Early in the morning, Luo Jinfu, who was plump, round-faced and bald, jogged all the way to Du Qifeng, blinked his little eyes and whispered: "Director, Huang Yi said that he is not feeling well today and cannot come. You

look?"

"After urging her several times, her assistant said so, but the fever went away the day before yesterday." Seeing that Du Qifeng didn't get angry immediately, Luo Jinfu thought that he didn't express himself clearly, so he added.

Du Qifeng said "Oh" without any surprise, and was about to call Zheng Zhaoqiang over to discuss the shooting later. He seemed to remember something, and turned around and asked, "Have you contacted her agent?"

Luo Jinfu's voice became deeper and deeper: "I contacted her. Her agent said she would come over immediately to coordinate and will not delay the crew's filming work."

"That's it?" Du Qifeng looked at Luo Jinfu in confusion, "That's it, didn't you say anything else?"

"No?"

Du Qifeng nodded his chin gently to express understanding, but he was quite puzzled in his heart. He thought that Huang Yi's agent would pester him endlessly or even stalk him and threaten him with words after he learned the whole story. Even he had already done it.

I have made a follow-up response plan, but judging from the other party's reaction, it seems that I have some misunderstandings about the mainland brokers.

"Then let's follow the alternative shooting plan."

Luo Jinfu looked at Du Qifeng's peaceful face and was quite surprised. If it had been left in the past and based on Du Qifeng's temper, he might have already called out to Huang Yi's female relatives the moment he heard Huang Yi released the entire group of pigeons again. However,

Today, not only did he not show any anger, he even took the time to inquire about what his manager said, which is really unusual.

Moreover, he discovered that Du Qifeng's temper had improved a lot since he came to the mainland. However, when he caught a glimpse of his boss who was putting on makeup not far away, he was immediately relieved.

After confirming today's shooting plan, everyone on the crew finally noticed the strange atmosphere. It is said that the female lead did not come to the set for three consecutive days. Even if the hot-tempered Du Qifeng did not say it, his unhappy mood should have been on his face.

, but he still acted like a normal person, arranging work calmly, and occasionally cracking jokes with others with a smile.

It seemed that Huang Yi had no impact on him at all.

On the side, the production director Wang Hui was scratching his thin hair helplessly. Huang Yida had been on the IV drip for half the night the night before yesterday and was completely fine. However, it seemed that he had a psychological shadow on Xu Rong. He accidentally ran into Xu Rong in the corridor last night.

After one meeting, she completely ignored his dissuasion and moved out of the hotel where the crew stayed overnight.

Huang Yi's absence today was not beyond his expectation. Recently, he learned about some situations through chats with mainland actors. While he said he was lucky, he couldn't help but sigh that Xu Rong is really magnanimous.

Because when Xu Rong attacked him, he used science, but when he engaged Huang Yi, he used metaphysics without respecting martial ethics.

He originally thought that Xu Rong's attack on him was dark enough, but now it seems that he is simply merciless!

After Du Qifeng left, he moved closer to Luo Jinfu and muttered: "Lao Luo, what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

"That's Huang Yi."

"She said that if Xu Rong is on the set, she won't come."

Wang Hui frowned after hearing this. He didn't know Huang Yi's choice, but what did Xu Rong want to do?

Although Xu Rong said nothing or did nothing from beginning to end, he knew very well that most of the crew, including himself, were carrying out his will intentionally or unintentionally.

Huang Yi's situation today is actually not accidental, a large part of it is caused by his professional characteristics.

Most artists are sick, psychologically sick.

They are like machines, being assigned endless jobs by their agency companies. For some popular artists, the notices are even scheduled to be three or four years in the future.

They are used to the praise and praise of people around them, but they have to face the vicious attacks and abuses from online and real-life black fans. They can easily forget the praise and praise, but the criticism is like a maggot attached to their bones. Every time they experience it,

, they all need at least a few days to alleviate, but they cannot be completely eradicated. They always come to mind at an inadvertent time and place, and they subconsciously avoid confirming the content of the criticism in daily life.

On different occasions, they show faces that are completely different from their true self, doing things that they hate and even find more painful than eating shit. When late at night comes, they tear off their disguises and play through games, alcohol, porn, gambling, drugs, etc.

A way to vent your own stress and indulge your own desires.

But while they are indulgent, they have to be cautious because they know clearly that once everything they have done is exposed, their acting career will be ruined immediately.

It's fine for a day or two, but if it continues year after year, even a healthy person will have psychological problems.

Huang Yi is obviously one of them.

Wang Hui was not sure whether Xu Rong could do it, let alone whether there were gods and Buddhas all over the sky, but from the current results, he almost guessed the true nature of the matter. Huang Yi thought that he had done anything to Xu Rong, but because

The coincidence of the flu on the set destroyed her long-standing mental support.

For Huang Yi, who already had psychological problems and could only rely on illusory ghosts and gods for sustenance, this was a disaster.

Wang Hui looked at Xu Rong who was smiling and chatting with the makeup artist in the distance, and sighed helplessly. Sun Honglei was right. Xu Rong not only had a good life, but also had amazing luck. Just like a while ago, Xu Rong happened to want to make a breakthrough.

At that time, I happened to be greedy for 200,000 yuan, and I put my head on someone else's gun without any bias.

There was just one thing he didn't understand: Du Qifeng's attitude was really unreasonable.

"Drug War" is different from previous co-productions. It is the first time for Du Qifeng to go north, and he has a dark eye on the mainland. However, supervision has a strict requirement that Hong Kong and Taiwan actors should not exceed two-thirds. Due to various reasons, the crew

A large number of mainland actors were used, and all of them were recommended by the management.

These people recommended by Hairun naturally belong to Xu Rong's camp.

