Raymond has been preparing for this film for nearly ten years, and it goes without saying that he has made sufficient preparations. A few hours after Lin Xi and Uno arrived in Berlin, they signed a contract with the investor. Immediately afterwards, the crew quickly took the opportunity to rush to the main shooting location—
vienna.
In this city that has been lying quietly on the northern foothills of the Alps for thousands of years, even the air is filled with rich and gentle music symbols. A turquoise Danube runs across the entire city, and the sunlight reflects and sparkles, as if playing a distant and melodious waltz.
After nearly a month of preparation, Raymond has already prepared all the interior and exterior scenes. A group of people walked on this densely green and cobbled streets and towns, and majestic statues carved with white marble could be seen everywhere. From the young genius Mozart to the young and old Strauss, these legendary figures who have bloomed brilliantly in the long history of music in the world have accompanied this music sanctuary one by one to the next glorious era.
Lin Xi has never been to Vienna, but just walking on this red brick path, he seems to be able to feel the music atmosphere that is so thick that it is about to overflow. He seemed to be able to imagine how Mo Qing, who had dreamed of music, came to this strange city from the far east and worked hard, but when he was about to win the ray of glory that belonged to him, he resolutely leave.
"I seem to be able to understand why this place can drive so many music youths crazy."
The crew is laying out the location, and most of the preparations have been made in advance from the beginning, so the final finishing work is very simple and fast, and the first scene can be started in about half an hour.
Uno listened to Lin Xi's words and turned his head to look. Seeing the anticipation in Lin Xi's eyes, he raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said, "This place is indeed intoxicating." As he spoke, he looked up again and saw that he was discussing something with the assistant director not far away. Raymond, and then said: "Maybe you are not used to it. Raymond is different from other Chinese directors. He doesn't like to cut ribbons and worship gods. However, generally speaking, he will also make a simplified A little bit of the opening ceremony."
Lin Xi nodded understandingly: "So, this time, the machine was turned on without even the opening ceremony... Is it because I couldn't wait?"
Uno nodded lightly: "Yes. You have to understand how an old man feels after waiting for so many years."
Hearing this, Lin Xi couldn't help but look up at Raymond who was on the camera team. Different from the serious and rigid old man I saw a month ago, Raymond seems to have suddenly rejuvenated at this time. Although his expression is still the same serious, it makes people feel that he is much more vivid.
"I remember the first scene where you... bullied people?"
After a long silence, Uno said, "Yes."
"Why do you always bully people, haha. Last time it was Ye Yiyi, this time it was Edward." Lin Xizheng teased, and just as he was about to say a few more words, he saw Chen Yajing walking over from the side.
"Come to Lin Xiaoqiu, and I'll help you touch up your makeup." After speaking, Chen Yajing put the cosmetic bag in her hand on the folding table, and began to touch up Lin Xi's makeup. While wearing an elegant light-colored foundation, she gave Uno a sideways glance, and said, "Uno, why are you standing still? Edward is waiting to play with you first. I saw him nervous just now. You almost entered the women's restroom, and you don't take care of the newcomers?"
"Um."
A few orders to drive away Uno, Chen Yajing took the eyebrow brush in satisfaction, and brushed Lin Xi's eyebrows darker and denser. She quickly finished the last point, but after a while, the recorder also started calling Lin Xi to film.
Uno and Edward were already waiting on the set.
The cameraman was in place, the lighting engineer was ready, and the roller track was laid. Everything, as Raymond had imagined countless times, came to life in front of his eyes. He raised his head, glanced at the young man in the dark brown woolen coat, and finally nodded emphatically.
Lin Xi took a deep breath, and then heard a loud clapping sound behind him.
There was a dull sound, as if walking slowly from the distant last century.
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"Kesder, don't think that you can abuse your personal power just because you are the first pianist in the orchestra." The man cursed softly from the dark alley, and the sound was so loud that it even aroused some people on the street. Notice, no one is interested in meddling with this.
"Please get out of the way." The man's low voice sounded in the quiet alley, as elegant as a cello.
