256 The power of dismounting
Renly also frowned slightly, looking at the empty parking lot in front of him with a puzzled expression..
It's already 8:20, and there are still ten minutes before today's start time. Logically speaking, the entire parking lot should be full, and there may even be no parking spaces. You must park your car in the public parking lot behind. But Not only was the place in front of me not full, there wasn’t even a single car. This was so abnormal and almost unbelievable..
Nathan suddenly panicked. Such an unexpected situation really caught him off guard. He forced himself to calm down, but it was too difficult. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Renly, noticing the confusion between Renly's eyebrows. , fortunately, no anger.
“Please confirm today's shooting information again." Renly had experienced a large crew like "Pacific War" and was relatively experienced. After a brief confusion, he calmed down, opened the car door, and walked towards the studio..
After being reminded, Nathan also reacted. He quickly found the text message and confirmed it..
Standing at the door of the studio, the huge iron door always makes people feel insignificant. In order to allow tool trucks to enter and exit smoothly, the door of the studio is always high and wide. There is only one in the lower right corner. The small iron gate allows two people to pass side by side. In comparison, it is like a passage leading to the country of adults..
Usually, this small door will be opened to facilitate the entry and exit of the staff; when the filming officially starts, it will be closed. Anyone who wants to enter must knock on the door. The guard guarding behind the door will open a mail thrower. A space the size of a mouth, check the identity of the visitor, and only then can you let the person in..
Now, the small door was tightly closed. Renly knocked hard, but did not hear any response, not even the slightest movement. Everything was weird. Could it be that they were looking in the wrong place?？
“Renly, I just confirmed the text message, it is indeed 8:30, Studio 23." Nathan temporarily parked the car on the side of the road to avoid blocking the road, then walked over quickly and said in a loud voice, "Then I called James Urrier and Ju1ie Irie respectively, but neither of them answered. I left a message explaining the situation, but……”
Renly's calmness successfully calmed down Nathan. After he reorganized his thoughts, he became more organized in handling things. James and Julie are the two stage managers of the crew, and they are responsible for different work contents. Nathan As Renly's assistant, I mainly deal with two people. It is the most direct and effective way to seek confirmation from them..
However, neither of them answered the phone.
Normally, this is not unusual, because both of them are very busy at work, and missing phone calls is common. But today's situation is special, and people have to think more about it..
Renly did not rush to jump to the conclusion, "Before leaving yesterday, James told you the time himself.？”
“Yes." Nathan nodded repeatedly. Because he was worried about making mistakes, he specifically asked James to send a text message and confirm everything from language to text. He didn't want to be fired again..
Renly touched his pocket, took out his mobile phone, looked up Paul Walker's mobile phone number, and dialed it. It was not yet half past eight. If there were no filming tasks, Paul might be exercising, but……
“Good morning, Renly." Paul answered the phone refreshed and greeted him warmly in his sunny voice, "Call me at this time. I'm getting ready to have breakfast. Do you want to join us?？”
Renly could hear the ease in Paul's words. There was less than ten minutes left before work started, and Paul was still eating breakfast slowly? This doesn't make sense. However, Renly did not worry, but responded with a smile, "You were sure it was Los Angeles time? Not New York time.？”
The pace of life in Los Angeles is always slower, and it seems that meals are served a little later than in New York. However, Renly's time here was too short, maybe it was just his own illusion..
However, Renly's teasing still made Paul laugh, "I didn't go surfing today, otherwise I would have had breakfast at half past nine..”
“As soon as you hear it, you know that this is not the life of the elite." Renly answered with a faint smile, successfully eliciting bursts of laughter from Paul, who repeatedly said it was.
Both Los Angeles and New York have one thing in common. It is generally believed that those who can enjoy brunch are either the elite or the wealthy class, because they can sleep in leisurely, come out at about ten or ten-thirty, and Friends enjoy a leisurely brunch.
Therefore, brunch restaurants and coffeehouses in Los Angeles are always crowded, and young people who aspire to be actors will pretend to have brunch, maybe they can meet a big director or producer.
After Paul's laughter calmed down a little, Renly naturally got to the point, "What time will today's filming start?"？”
“Twelve o'clock." Paul answered directly without any hesitation or doubt, "Today's main scenes will continue until the evening, and you may need to go out on location to shoot night scenes, so I went to the set at twelve o'clock and used lunch time. We'll have a meeting to discuss it, and we'll officially start shooting around two in the afternoon. I'll probably be busy until the evening..”
