woman on the platform.
I was almost suffocated in a cage made of cement.
I lost my way.
I found my loved ones in despair.
I felt a sense of excitement that I had lost and found them.
The two hugged each other, shaking and crying, and slowly calmed down their breathing.
After a long, long time, the next train was almost here, and the director finally called to stop.
A flurry of voices suddenly broke out, and everyone's demeanor turned relaxed, with smiles on their faces.
The director said, "Not bad, okay, this is fine."
Zhuang Xiao slowly let go of his partner.
The performance was a bit slow this time, and my face was still wet.
Opposite him, playing the role of husband and wife, is a Japanese actress with a beautiful and refined appearance and a gentle and demure temperament.
After taking each photo, they must nod politely and bow to each other before turning around and walking away, which is very polite.
The two bowed to each other fifty times on the set every day.
Zhuang Xiao felt that the burden on his waist was a bit heavy as time went on.
He's not used to being too polite.
The director came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Mr.
Zhuang, that's very good."
The director's English is not very good either, and both have immigrant accents.
The two parties communicated in the language of film and camera, and the filming process was surprisingly smooth.
Everyone seems to have a silent understanding of how to act in the camera and what kind of sadness, depression, and entangled emotions need to be expressed.
When the director gave an exclusive interview about his filming experience, he said that this was the first time I worked with this Chinese actor.
I had heard that he was a kung fu movie actor, but I thought it might not work.
The performances of such actors are usually exaggerated and superficial. .
After auditioning, I found that this was my long-standing prejudice.
Mr.
Zhuang has a depressive and melancholic temperament.
His years of living in a foreign country have left many traces on him, which makes his performance full of layers and depth.
I'm very optimistic about his performance of this marginalized person.
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The director said to Zhuang Xiao, you have lost weight again.
The weight loss effect has been very good, there is really no need to lose any more weight.
Zhuang Xiao smiled with his usual smile and nodded, yes, it had not diminished in the first place.
This is required by the plot of the film.
The male protagonist needs to transition from a normal life in the first half to a state of depression, alcoholism, quarrels, and even separation and divorce.
His appearance changes drastically.
He needs to lose about ten pounds from the early stage to the later stage.
So the director told him from the beginning of filming to reduce the amount while filming.
By the end of the filming, you have almost reduced the amount, and that's it.
Lunch on the set is another hot dog that everyone hates.
In the cold wind and rain after the temperature in New York City plummeted, hot dogs quickly froze into cold dogs.
Zhuang Xiao stood in front of the dining car and picked up six sausages and cold dogs.
In front of him were a dozen bottles of various sauces.
He didn't have to think about what sauce to add.
He remembered exactly which sauces he had eaten before, so he took them bottle by bottle and squeezed them on the hot dogs to make different flavors.
Ketchup, honey mustard, peach barbecue sauce, and chipotle sauce.
"Sir Zhuang, can you eat so much by yourself?"
someone asked him next to him.
"It's not much, I can eat it all."
Zhuang Xiao said.
"You eat so much and you can still lose weight" everyone on the crew found it incredible.
It was as if there was another person living in Zhuang Xiao's body, eating these hot dogs and hamburgers for him every day and burning off these calories.
Zhuang Xiao was sitting on a bench in a New York park, holding these things and eating a large plate of six cold dogs one bite at a time.
To be honest, it was really not delicious and it was so cold that it was just a memory.
It was tiring to work every day and he ate a lot, but he still lost weight even though he ate so much.
Fortunately, he got a role that required him to lose weight.
If he had been accepted into a movie like Dangal that required him to gain weight, he would have been ruined and unable to act.
I lost about fifteen pounds in two months, but I was losing weight rapidly and uncontrollably.
The plot very much echoes his mood at this time.
Now, squatting in the corner of the set, he can stay there motionless, grow roots from under his feet, and then spread branches and smoke from the top of his head, silently growing into a big tree.
The director later came to tell him, don't cut it anymore.
