Chương 98: Chapter 98: Tit for Tat
The final solution to many complicated things was simple, Kate Beckinsale, who seemed to be hard to convince, in front of the pile of rhetoric that Ecks racked his brain to come up with, the reason that really made her nod her head in agreement was very simple, Lin Ming Yang acted her out.
From a strict sense, Lin Mingyang in the film "Legend of the Night" as Michael can only be considered a supporting role, but Lakeshore Films still gave him $ 10 million in honorarium, while the film's real star Kate Beckinsale, the honorarium is only $ 5 million, although the two people do have a gap in fame, but this is actually very unfair to Kate.
Lin Mingyang then put forward the concept of co-starring, he and Kate belong to the same agency, the two in the name of Eckles agency together with Lakeshore Films signed, the two payroll total price is still $15 million, but the specific distribution of his and Kate's own decision. Although this has the suspicion of tying the two together, Lin Mingyang can then legitimately give up a portion of his salary to Kate.
The movie was originally planned to start shooting in early 2004, but because Lin Mingyang has been unable to get away from the shooting of "New Spider-Man", the start date had to be postponed. Another busy New Year was spent on the set, and the shooting of "New Spider-Man" continued until mid-January. When Lin Mingyang officially reported to the "Legend of the Dark" set, director Len Wiseman was already impatient for his "late" star.
During this time, the rest of the cast was not idle, especially the star Kate Beckinsale. In order to complete the action scenes in the movie, she and Lin Mingyang had to undergo several weeks of intense training before filming began. Lin Mingyang "not surprisingly" missed the entire training, but Kate's training is very effective.
This made director Len Wiseman increasingly unhappy with Lin Mingyang. From the beginning, Wiseman believed that Lin Mingyang was provoking his authority, so he decided to give the other party a challenge to completely subdue this unruly "wild horse".
Lin Mingyang did not know that he has been director Lun Huisman to "hate", to the set of his quickly and the surrounding staff mingled, and then he met in the corridor just after the end of the training of Kate Beckinsale, the other party in advance know that he will come to the set today to report.
"How are you feeling?"
Although Lin Mingyang hadn't participated in the training, he had been in close contact with Kate all this time, and he knew exactly what training the crew had arranged.
"It's not bad, I've finally adapted to the complicated dangling wire stunt!" Kate nodded at him with a smile, in order to adapt to the identity of the female lead vampire, she always had a cold face on the set, giving off a very indifferent feeling, and it was only when she saw Lin Ming Yang that she really showed a smile for the first time.
"You know I'm not familiar with sports, but I have dancing skills, but action scenes aren't dancing after all, whenever I land after jumping, I have to keep in mind that I must never stand on my tiptoes."
"So, may I invite the beautiful vampire warrior woman to join me for dinner?" Ever since he learned that Kate had a history of stomach ulcers, Lin Mingyang would send text messages whenever he had time to remind the other party to eat on time, and regular eating habits were the most effective way to prevent stomach ulcers. Under the banner of caring for the other party, this invitation of his seemed natural.
Kate playfully asked, "Aren't you afraid I'll drain your blood?"
"Werewolves never fear vampires!" Lin Mingyang's mouth emerged with his signature evil smile, "The moon must be very full tonight, it's hard to say that I'll really transform!"
"Turn into a big pervert?" Kate giggled.
Just as the two were flirting, a discordant voice rang out, "Mr. Felix, I thought you would be ashamed of your 'lateness', but I didn't think that you actually have the leisure to joke with Miss Kate here?"
From the first moment he met Kate, Len Wiseman was attracted by her astonishing beauty and charming temperament, and as the opportunities for contact continued to increase, he realized that he actually fell in love with this English girl who exuded a fragrant fragrance at all times. During this time he had been trying to approach each other for various reasons, but Kate's attitude towards him had always been very disciplined, and behind this reaction was more emotional indifference, in addition to good personal cultivation.
