Chapter 258: The Young Couple Next Door to Old Zhang (Thanks to the alliance leader

Chen Nuo returned to Beijing on December 13th.

He had been quite busy in Hong Kong these few days. He was busy not only at night but also during the day.

After watching a Chanel early spring exclusive series show with Fan Fan Binbing, the newly crowned Golden Horse Best Actress went directly to join the crew to film Director Teddy Chan's *Bodyguards and Assassins*.

He went to the hospital to see Janice Man's father.

Because he had been driving a taxi in Hong Kong for many years, Uncle Man was old, and the problem with his lumbar disc had reached the point where it had to be solved by surgery.

Hong Kong's medical system, everyone knows. If you want to go to a cheap and good public hospital to see a doctor and have surgery, the time from queuing to admission, I guess by the time you wait until the grass on the grave is three feet high, it might not be your turn.

If it were before, Uncle Man could only continue to suffer.

But it was different now.

Who let his daughter's ex-boyfriend be doing quite well, stayed in Hong Kong for a few days, and as a result, Jiang Wen also came.

Under his introduction, he sat down with Boss Yang of Emperor Group to have a meal, which could be considered a smile to wipe out grievances.

At the same time, Chen Nuo also asked purely out of curiosity at the table which hospital in Hong Kong was good for lumbar disc, and as a result, the next day, Uncle Man was directly arranged into a private hospital.

The area of the single ward he lived in was even bigger than their own house.

And Janice Man said, when her father was admitted to the hospital, the hospital didn't want a penny from them. It made people feel that Hong Kong Island was truly kind-hearted, and there were people doing charity everywhere.

However, Chen Nuo wasn't the kind of person to take this small advantage, transferred 500,000 to Jiang Wen, let him transfer it to Boss Yang, and only then said goodbye to Janice Man who stayed in Hong Kong to take care of the family, and left Hong Kong Island with Qi Yuntian and Ling Hu.

Originally thought he could rest, and by the way, go see the houses in Beijing and Shanghai.

As a result, the next day, Qi Yuntian received a pleasantly surprised call from Li Jing.

Director Zhang Yimou had decided on Liu Yifei!

"What the hell?" Chen Nuo couldn't believe his ears, "She was decided?"

After listening to Hearing Qi Yuntian relay of Li Jing's words, Chen Nuo slowly thought through what had happened from his own understanding of the script.

The next day, in the meeting with Zhang Yimou, Old Mouzi's words also verified his guess.

"During the audition, I felt this girl's eyes were spiritual, looking very clear, better than what I saw on TV before, it was the feeling I wanted."

"Xiao Nuo, you should have read the script during this time, you should know what kind of female lead I want..."

Chen Nuo said "Hmm," "Director, I know."

His eyes were spinning on Liu Yifei.

At this very moment, this woman was sitting obediently at the conference table, looking straight ahead, looking extremely well-behaved.

Not at all like in front of him, playing the young lady's temper at every turn.

It was just because he was busy that night and hung up her phone twice, right.

As a result, this person sent more than a dozen text messages, counting his crimes one by one.

Even from the beginning of filming *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, he spat water on her face, to filming *My Blueberry Nights* and often not replying to her text messages, randomly hanging up her phone.

Various crimes, too numerous to record. So Miss Liu decided to draw a clear line with him from now on, which could be considered breaking up halfway.

From now on, he and she, half of it would just be the ordinary relationship between boss and employee.

But if he performed well in the future, it wasn't impossible to change this half back and continue to be friends.

But there were eight conditions,

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Chen Nuo didn't even look and deleted it directly.

Just say such a person, and still claim that she was playing live CS in Tanzania, who believes it, right.

But, it was also such a person, as Jingqiu in the novel and script, who was very consistent in temperament.

Chen Nuo actually knew about Zhang Yimou looking for students in the academy.

He knew why Zhang Yimou would do this.

Because it was written clearly and plainly in the script.

Jingqiu was pure and beautiful, ignorant of human affairs, and even more like a blank sheet of paper regarding matters between men and women.

Therefore, Director Zhang had to resort to this strategy, not wanting to use those coquettish bitches who had been rolling in the entertainment industry, wanting to find such a transparent and spiritual clean person in the ivory tower.

To tell the truth, this was in 2008, maybe there was still a tiny possibility.

If it were more than ten years later, hehe.

