atypical hollywood life

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I took the wrong one." Seeing Quentin's strange expression, Li Li also reacted, and hurriedly dug out a few discs from the box, and this time they finally became genuine.

"In order to see the movie as soon as possible, I bought a pirated version. Later, a friend went to Hong Kong and asked him to help bring back the genuine version. I promise, I will absolutely support the genuine version in the future!" Li Li said solemnly.

Wipe off a cold sweat by the way, damn, I'm so excited, I turned out the black history.

Quentin smiled and didn't care. The protection of copyright in this land is really not very good. From a certain point of view, the more popular movies are, the more pirated they are. It's really helpless.However, he thinks this young man is very interesting, and he has collected so many versions.And looking at the things he collected, it seems that they are also related workers.

"Are you also a film practitioner?" Quentin asked him while signing the outer packaging of the disc.

"I just graduated from the photography department of Beijing Film Academy last year. Now I work in an advertising company." The idol in my heart asked him, and Li Li replied immediately.

"Then you can visit Beijing Film Studio if you have time, but you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement." Quentin handed the signed disc to Li Li and said with a smile.

After watching the pirated version, he can ask his friends to bring him the original version. Such a lovely fan should take good care of him, and he is also a fan of Hong Kong movies, so it is okay to give some benefits.

"Really? Can I really visit the class?" Li Li was already a little incoherent with excitement.

From the conversation just now, he learned that Quentin and Margaret came to the capital to shoot a movie. There are even many famous domestic celebrities participating in this movie. It would be a great happiness if they could visit the set !The fledgling Xiao Wenqing thought to herself.

"Of course, but keep it secret." Quentin nodded.

If this young man is not an insider, it is of course impossible to get this opportunity, and it is difficult to control the outsider.But it would be different if he was also in the circle. This circle has its own rules, and those who break the rules will not be able to get along.

"I, I, I, I will give you free bills!" Li Li, who had stuttered for a long time and didn't know how to describe his mood, choked out a very creative sentence.

"...No need." Quentin touched his nose. If it's really free, why does it feel like selling yourself?

After leaving the restaurant, Margaret burst out laughing. This Li Li is really interesting, he is so domineering for free.

A small episode did not affect the fun of the few people, they continued to stroll around the capital, and they visited all the scenic spots that could be entered.Margaret also took a lot of photos in the Forbidden City, it was really like a dream.

In March, the background of the Beijing Film Studio was completed, and the actors of the crew also finished their preparations for martial arts movements in the early stage, and the film was officially launched.

This movie is still the happiest movie Margaret has ever made. Almost the whole story is played non-stop, or hacked and hacked. It is simply too enjoyable!It made her often unable to stop after the director called cut.

But Margaret is still very dedicated, even if there is no exciting literary drama, she is still very excited because she is playing against Xiongba, Xiongba!This is the generation of heroes who killed Qin Shuang back then!

Margaret has always had a fascination with villains, and Xiong Ba is no exception, but this character is really unpopular with the author, and the ending is tragic.She is very happy to be able to play against this old gentleman now.

And the most important thing is that this old man has a masculine look on his face, without a little boyish temperament, which completely hits Margaret's cute spot, not to mention that he himself is a karate master, and he is also very good at boxing. Achievements, the two of them played against each other quite happily.

"You speak Japanese really well, have you learned it?" Chiba Shinichi asked Margaret curiously as the two transitioned from the sushi restaurant's set to the attic where a bunch of prop knives were placed.

"I've learned it for a while, but I'm not proficient enough. It's okay for daily life, but it's not good for deeper professional terms." Margaret admitted with a nod.

Her achievements in various languages ​​are basically based on the demands of TV dramas and movies, and she is really proficient in only a few of them.It is really not modest to say that she is not proficient in Japanese, and how many years has she not watched Japanese dramas?She is still able to communicate smoothly with the Japanese staff in the crew. Her language talent is really good. Otherwise, she would still be blind to this group of Japanese.

You know, the Japanese accent when speaking English... Forget it, pretend she didn't say it.It's not natural to slander his compatriots to this old gentleman!

"You are really a language genius. I am far behind in English. I can only speak lines." Chiba Shinichi admired Margaret.

Although he has not been on the set for a long time, he has seen this girl talk to the Chinese staff many times in fluent Chinese. She can speak the most difficult language in the world so fluently. At the same time, she can speak In Japanese, Shinichi Chiba really thinks Margaret is amazing.

"It's just a hobby. After all, translation changes the form of the text. We have no way of knowing what the original lines of the movie or TV series express, and there are deviations in our understanding of them. And if you understand this language, everything It becomes different, and the original taste is the easiest way to understand the content of the work." Margaret smiled.