Len Wiseman saw Kate show such a sincere and pure smile for the first time, but the worst thing was that she actually made that expression that made Wiseman crazy with jealousy towards Lin Mingyang, the famous "womanizer" in Hollywood. Wiseman had a very clear premonition that Lin Ming Yang would be the biggest obstacle between him and Kate Beckinsale, so from this moment on, his attitude towards Lin Ming Yang had risen from dissatisfaction to hatred.
"Late?" Lin Ming Yang sensed hostility in the eyes of this young director who he had never met before but had come from a bad place, and although he hadn't yet figured out the situation, it seemed as if no other director would have spoken to him in such a condescending manner, so he asked back unflinchingly, "Do you have an appointment with me?"
"An appointment?" Even though this was Len Wiseman's first time as a director, no actor had ever spoken to him in such a tone before, and he sneered, "Do I still need to make an appointment to find you, don't forget that I'm the director of this movie, and you're nothing but an actor!"
Kate didn't know why these two men looked like they were at war as soon as they met, she could even clearly feel the strong smell of gunpowder in their conversation, but didn't know that it was actually all because of her.
Kate instinctively chose to stand on Lin Ming Yang's side, but at first she still gave Len Wiseman full respect, "Mr. Wiseman, Felix only arrived on the set today, I think there's some kind of misunderstanding between you two?"
"Mr. Felix only arrived at the crew today, that I know, but for him alone, the entire crew waited for him for half a month, for that alone, he should be ashamed!" Len Wiseman's words had a bit of a sense of entitlement in them.
"But Felix didn't mean to hold up the crew, he's been busy filming another movie before, that's clear to everyone!" As well-cultivated as she was, Kate couldn't help but be a little exasperated at this point.
"If he was so busy, why did he need to join this movie, no one invited him in the first place!" Len Wiseman said nonchalantly.
Now Kate was really angry, she coldly asked, "So, I also took the initiative?"
"That's completely different!" Len Wiseman realized that in a moment of anger, he had actually offended even Kate, "Kate, let me explain..."
"I don't want to hear any explanation!" Kate made a stop sign at the other man, "I just want to tell you that without Felix, I wouldn't even consider this movie!"
Kate's words were like a pot of cold water, dousing the fire that had just risen in Len Wiseman's heart, and his entire body froze on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Alright Kate, stop it!" Lin Ming Yang pulled back Kate, who had gone up to question the other party, and then looked at Wiseman very calmly, "I don't know why you have such big preconceptions about me as soon as we met. I'm very clear about where you and I are in this movie, you're the director and I'm the actor, and I'll try to cooperate with your requests when filming, this I won't confuse. But I'm also very clear that it's not up to you, the director, to decide whether I, the actor, do or don't do it, so please don't emphasize your status in front of me, because it'll only make me feel like you're being ridiculous!"
Watching Lin Ming Yang and Kate leave together, Len Wiseman was simply furious, but the angrier he got, the calmer he became in his heart, he clearly knew that Lin Ming Yang was appointed by the producers to be the lead actor candidate, and as a rookie director, he had no qualifications at all to bargain with the producers. And Kate's reaction just now clearly told him that if Lin Ming Yang left, she wouldn't stay either.
Len Wiseman, who was caught up in a romantic funk, was somewhat naive to think that Kate had reacted this way solely because she and Lin Ming Yang belonged to the same agency, and since the two of them were co-signing for this movie, they had to be on the same page, at least in terms of their stance. Thinking that he had figured it all out, he felt remorseful for his reckless actions just now. In their first encounter, he had lost the first round.
Calm down Wiseman found, of in this issue Lin Mingyang than he see through, since the choice to enter, then we must abide by the rules of the game, can not afford to play you have to withdraw. As a director, although Huisman can not decide Lin Mingyang's stay or go, but in the shooting, give Lin Mingyang some embarrassment, which does not violate the rules of the game.
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Wiseman's plan was also exactly what Kate was worried about, the natural sensitivity of women gave Kate a very uneasy preconception of the future, strolling through the streets of Budapest, she voiced her concerns to Lin Ming Yang.