But Liu Yifei in this life, in 2008 at this time, although she was a little bit older by two or three years, according to Chen Nuo's understanding, she really had a bit of a similar taste.

Sure enough, Old Mouzi also said the same thing next, "After Yifei came to audition, we discussed for a long time in the internal meeting. It was really hard to make a decision. Finally, it forced me to have to call Yifei over again."

Zhang Yimou laughed and said: "During these two days, I have been communicating with Yifei, listening to her talk about many things from her childhood to adulthood, the more I listen, the more I feel that this is Jingqiu."

"Yesterday afternoon, I also firmly made up my mind. This time, let you pair of Condor Heroes partner again,"

"Actually, you two had sparks on TV back then. I also watched two episodes. Especially Chen Nuo, who performed that feeling. However, Yifei was indeed still a bit lacking."

"This time, I hope Chen Nuo you lead her."

"This is a period play, changing the ancient costume to a modern background, I hope that compared to the virtual environment of ancient costumes, you can truly spark that kind of love in a real environment."

"Finally, let every audience member who walks into the cinema be able to sincerely feel that most beautiful and pure period of emotion in each of our youth."

The filming location of *Under the Hawthorn Tree* was in Yichang, Hubei.

Because there was a very beautiful hawthorn tree here, planted on a hillside.

So from October 2008, the crew found an abandoned arsenal in a village called Jiangjia Village here and started the construction of the photography studio.

Including the streets near the factory, they also started to undergo transformation one after another, all according to Zhang Yimou's requirements, trying to restore it to the appearance of more than 40 years ago.

However, Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei didn't live here.

Zhang Yimou found them a house in a small town in the suburbs of Yiling District, Yichang.

It was a detached farmhouse, two stories high, although simple, the living conditions were okay, at least the bathroom had ceramic squat toilets and tap water, not a pigsty.

At the same time, the crew also rented another house nearby for the two big stars' accompanying personnel to live in.

So that this two-story small building was a truly lone man and lone woman space, so as not to fail to spark fire with dry wood.

On this basis, Director Zhang Yimou requested that the two shouldn't just stay in the house, but should go deep into the masses, through disguise, infiltrate the surrounding elders and folks. Especially Liu Yifei, must wash away the lead on her body through this month's time, become more simple and more Chinese, forget all the styles of American capitalism, and become a red-rooted revolutionary young woman.

As for how the two young men and women, who were not household names in China, but whose popularity was currently above 60, were going to infiltrate the masses.

Zhang Yimou didn't say.

Perhaps in his view, these were all problems that actors should solve themselves.

No matter how big a star you are, if everything needs the director to arrange. Then what are you filming!

"Chen Nuo, do you think I look like this?"

Chen Nuo took off the straw hat buckled on his face, stretched, and sat up from the lounge chair on the roof.

Today was a rare warm sunny day in winter, when he came up, he saw a dirty lounge chair on the roof of this two-story small building, so he found a piece of cloth to wipe it, and without saying a word, lay down directly, then buckled the straw hat taken from the wall on his face, and after sunning for a while, he fell asleep directly.

Don't know how long he slept, Liu Yifei had already changed her clothes.

He rubbed his eyes and saw that this person was actually wearing a blue and white school uniform bought by Li Jing for her.

Indeed, wearing it was very pure and had a feeling, very simple and unadorned, but...

Chen Nuo asked curiously: "Aren't you cold?"

"Cold, but... I don't know what to wear."

What kind of talk is this!?

Chen Nuo truly didn't understand, and at the same time, he didn't expect that he would have a day to help a woman pick out clothes to go out.

However, after picking and choosing among the clothes in the two suitcases Liu Yifei brought, trying to ignore those girl-style underwear.

Chen Nuo knew.

These clothes of Liu Yifei, it didn't matter in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou, but it really wouldn't work to wear them in a town under Yichang, Hubei.

Finally, Chen Nuo found a long black down jacket that wasn't so conspicuous.

"Just this one."

Liu Yifei was eating the handmade rice candy from the street stall that Chen Nuo bought on the way, and was surprised to see this, saying: "But this is what I bought in New York, will it not have the feeling Director Zhang said?"

Chen Nuo glared at her: "What New York LS, just this black-looking appearance, can people look at you more? Hurry up and change into it. If you get sick, your mom won't eat me!? Wait a while we go out to the street, see if there is a place to sell clothes and then buy you two more sets."

