Chapter 111: Feelings and Schedule

The next morning, Liu Zhou woke up in a daze, feeling a severe headache.

After gulping down several glasses of water, Liu Zhou called Zhong Lifang and asked her to inform him to take a break in the morning and resume filming in the afternoon.

Lying on the bed, Liu Zhou couldn't help feeling annoyed. He couldn't drink while working anymore. It was really a waste of time.

After resting in the room for a morning, Liu Zhou felt much better.

When Liu Zhou arrived at the set in the afternoon, he saw that the other people were normal and couldn't help but say:
"Are you all alright?"

"No, do you think everyone can drink as badly as you?"

"You're the one who made me drunk!" Liu Zhou said to Zhang Tong unhappily.

"Who told you to tease me?"

"How would I know you're so easy to tease? By the way, who sent me back to my room last night?"

"You don't remember anything about last night?"

"What else happened last night?"

"No, I dragged you back."

Seeing that Liu Zhou really seemed to remember nothing, Zhang Tong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, yet at the same time felt a little lost.

Zhang Tong didn't know why he suddenly couldn't control himself last night.

She admitted that she had a crush on Liu Zhou, even when they were in college.

Which girl wouldn’t be attracted to such an outstanding guy like Liu Zhou?

Not only her, Zhang Tong could see that Hu Jing also had a good impression of Liu Zhou.

But at that time, because Zeng Li was already Liu Zhou's girlfriend and the two had a very good relationship, Zhang Tong had to keep this relationship in his heart.

I thought I would slowly forget this person after graduating from college, but when I saw Liu Zhou again a year later, that heart-pounding feeling still lingered in my heart.

Especially when she saw the current Liu Zhou, his aura was different. The confident temperament of this successful man deeply attracted her.

So last night, when it was just him and her, Zhang Tong couldn't help himself.

Although he didn't do anything out of line, Zhang Tong still felt guilty.

Especially when she returned to the room, Tian Zheng waited for her to talk to her, which made her feel ashamed.

When he woke up the next day, Zhang Tong thought about what happened last night and felt even more ashamed and guilty. At the same time, he warned himself that drinking would only lead to mistakes!

Fortunately, Liu Zhou didn't seem to remember what happened last night, which made Zhang Tong breathe a sigh of relief.

"Zhang Tong, you don't have any bad intentions towards me, right?"

"Who has any bad intentions towards you? I don't!"

Liu Zhou was startled by Zhang Tong's loud answer. It was just a little joke. Was there any need to get so excited?

Seeing Liu Zhou's expression, Zhang Tong realized that he had overreacted a bit and explained:

"You have a girlfriend, and Zeng Li and I are classmates and friends, so you can't just say things like that."

"Okay, I understand. I'll be careful with what I say next time."

"Well, just be careful next time." Zhang Tong said calmly.

Afterwards, Zhang Tong noticed that Qin Hao and Tian Zheng seemed to be chatting nearby, but their eyes kept looking towards him from time to time. He couldn't help but lower his head and walk away.

Liu Zhou didn't notice this. At this time, the crew was ready and could continue filming.

Today's shooting task is a bit heavy. Since we wasted time in the morning, I have to try to shoot as many shots as possible in the afternoon.

According to the shooting plan, what will be filmed today is that the male protagonist once again witnesses the rich man’s wife killing the old lady next door. Then the rich man’s wife suspects that the male protagonist may not be blind, and comes to his house specifically to test him.

At the same time, the police's temptation to the male protagonist will also be filmed together.

At this time, Qin Hao, Tian Zheng and Zhang Tong have all gotten into the state, and Liu Zhou feels that the acting skills of the three of them have exploded today, and it feels like they are competing with each other.

I thought I would have to stay up late today, but because of their outstanding performance, we finished the filming of today before 10 o'clock.

When finishing work, Liu Zhou couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Did you all take drugs today? You're in such good shape!"

"Is the condition good or bad?"

"Of course, I hope you can keep doing this."

Liu Zhou didn't expect that his mouth seemed to have blessed him. Although they didn't act as hard as they did today, their performance was also surprisingly good.

Not only that, even Tang Wei's condition was improved by them, and he often passed the game in one go.

Liu Zhou was of course happy to see this happen. The actors were in good shape, so the filming was smoother and the progress was greatly accelerated.

By the end of August, the filming of the entire movie had come to an end.

