Chapter 105: This is "Discrimination"

  All along, Yi Feiyang has never thought highly of those actresses, thinking that most of them can't bear hardships and would only take the shortcut of shooting pornographic films.

  But Stormy, who had just finished filming, gave Yifei Yang a different understanding, perhaps she was a bit extreme, and not all the stars were so uncompetitive.

  Doing things with rewards and punishments is Yifeng's guiding principle for doing things.

  So Stormy was publicly praised by Easy Flyer, while Bunny Bill got kicked in the butt again.

  At the same time, it was already dinner time.

  Everyone is tired from filming all day, and now their stomachs are growling.

  Yi Feiyang had previously asked Henry the elephant to bring more food, after all, it's tens of kilometers away from the nearest supermarket, and now it's icy and snowy, making it very inconvenient to eat.

  But after waiting for almost an hour, there was still no sign of the food delivery cart.

  Yi Feiyang and others were getting impatient, just about to call that bastard Henry the elephant again, when a car horn sounded in the snowy ground.

  The food cart has arrived!

  ……

  "Huff, huff!" Henry the elephant panted heavily as he struggled to get out of the car. His massive body made it difficult for him to exit the vehicle, and after finally managing to do so, he tapped on the car door with his hand, "Damn it, this car skidded earlier, otherwise I could have arrived even earlier."

  "It doesn't matter, as long as the food is delivered." Yì Fēi Yáng couldn't care less about these things, filling his stomach was key.

  "Hehe, don't worry, dear Yi, the food I brought this time is sure to be a treat for you all!" After saying that, Henry the elephant gestured to the people beside him, opened the car door and took everything out!

  Then, a large quantity of delicious food, including fine wine, was magically transported down from the dining car.

  Ham, lobster, even cheesecake. Champagne, whiskey, and chilled beer...

  So many delicious dishes piled up into a small mountain in this icy and snowy shooting location.

  "Hah, isn't it great? I've moved that damned restaurant over here!" Henry the elephant laughed. "The purpose is to treat you heroes!"

  "Bonfire! Now we need a bonfire!" someone shouted loudly.

  "Not bad attention," Yifei Yang smiled, "then ignite the bonfire, let's have a wonderful bonfire party!"

  "This is exactly why I've been hauling all this food!" Henry the elephant exclaimed, snapping his fingers. The people around him got back on the truck, but this time what they brought down wasn't food or drinks, but a high-end sound system.

  "Behold, this is the treasure I've brought, dear ladies and gentlemen! The thrilling dance party is about to begin!" Henry the elephant announced loudly, like a show host.

  Yi Feiyang wanted to stop him, but it was already too late.

  He originally planned to have a small bonfire party, and after everyone had eaten and drunk enough, they would start working again. After all, there was still one more scene to be filmed. But if they started dancing, oh dear, this group of people were all crazy, and it was likely that they would get drunk. How could they film the bird scene then?

  But the atmosphere has been stirred up by Henry the elephant, who is also the producer of this play, and Yi Feiyang doesn't want to intercept this decision halfway.

  Then, under the nimble hands and feet of some people, the bonfire was lit, champagne sprayed foam, ham, chicken wings sizzled with fragrance on the flames, and deafening explosive music also rose from the speakers.

  "Haha, dear friends, you can eat to your heart's content. Drink to your heart's content and dance to your heart's content. It's rare for everyone to gather together... Hehe, I'm so happy tonight, no more loneliness!" said Henry the elephant with a bottle of beer in hand.

  Yes, he won't be lonely tonight.

  At this time, he would have been lying on the sofa in his luxurious villa, watching TV, drinking red wine, and watching a stand-up comedy show that seemed ridiculous but couldn't make him laugh.

  Is it that the villa is too big, or that there are too few people in the villa?

  There should be more people!

  Ever since his wife and daughter left him, the whole villa had been empty. Sometimes Henry the elephant would wake up in the middle of the night, feeling as if he was sleeping in a huge coffin rather than the warm home people usually talked about.

  Home, this concept has become very unfamiliar to Henry the elephant. The only things that accompany him are those glittering banknotes and the intangible loneliness that cannot be touched or seen.