"Felix, today you and Wiseman have already torn your faces apart, I don't think Wiseman will let it go, he will definitely use the opportunity to retaliate!"
"You're worried that he'll embarrass me during the shoot?" Lin Ming Yang smiled carelessly, "Wiseman isn't a fool, so he knows what he can and can't do. When shooting, I'll make him clueless. And under his 'stern supervision', it's hard to say how much my acting skills will improve this time."
"Then you're still on such bad terms with him?" Such a few light words definitely couldn't completely reassure Kate, although she had always believed that Lin Mingyang could do what he said.
"It's that he held prejudice against me from the start, but he's not qualified to lay a finger on me yet!" Lin Ming Yang didn't care about Huisman's retaliation, if the other party was still considered a sensible person, then the contest wouldn't be on the table. In front of everyone, if Wiseman went too far, then he wouldn't be able to end it himself. Facing an enemy with his hands tied, Lin Mingyang did not take such threats to heart.
In the strategic contempt for each other at the same time, Lin Mingyang in tactics but very important to their own opponents, although he is a little arrogant, but never arrogant. "The movie's lead actor and director had an unpleasant altercation during their initial meeting, which is certainly not something the investors would like to see. With so many pairs of eyes watching on the set, I think word will soon reach the producer, Gary Lucchesi, who, unsurprisingly, is now on a flight to Hungary."
"You're saying Gary Lucchesi will be on set supervising Wiseman?"
"That's a strong possibility; surely the producer can't just sit back and watch when there's a conflict between members of the cast and crew. If he's on set, Wiseman won't do anything rash."
Lin Ming Yang stopped and looked at the sparkling Danube River not far away, the beauty in front of him made him a bit mesmerized. After all, it was a famous European city that had been steeped in history for many years, even the air of the city carried a strong cultural flavor. His mood became bright and cheerful, he put all the unhappiness behind him, traveling with the beauty of this historical and cultural city, this is a rare opportunity, in order to divert Kate's attention, he changed the topic.
"I think Wiseman at least made the right decision, he chose a good location for the film, Budapest's gothic architecture is very unique."
There are three things you can't fail to see when in Budapest; the cable-stayed bridges, the castle and the churches, and the latter two are typical of the Gothic style of architecture. The city's most important attractions are situated on the banks of the Danube, and the area retains such monuments as the Roman city of Akuncum and the Gothic Buda Castle, which, in an architectural style influenced by several periods, is one of the world's outstanding examples of the cityscape and shows the Hungarian capital city as it was during the great periods of its history.
"The most famous thing here would be the Chain Bridge!" Growing up in England, Kate is no stranger to Budapest, where nine bridges span the Danube River, linking the two ancient cities of Buda and Pest, and the Chain Bridge she refers to is the oldest of these. The Chain Bridge is the oldest of these bridges and has been a symbol of Budapest for many years, just as Tower Bridge is a symbol of London.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Lin Mingyang reached out and stopped a taxi, pulling open the door before making a please gesture, "Ladies first!"
Lin Mingyang's behavior was gentlemanly, and Kate accepted his invitation gracefully and generously. But when Lin Mingyang sat in the car himself, he was dumbfounded. This driver didn't understand English at all, and he tried his hardest to gesture towards the other party for half a day, but the other party still didn't understand where he wanted to go.
Kate looked at Lin Mingyang's crappy appearance from the side and covered her mouth and giggled, and when Lin Mingyang was disheveled and ready to give up, a Hungarian sentence suddenly emerged from her mouth, and that driver immediately nodded his head and then started the car.
On the way Lin Ming Yang had been staring curiously at Kate, and under the compulsion of his gaze, Kate had to honestly confess the inside story of her mastery of 3 foreign languages.
"You can speak Hungarian, that's great!" Instead of getting angry after learning this news, Lin Ming Yang appeared excited as he proudly announced, "In order to punish you for deliberately hiding the truth and making a fool out of me just now, you've been unconditionally requisitioned to act as my tour guide during the filming of the movie!"
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