It was cold and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground. Mo Qing walked out of the orchestra theater, and just a few steps away, he heard the quarrel hidden in the alley. Although it was only one-sided, it was also a very intense quarrel.
"Caseder, I beg you. I have to support my family all by myself. If the orchestra quits me, I really can't survive."
"Kesder, everything before is my fault. I really love this job, please give me another chance."
"Damn it, Kesde, you hard-hearted guy. Don't think that those old guys think highly of you. In fact, in their hearts, you are a machine, a machine that can only play the piano!"
"Kesder, I curse you! I..."
The man continued to swear dirtyly, but Mo Qing stopped in his tracks, his eyes lingering on the man. Kesde didn't seem to have expected to see the other party as soon as he left the alley. He was just surprised for a moment, nodded briefly as a greeting, and then planned to walk away from the other side.
"Kesd Chen!"
The language with a strange accent suddenly sounded in the quiet small street. It was bitter and difficult to understand German, but it had a bit of softness from the south of China, like a small bridge and flowing water, which was very different from the cold and cold European continent. .
Kesde turned around and looked at the nervous young man with his head bowed blankly.
"You... hello, my name is Mo Qing, and I'm from China." The young man stammered, with anxiety and uneasiness on his exquisite and beautiful face, "I would like to ask you... can you give me a special training in "Chakong"? "."
This is the fourth month that Mo Qing has been in Vienna.
He worked hard to be admitted to the Philharmonic Orchestra, and became an unremarkable violinist in the violin troupe. Although he was only a rookie sitting in the third row, his excellent skills and rich emotions impressed the conductor, who intentionally promoted him to a seat in the front row.
And last week, the Philharmonic Orchestra decided that the theme of this year's Ring of Europe Symphony is Bach's "Chaconne". Different from previous years, this year it is planned to perform both the original violin version and the newly arranged piano version. It requires both the first pianist and the first violinist. This is an unprecedented innovation, and it is expected to achieve an unparalleled performance effect.
Undisputedly, the conductor has decided that the first pianist will be Kaiser, while the first violinist is still being selected. The selection after two months is the time to select the most suitable violinist.
Kesde lowered his eyes, his handsome face was still frozen to the point of no warmth: "Why should I help you?"
Mo Qing was startled when he heard the words, he raised his head, his light amber pupils trembled slightly. Gritting his teeth tightly, Mo Qing finally made up his mind and said: "I heard... I heard that your father is also a Chinese, and he was also the first Chinese I heard. I'm really happy, so..." As he talked, even he himself felt that the other party had no reason to help him. A trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, Mo Qing lowered his head, and muttered to himself in a low voice: "I'm sorry, you really don't have any need to help me."
At some point in the sky, it began to snow again, and the crystal snowflakes fell on the young man's black hair, which was extremely dazzling. Mo Qing's body is very thin, completely different from other burly Western men in the orchestra. In Kest's eyes at this moment, he is as petite and helpless as a white chinchilla he once raised when he was a child.
Kesde narrowed his eyes slightly, reflecting the disappointed young man in his pupils.
"Okay, I'll help you."
Mo Qing raised his head in surprise, and looked at the taciturn man in front of him in disbelief. The height difference between the two was nearly half a head, and they looked at each other with half an arm's distance between them. Mo Qing never thought that this high-ranking man in the orchestra would really agree to his request.
Looking at the figure of that person going away, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Why did you help me?"
His steps froze for an instant, and without turning back, Kasde replied in a low voice: "You said that half of my body is filled with Huaxia blood." As soon as he finished speaking, he left without hesitation, leaving only A tall and handsome figure.
Mo Qing froze in place for a long time, as if he hadn't woken up from what he said just now. After a long time, unstoppable joy appeared on that innocent and immature face, carrying the recklessness and innocence of a young man.
The snow still fell silently, but this was the first formal conversation between the two of them. It was just a simple request for help, but it made these two people who should have nothing to do with each other tightly connected. After being separated by a distance of less than half the earth, through this period of dark years, after all, there is nothing to stop——
Something, as it should, happened.
