Chapter 65: Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl to curse

Chapter 65: Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl to curse

Chapter 65: Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl to curse

The next day, Fan Binbin arrived in Sanya and was picked up by Zhang Chen in person at the airport.

The car was not a good one, it was just an off-road vehicle used by the crew to transport props, but Fan Binbin didn't dislike it.

"I asked someone about it, and the incident on your crew was quite a big deal. Do you have any inside information? Let me know~"

Everyone loves to listen to gossip, and Zhang Chen, a time traveler, is no exception.

"No, we signed a confidentiality agreement and are not allowed to spread it outside."

"There are no outsiders here now, so what are you afraid of? Heaven, earth, you and I all know~" Zhang Chen sounded like the wolf grandmother, her tone full of bewitchment.

"Director Zhang, what about me? You don't want to silence me, do you?"

The person who spoke was Fan Binbin's assistant, a cute little girl who was said to be somewhat related to her.

"What are you afraid of? Aren't you a relative of Miss Fan?"

Zhang Chen was not worried. People like Fan Binbin were very cautious when looking for assistants.

After all, we are together 24 hours a day, so we are sure to know a lot of things. If we don't keep our mouths shut, it is easy to get into trouble.

Therefore, assistants must either be relatives or people who are absolutely trustworthy, and they must also sign a confidentiality agreement.

If you dare to talk nonsense, I will sue you until you lose everything.

Seeing that Fan Binbin still didn't say anything, Zhang Chen didn't care and just started talking to himself.

"In fact, I know even without you telling me that the real situation is not because of molesting the actresses. Wang Bozhao has been acting for decades and has never had any character issues. He has only been in your crew for a few days and he has immediately turned into a pervert. This is obviously a frame-up."

Seeing Fan Binbin looking at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, Zhang Chen continued: "If you ask me, these Hong Kong people are just cheapskates. How nice we are to them.

After the signing of CEPA in 2003, the annual limit of co-production films was cancelled. As long as Hong Kong films pass the review and comply with the co-production regulations, they can be released in the mainland and enjoy the same treatment as mainland films.

This is such a great discount, but these people don't cherish it. They look down on others every day, as if the sky is the boss and they are the second. I don't know what's so great about it.

In my opinion, we should cancel their preferential treatment and return to the era of batch production. Let them compete with Hollywood films for the pitiful quota of imported films, or endure the extremely low buyout price. "

"Yes, I think so too. Their preferential treatment should be revoked. How dare these 18th-tier actors show off in the crew?"

Before Fan Binbin said anything, her assistant became indignant first. It was obvious that she must have been bullied by those Hong Kong people in the crew. Maybe, just like she said, even the 18th-tier actors dared to make her angry.

"Why are you so resentful of Hong Kong actors?" Fan Binbin was curious about Zhang Chen's reaction.

It is understandable that these actors are dissatisfied. After all, they see all kinds of injustice every day on the crew, how those people are bossing people around, and how Hong Kong people unabashedly disdain mainlanders.

But Zhang Chen shouldn't be like this. He was a student before and had no chance to come into contact with the Hong Kong team. Why is he so resentful?

"Nothing, I just simply can't stand those guys."

Zhang Chen shrugged. In fact, the reason why he was so resentful was mainly because he had memories from the future.

12 years later, domestic entertainment has risen and the halo of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors has faded.

Many hidden things came to light.

Hong Kong and Taiwan have been trying every possible means to suppress the early development of domestic entertainment.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack was Wu Baige, who suppressed mainland actors in various ways. During the filming of "Red Cliff", he fooled everyone by using mainland first-line actors to support a small Taiwanese model. During the filming of "Painted Skin", he even pointed at Chen Jiashang and said, "The emergence of "Painted Skin" has led to mainland actors occupying the mainstream of co-produced films. It's all your responsibility!"
This kind of person is really bad to the core.

If these people hadn't interfered, the rise of domestic entertainment would at least not have been so difficult.

However, Zhang Chen was not going to talk about these things. These were things for the future, and no one would believe him if he talked about them, so he only commented on the present.

"These people in Hong Kong Island are too ruthless. Wang Bozhao offended you, and you used some tricks to embarrass him, or even asked him to get out. This is understandable.

But if you do something like this and use such heavy hands, it's really fucked up.

It also ruins other people's reputation, which is murderous and heartbreaking.

I was just puzzled. It was just an issue of a broken chair. Why was there such a big grudge against him that he ended up sending someone to the hospital?