Huang Yi's choice is surprising, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. It can even be evaluated as a very wise choice.

All along, in the confrontation between mainland actors and Hong Kong directors, mainland actors have never won half the game. Even Chen Kun, who was very popular in the mainland a few years ago, has almost fallen into half-life after being blocked by Hong Kong directors.

state.

But from Du Qifeng's perspective, Huang Yi's surrender served as a strong example, and Wang Hui felt that if he were Du Qifeng, he would have to keep Huang Yi no matter what.

Du Qifeng's rejection of Huang Yi is inevitably chilling. Although I am used to mainland artists being groveling, things are different from the past. When the Hong Kong members of the crew are all alienated, Huang Yi becomes even more important.

But Du Qifeng's attitude left him a little confused, because he knew Du Qifeng's temper quite well. When he stopped getting angry, it was also a sign of complete disappointment in someone.

At mid-noon, Wang Hui saw two slender women with voluptuous curves coming hand in hand from a distance. After a dazed moment, he suddenly woke up.

Only then did he realize a completely different ending. If Du Qifeng replaced Huang Yi with a Hong Kong actress, it seemed that the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages.

Due to Xu Rong's strong intervention in the early stage, the convention of having a Hong Kong star paired with a mainland female lead in a co-production was broken. Naturally, other Hong Kong male stars were not willing to succumb to Xu Rong as the second male lead. However, it was precisely because of breaking the convention that Du Qifeng was cast as the second male lead.

It has been criticized in the industry in Hong Kong.

Why should a mainland actor play the lead role in a co-production?

Du Qifeng couldn't tell the story of his own suffering, because except for Hairun, no mainland film and television company dared to invest in "Drug War".

The fundamental reason is that the subject matter of "Drug War" is too sensitive in scale.

But if Huang Yi is replaced by a Hong Kong actress, not only the sponsor's father will be satisfied, but also the colleagues in the Hong Kong industry will be clarified, and the Du Qifeng Summit will even be recognized by both Hong Kong and the mainland.

As for Huang Yi, since he is on the wrong team, he must be prepared to be sacrificed.

How clever!

When Du Qifeng saw the two of them arriving with Luo Jinfu, he first stood up and said hello, then hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Teacher Xu Rongxu."

While Xu Rong stood up, the two women, who were obviously well-groomed, saw Xu Rong looking at them doubtfully and hurriedly took off their sunglasses and baseball caps, each showing a sweet smile.

Du Qifeng pointed to the two of them and introduced them respectively: "This is Charmaine Yu, and this is Wen Yongshan."

Yu Charmaine and Xu Rong, who are slightly similar to Aunt Xu, are no strangers, but this is the first time he has heard of this girl with delicate features named Wen Yongshan, but he also knows the purpose of their visit, and there is no trace of emotion on their faces.

Show no other emotion at all.

Charmaine Yu was the first to reach out her hand and said in less than standard Mandarin: "Hello, Teacher Xu, please take care of me."

Xu Rong's favorable impression immediately increased after hearing this. Charmaine Yu's Mandarin was at least two steps ahead of Du Qifeng's.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, I am a fan of You. Can you sign your autograph for me?"

Xu Rong looked at the signature pen that Wen Yongshan took out and his Mandarin that was even more standard than Huang Yi, who was born in a major. After being stunned for a moment, he subconsciously asked: "Are you from Hong Kong?"

Wen Yongshan looked at Xu Rong's surprised look, covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes."

Mandarin is just a language for communication and does not have any other attributes, but to a certain extent, it is also a manifestation of identification with the mainland.

He quite understands the mentality of some Hong Kong people, who regard themselves as citizens of the British Empire, are superior, and self-righteously despise the backward and poor mainland. His mentality is generally similar to the way the Celestial Empire views India's Asan.

The only pity is that not long after the Qing Dynasty fell, the British Empire also became starved and turned into a emaciated camel.

"Hello."

While he was smiling, he was also quite puzzled. Du Qifeng naturally called people over to replace Huang Yi, but what happened to them?

When the two of them went to try on makeup, Du Qifeng asked: "Which one do you think is more suitable?"

Xu Rong smiled. There were so many actresses in Hong Kong, but Du Qifeng chose two who were fluent in Mandarin. He was not looking for a translator, so the meaning was self-evident.

He shrugged his shoulders and said: "Director Du, you are the director, you decide who is suitable."

"Hahaha." Du Qifeng smiled and also understood what Xu Rong meant. From now on, he would have full control over the crew's affairs.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon, when the crew was about to serve dinner, a strange woman came to the crew. She chatted with Du Qifeng for about ten minutes and then left the set in a hurry.

Subsequently, Du Qifeng urgently announced that Huang Yi had withdrawn from the crew of "Drug War" due to physical reasons, and the female lead, Yang Xiaobei, was played by Wen Yongshan.

Everyone in the crew watched this scene silently, all feeling sad, because it was obviously Wen Yongshan who arrived first, and then Huang Yi's agent entered the set.

The most strange thing is that many people who know the inside story thought about it and intuitively felt that this matter was closely related to Xu Rong. However, after careful consideration, they discovered that Xu Rong did not say or do anything at all. At best, Du Qifeng

When Huang Yi was replaced, he remained silent.

Hearing Du Qifeng's announcement, Zhao Junkai heaved a sigh of regret and happiness. From various clues, he vaguely guessed some of Xu Rong's plan, but he still hadn't figured out some key points, but he thought, the moment it was revealed

, must be the most exciting moment, but due to the arrival of Andy Lau, Hong Kong actors collectively became timid, resulting in no follow-up at all. As for Huang Yi, who is brainless, he estimates that Xu Rong himself does not have much interest.
To be continued...