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The first scene ended perfectly like this, until Uno walked back from the other side of the street, Raymond still didn't wake up from the scene just now. There are more than a dozen monitors placed in front of him, corresponding to more than a dozen high-definition cameras, from different angles and different directions, all the performances just now were filmed and recorded.
"Raymond, is this one shot not enough?" Seeing Raymond's appearance, Lin Xi frowned and asked.
The questioning words completely pulled Raymond out of the picture he had imagined in his mind for many years. With trembling and wrinkled hands, he looked up at Lin Xi and Uno beside him, nodded heavily, and said: "This shot is very good, very good..."
Lin Xi looked at his appearance, and naturally understood what this meant to an old man who had been waiting for a long time. He nodded slightly, but didn't speak any more. He left with Uno and returned to his rest area, giving Raymond a quiet space.
Chen Yajing was touching up Lin Xi's makeup, while the assistant on the side was carefully cleaning up all the artificial snowflakes on his hair and clothes. And Uno happened to have a phone call, so he stepped aside and started to connect.
"Raymond is rarely so excited." Chen Yajing gently brushed Lin Xi's plump lips with a lip brush, and sighed softly: "He really paid a lot for this movie. But Lin Xi, I really I didn't misunderstand you. Uno has been with his uncle for many years, and it is normal to be able to perform him so outstandingly. But you... it seems that I really saw the simple and innocent Mo Qing in the photo."
Because she was putting on her lip makeup, Lin Xi just nodded and didn't speak. When Chen Yajing was packing up his things, he raised the corners of his lips helplessly, and said, "I saw a photocopy of that photo from Uno. In fact, Sister Chen, I really admire you too. You put the clothes on Every detail on the clothes has been restored, even the patterns on the cuffs are equally fine."
Chen Yajing said unceremoniously: "That's right, you, Sister Chen, and I have studied it for more than ten years. And Lin Xiaoqiu, you have to know that the one who did your makeup just now was the best costume design for a TV series at this year's Tian x Dynasty All Star Awards winner of the award."
Seeing Chen Yajing's proud and complacent appearance, Lin Xi couldn't help but chuckle. Although he is already in his thirties, he is as frank as a child. This is very different from the Chen Yajing that Lin Xi first met in the crew of "Ling Shen". No worries or hesitation.
It happened that Raymond called Chen Yajing to go, Lin Xi smiled again and picked up the script, ready to watch the next scene at the last moment. After a while, Uno hung up the phone and came back, and asked the makeup artist to touch up his makeup.
Lin Xi's eyes moved away from the script, and he turned to look at the other party: "Who called just now?"
The scene was shot in winter, but the climate in Vienna this season is very hot and humid, and today's temperature is even higher. The two of them took off their heavy coats as soon as they finished filming. At this time, Uno was only wearing a light gray thin woolen sweater. Although there was still a trace of sweat on his forehead, it was not so hot anymore.
"Zhao Xian's." After a pause, Uno said again: "He should come to Vienna in a few days, and maybe Ji Chengshu will come with him."
Lin Xi nodded knowingly. The daylight is just right, the artificial snowflakes on the ground have not been completely cleaned, and the bright sun shines on it, glowing a beautiful golden yellow. Looking thoughtfully at Uno, his well-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, Lin Xi asked: "I seem to have heard He Shu Shan's name and... Tianyu just now?"
"Oops!" The brown-haired female makeup artist who was touching up Uno's makeup suddenly exclaimed, and then quickly took a cotton pad dipped in lotion and wiped Uno's eyebrow line that was accidentally drawn crooked by herself. She said cautiously: "I'm sorry Mantes, I'm touching up your makeup now, please try not to move around?"
Uno responded in a low voice.
Looking at this scene, Lin Xi's eyes became more suspicious. He frowned and said, "Uno, I don't want to drag you into the matter between me and Pan Lun, you are so serious..."
"you misunderstood."
Lin Xi was taken aback for a moment, and what he wanted to say was blocked in his throat.
Uno lowered his eyes slightly, and the sun shone down gently, forming a light shadow due to the actions of the makeup artist, covering the emotions in his eyes. Thin lips pursed into a line, and Uno said categorically, "Recently there were reports that made a fuss about what happened with Shu Shan and Tian Yu before, and it has nothing to do with Pan Lun."