  But now, with so many young people full of vigor in front of him, so many people accompanying him to drink and dance, and so many people working together for a dream, it makes Henry the elephant feel very comfortable and warm.

  "You can't drink, buddy." Yī Fēi Yáng walked over and said, "You have diabetes, don't you?"

  "Hah, and I also have heart disease, so I won't be able to dance either!" Henry the elephant chuckled. "No matter what, tonight I really want to get drunk, it's been a long time since I've gotten drunk. Not just beer, but even cola, I haven't tasted in a long time... almost forgot what it tastes like. Damn diabetes, anything with even a little bit of sugar is saying goodbye to me."

  Henry the elephant was like a child, his mouth constantly complaining.

  Yi Feiyang had never contracted this illness, so he didn't understand how much trouble and dietary restrictions it entailed. However, there was one thing he was very clear about: if a fat person lost the pleasure of eating, then he would be more miserable than ordinary people.

  "Easy, you said if I finish filming this drama, I'll disband TOP company, how about that?"

  "Dissolve the company?" Yi Feiyang was taken aback.

  "Yes, I'm not going to do this line of work anymore, completely quitting... Haha, those damned guys will be thrilled to death. With Henry the Elephant gone, they can swagger around in the underground film market!"

  "How did you suddenly come up with this decision?"

  "Hehe, you can say that my conscience has been condemned, or that I'm hypocritically brushing up my reputation. Yes, I want to extricate myself from this line of work and use the little time I have left to help those who need it."

  "But don't worry, before I dissolve the company, I will sell those eight cinemas to you according to the contract. They are good things, and it took me a lot of effort to buy them at first! Hmm, you must make good use of these treasures, work hard to shoot good movies, and hopefully win an Oscar-like award, I will bless you!"

  "Exams, you're not dead yet, what's the blessing for!" Yi Feiyang laughed and said, "Don't worry, friend. Even if you don't mention this matter, I'll ask you about it later. We did sign a contract, didn't we? I have great faith in America's fair laws!"

  "Damn it, you're making me feel terrible... Never mind, you have to join me for a drink!" Henry the elephant raised his beer towards Easy Fly.

  "Just one cup? Alright, I'll keep you company!" Yì Fēi Yáng raised his beer and they clinked glasses before downing it in one gulp.

  On a snowy day, with an ice-cold beer downed, I suddenly feel that I'm still alive!

  Because of one's own heart, it is still hot!

  ……

  Just as Yi Feiyang had guessed, the small bonfire party originally turned into a wild dance party under the influence of delicious food, fine wine and music.

  The blonde beauty Stormi jumped a segment comparable to "interview" and also performed a fiery, charming and seductive dance. This led to the surrounding cattle one by one loudly bellowing.

  Even Abraham, an old man who had long since given up on life and was beyond hope, couldn't help but shout out in excitement, clap his hands, and spill beer all over his clothes, almost joining the young people in whistling.

  So, no matter what kind of man, in front of a beauty, all "show their true colors".

  Stormi was slightly drunk, Old Abraham was slightly drunk, the photographer was slightly drunk...

  Yi Feiyang didn't give everyone time to indulge and immediately rolled back into the tent to rest, but instead waved his hand grandly, "Start the engine!"

  The shooting that night was surprisingly smooth!

  Stormy, who originally said he wouldn't shoot crying scenes, ended up crying with tears streaming down his face. Under Yifeng's guidance, the photographer captured the shots so well that this set of shots was completed in just six or seven minutes.

  Miracle!

  Yi Feiyang said to himself: These bastards have created a miracle!

  Drunk on wine, yet they can still film the play so perfectly!

  Does it mean that in order to make a good show, I have to get them drunk first?!

  ……

  The next day, filming proceeded as usual.

  Following the script of the story development, filming Rachel coming to the European battlefield to participate in the battle scene.

  Of course, shooting such a play cannot be without a big scene, and the big scene requires people, costumes, props. Yi Feiyang, who has always been very frugal or simple in filming, tried the feeling of shooting a big film for the first time. However, this feeling is not good, that is, everything needs you to solve it.