Just like she always likes to eat things that are produced in the country of origin, everything will be a bit out of shape after translation. The best way to understand the director's intentions and those stalks is of course to learn their language. It couldn't be more convenient.

"You're right, sometimes watching dubbed films does lose some of the fun." Shinichi Chiba felt that Margaret was right.

He himself also likes to watch the original sound when watching movies, and then synthesize the subtitles to infer the emotions of the movie characters.It's a pity that he doesn't have Margaret's gift for languages, otherwise it would be a lot more fun.

The two people were talking and had already stood on the attic scenery.Margaret even jumped a few times to test the firmness of the floor, which made Assistant Director Zhang Jinjin laugh.

"Don't worry, Meg, the floor is very solid. I stepped on it myself. It won't be like the Lanruo Temple where Ning Caichen stayed." He said with a big laugh.

This little girl is quite cute.Not only can she speak Chinese fluently, but she can also get along well with the crew at ordinary times, encouraging the big guys to take her to search for delicious food around the capital, and even the little tricks are so funny.

Yes, in the eyes of this executive director who has worked on films such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Wind and Moon", Margaret is of course a little girl.Because mature women don't just think about playing and eating every day.A mature woman should be like Quentin, who would go to nightclubs in the capital to have fun every day after get off work.

Listen to how this great director described Beijing, "There are five bar streets here that are the same as Sixth Avenue in Austin, Texas... More fun than taking LSD, more wild... It is the carnival of the world All." Even climbing the Great Wall can bring out a lot of things, all-night carnival, fireworks, bands, hallucinogenic drugs... a bunch of messy things make up this ruffian director and most of the crew from the United States member's spare time.

It can be said that the period of filming in the capital was Quentin's most indulgent and happiest days. Basically, it was a day and a night of carnival on Saturday and a day of sleep on Sunday. Most of the crew came here like this.

But what about Margaret?According to the usual situation, this great beauty should be similar to Quentin and the others, but the actual situation is a little bit worse.After ten o'clock in the evening, you will never find this lady anywhere except in the room, because at this time she has already fallen asleep.In the morning, she would never get up after eight o'clock. At that time, she had finished punching, had breakfast and was ready to work.And even if it was a rest day, she would not break this rule, and would take her assistant to go sightseeing after breakfast.

To be honest, Margaret's work and rest are very regular with life.She doesn't look like an American actor, but more like an ordinary Chinese high school student. Her life is very boring, and she doesn't see the rebellious feeling of girls her age at all. It's just amazing!

Therefore, many elderly Chinese in the crew really treat this little girl as a junior. Who is to say that Margaret's coquettish skills are full?She has a sweet mouth, she speaks people's words when she sees people, and she talks nonsense when she sees people. She coaxes the old men in the crew into dazzling smiles, and they are very happy.

And Zhang Jinjin's words also have a background. Recently, there was a Hong Kong film exhibition in Beijing, and Zhang Jinjin took Margaret and the others to see "A Chinese Ghost Story".When watching it at the time, Margaret couldn't help complaining that the floor was too fragile, and Ning Caichen was lucky if he wasn't stabbed to death by the broken floor!

Now that she jumped like this, Zhang Jinjin couldn't help but think of the girl's complaints two days ago, and she was so happy.

Margaret made a gesture of spreading her hands and did not speak. She just habitually jumped on the floor twice.The aftermath of the apartment renovation completion acceptance.

Seeing that Quentin had already set up the camera, Margaret immediately entered the state and shrank under the floor.

As soon as Quentin yelled, she pushed away the spliced ​​wooden board on her head, and the whole person gradually appeared in the camera.

Cinematographer Robert Richardson slowly moved the camera, keeping Margaret in the center of the frame.The entire set is built with dark wood, and some gaps are left during the construction, just to allow light to penetrate into the attic in the form of sunlight more naturally.

At this time, this scene of light and dark interlaced with Richardson's unique camera skills, even though Margaret does not appear in the camera in the form of a close-up, she still has a different kind of beauty.That quiet, awe-inspiring expression made this ordinary scene stand out from the rest.

This is different from her sharp-edged appearance sitting downstairs drinking sake. Here, Margaret's whole person has softened, and to be precise, she has become peaceful.It seems that all the resentment and hostility have gone away from her, and only an ordinary person who has a feeling of reverence for this ancient skill remains here.

Zhang Jinjin looked at Margaret in surprise. The time spent together had already made him forget that this is an acting school who won an Oscar for Best Actress at the young age of 15.She can be as sharp as a drawn sword in the last shot, but at this moment she returns to ordinary, like a pilgrimage believer, and the naturalness of her emotional transformation is really amazing.

Sure enough, the Oscar queen still has two brushes.Zhang Jinjin thought to himself.