Watching the monitor, Qin Hao, wearing sunglasses, used a stick to accurately hit a can on the ground and Liu Zhou held a loud speaker and said loudly:

"This one's passed. I declare it finished!"

As soon as Liu Zhou finished speaking, the scene became filled with joy.

Although the shooting over a month was not very rushed, it is also a very happy thing that we all worked together to complete a work.

Liu Zhou was not a stingy person, and he had asked Zhong Lifang to book a private room at the Capital Hotel long ago. After packing up, they went to have the wrap-up banquet in the evening.

This is Liu Zhou's third movie. After finishing filming again, his mentality is much better. He is not as excited as he was when he filmed "My Sassy Girl".

After the wrap-up banquet, Liu Zhou dragged his tired body back to Aobei’s villa and suddenly found that the lights in the house were on.

Liu Zhou immediately knew that it was Zeng Li who returned.

When I came to the living room, I saw Zeng Li sitting on the sofa reading a script.

Liu Zhou suddenly felt that his fatigue was swept away, and said happily:

"Lizi, why did you come back so soon? Didn't you say two months?"

"Now that you have learned those martial arts moves, you can come back early. I know you have a wrap-up party tonight, so I made you some hangover soup. I'll bring it to you."

"No, I didn't drink much tonight."

"Then go take a shower first. You must have been busy all day."

"go immediately!"

In less than five minutes, Liu Zhou came out of the shower. Seeing that Zeng Li was not in the living room, he immediately went upstairs to the room.

When I opened the door, I saw Zeng Li, wearing a hollow nightgown, hunching over and making the bed.

Liu Zhou, who had been holding back for nearly two months, could no longer hold back when he saw these two sexy petals swaying in front of him.
Like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, it captured the beast under its horse.

Liu Zhou had accumulated energy for two months, allowing him to launch a continuous offensive.

But Zeng Li was not much behind. She also accumulated enough health in these two months to block all of Liu Zhou's attacks.

It wasn't until the third round that both of them released their ultimate moves at the same time, ending this evenly matched battle.

Liu Zhou, who was a little exhausted, looked at Zeng Li who had recovered her energy in a short while, and couldn't help but marvel at the magic of the Creator.

She was clearly so tired that she couldn't move, but after resting for less than ten minutes she seemed fine again.

After Zeng Li changed the bed sheets, the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.

In the following days, Liu Zhou also rested at home temporarily.

However, the two of them stayed together for less than a week before Zeng Li had to leave again.

"Lizi, doesn't the filming officially start in October? Why do we need you to go there so early?"

"I can't help it. I'm not as famous as Jet Li and can't start filming. Director Zhang requires us to memorize the script and write a good character biography. He will check it at any time.

But Director Zhang hasn't even finalized the script yet, so we can only follow along, following the latest script at any time, and then reading it together." "Okay, then you have to be careful when you go to the northwest, because the temperature difference between day and night is quite large there."

"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore. I can take care of myself."

As Zeng Li set off for Dunhuang, Liu Zhou also came to the studio.

"Boss Liu, you're finally here."

When Liu Zhouyi arrived at the office, Zhong Lifang came over.

"Is there something important?"

"No, there are two things I need to report to you."

"What did you say?"

"One is the detailed expenses of this film shooting. You can take a look at it."

"I won't look at this. Just tell me how much I have spent so far."

"Including the cost of the wrap-up banquet, the total cost was 1.68 million."

"Well, that's not much then."

The actors' pay for this movie was relatively low, not exceeding 500,000 yuan in total, and Liu Zhou only received a symbolic pay of one yuan.

The main expenses are still on film and daily food for the 20 to 30 people in the crew.

In the end, we were able to complete the film with only over 1.6 million dollars spent, so the cost was well controlled.

However, this movie still needs some money for post-production, and it will mainly use some special effects.

For example, the very metaphorical rabbit with a blind eye and several car crash scenes, Liu Zhou planned to use special effects to complete them.

Fortunately, these special effects are not complicated and can be handled by China Film’s special effects company.

"But Mr. Liu, there is less than one million yuan in the studio account at present. After the post-production, there may not be much money left."

"Don't worry about that. I should be able to get another payment from 'Bud', which will be enough to cover the profit of our movie."

The main reason is that Liu Zhou had withdrawn the funds before, making it a bit tight now.

Fortunately, there is the blood pack "Ghost Blows Out the Light", which can provide him with a steady supply of blood.

"Then I feel relieved. Otherwise, I would be worried about how to pay the employees' salaries in two months."