The appraisal result said it was a minor injury, a minor injury in the legal sense, not a slight injury, but anything that is not life-threatening falls into this category. If it weren't for the fact that they did it on purpose, they would have been put in jail for two days."

"Ah, do you know what's going on?" Zhang Chen's words surprised them a little. They thought Zhang Chen didn't know, but they didn't expect that he knew everything.

Zhang Chen rolled his eyes. "What's so secretive about this? We even need to sign a confidentiality agreement. Wasn't it all because of a chair? The good seats for waiting rooms are all for Hong Kong people. Wang Bozhao wanted to sit down, but someone threw his chair away. Then he was stubborn and sat on Zhang's chair, and then he was beaten."

"How did you know?"

Zhang Chen pretended to be mysterious when he heard this: "Of course I have my own way. You think I'm just a director, but that's not the case. I also have a skill that allows me to calculate."

As he spoke, Zhang Chen's right hand began to move in a pretentious manner, his thumb constantly combining with other fingers as if he was telling fortunes.

"Hmph, bragging~" The little assistant rolled his eyes cutely.

"Don't believe it? Well, I'll show you how to do it."

Zhang Chen was mumbling something while his hands were constantly moving. He suddenly said to the assistant who was drinking milk in the rearview mirror, "Take the box of milk in your hand for example. I'm sure that the box you are drinking is breast milk."

"Hmm? Breast milk?"

The assistant was stunned for a moment, then stared at the product description on the box for a long time, and asked in confusion, "How did you know? It's not written here?"

"I just know it, don't you?"

The assistant took another sip of milk, smacked his lips and tasted it, then argued, "You didn't even drink it, so how do you know it must be from a cow? What if it's from a bull?"

puff~
Fan Binbin next to him finally couldn't help it and reminded him with a smile: "Xiao Ke, how can milk be produced by a bull?"

The assistant finally reacted and said, "Director Zhang, you lied to me~"

"Hahaha~"

Zhang Chen had a good impression of Fan Binbin's assistant, because it was she who initially recommended "The Dark Invasion" to Fan Binbin. In a sense, she had helped Zhang Chen.

……

The car returned to the small fishing village. It happened that the preliminary preparations in the past few days were almost ready, and we could officially start shooting tomorrow.

To welcome Fan Binbin's arrival, everyone had a seafood dinner together in the evening.

All the seafood is bought from fishermen, and the main focus is on freshness and original flavor.

Fishermen are a very ferocious group, and Zhang Chen was worried about the safety issues here at first.

But they are lucky, the fishermen here are very reasonable, and most importantly, the crew can make them money.

Don't think this is just worrying in vain. Just last month, the crew of "Northern Guangxi Bandits" filming in Guilin had a conflict with the hotel over accommodation issues, and then that night they were attacked by six or seven thugs armed with machetes and hammers. The most serious attack was on a lighting assistant who was stabbed 14 times.

Zhang Chen was also afraid of a conflict with these fishermen. Even if there was no conflict, they would not be able to bear the same sky-high-priced prawns as those in Qingdao.

Fortunately, not really.

Seafood is not expensive, and even the arm-long mantis shrimps don’t cost much.

Fan Binbin is from Qingdao and is very skilled at eating seafood.

In just a few strokes, she peeled out a mantis shrimp.

During the meal, they unconsciously talked about the beating of the White Dragon Horse. This time, Fan Binbin finally did not mention the confidentiality agreement and talked about some less important things.

"In the crew, people from Hong Kong Island and the mainland are two distinct groups. They don't even take the same bus to work..."

"In co-productions, the main roles are always played by people from Hong Kong Island, and only supporting roles and small roles are played by mainland actors..."

Although Fan Binbin is dissatisfied, her words are still relatively conservative. After all, her current career is closely intertwined with the Hong Kong circle, and she has been there before, so she knows how serious the discrimination against the mainland is there.

The only mainlanders who can be treated politely over there are those from the big circle.

Zhang Chen was not so reserved: "I just don't understand what they are thinking. They all go north to make money, but they can't even tell the difference between home and away games. They think they are superior in every way. On the one hand, they make money from mainlanders, and on the other hand, they look down on the mainland for being backward. They really eat with a bowl in their hands, and curse their mothers when they put the bowl down..."

"What about you? What did the mainland actors in the crew think after this happened?"

"After the Beijing circle spoke out, we certainly wanted to take sides, but Sister Hua didn't allow it, and we signed a confidentiality agreement with the crew. So the only thing we could do was to leave the crew first, which is why I'm here."

(End of this chapter)