The film is open-ended, implying the ending of reunion.
You finally decide to quit drinking and undergo treatment.
The couple remarries.
Life is still hopeful and bright.
Life has experienced setbacks.
Only then can we grow, and all things will still recover after the cold winter.
You look like you are just going to take a lunch break in the next scene.
Xiaopang Bao came over to visit the studio and walked around the set.
Hey, where are the people?
After turning around for the second time, I found Zhuang Xiao squatting and smoking not far away.
Bao Xiaopang stared and ran over with an exaggerated expression: "Brother Yo" "Why are you wandering around?"
Zhuang Xiao sneered, "I've seen you wandering around for a long time.
You are only three meters away from me.
You are shaking like a top, and you are spinning on the ground."
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Bao Xiaopang came closer, bent down and looked carefully, confirming that this was his boss: "Hey, boss, I've been busy dealing with Xiao Sa's appointment with any of their crews recently, and I haven't come to see him for a month.
"You" Zhuang Xiao said: "Just say what you want to say."
Bao Xiaopang said: "Boss, last time I saw you, you were still a complete human being, but now you seem to be only half a human being."
Zhuang Xiao said: "It's not that serious."
Bao Xiaopang paused: "Really, it's quite serious."
Bao Xiaopang took a cigarette and lit it.
Both of them curled up their necks in their turned-up collars and squatted in the park to smoke, watching the cigarette butts flash red in the wind.
Bao Xiaopang said: "If you feel that you really can't let go of Mr.
Pei and can't live without him, just go back and have a look."
Zhuang Xiao turned his head and glanced at the other person.
He had never confessed this relationship to anyone.
Bao Xiaopang responded with a large-scale real-life version of his "nose-picking" and "squinting" expressions.
Who can't tell that I am also a part of the entertainment industry?
Zhuang Xiao was not used to sharing his private life with others.
He couldn't imagine Pei Yan sharing everything with the people around him, including his agent, friends, and parents.
He never shared anything with anyone, and he couldn't understand Pei Yan.
Why do you like to tell others everywhere that you see this and that.
"If it were me who wanted to save face in this kind of thing, I would shamelessly do it," said Bao Xiaopang.
"Anyway, Pei Yan is just like that.
He doesn't have shame either.
You and him Why are you so reserved and aloof?"
"No, it has nothing to do with face.
I don't have the capital to be arrogant," Zhuang Xiao said.
Bao Xiaopang added: "Or we can contact him and let Mr.
Pei come over when he has time.
It will be more convenient to meet and clarify things here."
Zhuang Xiao said nothing.
Bao Xiaopang took out his phone: "Then I will contact you for you."
Zhuang Xiao held his hand.
"It's too obvious," said Bao Xiaopang, "Then I won't contact Mr.
Pei.
I'll contact his agent and give him a subtle hint."
"It's all divided.
It's not over yet.
It's too scumbag to hang on to someone else.
Then they live in separate places and don't see each other a few times a year."
Zhuang Xiao shook his head.
"Seeing that he is developing very well, he may be fine after a while.
If he has someone else, why should I delay him?"
Bao Xiaopang silently put the phone back.
"Then let me ask," Xiaopang Bao put out the cigarette butt on the ground, "Do you really like him and are you reluctant to let him go?"
Zhuang Xiao nodded: "I like it very much.
I can't bear to part with it."
"A person like you will have a day like this."
Bao Xiaopang lamented, "Mr.
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Pei is still charming and attractive, and he is just a follower and a big sweetheart to you."
Zhuang Xiao was so happy that he lit up another cigarette, feeling very much in agreement with this sentence.
Yanyan is the best and sweetest.
Bao Xiaopang said: "The promotion for Drunken Master's release in mainland China will be next month.
Can you go?"
Zhuang Xiao shook his head: "If you don't go, just tell them that I won't meet him if I can't get leave on the set."