Twelve o'clock.That's the answer.
No wonder the parking lot is empty! No wonder the studio is empty! Obviously, someone wanted to teach Renly a lesson and deliberately gave him a wrong start time, asking him to come to the studio three and a half hours in advance to stand by..
These three and a half hours are really embarrassing. If he goes back now, it will take him 40 minutes to an hour to go back and forth. Moreover, it is the rush hour for work. If he is unlucky and gets stuck in a traffic jam, it is not unreasonable to spend two hours. It's possible; but if he chooses to stay, he will have to stare here for three and a half hours, which will be boring as hell..
This move was really clever and harmless. Even if Renly protested through his agent, the three-and-a-half-hour waiting time was not painful, and Andy had no way to put pressure on the crew; but to swallow his anger like this was heartbreaking. I was so angry that I was pranked for no reason. More importantly, my self-esteem was severely ridiculed..
“What's wrong? What's going on? Paul asked casually, "Didn't your assistant get the notice yesterday?"？”
The crew's start-up situation will be different every day. After the shooting schedule is released, the assistant will go to the crew to understand the situation and ensure that their actors are ready for the next day's work..
“It's okay, just checking with you again." Renly shook his head with a smile, chatted with Paul for a while, and then hung up the phone..
Nathan, who was standing next to him, had also reacted at this time. Yesterday, it was not him who went to the production team to get the itinerary, but James, one of the heads of the production team, came to him personally to explain the itinerary. Nathan I thought it was because the crew paid great attention to Renly and gave him the treatment of the third protagonist. Moreover, it was Renly’s first appearance today, so he naturally needed to be more cautious, so James came over to explain it in detail to make sure there would be no mistakes..
But now it seems that this is a trap. Someone deliberately wants to give Renly a blow..
“Renly, I'm sorry..." Nathan panicked again, feeling extremely guilty. This was all his fault. If he had been more careful, not taken it for granted, and confirmed it several times, could today's accident have been avoided? As an assistant, this is his responsibility. He has no room for excuses..
Renly smiled instead of being angry, raised the corners of his mouth, and patted Nathan's arm, "You must know that if they are determined to fool you, it is impossible for you to see through it..”
When he was on the crew of "War in the Pacific", Renly already knew how difficult the imp was. If the staff wanted to make things difficult for an actor, they didn't need much power. They just needed to manipulate some small details. Can make actors miserable.
To take an extreme example, if a staff member deliberately blocked the toilet in Brad Pitt's traveling van and then spread a rumor that Brad was suffering from constipation, then Brad would really be unable to defend himself and such rumors would have no substance. The harm caused by sex is, at best, something people can talk about after dinner, but it has absolutely no positive impact on Brad's image..
The same is true today.
Nathan was just a little assistant. He confirmed the time verbally and via text message, and double-confirmed it through James and Julie. He had no reason to be suspicious. Neither James nor Julie answered the phone just now. From this move If you look at it, you can see that they are deliberately trying to teach Renly a lesson, so Renly really has nowhere to escape..
Not only did Renly's comfort not make Nathan feel relieved, but he felt even more guilty. He understood the truth, but he still couldn't swallow it. Why would anyone want to target Renly? Renly has never offended anyone！
“Who is it! Could it be James? "Nathan felt like his head was full of questions. He couldn't figure out who was going against Renly. Today's accident was just a small prank, or it was the beginning of a bad life in the future.？
A figure flashed through Renly's mind. He nodded thoughtfully and said with a half-smile, "Yeah, who is it?" This was also the thing he was most curious about right now..
He is not a soft persimmon. He ate this Coptis chinensis today and couldn't tell the pain. He would keep his mouth shut tightly, but that didn't mean he wouldn't fight back..
“So what do we do now? "Nathan scratched his head irritably, walked back and forth, and looked at Renly eagerly, as if he was ready to launch an iron-blooded counterattack..
But Renly gave a different understanding, "Wait, let's wait here." How to investigate, how to respond, and how to punish the mastermind behind the scenes are not what Renly needs to worry about for the time being. Today's shooting task is More importantly, "Bring me the script and I'll read it over.”
“Renly! "Nathan didn't expect Renly's response at all, and he shouted depressedly..
Renly laughed dumbly, shook his head slightly, and repeated again, "Script！”
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