  First of all, thank Mr. Hei Ren Lao Die for his selfless dedication and help, which made it easy for Yi Feiyang to raise hundreds of "cheap and beautiful"... just take care of three meals a day, no need to pay wages crowd actors.

  These people are all living in the same neighborhood as Black Dad, born with a ** heart, like watching movies and acting, so when they heard that Black Dad's friend was filming a big movie, they immediately took the initiative to "show their face" in front of the camera.

  What a wonderful thing, why not do it?

  The black old man generously waived the "introduction fee" and introduced them to Yi Feiyang. As a result, this play had German soldiers and American soldiers, and the problem of insufficient personnel was directly solved.

  Shooting a war movie requires guns and artillery, planes and tanks, military uniforms and helmets...

  For these props, there is no room for compromise, and Yi Feiyang can only allocate $200,000 from the filming budget as a deposit and rental fee... Even so, Yi Feiyang is still very concerned about this investment, trying to minimize the scale of the war he needs to film, tanks, planes are all unnecessary, just some symbolic machine guns, heavy machine guns and the like.

  Of course, as the world's film capital, there are many private companies in Hollywood that rent out props for filming. These companies are similar to building material rental companies. As long as you're filming, you'll definitely need different types of props, and it's not necessary to custom-make them every time, which would be a waste of time and money. So, it's more cost-effective to just rent from them.

  In fact, these problems are all easy to solve, as long as you have money, you can handle it. However, there is one thing that is difficult to do when filming war scenes, and that is gunpowder and explosions.

  In the United States, gun control is not very strict, but the control of explosives is extremely severe. It seems that Americans think that small weapons like rifles and revolvers have limited lethality and cannot overthrow the government or carry out large-scale terrorist attacks. However, explosive bombs are different, belonging to large-scale lethal weapons, and casually throwing one at the White House could possibly turn the beloved President into a roasted suckling pig.

  This is very dangerous, so it must be strictly controlled!

  However, Americans also like to shoot scenes of big explosions, which can be seen from movies such as "Die Hard" and "First Blood". In order to satisfy the directors' desire to make big films and create big destruction, strict regulations had to be put in place, requiring that all explosive scenes must be registered!

  That is to say, when you shoot this kind of drama, you must go to the film association and the local police station for filing, after their research and review, they think that there will be no accidents during the shooting process, and there will be no big problems, then they will give you a stamp and let you go.

  Yi Feiyang was shooting this kind of play for the first time and wasn't very clear about the ins and outs; as for Bunny Bill, although he knew some things, he only had a rough idea. Fortunately, the photographer in charge of this play had been in other drama groups before and had encountered such war plays, so he roughly knew how to proceed.

  With the help of this photographer, Yee Fung-yang and his private attorney Louis Care drafted an application for "War Explosions and Battle Scenes" and had Rabbit Bill submit it to the local police station and the Los Angeles Film Association.

  I thought it would be approved quickly if I followed the normal procedure.

  But things didn't go as I wished.

  The reply from the film association was that "although the filming location is in a suburb, it does not meet safety requirements", and the crew had to choose another location.

  The nearby police station replied after receiving the application, "The amount of explosives required for blasting is too large, and it is requested to be reduced to prevent unnecessary accidents from occurring."

  "What does it mean?" Yi Feiyang was stunned.

  Others can shoot a film as long as they submit a reasonable application, it will be approved immediately, but I am being nitpicked.

  To know, this application is actually his reference to many other war films' standards and in order to pass smoothly, no matter the shooting location or the number of flames, all are much more cautious than similar ones, simply equivalent to filming a TV series, but... it was still rejected!

  At that time, the photographer pointed out the reason, "Dear director, you shouldn't have marked your own name on the application form, Fei Yang Yi, it sounds like a Chinese name!"

  So that's how it is!

  Yi Feiyang understood.

  These guys are doing this just because the director is Chinese, being Chinese means they might have ulterior motives, maybe all these explosives aren't for filming but for some sinister plot...

  Yi Feiyang smiled, a bitter smile.

  Discrimination, I've experienced it myself today!