Hearing this, Lin Xi thought for a while, and seemed to think it made sense. But he still felt a little strange in his heart, he asked suspiciously: "Really? It's just like that?"
The last work of the makeup artist has been done, and Uno also took the time to turn around and look at Lin Xi. Undoubted seriousness and affirmation flashed in those distant eyes, Uno nodded solemnly, without any hesitation in his tone: "Yes, it's really just like that."
Lin Xi blinked depressedly, cursing in her heart that she was thinking too much, and became suspicious when encountering any disturbance. He turned his head in embarrassment to avoid Uno's fixed gaze on him, and there was a faint pink color at the base of his ears, which seemed a little embarrassed.
What he didn't see was that the moment he turned his head, Uno breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body also relaxed. His fingers, which were gripping the phone tightly, gradually loosened.
At this moment, the Chinese Empire, which is far away in Asia, has entered the middle of the night.
The weather was clear and fine in the morning, but dark clouds appeared in the evening, but at this moment, it was pouring down with torrential rain, turning the entire city of B into a beautiful ancient capital in heavy rain.
This belated spring rain, which fell from the evening to the early morning, was menacing and had an irresistible shock. The relentless wind and rain washed the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and the glass trembled in the howling wind, as if it was about to be unable to resist the cold north wind.
In the chairman's office on the 35th floor of Tianyu, Pan Lun stood with his head bowed in front of the large nanmu desk, without even breathing, as if he was too scared to speak.
With a loud bang, the serious-looking old man sitting on the black boss chair slapped the whole desk a few times. He looked at the thickly stacked newspapers and magazines on the table, wishing they could all fall on that useless prodigal son.
"You bastard, what did I tell you before?" A hoarse voice spit out from the gray-haired Chairman Pan, "This is different from the past, cx's influence in the circle is no longer something we can shake. You How dare you still think about making a move with Shu Shan?"
Following the old man's words, Pan Lun's body trembled. He was fully aware of the terrible danger hidden in the plain tone, his legs gave way, and Pan Lun almost knelt down.
"Dad! I really didn't do this! You have to believe me!"
"Get out! Besides He Shushan and us Tianyu, who else knows about those scandals? Then He Shushan can dig a hole for himself to jump in? What good does it do him to find out what happened with Tianyu before? This It's completely slapping us in the face of Tianyu! Recently, you should keep a low profile for me, stop messing with me outside, and marry Miss Chen's family properly."
"Dad, but I don't like that woman at all. That Chen Ru looks so ordinary, I just..."
"You useless thing!" Unable to restrain the anger in his heart any longer, Chairman Pan stood up with a grim expression. He couldn't help but raised his hand and threw the teacup in front of him, and Pan Lun dodged subconsciously. When the porcelain cup touched the ground, it split into several petals in an instant, making a crisp and piercing sound of collision and shattering.
Seeing the hopeless appearance of this unfilial son, the old chairman covered his face in grief, and slumped on the chair powerlessly. "You married someone for me, even if you don't like it, you also fucked her and gave birth to an heir with the blood of the Chen family. At that time, I will do whatever you want. If it is not possible, Chen Ru is just a woman , even if she dies due to dystocia, the Chen family won't fall out with us." The words imply that after marriage, Chen Ru can let them be rubbed and rounded.
Pan Lun hesitated for a long time with a tangled expression, and finally agreed. He already knew that he couldn't escape this marriage, and now the result of bargaining with the old man was the best result he could think of.
"Hey, if you have half of Xu Qi's ability, would I still need to marry the Chen family?" The old chairman sighed helplessly, thin wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, and he looked kindly. But the shrewdness and treachery hidden deep in his eyes made no one dare to underestimate this kind-hearted old man.
"Dad, Xu Qi is just an outsider, why are you so optimistic about him?"
"Get out of here! You useless thing, learn from Xu Qi."
In the middle of the night, the entire building of Tianyu was silent in an oppressive darkness, but the only light seemed ethereal in the wind and rain. When everyone didn't know, everything in Fashen had long gone beyond the old chairman's expectation.