More than a week later, the crew was about to wrap up filming, and Liang Youhui happened to be coming from California to work on something, and he came to see his Brother Xiao for fun.
Zhuang Xiao asked: "Come quickly, is your house all burned down?"
Liang Youhui said: "Brother, it turns out you knew.
I thought you had gone to New York and no longer planned to return to our country."
Zhuang Xiao said: "Of course I know.
The news is overwhelming.
What happened to Napa?
Is your villa still there?"
Liang Youhui said frustratedly on the phone: "It's burned.
The big house my father left me has not a single tile or wood intact.
The entire community on the hillside has been burned down."
They were talking about the tragic wildfires that occurred in Northern California a few days ago.
Liang Youhui's wealthy father committed an economic crime.
Before he was imprisoned, he left some properties to him, mainly houses and wineries near Napa Valley.
Things in the world are so unpredictable.
Thousands of acres of manor in the valley were turned into scorched earth overnight.
The paradise-like beauty was razed to the ground and suffered heavy losses.
It is unknown when the beautiful scenery will be restored again.
Liang Youhui said pitifully: "I said before that I would take my brother Xue to Napa when the grapes were ripe.
I didn't wait until he took his annual leave, so he wouldn't have any leave.
But this time, everything was burned down and there was no chance."
Zhuang Xiao snorted: "Don't you still have a winery in Irvine to bring your partner to Southern California?"
"That's right," Liang Youhui said, "Although the scenery is not as beautiful as the one in Napa, it is still a winery and has a few grape trees.
Next time I will bring my brother Xue to our place."
Two words suddenly flashed in Zhuang Xiao's mind, "Don't come", don't show affection in front of me, I don't want to see it.
For the first time in his life, he had such stingy thoughts.
I have never thought of it before, being single is a painful and unbearable thing.
Don’t you like to be free?
Isn’t it nice to live alone?
What a shit.
After meeting, Liang Youhui did not see any melancholy or sadness.
This man has always been heartless and optimistic.
He burned down a villa and a winery at home.
It's such a big deal but he still has a house to live in.
Anyway, his husband is still fine.
As long as his brother Xue didn't change his mind and didn't dump him, and he was still there, what was the importance of the house?
So Liang Youhui was still very happy.
The most important thing in life was to be happy.
Liang Youhui also exclaimed exaggeratedly when they met: "Brother Xiao, why have you lost weight?"
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Zhuang Xiao shook his head, not wanting to explain.
Liang Youhui said: "Brother, how did you lose weight?
Give me a prescription to lose weight.
I also need to lose weight now."
The only person who could gain a few pounds of fat even if his house was burned down was Liang Youhui.
This man lifted up his clothes and patted his belly, which made a sound like a ripe watermelon.
Liang Youhui said: "Look at my belly, oh my beautiful abdominal muscles are gone.
Looking back, my brother Xue will dislike me for being too fat.
What should I do?
Brother Xiao, please provide me with a weight loss recipe and a matching fitness menu."
OK."
Bao Xiaopang winked at this kid: Shut up, there is so much nonsense.
Zhuang Xiao turned around and left.
You, too, have fallen out of love once, and you will know how to lose weight.
An old friend met and went to a bar in the city to sit together.
The two drank while Zhuang Xiao drank mineral water.
The flow of people outside the window is endless, and everyone is in a hurry.
Every time Zhuang Xiao lowered his head and then raised his head again, the group of people in the field of vision outside the window changed, and the picture changed.
Everyone is walking forward quickly and with great purpose, and no one will stop and look back to wait for anyone.
That's how life is.
Who can be by my side?
When you are walking on the road, there is no one around you.
Can you happen to meet someone waiting for you at the end of the road, willing to draw a rest at the end of the story with you?
The only one who never left was the black homeless man on the street corner, leaning against the wall, playing the melodious saxophone, and earning some change from the passers-by.
The homeless man raised his head and smiled at Zhuang Xiao through the window.
He was very happy, and Zhuang Xiao smiled back at him.