"That's impossible. I will never be in a situation where I owe my employees wages. At worst, I can just cash out some of the investments."

"Mr. Liu, when it comes to investment, you have a good eye. It's only been three months and the stocks you bought have already gone up in value."

"It's as expected." Liu Zhou smiled. "By the way, what's the other thing?"

Speaking of business, Zhong Lifang put away her smile and said seriously:

"It's about Ning Hao. I talked to him and he's willing to join our studio, but he hopes we can support him in making movies."

“If we don’t support him in making a movie, will he not join our studio?”

"Well, no, it's not a condition, it's a request."

"Well, if that's the case, then agree to it. However, our support for him is limited. We can't give him millions to make a movie unless his script is approved by me."

"I understand, Mr. Liu. I'll go sign the contract with him later."

"Go."

After Zhong Lifang left, Liu Zhou spent a day processing the documents that had accumulated over the past few days.

Then the next day, he came to an editing room at the Beijing Film Studio.

Liu Zhou's film was later produced at a rented location at China Film Corporation. Their facilities are very complete and everything from editing to the final film can be completed here. Moreover, with Han Shanping's approval, the price is not expensive.

Liu Zhou is already familiar with the post-production of a movie again.

It took more than a week to complete the editing, and then another two weeks to complete all the post-production work including sound effects, music, subtitles, and color grading.

Finally, only the special effects were left. This was Liu Zhou’s first time coming into contact with it, and he decided to take this opportunity to learn about special effects.

Although China Film's special effects company was able to meet Liu Zhou's requirements, their equipment and technology were a bit outdated, and it took nearly a month to complete these special effects shots.

Through this contact, Liu Zhou temporarily gave up the idea of ​​making a science fiction movie. Even soft science fiction is difficult to make.

When Liu Zhou got the finished film of "The Piano Tuner", it was already late October.

What Liu Zhou didn't expect was that Han Shanping was so well-informed. As soon as the post-production of "The Tuner" was completed, Liu Zhou was called to his office.

"Liu Zhou, I heard that your new movie has been completed?"

"Boss Han, my movie has been under your watch the whole time. Don't you know the progress?"

"Haha, I'm not spying on you. I'm just more concerned about your movie."

"I know. In fact, even if you hadn't asked me to come over, I would have been ready to come over and report the situation to you!"

"Slippery! Enough joking, let's get down to business. Now that the movie is done, when are you going to release it?"

“I haven’t thought about that yet.”

"What a coincidence, you bumped into Feng Kuazi again this time. His new film Big Shot is preparing to compete in the Lunar New Year holiday again, and it has been scheduled for December 21st.

How about it, do you want to face him again and defeat him in the Lunar New Year season that Feng Kuzi is most proud of?" Han Shanping said with a smile.

After listening to Han Shanping's words, Liu Zhou was really moved.

Now that I have already broken off relations with Feng Kuazi, there is no need to show any mercy.

But Liu Zhou suddenly noticed that Han Shanping's smile was a little too gentle, and he immediately felt something was wrong.

This mountain eagle must be speaking in a sarcastic way!

"Well, those were just arguments of pride before. If he doesn't provoke me this time, there's no reason for me to deliberately target him."

"But I saw you seemed to be moved just now!"

"Boss Han, you must be seeing things wrong."

"You really won't touch Feng Kuazi anymore?"

"No!"

"You are a sensible kid, and you know the importance of things."

"That's right. I know the importance of things and I don't bother to engage in meaningless arguments."

"I hope this is what you really mean. I'm kindly reminding you that you guys clashed once before and are now competing against each other. Firstly, it will have a bad influence. Secondly, the mainland's film market is so small now. If you do it like last time, both sides will suffer.

Not only me, but even the higher-ups will not allow this to happen. Our mission now is to expand this film market. You are an outstanding filmmaker in the mainland, and you must take the lead and set an example.”

"What if Feng Kuazi recruits me again?"

"Don't worry, I've already said hello to him, he won't talk nonsense again."

"Since he doesn't recruit me, I certainly won't recruit him either."

"It's a good idea to think this way. We need to have a big picture view."

Liu Zhou thought about it and asked with a smile:

"Boss Han, if the mainland's film market is big enough, can we try it again?"

Han Shanping also smiled and replied:

"You seem to still hold a grudge. If it really comes to that, you can do whatever you want. I won't interfere."

"Then I understand."

(End of this chapter)