Liu Yifei gave him a white look, took the down jacket from Chen Nuo's hand, "Wear it if I wear it, why are you fierce. Also, don't talk nonsense, my mom is not that fierce."

Hehe, not? Not would be strange.

That look at the airport parting, felt like it was about to poke a few holes in him.

But to tell the truth, Chen Nuo was quite surprised that Liu Xiaoli could agree to this absurd suggestion proposed by Zhang Yimou.

Just like when he talked to Janice Man, Fan Fan Binbing, and others, the two women actually didn't feel anything, it seemed they didn't feel at all that he and Liu Yifei would happen anything by staying alone for a month.

Chen Nuo couldn't help but have doubts, did they think their own family wasn't a man, or did they think Liu Yifei wasn't a woman?

Asking Fan Fan Binbing for the reason,

this Golden Horse Best Actress said it was because they were all actors, and all knew that to film a good play, they had to use some unconventional means.

Moreover, it was Chen Mou who had a criminal record.

Back then, amidst the opposition of almost everyone, this stubborn person insisted on going incognito for four months, and went to be a street performer and acrobat for 120 days.

The result was going to the Kodak Theatre and winning an Oscar.

One might ask in this situation, who dared to stop his second sinking?

If he was stopped, thereby winning one or two fewer Venice or Berlin Best Actor awards, or fewer Golden Palm or Golden Bear awards for the Chinese people internationally, who could afford this responsibility?

Perhaps Director Zhang Yimou's proposal of such a method was also inspired by this.

It seems Director Zhang truly wants to have a good start after the Olympics.

Asking Janice Man, this ex-girlfriend said: "You and Yifei filming love scenes, I am very afraid that you won't have any feeling. We have been good friends for so many years, I feel Director Zhang Yimou also has no way. Wanting you to enter the state as soon as possible, you don't need to worry about me. As long as you can perform a good play, I don't care."

The ex-girlfriend saw it very clearly, Chen Nuo didn't know what Liu Xiaoli was thinking, anyway, finally before leaving at the airport, after Auntie Liu glared at him for a while, she finally specifically called him aside and asked him to help take care of Liu Yifei.

Chen Nuo felt at the time that this was all a joke, Old Liu had traveled north and south, walked with penguins, danced with polar bears, still needed his care?

But looking at it now, it really is that no one knows the daughter better than the mother.

After the two packed up and went out, it was already half an hour later, and the sun was about to set.

When going out, Chen Nuo saw Qi Yuntian walking out by the roadside not far from the opposite door, standing at the gate of a courtyard, stretching and yawning. Seeing the appearance of him and Liu Yifei now, he laughed hehe for a moment, turned around and entered the house, without even saying hello.

Before going out, Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei not only put on masks, but also, Chen Nuo used the makeup techniques he had learned to make some simple modifications to the two people.

In short, the final effect, after dark, as long as the lights weren't turned on, in this kind of town, no one should be able to recognize them.

Walking on the roadside to the town center, Liu Yifei asked very seriously: "Chen Nuo, how did you dress up so much like it?"

"What do you mean?"

Liu Yifei's eyes were exposed from under the brim of her hat, carefully looking at him.

Just jeans and a gray down jacket, but Liu Yifei looked very carefully.

"Ever since you entered that room and put on this set, I felt you entered the play, how did you do it? Teach me, okay?"

Chen Nuo looked at Liu Yifei's uncomfortable appearance and smiled.

He turned to look forward.

Looking at those gray cement red-tiled houses and the curling smoke rising from the chimneys,

those trees on the side of the road that only had branches left and the messy mud,

those residents holding rice bowls, greeting neighbors with loud voices, and pedestrians passing by in a hurry on bicycles.

Chen Nuo said lightly: "You know I went to Korea to film a movie a while ago, right?"

Liu Yifei said "Hmm": "I know, Director Bong Joon-ho's play."

"Right. In Korea, our location was also in a village. It's actually about the same as here."

"I lived there for maybe three months, when I first went, it was the same feeling as you. Then Director Bong told me, let me slowly forget my identity. Coincidentally, this is also what I am good at. Afterward, I found that feeling."

"This play, for me, can be considered taking a shortcut. After all, I have filmed a similar one, and doing it again is not too difficult."

Saying this, he turned to Liu Yifei and said, "And what I can teach you is, from now on, don't call me Chen Nuo."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 259 =====