Liang Youhui glanced at Zhuang Xiao: "Brother Xiao."
Zhuang Xiao subconsciously responded: "Yeah."
Liang Youhui said: "Are you missing Da Yanyan?"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the three people stopped talking.
Liang Youhui turned his big double eyelids into three folds: "You think I'm a fool again, I'm not that stupid, right?"
"Fuck," Zhuang Xiao said mockingly, "Am I that obvious?"
"You do."
Liang Youhui and Bao Xiaopang nodded vigorously at him at the same time, having tolerated him for a long time.
He was the coldest, dullest, and most emotionless of them all.
"Oh, shit, you're killing me."
Liang Youhui began a powerful speech.
"I've seen it a long time ago.
If you don't admit it, then I won't admit it either.
Anyway, you all think I'm stupid.
Am I stupid?
, it’s so obvious to you two, you’re like that even after eating barbecue, you A lamb chop, a lamb chop for you, a bunch of mushrooms for you, and a bunch of mushrooms for him.
If you don’t like grilled squid, he’ll eat two grilled squid for you.
If you like bell peppers, he’ll give them to you.
You grilled bell peppers, why don’t you two feed each other, just pretend that I don’t exist at all, right?”
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Xiaopang Bao squirted out his beer and the whole table laughed wildly hahahaha
Zhuang Xiao's ears were red and the corners of his eyes were red, and he laughed out loud: "Did I ever feel so numb?"
"Yes," Liang Youhui said firmly, "It was that time we had barbecue in your backyard."
"No, it's impossible.
I definitely didn't have that idea at that time."
Zhuang Xiao firmly denied it.
"Brother Xiao, you definitely have it."
Liang Youhui pointed to the top of his head, "Look at the top of my head.
I'll tell you what this is.
This is a gay radar."
This time Zhuang Xiao sprayed the mineral water all over the table and sprayed it on Young Master Liang's face.
Liang Youhui wiped his face and continued: "On that night, you two really wanted to sleep together.
Did I just be a lightbulb for the whole night?
If you had told me earlier, I would have gotten out of here.
You can fuck as much as you want.
I was I was too lazy to move after drinking too much, so I slept on the sofa in your living room, and Yanyan also slept on the sofa.
Then in the middle of the night, Brother Xiao, you sneaked out and covered us both with blankets.
"I'm too lazy to move, but my radar is still working.
In fact, you just want to be considerate and caring for Yanyan, and I'm the one who takes the opportunity.
You put a blanket on me, and then you waved your hand and snapped it, and the blanket stuck to my face.
I was almost suffocated.
Did you cover Yanyan with a blanket?
First open the blanket and fold it, then open it and fold it, and finally open it completely and shake it, then gently cover it from the bottom of the feet to the neck, cover it tightly, and help tuck it in.
Tuck in the seams and straighten the edges.
Tsk, covering him with a quilt is like embroidery on him."
Bao Xiaopang laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe and said, "Let's write a script, seriously."
Zhuang Xiao grimaced, with half a dimple popping out, not wanting to admit it.
There is absolutely no such thing, I don’t remember it for a long time.
"The gay radar above my head was screaming," Liang Youhui concluded, "When a man covers a man with a quilt, he snaps it off.
You cover Yanyan with a quilt, and it's the man who covers his wife.
Do you understand the method?
If you don’t understand how to fall in love, please ask me.
I will give you a semester-long class, and I will teach you slowly from beginner to intermediate to advanced, okay brother?”
Yes, this is how a man covers his wife.
Got it.
It's just that I understood it a bit late.
I never understood it before.
I really look like a fool.
Zhuang Xiao gathered two red spots in his eyes and looked out the window.
He has actually liked Mr.
Pei for a long, long time.
He has always been accustomed to being emotionally distant and cold.
He has set up an illusion for himself, turning it into a high wall to keep others away.
He has actually liked Pei Yan for so long, so stupid and slow that he doesn't realize it. gd1806102: